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Privacy Policy for Emerald Network

At EMERALD NETWORK, accessible from http://www.emeraldnetwork.co.uk, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by www.emeraldnetwork.co.uk and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us via email, info@emeraldnetwork.co.uk
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in www.emeraldnetwork.co.uk. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information, typically this may include (not limited to) booking of events online (using TicketTailor.com) or opt in to newsletters (via our member eNewsletter providers, such as Mailchimp.com or Senditblue.com).

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an event or opt-in for newsletter (as a ‘Member’ of EMERALD NETWORK), we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, organisation name, sector of work, email address, and telephone number, no other identifiable information such as date of birth, gender or postal addresses are collected by EMERALD NETWORK.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyse how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our collaborative partners, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails (members’ eNewsletters)

Log Files

www.emeraldnetwork.co.uk follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Collaborative Partners Privacy Policies

Partners may sponsor special member offers, promotions, privileges or contests that require you to disclose personal information to benefit from them. We will never disclose private member data, including email addresses, directly to partners without your prior express consent.
Instead, those Partners may require members to opt-in or agree to terms on the partners’ landing pages authorising us to provide member information to the partner in question, or opt-in via sign up in-person events. We welcome you always to check a given partners’ privacy policy before submitting information about yourself.

Other Third Party Privacy Policies

EMERALD NETWORK’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other third party advertisers or websites which may feature links to our events eg. Promotions by them. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete eg. Mailing list email addresses / your name.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data eg. Once opt-out from mailing list.
  • If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via info@emeraldnetwork.co.uk
  • Likewise, you may opt-out of receiving communications from us at any time by either following the simple unsubscribe process set out in each email members’ eNewsletter, or sending us an email info@emeraldnetwork.co.uk