Events Industry Alliance Privacy Policy

119 High Street
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 2DJ

Privacy is important to us

This privacy policy explains how EIA (Event Industry Alliance) Ltd. uses any personal information we collect about you. We follow the guidelines provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in order to comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are listed on the public register for data controllers maintained by the ICO.

Topics:

  • How do we collect information about you?
  • How will we use the information?
  • Profiling
  • What type of information do we hold?
  • Access to your information
  • Data storage and security
  • Retention of Data
  • Cookies
  • Third party websites
  • Changes to our privacy policy
  • Your views are important to us

How do we collect information about you?

We collect information about you if the company you work for becomes a member and/or when you register to use our products and services such as our events and webinars. We may also collect information when you voluntarily complete surveys, provide feedback and participate in competitions.

Website usage information is collected using cookies.

How will we use the information?

If you register for our products and services we will use your information for the purposes of providing tickets, joining instructions, communicating about the product or service and/or any changes we may need to make to ensure that your experience of the product or service is a good one. This may include requesting contact details, dietary information and information about your business so that speakers can tailor their content.

If, within the last two years, you have registered for our products and services or attended events, under legitimate interest, we will contact you about similar events and services. You may opt out of receiving this information at any time by unsubscribing from our email communications, this will, however, mean that you won’t hear from us about any future initiatives, services or offers we provide.

If the organisation you work for has become a member of an EIA association, we will contact you about information we consider to be a legitimate interest to you and/or the EIA such as events industry initiatives, health and safety information, industry networking opportunities, research, resources and training and development opportunities that will support your role in the events industry.

You may opt out of receiving this information at any time by unsubscribing from our different email communications, this will, however, mean that you won’t hear from us about any similar future initiatives, services or offers that your organisation is subscribing to as part of its membership.

We will not share your information with third parties unless you have provided consent for us to do so either as part of a contractual agreement, registration process for the events, products and services we provide or by other means.

Profiling

For marketing products and services, member data may be subject to profiling by job role, function and position to ensure that the most relevant information is provided. If you would like further information, please email:

  • dataprivacy@aeo.org.uk
  • dataprivacy@aev.org.uk
  • dataprivacy@essa.uk.com

What type of information do we hold?

The type of delegate or member information we hold is:

  • Name
  • Contact details – email, telephone number
  • Job title and function
  • Images – from events, of speakers, spokespeople, Working Group Members
  • Social media details
  • Financial details for invoicing purposes
  • Dietary needs

Access to your information

You have a right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email the data privacy email addresses listed above or write to us at the following address:

EIA Ltd.
119 High Street
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 2DJ

We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

If, at any time, you would like us to stop holding information about you or using it for any particular purpose please just email us.

You have the right to complain to a data supervisory authority if you feel that EIA has not handled your data in a satisfactory manner. www.ico.org.uk/concerns/handling/

Data storage and security

EIA may store the information collected from you on our company database and email system. All data is held and processed in accordance with EIA data procedures and access to EIA computer servers is controlled by firewalls.

Data retention

All data obtained via registration for EIA events will be retained for a period of three years.

'Cookies'

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

If you wish to learn more about cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the website above will tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

Below is a list of the cookies that EIA’s web provider YUMYUM uses on the Stop the Drop website.

  • Google analytics (_GA, _GAT, _GID)
  • Content management system (CMSA)
  • Cookie consent (cookieconsent_dismissed)

Please see information on Google Analytics cookies here https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/...

Third party websites

Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website. We recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 24 May 2018.

Your views are important to us

We want you to get the best of your experience with Event Industry Alliance (EIA) Ltd. Please contact us by email if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.


Disclaimer

EIA uses reasonable care in publishing materials available on EIA and its association websites. However, EIA does not guarantee their accuracy or completeness. Materials available on EIA websites are provided “as is” with no warranty, express or implied, and all such warranties hereby disclaimed. EIA assumes no liability for any loss, damage or expense from errors or omissions in the materials available on EIA websites, whether arising in contract or otherwise.

The information provided on this site is purely aimed at raising awareness of working safely at height and to provide resources which may help you whilst you are on site at an event. To find information on health and safety regulations related to the events industry please refer to the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) website http://www.hse.gov.uk/ and http://www.cdm4events.org.uk/


Copyright

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Except for these specified uses, no part of the materials available on any of the EIA websites may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of EIA. Any other reproduction in any form without the permission of EIA is prohibited. Distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

EIA uses reasonable care in publishing materials available on EIA and its association websites. However, EIA does not guarantee their accuracy or completeness. Materials available on EIA websites are provided “as is” with no warranty, express or implied, and all such warranties hereby disclaimed. EIA assumes no liability for any loss, damage or expense from errors or omissions in the materials available on EIA websites, whether arising in contract or otherwise.