We are committed to maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to the information we collect from you. This privacy policy sets forth what information we collect about you, how we use your information, and the choices you have about how we use your information.

Collection of Information Provided By Your Browser And Through Use Of Cookies

This Website automatically collects information on our server logs from your web browser regarding your use of the Site. Examples of information we collect automatically from all users include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; and full Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) click stream data, including date and time, and content you viewed or searched for on the Website.

We collect and use, and may from time to time supply third parties with, this information only as anonymous, aggregated user data for the purposes of usage analysis, quality control and administering and improving the Website.

You can prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or disable cookies altogether by accessing your browser’s preferences menu. If you choose to disable cookies altogether, you can use the Website but will not be able to register, login, make purchases or make use of the advanced personalisation features of the Website.

Collection of Personal Information

The information that are collected are strictly voluntary and may include contact information such as the gender, name, e-mail address, postal address, company address. Some information like dietary requirement or shoes size may be collected if those information are needed for health & safety measure or for company visit / event organisation. This list is non exhaustive, and you can contact us if you need to know why we are collecting that information.

Collection of your Interest for PM business

We collect information about the events, sectoral groups and working groups that are of interest to you and / or that you joined. This collection is based on your request from the website or by contacting us either directly during events (eg business cards) or by any other direct contact (EPMA website, social media, e-mail, phone call) where you voluntary asked to get information from EPMA.

How Personal Information Is Used

We use the personal information that you provide for such purposes as:

• completion and support of the activity for which the information was provided, such as allowing access to or delivery of our products or services, processing or fulfilling an order, or responding to your requests or enquiries.
• website and system administration, such as for the technical support of the Website and its computer system, including processing computer account information, information used in the course of securing and maintaining the Website, and verification of Website activity by the Website or its agents

• research and development to enhance, evaluate and improve the Website and our services
• pseudonymous analysis to create a profile used to determine the habits, interests or other characteristics of users for purposes of research, analysis and anonymous reporting
• communicating with you about changes or updates to the Website and our services and, with your consent, special offers, promotions or market research surveys
• send you relevant information about other events or projects organized by EPMA and in direct link with the topics that are of interest for you

Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

Access to your personal information is restricted to our employees, agents, representatives and service providers for the purposes set forth above. Your personal information may be used by all of our trading names and transferred to countries outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), including to the United States, for processing. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the EEA. If we transfer your information outside of the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected. In addition, if you access the Website while you are outside of the EEA, your information may be transferred outside of the EEA in order to provide you with such access.

With your consent, we also may share your personal information with affiliated group companies located both inside and outside of the EEA in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States and/or with non-affiliated third parties located inside and outside of the EEA who wish to send you information about their products and services that may be of interest to you, and users who have consented to receive such information may receive communications from these third parties.

We will not otherwise disclose any personal information without your consent except: in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, violation of our policies, or as otherwise required by law; and if we are acquired by or merged with another company.

Access and Changes to Your Information

Users may access their identified contact information and correct any discrepancies or update information by contacting us. The accuracy of such information is solely the responsibility of the user. No access is given to other data that may have been collected about users.

We may send members and registered website users e-alerts, e-newsletters, specific information, special offers or promotions. If you wish to cease receiving any of this information, amend your preferences by contacting us by email. Members can adapt their preference directly form the member’s page https://www.epma.com/edit-preferences. You can use the “opt-out” or unsubscribe option or other means provided within the communications you receive to definitively be deleted from our mailing lists. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Website whenever necessary.

Retention of Personal Information

We retain the personal information we collect from you for as long as the information is relevant to our business purposes or until you request that we remove the data by contacting us by e-mail.

Our Commitment to Data Security

We recognise that your privacy is important to you, and therefore we endeavor to keep your personal information confidential. The personal and demographic information about each user is stored on our servers that are behind a firewall and physically housed within a secured data center. Furthermore, our internal practices help protect your privacy by limiting employee access to and use of such information. However, we do not represent, warrant, or guarantee that your personal information will be protected against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or alterations, and do not accept any liability for the security of such information submitted to us nor for your or third parties’ use or misuse of such information.

About This Disclaimer

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this webpage. Our policy does not create a contract or any legal rights.

Questions, Complaints and Dispute Resolution

If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact us:

E-mail: info@epma.com

If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to this privacy policy or you have a complaint regarding the way your personal information is being handled, please contact us using the above contact details. Disputes under this privacy policy will be resolved by us, which will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly investigate, and if necessary, to correct any problem.

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Updated October 2020