This Privacy Policy sets out the ways in which all members of the TBA Group (by which we mean TBA Group Limited, registered in the United Kingdom with company number 03877583, and all of its subsidiaries) may use your personal data.
In this Privacy Policy:
‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ means the TBA Group entity with which you are interacting (for example, the TBA Group entity organising the event you are attending, or managing the website you are using). It should be clear to you which entity this is, but you can contact us using the contract details at the bottom of this Privacy Policy if you are unsure;
‘website’ means the TBA Group website you are visiting or engaging with; and
‘you’ and ‘your’ means you, the person engaging with us, registering for our events or services or visiting our website.
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) and the UK GDPR (and all other laws relating to the use your personal data) (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”), we are the “data controller”, meaning that we decide the reasons why your data is used. We are also responsible for keeping your data safe and only using it for legitimate purposes.
TBA Group respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. Please read the following policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will fulfil this commitment to you.
DATA THAT WE MAY COLLECT ABOUT YOU
When you interact with us through websites operated TBA Group or otherwise, we may collect certain information from which you are personally identifiable (referred to as ‘personal data’). For example, this may happen when you complete registration forms, provide us with your details over the phone, register to attend one of our events or subscribe to our mailing list. Some examples of the data we may collect include:
Registration details – Upon registration with us, we may collect: contact details such as name, email address, postal address and telephone number; educational, nationality and professional information; interests and business information, such as roles and responsibilities; survey information; and payment information, such as a credit or debit card number or bank account details where registering for paid events or services.
Identity verification – We may collect identity verifying information such as passport details to comply with legal obligations in certain countries, as may be applicable, where requested, and other identifying information such as driver’s licenses or ID cards for verification purposes where applying for general entry to some of our events.
Website use – We collect information about you visiting our website and how you use it. This may include your IP address, geographical location, device information, browser type, referral source, length of visit, operating system, number of page views, which pages you viewed and similar information. This information may be collected by a third-party website analytics service provider on our behalf and/or may be collected using cookies.
Publicly available information – We may collect publicly available information including names, job title, employer, telephone, social media and business email address contact details to allow us to send you information about our goods and services using our legitimate interest to do so pursuant to relevant data protection legislation. You can request to stop receiving such communications at any moment by using the unsubscribe links in the footer of the relevant email or by contacting us directly (see ‘Marketing’ section of this Privacy Policy below for more information).
You don’t have to give us any of the information above but if you don’t, you may not be able to use certain functions and may not receive the optimal user experience.
WHY DO WE USE YOUR DATA AND WHAT ARE OUR LEGAL GROUNDS?
The table below sets out examples of how we use your personal data and our lawful basis for doing so in each case.
