Your privacy is protected and the following will be endeavored:

• to implement computer, physical and procedural safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the personal data that is collected

• to limit the personal data collected to the minimum required to provide a better service

• to permit only properly trained, authorized employees to access personal data

• not to disclose your personal data to external parties unless you have agreed.

Personal Data collected and held

In order to provide a better service to you, some information may be collected when you register, attend events, use services, or communicate with the website.

Your personal data may also be used to notify you about important changes to the website and new services.

The typical types of information that is held are basic contact details (such as name, job title, company name, address, email, telephone and fax numbers), a record of a contact with you and your areas of interest.

Main Purposes of Collecting and Keeping Personal Data

The main purposes for which your personal data may be used are:

• Processing your registration for our communication services, enquiry or feedback

• Operations, e.g., incorporation into the database, analysis, research and auditing

• Tracking and examination of internal procedures in response to enquiries and complaints

• Surveys, general market research and specific campaigns

• Processing subscriptions and payments

• Registration for (possible) events

• Distribution of publications and related materials

• Marketing services and products

• To mail communications, publications, invitations and such like as you may select, request or as considered to be relevant to you

• Comply with disclosure requirements under any law applicable

• Public notices

• Legal proceedings, including collecting overdue amounts

• Other related purposes.

Direct marketing may be conducted via fax, email, direct mail, telephone and other means of communication, or send e-newsletters to you. You may choose not to receive promotional materials, by email contact, and these activities are ceased, without charge.

Privacy of Personal Data

The website may use cookies to help gauging what information is most useful to which users and such like. Cookies, however, keep the identity of the individual website users anonymous.

The information that you provide to us will be treated in strict confidence. Personal details are not to be sold or given to external parties for their own purpose.

Personal data that is held will be kept confidential but may provide information to:

• personnel, agents, advisers, auditors, contractors, financial institutions, and service providers in connection with the operations or services

• affiliates, business partners and counterparts

• persons under a duty of confidentiality

• persons to whom are required to make disclosure under applicable laws

We cannot control how third parties use information.

Security and Retention of Personal Data

Only authorized people have access to, custody of and the means of using personal data that is collected. Privacy-aware culture is supported that respects and is sensitive to the rights of its external contacts.

Data captured online or via the website are retained on a secure third party server in the USA which is protected in accordance with the requirements of the Government of the USA which protect against unauthorized or accidental access, processing, erasure or other use.

Personal data is retained so long as the data is still required for the purposes mentioned above.

Opt-out Clause

You may opt out of receiving email messages from us and delete your personal information at any time by sending an email stating that you wish all such data to be deleted from the record. You may also send a request to modify your personal data by email.

Links to other websites

Please note that this website contains links to other sites. This statement will no longer be in effect when you browse such external websites. Your browsing and interruption on other websites, including websites that have a link to the website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies which may differ from those of this website. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites and it is recommend that you read the privacy policies on any external sites that you use.

Changes in Policy

Privacy protection practices are continuously assessed in the light of new technology, the changing needs to exchange information, and the emergence of new information services. This privacy policy may therefore be amended from time to time. You should therefore check this statement regularly to ensure that you are aware of the latest policies.

Access to and Correction of Personal Data

By visiting the website or using the services, you consent to the collection and use of your information as outlined in this Statement.

Last update 4 November 2013.