Privacy & Cookie Policy

ABOUT THIS POLICY AND WHAT IS IT FOR

The Industrial Agents Society is committed to protecting individual’s privacy and complying with all applicable laws for data protection. The data controller is the Industrial Agents Society and any question relating to data protection should be asked via the contact form contained within the website.

This privacy policy is for the website www.industrialagentssociety.co.uk and served by the Industrial Agents Society and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

TYPES OF DATA WE COLLECT

The type of data collected is listed below. This information is collected when you voluntarily and freely completed the on line registration form and opted in to join the Industrial Agents Society: 

• First name
• Last name
• Position held within the company
• Company address
• The company email address relevant to the member
• Landline telephone number
• Regions of the country relevant to the member
• Mobile number

PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The Industrial Agents Society does not share any of the data collected with 3rd parties. Other members have access to the database and the data is used for business networking and opportunities specifically within the Industrial Property sector. The Industrial Agents Society uses the data to communicate directly with its members on society news, events and industrial sector research.

STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA

The storage of personal data is held within a Contact Management System (CMS) that can be accessed by the society’s administrator and website developers. This is important so the website can be maintained, fixed if broken and updated to ensure members receive a fully operational website. Access by the administrator and developers is password protected - each having their own password. Computers used to access the CMS are in lockdown mode to avoid third party views.

HOW LONG WE KEEP DATA FOR

The Industrial Agents Society holds personal data as long as the individual is a fully paid up member of the society. The subscription is on an annual basis and if the member does not pay the renewal fee 1 month after their renewal date, their data is hard deleted from the system and would no longer appear in the database.

THE WEBSITE

This website and it's owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience.

USE OF COOKIES

This website uses cookies to better the users experience whilst visiting the website. Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

We also use what are described as session id cookies, and they are used to help identify you as a visitor to the Industrial Agents Society website, but they do not collect data on you as an individual.

CONTACT & COMMUNICATION

Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such forms that they do so at their own risk.

This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity.

This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

The right to be informed - all Industrial Agents Society members have the right to stay informed about the collection and use of their personal data. The society regularly reviews, and where necessary, updates the privacy information. Any new uses of personal data will be brought to member’s attention before it is processed.

The right of access - members have the right to access their personal data and any supplementary information. The right of access allows members to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of the processing.

The right to rectification - members have the right to have any inaccurate personal data rectified. This request can be made verbally or in writing and any changes will be carried out by the society within one month of the request.

The right to erasure - members have the right to have personal data erased and the right to be forgotten. This request can be made verbally or in writing and any changes will be carried out by the society within one month of the request.

The right to restrict processing - members have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data. This request can be made verbally or in writing and once received the society will place their data in a suspension area of the website. This means that their data cannot be seen or used by other members. The data will be held in the suspended area for a period of one month.

The right to data portability - members have the right to receive personal data they have provided to the society in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format. Members also have the right to request that the society transmits this data directly to another controller.

The right to object - members have the right to object to the processing of their data. The reasons for objection must be related to the individual’s situation and the society will stop processing their data as soon as the objection is received. Objections can be made via the contact form on the website.

Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling - the society can confirm that there is no automated individual decision-making or automated profiling to evaluate members.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

ADVERTS AND SPONSORED LINKS

This website contains sponsored advertising banners, clicking on any such advert will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will tracks the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies, which may in turn be saved on your computer’s hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.