PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We may collect, store, and use information about your visits to and use of this website.
INFORMATION ABOUT WEBSITE VISITS
We may collect information about your computer and your visits to this website such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views. We may use this information in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability, and for marketing purposes.
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We may send a cookie which may be stored on by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use that information to recognise your computer when you visit our website, and to personalise our website for you. Our advertisers may also send you cookies.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.
USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
GDPR lawful bases we use for sales and marketing
Under the GDPR there are six lawful bases under which businesses can collect, use, and store personal data. We have identified three which we rely upon for our social mission: Contractual, Legitimate Interests and Consent.
Contractual
In many circumstances we rely on the lawful basis of performing a contract. This enables us to respond to you when you express an interest in our activities and to fulfil any requests or works.
Legitimate Interests
Some of our activities use our legitimate business and social mission interests to collect and use your personal data. In such cases, we have taken into consideration our commercial interests, societal mission-based benefits, and your interests. We do not believe our activities will have a negative impact on your privacy rights and freedoms.
We also relies on Legitimate Interests to:
Consent
Sometimes we will rely on your consent, where you actively agree.
Removal from databases
We will always offer you the choice to withdraw your consent or stop receiving marketing communications.
OTHER DISCLOSURES
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
POLICY AMENDMENTS
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies (or content) of third-party websites.
CONTACT
You can contact us at shawn.coles@greeninfrastructureweek.com
COOKIES
We use Google analytics cookies to research certain usage and activities on our website. No personal data about you is shared. However, while conducting this research Google analytics may place a unique “cookie” on your browser.
A cookie is a small file which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard disc and helps us understand and track your use of the site and where it can improve the information and services provided.
We use session cookies, visitor cookies and traffic and navigation cookies solely to gather information on IP addresses, to analyse trends, administer the site, track users’ movements on the site, the IP address from which you access the site, the type of browser and operating system used to access the site, the date and time of your access to the site, the pages you visit and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We also use cookies to recognize repeat visitors for statistical / analytical purposes. IP addresses are not linked to other personal data and will not be used to deliver targeted marketing messages. We may also perform IP lookups to determine which domain you are coming from (i.e. aol.com, yourcompany.com) to gauge our users’ demographics more accurately.
To enable or disable cookies, you will have to follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the ‘Help’, ‘Tools’ or ‘Edit’ facility of your browser’s menu). You may also wish to refer to the website www.allaboutcookies.org .
To disable Google Analytics across all websites’ visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please note that you may not be able to use or access certain parts of the site or online services if you block the use of cookies.
Following the revision of the EU E-privacy Directive and the new legal requirements on cookies, we are closely following the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance and ensure we are in line with it.