Privacy Policy
Introduction
Your privacy is something we take very seriously
The types of Personal Information that we, DsInfoMedia, a private limited company (also known as “Datastructures Information Media”) gathers about you, how we use it, with whom we share it, and how we safeguard it are all described in this privacy page. It also outlines your rights and the people you can get in touch with for questions or further details. In this Privacy Notice, DsInfoMedia is referred to as “we,” “us,” and “our.” The term “Personal Information” in this Privacy Notice refers to information about you that may be referred to as personal data in certain jurisdictions. Information that pertains to, characterizes, identifies, or may reasonably be associated, directly or indirectly, with a specific individual is referred to as personal information. Additionally, we may refer to managing, gathering, safeguarding, and preserving your personal data as “processing” it collectively at times. “DsInfoMedia Group” refers to one or more of DsInfoMedia, its network of member companies, and their affiliated entities as used in this Privacy Notice. Legally speaking, DsInfoMedia and each of its member companies are distinct legal entities.
About other areas of DsInfoMedia
Websites from other DsInfoMedia member companies or their affiliated businesses are featured on DsInfoMedia.com. DsInfoMedia is not responsible for these webpages; they are provided by the designated entities.This Privacy Notice does not apply to those webpages or any other websites that could be linked to the website. We advise you to read the relevant privacy notices on those webpages, as they will provide you further information about how your Personal Information is processed by the relevant controller and identify the related controller.
What Personal Information we collect
Your data may be collected and processed by us for the following reasons:
1. You provide it to us via this website or any other DsInfoMedia website or application that links to this Privacy Notice (collectively referred toas the “Website”),
2. You provide it to us through any other method of communication with DsInfoMedia regarding DsInfoMedia communications, like online or offline newsletters and magazines that mention this Privacy Notice or link to,
3. Other individuals provide it to us (such as other DsInfoMedia Group entities or outside service providers that assist us in running our business); or
4. It is publicly available. We ensure that third parties and other DsInfoMedia Group organizations who provide us with Personal Information about you have complied with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. This could entail, among other things, that it has notified you of the processing and secured any relevant consents required for us to use the data in the ways outlined in this privacy notice.
Web information and cookies
When you use the website or its communications, we might process your personal information. To gather aggregate data, we or our service provider(s) may employ electronic methods that let us count users who have seen specific content and to access certain cookies—or cookies, which are little text files saved in a user’s browser. If appropriate, the Cookie Notice on the relevant website contains more details about how we might use cookies and other tracking technologies as well as your options for controlling them.
Information that we process
We may process your name, current job title, company name, (professional) email address, country of residence, phone number(s), fax number(s), physical address(es), interests in business and industry, gender, date of birth, marital status, employment and education details (including work experience, skills, and learning history), resume, geolocation, video, or audio recording that can be linked to an individual, and any postings you make on any blogs & forums, your IP address; the length of time you spend accessing the website; the specifics of any complaints you’ve filed; the newsletters you subscribe to; information necessary for DsInfoMedia Group to offer you services; information on your usage of DsInfoMedia’s services, information about your preferences, and any other information you willingly give to us, as well as similar facts that are pertinent to our connection. You may also provide Personal Information to us through interactions you have with us or other people. In situations where we do not typically aim to obtain “sensitive” or “special categories” of personal data (such as
information about a person’s race or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinions, medical or health conditions, or details about their sexual orientation or life). We may not be able to process your instructions or give you personalized communication, service, or support if you choose not to supply or, where appropriate, object to us in processing the information we collect (see section “Your rights” below). We recognize the value of preserving children’s privacy. Children are not the intended audience for our website or its design. It is not our purpose to knowingly gather or keep child-related data.
Information use
Utilizing Personal Data for our Website
We may use your personal information for the following reasons or in relation to them: Managing and/or improving our website,
Managing and encouraging collaboration and communication,
Offering and recording training and credentials,
Customizing the content of our website to give you a more personalized experience,
Managing our relationship with you and attending to any requests you make through our website,
Alerting you to information about goods and services that might be of interest to you,
Conducting data analysis, such as demographic studies of website users and usage patterns of the website,
Ensuring that only authorized parties are using the Website,
Monitoring and enforcing compliance with applicable conditions of use and avoiding fraud or criminal behavior are some of the goals.
Protecting our technology systems and data security.
Relationship management, which could include the following: (i) sending you thought leadership or information about goods and
services offered by DsInfoMedia Group entities that you might find nteresting; (ii) getting in touch with you to ask for your feedback on these services; and (iii) getting in touch with you for additional market or research purposes; inviting you to forums, events, seminars, and other gatherings,
Investigating or averting security incidents,
Managing and evaluating our marketing initiatives,
Safeguarding our rights and/or those of other DsInfoMedia Group entities.
Legal basis for processing information
The legal justifications for processing your personal information must be outlined in this Privacy policy per legal requirement. For the abovementioned purposes, we utilize your Personal Information on the basis of one or more of the following legal justifications:
The processing is required to fulfill a legal requirement we have, including maintaining records or giving information to a government entity or law enforcement,
The processing is required to carry out a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party, such as the efficient delivery of our website and
related services to you, the efficient and legal operation of our website or Communications, the prevention of fraud or criminal activity, the evaluation, development, or improvement of our services or products, or
You have given us permission to use your information for the specified purpose, which you may always revoke. We will only process any of the above-mentioned reasons pertaining to sensitive personal information about you, because (i) you have explicitly consented to us processing the data; (ii) we are required by law to process the data; (iii) the processing is required for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; or (iv) you have made the data explicitly public. In any event, the business will be happy to assist in clarifying the precise legal basis that governs the processing, including whether supplying
Personal Data is required by law, a contract, or in order to enter into a business arrangement. Please be aware that even if you withdraw your consent, there are situations in which we may still be able to process your information for different purposes if one of the other legal reasons mentioned above applies.
Sending you marketing material
From time to time, we and other DsInfoMedia Group members may use your information to notify you about goods and services (including those of
third parties) that could be of interest to you via phone, email, and/or other electronic means. We won’t send you those materials until we have received
your consent. By following the unsubscribe instructions in any communications from us orncontacting us using the information provided in the “Contact information”nsection below, you can request at any time that we stop sending you marketing information.
Disclosure of information to third parties
We might disclose information about you to any of the following parties in connection with one or more of the purposes listed in the “Information use”
section above: other DsInfoMedia Group members for lawful businessrelated purposes; third parties that serve us and/or the DsInfoMedia Group;
as part of a corporate transaction (like a sale, reorganization, merger, or acquisition); competent authorities (including courts and authorities regulating us or another member of the DsInfoMedia Group); and other third parties that reasonably require access to Personal Information relating to you for any of the purposes listed in the above section. Additionally, if a regulator, the law, or legal process requires it, we mightnhave to provide your personal information.
Please be aware that some of the parties to whom the aforementioned receivers of your personal information may be located may not have datan protection regulations in place in your country of residence or in the UK comparable to those in that country. In such circumstances, we will make sure that the transfer was approved by you or that sufficient security measures are in place to secure your personal information in accordance with our legal responsibilities.
We might provide non-personal, and aggregated data to outside parties for a variety of uses, such as research, thought leadership, data analytics,
submissions, and marketing.
Selling of information
We do not sell your Personal Information.
Blogs, forums and other social media
A variety of blogs, forums, and other social media services that let you share content with other users may be hosted on the website (collectively referred to as “Social Media Applications”). Your contributions to any social media application, whether personal or not, may be viewed, gathered, and utilized by other users of that application, over whom we have little to no control. As a result, we disclaim any liability for how other users utilize, misuse, or intercept Personal Information or other data you submit to any Social Media Application.
Privacy practices of third parties
The use and dissemination of the data we gather from your interactionsother websites or applications, and those websites or applications may have
their own privacy statements and policies regarding the collection, use, ansharing of Personal Information. Before giving these other parties any information, we advise you to read the privacy statements that they have published.
Do not track
You can instruct websites and applications you visit that you do not want them to collect personal information about you by setting the “Do Not Track” preference in your web browser. At this time, the Websites don’t react to a “Do Not Track” or comparable signal.
Information security
We take a variety of administrative, technological, and physical precautions to ensure the security, accuracy, and timeliness of your personal information. These safeguards consist of:
Teaching and training employees about our privacy responsibilities when handling Personal Information,
Implementing administrative and technical controls to limit access to Personal Information to those who “need to know”,
Putting in place technological security measures like firewalls, encryption, and antivirus software, and
Putting in place physical security measures like staff security passes to enter our facilities.
While we take reasonable security precautions after we get your Personal Information, data transfer over the internet, particularly via email, is never
totally safe. Despite our best efforts, we might be unable to ensure the security of any data sent to or received from us via the internet.
Information retention
Your Personal Information will be retained by us on our systems for the longest of the following durations:
i. As long as needed for the relevant activity or services,
ii. Any legal retention period, and
iii. After the end of any time frame during which legal action or
investigations may be taken in relation to the services.
Your Rights
Regarding your personal information, you are entitled to a number of rights. Specifically, you are entitled to:
Obtain confirmation that we are handling your personal data and ask for a copy of the data we have on file,
Request that we update the data we have on file or make any necessary corrections to any Personal Data you believe is inaccurate or
incomplete,
You can ask us to delete any Personal Information we may have about you, Limit how we use it, withdraw consent to our processing of your
Personal Information,
Obtain a copy of the Personal Information you have given us in a format that is structured, widely used, and machine-readable, transfer such Personal Information to another party, and
Object to our processing of your Personal Information If any of your personal information has changed, please use the “Contact information” section below to get in touch with us so we can keep your personal information accurate.
Verification of Personal Information requests
In case an enquiry is made to us for your personal information, before completing requests for Personal Information, we need to confirm your
identity. In order to accomplish this, we might need your complete name, contact details, and connection to DsInfoMedia. We could require more information from you based on your request. After we receive this information, we will examine it and see if we can match it to the records DsInfoMedia has of you in order to confirm your identification.
Third party requests
If you are requesting personal information on someone else’s behalf, please use the “Contact information” section below to get in touch with us and also attach the documentation proving you have the right to seek this information. A legitimate power of attorney or a written authorization signed by the person you are acting on behalf of could be used for this.
Contact information
To exercise your rights or if you have any questions concerning your privacy while using the Website, please contact contact@DsInfoMedia.com
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to periodically update or change this privacy notice. We will update the date at the top of this page to notify you when we make
changes to this privacy policy. As of that modification date, the new, altered, or modified Privacy details will be in effect. As a result, we advise you to read this Privacy page from time to time to learn more about how we are handling your data.