Privacy Policy & Use of Cookies
Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. Our privacy policy informs you as to how we look after your personal data when you contract with us, whether as a client or a supplier, or visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please click here to view our privacy policy which has been updated to comply with the GDPR.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file, usually consisting of letters and numbers, which is downloaded on to your computer when you access certain websites. The cookie allows the website to recognise your device. We use a small number of cookies most of which are session cookies; a session cookie is automatically deleted from your device as soon as you navigate away from our website.
Set out below is a brief description of the cookies IBEM use and what they do:
Content Management Cookies – These session cookies are used, for example, to assist with any changes to the style of our website that users may wish to make or if you elect to view our website as “Text Only”. If you are a subscriber and log into our website, a CMS cookie will remember that you have done so as you navigate around the site.
Online Notification Cookies – This session cookie is used by our server to count how many visitors are viewing our website at any one time. A random number is generated when you arrive at our website and the server uses this to track you until you navigate away.
Google Analytics – These cookies are used to help us improve the services we provide by collecting information about how visitors use our website. The cookies gather information in an anonymous form and enable us to know how many people visit our website, where the visitors have come to the website from, how long they stay on our website and what pages they view.
One of the four Google cookies is not a session cookie but a persistent cookie. This particular cookie registers when you first visit our website and will record any subsequent visits you may make. This cookie will be stored on your hard drive for two years unless you actively delete it.
We do not use cookies to identify you but to improve your experience of our site, however, you can choose not to accept the cookies IBEM uses. Should you disable all cookies, you will still be able to access our website although some aspects of its functionality may be impaired. If you want to block cookies you can do so through your internet browser.
This Website Privacy Statement applies to this website which is operated by IBEM under the domain name www.ibemgroup.com (“Website”).
Information collected through the Website may be collected by any member of IBEM (referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”) in accordance with this Website Privacy Statement. IBEM treats personal data with respect and integrity. Respect and integrity form part of our core values, which are the foundation for the conduct of the business in all parts of the globe. To that end we have published a Global Privacy Policy which can be viewed at www.ibemgroup.com. The Global Privacy Policy relates generally to the protection of personal and company data (being information which is capable of identifying an individual) and is applicable to the use of this Website, in addition to this Website Privacy Statement. This Website Privacy Statement explains how personal and company data will be treated as you access and interact with this Website.
We will post any changes to this Website Privacy Statement on the Website, so we encourage you to check with the latest version of this Website Privacy Statement on this website. Any personal or company data collected under this current Website Privacy Statement will be handled in accordance with this Website Privacy Statement. After the changes take effect, all new personal and company data collected, if any, will be subject to the revised Website Privacy Statement.
In addition to the provisions of this Website Privacy Statement, there may also be specific and additional privacy and data protection provisions that apply to certain sections of this Website, or that apply to you or your company if you are an employee, agent, contractor, or are otherwise employed by a member of IBEM (for example, provisions relating to your use of technology or trade agreements). Because those specific and additional provisions also relate to you and your company’s privacy protection, we recommend that you review them wherever they appear. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Website Privacy Statement and those other specific and additional provisions, the specific and additional provisions will prevail.
Information collected
The personal data about you and your company which this Website may collect includes:
– information collected when you register or update an online profile, which may include personal data such as your name and contact details;
– information collected when you submit your company details or links to business or social networks for consideration of joint working;
– the content of electronic forms you submit via this Website, enquiring about services or information, or taking action;
– information input or submitted to online facilities such as search tools;
– personalisation preferences you select as you use the Website;
– information submitted if you participate in an online survey or blogs; and
– any messages or comments you submit to us via this Website, which may include personal data such as name, email address and telephone number.
You may browse some information-only areas of this Website without providing any personal data, however we may not be able to provide the full range of services through this Website if we are not provided with the information required to respond effectively.
In common with many commercial websites we may also collect aggregated information which tells us about visitors to this Website but not the identity of those visitors. For example, we may collect information about the date, time and duration of visits and which pages of this Website are most commonly accessed. This information is used by us to help to administer and improve the Website.
How we handle email and “Contact us” messages
We may preserve the content of any email or “Contact us” or other electronic message that we receive. Any personal data contained in those messages will only be used or disclosed in ways set out in this Website Privacy Statement. The message content may be monitored by our service providers or our employees for purposes including compliance auditing and maintenance or where email abuse is suspected.
Security
We use a number of mechanisms to protect the security and integrity of personal data. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. So while we strive to protect such information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us and individuals do so at their own risk. Once any personal data comes into our possession, we will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
A username and password may be essential for you to use some sections of this Website. For your own protection, we require you to keep these confidential and to change your password regularly (if required).
Access to information
From time to time, this Website may allow you to register to use this Website or sections of it. If you are a registered user of this Website, you may be able to access and update the information on your profile in the applicable section of this Website, subject to any authentication and authorisation considerations, which exist to protect your security.
If you wish to request access to any other personal data which we hold about you as a result of our information collection practices outlined in this Website Privacy Statement, please refer to the “Contact details” section below.
Contact details
Please contact our Privacy Officer using the details set out below if you wish to:
- ask any questions or provide feedback about this Website Privacy Statement;
- make a request for access to any personal data that we may hold about you; or
- make a complaint about the way in which we have handled your personal data.
Any information that we provide in response may be limited to the extent permitted by any applicable law.
Phone
+44 (0) 207 205 2490
Privacy Officer, IBEM 40 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT, United Kingdom
International Business and Executive Management (IBEM) is a limited COMPANY registered in England under number 11419862, registered office Unicorn House, Station Close, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 1TL, United Kingdom