Privacy Policy & Website Terms

Personal Data
With regard to your personal data, we are committed to adhering to the following principles:

• Fair and Lawful Processing: We will handle your data in a just and legal manner, ensuring transparency.

• Limited Purpose: We will collect your data solely for well-defined and specific purposes.

• Minimal Data Collection: We will only gather the minimum amount of information required to fulfill the specified purpose.

• Informed Usage: Your data will be utilized in the manner we have communicated to you.

• Data Accuracy and Currency: We will take measures to guarantee that your data is accurate and up-to-date.

• Limited Retention: We will retain your data only for the duration necessary to fulfill its intended purpose.
  

• Data Security: We will process your data securely, taking precautions to minimize the risk of loss or theft.

Please note that these principles ensure the responsible handling of your personal data in accordance with data protection regulations.

Your Data Rights
Data protection laws grant you specific rights regarding the information we hold about you. These rights encompass:

• The Right to Information: We are obligated to inform you about how we utilize your data, and this notification is the purpose of this privacy notice.

• Access Rights: You possess the right to access the data we have on you. To do so, you can send us an email requesting the information.

• Data Accuracy Correction: If any data we possess about you is incomplete or incorrect, you can request corrections.

• Deletion Request: If you wish to cease the processing of your data and believe there's no justification to continue, you have the right to ask for its deletion from our systems.

• Processing Restriction: In cases where you believe the data we maintain is inaccurate, we will halt its processing (while still retaining it) until accuracy is verified.

• Data Portability: You can transfer the data we hold about you for your personal use.
  

• Objection to Data Usage: You are entitled to object to how we employ your data, particularly when it pertains to our legitimate interests.

• Control Over Automated Decisions and Profiling: You have the right not to be subjected to automated decision-making that could adversely affect you.

In cases where you have given consent for us to use your data, you also have the absolute right to withdraw that consent at any time. Doing so means we will cease processing the data for which you had previously given consent, without any consequences for withdrawing your consent.

How we gather your data
We acquire your personal information through diverse methods, encompassing:

• Direct Engagements:
  You have the option to furnish data by completing forms on the website or through other means of communication, such as postal services, phone calls, emails, and similar interactions. This includes scenarios like:

  • Purchasing tickets

  • Requesting more information

  • Booking an exhibition spot or a sponsorship

• Third-Party and Publicly Accessible Resources: We might receive personal data concerning you from various external sources and publicly accessible platforms. These sources encompass analytics providers such as Google, as well as identity and contact details obtainable from sources like LinkedIn.

The Reasons Behind Processing Your Data
We engage in data processing for six valid justifications, including:

• Consent: Your explicit consent allows us to process your data.

• ‍Contractual Necessity: Data processing becomes essential to fulfill our contractual obligations with you.

• ‍Regulatory Compliance: When regulatory requirements mandate it, we process your data accordingly.

• ‍Legitimate Business Interest: Data processing serves the legitimate interests of our company.

• ‍Vital Interest: Processing data may be crucial for your vital interests.

What Information We Collect About You
We collect various categories of personal data that can be used to identify an individual. This does not encompass anonymized data. Our processing of personal data includes the following:

• Identity Data: This category may encompass your first name, last name, title, and gender.

• Contact Data: Your billing address, email address, and telephone numbers may fall under this category.

• Financial Data: This includes data related to your credit card details.

• Transaction Data: We may process transaction data, which covers payment details between us and additional information pertaining to your purchases.

• Technical Data: This category involves information like your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, time zone settings, location, operating system and platform, as well as the technological features of the devices used to access our website.

• Profile Data: Registration details for your events, dietary requirements, preferences, feedback, and responses to surveys are part of profile data.
  

• Usage Data: This category pertains to information about how you navigate and utilize our website.

• Marketing and Communications Data: It includes your preferences regarding the receipt of marketing communications from us and our third parties, as well as your communication preferences.