GSM WORLD WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
Introduction
The GSM Association and its group companies, including but not limited
to GSMC Limited (hereinafter referred to as "GSMA"), take the privacy
of your information very seriously. This website privacy policy
("Policy") explains how and for what purposes we use the information
collected about you through the gsmworld.com (referred to below as the
"Site"). Please read this Policy carefully.
By using the Site and any services we offer via the Site, you are
agreeing to be bound by this Policy in respect of the information
collected about you via this Site. You acknowledge and agree (on your
own behalf and duly authorised on behalf of any third party whose
details you supply) that the processing (including disclosure) of
personal information is necessary or desirable for the provision of
relevant services and the operation of GSMA’s performance of its rights
and obligations owed to you or a third party.
The references to information 'relating to you' or 'about you' include
references to information about your employees, representatives,
agents, directors, officers, shareholders or other relevant parties
whose details you have provided and those of your affiliates and
subsidiaries and sub-contractors and those of any third party whose
details you supply to GSMA.
We may update this Policy from time to time to take account of
changing requirements and we request that you refer back to this Policy
frequently to review any revisions. If at any time we decide to use
personal information in a manner significantly different to that stated
in this Policy, or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was
collected, we will notify you by email, and you will have a choice as
to whether or not we use your information in this new manner. If you
have any queries about the Policy, please get in touch with us using
the contact details set out at Contact Us below and we will do our best
to answer your questions.
Collection & Use of Information
We do not collect personal information about you on this Site apart
from information for which you volunteer, for example by completing the
online registration form or using the "Contact Us" function. The
information collected may include the following:
- your name, company name, title in your Company;
- your email address, postal address, telephone and fax numbers;
- credit card information and bank details if provided.
We will use your contact details in order to respond to any queries submitted by you.
We may also use your information:
- to provide you with information, including marketing information in
relation to upcoming GSM Association or industry events, meetings,
conferences, seminars, offers, products or services which we believe
could be of interest to you or your organisation;
- to carry out surveys and to get your views in relation to the products or services which we or third parties provide;
- to invite individuals to be speakers at seminars/training events,
or to participate in other meetings or events held by us or third
parties.
We may contact you by any means of communication for
which you have given us contact details, including email, telephone and
post. However, you may choose not to receive such information by so
indicating on the online registration form at the time of providing
your information or by simply using the ‘Contact Us’ function below.
Any financial details supplied to us such as bank details
and/or credit card details are used solely for the purpose of
processing payments.
Sharing of information
Your data may be passed to third party companies who provide training
courses, mailing services and event management on behalf of GSMA. In
addition, we may pass your information to our related companies [The
GSM Association and its affiliated companies], carefully selected
business partners or other carefully selected third parties who may
contact you to provide you with information, including marketing
information in relation to upcoming industry events, meetings,
conferences, seminars, offers, products or services which could be of
interest to you or your business and/or to carry out surveys and to get
your views in relation to the products or services which third parties
provide. If you do not wish us to provide your information to third
parties for these purposes, please indicate that to us at the time of
providing your information by contacting us at database@gsm.org. On occasion, we may use third party agents and service providers to assist us in the use of your data as outlined above.
We may provide your personal information to a third party as part of a
sale or transfer of some or all of our business and assets to any third
party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, but
we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights
continue to be protected.
Other than as set out above, we will not disclose any of your personal
information without your permission unless we are required by law to do
so (for example, if required to do so by a court order or for the
prevention of fraud or other crime).
Transferring your information outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA")
In using your information as set out in this Policy, it may be
transferred to countries outside the EEA. By way of example, this may
happen if one of our service providers is located in a country outside
the EEA. We also may share your information with our associated
companies, business partners or other carefully selected third parties
which are located in countries worldwide. These countries may not have
similar data protection laws to the EEA. If we transfer your
information outside of the EEA in this way, we will take steps aiming
to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.
Information automatically collected from your computer
When you visit the Site, our web server automatically records your IP
address. This IP address may be linked to any of your personal
information. We use IP addresses to help us administer the Site and to
collect demographic information for marketing and aggregation purposes.
We may also gather other non-personal information (from which we cannot
identify you) such as the type of your Internet browser, which we use
to provide you with a more effective service.
Cookies
When you visit the Site we may store some information (commonly
known as a "cookie") on your computer. Cookies are pieces of
information that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and
sometimes track information about you. In this regard, please review
our cookie policy at which sets out the purposes for which we use cookies and how they can be disabled.
Changes to your details
We aim to keep our information about you as accurate as possible. If
you would like to review or change the details that we hold about you,
please contact us at database@gsm.org
Security
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal
information. We have implemented appropriate technology and policies to
safeguard your personal information from unauthorised access and
improper use. However, the nature of the Internet is such that we
cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us via the Internet.
Linking to third party websites
We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of
other sites, even if you access them using links from this Site. We
strongly recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and
contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.
In addition, if you linked to this Site from a third party
site, we are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of
the owners or operators of that third party site. We strongly recommend
that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its
owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.
Contact us
If at any time you would like to contact us with your views about
our privacy practices, or with any enquiry relating to your personal
information, or if you do not wish us to continue using your
information as outlined above, you can do so by sending an email to us
at database@gsm.org or write to CRM Manager, GSMC Limited, 115 Perimeter Center Place. Suite 308 - Atlanta, GA 30346 (USA)