pub dogs privacy policy

1. Introduction
1.1 Pub Dogs and its group entities respect your right to privacy.
1.2 If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, then please contact us using the contact details provided at the bottom of this Privacy Notice.
1.3 We recommend that you read this Privacy Notice in full to ensure you are fully informed. However, if you only want to access a particular section of this Privacy Notice, then you can click on the relevant link below to jump to that section.
  • What do we do?
  • What personal information does Pub Dogs collect and why?
  • Who does Pub Dogs share my personal information with?
  • Legal basis for processing personal information (EEA visitors only)
  • Cookies and similar tracking technology
  • How does Pub Dogs keep my personal information secure?
  • International data transfers
  • Data retention
  • Automated decision-making
  • Your data protection rights
  • Updates to this Privacy Notice
  • How to contact us
2. What do we do?
2.1 Pub Dogs is a provider of business information and organises a range of exhibition events and awards, headquartered in the United Kingdom but with group companies all around the world. Our services help businesses succeed by delivering information, knowledge and solutions to customers and companies.
2.2 For more information about Pub Dogs, please see the “Who we are” section of our Website at https://www.pubdogs.com/who-we-are.
3. What personal information does Pub Dogs collect and why?

The personal information that we may collect about you broadly falls into the following categories:

Information that you provide voluntarily

3.1 Certain parts of our Website may ask you to provide personal information voluntarily: for example, we may ask you to provide your contact details in order to register an account with us, to subscribe to marketing communications from us, to receive subscriptions and attendance at events and/or to submit enquiries to us. The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

Information that we collect automatically

3.2 When you visit our Website, we may collect certain information automatically from your device. In some countries, including countries in the European Economic Area, this information may be considered personal information under applicable data protection laws.

3.3 Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include information like your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location) and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Website, including the pages accessed and links clicked. Collecting this information enables us better to understand the visitors who come to our Website, where they come from, and what content on our Website is of interest to them. We use this information for our internal analytics purposes and to improve the quality and relevance of our Website to our visitors.

3.4 Some of this information may be collected using cookies and similar tracking technology.

Information that we obtain from third party source

3.5 From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third party sources, but only where we have checked that these third parties either have your consent or are otherwise legally permitted or required to disclose your personal information to us.

3.6 The types of information we collect from third parties include credit or debit card details and we use the information we receive from these third parties to collect payment for subscriptions and attendance at events.

3.7 We may also collect information about you from public sources (such as public databases and social media websites). This is to ensure we have accurate, up to date or necessary information for us to communicate with you or to provide the best possible service. The types of information we may collect includes personal details and contact information (including postal address and telephone numbers).

3.8 We may also contact you for research purposes.  We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you, such as product interest or company activity.  We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above.

Photographic and audiovisual imagery

3.9 When you participate in our event, we may use any photographic and / or audiovisual material originating from the event in which your image, voice and/or other personal data (including name and job title) may appear, in order to make written or audiovisual releases, whether in-company or external and through any available and appropriate channel including media and marketing collateral and it may be shared online through image galleries. If for any reason you wish not to be featured in imagery from the event, please contact us as set out below.

4. With whom does Pub Dogs share my personal information?
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients:
4.1 To our group companies and third-party service providers who provide data processing services to us (for example, to support the delivery of, provide functionality on, or help to enhance the security of our Website, or who otherwise process personal information for purposes that are described in this Privacy Notice or notified to you when we collect your personal information).

4.2 To any competent law enforcement body, regulatory, government agency, court or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person.
4.3 To a potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with any proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Notice.
4.4 To any other person with your consent to the disclosure.
If our event uses a virtual platform for networking, then your name, job title and company name will be visible to delegates using the platform for connections and to arrange meetings. You can manage your own details, including whether to make your contact details (email/phone) visible to new connections. Sponsors will see who has visited their virtual booth or watched their session, but only name, job title and company name. They will not see phone/email details unless you actively connect with them.
7. How does Pub Dogs keep my personal information secure?
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information that we collect and process about you. These include:
  • encrypting your personal information in transit;
  • pseudonymisation and encryption of personal data on supported systems;
  • ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of processing systems and services; and
  • restoring access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of an incident.
13. How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy at any time, please contact us using the following details:
13.1 For visitors from the UK:
The data controller of personal information collected about you through this Website is Pub Dogs whose  office is at The Lost Pug Bottom Street Northend Southam CV47 2TJ
You can write to us at the address above (marked for the attention of the Data Protection Officer) or e-mail us at: dataprivacy@pubdogs.com.
13.2 For visitors from France:
The data controller of personal information collected about you through this Website is Pub Dogs e-mail us at: dataprivacy@pubdogs.com.
13.3 For visitors to “Pub Dogs”-branded websites and events:
The data controller of personal information collected about you is Pub Dogs whose registered office is at The Lost Pug Bottom Street Northend Southam CV47 2TJ
You can write to us at: The Lost Pug Bottom Street Northend Southam CV47 2TJ or e-mail us at data@pubdogs.com