Privacy Policy

 

Privacy Policy Statement

The effective date of this Privacy Policy statement is 7th March 2007.

Spectra Intelligence respects the information provided by its customers. This Privacy Policy statement discloses the type of information we capture from our customers, how we use it, and how customers can request to no longer receive communications from us.

Our Customers

This policy applies to all customers of Spectra Intelligence, who include but are not limited to, our conference delegates, visitors, customer inquiries, speakers, press, and other individuals with whom Spectra Intelligence maintains business relationships or communications.

Customer Information and Use

When potential customers communicate with us, two primary types of information are gathered:

Professional Information: including but not limited to, name, address, company name, company address, phone number, fax number, and email address, as well as questions answered on survey or registration forms. Data captured during a customer's visit to Spectra Intelligence's web site, as well as during a visit to a Spectra Conference is also considered professional information and may also be stored in our customer database for internal use. Professional information may be, upon the consent of Spectra Intelligence, be shared with other organisations or customers for the purpose of facilitating business relationships believed by Spectra Intelligence to be in our customers' best interests.

Financial Information: Payment information used for or gathered during the registration process or invoicing for goods includes, but is not limited to, credit card numbers, financial institutions, and expiration dates. This information is not used for any purpose other than that for which it is being provided to us, and is used only to the extent necessary for processing the transaction or to facilitate future transactions.

Opting Out

Spectra Intelligence will accept, implement and maintain any customer request to opt out of future communication with Spectra Intelligence or a third party to whom Spectra Intelligence provided the customer's information. If you would like to opt out of communications you are receiving from Spectra Intelligence or a third party contacting you on behalf of Spectra Intelligence, please request to be opted out by emailing us. We will endeavour to unsubscribe your contact details within 10 days of this request. Note that in email marketing there is an opportunity to opt out on all emails we send which is facilitated by emarketing vendors.

Security

Spectra's website utilises a secure server to protect your professional and financial information. Secure server software is used to encrypt the information sent between your Internet browser and our Internet site. This ensures the security of your professional and financial transaction details when using our site. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information you have given to us and may, on occasion, request proof of identity before we disclose any professional information to you.

Cookies

The Spectra Intelligence website uses standard temporary, session-specific cookies to ensure visits to its websites are smooth and customised for the visitor. Cookies provide a visitor's browser with information tailored to the visitor's preferences and needs. Permanent or persistent cookies may remain on a visitor's computer after the visitor leaves the Spectra Intelligence website, but our cookies neither reveal nor contain any identifying or personal data. Cookies also cannot read any information on a visitor's computer or interact with other cookies on the visitor's hard drive.

You can turn off the cookie acceptance option in the browser's settings if you do not want your browser to accept cookies. However, disabling the cookie support function of the browser will prevent our website from functioning properly and you may not be able to fully utilise all of the site's information and interactivity.

Policy Changes

Spectra Intelligence reserves the right to review and change this Privacy Policy. Changes to policy may be made without prior notice to existing customers. Policy revisions only apply to information gathered as of the effective date of the revised policy, unless notice and choice as to the changes in use are given, in which case all information is subject to the new policy.

Customer Care

If you have any questions or concerns about your customer information or your request to opt-out of communications from Spectra Intelligence or its third party partners, or if you would like to review the information we've collected about you, please email or call the Administrator:

Spectra Intelligence Administrator: Phone: +44 (0) 208 671 7726; Email: enquiries@spectraintelligence.com

 

 



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