This website is maintained by BNC Event Shows Ltd. Our Events team office address is Fairmont House, 9 Rowan Drive, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG456RY. You can reach us by telephone on + 44 (0) 7539 005 126 and our email address ask@thebnc.co.uk
As a user of the Site (referred to as “you/your”), you acknowledge that any use of the Site is subject to this privacy policy. We take privacy seriously and we are committed to protecting your personal information. The purpose of this privacy policy is to set out the purposes for which, and the manner in which, we may collect and use personal information that we may obtain about you, so that you can make an informed choice about using the Site.
What Information Do We Collect?
We may collect the domain name, IP address and e-mail address (where possible) of visitors to the Site, the e-mail address of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages visitors access or visit, user-specific information on what pages visitors access or visit and information volunteered by visitors via google analytics.
When you register yourself or contact us to book a stand through our Site, we will ask for your title, full name, job title, e-mail address(es), company name, postal address (including postcode), phone number(s), and other personal data required through this process. Your invoicing details will be required when you purchase any products/services from us.
When you register on our site we will ask you for information on the events you run including your professional recommendations. By registering for our BNC Shows you can indicate your interest in our other events and networking club, The Buyers’ Networking Club Ltd. By doing so, these events on offer and services provided may be beneficial to you and your organisation and we will keep your personal data from your registration form to contact you.
We will only contact you for the events you show interest in. By registering for our BNC Shows we will keep your personal data provided up to date by contacting you with important information on the events you want to attend and services you require. You can opt-out of these notices anytime by contacting us.
We may also ask for the contact details of other individuals within your organisation, such as your event colleagues or booking contact. If you are asked to provide details about other people, please ensure that these individuals are happy for their details to be given to us and used for the purposes set out in this privacy policy (which may include using their details for marketing purposes).
In order to tailor our subsequent communications to you and continuously improve our products and services, we may also ask you to provide us with information regarding your professional interests, experience with our products/services and more detailed contact preferences.
We may also contact you when required for more detailed personal and professional information when registering on our Site.
Where you provide us with any sensitive personal information (such as dietary or physical information) in connection with a booking for an event, we will only use this information in connection with the relevant event to serve your particular needs. We do not retain this information in our database.
We will take pictures and videos sometimes at our events. By entering BNC events you may be in focus or in shot of our pictures and videos. We will only ever use pictures and videos for marketing purposes on our websites, social media sites and in marketing materials. If you do not wish to be included in pictures and videos you must make us aware prior to and onsite at our BNC Events. We will do our best to exclude you from pictures and videos if you do not want these to be published post event.
How We Use Your Personal Information
The identity and contact details of the BNC Event Shows Ltd data controller and the controller representatives can be required by contacting us via telephone on + 44 (0)7539 005 126 and our email address ask@thebnc.co.uk
We use your personal information and other information collected from you to manage your registration, provide you with information on our events and further information that you request (e.g. seminar slides, details of events etc.) and to improve the content of the Site and products/services you receive from us. Your personal information may also be shared with government entities and regulatory authorities as required by law. The use that such government entities and regulatory authorities make of your personal information is outside of our control and we do not accept any liability in this regard.
The personal information shown or provided by you will be held on a database and, where we have appropriate authorisation, may be shared with various entities within The BNC Event Shows Ltd organisation.
These entities may use your personal data and professional information to provide you with information about BNC Event Shows Ltd products and services which they think may be of interest to you.
For more information about the types of marketing we carry out, please see the section below.
How Your Information Is Used at our BNC Event Shows and BNC Events
We may employ the services of third parties to help us in certain areas, such as registration, lead generation and capture services and badging suppliers. These third parties suppliers may receive your information through the transfer of your data to facilitate entering our events. We will safeguard the transfer of your data in all circumstances where possible but are not accountable or responsible for any third party breach of your personal data.
We may ask you permission for your consent of personal data to be provided to our Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers and other third parties at our BNC Shows. The permission of your personal data is for Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers and other third parties to contact you for marketing and selling purposes.
We will never directly provide Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers and other third parties your data at our BNC Shows unless instructed otherwise. We only provide your data to our registration, lead generation/ capture and badging suppliers. The Exhibitors, Sponsors, and other third parties you meet at our event/s will ask you to scan your badge or swap contact information which provides them with your personal data. The Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers and other third parties will then be able to contact you for marketing and selling purposes.
We reserve the right to retain your personal data when registering your details on and using our Site. We will retain your data to check back historically where you originally registered from and we will be able to contact you using this data to verify you are still working in the events industry. Only if you have left your current organisation will we use it to check back and confirm your new personal data i.e. if you have a new organisational role or unless you notify us otherwise. We also retain your personal data for research purposes to see if another person has taken over your previous position. Retaining your personal data is also required if we receive notification to stop processing your personal data so we can exclude you in future direct marketing.
We may use your personal data to contact suppliers you have mentioned when signing up to our BNC events. We will never sell your data only send or say your name, title and company when making contact with third party suppliers.
We can provide you with all personal data we hold on request in accordance with your rights. When applicable you have the right to withdraw consent to us keeping your personal data at any time. You have the right to register a complaint to management of The BNC Event Shows Ltd and with a supervisory authority at any time.
We hold personal data that has been registered on our Site. Historically we also hold data that has been prospected and reserve the right to keep this data for our services provided.
Failing to provide personal data required for our events may affect us processing your information and not being able to register or accept attendance at our BNC Event Shows and associated events. Each registration on our site is carefully considered and a final decision is made by the Directors of the BNC Event Shows Ltd.
We keep all personal data if we do not allow you to attend our BNC Event Shows and BNC events so we can check back why your registration was not accepted. We also keep your personal data for all unsubscribes so we will not contact you for future marketing purposes.
A link can be provided to our data processor for The BNC Event Shows and here is a link to their privacy policy
You may contact them and request a copy of your data that is held or you can ask them to remove your data from their systems
Please see below outlining the nature of data collection:
o Utilising data captured during pre-registration to issue delegate badges and track event attendance
o Capturing data around session attendance by scanning badges on entry to specific session locations
o Providing lead retrieval scanners for partners and other 3rd parties to allow delegates to pass on their contact details with automated email delivered after the delegate scans their badge
• Outlining how the data collected using our technology will be used post event – this is your responsibility to outline this in a clear and transparent manner
• Emphasising the acceptance of this data processing and transfers is a condition of entry to the event so that consent is gained at the point of pre-registration – a separate process is established for on-site registrations
• Identifying any 3rd parties who will have access to the data provided by utilising our event technology
We are unable to provide legal drafting for these purposes and thank you in advance for cooperating with us to ensure our mutual compliance with this legislation.
Cookie Policy for BNC Event Shows Ltd
This is the Cookie Policy for BNC Event Shows Ltd, accessible from https://www.bnceventshows.com/
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
• Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
• Forms related cookies
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
• Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
• This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
• We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Twitter, Instagram and Facebook will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
• Email: ask@thebnc.co.uk
User’s Right to Opt-Out
If you do not want to receive communications from us, The Buyers’ Networking Club Ltd or third parties you may opt out of such communications by sending an e-mail to ask@thebnc.co.uk or by calling or writing to us (our contact details are given below).
Grace Period
We will endeavour to update your records as promptly as practical. However, you may continue to receive communications for a transitional period whilst we process your request.
Security Measures
We take reasonable precautions on the Site to protect and maintain the security of your information. Our site can and should be accessed from https://bnceventshows.com. You should see the padlock in front of the URL. The lock icon in front of the URL in web browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked or open (as will be the case for most of the time that a user is browsing the web). However, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will never be able to defeat security measures or access and use your personal information for improper purposes.
External Hyperlinks and Third Party Advertising
This Site contains links to other websites. Their inclusion cannot be taken to imply any endorsement or validation by us of the content of such other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites and nor do we accept any liability in connection with the content or otherwise of such websites. We may display third party advertisements on the Site. Cookies may be associated with these advertisements to enable the advertiser to track the number of anonymous users responding to the campaign. We do not have access to or control over cookies placed by third parties.
If We Sell the BNC Event Shows Ltd
In the event that our business is sold or integrated with another business, your details will be disclosed to our advisors and any prospective purchaser’s advisors and will be passed to the new owners of the business.
Changes/Updates to the Privacy Policy
In order to keep up with changing legislation and best practice, we may revise this privacy policy at any time without notice and so please check back periodically so that you are aware of any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or feel that your privacy has been compromised, please contact us at: Fairmont House, 9 Rowan Drive, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG456RY. You can reach us by telephone on + 44 (0) 7539 005 126 and our email address ask@thebnc.co.uk