Introduction
Thank you for engaging with us at The Alliance of International Corporate Advisors (AICA). We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy explains how we use the personal information that we collect and process as an organisation and outlines the procedures which are in place to safeguard your privacy.
If we ask you to provide any information by which you can be identified either when visiting our website or engaging in a relationship with us, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We are a data controller in respect of the data that we hold about you, and we manage all our personal data whether client data, data on targets, data relating to our professional contacts, employee data and any other personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
What types of data do we collect and hold?
The personal data that we hold about you will be specific to you and your relationship with us at AICA and may include some of the following types of data and other data relevant to the transaction:
- Personal identifiers: such as your name and title;
- Contact information: such as your work address, work email, work telephone number;
- Business details: such as your company name, job title and specialism;
- Information about your visits to our website.
We do not collect or process personal data. Any data collected is used for membership uses only and is only passed to members of AICA if this is relevant to the purpose.
Your rights under the data protection laws
As an individual you have a number of rights under the relevant data protection laws, including:
- the right to request from us access to your own personal information;
- the right to ask us not to process your personal data for personalised direct marketing;
- the right to request any inaccurate information we hold about you is corrected;
- the right to request your information is deleted in certain circumstances;
- a right to request that we stop using your personal information for certain purposes; and
- a request to request that decisions are not taken by wholly automated means.
These rights may be limited to certain defined circumstances and we may not be able to comply with your request. If you request to exercise these rights, we aim to respond to you within one month.
If you wish to receive a copy of your personal data or exercise these rights, please email us at amanda@aicanetwork.com or write to us at the address below.
Whilst we will always strive for excellent service and to manage your expectations, if you feel your data has not been handled correctly or if you have any concerns or complaints about our data handling, please contact us at amanda@aicanetwork.com and we will try to resolve any issues.
How long do we keep your data for?
We will hold your information on our systems for as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Changes to our privacy notice
Any changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy notice.
This policy is effective from 1 Jan 2020.
Third party websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of our members. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Contacting Us
If there is anything in this notice that you are unclear about, please contact us at amanda@aicanetwork.com and we shall be happy to answer any queries you may have concerning this privacy notice or the way in which we process your personal data.