PRIVACY POLICY

RECITAL

• A. IET Services (India) Private Limited (“IET India”) is a company incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, England and Wales (“IET UK”), with an objective to enable IET UK to market, distribute and sell services relating to science, engineering and technology to persons who have become members of IET UK in India. As part of its activities, IET India is hosting a one-of-a-kind tech-first event called the ‘Future Tech Congress’ (the “FTC”) to inter alia discuss the future of emerging technologies and related customer service and consumer understanding. This shall include:
  1. understanding the value that blockchain and NFTs add to accelerating supply chains;
  2. delving deep into the fintech-geared insights enabled by the Internet of user behaviour; and
  3. exploring the various aspects of operating in an anomaly economy, and changing bottle-necks to opportunities using tech.
• B. A website visitor/user who wishes to register for FTC will hereinafter be referred to as “Delegate(s)”.
• C. For the purpose of this this Policy, the term “you” and all grammatical variations of it, means any visitor to the FTC website, whether using or accessing any of the information or registering as a Delegate for FTC on the website.
• D. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) details how IET India collects and uses your personal data, and how you can control its use. It describes the broadest potential use of personal data through the web site that are consistent with the terms of this Policy. This Policy does not apply to the websites of our business partners, corporate affiliates or to any other third parties, even if their websites are linked to the site. We recommend you review the respective privacy statements of the other parties with whom you interact. IET India may modify this Policy from time to time in order to address the new issues or ventures of FTC. This change will be notified to the users through emails and users are required to review this Policy periodically as they will be bound by the terms of such updated Policy.
• 1. TYPE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
• 1.1 In order for Delegates to register, we collect personal information like name, organisation, job title, date of birth, contact information including email address, phone number, as well as other relevant information, both online and offline, through the various channels (including but not limited to this website) related to FTC.
• 1.2 We do not collect any personal information from visitors to this site who merely browse or access any content. However, if a visitor wishes to become a Delegate at FTC they shall be requested to register. Registration entails filling up of a form that may contain some attributes of personal information. We do not collect personal data by methods that are indirect or not made obvious to you, and it does not attempt to combine your information with data obtained from sources outside the IET India network and their affiliate entities.
• 2. CONSENT TO AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
• 2.1 Access to the FTC website presumes that you have already read and accepted its Terms and Conditions and this Policy. Your continued use of the website or registration as a Delegate means that you have consented to sharing and use of your information under the terms of this Policy and otherwise to its Terms and Conditions and cookie policy. Further, your registration as a Delegate means that you have consented to receive or participate in our email newsletters, surveys or polls relating to the FTC and our retention of your personal information for this purpose.
• 2.2 The information collected by us is used for the purpose as stated below:
  1. to process registration for FTC;
  2. contact you for registration status;
  3. contact you for the programs that are associated with the website; and
  4. monitor or improve the use of FTC website.
• 3. CHAT
• 3.1 One of our services on the FTC website includes user-to-organizer chat functionality. Users of our chat service(s) can send messages to IET India.
• 3.2 Your messages may be used and stored by us: (a) to convey your messages; (b) provide information about our products and services, including the FTC and delegate participation; and (iii) to enable you and your recipients to view your message history.
• 3.3 We reserve the right to review the content of your messages, including by using automatic filters, to ensure that you are complying with our Terms and Conditions and this Policy, and we also reserve the right to prevent your use of our chat service(s) or to block the sending of any message for any reason. We will not use the content of your chat messages for any other purpose.
• 4. ACCESS
• If personal information you have submitted through the website is no longer accurate, current, or complete, you are allowed to update these changes using the website, but IET India reserves the right to use the information obtained previously to verify your identity or take other actions that it believes is appropriate.
• 4. DATA RETENTION
• We shall be entitled to retain your information for record for a period of 6 months after the completion of the FTC events with us and such information shall be used by us only in consonance with this Policy. Please note that you will have to specifically contact us at the contact address specified below, to delete your account.
• 5. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
• 5.1 IET India reserves the right to share your information with organizations affiliated to IET India without your permission. The information collected will not be sold, exchanged or transferred or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever without your consent. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your personal information with third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
  1. Online Payments: Online payments will be handled by our PCI DSS compliant third party payment provider CC Avenue and for the purpose of completion of payment, your personal information will be shared. IET India will make clear on the payment pages that you will be transferred to CC Avenue and the terms and conditions of use of that site will be applicable to the transaction;
  2. When requested or authorised by you;
  3. If it is used for the purposes of completing, verifying or restricting any transaction made by you;
  4. when lawfully permitted or required;
  5. when in compliance with any judicial order or legal requirement; and
  6. when required to protect the interest of public including but not limited to detection of crimes and the apprehension of criminals.
• 5.2 However, if you wish at any time to withdraw your consent or do not want your information being disclosed to these entities or under the circumstances as mentioned above or do not want to be solicited for services which are offered by us or them, please notify us at the contact addresses as specified below. Please note that such withdrawal of consent may result in IET India being unable to offer or continue to offer some or all of the services being offered through this website.
• 6 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
• 6.1 The website may include links to third party applications/websites (“Third Party Sites”). Such Third Party Sites are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are beyond our control. Once you leave our website, use of any information provided by you is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the Third Party Site you are accessing which might differ from our policy.
• 6.2 If you can’t find the privacy policy of any of these Third Party Sites, you should contact the relevant Third Party Site directly for more information.
• 6.3 We do not provide any personal information or personally identifiable information to third party websites/advertisers/ad-servers without your consent.
• 7 SECURITY
• Transmissions over the Internet are never 100% secure or error-free. However, IET India takes reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
• 8 CONTACT US
• If you have any questions, or concerns about this Policy or any complaints or grievances about the manner in which IET India handles your personal information or the use of your personal information (in doing so acknowledging that IET India may be unable to provide you all or some of the services), please feel free to contact the Grievance Officer any time at:

• Name: Ms Gloria Pillai

  Contact Details: [email protected]