Privacy Statement

We respect your privacy and protect your personal data. The objective of this Privacy Statement is to explain to you, what personal data we collect, why and how we protect it, who share it with and how we respect your rights. This applies to you if you are:

• A current or previous attendee at our events
• A representative of a sponsor or partner atour events
• A speaker, panel member or interviewee at our event
• Contacting us with a query via email or website or ocial media
• Visiting our website:
  • https://giaglobalgroup.com/
  • https://giavirtual.com/
  • https://sccybersecurity.com/
  • https://worlddatasummit.com/
  • https://smartfactoryleague.com/
  • https://worlddatacompliance.com/
  • https://mlssummit.com/

Personal data means any information that identifies or can be linked to natural person for identification. Personal data we collect about you includes:

• your first and last name so that we know who you are
• your email address, telephone, or mobile number so that we can contact you
• Your title, company name, country and other details that you provide to us
• Your payment information such as billing details so that we can issue an invoice

If you are a speaker, moderator, panel member or interviewee, in addition to above mentioned personal data, we will also collect:

• Your image or video
• Your resume or profile or biography
• Your company name and logo, unless agreed otherwise

We collect your personal data only when you provide your personal data. We collect your personal data when you provide it by visiting our website, meeting us in person, filling a form, signing a contract, calling us, emailing us, or messaging us (through any means including social media) with interest in our services.

We use the common advertising platforms such as LinkedIn Ads, Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, Twitter Ads to run ad or remarketing campaigns, track conversions, and create campaign performance reports. We also use Google Analytics to have a better understanding of our audience and to be able to improve our services accordingly. These platforms allow us to reach to you based on their algorithms, but we receive your personal data only when you have made a choice to click on an advert and or submitted a form.

• If you are an event attendee, we rely on your consent as part of registration for event. For this we will:
  • Send you emails to inform you about our events e.g., details on how to join, reminders, follow up for feedback.
  • Send emails with relevant insights and offers about our upcoming events.
  • Based on your consent, share your name, title, company name and contact details with our partners so that they can contact you.
  • List your name in event participants and or speaker list to improve the quality of networking. The list includes attendee’s full name, job title, company and country. This list may be online or printed based on event being online or live.
  • Give you the choice to join our community app. This provides participants with the tools for making connections with other participants.
• If you are a speaker, moderator, panel member or interviewee, we rely on your consent to be part of our event. In this case, all processing as applicable to an event attendee will apply. Additionally, we will:
  • Record the delivery of your presentation or interview
  • Photograph you for promoting our events
• If you are a sponsor, we rely on our contractual obligations with you. For this we will:
  • contact your representative(s) via mail or phone
  • create, send and follow-on invoices or payments in line with the contract
• As a legitimate interest of our company, we will:
  • Use your data to check if payments have been received in time or not. If payments are not received, we will contact you
  • Review and analyse the attendees and speakers at our events to understand the type of audiences that are attracted to our events
• To comply with applicable laws, we will:
  • share all our invoices with our accountant
  • reporting to relevant authorities as per the applicable laws
• When you consent, we will:
  • Answer your queries when you fill a form or contact us via email
  • Use your name, image, and a testimonial on our website. You can always contact us to remove these by sending us an email

If you no longer wish to receive newsletters or promotional materials, you may opt-out by following the unsubscribe link placed in the footer of the promotional email or, if by post, by returning the letter to us with “unsubscribe” marked upon it, or you can simply contact [email protected] and ask to be unsubscribed.

We keep your data safe and protected i.e., we do not disclose this to others unless strictly necessary for performance and delivery of the service we provide you. And, when data is with us, the data stays in a password protected computer or software we use.

The personal data we hold is stored on cloud-based servers located in Czech Republic and Germany. We retain your personal data up to five years after such information is collected. If you wish, you can always unsubscribe from our emails or you come back to us with a request to stop processing your personal data earlier.

To provide you with best-in-class experience at our events and conferences, we rely on providers that help us with specialized services. When doing so, we focus on sharing only the necessary data and we sign a contract with such providers. To ensure that we deliver you the services in effective way, we share your personal data with following categories of third parties:

• Provider of technical and operational support services like event hosting, website hosting and maintenance, email provisioning, calendars, payment processing, back-ups, customer relationship management, auto responders, signatures of documents etc.
• Photographers and videographers as this is an expert skill and we want you to look good in pictures.
• Law enforcement agencies and courts when it is necessary to do so, or we are obliged by laws to share such information.

Some of the specific companies we rely on are:

• Stripe for online payments. You can consult their Privacy Statement here.
• Eventify as our community app provider. You can consult their Privacy Statement here.
• tilda.cc as a GIA Virtual Series website builder. You can consult their Privacy Statement here.
• Whova Inc as our virtual event platform. You can consult their Privacy Statement here.

Sharing with Event Partners:

• Full Name & Job Title
• Company Name
• Phone Number if provided
• Email Address
• Location/Country
• Areas of Interest & Industry
• Virtual Exhibition Booth Analytics

Your privacy is important, and we respect your rights. You have the following rights:

1. Right to access i.e., get an overview of your personal data with us.
2. Right to rectification i.e., get your personal data modified when necessary.
3. Right to erasure i.e., delete your personal data is it is no longer necessary for purpose of processing. Remember, this is possible only when we do not have legal reason to keep your personal data.
4. Right to restrict processing i.e., limit processing for specific reasons.
5. Right to object to processing i.e., object to processing when you believe processing is unlawful or not necessary.
6. Right to data portability i.e., have your data given to you or someone you choose.

We aim to respond to your request as quickly as possible and work resolve it in 30 calendar days. In some cases, we may deny your request. If we do so, we will let you know why we denied your request. To exercise your rights, please contact us via email.

If you have any queries or want to know more about our privacy approach or need more details on how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal data, you can contact us at [email protected].

You can also reach us at our registered address via registered post.

We are sorry that you did not like something about us. We are always looking to help you and would like to hear about your concern directly. We prefer that you contact us at [email protected].

The law allows you to contact the Data Protection Authority (Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů) if you are unhappy with the way we manage your personal data. Their website can be accessed by clicking here.

In an ever-changing world, we want to keep you informed about what we do with personal data. If anything changes, this privacy statement will be updated. The last update was on Mar 10, 2021.