The Investor Forum CIC
A Community Interest Company
Registered Office: 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE
Registered: in England and Wales
Registration Number: 09242326
The Investor Forum (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. You can withdraw such consent at any time.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “Act”) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (the “UK GDPR”), the Investor Forum may act as either data controller or data processor with respect to your personal data.
What We Collect
We may collect personal information such as your name, title, email address and phone number when you use our website or contact us.
This includes information you provide when you become a member. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
You can find more about what constitutes personal information on the ICO website.
What Do We Do With The Information We Collect
We may use the information you have provided to us in the following ways:
- To send newsletters and other communications to you if you have signed up to receive them.
- To provide you with information about our services, and other activities if you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
We may use Mailchimp as our marketing platform for some of the emails we send. Learn more about Mailchimp’s privacy practices
Where we store your personal data
We may transfer, store and process your personal data outside the UK.
Your Rights
You have the following rights:
- the right to ask what personal data that we hold about you at any time
- the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you; or
- (as set out above) the right to opt out of any communications that we may send you at any time by contacting us at [email protected] or by using the ‘unsubscribe’ option at the foot of any marketing communications sent to you.
If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the contact details set out below.
Contact
For questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy, please contact The Investor Forum:
a) by e-mail at [email protected];
b) by post, at our registered office address set out above; or
c) by telephone on 0207 611 2223
Security
We will not sell or license your personal information to any third party. We aim to be clear when we collect your data, what we will use it for, and not do anything you would not reasonably expect. We treat your data with the utmost care and take appropriate steps to protect it.
Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your web browser. Cookies can be used to collect, store and share bits of information about your activities across websites, including on the Investor Forum website.
Cookies might be used for the following purposes:
- To enable certain functions
- To provide analytics
- To store your preferences
- To keep you logged in
- To improve our user experience to you
The Investor Forum uses both session cookies and persistent cookies.
A session cookie is used to identify a particular visit to our Website. These cookies expire after a short time, or when you close your web browser after using our Website. We use these cookies to identify you during a single browsing session, such as when you log into our Website.
A persistent cookie will remain on your devices for a set period of time specified in the cookie. We use these cookies where we need to identify you over a longer period of time. For example, we would use a persistent cookie if you asked that we keep you signed in.
How do third parties use cookies on the Investor Forum Website?
Third party companies like analytics companies and ad networks generally use cookies to collect user information on an anonymous basis. They may use that information to build a profile of your activities on the Investor Forum Website and other websites that you’ve visited.
What are your cookies options?
If you don’t like the idea of cookies or certain types of cookies, you can change your browser’s settings to delete cookies that have already been set and to not accept new cookies. To learn more about how to do this, visit the help pages of your browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or do not accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Where can I find more information about cookies?
You can learn more about cookies by visiting the following third party websites:
Complaints
If you have any complaints or concerns about the contents of this policy or your personal data stored, processed and/or controlled by the Investor Forum you can address these with the supervisory authority, the International Commissioner’s Officer:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.