Midwest Business Network

Our Data Protection Person (DPP) oversees how we collect, use, share and protect your information to ensure your rights are fulfilled. You can contact our DPP at dataprotection@midwestbusinessnetwork.com.

The personal information that we may collect consists of:

“Personal data” under Data Protection means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. You can use our Website without being required to provide any personal data to us. We only collect personal data about you on the Website which you volunteer when you email us, by using our online forms, in order to deliver a service or information to you, to send you newsletters or other information. In addition to the information you provide to us, we collect certain information when you visit our website.

We collect and process the following types of personal data about you, only when you provide it or where we clearly request it:

Identity Data including name.

 Contact Data including email address and postal address and telephone number only when you provide it.

 Financial Data We do not retain financial data.

 Technical Data including [internet protocol (IP) address. Other technology on the devices you use or other identifying information to access this website is not accessible by us.

 Client Services Data We do not retain PII in the provision of services. Our members may retain your data through use of the Contact Form on their relevant page. This is a relationship between you and the service provider and subject to the service provider’s privacy policy.

 We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

IN GENERAL

We will always seek your permission to collect any personal information of you. In general, unless you provide us with personally identifiable information, you remain anonymous to us. You can opt out by emailing the DPP directly at dataprotection@midwestbusinessnetwork.com.

MBN does not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from anyone under the age of 16. If it is discovered that we have collected PII from someone under 16 we promptly will delete that information.

We use the personal information collected in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was intended to be used: to enable us to provide you with the relevant service contact you have queried; to respond to your inquiries; for only essential system administration and support if requested by you. If you wish to opt out of our use of your personally identifiable information email the Data Protection Person at dataprotection@midwestbusinessnetwork.com and title the email with “Your Consent; Opting out” or “My Right to be Forgotten”.

Through this policy, we will notify individuals of any future automated-decision making practices we may engage in regarding PII, including the logic involved and the significance of the decision as well as the consequences for you. We also will ensure that you may opt out of such automated-decision making practices.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We work with legitimate enquirers to connect them with our members upon their request and for our website users. Some of these functions may require the collection of your personal information. These are described above under the heading of The Information we Collect and how this information is used, stored and deleted. Other than this, at no time do we share these contact details with other persons external to MBN and for any purposes. Should we ever identify any requirement to share client PII, our clients’ permission will be sought and secured beforehand. We will agree with our client what information can be shared and with whom.

We will provide you all of your retained personal information provided on your request. This can be done by emailing dataprotection@midwestbusinessnetwork.com and title the email with “Request for my Information”.

We protect your personal information from unauthorised access and disclosure through the use of passwords, physical security measures, managerial measures, individual access, and data encryption. We nonetheless recognise that third parties may obtain access to information through unlawful actions, and thus do not promise that your information always will remain private, despite our efforts and the importance we place on maintaining your privacy. In addition, we do not claim any responsibility for information collected by or from websites linking to or from the MBN Website.

In the event that we discover or are notified of a security breach where personal information is at risk, we will notify you electronically if we have your email address. If you do not wish to be notified via email in the event of a breach, please contact us at dataprotection@midwestbusinessnetwork.com.

We will retain your personal information for as long as you are an active client or user of our website. If you request that we no longer use or hold your information contact us at dataprotection@midwestbusinessnetwork.com. Subject to any Legitimate Interest criteria, we will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our obligations to you (legal or otherwise) and maintain our agreements.