Privacy Policy

This Privacy & Cookies Policy (“Policy”) dated 12 July 2021 replaces our previous policies. Please take the time to review before you continue to use our products and services.

dmg events is an international exhibitions and publishing company with events across more than 25 countries in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. Headquartered in Dubai since 1989, we have expanded our operations from this global hub city to Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Canada, South Africa and the UK, achieving impressive growth in emerging and mature markets.

For the purpose of applicable data protection laws, the data controller is dmg events (UK) Ltd and its group of companies headquartered in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Palladium Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The Data Controller is part of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc group (“DMGT”). Members of the DMGT group may use and share, within that group, the information you provide and other information held about you for the purposes set out below. For more information about the DMGT group please see the DMGT website and the DMGT Privacy Policy.

This privacy policy governs the collection and use of personal information by dmg events. For more information about dmg events please visit www.dmgevents.com

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains the types of personal information we collect, how we use that information, who we share it with, how we protect that information, and your legal rights in relation to your information. We are committed to abiding by this privacy policy, as well as the requirements of applicable laws, in the operation of our business. Please read this policy carefully as it explains our views and practices regarding your personal information and how it is handled. By accessing or browsing our websites, attending our events in person or virtually, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to this privacy policy in its entirety.

Information we may hold about you

This policy covers all personal information collected and used by dmg events. In this policy “personal information” means information that (either in isolation or in combination with other information held by us) enables you to be identified as an individual or recognised directly or indirectly. This may include your name, date of birth, sex, postal address, email address, computer IP address, phone number, credit card number, login information and technical information from the devices you use to receive our services, together with information from or about you which is uploaded to any virtual event platform, or generated on it or recorded through it – for example recordings of speeches or presentations, chat content, questions, poll results and audio-visual content incorporating your likeness, image or opinions.

Collection of personal information

We may collect information about you from different sources detailed below.

Information you give us

When you access and browse our websites (including when you register for an event onsite or virtually or fill in forms on our websites) and when you correspond with us by phone or email or other electronic means, you may give us information about yourself. The information you give us may include your name, payment processing information, postal address, email address, landline and/or mobile telephone number, delivery details, dietary and access requirements and information about your employment (including your job title, responsibilities and employer’s details) as well as other personal information.

In addition when you interact with any virtual event platform you may give us or create content about you – for example speeches or presentations, chat content, questions, poll results and audio-visual content incorporating your likeness, image or opinions.

Information we collect about you

With regard to each of your visits to our website(s) (including any virtual event platform), we may also use cookies and other technologies to automatically collect the following information:

technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating systems and platform; and

information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstreams to, on and from our websites, products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call us.

Information we receive and collect from other sources

We may receive information about you from other websites operated by the dmg events group or from the other services that we provide. We also work closely with third parties such as payment processors and app providers and may receive information about you from them. We may also collect information about you from publicly available sources, including publicly available content on social media e.g. your name, job title and industry.

We may also receive information about you from you from your employer when (i) they complete registration forms for delegate, sponsorship, media partner or exhibitor activities at our events; or (ii) they provide us with your details as points of contact for administration, billing or relationship management purposes.