Privacy policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy. Here we set out the basis on which we process the personal data you provide us with or the collect personal data we collect from you.

SBiT is the data controller. Our details are:

SBiT

Company Number 11545450
Registered Address:  21 Lewin Road, Streatham, London, SW16 6JZ
Email: info@sbit.org.uk

The information we collect and how we collect it

We collect your information when you complete a form on the website or if we email and ask you for information. This may be when you apply for membership or ask for participation in an event or sign up for our communications. If you contact us, we may keep a records of this communication. This may also be information that you post on our site or provide on our social and community platforms.

This information may include (and is not limited to)

Your name (and that of your company/employer), contact details for one or both, bank or credit card details.

We collect information in your correspondence with us regarding your membership and your general interactions with us.

We may collect personal data provided to us by third parties in accordance with the law.

We may take photographs or film at our events and by attending you consent to your image being used in future SBiT communications both online and offline to promote SBiT.

We may also collect information about the computer or device you use to access our site or social platforms and this may include your IP address, browser type, OS etc.

We may aggregate information you supply us with or information from our website usage and supply this to third parties. This is statistical information which does not identify individual users – unless we have specifically asked your permission for this.

If you are joining SBiT, we will use this information in our Membership Directory and make it available publicly both in our Members Section of this website and also add you (with your permission) on to our social forums. We will also use this information to advise you of our member events such as webinars so that you can chose to participate. Should you decide to do so, your name and company will be available to other participants. This means the networking opportunities are fully open to you as would be the exchanges of information on our social platforms.

Access to the Members area on the SBiT website is by subscription (membership) only. Access to this content is based on IP address. We will collect and use your computer’s IP address to ensure that you have access rights to the information you are entitled to as part of your membership. We are not able to identify individual users - simply the device.

How we use your data

We will use the information we collect to provide you with the services, products and information that you request from us or have paid for or which we feel will be relevant or of interest to you. We may use electronic means, email or post.

If you have purchased services form us in the past, we may contact you with information about similar services that may be of interest.

We use your information to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts between us, to notify you of any contractual changes and to allow you to participate in interactive elements (such as forums) of our service

From time to time we, or a third party engaged by us, may ask you to complete surveys that we use for the purposes of research and to produce reports. You do not have to respond to these requests. This information is almost always aggregated and anonymised unless we have your express permission otherwise. This information is always treated confidentially and access to it restricted.

If we are legally obliged to supply your data to a third party (such as police, regulatory authorities) for compliance or fraud prevention.

Controlling your data

Whenever you supply information to us to use, you can advise us that you do not want this information used for direct marketing purposes, or that you do not want your name or company name to be shared. Please email info@sbit.org.uk

You may at any time ask us for the information we hold on you (a Subject Access Request). Please email us at info@sbit.org.uk

How long do we keep your data?

We keep all data in accordance with GDPR and constantly review the data we hold.

Your security

You are free to unsubscribe from our email communications at any time.

We store any information we keep on secure computers/databases subject to GDPR. So we have in place physical, electronic and management procedures in place to keep your data secure. We do not share your information for any purpose other than those outlined on this site without your permission/consent.

To access the Members Area of this website we will have given you a password. You are responsible for keeping this password safe and for keeping it confidential.

Where this website contains links to other sites, please bear in mind that we are not responsible for the security or privacy policies of these sites.

Whilst we do all we can to protect your data, we cannot completely guarantee the security of data transmitted on this site and any such transmission is at your own risk.

Cookies – how we use them

You can choose to decline or accept cookies. If you accept, the cookie enable us to analyse which of our web pages are being used. This helps us improve our website. We only use this information for aggregated analysis. Cookies enable us to present content on our site in the most effective manner possible.

If you reject cookies, there may be a chance that your browsing experience is slightly compromised.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We will post any changes to our privacy policy on this page and you should check this website regularly to make sure you are familiar with the most up to date version