MRANI

PRIVACY POLICY

Minority Recognition Awards NI takes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users while providing a personalised and valuable service. This Privacy Policy statement explains the data processing practices of Minority Recognition Awards NI. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries about these practices, please contact our Privacy Officer by e-mail.

Our site contains links to third-party sites which are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any such sites that you visit.

Information Collected

Personal information is collected by Minority Recognition Awards NI for and on behalf of Minority Recognition Awards NI only.

We collect personally identifiable information about you (your “Data”) through:

• the use of enquiry and registration forms
• when you purchase any of our products or services
• the provision of your details to us either online or offline

The elements of your Data that we collect may include:

• Name
• Job title
• Company name
• Company address, phone, and fax number
• Home address and phone number
• Mobile telephone number
• E-mail address
• Payment details such as credit card information

If you are a Minority Recognition Awards NI subscriber, we may also collect information regarding your use of the service.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

We use your Data for purposes that may include:

• conducting market research surveys
• running competitions
• providing you with information about products and services we offer (if you agree to
       receive such information)
• sharing your Data with third party organisations who offer products or services which we feel may be
       of interest to you (providing you agree to receive such information)

If you wish to receive information about Minority Recognition Awards NI products or services or from other carefully selected organisations about products or services they offer, please indicate your preferences using the consent boxes when providing us with your Data. We may also disclose your information to business partners and to third-party suppliers we engage to provide services which involve processing data on our behalf, successors in title to our business or in accordance with a properly executed court order or otherwise required to do so by law.

Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Devices

We use cookies to help personalise your use of our sites. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer’s hard drive by the web server so that the website can remember who you are. This information may include information relating to your use of our sites, information about your computer such as the computer’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our site via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a registered user or subscriber this may include your name and email address, which may be transferred to data processors for registered user or subscriber verification purposes. We use information from cookies for purposes which may include:

• identifying returning users, registrants, and subscribers and allowing subscribers to be presented with a personalised version of the site
• eliminating the need for returning users to re-enter their login details
• enabling you to move more easily around our site
• tracking your use of our site to better develop our sites in accordance with your requirements
• building up a demographic profile

You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time. However, this will mean that any settings such as your stored username and password will have to be reset. You can set your internet browser so that it will not allow cookies to be stored on your computer. This may reduce the functionality of the site, prevent access to subscriber-only areas of the site and mean that certain features or content will not be available to you. Further information on how to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org under the “manage cookies” section. Alternatively, go to the help menu within your internet browser.

Minority Recognition Awards NI use web analytics services through either Webstats, WebTrends, or Google Analytics, provided by Google, Inc. WebTrends and Google Analytics use cookies to help us to analyse how users use Minority Recognition Awards NI sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on servers in the United States. They will use this information for evaluating your use of our sites, compiling reports on website activity for us, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. They may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on their behalf. They will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Webstats, WebTrends, or Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of Minority Recognition Awards NI sites. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Webstats, WebTrends, and Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Some of the advertisements you see on Minority Recognition Awards NI sites may be generated by third parties. Some of these third parties generate their own cookies for statistical purposes, for example, for tracking how many unique users have seen a particular advertisement, and how many times they have seen it, and for providing you with advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. They do not contain personal information such as your name or email address. Revenue Science, who generate these cookies have their own privacy policy at http://www.revenuescience.com/site/privacy.asp. Minority Recognition Awards NI do not have access to these cookies, although we may use statistical information arising from the third-party cookies provided to us by Revenue Science, to improve the targeting of advertisements to users.

Security Policy

Minority Recognition Awards NI has appropriate measures in place to ensure that our users’ Data is protected against unauthorized access or use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. User Data may be transferred outside the Minority Recognition Awards NI to data processors such as fulfilment houses, but they will act only on our instructions to provide the services required.

Transfer of Data

The Internet is a global environment. Using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing the Minority Recognition Awards NI Sites and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way. By agreeing to our transfer of your Data to third-party organisations for them to send you details of products and services offered (as detailed above) you are deemed to provide your consent to any transfer of your Data to organisations based outside the European Economic Area.

User Access and Control of Data

If you wish to amend any of the Data which we hold about you, or update your marketing preferences, please contact us. Calls made to these numbers may be recorded for training and quality control purposes.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you by contacting the Privacy Officer by e-mail. We may charge the statutory allowable fee for provision of this information.

Children Under 14

We do not intentionally collect any information on children under 14 years of age. We will undertake to delete any details of such users where a parent or guardian has notified us that any such details have been obtained.

Changes to this Policy

This policy is effective from December 2010. From time to time we may make changes to this privacy policy statement to reflect any changes to our privacy practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice, or website enhancements.