INTRODUCTION
This Privacy Policy notice describes the personal information that Zero 1 Exhibitions Ltd. (trading as 01EX) collects from you, how this information is used and stored as well as the very limited circumstances under which it will be disclosed to 3rd parties. It applies to information that we collect from you online, e.g. through our website, e-mails and/or social media, and offline when you interact with us, whether as a customer, supplier, or member of the public.
For the purposes of this policy notice, personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual.
In compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (Act) and EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR), the data controller is Zero 1 Exhibitions Ltd.
This policy is subject to periodical revisions. Any future revisions to this notice will be posted on this webpage within our main website.
THE DATA WE COLLECT
Zero 1 Exhibitions Ltd. (trading as 01EX) operates a business-to-business model and, in most but not all cases, the data we collect aims to facilitate our interaction with you or the business that you represent.
Information between Zero 1 Exhibitions Ltd. and you is exchanged when you ask about us or our services or contact us for some other business reason. This information varies depending on your interaction with us. When conducting business with us we normally request information that may include: your name, job title, mailing address, billing address, telephone numbers, fax number, e-mail address, purchase history. We also collect any other information that you choose to provide to us through our website, e-mail and/or offline.
We do not buy any type of data from 3rd parties and we do not sell our data to any 3rd party. The information that we gather is normally publicly available or is volunteered by you when interacting with us.
HOW WE USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use your information to assess if our services are of interest to the business that you represent; to take, verify, process, manage and deliver your orders and projects; to process payments; to establish and maintain customer and supplier accounts; to respond to your enquiries, and any other purposes you may contact us for. You should also be aware that we may use your information to comply with applicable legal obligations.
Your information will be used to communicate with you in a variety of ways, including by post, e-mail, telephone, in person or text message. We will only contact you if we believe the information we intend to provide to you could be of ‘legitimate interest’ to you or your business.
We may also try contacting your business to find out who is the best person to talk to about our services. In these cases, we will ask for your consent to store your personal information on our records for marketing purposes. You have the right to ask us to amend or not to process/store your personal data. You can exercise your rights by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. Alternatively, you can contact us (see details at the end of this Policy) or by letting your wishes known to a member of our staff via post, e-mail or telephone.
Our primary objective is to deliver on our high-quality service promise to you and the business you represent. For this purpose, we may disclose your data to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents to enable them to perform functions on our behalf. These service providers may, for example, help us deliver part of your project, administer our website and Information Technology (IT) equipment, or process payments.
OUR WEBPAGE
We use our main website www.01ex.com to showcase our services to current and potential clients and to encourage visitors to contact us. We also have registered rights to use www.01ex.co.uk and www.zero1exhibitions.co.uk; both domains will redirect your browser to our main website. This Privacy Policy Notice applies irrespective of the internet address (URL) you used to reach us.
When you visit our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of behaviour patterns using technologies such as internet “cookies”. You can find more information about internet “cookies” and ways to manage them by visiting www.aboutcookies.org.
We collect this information to find out, for example, the number of visitors to the various parts of the site and/or make sure that our webpages work correctly with your browser. This information is collected in a way which does not identify anyone, and we do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from our website with any personal, identifying information from any source.
Our website, as well as social media presence, may contain links to third-party internet sites. Any access to and use of such linked sites is not governed by this Policy. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party sites and can only encourage you to check their privacy statements to make sure that they meet your expectations.
STORAGE & SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA
We take steps to protect your personal information against unauthorised or unlawful processing, unauthorised or accidental access to your data, and its accidental or unlawful loss or destruction. However, we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, destruction or any unlawful forms of processing.
The data that we collect from you is stored in the United Kingdom and is processed by our staff. All personal information you provide is stored on our secure servers and is accessible only by authorised personnel. We actively monitor and maintain our IT infrastructure to accommodate technology advances and recommendations from our consultants in this field. Any hard copy of documents that may contain personal information are kept under lock and key.
Under certain circumstances, we may need to send your contact information to agents and/or suppliers to enable the prompt delivery of the services that you requested from us. In these cases, we aim to send only the necessary information and check that they comply with applicable regulations concerning personal information.
Please note that the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will endeavour to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its security while in transit; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information whether sent by you or collected by us, or on our customer’s behalf, we will use strict procedures and security features to reduce the risk of unauthorised access.
We will take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy Notice. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us using the contact information below.
RETENTION & DELETION
We retain your information while the business that you represent remains an active customer or supplier or we have some other legitimate reasonable for it, after which time we will get rid of it.
Subject to the extent permitted by law, we may retain information:
If there is an unresolved issue relating to your account, such as an outstanding invoice on your account.
If necessary for the protection of our legitimate interests, such as fraud prevention.
If we are required to by applicable law.
If your business is not or stops being an active customer or supplier, and/or you requested information from us, we will retain your information for a minimum of three (3) years unless you ask us to delete it and we have no other lawful basis to retain it.
HOW TO CONTACT US
By e-mail:
gdprassistant@01ex.com
By post:
GDPR Assistant
Zero 1 Exhibitions Ltd
Unit 1 Bescot Crescent
Walsall
West Midlands, WS1 4DL
By telephone:
Call our GDPR Assistant on 01922 635853
