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Privacy & Cookies

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal information we collect from you, or that you provide to us through our website will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By visiting this website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy. Please note that this includes consenting to the processing of any sensitive personal information you provide, as described below.

We may amend this privacy policy at any time. Any changes we may make will be posted on this page, so please check back frequently. Your continued use of our website after posting will constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to, any changes.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

You may visit our web site to view the information held there and, whilst doing so, you may remain anonymous. Although you do not give any Personal Information whilst remaining anonymous, we may record the type of browser and the operating system that you use to access our web site, any pages accessed during your visit and the number of visits you make to our web site. We do this to ensure that the web site provides relevant information and to improve the overall quality of its services. Personal Information will only be collected with your consent. Examples of Personal Information include your address, e-mail address, telephone number, and country of residence.

Personal information security is very important to us and our commitment to protecting and managing your information. Should you have any queries, please contact us.

Cookies

Cookies are small files of information which are stored on your PC’s hard drive (“Cookies”). Cookies do not contain any Personal Information about you but allow our web server to recognise you when you visit our web site. However, if you do not wish us to use this information you may set up your website browser to reject Cookies and/or refuse Cookies when first using the web site.

Data Protection

When you sign up/book on an EDGE conference we will keep your details on a delegate list which is distributed to delegates and exhibitors on Day One of the EDGE conference. We will keep your details so we can contact you again to see if you would like to attend an EDGE conference in the future. We will not use or share your personal data for a different purpose than the ones detailed above unless we are required to do so by law. For more information on how the Council handles personal data, please see our Privacy Notice at: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/privacy

Sharing your personal information

We do not share your Personal Information to any third parties.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal information for any reason. Please contact grainne.crawford@edinburgh.gov.uk

Links to other sites

Our site may, from time to time, main contain links to and from other sites and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.

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