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Introduction

This Privacy & Cookies Policy ("Policy") was last updated on May 22, 2025, and replaces all previous policies. Please take the time to review it before you continue to use our products and services.

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Strategic Intelligence Forum FZ-LLC is a company registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

For the purpose of applicable data protection laws, Strategic Intelligence Forum FZ-LLC is the data controller.

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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 Browse our websites, or attending our events in person or virtually, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to this privacy policy in its entirety.

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Information We May Hold About You

This policy covers all personal information collected and used by Strategic Intelligence Forum FZ-LLC. 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 recognized 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.

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Collection of Personal Information

We may collect information about you from different sources as 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.

• 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 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.e.g. your name, job title, and industry.

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We may also receive information about 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.

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Cookies

Our websites use cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the websites and also allows us to improve our websites. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, please see our cookie policy.

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Transfers of Personal Information
We may share your personal information with selected third parties in connection with our events for direct marketing purposes, to enable you to access services, provide customer support, and conduct other activities described in this privacy policy. We may also share recordings of events and user-generated content, including your public contributions.
 

We use other companies, agents, or contractors ("Service Providers") to perform services on our behalf or to assist us with the provision of services to you. For example, we may engage Service Providers to provide market research, marketing (including competitions), advertising, communications, event management (including logistics, health and safety, and audio-visual services), meetings and bookings (including accommodation), training, IT, hosting and other infrastructure (including for the operation of any virtual event and its functionality), subscription and discount management, payment processing, and data cleansing and processing services. In the course of providing such services, these Service Providers may have access to your personal information. These third parties are contractually bound only to use personal information to perform the services that we hire them to provide. We will always use our best efforts to ensure that all the Service Providers we work with will keep your personal data secure.
 

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:

• in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;

• if Strategic Intelligence Forum FZ-LLC or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data about its customers will be one of the transferred assets; and

• if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce our terms and conditions or other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Strategic Intelligence Forum FZ-LLC.
   

If you use one of our virtual products, e.g., Websites, Directory Sites, Webinars, etc., or choose to allow your badge to be scanned at an event, we may pass the information you provide to third parties. Generally, this will be via a process whereby you, as the user, visit or interact with a third party, e.g., visit a stand at an online exhibition, have your badge scanned, or click on an asset branded and provided by a third party. In some instances, for example, a product listing site, you may reach out directly to a supplier or exhibitor who may contact you in return. In other instances, our virtual products are sponsored, and in such cases, the data you provided to us will be given to the sponsor. Generally, we will let you know at the time of collection if a product is sponsored. If you wish to change your contact preferences with an individual exhibitor/sponsor, please follow their own unsubscribe request details. Unsubscribing with one of our products will stop that product from contacting you in the future, but not the individual third parties whom you have interacted with independently.

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Where We Store Your Data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the UAE, UK, or European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the UAE, UK, or EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of services to you or the processing of your payment details. We will take all steps that are mandatory or reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable data protection laws, including, where relevant, entering into EU standard contractual clauses (or equivalent measures) with the party outside the EEA receiving the data. A copy of the EU standard contractual clauses is available on request from contact@sif-global.com.
 

Data Retention of Personal Information
We store your data for no longer than necessary in relation to the purpose under which such data was collected. This is determined on a case-by-case basis and depends on things such as the nature of the data provided, why it was collected, the legal basis we rely upon to process the data, and our relevant legal or operational retention requirements. For example, if you request to delete your account, we still have to retain some data for fraud prevention purposes and financial auditing.
 

Security of Personal Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical measures to safeguard personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized uses, access, or modifications.

Certain areas of our websites may be password protected. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password(s) with anyone.

Payments made via our websites are processed in a secure environment using software provided by third-party providers.
 

Third-Party Websites and Apps
Our websites may contain links to and from third-party websites, and we may provide you with details of apps provided by third parties. Please note that if you follow a link to any of these websites or download an app, these websites and apps will have their own terms of use and privacy policies, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites or apps.

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Your Rights
You have the following rights with respect to the personal information that we hold about you:

Restriction: You have the right to request the restriction or suppression of your personal data; please contact us using the contact details provided below.

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Revoke consent for direct marketing: You have the right to object to the processing of your data for direct marketing; you can opt-out by updating your settings or clicking on the 'unsubscribe' link in any marketing email or newsletter you receive from us
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Your Right to Access the Information We Hold About You
You have the right to ask us whether or not we process your personal data and to request information on the purposes of data processing as well as confirmation on whether we use your personal information for these purposes only.

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You can request access to the information we hold about you by contacting us using the contact details set out below. We will endeavor to make our file of your information available to you within 1 month, although occasionally we may not be able to give you access to the personal information we hold about you (for example, we may not be able to give you access if it would unreasonably affect someone else's privacy or if giving you access poses a serious threat to someone's life, health, or safety).

You also have the right to be informed of the third parties to which we transfer your personal data within the scope of this privacy policy.
 

Your Right to Have Your Information Corrected or Deleted
If you have an account with us, you have the right to have your information corrected or deleted. Please send your request to contact@sif-global.com and we will action it as soon as possible.
 

Your Right to Object to Us Processing Your Data
You have the right to ask us to stop processing your data, even where that processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, where the processing is necessary for the legitimate commercial objectives we pursue in the course of our business), including the profiling we undertake to send you personalized offers, product recommendations, and similar content. You also have the right to object to any results of a processing activity that prejudice your rights and that are conducted exclusively through automated systems.
 

You also have the right to ask us to stop processing your data for direct marketing purposes, including any profiling we undertake for the purposes of direct marketing. We will in any case only send you marketing communications if you have previously agreed to this, but if you change your mind you can easily unsubscribe from our marketing communications at any time by following the instructions included in these marketing communications.
 

Please note that, if you have consented to receive offers from our partners, our partners are responsible for taking account of your rights, including your right to opt-out of receiving offers from them. You may, however, at any time opt-out of receiving offers from third parties by logging in to your user account and changing the settings. If you had previously opted in, your personal data will cease to be transmitted to our partners from the time your request is processed.
 

Your Right to Have Your Data Transmitted to Another Organization
Where we hold personal information about you with your consent or for the performance of a contract with you, you also have the right to ask us to provide you with the personal information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and, where technically feasible, to transmit that data to another organization.
 

Restriction: You have the right to request the restriction or suppression of your personal data; please contact us using the contact details provided below.

Revoke consent for direct marketing: You have the right to object to the processing of your data for direct marketing; you can opt-out by updating your settings or clicking on the 'unsubscribe' link in any marketing email or newsletter you receive from us.
 

Making a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authorities if you believe that we have not complied with applicable data protection laws.
 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at our sole discretion, without prior notice to you. We will notify you of any such changes (including when they will take effect). Your continued use of our services or our websites or attendance at the event following the posting of changes to these terms means that you consent to those changes.
 

Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can email us at contact@sif-global.com. If you wish to exercise your rights under applicable data protection law and this privacy policy, please contact us in writing at:
 

The Data Protection Officer, Strategic Intelligence Forum FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, In5 Media, Dubai Production City. ​

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