Please note that by attending the event of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the “OPEC Fund”) you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur.

Your entry/presence at the event of the OPEC Fund (whether virtual or in person) constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance and voice in connection with the OPEC Fund for unlimited time period, including use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.

By entering the event of the OPEC Fund (whether virtual or in person) you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media. 

You acknowledge and agree that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent.

If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the event of the OPEC Fund (whether virtual or in person).

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This is the privacy policy that governs how Event Name/ Event Organizer (“Event”/ “Organizer,” “we”, “our" or “us”), use Personal Data that we collect, receive and protect about individuals and/or companies in connection with the use of the event website i.e. (website URL) ,its sub-domains, external marketing activities and the services provided by the Event i.e. the web applications and mobile applications.

In this document, we/our/us is in reference to Event and you/your is referred to the user or an attendee.

This policy does not imply to any third party organisations that collect the personal data, including through any third-party application or content that links to or is accessible from our applications or websites.

Introduction:
The privacy document describes the practices of the Event/Organizer to protect and safeguard the individual’s privacy whose data is being collected. This privacy policy holds great significance to us in terms of protecting the privacy of all the people.

This document explains how the personal data is collected, in connection with what services and how is it used.

“Personal Information” means any information which is related to an identified or identifiable natural person, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as name, contact information, physical address, and many such factors.

Terms of Use:
The Privacy Policy is developed as a part of the End User Terms of Service which can be viewed on the website and within the Services which we provide. The Terms of Use must be accepted prior to using the service for the first time.

System for Consent:
By agreeing to use our services, and going through our Privacy Policy, users provide their consent for us to collect, store and process their data as required. Users, who are in disagreement about this privacy policy, won’t be able to access our products or services.

After updating our privacy policies if the user continues to access our services, then it will be deduced they have readily accepted the revised policies.

What data is collected by the Event?
We at (Event Name) collect a variety of personal data including name, e-mail address, contact number; social media account ID from the given sources.

Our use of personal information collected through applications shall be limited to the purpose of providing the services to our attendees that have signed up for the event and are currently engaged in using the Services provided by us.
If you do not agree with our policies at any point, you may choose not to use our applications and services.

Attendee account:
For attendee account, we provide Facebook and LinkedIn social logins which take user’s e-mail id, first name, last name and profile data of LinkedIn.

Registration and Ticketing:
Users who are attendees in an event might be buying tickets for that event or registering for the same. Information that you provide while creating an attendee account or registering for that event or using any of its services i.e. buying tickets or attending certain sessions will ask for your personal information including name, e-mail id, contact number, and so on. All these information fields are customizable by the sole entity i.e. Event Organiser. In this case, event organiser is solely liable for undertaking the protection of user’s personal information.

If you wish to opt out of the registration and ticketing process or stop receiving any e-mails from the organiser after the event is over, you can unsubscribe to the services.

In case of any doubt or query, feel free to contact us or drop an email at (events@opecfund.org).

We DO NOT store any payment related, financial or transactional details of any user.

Event Website:
Event website may contain “Contact Us” section added by the event organiser. The personal information collected may include name, e-mail id, phone number, designation and so on which are totally customizable by the event organiser.
The event websites also have an option for the user to opt-in for subscriptions such as newsletters from the event organiser through the ‘Subscribe’ box. By opting in for the services, your e-mail id will be used to send you e-mails from the event organiser.

Some event websites may also include an embedded registration form where the user’s personal information can be asked like name, e-mail id, contact number etc. All these fields are customizable by the event organiser.

Networking Community:
While logging into the networking community, the user will have the option to log in through Facebook and LinkedIn social profiles and only their email id and names will be taken. We use cookies in Event Networking Community. 

Also, the networking community platform has a messaging feature, newsfeed and view profiles for which the user personal information is used. User may create a new post, share content on the newsfeed which can include text, images and videos on our Networking Community Platform.

Event App:
The app may require a login which will also be from social profiles Facebook and LinkedIn. While installing an app, certain permissions are required such as access to media files, storage, contacts etc. In case you wish to not provide access, select the option “no”.

QR Scanner:
In the case of an in-person event, the booth member might use the ‘Scan Leads’ option on their mobile app to scan the QR code of an attendee. Scan leads will serve as QR scanners. When an attendee shares their QR code with a booth member, they agree to share their personal information with that booth, such as their First Name, Last Name, Email, and so on.

Analytics:
We use third-party analytics provider i.e. Google Analytics to collect information about the usage of our applications and to help improvise on those applications as required. The information collected is put to use in further developing the application so the user doesn’t have to face any difficulty.

Google Analytics uses cookies and various other technologies to collect information about the usage of the applications and also reports website trends, without storing any personal data.

How do we use the collected information?
The Personal Information collected from (event website URL) is used by the Event for the following purposes:
  1. Event may use the Personal Information of the user to send newsletters, 
  2. marketing and promotional purposes for current and future events, 
  3. response to “Contact Us” or any request initiated by the user.
The Personal Information collected from the various event websites and event applications provided by the Event comes solely under the ownership of entity named, Event Organiser. The data collected by the event organisers may be used for advertisements or promotional purposes.

Opting Out:
Existing users and subscribers have been provided with an option to opt out from our services-related emails, newsletters that are used for marketing purposes.

You can choose not to receive such emails by unsubscribing and opt-out of our services, in case of which your data will be deleted from our servers. Please note that for any queries, or in case you want to opt-in to use our services again, you may contact us on (events@opecfund.org).

In case you want to opt-out of any event related services, you can write a mail at (events@opecfund.org).

Information sharing with Third Party Organisations:
Event may provide your personal information to the organisations that provide services and help us in carrying out certain business activities. These activities include mass messaging and e-mailing to the list of attendees, payment processing gateways and CRM software.

These organisations are authorized to use your personal information only as and when required so as to provide us with necessary services.

We will share the Personal Data with the companies in a secure and proper manner as described in the Privacy Policy.

Children’s Privacy:
The services provided by the Event are purely intended to be used and accessed by adults. These services are not to be accessed by children of 13 years or of below age. If by any chance, such information exists in our systems, we’ll make sure to delete those details at the earliest. If you want to know further details on this clause please contact us on (
events@opecfund.org).

Security:
The safety of personal information of the users is quite important for us. We ensure that proper measures are taken to safeguard our database of customer’s personal information. With all the latest physical and technical integrations and methodologies, we tend to secure the data which also includes encryption of data over the internet. For more details about our security of Services, you can drop a mail at (
events@opecfund.org).

Cookie Policy:
Our website uses “cookies” which is a small text file that is mostly used to collect information. In our case, we use cookies to as tokens to authorize users for iframe compatibility. But if the visitor wants to disable cookies, it is possible from the browser settings. Most browsers allow the users to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.

Ownership of the data:
The data being processed by us remains under the ownership of the organizer unless the ownership is shared by a duly signed contract. The liability for the data is limited to the owner of the data.

Data Access and Accuracy:
The personal information provided to us is maintained securely and accurately in the database. If you, at any point in time would like to delete or correct any of your personal data that we have stored, you can request access to the data by emailing us at (
events@opecfund.org). You should mention specifically with all the details in a plain, clear format about your request to access your personal information.
 
We’ll keep updating the privacy policy as and when we adopt new regulations and new changes in the Event and its Services.