Privacy Policy of Global Supermarket News – GSN Magazine
1. Introduction
1.1. At International Publications and Events Ltd, we value your privacy. To learn more about our group entities, branches, and their contact details, please visit our about us page. This Privacy Policy outlines about us, how we collect, share, and use your personal information, and how you can exercise your privacy rights.
1.2. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the handling of your personal information, please contact us using the details provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
1.3. We recommend reading this Privacy Policy in its entirety to fully understand our practices. If you prefer to review specific sections, you can crawl down and read significant point (2-13) below:
2. What do we do?
2.1. International Publications and Events Ltd, through Global Supermarket News (GSN Magazine), provides insights into grocery retail, private labels, FMCG, supply chain, packaging, and technology. We are headquartered in London, UK, with group companies worldwide. Our services are designed to support businesses by providing valuable information, knowledge, and solutions.
2.2. For more information about International Publications and Events Ltd, please visit the “About Us” page of our Website.
3. What personal information does International Publications and Events Ltd collect and why?
We collect various types of personal information for different purposes, which generally fall into the following categories:
3.1. Information you provide voluntarily
You may be asked to provide personal information voluntarily on certain parts of our Website. For example, you might need to provide contact details to register an account, subscribe to marketing communications, attend events, or submit inquiries. The specific information requested and the reason for requesting it will be made clear at the time of collection.
3.2. Information collected automatically
When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect certain information from your device. In some regions, such as the European Economic Area, this information may be considered personal data under applicable data protection laws.
3.2.1. This information may include your IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, browser type, geographic location (e.g., country or city-level location), and other technical information. We also collect information about how your device interacts with our Website, such as the pages accessed and links clicked. This data helps us understand our visitors better, enhancing the quality and relevance of our Website.
3.2.2. Some of this information may be collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies, as detailed under the section “Cookies and similar tracking technology.”
3.3. Information from third-party sources
3.3.1. Occasionally, we may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, provided these third parties have your consent or are legally permitted to share your information with us.
3.3.2. Types of information we may receive from third parties include credit or debit card details, which we use to process payments for subscriptions and event attendance.
3.3.3. We may also gather information from public sources (such as public databases and social media sites) to ensure we have accurate and up-to-date contact details and to offer you the best possible service.
4. Who does International Publications and Events Ltd share my personal information with?
We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:
4.1. Our group companies and third-party service providers who perform data processing services for us (such as hosting, data analytics, and security services) or who process personal information for purposes described in this Privacy Policy or communicated to you when we collect your information. A list of our current group companies is available at about us section. We also recommend to read our terms and conditions.
4.2. Law enforcement bodies, regulatory agencies, government authorities, courts, or other third parties where we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes; to protect our legal rights; or to protect your vital interests or those of others.
4.3. Potential buyers (and their agents and advisers) in connection with any proposed purchase, merger, or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
4.4. Any other person with your consent.
5. Legal basis for processing personal information (EEA and UK visitors only)
5.1. If you are a visitor from the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information will depend on the specific context in which we collect it.
5.2. Generally, we will collect and use your personal information where we have your consent, where we need the information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to collect your personal information or may need it to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
5.3. If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise whether providing your personal information is mandatory and what the possible consequences are if you do not provide it.
5.4. If we collect and use your personal information based on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear what those legitimate interests are at the relevant time.
5.5. If you opt-out of, or withdraw your consent from, receiving our marketing communications but subsequently use our product or service (e.g., downloading a report or registering for an event), we will treat your prior opt-out or withdrawal of consent as overridden by your subsequent interaction. We may then use your personal information based on our legitimate interests or consent (where applicable). Your data protection rights in section 11 will continue to apply.
5.6. If you have questions or need further information regarding the legal basis for collecting and using your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” section.
6. Cookies and similar tracking technology
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use personal information about you, including serving interest-based advertising. For more information about the types of cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can control them, please see our Cookie Policy.
7. How does International Publications and Events Ltd keep my personal information secure?
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we collect and process about you. These measures are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information. Specific measures include:
- Encrypting your personal information during transit;
- Pseudonymization and encryption of personal data on supported systems;
- Ensuring the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of processing systems and services; and
- The ability to restore the availability and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident.
8. International data transfers
8.1. Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country in which you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from those of your country.
8.2. Our Website servers are located in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Singapore, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Our group companies and third-party service providers operate in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Singapore. This means that when we collect your personal information, we may process it in any of these countries.
8.3. We have taken appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information remains protected according to this Privacy Statements. These include implementing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information between our group companies, which require all group companies to protect personal information processed from the EEA in accordance with U.K. and EU data protection law.
8.4. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided on request. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers, and further details can be provided upon request to [email protected].
9. Data retention
9.1. We retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, such as to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax, or accounting requirements.
9.2. When we no longer have an ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible, securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
10. Automated decision-making
10.1. In some instances, our use of your personal information may result in automated decisions being made (including profiling) that legally affect you or similarly significantly affect you.
10.2. Automated decisions mean that a decision concerning you is made automatically based on a computer determination (using software algorithms), without our human review. For example, we use automated decisions to enhance your experience with the Websites. We have implemented measures to safeguard the rights and interests of individuals whose personal information is subject to automated decision-making by ensuring that all automated decisions benefit you as a user of our services.
10.3. When we make an automated decision about you, you have the right to contest the decision, express your point of view, and require a human review of the decision. You can exercise this right by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” section.
11. Your data protection rights
You have the following data protection rights:
11.1. If you wish to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” section.
11.2. In addition, if you are a resident of the UK or the European Union, you can object to the processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information. You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” section.
11.3. You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing emails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing (such as postal marketing or telemarketing), please contact us at [email protected] or by using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” section. When contacting us directly, please specify the name(s) of the publication(s) you would like to opt-out from.
11.4. Similarly, if we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
11.5. You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information or can email us. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
11.6. We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We may ask you for additional information to confirm your identity and for security purposes before disclosing information requested to you.
12. Updates to this Privacy Policy
12.1. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Policy changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws.
12.2. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the date displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.
13. How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the following details:
13.1. For visitors from worldwide:
The data controller of personal information collected about you through this Website is International Publications and Events Ltd, a limited liability company registered in London, UK (registration number NI688861) whose registered office is at The 20 Stranmillis Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AA and current office at the Lansdown building, 2 lansdown Building B, London, CR9 2ER.
13.2. You can write to us at the address above (marked for the attention of the Data Protection Officer) or email us at: [email protected]. You also can visit our “Contact Us” page.