Privacy Policy
LAST UPDATED: 1 JANUARY 2024
World Cyber Security Forum recognizes the importance of maintaining your privacy. We value the information you provide and appreciate your trust in us. This Policy describes how we treat user information we collect on www.worldcybersecurities.com. The Privacy policy applies to any current or former visitors to our website and to our online customers by visiting and/or using our website, you agree to this privacy policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Contact information: We might collect your name, address, contact number, email address.
Payment and billing information: We might collect your billing name, billing email address, and payment method when you buy anything on the website. We will NEVER collect your credit card/Debit Card/Forex Card or any other card’s number, expiry date, or other details pertaining to your card on our website. Credit card information, if required,will be obtained and processed by our online payment partner CC Avenue.
Information you post: We collect the information you post in a public space on our website or on a third-party social media site belonging to www.worldcybersecurities.com.
Demographic information: We may collect demographic information about you, events you like, events you intend to participate in, tickets you buy, or any other information provided by you during the use of our website. We might collect this as a part of a survey also.
Other information: If you use our website, we may collect information about your IP address and the browser you’re using. We might look at what prior websites you have visited,the duration of time spent on our website, pages accessed, or what website you visit when you leave us. We might also collect the type of mobile device you are using or the version of the operating system your computer or device is running.
WE COLLECT INFORMATION
- Directly: We collect information directly from you when you register for an event or buy anything from our website. We may also collect information if you post a comment on our websites or ask us a question through phone or email.
- Passively: We use tracking tools like Google Analytics, Google Webmaster, browser cookies, and web beacons for the collection of information about your usage of our website.
- Third parties: The information you provide to third-party entities.For example, if you use an integrated social media feature on our websites. The third-party social media site will give us certain information about you. This could include your name and email address.
USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
The personal information provided by you will be used by us
To contact you: We might use the information you provide to contact you for confirmation of a purchase on our website or for other promotional purposes
To respond to your requests or questions: We might use your information to confirm your registration for an event or contest.
To improve our products and services: We might use your information to customize your experience with us. This could include displaying content suited toyour preferences.
To look at site trends and customer interests:We might use your information to make our website more user-friendly. We may combine the information we get from you with the information we get from third parties.
For security purposes: We may use information to protect our company, our customers, or our websites.
For marketing purposes: We might send you information about special promotions or offers. We might also tell you about new features or products. These might be our offers or products. Or, for example, if you buy tickets from us we may enrol you in our newsletter.
For transactional purposes: We might send you emails or SMS about your account or a ticket purchase. We use information as otherwise permitted by law.
ACCESS AND DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Subject to the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the user now has the right to access the processing of the personal data, which has been shared by him/her/them with us. This right also extends to having the data modified or deleted if the user is not any more comfortable with the data being stored within our servers.
SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
The information provided to us by you will be shared with the following third parties –
Who perform services on our behalf: We share information with vendors who help us manage our online registration process, payment processors, or transactional message processors. Some vendors may be located outside of India
With event organizers: We share your information with event organizers and other parties responsible for fulfilling the purchase obligation. The event organizers and other parties may use the information we give them as described in their privacy policies.
With business partners: This includes a third party who sponsors or provides for an event, or who operates a venue where we might organize any event.Our partners use the information we give them as described in the privacy policy.
To comply with any law to avoid penalization: We will share information to respond to a court order or subpoena. We may also share information at the request of a statutory authority. Or, we might also share information with any organization, when we are investigating any potential fraud.
To any successor entity: In case, our business is sold to any entity, we may give out information such as the customer list as part of that transaction.
Reasons not described in the policy: If such is the case, information will be provided beforehand to you.
DATA RETENTION
We retain the personal information provided to us by you, for a period that is consistent with our business and legal purpose. The standard timeline for storing our storing your data shall depend on factors such as –
- Purpose for collection of the information.
- The volume of the personal information provided to us.
- The risks attached to the personal information provided to us.
- Any other statutory mandate, if it has to be complied with.
After the data retention period expires for certain data, which will be notified by us to you, it will be deleted from our server.
COOKIES
To improve the responsiveness of the sites for our users, we may use “cookies”, or similar electronic tools to collect information to assign each visitor a unique, random number as a User Identification (User ID) to understand the user’s individual interests using the identified Computer. Unless you voluntarily identify yourself (through registration, for example), we will have no way of knowing who you are, even if we assign a cookie to your computer. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply. A cookie can’t read data off your hard drive. Our advertisers may also assign their cookies to your browser (if you click on their ads), a process that we do not control.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by choosing a “disable cookies” option in your browser settings. But this can limit the functionality of our services.
CHILDREN
If you are under 18, or the age of majority in the jurisdiction you reside, you may only use our website with the consent of your parental or legal guardian. In any case, we will not be liable for any cause of action that arose due to non-compliance with this section.
TRANSFER OF DATA INTERNATIONALLY
Our website has limited control over the data once that is transferred internationally; data provided by the customer/user to our website once ittraverses through domestic borders and comes in control of websites/entities situated outside India, the usage of the data will be governed by the statues of the country of the said website/entities and we have little or no control over such data.
EMAIL OPT-OUT
You can opt out of receiving our marketing emails: To stop receiving our promotional emails, please email info@worldcybersecurities.com . It may take about ten business days to process your request. Even if you opt out of getting marketing messages, we will still be sending you transactional messages through email, whatsapp and SMS about your purchases.
GRIEVANCE READRESSAL
Users who have concerns or grievances related to the privacy policy can contact our designated Grievance Officer using the following details:
Grievance Officer: Pakhi Garg
Email: pakhi.garg@worldcybersecurities.com
Phone: +91 9315049547
Submission of Grievance: Users are required to submit their grievances or concerns in writing via email to the Grievance Officer. The communication should include:
- Full name and contact information of the complainant.
- A detailed description of the grievance or concern.
- Any supporting documents or evidence.
THIRD-PARTY SITES
If you click on one of the links to third-party websites, you may be taken to websites we do not control. This policy does not apply to the privacy practices of those websites. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third-party sites.
UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
From time to time we may change our privacy practices. We will notify you of any material changes to this policy as required by law. We will also post an updated copy on our website. Please check our site periodically for updates.
JURISDICTION
If you choose to visit the website, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy and the website’s terms of use. In addition to the foregoing, any disputes arising under this Policy shall be governed by the laws of NCT (India).