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The GRC Legal Awards believes in respecting your privacy. We do not collect any personally identifiable data from visitors to this website other than when you subscribe to any of our services. The basis on which we collect such data and other relevant information are set out in our Data Privacy Notice below.

We explain below how we analyse data from this website. Any links to external sites are out of our control and we encourage you to always read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

Visits to our websites
We use a third-party service, Strikingly, to host our website. The security of the website is protected by industry standard encryption processes (SSL encryption).

For more information about how Strikingly secures and processes data, please see Strikingly's privacy policy. We have no legal means of finding out the identities of persons visiting our website and do not make any attempt to do so.

Cookie use and Policy
We use a number of different cookies for various purposes, including enhancing website functionality, website analytics and marketing.

Full details of all the cookies we use can be found in our cookie tool, the link to which is the green circle situated at the bottom left corner of all the main pages of this website, including this page. When you visit this website, you are directed to this tool and asked to confirm your preferences. You are able to change your preferences at any time through this tool.

Data Privacy Notice
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as read with the UK GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, give individuals in the European Union and the UK enhanced rights over the use of their personal data. Under the UK GDPR, we are required to give you certain information, including your rights when you provide us with your personal data.

Contract
If you subscribe to attend one of our conferences or other events, we will ask you for a minimal amount of personal data to enable us to process your booking, to keep you informed of any developments concerning your attendance at the conference or event and for administration purposes. Our legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is contractual (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Consent
If you opt-in to receiving marketing information about our events and/or related services, you are giving us your explicit consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR to process your personal data for these specific purposes. This consent can be withdrawn at any time.

In some cases, you will have given consent for your data to be shared with a third party for marketing or other purposes and you would have been referred to that third party’s privacy policy.

Legitimate interests
We retain third-party research services to identify appropriate persons at companies and other organisations who we feel, given their position and role, may be interested in, or benefit from, receiving details of our future conferences, awards or other services.

These researchers obtain the details of such persons from publicly-available information on the internet. The legal basis on which we process personal data and communicate with data subjects in these circumstances is our legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) of GDPR.

In conducting our legitimate interests’ assessment, consideration was given to the following:

The amount of personal data processed is minimal;
The data is publicly available and is not sensitive in any way;
The relationship is business to business and relevant to the job title;
There is minimal privacy risk;
There is no viable alternative means of communication;
The processing is vital to our business operations;
The data subjects are senior business people who would mostly be interested in the services we offer;
There is a simple opt-out facility.
On balance, we concluded that the processing is justified as it is vital to our business interests while having a minimal impact on the rights and freedoms of data subjects.

Data use
The personal data you provide us with when subscribing for our services will be used only for the purposes of providing you with and improving those services. Some data elements, e.g. job titles and company names, may be aggregated on an anonymised basis for analytical and statistical purposes to enable us to improve our services.

Protection of your Personal Information
We take all reasonable care and apply necessary technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data. Where we employ data processors to process your data on our behalf, we ensure that the necessary contractual protections are in place.

We will not sell your personal data under any circumstances. We will not transfer your personal data to any third parties unless you have specifically consented to this under our marketing terms, other than to our data processors who will be contractually bound to process your data only in accordance with our instructions and to keep your data secure.

We do not ourselves transfer your personal data outside of the EU/EEA. However, certain of our data processors may do so and where this occurs, such transfer will only be to the USA and will be carried out under the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

Data retention
In accordance with the principle of minimising data retention, we will retain your personal data only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was acquired, subject to legal and other relevant requirements, in accordance with our data retention policy, as follows:

Data acquired for contractual purposes – 7 years
Data acquired through marketing activities – 1 to 2 years
At the expiry of the relevant data protection period, personal data will be deleted or anonymised.

Legal rights
Your rights under the GDPR include the following:

The right at any time to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes.
The right to be informed of what personal data we hold, how we obtained it, who we may have shared it with and why and how long we intend to keep it.
The right to have your personal data rectified in the event that it is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to request the erasure of your personal data (also called the right to be forgotten), subject to our retention policy.
The right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
The right to data portability (i.e. transfer of your personal data at your request to another organisation).
The right to be informed of any automated profiling (We currently do not process your personal data in this manner).
Your rights above can be exercised free of charge by contacting us as described below.

In all cases, we will need to satisfy ourselves of your identity before we can action a subject access request under the GDPR. We will usually require proof of identity such as a passport or driver’s licence.

If you feel that any of your rights have been infringed, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Online events
The GRC Legal Awards can operate online events. All online events are free, sponsor led events which aim to bring you the best information and insights from across the industries. The GRC Legal Awards aims to provide the best industry events and content and in return for providing our events and content FREE of charge. The DGRC Legal Awards would like to contact you about events, products and services that you may find interesting.

When registering for an event, we request some personal details, including a work email address. In addition to supporting your registration, this data is used for marketing purposes by the Great British Businesswoman Series. This processing is carried out based on our legitimate business interests. Being able to promote our events, products and services to the attendees of our events allows us to grow and develop our business.

We do understand that not everyone wishes to receive updates. You are able to unsubscribe at any time by following the links in any marketing emails we send to you or by emailing info@grcworldforums.com

Sharing your data with our partners and sponsors
We work with a wide range of industry related sponsors and partners. If you register for an event, we will share your personal data with the overall headline sponsor and the sponsors of any of the individual sessions or webinars that you choose to attend. This processing is carried out based on our legitimate business interests. Being able to share the data relating to our attendees with our partners and sponsors allows us to grow and develop our business.

The way in which our sponsors and partners use your personal data is their responsibility only, and details will be set out in their own privacy notices. Please ensure that you read and are happy with such notices. If you would prefer for us not to share your data with our sponsors or partners, please email info@grcworldforums.com after each event registration.

In person events
In addition to online events. The GRC Legal Awards also operate's in person events and Awards. Our events take place all over the world, including the UK, Ireland, Miami and Dubai. In person events are paid and sponsored events which aim to bring you the best information and insights from the across the industry. The GRC Legal Awards and our Sponsors aim to provide access to the best industry content and would like to contact you about products and services that you may find interesting.

When registering for an event, we request some personal details, including a work email address. In addition to supporting your registration, this data is used for marketing purposes by The GRC Legal Awards. This processing is carried out based on our legitimate business interests. Being able to promote our events, products and services to the attendees of our events allows us to grow and develop our business.

We do understand that not everyone wishes to receive updates. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the links in any marketing emails we send to you or by emailing info@grcworldforums.com

During your attendance at our in-person events, exhibitors and vendors may ask to scan your visitor badge. If you agree to a vendor or exhibitor scanning your badge, your personal details will be shared with them after the event. The GRC Legal Awards do not have control over how the exhibitors and vendors use this data and any questions around the processing should be directed to the vendor in the first instance.

Sharing your data with our partners and sponsors
We work with a wide range of industry related sponsors and partners. If you register for an in -person event, we will share your personal data with the overall headline sponsor of the event. This processing is carried out based on our legitimate business interests. Being able to share the data relating to our attendees with our partners and sponsors allows us to grow and develop our business.

The way in which our sponsors and partners use your personal data is their responsibility only, and details will be set out in their own privacy notices. Please ensure that you read and are happy with such notices. If you would prefer for us not to share your data with our sponsors or partners, please email info@grcworldforums.com after each event registration.

How to contact us
If you have any queries about our website or about how we process data, you can contact us as follows:
Email address: info@grcworldforums.com

29th August 2023.
We reserve the right to make changes from time to time to our Privacy Policy and Data Privacy Notice which will be effective from the time that they are published on this website.

You can also view our terms & conditions. 

1. This website is owned and operated by GRC World Forums Ltd.

2. These terms and conditions regulate the legal effects of how you use this website or any linked websites and web/native apps (collectively “the Websites”) or utilise any of our services accessed via the Websites. By using the Websites in any way, setting up an account or utilising any of our services accessed via the Websites, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

3. The Websites include:
3.1 grclegalawards.com, and any associated GRC World Forums brands and sub domains.

4. Services
Our services include the following:

4.1 Livestream experiences;

4.2 In person events;

4.3 Webinars;

4.4 eBooks;

4.5 Reports;

4.6 Podcasts;

4.7 Video on-demand 

(collectively “the Services”)

5. Third Party Sponsors
5.1 Our ability to provide access to the Services free of charge is due to the participation of commercial sponsors (“our Sponsors”) who may provide content of their own which is accessible via the Websites.

5.2 These terms and conditions shall, to the extent applicable, also govern your relationship with our Sponsors and, in particular, all indemnities and all exemptions from and limitations of liability contained herein shall likewise apply to the benefit of our Sponsors as well as GRC Legal Awards  and associated brands.

6. Intellectual Property / Utilisation of the Websites and our Services
6.1 For the purposes of this Clause:

6.1.1 “Content” includes, but is not limited to, all or part of any text, graphics, layout, logos, images, audio material, films or other moving images, product details and/or software published or otherwise available on the Websites or as part of our Services from time to time (including, without limitation, anything made available for download);

6.1.2 “Intellectual Property” means any trademarks, logos and service marks (whether or not registered) displayed on the Websites and any copyright vesting in any of the Content. 

6.2 We are the owner or the licensee of all Intellectual Property rights in the Websites and the Content. Subject to these terms and conditions and to any specific terms and conditions stipulated in relation to any particular part of the Content or Intellectual Property, we grant you a limited, temporary, revocable, and non-exclusive license to access, browse and use the Websites, the Content and Intellectual Property for your personal and non-commercial use only.

6.3 While accessing, browsing and/or using the Websites you must:

6.3.1 comply with all applicable laws, regulations and codes;

6.3.2 not impersonate another person or use a false name or email address;

6.3.3 not deep-link to and/or frame or use framing techniques to enclose the Websites or any part of the Websites without our prior written consent;

6.3.4 not modify or attempt to modify all or any part of the Content or the Websites;

6.3.5 not gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Websites, the server on which the Websites is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Websites;

6.3.6 not post, transmit, submit, refer to, make available or link to or from (or authorise or permit any other person to do the same) any material which:

6.3.6.1. is untrue, fraudulent, inaccurate or incomplete; and/or

6.3.6.2. is obscene, threatening, menacing, offensive, defamatory, abusive, causes annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, is in breach of confidence, in breach of any intellectual property right (including, without limitation, copyright) or otherwise is in breach of or violates any applicable law or regulation or code, and/or

6.3.6.3. makes excessive demands for bandwidth; and/or

6.3.6.4. constitutes advertising (unless approved or otherwise authorised by us); and/or

6.3.6.5. contains any virus or other harmful code, or which may otherwise impair or harm the Websites or our computer systems or any third party computer system, and we shall have sole discretion as to whether any material is in breach of this clause.

6.4 Except as set out in the limited licence in this Clause 7 or as required by law, the Content, Intellectual Property and/or any other part of the Websites may not be used, reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, accessed, modified, or otherwise exploited, in full or in part, for any purpose without our prior written consent. In particular, you are not permitted to republish any part of the Websites (including the Content) on another website, in any other medium (print, electronic or otherwise) or as part of any commercial service without our prior written permission which may be withheld without reason having to be given.

6.5 At any time and without giving you any advance notice, we may permanently or temporarily and for any reason:

6.5.1 terminate, suspend or deny your access to the Websites (whether in whole or in part);

6.5.2 terminate, suspend or deny you access to the Content, the registration areas of the Websites;

6.5.3 remove or edit any Content on the Websites at any time, and in such circumstances all liability of GRC World Forums, its directors, employees or other representatives for any loss whatsoever arising from our removing or editing Content and/or your limited use of or inability to use the Websites (either in whole or in part), email services and/or password is excluded, insofar as it is possible to do so in law.

7. Data Protection and Privacy
Full details of the way in which we use cookies on the Websites and how we hold and process personal data are set out in our Privacy Policy.

8. Third party links
8.1 The Websites contains hypertext links to third party websites.

8.2 We are not responsible for, nor do we endorse in any way, such third party websites or their content.

8.3 If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

9. Advertising and Sponsorship
9.1 Parts of the Websites contain advertising and sponsorship.

9.2 Advertisers and our Sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Websites complies with all legal and regulatory requirements and does not contain any material which is objectionable including, without limit, information which is defamatory, obscene, threatening or untrue. 

9.3 We are not responsible for any such material or any error or inaccuracy contained in such material and any issues which you may have should be raised directly with the relevant advertisers or our Sponsors.

9.4 Third-party trademarks and copyrighted material are used with the permission of their respective owners.

10. Disclaimers, Exclusions and Limitations of Liability
10.1 Information provided through our Services is for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice. Specialist advice should be taken where appropriate.

10.2 While The GRC Legal Awards and our Sponsors take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information given is correct, no representations, warranties or terms of any kind are given or to be implied as to satisfactory quality, conformity to contract, accuracy, adequacy, conformity to description or fitness for any particular purpose or that the Websites and/or our Services are free of defects.

10.3 The GRC Legal Awards, its directors, employees, agents or other representatives and our Sponsors shall not be liable for any error or omission or for any loss or damage whatsoever including, without limitation, consequential losses of any nature, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, arising out of the utilisation of the Websites or our Services or from any disruption or non-availability of the Websites or our Services due to any cause whatsoever.

10.4 The GRC Legal Awards, its data providers and affiliates and our Sponsors gives no warranty or guarantee relating to availability of the Websites or our operation of it, or that the Content or the server that makes the Websites available are error or virus free or free of other harmful components or that your use of the Websites and/or the Content will be uninterrupted.

10.5 In the event that any of these terms are found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that term is to be deemed severed from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms. 

11. Indemnity
You will indemnify and will keep indemnified the The GRC Legal Awards, its data providers and affiliates and our Sponsors on demand against all claims, costs, proceedings, demands, losses, damages, expenses (including legal expenses) or liability whatsoever arising directly or indirectly as a result of:

11.1 any breach of these terms and conditions by you; or

11.2 your fault, negligence or breach of statutory duty; or

11.3 your use of software or extraction tools, or any other action you take that imposes an unreasonable burden or load on the Websites.

12. General
12.1 All notices shall be given by e-mail to us at info@grcworldforums.com or, to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide during the registration process (if any). Notice will be deemed received 24 hours after e-mail is sent or 3 days after the date of posting.

12.2 These terms and conditions (together with any variations to them pursuant to section 2) form the entire agreement between the parties concerning your access to, browsing and/or use of the Websites and supersede all prior agreements, arrangements, understandings and representations made between us (whether written or oral) concerning the Websites.

12.3 If the whole or any part of any provision of these terms and conditions is or becomes invalid, void or unenforceable for any reason the same shall to the extent required to be severed from these terms and conditions and rendered ineffective so far as is possible without modifying the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions.

12.4 No waiver by The GRC Legal Awards of any breach of these terms and conditions shall constitute a waiver of any other prior or subsequent breach and The GRC Legal Awards shall not be affected by any delay, failure or omission to enforce or express forbearance granted in respect of any of your obligations.

12.5 These terms and conditions and/or your use of the Websites shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute which may arise.

13. Changes to these Terms and Conditions
13.1 We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by uploading amended terms and conditions to the Websites.

13.2 Any changes shall be effective immediately upon uploading to the Websites provided that, in the event of any conflict between these terms and conditions and any prior versions thereof, the provisions of the updated terms and conditions shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

13.3 Your continued use of the Websites or utilisation of the Services constitutes your agreement to all such amended terms and conditions.

GRC Legal Awards
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Email: info@grcworldforums.com