Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy

01Welcome & Who We Are

This website and associated websites (the "Website") are owned and maintained by DIRECTB2B Media and/or its related corporations (collectively "AMSPL").

Office Address: 39/576, Netaji Nagar, Wanowrie, Pune – 411040, Maharashtra, India.

We're glad you chose to visit a DIRECTB2B Media site! We care about your privacy and the information you share with us and want you to understand how we are using and protecting the information we collect about you. AMSPL is respectful of data privacy and adopts best practice in compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulations, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA").

This Cookie Policy, as well as the Privacy Policy, describes AMSPL's policies and practices regarding its use of information collected on this Website and sets forth your privacy rights. By using this Website and consenting to this Cookie Policy, you agree that AMSPL and group undertakings as explained in the Privacy Policy can place cookies as we describe below, and you agree to the collection, sharing, and use of your Personal Data for personalization of advertising or other services.

1.1Why Do We Use Cookies?

Cookies improve your experience. We use cookies to help you access this Website faster and more efficiently. Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users, so that we can recognize you each time you visit. Cookies also allow us to store user preferences and provide you with a positive experience when you browse this Website, including enabling you to personalize Website settings. Our marketing partners also collect web viewing data to ensure that you are seeing the most relevant advertising.

1.2What Are Cookies? & Pixel Tags

Cookies are small text files that can be stored on a user's computer, tablet or mobile device ("Computer") when you visit a website. A cookie will typically contain the name of the originating domain, the lifetime of the cookie, and a randomly generated unique number or other value.

Cookies used by AMSPL identify you as a unique user by means of a tracking ID. The cookie itself is anonymous and does not contain any Personal Data, except when such information has been supplied by you, such as when you provide your name and email address when completing a registration form.

Pixel Tags

Pixel Tags (also known as clear gifs, beacons, spotlight tags, or web bugs) are a method for passing information from the user's computer to a third-party website. Used in conjunction with cookies, DIRECTB2B Media may use pixel tags to improve our understanding of website traffic, visitor behaviour, and response to promotional campaigns. Pixel tags are also used as a supplement to our server logs and other methods of traffic and response measurement, and sometimes in conjunction with small JavaScript-based applications. You need not have cookies turned on to visit all our websites, though cookies may be required for you to participate in certain areas. If you choose to become a member of a DIRECTB2B Media website, you must have cookies enabled to access any member-related pages.

1.3GDPR & Your EU Privacy Rights

The General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) creates new rights for European Union residents and strengthens existing data protection rights.

To the extent that any cookie placed by AMSPL or a third party, as described above, can uniquely identify a computer, or the person using that computer, under GDPR this is Personal Data. Therefore, the Privacy Policy shall apply to any such Personal Data collected from its Users.

1.4Cookie Policy Changes & Updates

We reserve the right to amend this Cookie Policy from time to time as necessary. We will post a notice on this Website if there are material changes to the Cookie Policy, but you should also check this Website periodically to review the current policy.

1.5Cookie Questions — Getting in Touch

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about AMSPL's Personal Data practices around cookies or this Cookie Policy, we encourage you to get in touch with our appointed Data Protection Officer ("DPO").

If you believe you have suffered harm due to a breach of your rights by AMSPL under this Cookie Policy, and AMSPL has not handled your complaint in a reasonably sufficient manner, any EU resident may also file a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority.

The contact information for AMSPL's Data Protection Officer is: c/o DIRECTB2B Media, 39/576, Netaji Nagar, Wanowrie, Pune – 411040, Maharashtra, India. Email: dpo@directb2bmedia.com / info@directb2bmedia.com / sales@directb2bmedia.com.

3.1Use of This Website

This privacy policy describes the information we collect from you and how it may be stored and processed in India as described below.

This website and associated publications provide products, content, and services for a professional and consumer audience and are not intended for individuals under the age of 13 years. We do not knowingly collect or store personal data provided by anyone under 13 years of age.

If you are a European Union (EU) resident, please note that there are a number of provisions in this privacy policy that apply uniquely to you. If you are a California (US) consumer, please note there are a number of provisions in this privacy policy that also apply uniquely to you.

3.2What Information We Collect

AMSPL collects data about you that is limited to the kind of information that can be found on a typical business card: first name, last name, job title, employer/company name, work address, work email, and work phone number. In some cases, we may ask you to provide additional professional information such as the size of the company you work for and industry type. To enhance and/or update the information that you have provided to us, we may combine it with professional information or personal data that we collect from third-party sources.

This site also collects and stores certain information automatically using cookies and similar technologies, including IP addresses, the region or general location of a computer or device accessing the internet, browser type, operating system, page view history, and other usage information. See our Cookie Policy above for further details.

However, to the extent that any cookie can uniquely identify a computer, mobile device, or tablet ("Device"), or the person using that Device, and you are an EU resident, under the GDPR this is personal data. Therefore, this privacy policy shall apply to such personal data collected by AMSPL. Similarly, if you are a California consumer, under the CCPA, to the extent that any cookie can uniquely identify you or the device you, or any other person is using, via an IP address or other online identifier, this is also personal data.

How We Collect It

Here personal data is referred to as "Business Card Information". We may collect your personal data when you register to receive any of the products, content or services offered by AMSPL or its third-party sponsors ("sponsors") such as publications, subscriptions, contests, newsletters, memberships, premium content, webcasts, video, white papers, online seminars, conferences and events.

What Happens If You Don't Provide Personal Data?

In order for us to provide the products, content or services you request, we need your personal data. Therefore, if you do not provide such personal data, we cannot deliver the products, content or services.

3.3How Do We Safeguard Your Personal Data?

Security of your personal data

AMSPL maintains safeguards which include technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized use, access, inadvertent disclosure, alteration, and destruction, and we require the third parties we contract with to support AMSPL's business operations to employ reasonable security measures as well. We update and test security on an ongoing basis and restrict access to your personal data to only those who need to know in order to provide AMSPL's products, content or services to you.

Storage of your personal data

We may store your personal data using AMSPL's own secure on-site servers or other internally hosted technology. Your personal data may also be stored by third parties, via cloud services or other technology, to whom AMSPL has contracted with to support AMSPL's business operations. These third parties do not use or have access to your personal data other than for cloud storage and retrieval, and AMSPL requires such parties to employ at least the same level of security that we use to protect your personal data.

3.4What We Do With the Personal Data We Collect

We use the personal data that we collect to communicate with you, deliver what you request, improve our service, and to present other information and offers that may be of interest.

• To communicate with you — we may use your personal data to send you important notices, such as communications about your registration, transactions, and changes to AMSPL's terms, conditions, policies, and/or other internal purposes.
• To deliver what you request — we may use your personal data to provide the products, content or services you request, and to administer promotions such as sweepstakes or contests.
• To improve our service — we may use your personal data for auditing, data analysis, and research to improve AMSPL's products, content and services.
• To present offers that may be of interest to you — we may contact you to offer additional AMSPL or third-party products, content, or services that may be of interest to you.

3.5Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Data

The GDPR requires data collectors, such as AMSPL, to have a legal basis to use the personal data of EU residents. Therefore, this section shall apply to any such personal data collected by AMSPL. AMSPL uses the personal data that you provide to supply you with high-quality products, content and services as you request, to send important notices, and for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research.

We may also use your personal data to offer you products, content or services that may be of interest to you, based upon your interests or the preferences you shared with us, and may share your personal data with third-party sponsors of content, events, and other services or offers. The legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent. In certain circumstances we may otherwise process your personal data if AMSPL has a legitimate interest in doing so and AMSPL is not infringing any of your rights and freedoms.

When AMSPL processes your personal data for AMSPL's legitimate interests, AMSPL will consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights under data protection and any other relevant law. Our legitimate business interests do not override your interests. AMSPL will not use your personal data in circumstances where your rights and freedoms override our legitimate interests, unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law.

3.6When & How We Share Your Personal Data

AMSPL may share your personal data to deliver content and services, for business operations, and to comply with valid legal processes. If you are an EU resident, AMSPL will only share your personal data with third parties with your consent.

• For content and services that may interest you — your personal data may be shared within AMSPL for information about products and services and for internal analytical and business development purposes, and with third parties to deliver sponsored content or services that you request.
• For business operations — with third parties we have contracted with to support AMSPL's business operations including delivery, fulfillment, payment processing, email deployment, suppression list management and data processing.
• For third-party sponsored content and events — once your personal data is shared with a sponsor, the sponsor's privacy policy applies, including information on how to opt-out in the future.
• As required by law — your personal data may be shared when authorized by law or necessary to comply with a valid legal process.
• In the event of new ownership — if part or all of the ownership of AMSPL or its products/services is sold or transferred, your personal data will be transferred to the new owner.

International Data Transfers

If AMSPL shares your personal data with a third party and it will be transferred to a State which is not a Member State of the European Union or the EEA, or deemed adequate by the European Commission, AMSPL (as data controller/data exporter) will only conduct such transfer if there are suitable safeguards in place, such as binding corporate rules, standard contractual clauses, approved Codes of Conduct, or approved certification mechanisms. For more information, please contact AMSPL's Data Protection Officer.

3.7How Long We Keep Your Personal Data

We retain your personal data for the duration of your business relationship with us, and we hold your information only as long as necessary for each purpose we use it, unless we have obtained your consent to use it for another or similar purpose.

3.8Your Rights & Preferences

If you inform us that you want your personal data erased (if you are an EU resident), or that you no longer wish for us to communicate with you for marketing purposes, or to otherwise restrict AMSPL's processing of your personal data, we may retain some basic information in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future, and to keep a record of your request and our response.

Confirming your personal data (EU & California)

To confirm that AMSPL is processing your personal data, or to access, update or correct the personal data AMSPL holds about you, or to obtain a copy to reuse for your own purposes, please email our DPO. California consumers requesting the categories and specific pieces of personal data AMSPL collects under the CCPA should put "CCPA Request" in the subject line.

Erasing your personal data

If you want your personal data erased and you are an EU resident, please contact us (or use the mailing address below). If you are a California consumer and want your personal data deleted, please put "CCPA Request" in the subject line.

To opt-out of marketing communications

If you want AMSPL to stop communicating with you for marketing purposes, you can opt-out at www.directb2bmedia.com/opt-out.php.

To restrict processing / opt out of sale

To otherwise restrict AMSPL's processing of your personal data, please email our DPO. California consumers can exercise their rights to opt out of the selling of their personal data under the CCPA as described in Your California Privacy Rights (oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa).

3.9Privacy Questions — Getting in Touch

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about AMSPL's personal data practices or this Privacy Policy, we encourage you to get in touch with our Data Protection Officer. If you believe you have suffered harm due to a breach of your rights by AMSPL under this Privacy Policy, and AMSPL has not handled your complaint in a reasonably sufficient manner, any EU resident may also file a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority.

Data Protection Officer: c/o DIRECTB2B Media (OPC) Private Limited, 39/576, Netaji Nagar, Wanowrie, Pune – 411040, Maharashtra, India. Email: dpo@directb2bmedia.com / info@directb2bmedia.com / sales@directb2bmedia.com.

04CCPA Section

This notice supplements the information contained in AMSPL's privacy policy and applies solely to California consumers, as defined in and in compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA"). Under the CCPA, California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that it has collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data not sell that data.

Request deletion

Upon your request, AMSPL will delete your personal data, and you will not receive any AMSPL products, content or services, unless you subsequently provide your personal data in connection with a new registration, or it is otherwise lawfully provided to AMSPL. To request deletion, please email our DPO with "CCPA Request" in the subject line.

Request to opt out of the sale of personal data

Except as described in the About Cookies section, AMSPL does not sell, as defined by the CCPA, personal data. Rather, it only discloses personal data when you choose to interact with a third party, such as when you register to receive third-party sponsored content; your personal data will be shared only with that third party, and the third party cannot sell your personal data without notice to you and an opportunity to opt out. Because AMSPL does not sell personal data (except for cookies as described), a California consumer communicating an opt-out request will be directed to the instructions in the About Cookies section.

About Cookies (CCPA)

Cookies used by AMSPL identify you as a unique user by means of a tracking ID. The cookie itself is anonymous and does not contain personal data except when supplied by you. However, under the CCPA, if any cookie can uniquely identify you or your device via an IP address or other online identifier, this is personal data. To the extent the collection or sharing of any cookies constitutes a sale under the CCPA, a California consumer can exercise the right to opt out by contacting our DPO with "CCPA Request" in the subject line.

05Mailing Address & Feedback

Should you choose to notify us of any of the above preferences by postal service, here is our address:

DIRECTB2B Media (OPC) Private Limited, 39/576, Netaji Nagar, Wanowrie, Pune – 411040, Maharashtra, India.

Feedback: Your feedback is important to us. We'd love to hear your ideas, opinions and comments about AMSPL's services. Please email: support@directb2bmedia.com.