Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data, which you provide to us (“User Data”) through the https://entrepreneurs.london website (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy has been developed to enhance your confidence in the privacy and integrity of your personal information details.

• “You/the first person” we refer to you, Site user.
• “We/Us” means the Arab Entrepreneurs Board website in Arabic and English and any sub-site within the scope of the Site.
• “Users” refers to users of the Site in general and/or individually as the context indicates.
• We handle all personal data and user-related information in full compliance with all United Kingdom and EU privacy protection legislation.

1- Use of User Information provided to us:

When you enter user information, you consent that we retain your user information through us or through the services of a third-party company that processes such information on our behalf.

We may use your user information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy for the following purposes:

• Conducting market research, including statistical analysis of user behavior, which may be shared with third parties in an aggregated and anonymized form.
• Identifying issues with our websites, applications, or services and planning improvements or developing new features.
• Ensuring compliance with legal obligations imposed on us.
• Sending periodic communications (including emails) about specifications, products, services, events, and special offers.
• Communicating with you through various means (email, phone, text messages, social media, mail, or in person) regarding updates and information of interest to you, in compliance with legal requirements.
• Maintaining and updating your contact details where necessary and obtaining your prior voluntary consent where appropriate.

We may disclose your user information to a third party:

• In order for the third party to send you periodic communications regarding specifications, products, services and events, and special offers on our behalf;
• If we sell or buy a business or asset, in this case, we may disclose your user information to a potential buyer or seller of such business or property;
• If all or most of our assets are owned by a third party; in this case, your user information that you have provided to us will be transferred to the third party as part of the assets transferred to it.

If we must disclose or share your user information to:

• If required by law, regulatory authorities, or to enforce our Terms and Conditions.
• Apply or enforce the Terms and Conditions and/or any other agreements.
• Protect our rights, property, safety and customers, or other users.
• We may also disclose your user information to any of the companies associated with Arab Entrepreneur Board, regardless of their location, for legitimate business purposes.

2- Updates:

You can inform us of any updates, modifications and corrections about information that we have previously collected through the use of the Contact Us section on the Site.

We may change the Privacy Policy from time to time and therefore you should review it periodically. Your use of the “Arab Entrepreneurs Board” website and its affiliated sites signifies acceptance of the Privacy Policy applicable at that time.

We reserve the right to change, modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time.

3- Data:

We collect personal data only as necessary for legitimate business and legal purposes. Data may be collected from:

• Information you provide directly (e.g., via email or phone contact).
• Publicly available sources (e.g., social media profiles or online material on our Site).
• Our applications or websites when you interact with features and services.
• Third-party sources (e.g., credit reference agencies, law enforcement authorities).
• Registration data when you use or register to use any of our websites, applications or services.
• Content and advertising information if you decide to interact with any third-party content or advertisements on a site or in an application of the Arab Entrepreneurs Board, then we may receive personal data about you from the relevant third party.
• Receiving information from third parties where we may also collect or collect your personal data from third partieswho provide it to us (e.g. credit reference agencies, law enforcement authorities, etc.).

4. What personal data we may collect about you:

Personal data: full name, preferred name and personal photo.

Demographic data: gender, date of birth/age, nationality, greeting, surname, language preferences.

Contact details: messaging address, phone number, email address, social media account(s) data.

Consent records: records of any consents provided by you, as well as the date and time, means of consent and any related information (e.g. subject of consent).

Data related to our sites: device type, operating system, browser type, re-browsing, IP address, language settings, dates and times of connection to a site related to the Arab Entrepreneurs Board, application usage statistics, application settings, dates and times of contacting an application related to the Arab Entrepreneurs Board, geographical location data, and other technical communication information (some of which may constitute personal data), username, password, access security data, usage data, aggregated statistical information.

Employer Details: If you deal with us as an employee, your name, address, telephone number and email address of the employer, to the extent necessary.

Content and advertising data: records of your interactions with information and content on the Internet, records of advertisements and content displayed on pages or application screens displayed to you, any previous interaction you have with that content or advertisements and how you engage with us.

Views and opinions: Any views and opinions expressed and/or chosen by you to send to us, or to publicly post about us on social media.

Such user information is used only for the purpose for which it is collected, and any other purposes identified at the point of collection in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We will not disclose any user information you provide to a third party without your consent except for the necessity of providing services that you have specified your request for or as legally permitted.

5- Your legal rights:

Subject to applicable law, you may have several rights in relation to the processing of your relevant personal data, including, but not limited to:

• Right not to provide us with your personal data. However, we may not be able to provide you with full use of our websites, applications or services if you do not provide us with your personal data.
• the right to demand access to or copies of your relevant personal data, along with information relevant to the nature, processing and disclosure of such relevant personal data.
• the right to request rectification of any inaccuracies in your relevant personal data.
• The right to demand the following on legitimate grounds: erasure of your relevant personal data, or restrict the processing of your relevant personal data

6- Unsubscribe:

When you want to withdraw your consent, you can receive periodic communications regarding specifications, products and services, and events by responding to the “unsubscribe” link in the communications coming from us.

Please note that we will not disclose your user information to a third party to enable them to send you direct marketing communications without your prior consent to do so.

7- Data Security:

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, loss, or disclosure. However, as the internet is not completely secure, transmission of data is at your own risk and we do not accept liability for any data security issues.

8- Cookies:

You should be aware that information and data may be collected automatically using cookies. They are small text files through which the basic information used by the website is saved to determine the frequent uses of the site, for example, to retrieve your name if it was entered earlier. We may use this information to track behaviour and aggregate data to improve the Site, target advertisements and evaluate the overall effectiveness of such advertisements.

These text files do not merge within your operating system and do not harm your files. If you prefer not to collect information using text files, you can follow a simple procedure through most browsers that lets you decline the feature of downloading text files. But you must note, Services addressed to you personally may be affected if you choose to disable the text files option. If you want to disable the download feature of text files, click the link here for instructions that will appear in a separate window.

For more details about text cookies, Please see them on the cookie link (below).

9- Protection of your user information:

Unfortunately, the transmission of data over the Internet cannot be fully guaranteed. With our full commitment to protecting your user information, we cannot guarantee the security of transmitting your user information to the Site. Any data transmitted, including your user information, is at your own risk and Arab Entrepreneur Board assumes no liability for this.

For our part, we are aware of industry standards and use security applications to protect user information from any illegal hacking or abuse. Accordingly, when we use user information, we apply industry standards and security standards procedures to prevent unlawful access to user information.

10. Definitions:

• • “App” means any application we make available (including applications that we make available through third party stores or marketplaces or by any other means).
  • “Jurisdiction for the protection of personal data” means the jurisdiction officially defined by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data.
  • “Cookie” means a small file that is placed on your device when you visit a website (including ours). Reference to “cookie” in this notice includes similar technologies, Such as web beacons for tracking and transparent GIF images.
  • “Activist” means the entity that decides why and how personal data are processed. In many jurisdictions, The disposer has primary responsibility for compliance with applicable data protection laws.
  • “Data Protection Authority” means an independent public authority that is legally mandated to oversee compliance with applicable data protection laws.
  • “European Area” means the European Union area.
  • “Personal Data” means information that relates to any person or through which any person can be directly or indirectly identified; By referring to an identifier such as a name or identification number, or location data, or an online, economic, cultural or social identifier for that person.
  • “Process”, “process” or “processor” means any action performed on personal data; Whether through automated means such as aggregation, registration, organization, structuring, storage, configuration or change, Mother of retrieval, or counselling, or use, disclosure by transmission, publication or otherwise making them available, or adapt, group, restrict, erase or destroy them.
  • “Processor” means any person or entity that processes personal data on behalf of the disposer (other than employees of the disposer).
  • “Relevant Personal Data” means personal data over which we are the controller. It does not expressly include personal data over which we are not the controller.
  • “Critical Personal Data” means personal data relating to race or ethnicity; or political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership in trade unions, physical or mental health, or sexuality, or any actual or alleged criminal offences or penalties; or National Identification Number, or any other information that may be perceived as sensitive information under applicable law.
  • “Standard Contractual Clauses” means model transfer clauses adopted by the European Commission or by the data protection authority and approved by the European Commission.
  • “Site” means any website operated or operated by or on our behalf.