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We strive for transparency and trust when it comes to protecting your privacy and we aim to clearly explain how we collect and process your information. It’s important to us that you should enjoy using our products, services and website(s) without compromising your privacy in any way.

This privacy policy explains how TBF I The Brands Forum powered by ESIMET, with its registered office at 46 Sofokleous str 11671 Kallithea Athens Greece, Correspondence sent to 29-31 Sofokleous str., 17671 Kallithea Athens Greece, the information in accordance with actual data protection legislation.

This includes but is not limited to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and applicable national data protection legislation. Your personal data are usually obtained directly from you.

In this case, you provide your personal data on a voluntary basis. Specific cases of non-disclosure of personal data may affect the ability of TBF to properly provide services or properly perform contractual obligations.

TBF acts on behalf of its subscribers and other clients in the capacity of a data controller.

FOR WHAT PURPOSES ARE PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED? TBF processes your personal data as needed for the following purposes: (i) Provision of services – this includes the delivery of digital content (legal basis: processing necessary for the contractual performance or for the implementation of measures taken before a contract is concluded); (ii) Processing payments – this includes the maintenance of payments, together with payment processors (legal basis: processing necessary for contractual performance); (iii) Marketing activities – this includes the delivery of personalized content, targeting of advertising or the sending of newsletters (legal basis: legitimate interest); (iv) Determination and enforcement of TBF‘s legal claims (legal basis: legitimate interest); (v) Compliance with legislation. If necessary, TBF will ask you for permission to process your personal data.

WHAT CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS? Using the services provided by TBF may require the following data: ● Name, surname, job title, company and industry; ● Address, telephone number, and email; ● Payment details (payment card information); ● Your preferences and opinions on products and services; ● Your browsing activity on our websites.

WHEN DO WE COLLECT DATA? All data that we receive is obtained directly or indirectly from you when you choose to use our services. This includes the following situations: ● When you subscribe to our newsletter; ● When you pay for or use our services; ● When you register to our events ● When you browse our website; ● When you share content from our website; or ● When you interact with us via social media platforms.

WHO DO WE SHARE PERSONAL DATA WITH In order to provide you with the services you request, your personal data may be provided to: (i) Selected employees of TBF; (ii) Service providers – those ensuring provision of the services provided by TBF, in particular, software services providers, marketing providers, customer service providers, and distributors of marketing and other materials such as newsletters, including employees of such entities; (iii) Tax advisors, professional advisers (e.g. auditors, lawyers), including employees of such entities; (iv) Entities providing payment services; (v) Social media providers – using the services of TBF together with a social network may require TBF to share your personal data with social media providers.

INFORMATION WE DO NOT TRACK We do not track or collect any sensitive information about you. This includes race, religion, ethnicity, and political opinion.

HOW LONG ARE YOUR DATA RETAINED? We keep your data for the period of time necessary to fulfil the purposes of processing as defined above; however, this data will be erased, when you stop interacting with TBF (i.e. after delivery of a particular service unless TBF has a legitimate interest in keeping the personal data longer (for example to protect TBF’s legal claims). This would be the case if TBF had a legal obligation to keep your data for a longer period of time (for example, based on applicable accounting rules), or in cases where applicable law obliges us to keep such records for a longer period.

ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURED? We store electronic copies of your personal data. In accordance with best practices, we maintain security safeguards that protect your data. We strictly limit who is allowed to access the information and we keep this number to a minimum. In addition, we maintain physical and cyber safeguards, server protection devices, and software to minimize possible loss, misuse, or alteration of your data. Your personal data may be stored and processed in countries where TBF carries out business or where its service providers are located. These countries may apply different privacy rules than the European Union. TBF has put in place appropriate contractual and other measures to protect your personal data when personal data are transferred to related parties or third parties located in other countries. In the case of cross-border transmission of data from the Economic European Area to countries where the European Commission recognizes an insufficient level of protection of personal data, the controller ensures that those data recipients are bound by EU standard contractual clauses to protect your personal data.

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS? Regarding your data, you have the following rights: (i) To request access in order to correct or delete your personal data, as well as to restrict its processing; however, your right to delete or restrict processing is applicable only if TBF is not required to process it on another legal basis (i.e. compliance with a legal obligation); (ii) To object to the processing of your personal data processed with a legitimate interest, as well as against processing for marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise your rights above or have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact the administrator by email at info@thebrandsforum.net

The information that TBF is required to provide to you regarding the processing of your personal data may change over time or become outdated. For this reason, TBF reserves the right to modify and change these conditions at any time.

These changes will be reflected in this statement, so you should check here regularly

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