Privacy Policy
Welcome to BMI’s Privacy Policy
Hi there, we’re BMI, a British company that develops services for the education market. This policy sets out how we handle your personal information if you’re a BMI user or visitor to our Sites. It applies across Viva-Mundo.com, ExpoEstudiante, Salão do Estudante, Global Education Fairs, ExpoPós, ExpoPosgrados, BMI Workshops, universityvisits.org, BMI Scholarship Summits (the “Sites”).
When we say ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘BMI’ it’s because that’s who we are and we own and run the Sites.
If we say ‘policy’ we’re talking about this privacy policy. If we say ‘user terms’ we’re talking about the rules for using each of the Sites. The rules vary by product and each product makes them separately available and seeks consent to them separately to this policy.
BMI is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personal information in accordance with our website.
BMI may change this policy from time to time. Changes to our policy will be updated on our websites and/or services only. You should check our policy from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any modifications.
What personal information do we collect from our visitors?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to the following details to help you with your experience:
- Name
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Contact information such as telephone number and email address
- Demographic information such as location, preferences and interests
- Other information required or relevant to registration for our events and/or products
- Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
In common with other websites, log files are stored on the web server saving details such as the visitor's IP address, browser type, referring page and time of visit. Cookies may be used to remember visitor preferences when interacting with the website. Where registration is required, the visitor's email and a username will be stored on the server.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form or otherwise enter information on our site.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, use the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
- To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested
- To improve our website in order to better serve you
- To send periodic emails regarding content, products and services
Email addresses will not be sold, rented or leased to third parties.
Visitor Options
If you have subscribed to one of our services, you may unsubscribe by following the instructions which are included in email that you receive. You may be able to block cookies via your browser settings but this may prevent you from access to certain features of the website.
Cookies
Cookies are small digital signature files that are stored by your web browser that allow your preferences to be recorded when visiting the website. Also they may be used to track your return visits to the website. Third party advertising companies may also use cookies for tracking purposes.
These include:
How do we protect your information?
• We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards
• We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card number
Third party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google Ads
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to sites they visit on the Internet. Website visitors may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users: https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
Opting out: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
MailChimp
We use Mailchimp as our marketing automation platform, and we might also use it for processing your data in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
BMI
29-45 High Street
Edgware, London HA8 7UU
United Kingdom
[email protected]
Last Edited on 23/05/2018