Privacy Policy & Cookies

This privacy policy sets out how IAC uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website or register for an IAC event.

IAC is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when

using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

IAC may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

This policy is effective from January 19, 2023.

WHAT WE COLLECT

We may collect the following information:

  • Name and job title
  • Contact information including email address
  • Demographic information such as preferences and interests
  • Other information relevant to IAC events

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, particularly for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our services.
  • We periodically send emails about our events, or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

SECURITY

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

HOW WE USE COOKIES

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive.

Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. The cookies in use on our site are managed using Cookie Notice in conjunction with Cookie Compliance. Both services use first-party cookies to track visitor interactions, and they are used to collect information about how visitors use our site.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. These cookies are used to store information, such as the time that the current visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before and what site referred the visitor to the web page.

Cookie Compliance collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies based on the silver, gold and platinum levels offered by Cookie Compliance which seek to balance privacy and personalization based on your preferred user experience.

Only information you provide as part of a form will be processed and stored, however our Cookie Compliance cookies are linked to delivering a customized experience for each browser. Therefore, your consent preference logs will be stored within their secure database for a minimum of 1 month for future visits. Please rest assured, we do not share any tracking data with any third parties and use this information purely to improve your browsing experience on the IAC website.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at [email protected]

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

For users from the United Kingdom, details of personal information that we hold about you may be requested under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to IAC, 333 E. 57th Street, Thirteenth Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make changes, we will post the changed Privacy Policy at this site and it will become effective immediately. Your continued access to or use of the Site represents your acceptance of such changed privacy policy.

MINORS

The Site is not directed towards minors and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors that use the Site.

CONTACT US

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us at [email protected], 333 East 57th Street, Thirteenth Floor, New York, NY USA Tel: +1.646.485.1952.