Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for BMI’s Sites

Hi there, we are BMI, a British company that develops services for the education market. This policy sets out how we will handle your personal information if you are a BMI user or visitor to our Sites.

This applies across Viva-Mundo.com, Talk Global Study, ExpoEstudiante, Salão do Estudante, Global Education Fairs, ExpoPós, ExpoPosgrados, BMI Workshops, universityvisits.org,

BMI Scholarship Summits and bmiglobaled.com (hereupon, collectively known as 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 are 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 separate 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 registration site’s 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 or events, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form or otherwise enter information on our site.

Personal data is not stored nor captured through the Website without the prior knowledge and consent of Users. Where personal information is captured (eg through web-based forms for feedback, registration, requests, etc), the User will be informed as to what personal information is being collected, who will use it, and for what purpose(s) it will be used.

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 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.

BMI is keen to strike a fair balance between your personal privacy and ensuring that you obtain full value from the products and services it provides, while ensuring that it complies with all protection GDPR affords to you.

Exhibitor Badge Scanners

If you register to attend one of BMI’s fairs as a visitor, your information will also be associated with a barcode that will be supplied to you via a badge to gain entry. With your permission, during the course of a fair this barcode can be scanned to share your information with schools, universities and other institutions. These third parties may retain your information to contact you in the future. BMI have no responsibility or liability for how you share your information with third parties.

If you do not want to give your contact details to an exhibitor, then do not allow them to scan your badge at the event.

User 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: Google Analytics, Hotjar, Active Campaign,  Lead Forensic

You may refuse the use of cookies by adjusting the settings of your web browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website.

By using this Website, you consent to the use of cookies and use of the data they provide.

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 will never ask students or visitors to our public facing events for a credit card number. The only time we ask for credit card number is in relation to the booking of hotels and event services for B2B clients who are attending BMI events, or should a client choose to pay for a BMI service via credit card.

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.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

Elizabeth House
54-58 High Street Edgware, Middlesex
HA8 7EJ
England, UK