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Privacy Statement
Please read the following Statement to understand how we will use any personal information you provide via "the Big conversation" website ("Website"). We may make changes to this Statement from time to time as our services develop, so please check it on a regular basis when you use the Website. By accessing and using this Website, you agree to your personal data being processed by us in accordance with this Statement, which forms part of our online Terms of use.

Personal information
We (Planetary Tribe Limited) are responsible for the processing of any personal information you provide via this Website for example, names and addresses or e-mail addresses. This Statement sets out the principles that govern our use of personal information we may receive or obtain about you via the Website. If you register using the online registration form or provide any other information to us, for example, via online surveys and forums on the Website, we will store this information and hold it on computers or otherwise.

What do we do with your personal information?
We may use your personal information to:

  • administer any services we provide to you
  • fulfil any agreement we may have with you
  • provide you with updates on your selected areas of interest
  • compile statistical analysis of the pages of the Website for security and marketing purposes
  • identify similar research, surveys, forums, projects, consultations, services and recruitment opportunities which may be relevant to you (unless you have asked us not to)
  • help us develop our research, surveys and forum services
  • for internal administration and analysis
  • consider any applications or requests for information made by you.

Planetary Tribe research
From time to time, we may ask you to participate in further research, if you have selected this in the online registration form. The e-mails you receive will be personalised according to the responses you provided in the register form. Participation is optional and each e-mail will contain instructions on how to remove your e-mail address from the list to stop your further involvement in Planetary Tribe (PT) research. You consent to us using any personal information (including, if applicable, sensitive personal data) that you choose or volunteer to submit via surveys for the purpose of research and analysis by PT.

Additional Research, Projects and Recruitment
If you select areas of interest in the registration form, we may inform you (by e-mail, telephone or otherwise) about research, forums, projects, services, paid consultations and recruitment opportunities via social or commercial organisations related to those provided by this Website, which we consider may be of interest to you (unless you have opted out of receiving such information in the registration form). If you do not wish to receive such details from us by some or all of these contact methods, you can easily opt out of receiving such information at any time by e-mail to: unregister@thebigconversation.org.

Disclosure of personal information
Any personal information held by us will not be shared with or used by any other organisation. We will not disclose your personal information to third parties, however, we may give information about you as follows:

  • to our employees and agents to administer any services provided to you by us now or in the future
  • to our third party service providers
  • to anyone to whom we transfer or may transfer our rights and duties under our agreement with you
  • if we have a duty to do so or if we believe we are under an obligation to do so under any laws or regulations.

Cookies
We may use cookies or other similar text files or programs when you visit certain parts of the Website. A cookie is a small file which is sent to your browser and helps us to understand your use of the Website, provide you with access and authorisation and identifies where we can improve the information and services that we provide via the Website. These cookies enable you to access, navigate and use the services provided on the Website. For information about blocking the use of cookies, please refer to the instructions/help screen on your Internet browser. Please note that if you block cookies, you may not be able to access certain online services.

Security
We will endeavour to take reasonable steps to protect your personal information but cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose via this Website. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing online over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our sole negligence or wilful default.

Third party sites
The Website may from time to time include links to other third party websites, which may be accessed through our Website. We are not responsible for the data protection and privacy policies or procedures or the content of these linked websites. You will need to read the relevant data protection and privacy policies that will apply to those sites.

General information
If you are concerned that any of the information we hold on you is incorrect or have any queries in connection with this Statement, please contact us at info@thebigconversation.org.

 
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