This privacy and cookie policy explains how RFPnetworks collects and uses the personal data of our business contacts and website visitors. RFPnetworks is the data controller with respect to the personal data.
What personal data do we collect?
The types of personal data we collect may include your name and business contact details (such as your telephone number, physical and e-mail address), the name of your employing company, your role within that company and any other relevant personal data which you may share with us.
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain technical data such as your operating system (e.g. Windows or Mac OSX) and browser (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, EDGE, Safari) being used, your IP address or, when appropriate, the address of the page that led you to visiting our website.
How do we collect your personal data?
RFPnetworks may obtain your personal data in a number of ways, for example when you create an online account on behalf of your employing company to use our services, when you subscribe to a newsletter, or when you submit an enquiry.
How do we use your personal data?
RFPnetworks obtains and uses your personal data for the following purposes:
- To provide our services to you and your employing company and to communicate with you in connection with these services.
- To activate and maintain your online account.
- To register you for and send you newsletters.
- To process your enquiries received via our website.
- To improve the design and content of the website.
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Any other purpose indicated at the time you voluntarily provide your personal data.
RFPnetworks may on a regular basis use your personal data to send you email messages or marketing materials regarding our services, in each case only with your prior consent or when you are an existing customer. These email messages may contain features that help us ensure that you received the message and were able to open the message. You may opt out of receiving such marketing email messages at any time, free of charge by following the instructions in any marketing communication. You can also control these preferences in your profile settings.
Who has access to your data?
You can choose to share or forward your personal data to other users of our services, such as institutional investors and asset managers. RFPnetworks may also forward or share your personal data with its group companies for the purposes listed above or if disclosure is required by law. These users or group companies may be established in countries outside the European Economic Area whose laws may not afford the same level of protection to your personal data.
Cookies
RFPnetworks will not set cookies without your consent, unless it is a cookie that is necessary to provide you with a service you have specifically requested. This means that RFPnetworks may use (session) cookies to keep track of your input when filling online forms, to authenticate you once you have logged in or to register that you have agreed to use cookies.
Other websites
Our websites contain links to third-party websites;if you follow these links, you will exit our websites. RFPnetworks cannot accept liability for the use of your personal data by these organizations. For more information, please consult the privacy statement of the website you are visiting (if such a statement is provided).
Security and retention period
RFPnetworks will ensure that your personal data are properly secured, so that they are protected against unauthorised use, unauthorised access and wrongful destruction. Your personal data will be retained for as long as required for the above purposes or in so far as such is necessary for compliance with statutory obligations and for solving any disputes.
Access and correction rights
You can request access to, and have the opportunity to update and amend your personal data, and you can exercise any other rights you enjoy under applicable data protection laws, including, for example, objection to the processing of your personal data, by contacting RFPnetworks by completing the form in the footer section on any page of the Site.
Changes and queries
We may change this privacy policy from time to time by posting the updated version of the privacy policy on our websites. We will give you reasonable notice of any material change. We encourage you to visit frequently to stay informed about how we use your personal data. If you have any questions regarding this policy, or you wish to update your details or remove your personal data from our records, please inform us by completing the enquiry form in the footer on any page of the Site.