Who we are

IFC Forum is a member-funded, not-for-profit industry group.

If you have any questions about how we use personal information, please contact ifcforum@lansons.com.

What information we collect

We collect only the personal information we need to operate the IFC Forum website and communicate with people who contact or subscribe to us.

This may include:

• your name;
• your organisation;
• your email address;
• the subject and content of an enquiry submitted through our contact form;
• your email address and subscription information if you sign up to our newsletter; and
• limited technical information about how the website is used through Google Analytics.

How we use your information

We use personal information to:

• respond to enquiries submitted through the website;
• manage any necessary follow-up correspondence;
• send our weekly newsletter to people who have subscribed;
• operate and maintain the website;
• understand, in aggregate, how people use the website and improve it; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not add people who contact us through the website to our newsletter unless they subscribe separately.

Our lawful basis for using your information

Depending on the circumstances, we rely on:

• legitimate interests, including responding to enquiries, administering IFC Forum and operating and improving the website;
• consent, where you subscribe to our newsletter; and
• legal obligations, where we need to process information to comply with the law.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email.

Who we share information with

We do not sell personal information or share it with other organisations for their own marketing purposes.

We use service providers to help us operate the website and newsletter, including:

• Mailchimp, which manages our newsletter mailing list and sends our emails;
• Google Analytics, which provides aggregate website usage statistics;
• WordPress and our website hosting and technical providers; and
• authorised providers supporting the administration of IFC Forum.

These providers may process information on our behalf only as necessary to provide their services.

We may also disclose information where required by law.

International transfers

IFC Forum is based in the Cayman Islands and its administrative activities are managed from the UK.

Some of our technology providers, including Mailchimp and Google, may process information in other countries, including the United States.

Where required by applicable data protection law, appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers.

How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

In particular:

• contact-form information is kept for as long as necessary to respond to the enquiry and deal with any reasonable follow-up;
• newsletter information is kept while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we may keep a minimal record of that preference so that we do not contact you again inadvertently; and
• analytics information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to understand and improve website use.

We may retain information for longer where required by law or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

Cookies and analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand, in aggregate, how visitors use the website and to help us improve it.

Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information such as:

• pages visited;
• approximate location;
• device and browser type;
• referral source; and
• how visitors navigate through the site.

We use this information only to produce statistical information about website use. We do not use Google Analytics for personalised advertising or to build profiles of individual visitors.

Where permitted by applicable law, we rely on the statistical purposes exception for this use of analytics rather than asking for prior consent.

You can object to the use of analytics at any time using the “Analytics settings” link provided on the website.

Strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies may also be used where required for the website to function, maintain security or remember your preferences.

Your rights

Depending on the data protection law that applies to you, you may have rights including the right to:

• ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate information;
• ask us to delete information in certain circumstances;
• object to or restrict certain uses of your information; and
• withdraw consent where we rely on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, contact ifcforum@lansons.com.

You may also have the right to complain to the relevant data protection regulator, including the Cayman Islands Ombudsman or, where UK data protection law applies, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time to reflect changes to the website, our services or applicable law. The latest version will always be published on this page.