Privacy Policy
CIS (Critical Industry Society) is committed to respecting and protecting your personal data and privacy. The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to explain how and why we process personal data about people who visit and use our website, join our organisation and use our services, who we share it with and what your rights are under the Data Protection Act 2018. This notice is effective from 01 February 2025.
We will keep this Privacy Notice under regular review and may update it from time to time. We would encourage you to visit this page regularly to keep informed about the purposes for which we process your information. We will advise CIS members of any major changes to the notice.
Who we are?
CIS is a networking group for critical industries; a sector of the economy that is essential to the functioning of a society. Our address is:
Melbourne House, Lincoln Road
East Markham, Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG22 0SH
How do we collect information from you?
If you choose to become a member of CIS we use a membership form to collect personal and contact details, which can be emailed to you.
Some information will be collected automatically as you browse our website pages via cookies. If you choose to become a registered user of the website or a member of CIS we use online forms to collect personal and contact details. The website also provides a number of online contact forms which you may use to send us your enquiries about membership of the group and our services, register for events and make use of other website functionality. We may also from time to time conduct surveys via the website.
What personal data do we process?
We collect and process various categories of personal information depending on how you interact with us. We limit the collection of the information and processing to that necessary for us to achieve one or more legitimate purposes as identified in this notice.
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The personal data we collect may include the following:
- Basic personal information, including name, age, gender
- Contact information including business address, email address, phone number
- Employment information, including job title, place of work, professional biography
- Online profile and activity information including Internet Protocol (IP) address, location co-ordinates, social media links, website searches and visits.
We do not collect or store any financial data via our website.
How is this information used and who do we share it with?
The information collected from you may be used to collect information about how our website is used for statistical purposes, sign you up and administer your membership of CIS or update your membership/registration details, register you for events, provide information in response to your submitted queries or provide survey data.
Your personal data may be shared with third party service providers including but not limited to those listed below who perform services for us and help to manage your accounts or operate our business:
- Hosting and maintenance of the website
Please contact us if you would like details of our third-party provider.
Security
We use organisational, administrative, technical and physical security measures to safeguard your personal information and help ensure that it is processed promptly, accurately and completely. We employ service providers who act as data processors on our behalf to safeguard your personal information and only use it for the purposes we specify.
Your rights
Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to update, erase, change or correct your personal information. You can also:
- Withdraw your consent for our use of your information, where our processing is based on your
consent - Restrict and/or object to the use of your personal information
You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. Please contact us at the address given at the end of this policy.
Please contact us if you have any questions about how we use your information. If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information you should let us know so that we can investigate your complaint, or you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk
Keep us informed
We want to make sure any information we hold on you is up to date, so please ask us to correct it if it needs updating. If you are a current or recently lapsed member of CIS, you can contact us using the details provided below.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this policy or our data protection practices, you can write to:
Jane Isaacs, Secretary CIS c/o Jay One Events Ltd
Melbourne House, Lincoln Road
East Markham, Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG22 0SH
Email: info@jayone.co.uk
This Privacy Notice was last updated on: 01 February 2025