Pipeline Industries Guild Privacy Policy

We have created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. This policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you.

Pipeline Industries Guild takes great care to preserve your privacy and safeguard any personal details you share with us. This policy explains how we collect and use your personal information. Examples of your personal information could include your name, address, email address, telephone number, job title and areas of professional or sector interest.

The Pipeline Industries Guild is a member-based and the personal information we hold is used to keep our members and collaborators up-to-date with new developments in the industry, opportunities to meet, network or communicate with their peers and key organisations in the sector and manage the membership.

By using our website or providing us with your personal information you are agreeing to this policy.

How we collect your information

This Privacy Policy only relates to personal information collected by us from sending us an email, writing to us, phoning us, participation in a Guild event, using our services or business cards provided to us by you.  If your employer is a member of the Pipeline Industries Guild we may receive information from them enabling us to contact you on their behalf to fulfil our service level agreement with them and we will only use it to contact you in your capacity as a representative of that company or organisation.

How we use your information

We may use your information to analyse and improve our website, to contact you where you have been identified as a contact person for an organisation either a member or non-member, for administration purposes (for example we may contact you regarding an event for which you have registered or in connection to membership), to invite you to participate in our events or training either as an attendee, speaker, sponsor or other contributor, to provide you information about our work or our activities, to provide you with information or services that you have requested from us or that we feel may be of interest to you.

Use of Links

Throughout our Web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organisations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers and our Privacy Policy will no longer apply.

Marketing

We may use the information you have provided us with to contact you for marketing purposes by email or telephone if you have specifically provided your consent to for us to do so. We may also send you service communications via email, for example to advise you of your eligibility to take advantage of Pipeline Industries Guild membership benefits if you are an employee of a member organisation.

We promise to make all reasonable efforts to keep your details secure and as required by law, we will never share your details with other organisations to use for their own or marketing purposes.

As of 25th May 2018, Pipeline Industries Guild will operate a consent-based approach to marketing activities. From this date, all new contacts will be specifically asked whether you consent to our contacting you for marketing and information services. If you decline to consent, we will no longer contact you for marketing or information purposes.

You can withdraw your consent to be contacted by Pipeline Industries Guild at any time by either unsubscribing from our mailing list or emailing membership@pipeguild.com or writing to us at F150 First Floor, Cherwell Business Village, Southam Road, Banbury, OX16 2SP.

Sharing of your information

Pipeline Industries Guild does not share or sell personal information about any person with third parties for the purposes of marketing.

Holding and storing your information

We retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, for example, to provide you with a service you have requested, provide access to benefits, or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements. All information is stored on the secure servers of our file storage provider.  From our understanding of the GDPR regulations the data we hold would be a 'low risk' in relation to our contacts.

When you register on our website, we may ask you to choose a password which enables you to access the online content. You are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share this password with anyone. Registrations will be downloaded from the website into the Pipeline Industries Guild environment.

Pipeline Industries Guild will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that all personally identifiable information relating to Pipeline Industries Guild and received via the Internet or stored within Pipeline Industries Guild systems is secure against unauthorised access.  However, whilst we have used our best efforts to ensure the security of your data, please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the Internet.

Consent and Legitimate Interests

By giving us your personal information, you consent to us collecting and using that information in the ways that we describe in this privacy policy and / or that you have specifically consented to.

Where we need your specific consent, we will always ensure that you are as fully informed as possible at the time on what we do with your information, with whom it may be shared and how long we will keep it. This is in line with the requirements of the relevant legislation. You can alter your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time as described.

Whilst we must gain your consent to send emails to you if we have had no prior interaction with you, as required by Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, we can rely on Legitimate Interests to process personal data of contacts with whom there exists a relationship without requiring further consent so long as there is a balanced legitimate interest.

Your rights regarding your personal data

You have a right to ask for copies of the personal information we hold about you, and details of how we use that information. If there are any discrepancies in the information we provide, please let us know and we will correct them.

You can also update your personal information or change your preferences for communications by emailing us at membership@pipeguild.com or logging into the members area to update your profile.

Changes to the privacy policy

We may update or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the website. By continuing to use our website you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.