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Privacy Statement

Welcome to www.amlpforum.com – the Anti-Money Laundering and Professionals Forum (AMLP) Forum.

AMLP has created this statement so that you understand our Privacy Policy (Notice) describing your rights, the information or “Personal Data” we would usually collect and use and how we would protect it.

How is the personal data obtained & used? 

Any data collected is stored securely within our CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database, our accounts system and our support system, within the UK or European Economic Area (EEA)

AMLP collects and keeps the information about (a) how to reach you (such as name, surname, title, firm, e-mail address, phone and country); and (b) the sector, and functional areas that are pertinent to you.

We obtain this information in several ways, for example:

• through your use of our services or other dealings with us, including through the member onboarding process, enquiry forms, and from information provided in the course of ongoing correspondence

• When you fill in forms, visit the member portal or our website www.amlpforum.com (“our site”) or when you correspond with us by phone, email or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you subscribe to our training, events and/or services, sign up for a newsletter, post material on our site, or request further services

• Through other sites which we operate or support. In such cases, please refer to the privacy policy/notice contained on the relevant site

• We may collect data about you when you attend a related event, training session and/or social reception. This may be collected via business card information you have provided to an AMLP employee or where you have been invited, nominated or otherwise requested to attend one of our events or training sessions. This information may include your name, job title, company, business or personal email address, phone numbers (business or personal) & country

• We may receive information from other sources, such as from your colleagues’ members

• We may also automatically collect technical information when you visit or otherwise use our Site, such as your IP address, and information about your visit, such as the pages that you viewed

Subject to your rights, we may use the above information to: 

• perform any contract which we may have with you
• comply with our legal obligations
• help us send you information that is useful to you
• avoid bothering you with information that isn’t useful to you
• protect our legitimate business interest

Where you attend one of our events, we may also share your personal data (no contact emails) to our third party sponsors so that they can identify who may be attending the events that they sponsor. We will always offer you a simple way to opt out via our registration form or by contacting the email address below or any other email addresses you might have for us. Please do refer to their privacy policies for more information as to how they process your personal data.

If you wish to raise a complaint about how we have handled your information, you can contact us at DPO@amlpforum.com and we will act promptly & investigate the matter. Should you wish to take any complaints or queries further, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office regarding such issues.

Data accuracy and retention

We use reasonable endeavours to ensure that all personal information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. The information which is incorrect, or misleading is inaccurate, and steps will therefore be taken to check the accuracy of any personal information. Please assist us in keeping your information as accurate as possible by updating us in the event that anything changes.

Accessing, updating & keeping your information

You have the right to check the information we hold about you and to ask us to:

• make any changes to ensure that any information we hold about you is accurate and up to date;
• exercise your right to restrict the use of our personal data; or
• erase or stop processing any information we hold about you.

If at any point you believe the information, we process on you is incorrect you may request to check this information and have it corrected or deleted, please contact us using events@amlpforum.com or unsubscribe@amlpforum.com.

Security

We take steps to protect your information from unauthorised access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. Once we have received your information, we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. We put in place appropriate safeguards (such as contractual commitments), in accordance with applicable legal requirements, to ensure that your data is adequately protected. 

We always take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your information is secure. We train our employees who handle personal data to respect the confidentiality of customer information and the privacy of individuals. We regard breaches of your privacy very seriously and will impose appropriate penalties, including dismissal where necessary.

Password Security

The registration processes on our Site may involve giving a password and account designation. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify AMLP of any unauthorised use of your password or account and any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. AMLP cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this obligation.

Cookies

We employ cookie technology to help log visitors to our website. Cookies are pieces of data that are often created when you visit a website, and which are stored in the cookie directory of your computer. A number of cookies may be created when you visit the Pervade Software website. The cookies do not contain any personal information about you, and they cannot be used to identify an individual user.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies. Please note that if you do set your browser not to accept cookies some of the enhanced features on this website may not work correctly.

Log files

When you visit this website we collect web statistics concerning your visit, which are stored in a log file. Log files allow us to record visitors’ use of the site. Log files are also used to detect potentially harmful users and may be reported to the relevant authorities. This statement only covers websites maintained by AMLP and does not cover other websites which are linked to or from our websites.

Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update or otherwise vary this policy from time to time, without notice to you. Your access to or use of our Site at any time is subject to this policy as then in effect. It is your responsibility to review this policy regularly to make sure you are aware of any changes and comply with any changed policy. If you do not agree with any changes made to this policy or the terms of use for our Site, please do not continue to use our services or use or visit our Site.

If you have any questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at events@amlpforum.com or unsubscribe@amlpforum.com.