Ulead Media Group Ltd (UMG Summits) is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide the services that you request. This document is designed to give a clear explanation of UMG Summits’ data processing practices. Please see below for further information.

If you have any questions or concerns relating to any of UMG Summits’ site or would like to find out more about how we collect, store or use your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer.

Ulead Media Group LTD

71-75 Shelton Street, London,
Greater London,
United Kingdom,
WC2H 9JQ

Email: DPO@umg-summits.com

Tel. +44 7463 528262

UMG Summits powers market-leading business events with bold initiatives and forward-looking innovations, as we create and deliver transformative experiences that help move you forward.

We are Europe’s fast-rising, disruptive company in the business events production industry, poised with a global outlook and emphasis on value-creation for our clients and partners.

We empower our clients and partners to win in their specialized disciplines and business domains through our timely curated business events – Conferences, Summits & Expos, Conventions, Workshops, Seminars and Training to provide them the requisite edge needed to stand out in this 21st century.

UMG Summits is represented in London, United kingdom by its legal entities:

The personal information you provide is being collected for legitimate business purposes, which includes processing registrations or enquiries, keeping you informed about new events, products or offers and providing the best possible service to you.

Whenever we process data for these purposes we will ensure that we always keep your Personal Data rights in high regard and take account of these rights.

The provision of this information is voluntary. However, if you do not provide the information requested, we may be unable to process your registration or enquiry. All information provided by you will be held in the strictest confidence.

We will only collect the personal information that is necessary for the purposes mentioned above. It includes the following(however is not limited to):

Where you have not expressly consented to us holding and using your personal information we shall continue to use and store your information where we have a legitimate interest to do so. Any such legitimate interest is set out in the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and our use of your personal information is in full compliance with the regulation. Legitimate Interest can apply to any of the following;

Where you have consented to the processing of your data.
Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps to enter into a contract.
Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person.
Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.
Necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by UMG Summits or a third party.

UMG Summits is the sole owner of the information collected on this site.

In order to provide our website users with a personalised and valuable service, we operate several separate conference divisions, which require online payment. As above, we will collect information from users during the registration process.

When you visit our site, a cookie (a very small text file) is placed on your device. If you accept it, it is used to provide you with a personalised experience and to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics. You may refuse the cookie, if you wish. To do so, you will need to check your browser settings.

UMG Summits collects certain information about your computer hardware and software, this includes (however is not limited to):

IP Address
Browser Type
Operating System
Access Times
Referring Website Addresses

This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of UMG Summits websites. Cookies are also used in connection with the membership of our site. If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies, you will be able to view the majority of our site, however you will not be able to register for our event.

We do not rent or sell our customer e-mail lists. We may share your personal information with professional organisations (our event sponsors/exhibitors) to promote similar products and services related to your area of interest. If you do not consent to share your personal information with third party organisations please email DPO@umg-summits.com

No list supplied by UMG Summits may be used by anyone other than for the confidential use of the original mailer. All lists are seeded with decoy names to protect against abuse; violators will be prosecuted.

UMG Summits contains some links to other sites. Please be aware that UMG Summits is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. This privacy statement applies solely to the information collected by UMG Summits.

From time to time UMG Summits may run surveys and promotions and may request information from users as part of these. Participation in these is entirely voluntary.

UMG Summits takes precautions to protect your information. When users submit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Access to all of our users & information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. The servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.

UMG Summits will make every attempt to keep your personal data accurate, complete and up to date. If your personal information is incorrect, changes or if you no longer wish to receive information from UMG Summits, we will endeavour to correct, update or remove your information as swiftly as possible. This can be done by directing your queries via email to our database maintenance department DPO@uleadmedia.com

Our event invitations are sent to only individuals we believe are relevant for the event and their attendance would be beneficial for their career development through benchmarking and networking with other peers from the industry. We admit that sometimes our invitations reach few irrelevant people. However we provide possibility to UNSUBSCRIBE from our mailing list. Please note that by unsubscribing you will not receive any invitations of any of our other events which may be relevant to you.

Alternatively, if you no longer wish to receive newsletters or promotional materials, returning the letter to us with unsubscribe marked upon it. Or you can simply contact DPO@uleadmedia.com and ask to be unsubscribed.

We process your personal data for as long as necessary, ie for as long as we provide our services or perform a mutual contract or agreement, or for the time necessary to perform archiving duties under applicable laws, such as the Value Added Tax Act, accounting or archiving law. For the duration of 10 years since the termination (or fulfillment) of the agreement, we may also keep your personal data in order to protect the legitimate interests of the Company

UMG Summits reserves the right to amend the privacy notice. In such case the ‘last updated’ date will be amended accordingly, and you will be informed via statement prominently displayed on the website.

UMG Summits respects your right to privacy. We ensure all data is managed lawfully, fairly and transparently. We use third parties to also acquire data, we hold those parties to the same high standard. You have a right to be forgotten and can email us for any concern at DPO@uleadmedia.com to request your personal data or any information related to privacy.

The personal data we hold is stored on UMG Summits servers and on the servers of our cloud based database management services located in USA and Europe. UMG Summits retains data for the duration of the customer’s or member’s business relationship with the UMG Summits. For more information on where and how long your personal data is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure, please contact the UMG Summits’ data protection officer at DPO@umg-summits.com .

The internet is a global environment. The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, international destinations, including destinations outside the European Economic Area. It may also be processed by international staff or data processors outside this area, who may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services.

UMG Summits will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
If you do not consent to this transfer, storing or processing of your personal information please email DPO@umg-summits.com indicating your wishes.