Privacy Policy
Wide Events takes your privacy very seriously and respects the confidentiality and integrity of any information you provide us as a user of the website located at www.wide-events.com (hereinafter will be known as the “Website”).
This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our Website (hereinafter will be known as “Service”). The terms “We”, “US”, “Our”, “wide-events.com” refer to Wide Conferences and Exhibitions, a company duly registered under the laws of United Arab Emirates having its office at Dubai. When you use the Service, your consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised Privacy Policy on this page; such changes will be effective upon posting, please review this Privacy Policy periodically.
The Service may provide links to third party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information you may provide while on such third-party websites. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies on those third-party websites before providing any of your information on such sites.
In every respect, by using the Website, you agree to be bound by terms of this Privacy Policy.
By visiting the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access the Website.
By mere access or use of the Website, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use.
Collection of Information
The Website will only collect personal information which includes information that can be used to identify and contact an individual such as name, email address, screen name, mailing address, phone number, credit card details and such other information necessary for booking of ticket or registration of event on the website or for performing one or more of the activities listed on the Website (hereinafter will be known as the “Personal Information”). In this context, “collect” means to gather, acquire or obtain by any means, information in circumstances where the individual and retailer is identifiable or identified. We gather Personal Information about people (Users) and retailers who access and use the Website and we consider such Personal Information sensitive in nature, including:
Personal Information provided as a result of you using an online service available through the Website;
Personal Information provided to us by you through any other method (including, without limitation, correspondence or discussions through the Website);
Aggregated data, which track traffic to the Website but do not relate to your Personal Information;
Cookies (pieces of information transferred to your computer hard drive for record keeping).
The Personal Information collected will be held by us or on our behalf by such other agent as we may appoint from time to time in providing the service to you. The Personal Information collected may be shared with the Organizers for confirmation of your ticket and/or for allowing Organizers to verify the ticket at the venue/event.
When you visit or use our Service, we collect and store information about you, your computer and your activities. This information may include, but is not limited to:
Your computer’s IP address; technical information about your computer or electronic device (such as type of device, web browser or operating system).
Account information: your full name, email address, zip code and any other information that you provide with your account, such as your gender, nationality, birth date, mobile number, address, or picture.
We also store your preferences and settings (time zone, language, etc.), on our servers and locally on your device to provide you a consistent experience over repeated visits for the Service.
Your content: The information that you post on the Website, including your reviews, photos, comments, likes, lists, your account profile and/or any other information posted on the Website.
The URL of the last web page you visited before visiting our Service.
The search terms you have looked up and results you selected and how long you visited our Service and which features you used.
Communications between you and other users or merchants through our Service and the advertisements you clicked.
Your transactional Information: If you make reservations or purchases through the Service, we may collect and store some information about you to process your requests and automatically complete forms for future transactions. These may include data including (but not limited to) your phone number, address, email, and credit card information. This information may be shared with third parties and organizers who help in process and fulfill your requests. When you submit credit card numbers, we encrypt the information using industry standard technologies and after obtaining your prior consent. If you write reviews about businesses with which you transact through the Service, we may publicly display the fact that you transacted with those businesses. We use the information to improve the Service’s functionality, quality and also personalize your experience. We also use this information to display relevant advertising, provide support, message you, and comply with legal obligations.
Please note that some of this information is automatically collected without you voluntarily choosing to provide this information to us.
Disclosure
You agree that we may disclose your information as follows:
To organizers of the event and our related companies in relation to the provision to you of the online service available through the Website.
To third parties when we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process. We may disclose personal information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property or personal safety of our users or the general public.
We and our affiliates will share / sell some or all of your Personal Information with another business entity should we (or our assets) plan to merge with, or be acquired by that business entity, or re-organization, amalgamation, restructuring of business. Should such a transaction occur that other business entity (or the new combined entity) will be required to follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information.
We may share personal information with our other corporate entities and affiliates to help detect and prevent identity theft, fraud and other potentially illegal acts; correlate related or multiple accounts to prevent abuse of our services; and to facilitate joint or co-branded services that you request where such services are provided by more than one corporate entity. Those entities and affiliates may not market to you because of such sharing unless you explicitly opt-in.
Where we reasonably believe there has been an infringement of your rights or those of a third party and we reasonably believe disclosure of your information may remedy or assist in the remedy of the infringement; and
Aggregate information and other information that does not personally identify you to such third parties as we may see fit.
Consequences of non-provision of information
Failure by you to provide the necessary Personal Information when requested may result in certain online services not being available to you as expected.
Legal Matters
We may use or disclose user information and/or your Personal Information: in response to a legal direction, such as a subpoena, court order, or government demand; to comply with the law; in connection with a threat of litigation; to investigate or report illegal activity; to protect our legal rights, our customers, our Service or users of our Service; or to enforce our rights or defend claims. We may also transfer your information to another company in connection with a corporate restructuring, such as a sale or merger.
We may need to contact you to comply or cooperate with a legal direction. For this purpose, we will use the email address provided to us by you. All communications sent by us at such email address shall be deemed to have been communicated to you.
Access, Deletion, and changes to your personal information
You may access, update or delete your Personal Information or modify your account preferences for Wide Events services by accessing the Website. Please note that when you delete your account, we may retain your account information for a reasonable period of time afterward for the purpose of internal account management and fraud prevention activities.
Your Personal Information is available for you to view and amend on the Website.
If you have any questions at all about your personal information, please contact us:
Address
Wide Conferences and Exhibitions
22nd Floor, Concord tower, Dubai Media City, PO Box 52779, Dubai, UAE
Email: registration@wide-events.com
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and will notify you by posting an updated version on the Website and placing a date next to the Privacy Policy terms hyperlink so that you can be aware of the last update.
Your Consent
By using this Website, you consent to the collection and use of the Personal Information by us. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. Such data may be shared with other third parties, as may be required, for creating or maintaining your user account, making payments, enhancing security, carrying out research, data analysis, complying with any applicable law, protecting the interest or rights of meraTicket.com™ or for any other purpose that may be related to the Services provided by us.
Dispute Resolution for Residents of United Arab Emirates
If you are a resident of United Arab Emirates, in the event that you have any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy, you may report your claim to the appropriate court/ tribunal located in your jurisdiction.
Complaints
If you have any complaints about the Privacy Policy and practices, please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer on info@wide-events.com For the purposes of the GDPR, our Privacy Compliance Officer is also our Data Protection Officer.