Mark Allen Group (the “data controller”) takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously and is committed to safeguarding your privacy and your personal information, complying with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. This Privacy Policy relates to our and our subsidiaries (MA Music, Leisure and Travel Ltd, MA Business Ltd, Airport Publishing Network, MA Healthcare Ltd, MA Dentistry Media Ltd, MA Education Ltd, MA Exhibitions, MA Agriculture, MA Financial Media Ltd) use of any personal information we collect from you directly, or indirectly via 3rd party data providers, covering individuals who:
This Privacy Policy will explain the following:
In this policy, personal information means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, and online identifier or to one or more factors specific to his/her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
Mark Allen Group encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Mark Allen Group so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Mark Allen Group is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Mark Allen Group and Mark Allen Group family of websites.
Information you provide us
Mark Allen Group collects personal data, as a result of its various group activities. These activities are listed below, together with an explanation of the data collected and the lawful basis for processing.
Users of our products and services
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you use our products or services, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Individuals contacting us concerning our products and services
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you contact us about our products or services or subscribe to our newsletters, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Subscribed reader or single request reader of our publications
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you subscriber or request a single copy of our publications, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Attendees or registrants to our events (including online events) or other events which Mark Allen Group participates
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you register at or register to attend an event hosted by or participated at by Mark Allen Group. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Individuals who complete surveys Mark Allen Group has issued or commissioned
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you complete a survey we have issued or commissioned. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Individuals who enter competitions Mark Allen Group has issued or commissioned
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you enter a competition we have issued or commissioned. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Individuals who have provided information through telephone research conducted by Mark Allen Group
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you take part in telephone research on organisations conducted by Mark Allen Group. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, telephone number, postal address, company name and job title.
We will use this personal information:
Companies who supply products or services to Mark Allen Group
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you supply products or services to Mark Allen Group, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
To carry out obligations arising from you providing us products or services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need”.
Individuals who have applied to work for Mark Allen Group
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you apply to work for Mark Allen Group, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number, employment history, education history and details of referees.
We will use this personal information:
To complete the interview process, we will use your personal information to communicate with you, complete background checks where permitted by law and manage you application through the interview selection process. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need”.
Individuals who are current or former employees of Mark Allen Group
Mark Allen Group collects personal information from you when you work for Mark Allen Group, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number, date of birth, employee identification number, bank details, national insurance number and emergency contact details.
We will use this personal information:
Information provided to us by 3rd parties
Mark Allen Group obtains personal data from 3rd party sources. These sources are listed below, together with an explanation of the data collected and the lawful basis for processing.
Visitors to our website
When someone visits one of our sites (www.markallengroup.com or any of our network of brand specific websites (for a full list of current brands see http://www.markallengroup.com/our-brands)) we use a 3rd party service, Google Analytics to collect details of website traffic and visitor information, including browser type, internet service provider, URLs of referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, information you search for, locale and language preferences, identification numbers associated with your devices, your mobile carrier, and system configuration information. For full detailed information about the use of cookies on our website, please see the section on “How we use cookies on the Mark Allen Group websites”.
We use the website traffic and visitor information to improve our understanding of the use of the Mark Allen Group websites and in order to determine what Mark Allen Group services are the most popular. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”.
Individuals provided to us as part of 3rd party data for inclusion in our future marketing campaigns and 3rd party marketing campaigns
Mark Allen Group obtain personal information from 3rd parties, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information:
All individual’s obtained from 3rd parties, for this purpose, will have been provided the opportunity to object to their use of personal information by 3rd parties, by the data provider.
We currently receive personal information for our marketing campaigns from:
Binleys (http://www.binleys.com/)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold https://www.wilmingtonplc.com/privacy-policy)
Corpdata (www.corpdata.co.uk)
Data Broker UK (data-broker.co.uk)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold (https://www.data-broker.co.uk/privacy-policy/)
ElectricMarketing (electricmarketing.com)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold www.electricmarketing.co.uk/privacy.html)
Lloyd James Media (lloydjames.com)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold http://lloydjames.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LJM-Privacy_Policy-July2017.pdf)
Market Location (www.marketlocation.co.uk)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold http://www.marketlocation.co.uk/privacy-fair-processing/)
Merit Group (meritgroup.co.uk)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold www.meritgroup.co.uk/privacy-cookie-policy)
Mib Data Solutions Limited (https://mibbusinessdata.com)
(Please see their privacy policy for details of how personal information is used and your choices with the personal information they hold https://mibbusinessdata.com/privacy-policy/)
We will retain and process your personal information as long as is needed to provide the product or service that you’ve elected to receive from us.
For personal information used by us for our own direct marketing purposes, we will retain the data whilst accurate or responsive and if not, no longer actively use after 5 years.
Personal information obtained from 3rd parties for the Mark Allen Group Commercial dataset will be recompiled on a regular basis to ensure the data is fresh and relevant.
Mark Allen Group is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We will use a variety of security technologies and procedures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Mark Allen Group secures the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Mark Allen Group ensures personal information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, when transmitted to other websites. We aim to have all our websites using SSL protocol.
Mark Allen Group is committed to providing you with control on how your data is used and processed. You can review, edit or delete your personal information free of charge by contacting us directly at dpo@markallengroup.com, by telephone or via postal communication to the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us”.
Your rights concerning your personal information are:
If, after contacting us, you are unhappy with how we have handled your query, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (www.ico.org.uk).
Mark Allen Group will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. Mark Allen Group encourages you to periodically review this policy to be informed of how Mark Allen Group is protecting your information.
If you want to raise a question relating to this policy, or otherwise exercise your rights in respect of your personal data, you may do so in the following ways.
Click here to submit a Data Subject Rights Request
In the UK, or outside the European Union
By email: dpo@markallengroup.com
By post: Data Protection Officer,
Mark Allen Group,
St Jude’s Church,
Dulwich Road,
London, SE24 0PB,
United Kingdom
In the European Union
By email: markallen@datarep.com
By post: DataRep,
The Cube,
Monahan Road,
Cork,
T12 H1XY,
Republic of Ireland
Online: www.datarep.com/data-request
If you wish to change how we process your data or update your marketing communication preferences, then please follow this link