Privacy Policy

Introduction

This is the Privacy Statement and Policy (“Privacy Statement”) for BMGI (Breakthrough Management Group India Pvt Ltd) This Privacy Policy was last updated in April 2020.

BMGI understands that your privacy is important. BMGI is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information you provide or as you access and use materials on www.bmgindia.com (the “Site”), including the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and our services, that post a link to this Privacy Statement. In addition, information that you submit to BMGI in response to an email request for information or other outreach from BMGI , or through BMGI ’s employment application processes, will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

BMGI may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Statement from time to time. To ensure you are able to remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it, material changes to our statement will be reflected here. This Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and our services may contain links to external sites which are not governed by this Privacy Statement. BMGI does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

Please read this Privacy Statement carefully. By browsing our Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and/or communication regarding our services, you expressly consent to be bound by this Privacy Statement.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT, AND HOW WE USE IT

What information do we collect?

BMGI collects information from you during events such as, when you create your account for the Site, respond to our reach out campaigns, request copies of publications, subscribe for email newsletters and press releases, seek additional information regarding our services and/or employment opportunities, and/or register for conferences and other BMGI – sponsored events. If you do not provide such information, you will not be able to create an account for the Site, request copies of publications, subscribe for email newsletters and press releases, seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities.

Personal information that we may collect includes elements, such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, company represented.

In addition, we sometimes aggregate demographic information and the types of systems and browsers of users. BMGI also may conduct user surveys on the Web or use technologies to provide BMGI with information on a number of areas, such as user perspective, user demographics, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were searching for, whether the Site and/or associated websites and/or apps content is relevant to user needs, and the like.

How do we use personal information?

The purposes and uses of your personal information will typically include legitimate interests pursued by BMGI, such as :

  • Informing you about updates to the service and notifying you about other products and services offered by BMGI that may be of interest to you, including information regarding publications and events
  • Measuring and improving the effectiveness of BMGI marketing programs across different channels
  • Improving our web content on the Site and/or associated websites and/or apps and/or associated websites and/or apps and their associated navigation
  • processing your information for specific purposes (for example, your application form for employment with BMGI).

You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to validation that you are the rightful person, whose identity is represented.

We will not sell, share, or rent or otherwise make available your personal information to other parties, except that we may disclose the information to third parties who perform services on our behalf and have a need to access the information in connection with those services. Any third parties will only process this information to the extent to which and within the limits that BMGI itself is permitted to process that data.

HOW WE MIGHT SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

The third parties with whom we may need to share personal information to help us provide services and products to you and to run our Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and/or communication include:

  • our subsidiaries or affiliates;
  • our advisors;
  • our third party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations including email distribution, IT services and marketing and events services;
  • our business partners for publications and events co-organized by BMGI and them;
  • law enforcement bodies in order to comply with any legal obligation or court order

Because BMGI operates globally, we may need to transfer personal information which is collected on the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or through other means, across BMGI associated companies or associated network to help operate our business efficiently. This may also include third parties located in different countries around the world, including outside of India. By using the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and our services and/or submitting information through this / other channels and/or submitting personal information to BMGI through other means, you voluntarily consent to such international transfer and hosting of such information to those countries and parties, as maybe applicable.

RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

BMGI retains your personal information for so long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. We may retain your personal information for longer if they may be the subject of a legal claim, or may otherwise be relevant for future litigation.

MARKETING

When subscribing to BMGI services, contacting us for services, contacting us for any additional information, connecting with us through any means, or applying for our newsletter/ emailers, you may be given the opportunity to select which promotions, news, and information you would like to receive at the time of sign up. Should you not prefer to receive the communication, you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from such communications by sending an email to privacy@bmgindia.com and in some cases directly via unsubscribe.

COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

BMGI may use cookies on our Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and in our communications with you, to keep track of your visit to our Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and/or communication with you. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website and/or associated websites and/or apps activity to allow us to collect information about how you use our Site and/or associated websites and/or apps and our services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which will give you more information. Once you have given your consent to use cookies we may store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete the cookies using your web browsers settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies.

We may use the following types of cookies:

“persistent cookies” to improve your experience when using the Site.

“session cookies” to enable your use of our Site and/or associated websites and/or apps and to remember your settings. Session cookies are deleted automatically at the end of your visit.

“web analytics cookies” These cookies are used by us or third-party providers to analyse how the Site and/or associated websites and/or apps and our services are used, including the following types:

Google Analytics: This website and/or associated websites and/or apps, use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media analyse how users use the same. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media (including your IP address, where applicable) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers typically in the United States. Google uses this information to compiling reports on dimensions such as user activity and internet usage, browsing habits, on the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media for the relevant operators. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

By using this website and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or social media and/or communications, and accepting the use of the cookies, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. To find out more about Google Analytics, Google’s privacy policy and opting out of its cookies please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

BMGI may use such cookies or similar cookies to provide you with experiences and marketing messages based on your likely interests.  You may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do opt-out you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website and/or associated websites and/or apps and/or other associated websites and/or apps as applicable .

Web beacons: BMGI may include a web beacon, which is a graphic image, in a majority of the HTML email messages we send. BMGI may use web beacons, alone or in conjunction, with cookies to compile information about your usage of BMGI websites and/or interaction with emails from BMGI and/or marketing campaigns and/or associated websites and/or associated apps. We use the capability to determine whether or not the information has been received, opened, or when an URL has been clicked inside of an email that directs you to one of BMGI ’s websites. These web beacons are used to: (i) operate and improve BMGI websites, services, marketing reach outs and email communications (ii) send emails and/or marketing reach outs in a format users can read and (iii) track the aggregate number of emails opened and similar such information. The web beacon may not collect your personal information, however the information compiled by the web beacon allows us to tie a user to information BMGI has collected in data collection process as set out in this Privacy Statement. You may refuse the use of web beacons by selecting the appropriate settings on your email program to disable image and refraining from clicking on any links in email messages.

By continuing to browse or use our Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and/or communications , you agree that we can store and access cookies and other tracking technologies as described herein.

SECURITY PROCESSES

BMGI would officially allow only authorized employees and contractors to have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, BMGI cannot guarantee that your personally-identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons and BMGI cannot be responsible for any actions resulting from a breach of security when information is supplied over the internet or any public computer network.

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES

This website and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or communications, may contains links to other Web sites not operated by BMGI .

BMGI is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any non-BMGI web sites to which we link from the Site. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting other websites and sites not governed by our Privacy Statement. We cannot control the content or security of such websites. We cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred by a user as a result of visiting such websites. No links are intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us of that other website.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

BMGI aims to comply with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. BMGI may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site and/or associated websites and/or apps or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.

ACCESS RIGHTS

You would have a right to the basic information stored by us, i.e., name, email, telephone, address, company name, which may be stored with us. If any of the information held about you is incorrect or out of date, you have the right to amend or rectify it. You would also have the right to require us to erase your above stated elements of personal data and/or to withdraw your consent for any further storage. You may submit a request to privacy@bmgindia.com to amend or rectify or delete. Please note that we need you to prove who you are before we can amend or rectify or delete.

USE OF BMGI WEBSITES &/OR ASSOCIATED/PARTNERED WebSIteS &/OR ASSOCIATED/PARTNERED APPS &/OR ASSOCIATED/PARTNERED SOCIAL MEDIA AND/OR SUBSCRIPTION PAGES AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUR SERVICES

Your access to and use of the Site and/or associated/partnered websites and/or associated/partnered apps and/or associated/partnered social media and/or subscription pages and our services are subject to this Privacy Statement and certain other terms and conditions, contained in our Terms and Conditions of Use.

CONTACT US

For further questions you may contact us as privacy@bmgindia.com