This document sets out the policies of Big Deal Media regarding the protection of the rights of persons to privacy. Its purpose is to explain to contacts and all others who deal with Big Deal Media what types of personal information Big Deal Media collects and how that information is used.
This policy reflects no commitment by, nor is it binding upon any party or parties other than Big Deal Media.
At times, Big Deal Media collects certain personal information about people with whom it deals, either in their personal capacities or as representatives of client institutions, suppliers or other businesses. Such people are referred to in this policy as “Big Deal Media contacts” or simply as “contacts”.
Big Deal Media collects identifiable personal data as well as nonidentifiable personal information. Items of identifiable personal information, such as names and contact details, are collected and used as a matter of course in Big Deal Media’s daily work. Often a person’s identifiable personal information includes the role or roles the person plays on behalf of his or her employer in the employer’s business relationship with Big Deal Media.
Confidentiality
The Big Deal Media protects your personal information with industry standard security measures. In addition to normal precautions such as physical security and software/hardware firewalls, we have and adhere to strict internal security policies.
Reservation of Rights
Big Deal Media reserves the right to disclose personal information in its possession where it is required to do so by law or to exercise its legal rights or to defend itself against legal claims.
Big Deal Media reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy.
Collection of Personal Data
Big Deal Media collects personal data about contacts. Contacts include those employees of client institutions with whom Big Deal Media will deal in the normal course of business. This information is collected when institutions first procure services from, or enter into a service agreement with Big Deal Media, when they instruct Big Deal Media, as their provider or agent, to provide services or undertake service procurement or other actions on their behalf. Contacts also include persons within supplier and other organizations with which Big Deal Media has a business relationship – i.e. persons that suppliers, including self-employed consultants and contractors, or other organizations such as government departments or statutory bodies have appointed to deal with Big Deal Media.
Big Deal Media does not collect personal information about end users of client institution’s networks.
Use of Personal Data
Big Deal Media uses personal information to ensure effective business communications with contact persons and/or client institutions, suppliers and other organizations with which Big Deal Media has dealings.
In its capacity as the agent of client institutions, Big Deal Media provides personal information about contact persons of client institutions to suppliers, where the supplier needs to use this information to communicate directly with the client institution. Similarly, Big Deal Media provides contact details of suppliers’ personnel to client institutions where this is needed for the furtherance of the business relationship.
Big Deal Media may collect other types of anonymous data from website users through the use of “cookies,” which are text files that a website places on the hard drive of your computer indicating what pages you visited. When you return to the website, your browser sends that information back to the site. Big Deal Media may use the information provided by cookies to analyze trends, administer the site, or for research and marketing purposes.
Privacy Complaints
If you believe that Big Deal Media has not complied with the provisions of this privacy policy, please contact us.
