The Society of Maritime Industries Limited ("the Society") - Website Privacy Policy

Our contact details

Name: Society of Maritime Industries Ltd
Address: 28-29 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AY

Phone Number: 020 7628 2555
E-mail: info(at)maritimeindustries.org 

The type of personal information we collect

 We currently collect and process the following information:

• Full name
• Job title
• Email
• Organisation
• Telephone number
• Maritime sector interest

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• As a member organisation we communicate with the membership.
• For the non-members we will market SMI’s services and offers at industry events.

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

• We occasionally undertake market research to understand the scope of the industry which may include publicly available contact details.

We use the information that you have given us in order to communicate with the membership and wider industry.  This can be for SMI membership activities and events and for wider industry marketing for events.

We may share this information with individuals by way of direct introductions which are felt to be directly useful for the contact e.g. a business opportunity.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

• Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting info(at)maritimeindustries.org
• We have a legitimate interest.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
• You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at info(at)maritimeindustries.org or by writing to the Society of Maritime Industries Ltd, 28-29 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AY if you wish to make a request.

Contact information and further advice

If you would like to contact SMI about this policy or any related topic, please contact us at info(at)maritimeindustries.org or by writing to the Society of Maritime Industries Ltd, 28-29 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AY.

If you have concerns about the use of your personal data, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is an independent body set up to uphold information rights in the UK. . They can be contacted through their website: www.ico.org.uk or their helpline on 0303 123 1113, or in writing to them at the address below:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

Policy Date of 3 August 2024