Terms & Conditions:

The Platinum Network (“PNET”) maintains this website and other related websites such as CrossTech, IMTC, The Remtech Awards, Regliance, Global, Finchain, Remittance Stories, Mohr World Consulting, and other websites (the Sites) that are part of The Platinum Network group of companies (the group) as well as websites and online platforms (Event Registration, Online Courses, Webinar/Roundtable Registration) and social media channels used and linked to the group.  All the information, communications, photos, text, video, graphics, images, and other materials and services found on our websites (collectively “Content”) are for our members, online and offline customers, and the general public. “We”, “our”, “us”, refers to The Platinum Network, its owners and directives.

When you register for an event, presential (offline) or virtual (online), paid or free, or as a participant, speaker, panelist, sponsor or when you register or sign-up as a member of the Platinum Network,  you are considered a registrant and you agree to the terms and conditions as outlined below. These Terms & Conditions are updated frequently.

♦ General Provisions – By using the Sites, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to use the Site in accordance with these Terms of Service, our Privacy and Cookie Policy, and any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of the Site or products and services available through the Sites. Accessing the Site, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, constitutes use of the Sites and your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions or to impose new conditions on use of the Sites, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms and Conditions on this website. By continuing to use the Sites after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of and Conditions, as modified.

The Sites and all the materials available on the Sites are the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Sites are provided solely for your personal, noncommercial use. You may not use the Sites or the materials available on the Sites in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or has not been authorized by us. More specifically, unless explicitly authorized in these Terms and Conditions or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Sites. However, you may download and/or print one copy of individual pages of the Sites for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

By posting or submitting any material (including, without limitation, comments, blog entries, postings, photos, and videos) to us via the Sites, internet groups, social media venues, or to any of our staff via email, text, or otherwise, you are representing: (i) that you are the owner of the material, or are making your posting or submission with the express consent of the owner of the material; and (ii) that you are thirteen years of age or older. In addition, when you submit, email, text, or deliver or post any material, you are granting us, and anyone authorized by us, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose. The foregoing grant shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such posting or submission, including, but not limited to, rights under copyright, trademark, service mark, or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. Also, in connection with the exercise of such rights, you grant us, and anyone authorized by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, email address, or screen name, as we deem appropriate.

You may establish a link to the Sites so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by our Sites or by us. However, you may not, without our prior written permission, frame or inline link any of the Sites’ content, or incorporate into another website or other service any of our material, content, or intellectual property. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content that we publish.

Throughout the Sites, we may provide links to sites maintained by third parties. Our linking to such third-party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites or the information, products, or services offered on or through the sites. In addition, we do not operate or control in any respect any information, products, or services that third parties may provide on or through the Sites or on websites linked to by us on the Sites.

It is understood that, in all circumstances, we retain complete responsibility for the management of the content in order to ensure the highest quality, in our Sites and any of our events. We will not be liable for any failure to render services due to any cause beyond its reasonable control, such as a catastrophe of nature, governmental action, computer viruses and failures, acts of God, labor difficulties, social unrest, or non-performance of a supplier.

♦ Payments – Certain sections of the Sites or certain events that we produce may allow you to purchase different products and services provided by third parties and us.
• If the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or any other aspect of our products and services does not satisfy you in any way and for any reason, please contact us. We will resolve your complaint as best as we can, including refunding your payment if necessary.
• We are not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or any other aspect of products and services by third parties. Still, we will do our best to help you solve any dispute as long as you engage with these third parties through us. If you engage directly with these third parties, we will not be responsible, even if you meet them, find them or otherwise contact them through the Sites or us. You agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, or other matters of any sort incurred due to such direct dealings.
• When you purchase products or services on our events or through the Sites, you may be subject to additional terms and conditions that specifically apply to your purchase or use of such products or services, as well as the merchants and payment methods used.
• You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you or someone acting on your behalf. You agree to purchase services or products for legitimate purposes only. You also agree not to make any purchases for speculative, false, or fraudulent purposes or to anticipate demand for a particular product or service.
• You agree to only purchase goods or services for yourself or for someone you are legally permitted to do so. When purchasing for a third party that requires you to submit the third party’s personal information to us or a merchant, you represent that you have obtained such a third party’s express consent to provide such third party’s personal information.
• Your purchase is for personal use only unless the purchase is made for a company, and the use by company delegates is clearly stated. Sharing of purchases is not permitted and will be considered unauthorized, an infringing use of our copyrighted material, and may subject violators to liability.
• If payment for a subscription is declined, our system will disable access to our premium materials. (We understand. This usually happens because a credit card expires.) We want to help restore your access, so we’ll make every attempt to contact you to help resolve this issue. Once the billing issue is resolved, we’ll restore access.
• Some events require the registrant to register online and pay in US Dollars, but we might offer payments in other currencies. All registrations are done online, but we reserve the right to use other methods suitable for the specific event. Registration is not guaranteed until payment has been received. We reserve the right to cancel any registration that is not paid in full or properly confirmed. Be aware that different payment channels have different confirmation mechanisms. Online payments by Cards is normally the easiest and fastest payment channel, and we can offer immediate confirmation registration is finished. Choosing other payment methods will make your registration pending until payment is received. We will send invoices to process payment. Payments must be processed at once in order not to lose any early discount periods, if any.

♦ Unpaid Registrations – Any company is liable for the Registration Fees of its employees. In case one employee attends (is present on the conference grounds or is connected online), and he/she has not been registered, or his/her registration has not been paid, the Company will be liable to pay the full registration fee. We will present an invoice to the company and expect immediate payment.

♦ Cancellation, Rescheduling, or Relocation of Event – In the event of cancellation, rescheduling, or relocation of an event, we will do our best to offer any alternatives that might be suitable to every registrant. In the event of cancellation, rescheduling, or relocation of an event due to circumstances within our direct control, our liability shall be limited to a refund of 50% of all fees paid to us by the registrant in case such registrant wants its money back. In the event that we have control over the cancellation, rescheduling, or relocation of any event due to events beyond our control (force majeure) or due to events which are not attributable to wrongful intent or gross negligence, we cannot be held liable for any damages, costs, or losses incurred, such as transportation costs, accommodation costs, financial losses, etc. Under these circumstances, we reserve the right to either retain the entire registrant fees and use it for a future event or reimburse the registrant after deducting costs already incurred for the event’s organization and could not be recovered from third parties.

♦ Speakers and Panelists
• We attract a number of experts and industry executives in different fields and areas that want to participate in the different events we produce. We choose speakers and panelists that we find interesting to all the registrants to online and offline events based on a wide variety of factors that change and evolve through time.
• We do not pay any fees to speakers for their presentations, nor “sell” speaker slots, and ordinarily do not pay for any expenses, such as travel or accommodations. We have made exceptions to speakers from multilateral agencies, educational institutions, other non-profits, and government officials to encourage their involvement with the industry.
• All Speakers and Panelists must pay for their registration into presential events, but we do make the same exceptions above. We might waive the registration fees for speakers and panelists of virtual or hybrid events.
• We give priority to sponsors & exhibitors in designating speakers or panelists to the events they are sponsoring, but we reserve the right to accept such designation.
• Most panelists are selected from the attendees already registered to lead or anchor a subject matter and open the discussion.
• Most industry attendees are honored to be approached by us and happily agree to be part of a panel, round-table, or discussion, but, of course, participation is voluntary. Such participation is strictly done as individual-subject-matter experts and never on the company’s name.
• We are not liable if a speaker or panelist cannot be present at the time (or place) specified in the Agenda. We are not in any way liable for the views and opinions of Speakers and Panelists invited.

♦ Liability
• Every registrant releases The Platinum Network, its directors, officers, employees, agents, volunteers, successors, partners, and assigns from any and all liability for and waives any and all claims for injury, loss, or damage, including attorneys’ fees, in any way connected with the participation in the event, whether or not caused in whole or part by the negligence or other misconduct of The Platinum Network or any of the individuals mentioned above. The registrant takes part in the event at his/her own risk. Oral agreements shall not be binding if these have not been confirmed in writing by us.
• We undertake no duty to exercise care, nor do we assume any responsibility, for the protection and safety of the registrant in our presential events, or the protection of the registrant’s property from theft or damage or destruction by fire, accident, or other cause. Small and easily portable articles should be properly secured. Any protection exercised by us shall be deemed purely gratuitous on its part and shall in no way be construed to make it liable for any loss or inconvenience suffered by the registrant.
• The registrant agrees to indemnify and hold The Platinum Network and its agents harmless from all such claims and from all claims or liability of any nature whatsoever arising from the registrant’s activities.

♦ Registration Name Change and Credits – If a registrant is unable to attend, we can substitute a registration; if no alternate participant can participate in its place, refunds might be available and displayed once registration is finished the Fees page of our Registration System. Details might be different for each event. Credit will be given to registrants, in a case by case basis, in our next scheduled event. A Processing Fee will be charged if credit is given.

♦ Photographs and Video and/or audio recordings – By registering, you give consent to appear in photographs or video recordings. The use of any photographs taken and/or recordings made singularly or in conjunction with other photographs and/or recordings and audio and video recordings from online events for advertising, publicity, commercial, or other business purposes related to us and our events.

♦ Removal – Any registrant failing to comply with the terms and conditions may be expelled from and refused continued access to the Sites or the events in the future.
• We may remove or alter any user-created content at any time for any reason, from our Sites, our events, or our Community.
• We may remove (or may order the removal) of a registrant from any event we host, and no part of the registration fees will be returned if we feel the registrants is violating any of the provision of these Terms & Conditions, has not registered to the event or has done so in any way we deem fraudulent. We may refuse hereafter to enter into any agreement with the same or related registrant for any event organized by us.

♦ Postings – As a registrant or a user of the Sites, you agree not to use the Sites and any of our services to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available (“Post”) any Content:
• That is unlawful, harmful, threatening, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic, profane, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, false or inaccurate, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
• That could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or that would otherwise violate any law, or violate any contractual or fiduciary relationship (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
• That infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party;
• That contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment virus, bugs, or other harmful items; or
• That contains any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation.
• Harm minors in any way;
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
• Violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, intentionally or unintentionally;
• “Stalk” or otherwise harass another;
• Collect or store personal data about other users;
• Transmit or otherwise transfer any Web pages, data, or content found on the Sites to any other computer, server, Web site, or another medium for mass distribution or for use in any commercial enterprise; or
• Supply material support or resources to organizations designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act

♦ Building a Community – The Sites and events may include a variety of interactive features, such as discussions, forums, bulletin boards, weblogs, chat rooms, and connections, which allow real-time interaction between registrants and other features that allow users to communicate with others. Responsibility for what is posted in the public posting areas on the Sites, for what is expressed in roundtables and meetings, lies with each registrant – you alone are responsible for the material you communicate, post, or send. We do not control the messages, information, or files that you or others may provide through the Sites or the information you share in our events. It is a condition of your use of the Sites and the participation of our events that you do not:
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Sites or the events.
• Use the Sites or events to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
• Interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide the Sites or its features, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of the networks we use to provide the Sites.
• Use the Sites or events to instigate or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person.
• Gain unauthorized access to the Sites, or any account, computer system, or network connected to the Sites, by means such as hacking, password mining, or other illicit means.
• Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Sites.
• Use the Sites to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.
• Use the Sites to post or transmit any information, software, or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder.
• Use the Sites to post or transmit any information, software, or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
• Use the Sites to post, transmit, or in any way exploit any information, software, or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising.
• Use the Sites to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval by participating in the sponsorship opportunities that we organize from time to time.
• Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the Site.
• We do our best to monitor the content of the Online Community, but we are in no obligation whatsoever to monitor any of the content or postings on the Sites. However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the absolute right to monitor the same at our sole discretion. In addition, we reserve the right to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any postings or content, in whole or in part, for any reason and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request and to protect ourselves, our registrants, clients, sponsors, users, and visitors.

♦ Sexual Harassment – We are committed to providing content and events that are free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated and should be reported to any of our event staff privately to discuss the best way to handle any specific situation. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment. Such unwelcome conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual’s participation in an event and creates an intimidating, hostile, or abusive environment. Sexual pranks, or repeated sexual teasing, jokes, or innuendo, verbal abuse of a sexual nature; touching or grabbing of a sexual nature; repeatedly standing too close to or brushing up against a person; repeatedly asking a person to socialize when the person has said no or has indicated he or she is not interested and repeatedly making sexually suggestive gestures are all sexual harassment behavior. If you have witnessed any such behavior, please contact us.

♦ Language – Most of our Sites and events are in English, and we specify when the event is in any other language or offers simultaneous translation in whole or in part. If you are not sure of the language of the event, please contact us. We do not offer sign language interpretation for deaf patients but will take reasonable steps to find a sign language interpreter if needed.

♦ Promotional Items in presential events – Registrant might not distribute promotional items or materials such as flyers, lanyards, badge holders, notepads, pens, etc. to other registrants nor promote their services and product that imply the use of ads, banners, chain postings, mass connections, discussions or postings if they are not authorized and managed by us.

♦ Hostess, helpers, assistants in presential events – Everyone attending an event must be registered, and a registration fee must be paid. It includes all hostesses, helpers, or assistants of any kind. We have made exceptions in presential events in the case of companions for disabled participants. Sponsors that need have helpers or hostesses at their booth or rented space must disclose this and must be part of the contract signed by the sponsor with us. Please consult before the event if you have any doubts. We will have the right to remove this person or charge a registration fee if proper arrangements have not been made.

♦ Appointments with outside visitors in presential events – Any appointments made by Registrants with outside visitors not registered at the conference will not be allowed inside the conference, trade fair area, and adjacent areas considered part of the event. Please inquire about the cost of a pass and the conditions for admission. If a visitor has not been registered, the registrant and his/her company will be required to pay the invitee’s full conference registration price. Besides, we reserve the right to summarily eject said visitor.

♦ Renting Rooms in the Conference Venue – No Registrant at a presential event can rent a private room in the Conference Venue for Private Meetings with other Conference Participants or Outside Visitors without written permission from us, whether it is for a reception, private gathering, meeting, sales presentation, etc. The Hotel is not authorized to book a room for you for this purpose. If you want to have a private meeting of any kind, we will plan it for you and coordinate with the hotel for the best time and place to not be concurrent with any conference event. If this policy is violated, the participant will be responsible for paying a minimum of US 1,000 per meeting/per day.

♦ Lost Badges in presential events – The event badge must be worn at all times during the conference. Access to the conference facilities will not be granted without it. If a registrant loses, misplaced, or forgets their badge, a handling fee of USD 50 could be charged for a new badge. Once a new badge is produced, the lost badge will become invalid. The conference organizers will remove any individual from the conference area – conference room, meeting area, meeting foyer, exhibition, and trade fair area – that cannot show proof of registration.

♦ Letters of Invitation for presential events – A ‘Letter of Invitation’ to one of our events for the purposes of Visas or permits of any kind will only be issued once the registration has been processed and payment has been received in full. The ‘Letter of Invitation’ does not financially obligate the conference organizers in any way. All expenses incurred in relation to their attendance at the conference are the sole responsibility of the participant.

♦ Visa Requirements for presential events – It is the sole responsibility of registrants to ensure that they comply with any requirements needed to obtain permission to enter the country where an event is being held. Delegates who require an entry visa must allow enough time for the application procedure. Delegates should contact the nearest embassy or consulate to determine the requirements and timing of their visa applications. Commercial visas are given priority. Delegates should inquire at the embassy or consulate. Registration Fees will be refunded if visas are not awarded if we know that participation is subject to the granting of a Visa. We cannot provide assistance in obtaining a visa since it is forbidden for third parties to contact embassies and consulates on behalf of visa applicants. For more information on obtaining a VISA LETTER from us, please check here: VISA LETTER. Data submitted by Delegates in preparing the Visa Letter, such as passport information, is destroyed, and it is not kept by Organizers or shared with anyone else.

♦ Data Protection and Sharing of Contact Details – Data protection is warranted in accordance with relevant US federal and state data protection legislation. The Conference organizers collect and store personal data in the registration process as well as cookies and other online information. View our Cookie and Privacy Policy. All registrants are presented with a link to these Registrations Terms & Conditions in the registration process and must acknowledge that they accept these Terms & Conditions. Each registrant gives us the right to publish the name, company, and title of any registrant to help in the networking objective of the event we organize. The registrant also accepts individual requests for email introductions to other participants before, during, and after the event. Participants that do not want to be introduced by organizers or want to keep their participation hidden are urged not to register or attend the event. We do not sell contact details to third parties, nor provide data from participants to sponsors other than the data available to all participants.

We make every effort to protect personal information from unauthorized access or misuse and take reasonable steps to securely destroy records containing personal information when it is to be discarded so that the information is rendered indecipherable. We do not collect Social Security Numbers, driver’s license or passport information for any purpose other than identification for payment collection purposes such as credit card payments if needed, and makes an effort to prevent and restrict the sale of email addresses by any participant or sponsor of an event or use emails collected at the event for mass email marketing purposes.

Information and content posted within our online community or expressed in our events may be provided by our staff, outside contributors, or by users or guests not directly connected with us. We expressly disclaim all responsibility and endorsement, and we make no representation as to the validity of any opinion, advice, information, or statement made or displayed in the community or in any of our presential or online events, nor are we responsible for any errors or omissions in postings, or for links embedded in any posting or messages. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through us. The opinions expressed in the community and our events are solely the opinions of the person that expresses those opinions and does not reflect our own opinions.

For more information on our Privacy Policy, please check the document online here.

♦ Do you have any questions?
Contact us.

♦ PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY AND THESE TERMS OF USE BEFORE USING OUR WEBSITES

The Platinum Network, Inc. (“PNET”) maintains this Website and other related websites such as CrossTech, IMTC, The Remtech Awards, Regliance, Global, Finchain, Remittance Stories and other websites that are part of The Platinum Network group of companies as well as Web Sites linked to the group such as such as the Online Courses Registration Software, the Webinar/Roundtable Registration Software, The Platinum Network App, the IMTC Linkedin Group and other social media channels (collectively the “Website”) and all the information, communications, photos, text, video, graphics, images and other materials and services found on the Web Site (collectively “Content”), for the use of its customers – conference, seminar and trade fair attendees, sponsors, speakers, the members of the PNET Virtual Community  – as well as members of the general public.

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our services, visit our websites, register for events or our PNET Virtual Community, as well as the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the services we provide and give you the ability to participate and network. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions

♦ USE OF COOKIES

When you use our websites it is important that you know that we collect information with the use of cookies. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our services. When you first visit one of our websites you are presented the choice of consenting Cookies or not. When you consent it enables PNET to understand the information we receive about visitors like you, including information about the use of other websites and apps, whether or not they are registered or logged in to our websites or the services we provide. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our services. Cookies help us provide, protect and improve the services & products, such as personalizing or tailoring pages or content. While the cookies that we use may change from time to time as we improve and update our digital experience to you, we use them for authentication, site features and integrity and recommendations.

Some of the Cookies we use are called “Session Cookies”, which we use to operate our services, “Preference Cookies”, which we use to remember your preferences and various other settings such as permissions to access certain areas of our websites, and “Security Cookies” which we use for cybersecurity purposes.

♦ DATA COLLECTED

While using our services, such as subscribe to our newsletter, register to an event or become a member of our PNET Virtual Community, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.  Personally, identifiable information, may include, but is not limited to: Email address, First name and last name, Phone number, Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City, Country, Cookies and Usage Data. We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any newsletter we send or deleting your profile in our PNET Virtual Community.

We may also collect information on how our services are accessed and used. This usage data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages that you visit in our websites, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. All the information is not individualized per se, but lumped together to give us a better idea of all the people that we are serving and where their interests lies.

PNET uses the collected data for a number of purposes such as to provide and maintain our services, to notify you about changes to our services, to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so, to provide you with a more efficient customer support and help you network, to analyze data so that we can improve our services to your benefit, to monitor the usage of our services, to detect, prevent and troubleshoot technical issues.

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), PNET’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you
• You have given us permission to do so
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
• For payment processing purposes
• To comply with the law

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. PNET aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, like in our PNET Virtual Community, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your profile settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time

Please note that we will do our best to uphold your rights, understand your concerns and try to rectify anything that we can so you can continue to use our services whenever possible. If we cannot resolve your concerns fast enough for you to be satisfied with our actions, we will request for you to abstain to the use of our services while we analyze the viability of addressing your particular concerns.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

♦ RETENTION OF DATA

PNET will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. PNET will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

♦ TRANSFER OF DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

PNET will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

♦ DISCLOSURE OF DATA

Business Transaction: If PNET is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement: Under certain circumstances, PNET may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements: PNET may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, to protect and defend the rights or property of PNET, to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our services, to protect the personal safety of users of our services or the general public and to protect PNET against legal liabilities.

♦ SECURITY OF DATA

The security of your data is very important to us. As a digital company, our personnel and independent contractors are located in many places in the world, with different degrees of security in the networks they use to connect to our digital platforms. Although we monitor these connections, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, like the use of recognized and secure hosting and storage services, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

♦ ANALYTICS

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Behavioral Remarketing: PNET uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

Google AdWords: Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads . Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout  – for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Facebook: Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950. To opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/  or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ , or opt-out using your mobile device settings.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

♦ PAYMENTS

We provide paid products and services as part of our offering. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors) such as PayPal, Stripe, Flutterwave as well as other plugins to connect to these payment processors such as WooCommerce. They in turn process payments through the credit and debit card processors such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, UnionPay, etc.

Please remember that information provided directly to our third-party payment processors for the use of your personal information is governed by their own Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, UnionPay, etc. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. We do not collect ourselves your payment card details unless is necessary in case our customer service needs to help you process a payment and our personnel is required to destroy such information when the payment is completed.

♦ ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT TERMS

In exchange for using the Website, you agree to be bound by these terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. You also represent you have the legal authority to accept these Website Terms of Use on behalf of yourself or any party you represent. If any provision of these Web Site Terms of Use is held to be invalid by any law, rule, order, or regulation of any government or by the final determination of any state or federal court, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision of the Web Site Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the Web Site.

The Website is controlled and operated in whole or in part by PNET from its offices within the United States and collaborators or contractors in other countries. By accessing the web site you agree that the statutes and laws of the United States and the State of Florida, U.S.A., without regard to conflicts of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to use of the web site, and you agree that any litigation relating in any way to the use of the web site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in Miami Dade County, Florida, U.S.A. Those who access the Web Site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

PNET makes no representation that the Content in the Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations or that access to it from outside the U.S.A. is legal. As a condition of the use of the Website, you warrant to PNET that you will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. You shall not, at any time, (a) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Web Site or tamper in any way with the operation of the Website, or (b) insert or make use of any type of disabling device including, but not limited to, viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any similar device that may impair, damage, or interfere with the proper working order of the Website. You acknowledge that PNET reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to the Web Site by you at any time.

♦ THE PNET VIRTUAL COMMUNITY

The “PNET Virtual Community” is constituted by individuals and institutions that request membership in the online system deployed by The Platinum Network for its websites and apps. We use BuddyBoss, a program developed by Boss Media Ltd. To become part of the community, individuals register/sign-up and fill their profiles with their information. The “PNET Profile” is the profile that members of the PNET Virtual Community have in the system with information about them. Members can delete their profiles at anytime and the information will be deleted from the system.

♦ RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF CONTENT

You acknowledge that the Content is the property of PNET and is protected in the U.S. and internationally by a variety of laws, including but not limited to, copyright laws and treaty provisions, trademark laws and other proprietary rights laws. In addition to PNET’s ownership of the Content, PNET or its licensors owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, and arrangement of the Content. Nothing contained in this Web Site shall be construed as conferring any license or right to any copyright, trademark or other proprietary interest of PNET or any third party.

The Website and the Content may not be copied, distributed, or reproduced in any way, without the prior written consent of PNET, except that you may print a single copy of the Content for personal, informational, non-commercial use provided that (i) all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices are kept intact, and (ii) the Content is not modified in any way. The permission terminates automatically if you breach any of the Web Site Terms of Use. PNET is not granting you any permission to use the Content other than the permission expressly stated in these Web Site Terms of Use.

♦ SECURITY OF THE SERVICES

Violating the security of the Services is prohibited and may result in criminal and/or civil liability.  We may investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve, and will cooperate with, law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected.  Examples of security violations include, without limitation, unauthorized access to or use of data or systems including any attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Services or to breach security or authentication measures, unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic, interference with service to any user, host, or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, news bombing, other flooding techniques, deliberate attempts to overload a system, forging any TCP-IP packet header, e-mail header, or any part of a message header, except for the authorized use of aliases or anonymous remailers, and using manual or electronic means to avoid any use limitations.  Without limiting the foregoing, you must not do (and agree not to do) any of the following:

• Violate any applicable law or legal requirement.
• Engage in fraud or misuse of our services.
• Engage in conduct that is harmful or harassing to anybody.
• Post, upload, publish, submit, or transmit any content that:
  • Infringes, misappropriates, or violates a third-party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy;
  • Violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil or criminal liability;
  • Is fraudulent, false, misleading, or deceptive;
  • Is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, or offensive;
  • Promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment, or harm against any individual or group;
  • Is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person;
  • Promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances;
  • Constitutes spam, or competes with our business;
  • Contains any computer virus or other malicious code designed to attack, damage, divert, take over, disable, overburden, or otherwise impair our services.
• Attempt to scrape or collect any personal or private information from the Services or from other users of the Services.
• Resell the services, in whole or in part, or any content residing or displayed within or through the services.
• Intercept, monitor, damage, or modify any communication not intended for you.
• Otherwise impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
• Alter the way that an aspect of an App or website we provide is displayed or delivered to other users.
• Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of an App or website we provide, our computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of us or our providers.
• Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the services or breach any security or authentication measures.
• Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, by sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the services.
• Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure intended to protect, limit access to or control the Services.
• Access the services if we have requested that you refrain from such access.
• Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Services.
• Assist or permit anybody to violate any these Terms.

We and our third-party partners reserve the right to restrict or block access to the Services for any reason or no reason.

You acknowledge that we have no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the services we provide for violations of these terms, or to review any content you submit to us. However, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the services (including, without limitation, for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with the terms, and to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, consent decree, administrative agency, or other governmental body.

♦ SUBMISSIONS OF INFORMATION

Do not send any confidential or proprietary information to PNET and do not share such confidential or proprietary information in our events or our PNET Virtual Community. Any information you do send to PNET or share will be deemed NOT to be confidential. If for any reason you feel that PNET is asking you to send or share confidential information, you are welcome to refuse to provide the information and to advise us, in writing and in detail, your concerns.

For any non-confidential information you do send, you hereby grant PNET an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, post and distribute the non-confidential information, and agree that PNET is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send PNET for any purpose. You agree that the non-confidential information you send to PNET can be used by PNET to promote its courses, roundtables, conferences, seminars and trade fairs, presential or virtual, and to use it in the newsletters and email campaigns commonly used by PNET to promote such events or services. The Platinum Network group of companies as well as Web Sites linked to the group use forms which require you to submit information for different purposes. All forms have consent boxes to make sure you give your unambiguous consent and you understand the specific use of the information you provide in the form.

♦ INFORMATION YOU DEEM CONFIDENTIAL OR DEROGATORY

If you find information in our websites or in our PNET Virtual Community, or you participate in an event, presential or virtual, and the information presented is confidential or that is in violation of an individual’s right of privacy, or it infringes, misappropriates, or violates a patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or is defamatory to any person or organization please contact us immediately so we can rectify the situation. We take individual’s rights seriously.

♦ DATA PROTECTION AND SHARING OF CONTACT DETAILS

Data protection is warranted in accordance with relevant US federal and state data protection legislation. As conference and event organizers, virtual or presential, we collect and store personal data when a person subscribes to announcements, social media channels, a company app and in the registration process for events, webinars, virtual roundtables, groups, etc. As organizers of networking events, we publish the name, company, and title of the attendees to help in the networking objective of the events it organizes. It also accepts individual requests for email introductions to other participants before, during and after the event. Participants that do not want to be introduced by organizers or want to keep their participation hidden are urged not to register or attend the event. If following an event the participant wishes us to remove its name or its information we will do so. Please contact us.

We do not sell contact details to third parties, nor provide data from participants to sponsors other than the data available to all participants. We ask all our employees, participants, speakers, panelists, sponsors, coordinators, judges, collaborators, etc. that come in contact with personal data collected by the company, to sign a Data Protection Statement to ensure we protect the information and prevent the unauthorized use of the personal information collected. We make every effort to protect personal information from unauthorized access or misuse and take reasonable steps to securely destroy records containing personal information when it is to be discarded so that the information is rendered undecipherable. Organizers do not collect Social Security Numbers, driver’s license or passport information for any purpose other than identification for payment collection purposes such as credit card payments if needed and makes an effort to prevent and restrict the sale of email addresses by any participant or sponsor of an event or use emails collected at the event for mass email marketing purposes. When passport information is collected to give participants a letter to be presented to consular offices for the sake of obtaining visas, the information collected is used only for this purpose.

If you participate in an event, presential or virtual, you are also bound by our Terms & Conditions for Registration

♦ VIEWS AND OPINIONS

The views expressed in any of our event presentations, presential or virtual, and in any interviews, and the videos of such presentations and interviews posted by PNET are the sole responsibility of the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of PNET. The ideas expressed in the presentation and interviews, as well as occasional articles and news are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s) as well as sponsors or firms of PNET, its courses, roundtables, conferences, seminars and trade shows. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility.

♦ REVISIONS

PNET may revise or withdraw the Content, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. PNET may at any time revise these Web Site Terms of Use by updating this posting. By using the Web Site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions, and you agree to periodically visit this page to determine the then current Web Site Terms of Use to which you are bound.

♦ LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES:

The Website, our app, our social media channels, may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than PNET such as sponsors’, speaker’s and suppliers’ websites, or institutions related to PNET courses, roundtables, conferences, seminars and trade fairs. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. PNET does not control such web sites and is not responsible for their contents. PNET’s inclusion of hyperlinks to such web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such web sites or any association with their operators. PNET is not responsible for damages or losses caused by any delays, defects or omissions that may exist in the services, information or other content provided in such web sites, whether actual, alleged, consequential or punitive. PNET makes no guarantees or representations as to, and shall have no liability for, any electronic content delivered by any third party, including, without limitation, the accuracy, subject matter, quality or timeliness of any electronic content.

♦ DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNITY

PNET does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy, or reliability of, or the results of the use of, or otherwise respecting, the content of the web site or any other web sites linked to or from the web site. The content of the web site is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent possible pursuant to applicable law, PNET disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, error-free, timely or uninterrupted use, or other violation of rights. PNET will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising out of or relating to the use or the inability to use the web site, its content or links, including, but not limited to, ordinary, special, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages, whether based upon contract, tort or any other legal theory, whether foreseeable or not, and even if PNET has been advised of the possibility of the damages. You assume all rights and liability for results obtained by the use of the web site, whether such results are used singly or in combinations with other hardware, software or products. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify PNET from and against all claims, judgments, expenses, and losses. Fines, liabilities and attorneys’ fees and costs, as incurred, arising from or related in any way to a breach of contract or other claim made by you against any third party, your use of and results from the use of the web site, bodily injury to any person or damage to any property by you, your negligent or willful act or any breach hereof by you.

♦ ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and PNET with respect to the Web Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and PNET with respect to the Website. No later terms sent by you shall be of any effect. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. You agree to use the Web Site in accordance with all terms and conditions herein.

♦ TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS

The PNET logo is owned by PNET as well as the logos for IMTC, Finchain, Regliance and the Remtech Awards. The logo or name of a course, roundtable, conference or seminar may not be used as a hyperlink or otherwise, including but not limited to for advertising or promotion purposes, without PNET’s prior written permission.

♦ FORCE MAJEURE

PNET shall not be liable for any failure of, or delay in, the performance of any Agreement or use of this website, our app, our social media channels or for any failure or delay that is due to causes beyond Company’s reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, nature, war, strikes or labor disputes, embargoes, government orders or any other force majeure event.

♦ COMMUNICATION

If users have any questions relating to their rights and obligations arising from this user agreement, use of the site, account, or any other matter, please contact PNET using this link or send us a letter to THE PLATINUM NETWORK, c/o Privacy Policy, 7700 N. Kendall Drive #407, Miami, Florida 33156.