Privacy Policy

The Pharmacy Show Privacy Policy Statement
This online privacy policy is designed to tell you about how we collect and use information so that you (“User” or “you”) can make an informed choice about using the website identified by the URL www.thepharmacyshow.co.za and/or any website which is automatically redirected to that website (together, the “Website”) operated by Smarta Events Ltd (“our”, “we” or “us”) on behalf of The Pharmacy Show.

What Information Do We Collect?
When you undertake to register yourself to receive an e-mail alert on this Website we ask for your full name, job title and e-mail address, and from time to time the e-mail addresses and additional contact details of those who communicate with us via e-mail and request information (“Personal Data”).

Use of Personal Data
Any Personal Data that you give us will be treated with the utmost care and security. It will not be used in ways to which you have not consented.

The Personal Data we collect is used to provide you with the service that you have requested or to respond to an enquiry that you have made. We use certain third-party service providers to assist us in providing these services to you, for example, email alerting, webcasting and hosting.

The Personal Data we acquire via the email alert service will not be used for marketing purposes except where you have indicated that we may do so on the registration page.

We will not sell, rent or loan any Personal Data or identifiable information collected on this Website, except that we may pass or sell your Personal Data outside our corporate group to third parties in the event that we sell the whole or part of our business.

The information collected from this Website could be stored for as long as is required for the uses stated above.

Users’ Right to Opt-out
If you do not want to continue to receive e-mail communications from us please let us know by sending an e-mail to info@thepharmacyshow.co.za or alternatively, you can follow the unsubscribe link positioned at the bottom of all our communications.

Period of Grace
Should you request that we amend or suppress records containing your Personal Data we will endeavour to do so as promptly as practical; however you may receive communications for a transitional period whilst we process your records.

Use of Cookies and Log files
A cookie is a small text file written to an individual’s hard drive that contains the user ID. The cookies do not contain any personal information about Users and in themselves only record those areas of the Website that have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long.

The use of cookies is now widespread by websites in order to track traffic flows. From time to time we may use cookies to enable us to offer certain time-saving features to our Users. These may be used to administer the Website, track Users’ movements and actions, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. The information gathered would then be used to improve the Website and the User experience.

You can find out more about the use of cookies and how you can remove them by going to the Interactive Advertising Bureau website http://allaboutcookies.org or http://www.cookiecentral.com. You should note that if a User sets up a browser to reject the cookie, he or she may still use the Website although functionality will be impaired.

Hyperlinks
This Website contains links to other websites, including without limitation those websites of companies within the Africa Pharma Event Series umbrella. Their inclusion cannot be taken to imply any endorsement or validation by us of the content of the said websites. The Pharmacy Show is not responsible for the privacy practices, nor do we accept any liability in connection with the content of such websites including those of our group companies which have their own privacy policies tailored for the particular business practices and sectors in which they operate.

Changes/Updates to Privacy Policy
In order to keep up with changing legislation and best practice, we may revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice so please check back periodically so that you are aware of any changes. This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with and is subject to our Terms (Click here to view the Terms & Conditions).

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy pledge or feel that your privacy has been compromised, please contact us at info@thepharmacyshow.co.za

The Pharmacy Show is part of Smarta Events headquartered in the UK and is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulations that are now in force across Europe / EU.