PRIVACY NOTICE

MEACA is a compliance association which aims to transform ethics and compliance into engines of societal progress, by empowering professionals, institutions, and governments to lead with integrity and resilience.

MEACA provides a platform for compliance professionals across the Middle East and Africa to network, collaborate, and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective in their roles and to champion ethical leadership and accountability.

Our Privacy Notice informs you of (i) who we are (ii) the personal data we collect about you (iii) the reason for collecting the data and (iv) how we use the information. In this regard, this Privacy Notice relates to the handling of your personal data as we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy and interests. The use of Personal data in this Notice means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.

 

Who MEACA is

Middle East and Africa Compliance Association (‘MEACA’ or ‘We’) is a controller of your personal data and responsible for the processing of your data.

 

Personal Data Collected

We collect, use, store and transfer different types of personal data including but not limited to full name, telephone number, email address, job title, company / organization name, nationality, physical address, industry sector, language and professional network link and website cookie data. This personal data is required to facilitate provision of services to members and can be collected either in person, over the phone, by email, or via our website.

 

Use of Personal Data

We only use personal data for legitimate organisational purposes. We use your personal data for the following reasons (this list is not completely exhaustive).:

• Managing membership records;
• Communicating updates, events, and organisational news;
• Providing member services and benefits;
• Facilitating networking and professional engagement;
• Delivering services through trusted partner organisations;
• Complying with legal or regulatory obligations;

 

Retention of Data

Your Personal Data will be kept as long as is necessary for the purpose and in accordance with the law.

 

Sharing of Personal Data

Your personal data may be disclosed to third-party organizations for the purposes of member service delivery. This includes organizations we have partnership arrangements with, as well as those appointed to provide services on our behalf.

Due to the mutual trust of our members, MEACA will maintain at all times the privacy and confidentiality of all personal information collected. Such information may only be disclosed when required by law or when in good faith we believe that such action is necessary or desirable to comply with the law, protect or defend the rights or property of MEACA, or our members.

 

Cookies

We may store some of your data using “cookies” i.e. a small text file that can be stored on and accessed from your device when you visit one of our websites. This enables us to recognise you when you visit our websites. The use of cookies allows us to identify you, track your preferences and the use of our websites.

Our website may contain links to other websites. MEACA will not be responsible for contents of other websites including their data collection practices and privacy policies.

 

Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws and regulations in relation to your personal data.

 

Contents

All contents published on our website reflect the latest available information. There is a possibility that some of the content may be outdated and this is not due to negligence but is out of our control. The association is not to be held liable in respect to the content on this site if used in sole discretion. We have full rights to change content without prior notice.

 

Queries

In the event you have further queries to your personal data, please contact the [info@me-aca.com].