Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
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This website uses uses session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies are stored in the computer's memory only during a user's browsing session and are automatically deleted from the user's computer when the browser is closed. Permanent or persistent cookies are stored in the computer's memory until they expire or until the user clears their computer's cookies.
Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through browser settings. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use the site and we use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. Google Analytics uses its own set of cookies to track visitor interactions. These cookies are used to store information, such as what time the current visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before, and what site referred the visitor to the web page. Google Analytics will not collect any personal information and use it for marketing purposes.
Privacy Statements
External Stakeholders
We collect information about you in a number of ways, for example:
- When you contact us
- When you attend one of our events
- From publicly-available sources such as your company website
This may include such information as your name, job title, business email and postal addresses and phone number.
Why do we collect this information?
We collect this information in order to achieve the legitimate interests of the MPA, which are summarised in the MPA Charter as follows:
5 key aims underpin the work of the MPA, creating the high-level agenda it uses to influence Government and other key stakeholders.
We seek:
- Economic conditions that support investment
- Better Government support for an essential industry
- A reasonable licence to operate
- Proportionate legislation and regulation
- Recognition of progress
How will we use this information?
We use your information in a number of ways, including:
- To invite you to relevant events hosted by the MPA
- To send you a small number of publications and information which we believe may be of interest to you
- To contact you regarding an issue in which you have a stakeholder interest
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties, and we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your information is kept safe.
Your information may be shared with a small number of trusted contractors and third parties acting on behalf of MPA in order for them to provide agreed services; for example, the administration of jointly-organised events or distribution of our publications. We will only ever provide them with the information relevant to deliver that specific service and will ensure that their contract requires them to adhere to the use of your information as set out in this policy.
Sending personal data internationally
Your data may be transferred and processed outside of the European Economic Area and in any other country in which the organisation may have offices or subsidiary companies or agents or contractors at any time.
You should therefore be aware that:
- The European Commission have made an adequacy decision which means it is deemed to be safe to send your data here.
- Appropriate safeguards have been implemented which protect your rights in accordance with current data protection laws.
Objections
While we take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information we send you is relevant to your interests, at any time, you may have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where processing is conducted for legitimate business reasons. If you exercise this right, then unless we have compelling reasons not to, we shall cease to process your data wherever data protection laws allow.
How to update your information
If your contact details change, or if any of the other information we hold about you is out of date, please email us at info@mineralproducts.org or call on 020 7963 8000 so that we can ensure that the information we hold about you is accurate.
More information
If you have any further queries or you wish to speak to us about how your information will be used, then please contact Mark Russell, the MPA Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, or Francesca Wing, Operations and Administration Manager, who can be reached on 0207 963 8000 or by e mail as follows:
mark.russell@mineralproducts.org or francesca.wing@mineralproducts.org
In the event that you should have a complaint about how your data has been processed by us, we would like to hear from you so that we may put it right. However, in addition you will always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner.
MPA Members
What personal information do we collect about you?
We collect information about you when your company becomes a member of the MPA, and at a number of points thereafter, for example:
- When you contact us
- When you join one of our committees or working groups
- When you attend one of our events
- When you respond to our survey data requests or other requests for information
This may include such information as your name, job title, business email and postal addresses and phone number.
Why do we collect this information?
We collect this information in order to fulfil our contract with you as a member of the Association, and to achieve the legitimate interests of the MPA, which are summarised in the MPA Charter as follows:
5 key aims underpin the work of the MPA, creating the high-level agenda it uses to influence Government and other key stakeholders.
We seek:
- Economic conditions that support investment
- Better Government support for an essential industry
- A reasonable licence to operate
- Proportionate legislation and regulation
- Recognition of progress
How will we use this information?
We use your information in a number of ways, including:
- To keep you up to date, e.g. via email newsletters or quarterly members’ update letters, with the work that the MPA carries out on your behalf
- To invite you to our events
- To send you publications and information which we believe may be of interest to you
- To send you meeting agenda papers
- To send you surveys or requests for information
- In the collection of statistics and sales volume data, as detailed in the MPA Charter
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties, and we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your information is kept safe.
Your information may be shared with a small number of trusted contractors and third parties acting on behalf of MPA in order for them to provide agreed services; for example, the administration of jointly-organised events, the collection of cement statistics and sales volume data or distribution of our publications. We will only ever provide them with the information relevant to deliver that specific service and will ensure that their contract requires them to adhere to the use of your information as set out in this policy.
Sending personal data internationally
Your data may be transferred and processed outside of the European Economic Area and in any other country in which the organisation may have offices or subsidiary companies or agents or contractors at any time.
You should therefore be aware that:
- The European Commission have made an adequacy decision which means it is deemed to be safe to send your data here.
- Appropriate safeguards have been implemented which protect your rights in accordance with current data protection laws.
Objections
While we take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information we send you is relevant to your interests, at any time, you may have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where processing is conducted for legitimate business reasons. If you exercise this right, then unless we have compelling reasons not to, we shall cease to process your data wherever data protection laws allow.
How to update your information
If your contact details change, or if any of the other information we hold about you (e.g. your job title or company name) is out of date, please email us at info@mineralproducts.org or call on 020 7963 8000 so that we can ensure that the information we hold about you is accurate.
More information
If you have any further queries or you wish to speak to us about how your information will be used, then please contact Mark Russell, the MPA Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, or Francesca Wing, Operations and Administration Manager, who can be reached on 0207 963 8000 or by e mail as follows:
mark.russell@mineralproducts.org or francesca.wing@mineralproducts.org
In the event that you should have a complaint about how your data has been processed by us, we would like to hear from you so that we may put it right. However, in addition you will always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner.