VirtuPort

TERMS & CONDITIONS

MENA ISC 2022 will be held physically in Riyadh in September 2023

This registration agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between VirtuPort MEA DMCC (“VirtuPort”) and registrant.  This Agreement includes and incorporates by reference the Privacy Policy/Terms of Use posted in the footer below.  All written notices and requests, including requests for a copy of the posted Registration Terms and Conditions, as well as the Privacy Policy/Terms of Use, shall be sent to VirtuPort at info@virtuport.com.

If circumstances or policies in your organization change and you can no longer attend MENA ISC, you may cancel your registration by providing written notice to VirtuPort at the contact information stated above.

You can make a substitution at any time.  Please see the Substitution Policy below for details.

Substitutions are allowed with the written permission of the original registrant.  Requests for substitutions will only be accepted by email to info@virtuport.com.  The substituted individual must be from the same organization as the cancelled registrant.  A maximum of one (1) substitution per original registrant is allowed.

To receive an invitation letter for MENA ISC, you must first register and be accepted or referred by a Sponsor. You will have the option to request an invitation letter after the registration process.  Also note that invitation letters are only issued to invited Conference attendees and exhibitors.

All attendees must be at least 18 years of age to attend MENA ISC, and all related events, including all Hackathon events.  Requests for any exception to this term must be submitted to VirtuPort in writing.  Whether or not the exception is granted, is in the sole discretion of VirtuPort.

There is no fee for MENA ISC registration passes, however, this is an invite only event.  Invitations can only be granted by VirtuPort or its authorized sponsors.

MENA ISC-issued credentials are the sole property of the VirtuPort and must be surrendered upon demand to MENA ISC and/or VirtuPort representatives.  MENA ISC-issued credentials must be prominently displayed while at the MENA ISC or designated off-site activities.  False certification of an individual as an exhibitor’s representative, misuse of an exhibitor’s badge, or any other method or device used to assist unauthorized personnel to gain admittance to the exhibit floor, will be just cause for expelling the exhibitor and his representative(s) from the exhibit floor and/or banning them from future entrance into the Expo.  This would also warrant the removal of the exhibitor’s booth from the floor without obligation on the part of VirtuPort for refund of any fees.  The exhibitor, his/her employees and agents, and anyone claiming to be in the hall through the exhibitor, waives any rights or claims for damages arising out of the enforcement of this rule.

By accepting an invitation to attend MENA ISC you are opting-in to receiving communications from VirtuPort and any of its authorized Sponsors. You will be subject to the communications and privacy policies of the exhibitors and/or sponsors and must opt-out with them directly.

Withdrawal and Information Erasure

If you wish to withdraw your conference registration and request the erasure of your personal information, please contact us directly at info@menaisc.com.

Upon receiving your request, we will:

1. Confirm receipt and commence the process within 72 hours.

2. Remove your registration details from the active conference attendee list immediately.

3. Initiate the process of erasing your personal data from our systems. This might include your name, email address, contact details, and any other personal information provided during the registration process.

Please note the following:

– While we aim to process your request as quickly as possible, full erasure of your information from all our systems may take up to 30 days due to technical and administrative constraints.

– If you have participated in the conference in any way (including but not limited to presenting, attending panel discussions, or networking), we cannot erase public record of your participation, such as conference proceedings, transcripts, or recorded sessions where you were a participant.

– If we have a legal obligation to keep certain types of data (such as financial transactions linked to your registration for tax purposes), we may not be able to completely erase all your information. We will inform you if this is the case.

– If your data has been anonymized or used in aggregated data sets, it may not be possible to specifically remove your data from these sets. However, this data does not directly identify you.

By registering for this conference, you acknowledge and agree to these terms. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about our data handling practices.

Suit casing or outboarding is prohibited at MENA ISC.  VirtuPort reserves the right to escort any individual from MENA ISC who is reported to be soliciting in the Exposition and who is not a MENA ISC sponsor or exhibitor.  VirtuPort encourages attendees to support the paid sponsors and exhibitors who, in turn, are supporting the industry.  VirtuPort also encourages you not to listen to a sales pitch from a non-sponsor or exhibitor.

In its sole discretion, VirtuPort reserves the right to refuse admittance to or expel from the MENA ISC anyone that it determines is behaving in a manner that could be disruptive to the MENA ISC or any other attendee.

VirtuPort shall not be held responsible for any delay or failure in performance of its obligations hereunder to the extent such delay or failure is caused by fire, flood, strike, civil, governmental, or military authority, acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war, epidemics, the availability of the Venue or other similar causes beyond its reasonable control and without the fault or negligence of VirtuPort or its subcontractors.  For one or more of such reasons, VirtuPort may postpone, reschedule, or cancel the event without liability on the part of VirtuPort.  In the event MENA ISC cannot be held or is postponed pursuant to this section, VirtuPort shall not be liable to attendee for any damages, costs, or losses incurred, such as transportation costs, accommodations costs, or financial losses.

CODE OF CONDUCT

For more information about MENA ISC’s Code of Conduct, see below

This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all participants of MENA ISC. Event organizers will enforce this code and expect cooperation from all MENA ISC participants (e.g., speakers, attendees, media, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers, staff) to help us promote a safe and enjoyable MENA ISC experience for everyone.

All determinations of acceptable and/or unacceptable behavior are at the sole discretion of the event organizer and its representatives. Decisions made by event organizers will be considered final.

Acceptable behaviour includes, but is not limited to:

  • demonstrating good manners by being considerate, respectful, and courteous to those in attendance.
  • being mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.
  • refraining from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.

Unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning conduct.

Harassment and unacceptable behavior include, but is not limited to:

  • Offensive verbal comments (e.g., related to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability)
  • Deliberate intimidation or stalking.
  • Intentional disruption of presentations or other events.
  • Physical, written, verbal or other abuse (e.g., threats, annoyance, pushing, shoving or physical force whatsoever against any person, which in any way creates a disturbance that is disruptive or dangerous, or creates anxiety or apprehension in an individual), as determined by the event organizer and its representatives, in their sole discretion.
  • Boisterous, lewd or offensive behavior or content (e.g., containing profanity, obscene gestures, or slurs (e.g., racial, religious, gender, ethnic);
  • Failing to adhere to MENA ISC instruction.

Unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated. Anyone engaged in unacceptable behavior is subject to expulsion from MENA ISC without warning or refund and/or banishment from future MENA ISCs.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being treated poorly, or have additional concerns, please contact a member of the MENA ISC Team.

Note: The content and language of the presentation used during the event is the sole responsibility of the MENA ISC Sponsor and VirtuPort shall not be held accountable for any presentation content and language of the third party/speaker.

VirtuPort

PRIVACY STATEMENT

For information about MENA ISC’s privacy policy, below.   The views expressed by any MENA ISC attendee, speaker, exhibitor, or sponsor are not necessarily those of MENA ISC, VirtuPort or the Sponsors.  All MENA ISC attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors are solely responsible for the content of any and all individual or corporation presentations, marketing collateral, advertising and online Web content.

This Privacy Statement explains what types of information VirtuPort (“VirtuPort”, “us” or “we”) or our service providers may collect from or about visitors to, or users of, our websites or applications (“you”), and describes our practices for collecting, using, retaining, protecting, disclosing, and transferring such information.

This Privacy Statement applies to personal information and other information collected by VirtuPort or our service providers from or about you when you (i) access VirtuPort websites or use VirtuPort applications (including mobile applications) that display or link to this Privacy Statement, or (ii) open and respond to our emails. Unless otherwise specified, this Privacy Statement does not apply to any other products or services or to information collected in any other way (whether online or offline) or for any other purpose. Information we may process about clients of our customers is addressed separately in the section below entitled “Personal Information of our Customers’ Clients.”

VirtuPort or our service providers may collect personal information and other information from or about you when you:

  • order products or services,
  • register products or for an event,
  • request information,
  • subscribe to marketing or support materials,
  • enter a contest,
  • respond to promotional campaigns, or

For purposes of this Privacy Statement, “personal information” means information that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, user IDs, contact preferences, and similar information.

We also may collect information that is related to you but that does not personally identify you, such as your computer’s operating system, browser, and information regarding your use of and activities on our websites or applications. See also the discussion below on cookies and other electronic tools used for the collection of such information.

VirtuPort may use information that we collect from or about you, including any personal information:

  • to welcome you,
  • to help you complete a transaction or in order to deliver products or services requested by you,
  • to provide ongoing service and support, including event-related communications,
  • to carry out our obligations or enforce our rights arising from any contracts between you and us,
  • to notify you about changes to our websites or applications, or any products or services we offer or provide through them,
  • to improve our websites, applications, services, and products, including by developing data analytics and reports about your and others’ use of them,
  • to contact you to complete surveys that we use for marketing or quality assurance purposes,
  • to display tailored online advertisements that may interest you,
  • to e-mail or otherwise send you marketing or other promotional information about VirtuPort or others’ products or services that may interest you,
  • to combat fraud or any other criminal activity,
  • to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information,
  • in any other way we may describe when you provide the information,
  • as otherwise required or permitted by law, and/or
  • for any other purpose with your consent.

 

To assist us with the uses described in this Privacy Statement, the information we or our service providers have collected from or about you through VirtuPort and MENA ISC websites, applications, or our email communications with you, including about your use of such websites and applications, may be combined with or enhanced by other information from or about you that we have obtained from other online or offline sources, including from our service providers or business partners.

VirtuPort’s websites or applications, including third-party applications, may provide online chat forums, including newsgroups and blogs, for our users. Any information that you disclose in these forums becomes public information, which could be read, collected, copied, modified, or otherwise used by other users of these forums, operators of these forums (including third parties), search engines such as Google, and others to send you unsolicited messages, identify you, index and display your postings in search results, or for other purposes. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. To request removal of your personal information from our forums, contact us at info@virtuport.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know and explain why. We do not have access to or control over the information posted on a third-party application. To learn how a third-party application uses your information, please review their privacy statement. We may also provide a “Live Chat” functionality, in which VirtuPort personnel can monitor the user’s areas of interest in the website or application and engage in instant messaging with the user to provide additional information or answer any questions. By posting in our forums and using “Live Chat,” you explicitly consent to these uses of your information. You are solely responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these forums. For testimonials, we provide a choice as to whether a user posts his or her personal information along with the testimonial. If you wish to make the request to remove your testimonial, you may contact us at info@virtuport.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your testimonial, in which case we will let you know and explain why. See also the next section for an explanation of how VirtuPort uses cookies, web beacons, and other electronic tools to collect other information about you for advertising and other purposes.

VirtuPort may collect and/or log your Internet Protocol address, Internet domain name, the web browser and operating system used to access VirtuPort websites or applications, the pages or files visited, the time spent in each page or file, and the time and date of each visit or use. VirtuPort may collect this information automatically as you browse our websites or use our applications through the use of log files, web beacons, or other electronic tools.

VirtuPort may also use cookies and other electronic tools to automatically collect information about your use of our websites, applications, or emails. Cookies are text files that are sent from a website via your browser and placed on your computer’s hard drive or your mobile device. Thereafter, when you visit that website, a message is sent back to the web server by the browser accessing the website, and this information about your activities is stored in the cookie. The information collected through cookies and other electronic tools (e.g., the web pages you visit on the website and navigation patterns, the date and time of your visit, the number of links you click within the site, the functions you use on the site, the databases you view and the searches you request on the site, the data you save on, or download from, the site, the websites you visited immediately before and after visiting the site, and when you open our emails or click on any of their links) is used and analyzed to improve our service to you and to personalize your web-browsing experience by providing VirtuPort with a better understanding of your interests and requirements regarding our websites and applications. The information collected through cookies and other electronic tools may be linked to your personal information, such as your email address or password.

We may also use cookies and other electronic tools placed by a third-party service provider to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and other information and to help us understand what product information is of most interest to you and what kinds of advertising offers you like to see. Although the service provider logs the information coming from our websites or applications on our behalf, VirtuPort controls how that data may and may not be used. If you do not want to assist VirtuPort in improving our products, offers, and marketing strategy, you can opt-out of this website analysis tool with respect to mobile applications and VIRTUPORT.com by sending an email to info@virtuport.com. VirtuPort also does not process or respond to web browsers’ “do not track” signals or other similar transmissions that indicate a request to disable online tracking of users who visit our websites or use our applications. You may also elect not to accept cookies by changing the designated settings on your web or mobile browser. Or you can set your browser to notify you when you are being sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The help function on most browsers contains instructions on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies, or disable cookies entirely. However, disabling cookies in either manner may prevent you from using certain functions and features of websites, and the advertising you receive when you visit the site may not be advertisements tailored to your interests.

We or third-party advertisers or their advertising servers may also place or recognize unique cookies on your computer or use other electronic tools in order to help display advertisements that you see on our websites. Information about your visits to, and activity on, our websites, an IP address, the number of times you have viewed an advertisement, and other such usage information is used, alone or in combination with other information, to display on your computer screen advertisements that may be of particular interest to you. The use and collection of your information by these third-party advertisers and their advertising servers is not covered by this Privacy Statement. If you wish to optout of targeted ads from various companies who deliver such ads, you may opt-out by sending an email to info@virtuport.com.

We may disclose information that does not identify any individual (e.g., anonymous, aggregated data) without restriction.

VirtuPort contracts with third-party service providers and suppliers (including distributors and resellers) to deliver certain products, services, and customer solutions. Examples of such services provided on our behalf are mail delivery, website hosting, transaction processing, processing payments, sending emails on our behalf, provide you with support via live chat software, and event planning. VirtuPort may share your personal information with its service providers and suppliers to the extent necessary to deliver the product or service you requested, respond to your requests for information on products or services, or otherwise support your business needs. You will not have the opportunity to opt out of having your information shared with these third-party service providers and suppliers for these purposes, and they may contact you directly in connection with such purposes.

Third-party service providers and suppliers receiving personal information are expected to maintain privacy and security protections that are consistent with VirtuPort’s privacy and information security policies. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only for the purposes for which it was originally intended or as required or permitted by law. However, unless otherwise dictated by law or agreement, VirtuPort is not responsible for any improper use by such parties.

We may also disclose your personal information and other information, including across country borders:

  • to our subsidiaries, affiliates, and worldwide offices,
  • to third parties for their own use, such as to provide you with special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you,
  • to share data about web visitors with third parties for the third parties’ own analytics, reporting, or general advertising purposes,
  • to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, law enforcement or government request, or other legal processes,
  • to produce relevant documents or information in connection with litigation, arbitration, mediation, adjudication, government or internal investigations, or other legal or administrative proceedings,
  • if VirtuPort determines in its good faith judgment that such disclosure is necessary to provide its services or to protect the rights, interests, safety, or property of its business, employees, suppliers, customers, or others,
  • in connection with any proposed or actual sale or other transfer of some or all assets of VirtuPort, and/or any proposed or actual sale or merger of VirtuPort or any division of VirtuPort,
  • to enforce the terms of any agreement with VirtuPort,
  • to combat fraud or other criminal activity,
  • for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information,
  • as otherwise required or permitted by law, and/or
  • with your consent.

 

Some VirtuPort websites or services may be co-branded or offered in conjunction with another company. If you register for or use such websites/services, both VirtuPort and the other company may receive information collected in conjunction with the co-branded website/services.

Unless permitted by relevant laws, VirtuPort will not share, sell, trade, or lease your personal information to or with others except as provided for in this Privacy Statement.

Your Marketing Choices, Right to Access Your Personal Information, and Our Retention of Your Personal Information

To allow you to interact with other websites on which you may have accounts (such as Facebook and other social media sites) or join communities on such sites, we may provide links or embed third-party applications that allow you to login, post content or join communities from our websites.

We may also provide you with general links to non-VirtuPort websites.

Your use of these links and applications is subject to the third parties’ privacy policies, and you should become familiar with the third-party sites’ privacy policies before using the links or applications. VirtuPort is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites.

Your decision to provide the personal information that we may request from time to time is voluntary. However, if you do not provide the personal information requested, you may not be able to proceed with the activity or receive the benefit for which the personal information is being requested.

You can unsubscribe or choose not to receive promotional materials from VirtuPort (or from specific divisions or subsidiaries) by following the specific instructions in the email or other communication you receive or by notifying us via the appropriate method(s) described below depending on which website or service is at issue. It may take a reasonable period of time to process your request, but no longer than 30 days for direct mail and telephone promotions and 10 business days for email or text promotions. In countries where VirtuPort is required to do so by law, VirtuPort will offer you the opportunity to provide your opt-in consent before promotional materials are sent, or promotional calls are made, to you. This will not apply to service communications that are considered part of certain VirtuPort services, which you may receive periodically unless you cancel the applicable service. To opt-out of receiving marketing emails from a third-party partner, please follow the unsubscribe instructions in the email or other communication you receive from the partner or contact the partner directly. To opt-out of having VirtuPort share your personal information with a third-party partner for their own marketing use, please contact us at info@virtuport.com.

VirtuPort strives to keep your personal information accurate. We have implemented technologies, management processes, and policies to maintain data integrity. We will provide you with reasonable access to your personal information in accordance with relevant laws, including by making reasonable efforts to provide you with online access and the opportunity to update your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting access or making changes to your personal information. To request access to, or correction, deletion or removal of, your personal information, follow the applicable instructions below depending on which website or service is at issue. While we will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request, we also reserve the right to reject such access requests or to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such requests, if required or permitted by applicable law. We will respond to requests for access within 30 days.

We will retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account, or request that we no longer use your personal information to provide you services, contact us via the applicable information provided below. Even after we cancel your account or cease using your personal information to provide you services, we may still retain, use, and disclose your information as necessary to comply with our legal, regulatory, ethical, or document retention obligations, and any request to delete your personal information is subject to these obligations and restrictions.

VirtuPort Contact Information for Your Marketing Choices and Your Requests for Access or Deletion: info@virtuport.com

In accordance with applicable law, personal and other information covered by this Privacy Statement may be transferred to, and processed and stored in, the United States or any other country in which VirtuPort or its affiliates, subsidiaries, service providers, business partners, or customers maintain facilities. By submitting your personal information to VirtuPort, you consent to such transfers and to the worldwide processing of your personal information.

VirtuPort’s websites may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the VirtuPort website. VirtuPort does not control these third-party websites or their privacy practices, which may differ from VirtuPort’s. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal information you choose to provide to unrelated third parties is not covered by the VirtuPort Privacy Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy statement of any entity before submitting your personal information.

VirtuPort has implemented reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures designed to protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, alteration, or destruction. When you provide us with credit card information via a VirtuPort website, we will encrypt that information via SSL. If a password is used to help protect your accounts and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. Please also be careful to avoid “phishing” scams, where someone may send you an email that looks like it is from VirtuPort asking for your personal information. VirtuPort will not request your personal information through email. If you have questions regarding our security, please contact us via info@virtuport.com.

Our websites or applications may include social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button, and widgets, such as the ”share this” button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our websites or applications. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy statement of the company providing them. If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about a page on a VirtuPort website, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. VirtuPort does not store this information, except to the extent permitted by law.

VirtuPort websites and applications are not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on our websites or applications. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or application, or on or through any of its features, register on the website or application, make any purchases through the website or application, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this website or application, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address or any screen name or user name you may use. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@virtuport.com.

When we provide services to our customers, in some instances we process personal information about their clients (“Client Information”) on their behalf. In these situations, it is our customers rather than VirtuPort who decide the reasons for which the Client Information will be processed. For details of how the Client Information will be used and protected, and details of how to access or correct the information, please refer to the privacy statement of the VirtuPort customer to which you submitted your personal information.

If you have questions regarding our compliance with this Privacy Statement, please first contact us by making a written submission to info@virtuport.com.

VirtuPort will review and update this Privacy Statement periodically and will note the date of its most recent revision above. If we make material changes to this Privacy Statement, we will notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes prior to implementing the changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement frequently to be informed of how VirtuPort is collecting, using, retaining, protecting, disclosing, and transferring your information.