Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Global Tech Summit 2026 ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at privacy@globaltechsummit.com.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website https://globaltechsummit.com, our mobile application, and/or any related services, sales, marketing, or events (we refer to them collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "Services").

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register for the conference, express interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information: The personal information we collect may include:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address
• Registration Information: Company name, job title, professional background
• Payment Information: Credit card details, billing address (processed securely through our payment processor)
• Preferences: Session interests, dietary requirements, accessibility needs
• Communications: Content of messages, emails, or other communications with us

Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as:

• IP address, browser and device characteristics
• Operating system, language preferences, referring URLs
• Device name, country, location information
• Information about how and when you use our Services

We use your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations.

Primary Uses:

1. To facilitate account creation and registration: To create and manage your conference registration and account.
2. To send administrative information: To send you information regarding the conference, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
3. To fulfill and manage your orders: To process your payments, refunds, and provide you with the requested Services.
4. To post testimonials: We post testimonials on our Services that may contain personal information.
5. To deliver conference services: To provide access to sessions, workshops, and networking events.
6. To enable user-to-user communications: To facilitate networking among attendees (with your consent).
7. To send you marketing and promotional communications: We may send you marketing emails if you have opted in.
8. To protect our Services: To maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Services.

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service).
• Conference Partners: Sponsors and exhibitors may receive attendee lists (excluding sensitive information) unless you opt-out during registration.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
• Networking Features: Basic profile information (name, company, title) may be visible to other attendees through our conference app if you enable networking features.

We do NOT sell your personal information to third parties.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Our Security Measures Include:

• Encryption of sensitive data in transit and at rest
• Regular security assessments and penetration testing
• Access controls and authentication mechanisms
• Employee training on data protection
• Secure payment processing through PCI-DSS compliant providers
• Data minimization and retention policies

We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

You may have the right to:

• Access: Request access to your personal information.
• Correction: Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information.
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal information.
• Portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization.
• Objection: Object to processing of your personal information.
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your information.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off.
• Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
• Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization.
• Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, if you disable cookies, some features of our Services may not function properly.

Your information 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 from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Our Services are not directed to children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at:

For residents of the European Union, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.