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Influence Privacy Notice

Overview
This Privacy Notice relates to the collection of your personal data by Influence.

Who we are
Influence is a website operated by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (‘CIPR') in support of Influence magazine, a CIPR member benefit.
The CIPR advances professionalism in public relations by making its members accountable to their employers and the public through a code of conduct and searchable public register, setting standards through training, qualifications, awards and the production of best practice and skills guidance, facilitating Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and awarding Chartered Public Relations Practitioner status (Chart.PR).

What are the legal grounds for processing your personal data?
When you subscribe to receive emails from the site, you enter into a contract with us and it is necessary for us to process your personal data to fulfil this request.
We may obtain information about your interactions with Influence and general internet usage by using a "cookie" file.

What personal data do we collect to support Influence Online?
To subscribe to Influence emails you will be asked to provide your first name, job title, company, surname and email address.

How will we use your personal data?
If you have provided your personal data in order to subscribe to Influence emails, we will use it to send Influence emails.
We use a range of cookies - some cookies are necessary for our websites to work properly, others enhance the functionality of our websites by storing your preferences (such as your preferred language or the region that you are in). Cookies also allow us to count page visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our sites. They help us to understand which pages are visited most frequently and how visitors interact with our sites.
Third-Party cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners, such as Google or Adobe. They may be used by these companies to enable them to build a profile of your interests and show relevant advertisements on other sites. These cookies are based on identifying your browser and internet device.

Sharing your personal data
We may share anonymised data about our subscriber list with publishing or advertising partners.
We use Mailchimp to facilitate email communications. Your data is not stored anywhere else.

Managing your communication preferences
You can cancel your subscription anytime via the unsubscribe button in the email and we will stop sending you emails.

Contact
If you have any questions about how Influence uses your personal data, please contact us at Influence@cipr.co.uk.