Privacy Policy

Worldwide Formations (“Company” or “we” or “us” or “our”) is committed to providing quality services to its clients and respects the privacy of everyone (“Sites’ visitor” or “client” or “user” or “you”).

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter the “Policy”) governs the manner in which Worldwide Formations collects, uses, maintains, and discloses your Personal Information.

You undertake by carrying out actions including but not limited to using the Website, engaging with our office, or obtaining services from us, you shall be deemed to have agreed to this Policy. Should you fail to comply with this Policy, then you must refrain from using or accessing the Website.

1. Definitions

The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in the singular or in the plural.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Cookies are text files with small pieces of data — that are used to identify your device as you use a computer network, containing the details of Your browsing history on the website among its many uses.
• Device means any device that can access the Service including, but not limited to, a computer, cell phone, or digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service refers to the Website, Portal, Platform, or any other such digital tool officially owned and operated by Worldwide Formations.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to partners, subsidiaries, third-party companies, or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to Worldwide Formations, accessible from https://worldwideformations.com/
• ‘You’ means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

2. Types of Data Collected

2.1. Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• a) Email Address
• b) First Name and Last Name
• c) Phone Number
• d) Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

2.2. Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device.

2.3. Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• a) Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device, which can identify details of your IP address, operating system (e.g. Microsoft Windows, Mac O/S, Linux), browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, plus the version of the Browser), locale (to determine which country you are accessing the Website from), and other user information (e.g. your username).You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• b) Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

Should you wish to refuse to accept cookies, you may choose to disable it in your browser and/or delete cookies from your hard drive. It is not a necessity to have cookies turned on to use the Website, however, you may require cookies to log on to the Website and to access personalized or secure content on the Website. Some web pages may not function properly should the cookies be disabled.

3. Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• 3.1. To assist in providing services requested by you.
• 3.2. To provide news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
• 3.3. Future marketing, promotional and publicity purposes, including carrying out direct marketing, market research and surveys.
• 3.4. For internal purposes including, but not limited to, the development and administration of our sites, data analytics, and compliance with legal obligations, policies, and procedures.
• 3.5. To ensure that you are shown information that is most relevant to you and your interests.
• 3.6. To prevent and detect any misuse or fraudulent activities.

For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

• 3.7 With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, and to contact you.
• 3.8 For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your personal 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.
• 3.9 With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• 3.10 With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
• 3.11 With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

4. Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

5. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this 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 from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

6. Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you. You may contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.

Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

7. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

7.1. Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

7.2. Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities having jurisdiction over such matters (e.g., duly authorized courts, government agencies, or other law enforcement entities and stakeholders).

7.3. Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• a) Carry out its professional services
• b) Comply with a legal obligation
• c) Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• d) Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• e) Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• f) Protect against legal liability

8. Security of Your Personal Data

In addition to understanding that the security of your Personal Data is important to us, you acknowledge that no method of transmission over the Internet nor method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Worldwide Formations reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. You undertake that your continued use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes, which are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Acceptance

By using Worldwide Formation’s website, you signify your acceptance of this Policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy policy, you may contact us using the following methods:

• By Email – ic@worldwideformations.com

• By Post – Office 611, The Fairmont Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road, P.O. Box 33964, Dubai, United Arab Emirates