Privacy Policy

1. Application of this Privacy Policy

  • 1.1. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) forms part of the Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) relating to the ‘Sustainability Innovators Challenge UAE’ (“Challenge”) organised by Al Tamimi & Company in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (“Organiser”. “we”, “us” or “our”).
  • 1.2. For the purposes of applicable data protection law, the Organisers are the “data controller” of your personal information.

2. Collection of personal information

  • 2.1. By registering and participating in the Challenge, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Policy. You may withdraw such consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing, based on your consent, conducted prior to the withdrawal, but such withdrawal of consent may affect your ability to participation in the Challenge.
  • 2.2. We may collect and process the following personal information:
    • (a) Information you give us:
      • (i) Information you provide us when registering for the Challenge, participating in the Challenge, and/or corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or other electronic means, or in writing, as well as other information you provide directly to us, including in conversation with our employees and staff.
    • (b) Information we receive from other sources:
      • We may also receive information about you from other sources, such as your university.

3. Purposes

  • 3.1. We use your personal information, where permitted by applicable law, as follows:
    • (a) Where you give us consent to:
      • (i) process your information as required to enable your registration and participation in the Challenge; and/or
      • (ii) carry out marketing and publicity activities, including publishing information relating to you and your submission.
    • (b) For purposes which are required by law, including:
      • (i) responding to requests by government or law enforcement authorities conducting an investigation; and/or
      • (ii) complying with any applicable legislation.

4. Sharing Your Personal Information

  • 4.1. We may also share your personal information with third parties, including certain service providers we have retained in connection with organizing, hosting, publicising and conducting the Challenge, such as The Khaleej Times, The National and Dubai Eye or other necessary entities.
  • 4.2. We may also disclose your personal information to law enforcement authorities or other government officials.
  • 4.3. We may also disclose your personal information to any competent administrative or judicial authority in prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing in compliance with the Prevention of Money Laundering regulation, for the purposes of preventing any operation related to money laundering or terrorism financing.

5. Cross-Border Transfers

  • Where we transfer your personal data processed by us outside of your jurisdiction of residence to a jurisdiction that does not protect your personal data to the same or similar level as in your jurisdiction of residence, we will adopt appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable laws in order to protect your personal data, which may include, without limitation, standard contractual clauses.

6. How long we retain your personal information?

  • 6.1. We will keep your personal information while you are participating in the Challenge.
    • Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary: (a) to respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
    • (b) to show that we treated you fairly; and
    • (c) to keep records required by law.
  • 6.2. We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal information, we will delete or anonymise it.

7. Your rights

  • 7.1. Subject to applicable laws, you may have the right to:
    • (a) obtain information regarding the processing and protection of your personal information and access to the personal information which we hold about you;
    • (b) ask us to provide a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
    • (c) have personal information deleted or any inaccurate personal information about you corrected;
    • (d) request the transfer of your personal information to another party whenever this is technically feasible;
    • (e) object to processing your personal information for data profiling, direct marketing and automated processing; and
    • (f) right to lodge a complaint with the relevant Data Protection Commissioner.
    • (g) If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information for certain activities, you are free to limit or withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details under “Contact Details”. If you withdraw your consent, it will not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before you withdrew it.
    • (h) If you would like to exercise any of your rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you, you can make such request by emailing us on using the email address under the section headed “Our Contact Information” below.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

  • We may from time to time make changes to this Policy. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this Policy. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

9. Contact Details