The type of data that we collect directly from you or through your use of our websites and services may include:

• Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number;
• Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses used to connect your computer to the internet;
• Educational and professional interests;
• Tracking codes such as cookies;
• Usernames and password;
• Payment information, such as a credit or debit card number if applicable;
• Comments, feedback, posts, and other content you provide to (including through a website);
• Communication preferences;
• Purchase and search history;
• Location-aware services, the physical location of your device in order to provide you with more relevant content for your location;
• Information about your personal preferences, and interests; and communications with other users of services

May receive information about you if you use any of the websites we operate or the other services we provide.
We also work closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners and sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, data and analytics providers, academic institutions, journal owners, societies and similar organizations, search information providers, and credit reference agencies) from whom may receive information about you.

• to provide member/customer support
• to work with the applicant company
• to develop a detailed company profile or prospectus that will be shared online with a pool of vetted investors, only with registered and vetted investors that sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement will be able to see the online company profile.
• to contact you with promotional material
• to carry out marketing analysis

IDAL may share your personal data with our consultants, advisors,  affiliates or third parties with who we have partnered with, to perform services on our behalf, such as Due-diligence analysis, data processing activities on our behalf Surveys customer relationship management, only as this is necessary and after signing a Non- Disclosure Agreement with IDAL. These third parties are not allowed to utilize, share, or retain your personal information for any purpose other than as they have been specifically contracted for (or without your consent).

Our website contains links to the websites of our partner networks affiliates, and users. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any Personal Data to these websites.

In case of legal dispute, IDAL will share personal information of the users using Business Matchmaking BMM platform to the Law enforcement officials. To the extent IDAL is legally permitted to do so, users will be notified in case their personal information will be shared with third parties as part of a legal process.

IDAL implements strict measures in order to protect the integrity of the personal information submitted to us through this platform. We do this by using encryption where appropriate. However, we do not guarantee its absolute security. Users need to acknowledge this risk when using our website and will not hold IDAL responsible for any breach of security.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically.
Your continued use of the service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modification and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on our website.

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy please contact us by email at bmm@idal.com.lb.