Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2026
EA Collective Global ("EA Collective Global", "we", "us" or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website, become a member or business partner, enquire about our services, attend our events, communicate with us or are contacted by us in a professional capacity.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on your relationship with EA Collective Global, we may collect and process information including:
Your name
Job title and employer
Business email address
Business telephone number
Professional profile information
Membership or partnership information
Details of enquiries and correspondence
Event registrations and attendance
Billing and payment information
Marketing preferences
Information you provide through forms on our website
Information concerning your professional interests where relevant to our services
Technical information relating to your use of our website
We aim to collect only the information reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it is being used.
2. Professional and Business Contact Information
As part of our business development and professional networking activities, EA Collective Global may obtain professional contact information from sources other than directly from you.
These sources may include:
Business information and professional contact-data providers, such as RocketReach
Publicly available professional profiles
Company and organisation websites
Professional directories
Industry and event information
Business networking sources
Referrals and introductions
The information obtained may include your name, job title, employer, business email address, business telephone number and other relevant professional information.
We use this information to identify and communicate with professionals and organisations that may reasonably be interested in EA Collective Global's services, membership, events, partnerships and business opportunities.
This may include corporate event planners, Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, hospitality and venue professionals, suppliers, potential Preferred Partners and other professionals whose roles are relevant to our activities.
3. B2B Marketing and Legitimate Interests
Where permitted by law, we may process professional personal information for business-to-business marketing and business development on the basis of our legitimate interests.
Our legitimate interests include:
Developing EA Collective Global and its professional network
Establishing relationships with relevant professionals and organisations
Promoting relevant services, events, membership and partnership opportunities
Identifying potential members and business partners
Communicating with professionals about opportunities that are reasonably relevant to their roles
Before relying on legitimate interests, we consider whether the processing is necessary and proportionate and balance our interests against the rights, interests and reasonable expectations of the individual concerned.
We do not consider the availability of information through a third-party database or publicly available source to constitute consent to marketing.
Where consent is required by applicable electronic marketing rules, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), we will seek the appropriate consent.
4. Your Right to Object to Direct Marketing
You have the right to object at any time to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.
If you tell us that you do not wish to receive marketing communications from EA Collective Global, we will stop using your information for that purpose.
We may retain limited information on a suppression or "do not contact" list so that we can ensure your preference is respected and you are not inadvertently contacted again.
You can object to marketing at any time by using the unsubscribe facility provided in our marketing communications or by contacting us at:
5. How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
Provide and administer our services
Manage memberships and business partnerships
Respond to enquiries
Manage events and registrations
Communicate with members and partners
Develop professional relationships
Carry out appropriate B2B marketing and business development
Manage payments and invoices
Maintain our business records
Improve our website and services
Analyse website traffic and usage
Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
Protect our business, website and users
Our lawful basis will depend on the particular processing activity and may include consent, performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation or our legitimate interests.
6. Website Analytics
Our website collects certain information to help us understand site traffic and activity.
This may include:
Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited before coming to our website
Your IP address
Pages visited
Clicks and internal links
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We provide relevant information to Squarespace, our website and analytics provider, to enable website services and analytics.
7. Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on your device when you access a website.
Necessary cookies may be used to enable Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely provide the website.
Analytics and performance cookies may also be used to understand website traffic and activity. Where required, these cookies will only be used after you have made the appropriate selection through our cookie banner.
You can manage your cookie preferences through the controls provided on our website.
8. Website Forms
When you submit information through a form on our website, we collect the information requested in order to process and respond to your submission.
Information may be provided to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, where necessary to provide these services.
9. Payments, Purchases and Invoices
Where you make a purchase or payment through our website, we may collect information including:
Your name
Email address
Billing information
Details relating to your purchase
Invoice information
Payment history
Squarespace may process this information as our website and commerce platform.
Payment information may also be processed by third-party payment providers such as Stripe in accordance with their own privacy policies.
We do not ordinarily receive or store complete payment-card details where these are processed directly by our payment provider.
10. Website Visitors
Our website is hosted by Squarespace.
Squarespace may process information when you visit our website, including information about your browser, network and device, pages viewed and your IP address.
Squarespace uses this information to provide, secure and improve its platform and services.
11. Accounts and Service Communications
If you create an account through our website, we may collect information such as your:
Name
Email address
Telephone number
Billing information
Account information
Order or transaction history
We may send communications necessary to administer your account, membership, purchases or transactions.
These service communications are separate from direct marketing communications and may be necessary to provide the service you have requested.
12. Sharing Your Information
We may share personal information with trusted service providers where reasonably necessary to operate EA Collective Global.
These may include:
Website and hosting providers
Payment processors
Email and communications providers
Customer relationship management systems
IT and technology providers
Professional advisers
Event and service providers where necessary to fulfil a request
We do not sell your personal information.
Where we use third-party service providers to process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure that information is handled securely and lawfully.
13. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting and reporting requirements.
Professional prospect and business-development information will be reviewed periodically and deleted or updated when it is no longer reasonably required.
Where an individual has objected to direct marketing, we may retain the minimum information necessary on our suppression list for the purpose of ensuring that their preference continues to be respected.
14. Keeping Your Information Secure
We take reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.
Access to personal information is limited to people and service providers who reasonably require it for legitimate business purposes.
15. International Data Transfers
Some of our technology and service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer complies with applicable data protection law and that appropriate safeguards are in place where required.
16. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have rights including:
The right to be informed about how your personal information is used
The right to access your personal information
The right to have inaccurate information corrected
The right to request deletion of your information in certain circumstances
The right to restrict certain processing
The right to object to certain processing
The right to object to direct marketing at any time
The right to data portability in certain circumstances
The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
You may exercise your rights by contacting us at:
You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, business activities, technology or legal obligations.
The latest version will be published on our website and the date at the top of this policy will indicate when it was last updated.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how EA Collective Global uses your personal information, please contact:
EA Collective Global Email: hello@eacollective.global