Last updated: 6 October 2026
Introduction
This is the privacy and cookie statement for Pro Global Media. It tells you what information we collection about you and how we use it. It includes information we collect about visitors to our website, to businesses and people who use our services such as attending our conferences, and reading our publications and email newsletters and from our business and editorial research.
Who we are
Pro Global Media Ltd is a business publisher and conference organiser.
Registered address
Pro Global Media Ltd
Octagon House
20 Hook Road, Epsom
Surrey, KT19 8TR
UK
How we use your information
We collect and use data for business-to-business (B2B) conferences, editorial, marketing, advertising and research purposes. We also gather data on business customers who buy our products: including magazine subscriptions; conference places; advertising; market reports; and more. We rely on legitimate interests as the basis for this data processing.
Here are some of the ways we may use your personal data:
- To send you a copy of our latest magazine by post or email;
- To tell you about our conferences by email;
- When you buy one of our publications or subscriptions;
- When you register for a conference;
- When you register to use our websites;
- To tell you about our advertisers;
- As part of our business and editorial research;
- When we take your photograph or video at one of our events;
- When you apply for a job.
What information do we collect?
We collect basic contact information about business contacts we interact with including name, job title, company, postal address, telephone and email. Contacts are listed by business interest and type in our database. We also track user interaction with our emails and websites. Additionally, anyone who registers for a conference or buys a product from us is recorded in our database.
We will not collect personal information beyond what is necessary, but we are legally required to hold some types of information in order to fulfil our business obligations.
How do we collect your data?
We collect information through different channels including:
- Direct interactions - such as when you give us your details when registering for a conference, buying a subscription or editorial product, downloading a free editorial product, registering on our websites or contacting us by telephone or email;
- Website interaction - our websites track user interaction;
- Email communication - our emails contain tracking facilities within the actual email;
- Social media interaction - we track some followers of our social media channels;
- Industry research - we identify and add relevant industry professionals to our database through dedicated market research.
Database growth through industry research
To make sure that our conferences and publications reach relevant business audiences, we identify relevant business contacts within the specific industry sectors we cover.
We gather professional business contact details from publicly available sources. This includes official corporate websites, company registry filings, industry directories, press releases and professional networking platforms such as LinkedIn.
How we store your data
We store data in a number of ways:
- Company CRM database – we hold data in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database;
- Website server – we hold data in websites, databases and scripts hosted on our web server;
- Third party services – see below.
Your rights
Under the UK GDPR, you have rights regarding how we look after and use your professional information. You can exercise any of these rights at any time by contacting us at
Specifically, you have the right to:
- Object to Marketing - You have a right to object to your data being used for direct marketing. Every editorial and marketing email we send contains an automated ‘Unsubscribe’ link. If you click this or ask us to stop emailing you, we will immediately cease sending you emails.
- Access Your Information - You can ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you in our database.
- Correct Inaccurate Data - If your job title, company, email, or telephone number changes or is incorrect, you have the right to ask us to update or correct it.
- Request Deletion - You can ask us to erase your personal data from our systems.
- Restrict or object to processing - Where we rely on legitimate interests as our legal basis for processing your data (such as our industry research or editorial outreach), you have the right to object to this processing.
- Complain to the regulator - If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK information commissioner's office (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us first.
Data retention
We keep your data only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. We review the data we hold on a regular basis. Certain data such as that related to financial or legal matters is kept for a specific period to meet any applicable laws.
Individuals can request to have access to the data held on them or to have the data deleted at any time using the contact details below.
To do this contact us at:
Pro Global Media Ltd
Octagon House
20 Hook Road, Epsom
Surrey
KT19 8TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1372 743837
Email:
How and why we use your data
This table explains how we use your data and under which legal basis.
| Purpose | Type of data | Lawful basis for processing |
| Managing our CRM Database: Tracking professional preferences, keeping records clean and ensuring opt-outs are respected. | Identity, Professional Contact, Interaction History | Legitimate interests: To maintain clean business records and respect communication preferences. |
| Fulfilling subscriptions and editorial products: Delivering print magazines, emailing digital newsletters and managing website access. |
Identity, Professional Contact, Subscription Data |
Performance of a contract: Necessary to deliver the specific media product you requested or purchased. |
| Managing event delegates: Processing registration places, printing physical badges and managing dietary needs. | Identity, Professional Contact, Financial Data, Delegate Data | Performance of a contract: To process your registration. (Dietary/accessibility needs are processed under explicit consent). |
| B2B industry marketing: Informing sourced contacts, subscribers, and past delegates about upcoming conferences, publication launches or relevant industry awards. |
Identity, Professional Contact |
Legitimate interests: To market relevant professional products to industry peers, balancing this with your absolute right to opt out. |
How we share your information
We will never sell your data to any unconnected third parties.
We do share data with advertisers, exhibitors or sponsors on occasion in certain circumstances including:
Conference delegates - when you register for a conference we share your name, company and country with the other delegates, publish the delegate list in the programme and post the list on our website. This is optional and delegates can ask to be removed.
Data kept by third party services
We sometimes share data with third parties so we can deliver our services to you. Any sharing is closely monitored and is limited to only what is necessary. Some of the third-party service providers we use can be found below:
- ABC – we pass data to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as part of our annual publishing audits;
- Crowdsignal – to conduct audience surveys;
- Distribution house – we send address information to a company that posts out our magazines;
- Flickr – to store photographs from our conferences;
- Google Analytics – to analyse our website interactions;
- Stripe – to take online payments for our conferences and publications;
- YouTube – to host videos from our conferences.
International Data Transfers
Some of our third-party service providers are located outside the United Kingdom. Whenever we transfer personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing approved legal safeguards.
Visitors to our websites
When someone visits a website run by Pro Global Media we collect standard internet log information, Google Analytics information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site and to support our business marketing activity.
We may collect IP addresses of visitors to our websites to help diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. We shall only use these addresses for technical and tracking purposes. We capture industry standard information contained in the server log files, such as browser type, pages visited, entry and exit points and visit duration solely for the purposes of analysis. Information contained in log files is intended for internal use only.
The websites we operate are www.propubs.com , www.globalcement.com , www.globalgypsum.com , www.globalinsulation.com , www.globalslag.com , www.cemfuels.com, www.global-concrete.com and www.proids-online.com.
Email communication
We send a weekly email newsletter as well as other occasional editorial and promotional emails. We also sometimes send out emails on behalf of third parties.
Our emails often contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for analysis. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
You can ask to receive or not receive these emails by visiting www.proids-online.com or by contacting us directly. In addition all of our emails include automatic unsubscribe links.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We give you the option to choose which cookies you allow when you visit our websites. You can also block them directly, if you wish, via your web browser.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Category | Type | Name | Purpose | Duration |
| Strictly Necessary | CMS session cookie | Name varies, e.g. dd87e075d103b75567b202e0025b3b57 , joomla_user_state, joomla_remember_me_ |
To allow the content management system to function, mainly for user logins. | Session – 60 days |
| Strictly Necessary | Cookie Consent | n3t_cc | To store visitor cookie consent choices | 1 year |
| Analytics | Google Analytics | _ga, _gid, _gat | To allow Google Analytics to collect user data on visitor behaviour patterns on the website. | 1 minute – 2 years |
Updating your details and preferences
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. If you would like us to correct or update your information, you can update your record online at www.proids-online.com. Or you can contact us directly at
Access to your data
If you want to request information about our privacy policy or access the information that we hold about you, please contact us at:
Pro Global Media Ltd
Octagon House
20 Hook Road,
Epsom
Surrey
KT19 8TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1372 743837
Email:
