Terms and Conditions / Important Notices

[Last updated: 10/25/23]

About your Data

By submitting your information, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by the below terms, in addition to the general IBM Privacy Agreement and IBM Terms of Use which provide details on how IBM protects your personal data.

What data does IBM collect?

We collect Basic Personal Data from you, and we are the “Controller” of this data. This includes your user ID, name, email address, country, and related information you may provide (for example, your mailing address) for the purposes of the transaction only. We also collect information about your network connection(s) to us, such as your browser version. If we require more personal data, we will notify you. Where appropriate, you may select your preference(s) for using your data. For full information about how we use your personal data, refer to our Privacy Statement.

Why IBM needs your data

We need your Basic Personal Data to support our Legitimate Interests in enabling you to create/update your participation in the relevant activity. This allows us to process your request and make the necessary arrangements on your behalf. It also lets us record your access to comply with security and audit requirements. To provide the above capabilities, we will only collect personal data that is needed. If you do not want us to use your Basic Personal Data as described above, you have the option of not submitting your form, or even asking us to delete your data.

How your data is obtained

IBM obtains your data when you enter your Basic Personal Data or if your information was provided to us in advance through your organization or relationship with IBM.

How IBM uses your data
This is how IBMid uses your Basic Personal Data:

• To uniquely identify you, and to supply your authenticated identity to IBM or third party applications and services
• To communicate with you about the transaction
• To perform security/audit logging
• To organize your participation in the activity

Applications and services may use your Basic Personal Data:

• To uniquely identify you
• To communicate with you about your transaction status
• To authorize your level of access
• To reflect your Basic Personal Data to you (for example, an on-screen greeting)
• To perform security/audit logging
• organize your participation in the activity

IBM may use IBMers or selected partners to process your Basic Personal Data for problem determination, system administration, usage tracking, and support activities. These individuals may reside in any country where IBM conducts business.

Applications or services which use your Basic Personal Data for different purposes than those above will provide you with notification, or when appropriate, an opportunity to consent to such use.

If you do not wish your Basic Personal Data to be used for the above purposes, you have the option of declining your participation in the activity or by reaching out to the program team directly.

How IBM protects your data

For the Legitimate Interests explained above under “Why we need your data”, your Basic Personal Data is protected in these ways: When appropriate, we use secure communications and storage to protect your personal data from unauthorized access or disclosure. We require applications or services which use your personal data for purposes other than those described here to justify those uses, provide appropriate notice, and where applicable, allow you to consent to such usage.

How long we keep your data

IBM will keep your Basic Personal Data while you are participating in the activity and only as long as required by the program team. If you choose to delete your data, we will delete your Basic Personal Data and other personal data which may be associated with your participation, but data already present in security or audit logs, support records, or business transaction records, may be retained for those purposes. Our retention policies determine how long we will retain this data. For additional information regarding data retention, refer to our Privacy Statement.

Your rights

Our Privacy Statement provides more information about your personal data rights. It also provides contact information if you have questions or concerns regarding our handling of your personal data.

Acknowledgement

I acknowledge that I understand how IBM is using my Basic Personal Data and I certify that my age is at least the age of consent for my country of residence. If I am from the People’s Republic of China, I agree my personal information may be transferred outside of the People’s Republic of China for the purpose of providing me relevant products and services.
If I wish to remove my personal information, I can contact the IBM organizing/program team.