Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026

55 North Ltd respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it and the rights you have in relation to your information.

Who we are

55 North Ltd is a publishing and events business.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, 55 North Ltd is the data controller responsible for the personal information covered by this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how we use your personal information or wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us:

55 North Ltd
Waterloo Chambers
19 Waterloo Street
Glasgow
G2 6AY

Email: info@55north.com

Information we collect

Depending on your relationship with us, we may collect and process information including:

• your name, job title and business or organisation;
• business contact details, including email address, telephone number and postal address;
• information relating to subscriptions, bookings, purchases and event attendance;
• information provided when entering awards or participating in our events and initiatives;
• your preferences relating to communications and marketing;
• correspondence and other communications with us;
• information obtained from publicly available business sources; and
• accessibility, dietary or other requirements you choose to provide in connection with attending an event.

We only collect information that is reasonably necessary for our business activities.

How we use your information

We may use your personal information to:

• process and administer event bookings, subscriptions, orders and other services;
• manage attendance at our events;
• administer awards, initiatives and other industry activities;
• provide our publications, newsletters and other requested communications;
• communicate with customers, readers, delegates, entrants, sponsors, partners, suppliers and other business contacts;
• respond to enquiries;
• maintain and develop our business relationships;
• send relevant information about our publications, events, awards, initiatives, products and services;
• maintain accurate business records;
• meet our legal, regulatory, accounting and financial obligations; and
• protect and manage our business and systems.

Our lawful basis for using your information

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we may process your information because:

It is necessary to perform a contract – for example, where you or your organisation books and pays for attendance at one of our events or purchases another service from us.

We have a legitimate interest – for example, in operating and developing our publishing and events business, maintaining relationships with customers and industry contacts, promoting relevant business-to-business products and services and communicating with people working within the industries we serve.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider the impact on your privacy and your rights before using your information.

You have given us consent – where consent is required for a particular use of your information.

We have a legal obligation – where we need to retain or use information to comply with applicable laws or regulations.

Marketing communications

We may use business contact information to send relevant information about 55 North Ltd publications, events, awards, initiatives, products and services where permitted by law.

You can ask us to stop sending you marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in our electronic marketing communications or by contacting us at mailinglist@55north.com.

We will respect requests not to receive direct marketing and may retain limited information on a suppression list to ensure that we do not contact you again for that purpose.

Event delegate lists

For some 55 North Ltd events, we may make a delegate list available to attendees, event sponsors and partners.

This may include a delegate’s name and business or organisation name.

We do not include personal or business email addresses, telephone numbers or other contact details on these delegate lists, and we do not provide delegate contact details to sponsors or partners for their own marketing purposes.

Accessibility and dietary information

If you attend one of our events, you may choose to provide information about dietary, accessibility or other requirements so that we can make appropriate arrangements for you.

Some of this information may constitute health or other special category personal data. We will only use this information where we have an appropriate lawful basis and special category condition under data protection law.

We will only share this information where necessary to make the requested arrangements, for example with an event venue or catering provider.

Who we share information with

We may share personal information where reasonably necessary with organisations that help us operate our business and deliver our services, including:

• event venues, caterers and event suppliers;
• IT, website, email and database service providers;
• mailing and distribution providers;
• payment, accounting and professional service providers; and
• other suppliers processing information on our behalf.

We may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.

Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we require them to handle it appropriately and securely.

We do not sell your personal information.

Information obtained from other sources

As a business-to-business publisher and events company, we may sometimes obtain professional contact information from sources other than directly from you.

These may include your employer or organisation, industry contacts, publicly available company websites, professional directories and other legitimate business sources.

Where UK data protection law requires us to do so, we will provide information about our use of your personal data within the applicable timeframe.

International transfers

Some of the service providers we use may process or store personal information outside the UK.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the information receives an appropriate level of protection in accordance with UK data protection law.

How long we keep information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet any legal, accounting or reporting requirements.

Different types of information may therefore be retained for different periods.

When deciding how long information should be retained, we consider its nature and purpose, our relationship with you, relevant legal requirements and whether there is an ongoing business need to retain it.

Information relating to dietary, accessibility or similar event requirements will not be retained for longer than reasonably necessary for the relevant event and any associated administrative requirements.

Where you have asked us not to send you marketing communications, we may retain limited information for the purpose of maintaining our suppression records.

Keeping your information secure

We take appropriate organisational and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

Access to personal information is limited to those who have a legitimate business need to use it.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you rights in relation to your personal information. These may include the right to:

• request access to the personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
• ask us to erase your information in certain circumstances;
• ask us to restrict how we use your information;
• object to certain uses of your information;
• receive certain information in a portable format; and
• withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your information.

You have the right to object at any time to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please email mailinglist@55north.com or write to us at the address above.

Complaints

If you have a concern about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us at mailinglist@55north.com in the first instance so that we have an opportunity to resolve it.

You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator.

Further information is available from the ICO website.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, our use of personal information or applicable law.

The latest version will always be published on our website, with the date it was last updated shown at the top of the policy.