Privacy Policy – Website Visitors
WHO WE ARE
The website at www.ydts.org (our “Website”) is owned and operated by YD Association DMCC.
YD Association DMCC is a data controller of Personal Information (as defined below) collected on
the Website.
YD Association DMCC, operating as Young Diamantaires, is a Dubai-based industry association
established to unite, inspire, and empower the next generation of diamond and jewelry industry
leaders. It was formed by its subscribers within the DMCC Free Zone as an industry association
Our License Primary Address is: Unit No 2793, DMCC Business Centre, Level No 1, Jewellery &
Gemplex 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
You can contact us by email at info@ydts.org in relation to any matters pertaining to this Privacy
Policy.
In this Privacy Policy, references to “we”, “us” or “our” means YD Association DMCC. References to
“you” and “your” are to users of our Website.
APPLICATION
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use and otherwise handle “Personal Information” that
you provide or make available to us, or that we collect from you, when you use our Website, and
explains the circumstances in which we may transfer this to others.
“Personal Information” is information relating to you, which can be used to personally identify you
(either directly or indirectly).
Our Privacy Policy must be read together with any other legal notices or terms and conditions
available on other pages of our Website.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Information that we collect
The types of information that we may collect from you, depending on how you use our Website
include:
a. your name;
b. your email address;
c. your address (business and personal);
d. your landline and mobile telephone numbers (business and personal);
e. any other information that you choose to provide to us when filling out a contact form or
subscribership application form on our Website;
f. your geographic location (country/territory where you are living and/or working);
g. your job title, role and the name of your employer;
h. the industry sector in which you work;
i. the country or countries, industry sector(s) and area(s) of our services in respect of which
you wish to receive communications.
2. How we use your Personal Information
Contact Forms – we may collect your Personal Information, which you choose to provide when you
fill in forms on our Website, including the information set out in a to i above. We may use this
Personal Information to respond to your queries, and/or provide the services and/or information
that you have requested.
Our Business Purposes – we may also use your Personal Information for our business purposes such
as:
o record keeping, statistical analysis, internal reporting and research purposes;
o to ensure network and information security;
o to notify you about changes to our services;
o to investigate any complaint you make;
o to provide evidence in any dispute or anticipated dispute between you and us;
o to customise various aspects of our Website to improve your experience;
o to host, maintain and otherwise support the operation of our Website;
o for the detection and prevention of fraud and other criminal offences and for risk
management purposes;
o for business and disaster recovery (e.g. to create back-ups);
o for document retention/storage;
o for database management;
o to protect the rights, property, and/or safety of YD Association DMCC, its personnel and
others; and
o to ensure the quality of the services we provide to our users.
In addition, we may use your Personal Information for additional specific purposes made clear at the
point of collection on particular pages of our Website.
If you choose not to provide Personal Information requested by us, we may not be able to provide
you with the information and/or services you have requested or may not be able to approve your YD
subscribership application or otherwise fulfil the purpose(s) for which we have asked for the
Personal Information. Aside from this, your visit to our Website will remain unaffected.
3. Legal grounds for collection and use of Personal Information
We rely upon your consent to process your personal information in relation to marketing
information and events information we may send to you (where this is made clear to you at the
point where you provide your information). In other cases, we process your personal information
where we need to do so:
o to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
o for our legitimate interests in:
– responding to your queries
– providing services and/or information to you
– our internal business purposes, as set out in 2 above.
You can object to processing based on our legitimate interests at any time by contacting us
at info@ydts.org . See also “Your Rights” section below.
We consider the risk to your rights of data protection in connection with personal data that we
process on the basis of our legitimate interests is not excessive or overly intrusive. We have also put
in place protections for your rights by ensuring proper retention periods and security controls.
4. Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device when you access our Website. We use
cookies and other online tracking devices to make your online experience more efficient and
enjoyable.
The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data.
Although we may obtain information about your device such as your IP address, your browser
and/or other internet log information, this will not, usually, identify you personally. In certain
circumstances, we may collect personal information about you – but only where you voluntarily
provide it (e.g. by completing an online form).
In most cases, we will need your consent in order to use cookies. The exception is where the cookie
is essential in order for us to provide you with a service you have requested.
If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not
accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of the Website.
5. Information from other sources
Where permissible under applicable local laws, we may combine information that you have provided
to us with other information that we already hold about you and which we have collected for a
compatible purpose.
SHARING INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
Some services that we provide require the involvement of third parties. We have carefully selected
these third parties and taken steps to ensure that your Personal Information is adequately
protected.
1. Sharing with Service Providers
When YD Association DMCC would like to use your Personal Information for a new purpose, we will
let you know about this first.
We share your Personal Information with our third party service providers based both inside and
outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) who we
engage to provide support services in relation to our Website for the purposes of: hosting and
maintaining our Website; providing data storage; assisting us with database management, and in
order to assist us with related tasks or processes.
All of our service providers are bound by written contracts to process personal data provided to
them only for the purpose of providing the specific service to us and to maintain appropriate
security measures to protect your Personal Information.
2. Sharing with other third parties
We share your Personal Information with:
o our accountants, auditors, lawyers or similar advisers when we ask them to provide us with
professional advice;
o any other third party if we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in
order to comply with any legal obligation, or to protect the rights, property and/or safety of
YD Association DMCC, our personnel or others;
o any other third party for the purposes of acting in accordance with the requirements of a
court, regulator or government agency, for example, complying with a search warrant or
court order or acting in accordance with an applicable law or regulation; or
Our Website provide sharing buttons that you can click on in order to share content from our
Website on social media channels. We do not use these buttons to share your Personal Information
with social media providers. When you click on a sharing button the relevant social media provider
will gather Personal Information directly from you. Please read the privacy policy of any social media
provider with which you intend to share content before clicking on the corresponding sharing
button.
Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those
links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do
not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When
you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
The transfer of your Personal Information to third parties may involve your Personal Information
being sent outside of the EEA, to locations that may not provide the same level of protection as
those where you first provided the information.
However, we will only transfer your Personal Information outside of the EEA:
o where the transfer is to a place or by a method or in circumstances that is regarded by the
European Commission as providing adequate protection for your Personal Information;
o where we have put in place standard data protection clauses adopted by the European
Commission or a relevant data protection authority; or
o where none of the above apply but we are still legally permitted to do so, for example if the
transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
You can request further detail about the safeguards that we have in place in respect of transfers of
Personal Information outside of the EEA and where applicable a copy of the standard data
protection clauses that we have in place by contacting us at info@ydts.org .
STORING PERSONAL INFORMATION
It is our policy to retain your Personal Information for the length of time required for the specific
purpose or purposes for which it was collected. However, we may be obliged to store some Personal
Information for a longer time, taking into account factors including:
o legal obligation(s) under applicable law to retain data for a certain period of time;
o statute of limitations under applicable law(s);
o (potential) disputes; and
o guidelines issued by relevant data protection authorities.
Whilst we continue to process your Personal Information, we will ensure that it is treated in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. Otherwise, we securely erase your information once this is no
longer needed.
If you would like to find out how long we keep your Personal Information for a particular purpose
you can contact us at info@ydts.org .
SECURITY
We employ appropriate security measures to help protect your Personal Information and guard
against access by unauthorised persons. Information storage is on secure computers in a locked and
certified information centre and information is encrypted wherever possible. We undergo periodic
reviews of our security policies and procedures to ensure that our systems are secure and protected.
However, as the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure we cannot
guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our Website.
CONFIDENTIALITY
We acknowledge that the information you provide may be confidential. We do not sell, rent,
distribute or otherwise make Personal Information commercially available to any third party, except
that we may share information with our service providers for the purposes set out in this Privacy
Policy. We will maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with our
Privacy Policy and all applicable laws.
YOUR RIGHTS
The following section explains your rights. The various rights are not absolute and each is subject to
certain exceptions or qualifications. We will grant your request only to the extent that it follows
from our assessment of your request that we are allowed and required to do so under data
protection laws. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with rights beyond or in
addition to your rights as a data subject under data protection laws.
You have the right to request access to Personal Information that we may process about you. If you
wish to exercise this right, you should:
o put your request in writing (an email sent to info@ydts.org is acceptable);
o include proof of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport,
and a recent utility or credit card bill); and
o specify the Personal Information you want access to.
You have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your Personal Information free of
charge. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
o put your request in writing (an email sent to info@ydts.org is acceptable);
o provide us with enough information to identify you (for example, your name, include proof
of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent
utility or credit card bill); and
o specify the information that is incorrect and what it should be replaced with.
You also have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data for direct marketing
purposes. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
o put your request in writing (an email sent to info@ydts.org with a header that says
'Unsubscribe' is acceptable);
o provide us with enough information to identify you (for example, your name, include proof
of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent
utility or credit card bill); and
o if your objection is not to direct marketing in general, but to direct marketing by a particular
channel (e.g. email or SMS), please specify the channel you are objecting to.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This version was last updated on: MARCH 2025
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us
informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
Privacy Policy – Applicants and Subscribers
WHO WE ARE
The website at www.ydts.org (our “Website”) is owned and operated by YD Association DMCC.
YD Association DMCC is a data controller of Personal Information (as defined below) collected on the
Website.
YD Association DMCC, operating as Young Diamantaires, is a Dubai-based industry association
established to unite, inspire, and empower the next generation of diamond and jewelry industry
leaders. It was formed by its subscribers within the DMCC Free Zone as an industry association
Our License Primary Address is: Unit No 2793, DMCC Business Centre, Level No 1, Jewellery &
Gemplex 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
You can contact us by email at info@ydts.org in relation to any matters pertaining to this Privacy
Policy.
In this Privacy Policy, references to “we”, “us” or “our” means YD Association DMCC. References to
“you” and “your” are to users of our Website.
APPLICATION
Personal Information is information relating to you, which can be used to personally identify you
(either directly or indirectly).
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use and otherwise handle Personal Information that
you provide or make available to us, or that we collect from you, when:
considering your application to become a YD subscriber (Applicants); and
and explains the circumstances in which we may transfer this to others.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Information that we collect
The types of information that we may collect from you includes:
a. your name;
b. your email address;
c. your address (business and personal);
d. your landline and mobile telephone numbers (business and personal);
e. any other information that you choose to provide to us when filling out a contact form or
subscribership application form on our Website;
f. your geographic location (country/territory where you are living and/or working);
g. your job title, role and the name of your employer;
h. the industry sector in which you work;
i. the country or countries, industry sector(s) and area(s) of our services in respect of which
you wish to receive communications.
j. Personal Information in respect of other individuals associated with you, for example references.
2. How we use your Personal Information
Subscriber Purpose – we collect your Personal Information, which you choose to provide as an
Applicant for the purposes of assessing whether you meet suitable YD Association DMCC criteria in
order for your application to be confirmed as a Subscriber, and on an ongoing basis (in the event
that your application to become a Subscriber is approved) to ensure our Subscribers can avail of
their rights, entitlements and benefits as Subscribers. We may use this Personal Information to
respond to your queries, and/or provide the services and/or information that you have requested.
Our Business Purposes – we may also use your Personal Information for our business purposes such
as:
record keeping, statistical analysis, internal reporting and research purposes;
to ensure network and information security;
to notify you about changes to our services;
to investigate any complaint you make;
to provide evidence in any dispute or anticipated dispute between you and us;
to customise various aspects of our services to improve your experience;
for the detection and prevention of fraud and other criminal offences and for risk
management purposes;
for business and disaster recovery (e.g. to create back-ups);
for document retention/storage;
for database management;
to protect the rights, property, and/or safety of YD Association DMCC, its personnel and
others; and
to ensure the quality of the services we provide to our users.
In addition, we may use your Personal Information for additional specific purposes made clear at the
point of collection.
If you choose not to provide Personal Information requested by us, we may not be able to provide
you with the information and/or services you have requested or otherwise fulfil the purpose(s) for
which we have asked for the Personal Information.
3. Legal grounds for collection and use of Personal Information
We rely upon your consent to process your Personal Information in relation to the Subscriber
Purpose. In other cases, we process your Personal Information where we need to do so:
to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
for the performance of a public task;
for our legitimate interests in:
– responding to your queries
– providing services and/or information to you
– our internal Business Purposes, as set out in 2 above.
You can object to processing based on our legitimate interests at any time by contacting us
at info@ydts.org . See also “Your Rights” section below.
We consider the risk to your rights of data protection in connection with personal data that we
process on the basis of our legitimate interests is not excessive or overly intrusive. We have also put
in place protections for your rights by ensuring proper retention periods and security controls.
4. Information from other sources
Where permissible under applicable local laws, we may combine information that you have provided
to us with other information that we already hold about you and which we have collected for a
compatible purpose.
SHARING INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
Some services that we provide require the involvement of third parties. We have carefully selected
these third parties and taken steps to ensure that your Personal Information is adequately
protected.
1. Sharing with Service Providers
When YD Association DMCC would like to use your Personal Information for a new purpose, we will
let you know about this first.
We share your Personal Information with our third party service providers based both inside and
outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who we engage
to provide support services in relation to the Subscriber Purpose. This includes for the purposes of:
assessing certain corporate information and data provided by Applicants, to confirm whether this
information is accurate and to carry out the requisite compliance checks, in order to ensure that
Applicants are fit and proper to be considered for the application process ahead of becoming a
Subscriber, and on an ongoing basis to ensure they are fit to remain a Subscriber; providing data
storage; assisting us with database management, and in order to assist us with related tasks or
processes.
All of our service providers are bound by written contracts to process personal data provided to
them only for the purpose of providing the specific service to us and to maintain appropriate
security measures to protect your Personal Information.
2. Sharing with other third parties
We share your Personal Information with:
our accountants, auditors, lawyers or similar advisers when we ask them to provide us with
professional advice;
any other third party if we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in
order to comply with any legal obligation, or to protect the rights, property and/or safety of
YD Association DMCC, our personnel or others;
any other third party for the purposes of acting in accordance with the requirements of a
court, regulator or government agency, for example, complying with a search warrant or
court order or acting in accordance with an applicable law or regulation; or
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
The transfer of your Personal Information to third parties may involve your Personal Information
being sent outside of the EEA, to locations that may not provide the same level of protection as
those where you first provided the information.
However, we will only transfer your Personal Information outside of the EEA:
where the transfer is to a place or by a method or in circumstances that is regarded by the
European Commission as providing adequate protection for your Personal Information;
where we have put in place standard data protection clauses adopted by the European
Commission or a relevant data protection authority; or
where none of the above apply but we are still legally permitted to do so, for example if the
transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
You can request further detail about the safeguards that we have in place in respect of transfers of
Personal Information outside of the EEA by contacting us at info@ydts.org.
STORING PERSONAL INFORMATION
It is our policy to retain your Personal Information for the length of time required for the specific
purpose or purposes for which it was collected. However, we may be obliged to store some Personal
Information for a longer time, taking into account factors including:
legal obligation(s) under applicable law to retain data for a certain period of time;
statute of limitations under applicable law(s);
(potential) disputes; and
guidelines issued by relevant data protection authorities.
Whilst we continue to process your Personal Information, we will ensure that it is treated in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. Otherwise, we securely erase your information once this is no
longer needed.
If you would like to find out how long we keep your Personal Information for a particular purpose
you can contact us at info@ydts.org.
SECURITY
We employ appropriate security measures to help protect your Personal Information and guard
against access by unauthorised persons. Information storage is on secure computers in a locked and
certified information centre. We undergo periodic reviews of our security policies and procedures to
ensure that our systems are secure and protected. However, as the transmission of information via
the Internet is not completely secure we cannot guarantee the security of your information
transmitted to us.
CONFIDENTIALITY
We acknowledge that the information you provide may be confidential. We do not sell, rent,
distribute or otherwise make Personal Information commercially available to any third party, except
that we may share information with our service providers for the purposes set out in this Privacy
Policy. We will maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with our
Privacy Policy and all applicable laws.
YOUR RIGHTS
The following section explains your rights. The various rights are not absolute and each is subject to
certain exceptions or qualifications. We will grant your request only to the extent that it follows
from our assessment of your request that we are allowed and required to do so under data
protection laws. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with rights beyond or in
addition to your rights as a data subject under data protection laws.
You have the right to request access to Personal Information that we may process about you. If you
wish to exercise this right, you should:
put your request in writing (an email sent to info@ydts.org is acceptable);
include proof of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport,
and a recent utility or credit card bill); and
specify the Personal Information you want access to.
You have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your Personal Information free of
charge. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
put your request in writing (an email sent to info@ydts.org is acceptable);
provide us with enough information to identify you (for example, your name, include proof
of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent
utility or credit card bill); and
specify the information that is incorrect and what it should be replaced with.
You also have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data. However, if we do not hold
all the data or are not able to process the data we need to administer the Subscriber Purpose, we
may not be able to provide you with the information and/or services you have requested or
otherwise fulfil the purpose(s) for which we have asked for the Personal Information.
If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
put your request in writing (an email sent to info@ydts.org with a header that says 'Stop
Processing' is acceptable);
provide us with enough information to identify you (for example, your name, include proof
of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent
utility or credit card bill); and
provide us with full details of the personal data that you wish us to stop processing.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICYThis version was last updated on: MARCH 2025
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us
informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
Terms and conditions as general
1. This website is provided to you free of charge, without any warranties or guarantees unless
specifically stated. The information contained in this website is intended for general
information purposes only. YD Association DMCC has made all reasonable efforts to ensure
that the information on this website is correct at the time of inclusion.
2. Except as expressly provided for on this website, YD Association DMCC is not responsible for
the content or use of any web pages or any messages sent or received by you.
3. All content of this website, including, but not limited to, all text, information, graphics,
software, video, and audio files and photos, and the design, selection and arrangement
thereof ("Website Content"), are owned by YD Association DMCC. You acquire no rights in
the web site other than the limited right to use the web site in accordance with these terms.
You may not offer for sale or sell or distribute over any medium, any part of this website or
its content. You may not make any part of the website available as part of another website,
whether by hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise unless you have been authorised
to do so in writing by YD Association DMCC. You are not permitted to, and you agree that
you will not, reproduce, transmit, modify or use any Website Content, including logos,
trademarks and service marks, for any public or commercial purpose without the prior
written approval of YD Association DMCC. You also agree to not use Website Content for
illegal purposes. YD Association DMCC will continue to take legal action against anyone
infringing these rights.
4. In the event that any part of this site is made available as part of another website or via links
from another site not operated by YD Association DMCC, YD Association DMCC shall not be
responsible for such other sites not under its control and cannot accept any liability for the
content, accuracy or any other characteristics or attributes of information, photographs or
links appearing at, or the security of any activity carried out on or through such other sites.
Any business communication sent by or on behalf of YD Association DMCC is confidential. If
you receive it in error please inform us and then delete it immediately from your system. You
should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone. Please be aware that messages sent to
and from YD Association DMCC may be monitored for reasons of security, business
continuity and/or for our legal and regulatory obligations.
5. You shall not use this website for any illegal purposes and in particular agree that you shall
not send, use, copy, post or allow any posting which is defamatory or obscene or which is
abusive, indecent or in breach of the privacy of any person. You agree not to send any
unsolicited promotional or advertising material, spam or similar materials or any volume
messages which may interfere with the operation of this website or with the enjoyment of
this website by other visitors.
6. YD Association DMCC reserves the right at any time and without notice to enhance, modify,
alter, suspend or permanently discontinue all or any part of this website and to restrict or
prohibit access to it.
7. You hereby agree to indemnify YD Association DMCC against any costs, claims, losses and
damages (including legal fees) incurred by or awarded against YD Association DMCC as a
result of your misuse of this web site or your breach of these terms.
8. YD Association DMCC does not warrant that this website will be available or accessible at
any time or from any location or that software or other Website Content are free of viruses,
worms, malware, or other harmful components. YD Association DMCC will not be liable for
any loss or damage caused viruses or harmful material that may infect your computer
hardware or software.
9. While YD Association DMCC seeks to share data and other information in a manner that it
believes to be reliable, it makes no representation or warranty and accepts any liability in
respect of the fairness, completeness, accuracy, quality, reliability or continued availability of
any Website Content.
10. While this website may provide links to other websites, YD Association DMCC has no control
over such sites. Links are provided for convenience only and no endorsement of any party,
products or services is expressed or implied. YD Association DMCC cannot accept any liability
for the accuracy or otherwise of any content, or the security of any activity carried out on
such other sites. Your use of such sites is at your sole risk.
11. If you are in breach of these terms, YD Association DMCC may elect to suspend or block your
access to this website without further notice and refuse to provide you with any further
access to it.
12. YD Association DMCC is not responsible for any business transactions, partnerships, or personal relationships formed between members/subscribers. All interactions are at the sole discretion and risk of the involved parties, and we disclaim any liability for disputes, losses, or damages arising from such engagements.
13. These terms and conditions and the content of this website are governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the Emirate of Dubai and the Federal Laws of the United Arab
Emirates as applicable there to. Any disputes arising out of the operation and/or use of this
website shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of Commercial
Conciliation and Arbitration of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
