Privacy Policy

The FIMBA Alumni Network (fimbaalumni.com) is a non-commercial platform built and operated by graduates of the Football Industries MBA programme at the University of Liverpool Management School. It exists independently, run by alumni for alumni. You can contact us at info@fimbaalumni.com.

When you register for and use the platform, we collect: — Your name, email address, graduation year, and member type — Professional information you choose to provide: current and previous roles, organisation, location, LinkedIn URL, biography, sector and function tags — A profile photo, if you choose to upload one (see section 5) — Content you create on the platform: alumni stories, news submissions, job postings, event listings, messages, and other contributions — The roles you save on the jobs board, and the roles you mark as applied or select Apply on (see section 5) — The job alerts you create: the search you save, how often you want emails, and the alert emails we send you (see section 5) — Technical information: login timestamps and basic activity logs for security purposes, and the date you were last active on the platform (see section 5) We do not collect payment information, sensitive personal data, or data from third parties.

We use your data solely to operate the FIMBA Alumni Network, including: — Maintaining your membership account and profile — Enabling you to connect and communicate with other members — Displaying your profile in the member directory (subject to your visibility settings) — Sending you platform notifications and email updates you have opted into — Keeping your saved roles and applications in your My jobs list — Sending you job alert emails, if you create an alert — Administering the platform and ensuring its security We do not use your data for commercial purposes, sell it to third parties, or use it for advertising.

Our lawful basis for processing your personal data is legitimate interests — specifically, the legitimate interests of the FIMBA alumni community in maintaining professional connections, sharing opportunities, and supporting one another's careers. We have balanced these interests against your rights and reasonable expectations as a member of a professional alumni network you have chosen to join.

You choose how visible your profile is, in the Privacy tab of your profile: — Private: other logged-in members see your name, class year and city. Everything else on your profile is hidden from them. Nothing is shown publicly. — Network: logged-in FIMBA Alumni Network members see your full profile. Publicly, only your name and current role are shown, so that other graduates and contacts can find you online. — Full public: your profile is visible to anyone, including search engines. This covers your name, role, organisation, sector, location, biography, graduation year and LinkedIn link. You can change your setting at any time and it takes effect straight away. Some features are opt-in and show the details needed for their purpose. If you register as a mentor, become a Local Libero or post a job, that listing shows who you are to members, whatever your profile setting, because you have chosen to be found there. If your profile is set to Network or Full public, other members can see a general indicator of when you were last active on the platform ("active this week" or "active this month"). They never see exact times. You can switch this off at any time with "Show when I'm active" in the Privacy tab. Members whose profile is Private are never shown as recently active. If you upload a profile photo, it is shown to other logged-in members next to your name in the directory, in messages, in suggestions and on your profile page. If your profile is Private, other members see your initials instead. Your photo is not shown on the public website and is used for nothing else. The web address of your photo is given only to members who are allowed to see it. You can change or remove your photo at any time on your Profile page, and removing it deletes the file. If your profile is set to Network or Full public, you appear on the Member Map, which logged-in members can see. The map shows your city as an approximate point (rounded to roughly 10 km, never an address), together with your name, class year, headline and photo. If your profile is Private you do not appear on the map. The map uses the city you give on your profile, and a change to your visibility setting or your city takes effect straight away. If you save a role on the jobs board, mark that you have applied, or select Apply on a role, we store that against your account so that it appears in your My jobs list. Only you can see this information. It is not shown to other members or to employers. We use anonymous totals only, such as how many members saved a role, to decide which employers to add, and we do not look at individual members' lists. This information is deleted when you delete your account. Job alerts are optional. If you create one, we store the search you saved (for example keywords, region or employer type) and how often you want to hear, and we email the roles that match to the address on your account. Only you can see your alerts. Alert emails are sent through our email service provider, Resend. You can pause or delete an alert at any time on the Jobs page, and your alerts are deleted when you delete your account. Your email address is never shared with other members. All member-to-member communication takes place through the platform's private messaging system. Platform administrators can access member data for the purpose of managing registrations, moderating content, and maintaining the security of the platform. Administrators can also see how recently each member was last active, in broad bands (this week, this month, or longer), whatever the member's profile or activity settings. We use this to check that the network is working for its members and to follow up with members who have not been back.

Your data is stored on Supabase (PostgreSQL), hosted in Ireland (AWS eu-west-1) within the European Union. Profile photos are kept in the same region. We apply row-level security controls to ensure members can only access data they are authorised to see. All data is transmitted over HTTPS.

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. If you request deletion of your account, we will remove your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain certain records for legal or security purposes.

Under UK GDPR and EU GDPR, you have the right to: — Access the personal data we hold about you — Correct inaccurate data — Request deletion of your data — Object to or restrict our processing of your data — Withdraw consent where consent is our lawful basis — Lodge a complaint with the ICO (ico.org.uk) or your national data protection authority To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@fimbaalumni.com.

The platform uses only functional cookies that are necessary for sign-in and session management. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. To understand how the public website is used, for example which pages are visited and how visitors find us, we use Vercel Web Analytics. It does not use cookies, does not track individuals across websites, and does not build profiles of visitors. We use the aggregate figures to improve the site and to help more people find the network. The short guide videos on the platform are hosted by YouTube and embedded in its privacy-enhanced mode, so YouTube sets no cookies until you press play. If you play a video, YouTube receives your IP address and viewing data under Google's privacy policy. The Member Map and Local Libero pages use Google Maps. Google receives your IP address and the area of the map you view, under Google's privacy policy, and may set its own cookies when a map loads. Member names and profile details are not sent to Google.

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify members of any significant changes via the platform's Announcements channel.

For any data protection queries, please contact us at info@fimbaalumni.com.

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