Privacy Policy

Happy Hour Networking ("we", "us", "our") is a business networking group based in Manchester, UK. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and protect your personal information when you use our website, attend our events, or interact with us.

We may collect the following types of information:

• Contact details such as your name, email address, phone number and company.
• Professional information such as your job title, sector, LinkedIn handle and city.
• Event preferences and the types of introductions you are interested in.
• Communications you send us via our forms, email or social channels.

We use your information to:

• Send you information about upcoming Happy Hour Networking events.
• Make relevant introductions between members, sponsors and venues.
• Respond to enquiries about our matchmaker service, sponsorship or venue partnerships.
• Improve our events, communications and the way our network works.

We process your personal data on the basis of your consent (when you sign up to our list) and our legitimate interests in running and improving our networking events.

We do not sell your data. We may share limited information with trusted partners (such as venues or sponsors) only where relevant to an event or introduction, and only where you would reasonably expect it. We may share data with service providers who help us run our website and mailing list.

We keep your information only for as long as it is useful for the purposes described above, or as required by law. You can ask us to remove your data at any time.

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Ask us to correct or delete it.
• Object to or restrict how we use it.
• Withdraw your consent to marketing at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at doug@happyhour.group.

Our website uses a small number of essential cookies to make the site work and, where you consent, analytics cookies to understand how people use the site. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.

Questions about privacy? Email doug@happyhour.group or call 0161 408 0808.