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This document and our Privacy policy govern your use of the site and you should leave the site immediately if you do not agree with these provisions. PA Consulting Services reserves the right to update these documents at any time without notice.

 

Privacy policy and protection of personal information

N.B. Please see our Privacy policy for information regarding our treatment of personal data supplied by you.

 

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Privacy policy

The PA Consulting Group of Companies ('PA') is firmly committed to privacy, the responsible use of information, and the need to safeguard the privacy of our clients and visitors to our Web site. PA is actively compliant with and committed to privacy provisions worldwide.

This statement sets out PA’s privacy policy for the use and holding of personal information that is provided to PA by you.

 

What information do we gather?

The type of client/visitor information PA collects generally includes a name, work address, telephone numbers, e-mail address and any other relevant contact details. We may also collect information about the use of our products and services, any preferences that we are told about, or information that is submitted voluntarily to us, such as requests for further information in a specific area of interest, an on-line survey or registration for a conference or event.

Information may also be indirectly collected through the PA Internet access logs or cookies. This occurs automatically when you access paconsulting.com. This information is used to enhance your visit to our site. It does not personally identify you and we do not collect sensitive information, such as your political or religious beliefs, ethnic background or sexual preference.

 

Why does PA collect this information and how do we use it?

The personal information that is provided by or obtained from you is used and/or held by us for maintaining our records and in order that we can communicate with you in the manner requested by you in accordance with this policy. PA collects this information to provide clients / visitors with a specific service. For example, we may use the information provided to us to send relevant updates of topics that may be of interest. PA also uses the information to respond to information requests.

As a global organization, PA may develop aggregate anonymized (ie, not individual) reports which incorporate some of the information provided by clients/visitors. The reports are for the use of our business for research purposes only. Such reports will not include any personally identifiable information.

By providing personal information through this site you are indicating your consent to our obtaining personal information from you and to the holding and use of the personal information that is provided by or obtained from you in accordance with this policy.

If, at any time, you receive unsolicited material and no longer wish to receive such material or you wish to change, update or remove all or any of your personal information, please see 'Correcting and updating your profile' below.

 

Disclosure of personal information

PA will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise supply to third parties any personal information obtained from clients.

We will not disclose any personal information provided unless you have authorized us to so do, or if we are required to do so by law. Please note that if at any time PA is required by law to release information about you or your organization, PA will cooperate fully with the relevant authorities.

 

Keeping your personal information secure

PA has security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse and/or alteration of the information under its control. These include:

    a) Secure computer storage facilities.

    b) Encryption of your information whilst it travels between your computer and our servers. PA uses Secure Socket Layer encryption.

    c) Firewalls. PA has its own firewalls to provide security. These are designed to prevent others from accessing confidential data or accessing PA’s internal networks that store client/visitor data.

    d) The conducting of quarterly third-party security audits.

     

Correcting and updating your profile

PA gives individuals the following options for accessing and modifying information previously provided:

    a) You may gain access to the information that PA has collected about you by contacting the person named as contact on the relevant Web page. We will not charge for responding to such a request, unless we incur costs in providing the information, in which case we will communicate the fee in advance of providing the information.

    b)

    By contacting the:

    Web site manager
    Corporate Marketing
    PA Consulting Group
    123 Buckingham Palace Road
    London SW1W 9SR
    UK

    E-mail: info@paconsulting.com
    Tel: +44 20 7333 5102
    Fax: +44 20 7312 4639

Alternatively, e-mail us at webmaster@paconsulting.com to make any changes or have any enquiries answered.

Scope of the policy

Please note, this Privacy Statement does not apply to actions, processes or policies of PA that are directly related to employee records of current or former employees.

 

Changes to the policy

PA will update this privacy statement as required. If changes to our policy do occur, they will be posted on PA’s Web site so that those affected are always aware of the type of information collected, how the information may be used, and under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed by PA.

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