privacy policy
Will Exell Consulting believes that the establishment of trust and privacy is instrumental to the continued growth of the Internet. We also believe that the efficient collection, use and transfer of information serve to enhance the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, provided that such information is handled in a fair and responsible manner.
Introduction
In order to inform you of its policies and activities with respect to the collection, use and transfer of Personal Data on its websites, Will Exell is providing you with an electronic copy of this Privacy Policy (the “Policy“). This Policy applies to all websites that are owned and operated by Will Exell and/or companies that Will Exell controls, directly or indirectly, unless a particular website displays its own privacy policy. When required by local law, the relevant Will Exell entity performs the formalities with the local data protection authorities with respect to the processing of Personal Data.
In this Policy, “Personal Data” means information which relates to an individual and which identifies that individual, either directly or indirectly (together with other information that is reasonably likely to come into Will Exell’s possession), such as your name, email address or telephone number.
Collection of Personal Data
Generally, you can visit the Will Exell website without providing any Personal Data about yourself. However, in order to access some parts of our websites, such as to download certain documents, or in connection with another specific purpose, we may need to collect Personal Data from you. Providing Personal Data to us in these events is voluntary. If you do not provide Personal Data to us, then you will not be able to benefit from the respective functionality offered by our websites, such as communication, downloading of documents or recruitment. The purposes, for which your Personal Data is collected, are described below, along with a brief description of how your Personal Data may be handled in each case.
• Communicating with you. We will follow up on comments and other requests that you submit to us through our website, such as online queries or business related inquiries. This may include using your Personal Data to call you back by telephone or communicating with you via email.
• Direct marketing and promotion. Direct marketing and/or promotional efforts by or on behalf of Will Exell may include providing you with specific information that you have requested online, providing more general information about other Will Exell offerings, or enabling you to participate to online contests or to register for any sponsored events. When we collect Personal Data for direct marketing or promotional purposes, however, we generally offer appropriate choices regarding the use of your Personal Data.
• Recruitment. If you submit a resume or job application online via a Will Exell partner website, we will use your Personal Data for recruitment-related purposes, which may include contacting you via email, telephone or post.
• Maintaining the website and conducting customer satisfaction surveys. We will use your Personal Data in order to maintain and improve our website. We may also use your Personal Data in order to conduct customer satisfaction surveys.
• Compiling aggregate statistics regarding the use of the website.
When providing Personal Data on this website, you acknowledge that you have the necessary authorisation and consent to disclose Personal Data to be used by Will Exell as described in this Policy.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Multi-country Consultancy
Will Exell is a multi-country consultancy therefore you should be aware that we may share your Personal Data across Will Exell and transfer it to countries in the world where we have data centers or otherwise do business, including those located outside the European Union (EU). In these instances, Will Exell will process your Personal Data in the manner described by this Policy and in accordance with applicable law.
Third-party suppliers
Like many organisations, we use third-party suppliers to collect, use and otherwise process Personal Data on our behalf. Our practice is to require such third parties to handle Personal Data in accordance with Will Exell’s Privacy Policy.
Legal disclosures
Will Exell my disclose your Personal Data in order to enforce our website Terms of Use or in urgent circumstances to protect personal safety, the public or Will Exell’s website. It is also possible that we may be required by law to disclose your Personal Data pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, or orders, potentially, in any country where we do business.
Sensitive Personal Data
As a general rule, Will Exell does not collect “Sensitive Personal Data” through its website. “Sensitive Personal Data” means Personal Data concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, or concerning health or sex life. By volunteering unsolicited sensitive Personal Data to us (e.g., by submitting your resume or a job application online), you expressly consent to your Personal Data being used as described in this Policy.
Accessing, correcting, updating and deleting Personal Data
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or would like to request a copy of your Personal Data then please email connect@willexell.com. Also, if you consider your Personal Data to be incorrect or wish to have it deleted, then please email connect@willexell.com.
Data security and integrity
Will Exell uses various technological and procedural security measures in order to protect the Personal Data we collect, use or transfer from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. However, you should be aware that, due to the open and unsecured character of the Internet, Will Exell cannot be responsible for the security of transmissions of the Personal Data over the Internet.
Notification of changes to this Policy
This Policy is effective from 25th May 2018. In order to check updates to this Policy, please consult this page on a regular basis.
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