INTRODUCTION

Edelman Public Relations Worldwide NV (“we“, “our” or “us“) is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy“) is intended to inform You (“You” or “Your“) how we gather, define, and utilise Your personal information (“Information“). It is also intended to assist You in making informed decisions when using our Website and our products and services. Please take a minute to read and understand the policy.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

When You visit our Website You may provide us with two types of information:

Personal Information You provide to us on an individual basis during submission of information or registration for subscription services; and

Website use information collected as You and others browse our website, including, without limitation, collecting aggregated data about the pages You visit and dates and times that You visit them.

We use all reasonable commercial endeavours to maintain the highest standards of security, however the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. So, whilst we will do our best to protect Your Information, we cannot ensure the security of Your data transmitted to our Website. Any transmission is at Your own risk. Once we have received Your Information we will use such procedures and security features as we consider appropriate in relation to the nature of such Information to prevent unauthorised access.

Similar to other commercial websites, our Website utilises a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and web server logs to collect information about how our Website is used. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Website, and the websites visited just before and just after our Website. We, our advertisers and ad serving companies may also use small pieces of code called “web beacons” or “clear gifts” to determine which advertisements and promotions users have seen, how users responded to them and to serve advertising.

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When You visit a website, that site’s computer asks Your computer for permission to store this file in a part of Your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to Your browser if Your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect Your privacy) Your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to You, not the cookies sent to You by other sites.

HOW DO WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM COOKIES?

As You browse on our Website, the Website uses its cookies to differentiate You from other users. Cookies, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of the Website are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to improve our Website constantly and better serve our users. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about You and we do not generally store any personal information that You provided to us in Your cookies.

HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US?

We use Your Information in the following ways:

• to ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for You and Your computer (this may include us passing Your Information to our group companies for processing outside the EEA in countries which may not have an adequate level of protection)
• to allow You to access and use the materials available on our Website where You choose to do so;
• to notify You about changes to our service;
• in accordance with Your consent to use Your Information for particular purposes specified at the point of Registration or whenever Information is collected via the Website;
• if You have given Your consent at the point of Registration or when you have submitted Information via our Website, to allow us to contact You with information about products, services and special offers that You request from us, or that we feel may be of interest to You or to ask You to participate in one of our customer satisfaction surveys.

We may pass Your Information to other carefully selected third party organisations:

• if we buy or sell any business or assets in which case we may disclose Your Information to the seller or buyer of such business or assets;
• if we are under a duty to disclose or share Your personal data to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and other agreements or protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction;
• if You have consented to receiving information from carefully selected third parties, to use Your Information to contact You to provide You with information about other products, services and special offers which may be of interest to You.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

Email is not recognised as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that You do not send private information to us by email. However, if you contact us by email and/or respond to us via email, we will take this as your giving your informed consent to be contacted by us via email.

HOW CAN YOU ACCESS AND CORRECT YOUR INFORMATION?

You may request access to all Your Information that we collect online and maintain in our database, by emailing brussels@edelman.be

YOUR CONSENT

By using our Website You consent to our collection and use of Your Information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Website to keep You aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data that we collect from You may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area in a country which may not have an adequate level of protection.