Privacy and Cookie Statement

To make our company’s website and the associated services available to its users, our company is required to process personal data in certain situations. Below, we explain which data our company uses, for what purposes, and what measures our company takes to protect your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We recommend that you read this statement before using our company’s website.

In this Privacy Statement, the term “our company’s website” also includes the databases and portals connected to the website.

Who processes personal data?

Our company is responsible for processing personal data in connection with our website.

Our company may need to share your data with organisations that assist us in providing the services described in this Privacy Statement. These organisations may process such data on our behalf and in accordance with this Privacy Statement to support our website and services.
For example, our company may need to provide certain details to a third party, such as a hosting provider or mailing service, in order to provide you with the information you have requested. Data may also be shared with third parties that provide back-office support or IT services.
Our company enters into data processing agreements with these organisations to ensure that your personal data is protected and secured in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

Other than as described above, our company will not sell, distribute or disclose your personal data to third parties outside our organisation without your prior consent, unless required to do so by law, applicable professional or conduct rules, or a court order.

What data is processed?

When you use our website to order publications, submit a job application, ask questions, provide comments and/or use other services offered through our company’s website—collectively referred to as the “services”—you may be required to provide certain personal data, or you may choose to provide such data voluntarily. Our company processes this data in order to:

• make our company’s website available to its users;
  
• provide and perform the services offered through our company’s website;
  
• improve and optimise our company’s services, whether or not these services are provided through our website.

When you submit questions or comments by email and/or request other services through our company’s website, our company may use your data to contact you, answer your questions or comments, and provide the requested services.

Our company will not retain your personal data for longer than necessary to achieve the purposes described above, unless the data must be retained to comply with a statutory retention obligation or, where applicable, until a longer retention period under applicable professional or conduct rules has expired.

A “cookie” is a small piece of information that may be sent to your browser while you are using our company’s website. In some cases, our company uses cookies to ensure that the website functions as efficiently as possible. Should you not want our company to use cookies, you can configure your browser, or have it configured, to disable cookies. Not accepting cookies and disabling them may affect the functionality and ease of use of our company’s website.

Our company’s website automatically generates log files relating to your use and the use by other visitors of our website.
Our company records usage data, such as: the source addresses from which pages are requested; IP addresses and domain names; the date and time at which pages are accessed; referring websites; other parameters contained in URLs. These log files and data are used anonymously for statistical purposes and to improve the services provided through our company’s website.

Google Analytics

Our company’s website uses Google Analytics to track how users interact with the website. The information obtained in this way is stored by Google on servers in the United States without including the full address of your computer, as the IP address is anonymised. Please refer to Google’s privacy policy for further information.
Google uses this information to monitor how the website is used and to provide reports about its use to our company.

Google may disclose this information to third parties where legally required to do so, or where third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Our company has no control over this.

Our company has not authorised Google to use Analytics information obtained through our company’s website for other Google services.

Security

Our company has implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against loss and any form of unlawful processing.
Persons who have access to your data on behalf of our company are required to maintain confidentiality, including under the professional and conduct rules applicable to them.

Third-party websites

Our company’s website may contain links to third-party websites. These third parties or other parties may collect information about you through these websites.
Our company is not responsible for the content of these websites or for the actions of these third parties or other parties. We recommend that you review their policies regarding the processing of personal data.