PRIVACY

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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 20, 2020

Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, "Cambridge", "us" or "we") understand that your privacy is important to you. We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data, which is any information that is capable of identifying you as an individual person.

This Privacy Statement and Policy ("Privacy Policy") describes how we handle and protect your personal data in connection with Cambridge's business activities, like conferences and events, and client services, and on websites, applications, and communications that post a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, "the Sites"), in our capacity as data controllers. Please see our Terms of Use for more information about our online terms and policies in general.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that increase our rights to use personal data that we have previously collected about you, we will obtain your consent either through an email to your registered email address or by prominently posting information about the changes on our Sites.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By browsing our website and expressly consenting where required (for instance, when requesting information regarding our services), you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Information

Cambridge collects information from you when you request copies of publications, subscribe for email newsletters and press releases, seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities, exchange business cards, or register for conferences and other Cambridge-sponsored events. If you do not provide such information, you will not be able to request copies of publications, subscribe for email newsletters and press releases, seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities.

The personal data collected varies and may include information that you provide, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and background information required to apply for a job.

We may also automatically collect information about the devices you use to interact with our Sites. The information we automatically collect may include IP address, device identifier, web browser, and browsing information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies (collectively "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies") on our Sites. We may also automatically collect information about how you use the Sites, such as what you have searched for and viewed on the Sites. The information automatically collected may be associated with a unique identifier as well as with any other personal data you have provided.

Cambridge may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as data brokers or aggregators, in the course of its business activities including in connection with some client services. This includes demographic, professional and other information that is publicly available online, including information you choose to make public through social media platforms and other public online forums. We may combine this data with existing information we have about you or use it independently, for the purposes of our benchmarking and data analytics activities (e.g., analysis of recruiting practices across an industry, detecting fraud patterns in connection with financial transactions, foot traffic in retail environments). We will always seek to confirm that the third party has provided transparent information about its use of this data, including its disclosure to third parties like Cambridge, in compliance with applicable law.

Use of Information

Cambridge uses your personal data to fulfill your requests for information, process your requests to participate in conferences and events, personalize content that you view or receive on the Sites, evaluate and improve our services, distribute newsletters and alerts to you, recruit and evaluate job applicants, analyze the Sites' performance and functioning, publish your letters to the editor or comments, prevent fraud, enforce our terms of use, comply with all applicable laws and corporate reporting obligations, enforce Cambridge's agreements, and accomplish other purposes you may initiate or request. In some situations, the collection of personal data may be required for the operation of the Sites, or we may use it in the course of our business activities, including in connection with some client services, for example, to provide certain services or products such as our benchmarking products. We may combine and/or analyze personal data to evaluate and offer content and services most relevant to you. We may keep any of your personal data on file and use it to contact you.

Our Sites do not track you by collecting personal data about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services. Accordingly, we do not alter our data collection and use practices in response to "do not track" signals transmitted from web browsers.

Our processing of your personal data for the purposes mentioned above is based:

  • in part, on our legitimate interests in promoting and protecting Cambridge, building and maintaining relationships. recruitment, and providing our services;
  • in part, on your consent, for example if you register for our newsletters or alerts, or for business purposes that support web operations such as understanding and enhancing the quality of your experience on our Sites;
  • in part, to comply with the law, when certain information is necessary to satisfy our legal or regulatory obligations.

Sharing of Information

The third parties with whom we may need to share personal information to help us provide services and products to you and to run our Sites include:

  • our affiliates;
  • our advisors;
  • our third party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations including email distribution, IT services and marketing and events services;
  • our business partners for publications and events co-organized by Cambridge and them;
  • law enforcement bodies in order to comply with any legal obligation or court order

Because Cambridge is a global organization we need to transfer personal information which is collected on the Sites or through other means across Cambridge to help operate our business efficiently. This also includes third parties located in different countries around the world, including outside of the EEA. These arrangements may involve your personal information being located in various countries around the world e.g. USA where privacy laws differ. We only make these arrangements or transfers where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect information held in that country. In addition, the Sites may be viewed and accessed anywhere in the world including countries that may not have laws regulating the use and transfer of personally identifiable information. By using the Sites, submitting information through this site, or submitting personal information to Cambridge through other means you voluntarily consent to such international transfer and hosting of such information to those countries and parties. You further consent to our transferring of your personal information to third parties in connection with any corporate merger or acquisition.

Security

Cambridge has in place appropriate technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, Cambridge cannot guarantee that your personally-identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons and Cambridge cannot be responsible for any actions resulting from a breach of security when information is supplied over the internet or any public computer network.

Data Retention

Cambridge retains personal data, as necessary, for the duration of the relevant business relationship.

We may also retain personal data for longer than the duration of the business relationship should we need to retain it to protect ourselves against legal claims, use it for analysis or historical record-keeping, or comply with our information management policies and schedules. If you request that we delete your personal data, Cambridge will make reasonable attempts to delete all instances of the information in their entirety. For requests for access, corrections, or deletion, please refer to the "Your Rights" section of this Privacy Policy.

Your Rights

Where granted by applicable law, you may have the right to request access to the personal data that we have collected about you for the purposes of reviewing, modifying, or requesting deletion of the data. You may also have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we have collected about you and to have any inaccuracies in that data corrected. In certain circumstances, you may also request that we cease processing your personal data.

If you would like to make a request to access, review, or correct the personal data we have collected about you, or to discuss how we process your personal data, please contact us. To help protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as requiring a password and user ID, before granting access to your personal data. We will make reasonable attempts to promptly investigate, comply with, or otherwise respond to your requests as may be required by applicable law. Different laws may prevent us from providing access to your personal data or otherwise fully complying with your request depending upon the circumstances and the request, such as for example, where producing your information may reveal the identity of someone else. We reserve the right to charge an appropriate fee for complying with your request where allowed by applicable law, and/or deny your requests where they may be manifestly unfounded, and/or excessive, or otherwise objectionable or unwarranted under applicable law.

In addition, and where granted by local law, you have the legal right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

Handling of Personal Data in Foreign Countries

If it handles personal data in a foreign country, the Company takes necessary and appropriate measures in order to ensure security management of personal data. The measures are exemplified by its stipulating appropriate access controls in contracts pertaining to handling of personal data, based upon its understanding of a personal information protection system in the foreign country.

If it transfers personal data to a third party located in a foreign country (excluding foreign countries that have established a personal information protection system which has equivalent standards to that in CA), the Company will obtain an identifiable person's consent only after providing the person with information as it needs to provide pursuant to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

The Company will perform as aforementioned if it entrusts a third party that establishes a system as necessary for continuously taking measures equivalent to those that a business handling personal information must take.

If it does not obtain the identifiable person's consent, the Company will take measures necessary to ensure that the third party continuously implements the equivalent measures, and it will also provide with the identifiable person information that needs to be provided pursuant to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information at the request of the person.

Please contact us in order to receive the said information.

Children

Cambridge understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, particularly in their online interactions. Our Sites are not designed for and do not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Cambridge may use cookies on the Sites and in our communications with you to keep track of your visit to our Sites and our communications with you. A "cookie" is a small amount of data sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website activity to allow us to collect information about how you use our Sites and our services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which will give you more information. Once you have given your consent to use cookies we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete our cookies using your web browsers settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Sites may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies.

We use the following types of cookies:

"persistent cookies" to improve your experience when using the Sites.

"session cookies" to enable your use of our Sites and to remember your settings. Session cookies are deleted automatically at the end of your visit.

"web analytics cookies". These cookies are used by us or third-party providers to analyze how the Sites and our services are used, including the following types:

Google Analytics. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies" to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website and accepting the use of the cookies, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. To find out more about Google Analytics, Google's privacy policy and opting out of its cookies please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Marketo Engage. This website uses Marketo Engage, a marketing automation technology provided by Adobe Inc. ("Adobe") to collect data on visitor behavior. Marketo cookies help us track your visits to our Sites and enable us to create an engaging marketing experience for you. We also use Marketo cookies to understand your interaction with the emails we send you, and to ensure we're sending you relevant information; specifically, Marketo cookies let us know whether our emails have been opened, and which links are clicked. For more information on Marketo's privacy and cookie policy, please click here [https://www.marketo.com/company/legal/].

Web beacons. Cambridge includes a web beacon, which is a graphic image, in a majority of the HTML email messages we send. Cambridge uses web beacons, alone or in conjunction, with cookies to compile information about your usage of Cambridge websites and interaction with emails from Cambridge. We use the capability to determine whether or not an email has been received, opened, or when an URL has been clicked inside of an email that directs you to one of Cambridge's websites. These web beacons are used to: (i) operate and improve Cambridge websites, services, and email communications, (ii) send emails in a format users can read and (iii) track the aggregate number of emails opened. The web beacon does not collect your personal information, however the information compiled by the web beacon allows us to tie a user to information Cambridge has collected in data collection process as set out in this Privacy Statement. You may refuse the use of web beacons by selecting the appropriate settings on your email program to disable image and refraining from clicking on any links in email messages.

By continuing to browse or use our Sites and services, you agree that we can store and access cookies and other tracking technologies as described herein.

Links to Third-Party Sites

This website contains links to other websites not operated by Cambridge.

If you use these links, you will leave the Sites. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Cambridge of the third party, the third-party website, or the information contained therein, and Cambridge shall not be responsible or liable for your use thereof. Such use shall be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to those sites.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of any of the Sites where this Privacy Policy is posted, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we protect your personal information please contact us at:

Cambridge Technology Partners Inc.
21081 S Western Ave, Suite 180
Torrance, CA 90501
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