Privacy and Cookie Policy

This Privacy Statement sets out the data protection practices carried out through the use of the Internet and any other electronic communications networks by BearingPoint Holding BV and its associated companies (all together “BearingPoint”). If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact contact@bearingpoint.com.


1. Personal Information Collected

1.1 BearingPoint collects personal information from you through the use of registration forms, for instance every time you sign up for an electronic newsletter, when you send us an application to be considered for employment, when you register for an event, when you submit a request for proposal or for information, when you request the authorization of downloading a document, when you enter an online competition or when you send us a message via an email reply mechanism provided on the BearingPoint sites.


2. Use of Personal Information

2.1 We process personal information collected via the BearingPoint sites for the purposes of:

  •   Providing our services
  •   Dealing with your enquiries and requests
  •   Recruitment
  •   Proposing/inviting access to BearingPoint’s social media accounts
  •   Providing you with information about products and services.

3. Information We Gather Automatically and How We Use It

3.1 When you visit one of the BearingPoint sites, we collect information automatically about those visits.

3.2 In particular, your browser automatically sends us certain Internet-related information, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using.

3.3 We also collect information through the use of cookies to better understand how visitors use the BearingPoint sites, to identify problems with our servers, prepare aggregate demographic information and other information regarding the use of the BearingPoint sites, and to improve the functions of the BearingPoint sites. Cookies do not collect any information that enables you to be identified as an individual.


4. Use of Cookies

4.1 Cookies are small text files that Web sites often store on computer hard drives of visitors to their sites. They are widely used in order to make Web sites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

4.2 A cookie contains a unique number, which is used to recognize your computer when a user of your computer returns to a Web site that it visited previously. We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors, for statistical purposes and to better understand how our sites are used. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our sites before or whether you are a new visitor.

4.3 There are two broad categories of cookies – ‘first party cookies’ and ‘third party cookies’. First party cookies are cookies that are served directly by the Web site operator to your computer, and are used only by the Web site operator to recognise your computer when it revisits that site. Third party cookies are served by a service provider on behalf of the Web site operator, and can be used by the service provider to recognise your computer when it visits other Web sites. Third party cookies are most commonly used for Web site analytics or advertising purposes.

4.4 This Web site serves only the following first party cookies to your computer:

Cookie Name Purpose More information
Session cookies JSESSIONID
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These cookies are used to keep track of the session to know how many users are viewing the sites and to enable communication with the users’ Internet browsers.  
Preference cookies country
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These cookies are used to hold information about the specific country site users are visiting and users’ language preference.  
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 These cookies are set by Google, Inc. and are used to collect information about how visitors use our sites. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the sites. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the sites, where visitors have come to the sites from and the pages they visited. To see an overview of privacy at Google and how this applies to Google Analytics, visit

http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 

4.5 Furthermore, when browsing the BearingPoint website you may get access to embedded media and other external sources which may store cookies. As cookies from externally embedded media may be used or modified without BearingPoint’s knowledge or consent, you are invited to consult the following links for further information.

Media  Link to their privacy statement
AddThis http://www.addthis.com/privacy
Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/privacypolicy/
FontDeck http://blog.fontdeck.com/post/23997061678/cookies
issuu http://issuu.com/about/privacy
Twitter https://twitter.com/privacy
YouTube http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/


4.6 You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can exercise this right by amending or setting the controls on your browser to reflect your cookie preferences. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of the BearingPoint sites.

4.7 The "help" portion of the toolbar on most Internet browsers will tell you how to change your browser cookie settings, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether. For further information about cookies and how to control their use, please visit the following third party educational resources: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.


5. Information We Share

5.1 We will only disclose personal information to other companies within our group of companies, business partners, government bodies and law enforcement agencies, successors in title to our business and suppliers we engage to process data on our behalf. In these circumstances we will share your personal information for purposes such as our legitimate business purposes and to comply with legal obligations.


6. Links to Other Sites

6.1 This Privacy Statement applies only to information collected by a BearingPoint site.

6.2 BearingPoint sites contain links to other sites that are not owned or administered by BearingPoint. Please be aware that BearingPoint is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other third party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of every Web site you visit.


7. Security

7.1 We maintain safeguards to protect against unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration, or destruction of the personal information you provide to us through the BearingPoint sites. Please note, however, that perfect security does not exist on the Internet. Therefore, while we endeavour to protect your personal data, when data is transferred over the Internet it may potentially be accessed and used by unauthorised parties.


8. Access rights

8.1 You have a right to access the personal data BearingPoint holds about you. To obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you, please email us at contact@bearingpoint.com.


9. Internet-based Transfers

9.1 Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing the BearingPoint sites and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge our processing of personal data in this way. However, we will endeavour to protect all personal information collected through the BearingPoint sites in accordance with strict data protection standards.


10. Updates to this Privacy Notice

10.1 From time to time we may update this Privacy Statement. When we do so we will publish the changes on the BearingPoint sites. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use the BearingPoint sites. If material changes are made to this Privacy Statement, we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the BearingPoint sites.