PricewaterhouseCoopers' Privacy Commitment

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a privacy conscious global organisation and is strongly committed to your right to privacy. The privacy statement follows the guidelines set by the Online Privacy Alliance and is in accordance with international data protection legislation. By submitting identifying data, a visitor to our web site is agreeing to PricewaterhouseCoopers' use of such data as described in this privacy statement. Should you have questions however, feel free to direct these to our privacy office at privacy@pwc.com 

Data collection and third parties

Generally, PricewaterhouseCoopers only collects identifiable information that is specifically and voluntarily provided by a visitor to our site. A visitor to our site may choose to provide this information to register for an event, submit an enquiry, apply for a job, or download a publication. When a visitor provides this type of identifiable information to us, we use it solely for the purposes for which it was provided. Our policy is not to share personally identifiable information with third parties, unless required by law, or unless explicitly requested by a visitor. We recognise that your information is valuable and we take all reasonable measures to protect your information while it is in our care. We use small text files called cookies to improve the overall site experience, however, these are not used to track individual visitors to our site.

Cookies and log files

We use small text files called cookies to improve the overall site experience. Cookies are small text files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing a more customised web site experience. For example, a cookie can be used to store registration information in an area of the site so that a user does not need to re-enter it on subsequent visits to that area. It is PricewaterhouseCoopers' policy to use cookies to make navigation of our web sites easier for visitors and to facilitate efficient registration procedures.

If you are concerned about cookies, most browsers permit individuals to decline cookies. In most cases, a visitor may refuse a cookie and still fully navigate our web sites.

In order to properly manage our web site we may anonymously log information on our operational systems, and identify categories of visitors by items such as domains and browser types. These statistics are reported in the aggregate to our webmasters. This is to ensure that our web site presents the best web experience for visitors and is an effective information resource.

Third party links

There are several places throughout this web site that may link to other web sites that do not operate under our privacy practices. When you link to other web sites, PricewaterhouseCoopers' privacy practices no longer apply. We encourage visitors to review each site's privacy policy before disclosing any personally identifiable information.

Children

PricewaterhouseCoopers understands the importance of protecting children's privacy especially in an online environment. This PricewaterhouseCoopers' site covered by this privacy statement is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger. It is PricewaterhouseCoopers' policy never to knowingly collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.

Modifications

PricewaterhouseCoopers reserves the right to modify or amend this Statement at any time. The effective date will be displayed at the beginning of this statement. To keep visitors informed, PricewaterhouseCoopers will notify users of changes to our Privacy Statement by prominently identifying the alteration for a period of not less than two weeks on our global home page at http://www.pwc.com .