PwC Greece's privacy commitment


This statement was last updated June 26, 2018

This Privacy statement explains what information we gather about you, what we use that information for, and who we give that information to. It also sets out your rights in relation to your information and who you can contact for more information or queries. Click on the links in our index to take you to the more detailed sections of this Privacy statement.

PwC is strongly committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy statement describes how PwC handles personal information collected through the sites on www.pwc.com that link to this Privacy statement (collectively, “the Websites”).

By using the Websites and providing personal information to us, you acknowledge you have read this Privacy statement, and, to the extent your consent is necessary and valid under applicable law, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of such personal information by the PwC network and any third party recipients in accordance with this Privacy statement.

As used in this Privacy statement and the Websites, PwCus, and we refer to the PwC network and/or one or more of its Member Firms that may process your personal information. The data controllers of the Websites are one or more of the Member firms listed here. Each Member Firm in the PwC network is a separate legal entity. For further details, please see www.pwc.com/structure.  See http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/about/office-locations.html for a list of countries in which PwC Member Firms operate.

By accessing our sites, you (a) acknowledge you will review those Privacy statements and (b) to the extent required under applicable law, consent to the collection, processing and use of your personal data as described in those Privacy statements.

In this Privacy statement, your information is sometimes called “personal data” or “personal information”. We also sometimes collectively refer to handling, collecting, protecting or storing your personal information as “processing” such personal information.

The Websites may link to third-party sites not controlled by PwC and which do not operate under PwC's privacy practices. When you link to third-party sites, PwC's privacy practices no longer apply. We encourage you to review each third-party site's privacy policy before disclosing any personally identifiable information.

When you use our Websites, we may collect information about you and your use of the relevant site, including through cookies and analytics tools.  We may collect personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, job title, company name, address, email address, telephone number, and fax number, either directly from you or by combining information we collect via the Websites with personal information we collect and maintain through other means (such as client relationship management systems or identification and access management systems, including IP addresses) or as we may receive from social media or other third-party sites.

Below are some examples of how you may provide personal information to PwC:

·         searching and browsing for content;

·         subscribing to or ordering newsletters and/or publications;

·         registering for premium online services;

·         participating in "join our mailing list" initiatives;

·         participating in bulletin boards, discussion or message forums;

·         entering Quick Surveys, Quizzes or Benchmarking Surveys;

·         registering for events and conferences;

·         submitting resumes or work history information;

·         contacting us for further information;

·         visiting our Websites while logged into a Social Media platform; and/or

·         providing us with business cards or other contact information.

We do not intend to collect sensitive information through the Websites unless we are legally required to do so. Examples of sensitive information include race or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or philosophical beliefs; trade union membership; physical or mental health; genetic data; biometric data; sexual life or sexual orientation; and criminal records. We ask that you do not provide sensitive information of this nature when using the Websites.  If you choose to provide sensitive information to us for any reason, the act of doing so constitutes your explicit consent, where such consent is necessary and valid under your local law, for us to collect and use that information in the ways described in this Privacy statement or as described at the point where you choose to disclose this information.

We also do not actively seek demographic information from visitors to the Websites. However, you may choose to provide such information (including for example when visiting our site from a social media site, submitting a resume, or responding to an online job application). If you choose to provide demographic information to us, the act of doing so constitutes your explicit consent, where such consent is necessary and valid applicable law, for us to collect and use that information in the ways described in this Privacy statement or as described at the point where you choose to disclose this information.

It is our policy to collect only minimum information required to complete your request. If the Websites seek non-mandatory personal information about you, you will be notified of this at the point of collection. If you believe a Website has collected excessive information about you, please contact us to raise any concerns.  

Some pages on the Websites may permit you to send emails to us. Messages sent via the Websites will contain your screen name and email address, as well as any additional information you may wish to include in the message.

When you provide personal information to us, we may use it for any of the purposes described in this Privacy statement or as stated at the point of collection (or as obvious from the context of collection), including:

·         to personalise and enrich your browsing experience by displaying content that is more likely to be relevant and of interest to you;

·         to sort and analyse user data (such as determining how many users from the same organisation have subscribed to or are using the Websites);

·         to determine the company, organisation, institution, or agency that you work for or with which you are otherwise associated;

·         to develop our businesses and services;

·         to conduct benchmarking and data analysis including, for example, regarding usage of the Websites and demographics analyses of their users;

·         to conduct quality and risk management reviews;

·         to understand how people use the features and functions of our Websites in order to improve the user experience;

·         to monitor and enforce compliance with our Terms, including acceptable use policies;  and/or 

·         any other purposes for which you provided the information to PwC, including any of the purposes given in the ‘Collection of personal information’ section above.

Our Websites do not collect or compile personally identifying information for sale to non-PwC parties for consumer marketing purposes.

If you would like to find out more about the different categories of information we collect on the Websites, please review the ‘Collection of personal information’ section.

We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorised persons are provided access to personally identifiable information collected via the Websites; such individuals have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of this information. 

Although we use appropriate security measures once we have received your personal data, the transmission of data over the internet (including by e-mail) is never completely secure. We endeavor to protect personal data, but we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to or by us.

Please see our Cookie Policy.

International transfers

As PwC is a global network with Member Firms around the world, your personal information may be transferred to and stored outside the country where you are located. This includes countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and countries that do not have laws that provide specific protection for personal information. Where we collect your personal information within the EEA, transfer outside the EEA will be only:

·         to a recipient located in a country which provides an adequate level of protection for your personal information; and/or

·         under an agreement which satisfies EU requirements for the transfer of personal data to data processors or data controllers outside the EEA, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission. 

Third party providers

We may transfer or disclose the personal data we collect to PwC Member Firms (and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates) and to their third party contractors, subcontractors, and/or their subsidiaries and affiliates.  When we transfer personal data, we do so for the purposes for which the information has been submitted, for the purposes listed above under Use of Personal Information, for the administration and maintenance of the Websites and associated systems, and/or other internal or administrative purposes. We also may transfer personal data to third party service providers of identity management, website hosting and management, data analysis, data backup, security and storage services. 

The third party providers may use their own third party subcontractors that have access to personal data (sub-processors).  It is our policy to use only third party providers that are bound to maintain appropriate levels of security and confidentiality, to process personal information only as instructed by PwC, and to flow those same obligations down to their sub-processors. 

Other disclosures

We may also disclose personal information to third parties under the following circumstances:

·         when explicitly requested by you;

·         when required to deliver publications or reference materials as requested by you;

·         when required to facilitate conferences or events hosted by a third party;

·         for regulatory compliance purposes; and/or

·         as otherwise set out in this Privacy statement.

We may also disclose your personal information to law enforcement, regulatory and other government agencies and to professional bodies and other third parties, as required by and/or in accordance with applicable law or regulation. This includes disclosures outside the country where you are located. PwC may also review and use your personal information to determine whether disclosure is required or permitted.

We will retain your personal information on our systems only for as long as we need it, given the purposes for which it was collected, or as required to do so by law. We keep contact information (such as mailing list information) until a user unsubscribes or requests that we delete that information. If you choose to unsubscribe from a mailing list, we may keep certain limited information about you so that we may honor your request. We dispose of resumes when they are no longer under consideration.

Where we are legally required to obtain your explicit consent to provide you with marketing/events materials, we will only provide you with such marketing/events materials if you have provided consent for us to do so. 

If you opt into any subscriptions, you will receive automated emails when content is updated. If you opt into any newsletters, you will receive curated emails known as newsletters.  If you select any preferences such as issues, topics, subjects or industries, you may receive email communications related to those self-selected topics.

If you want to unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations, you should look for and follow the instructions we have provided within the appropriate area(s) of the Websites or in the relevant communications to you. 

If you do not wish to receive emails or marketing communications from us, you can at any time contact us to request that such communications cease. If you wish to unsubscribe or no longer receive only certain communications, please identify such communications in your request.

If you choose to unsubscribe from any or all mailings, we may retain information sufficient to identify you so that we can honour your request. 

We are committed to providing reasonable and practical access that allows visitors to the Websites to identify and correct any inaccuracies in the information we collect about them.

When we keep personally identifiable information about you, we are responsible for keeping an accurate record of the information that you have submitted to us and verified.  We do not assume responsibility for verifying the ongoing accuracy of your personal information. 

If you have questions about the accuracy of identifying information you previously submitted to PwC, or want to have outdated information removed, please contact us. When requested, and provided that it is practical and commercially feasible to comply with the request and there is no legal or regulatory need for us to keep the information, we will delete identifying information from current operational systems.

Rights in relation to your information

You have certain rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you. In particular, you  have a right to:

·         request a copy of personal information we hold about you;

·         ask that we update the personal information we hold about you, or correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete;

·         ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information;

·         object to our processing of your personal information; and/or

·         withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information (to the extent such processing is based on consent and consent is the only permissible basis for processing).

If you would like to exercise these rights or understand if these rights apply to you, please contact us by sending an email or by one of the means set out at the end of this Privacy statement. We may charge for a request to access your information, if permitted by applicable law.

You have certain rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you. In particular, you  have a right to:

·         request a copy of personal information we hold about you;

·         ask that we update the personal information we hold about you, or correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete;

·         ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information;

·         object to our processing of your personal information; and/or

·         withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information (to the extent such processing is based on consent and consent is the only permissible basis for processing).

If you would like to exercise these rights or understand if these rights apply to you, please contact us by sending an email or by one of the means set out at the end of this Privacy statement. We may charge for a request to access your information, if permitted by applicable law.

We understand the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an online environment. The Websites covered by this Privacy statement are not intentionally designed for or directed at children, and the Terms and conditions of use require all users to be above the age of majority in the country.  We adhere to laws regarding marketing to children. We never knowingly collect or maintain personal information about individuals under the age of 18.

If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy statement or the way your personal information is processed on the Websites, or would like to exercise one of your rights set out above, please contact us by one of the following means:

Simeon Trimeritis, Data Protection Officer
simeon.trimeritis@pwc.com
+302108114160,
Kifisias Ave 260, Halandri, Athens 

For the data processed in this website, Data Controller is the one of the  PwC Greece Member Firms.

 

This Privacy statement was last modified June 26, 2018. We may update this Privacy statement at any time by publishing an updated version here. So you know when we make changes to this Privacy statement, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page. The new modified or amended Privacy statement will apply from that revision date. Therefore, we encourage you to review this Privacy statement periodically to be informed about how we are protecting your information.

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