Privacy Statement

Category

Detail

Personal Identifiers

Contact information (such as first and last name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number), and current employer and job title. Some identifiers are automatically collected information from activity on our Sites, such as browser information, IP address, and browser type.

Commercial Information

Reflects an individual’s commercial activities: products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

Biometric Information

Includes information such as fingerprints required for employment purposes.

Internet Activity

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding an individual’s interaction with an internet website application, e-mail or advertisement as well as information provided in web forms.

Audio, Visual

Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information which could include audio and video recordings of individuals.

Professional Employment

Name, address and other contact information, work history, educational experience, licenses and certifications, other professional or employment-related information, employee compensation data, full or partial Social Security number, gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship, veteran and disability status, background checks, and employee financial information.

Education Information

Student name, degrees, transcripts, grade point average and associated information.

Web Identifiers

Automatically collected information from activity on our Sites such as browser information, IP address, browser type, web page visit information (page, duration on page), cookie identifiers, URL of page that a visitor was on before visiting our page, search term used to access web pages on the Sites, device type, operating system, ISP/connection speed, display settings (such as screen size and resolution), IP address (used to approximate location), information visitors provide in forms on our site, ad and link clicks, image or text on site, and whether you downloaded a file, image, or clicked on an ad.

Purpose or Use

Description

Analytics and Personalization          

We may use your Personal Data to count impressions to unique web visitors, to verify positioning and quality of ad impressions, customize your web or other experiences with us. We may use your Personal Data to provide you with customized content and experiences. Your Personal Data may also be used in aggregate form to understand Site usage trends and performance analysis as well as to improve our platform and services. For example, we may use your account information to speed up sign-in or access to your favorite products and services.

Security and Site Functioning

We use Personal Data to detect, investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including fraudulent transactions, attempts to manipulate or violate our policies, procedures, and terms and conditions, security incidents to the extent that the use of your Personal Data is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes. Your Personal Data may also be used for IT security and systems diagnostic purposes.

Short Term Use         

Your Personal Data may be used for short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of your current interactions with us. Your Personal Data is not disclosed or used to build a profile about you or otherwise alter your experience outside the current interaction with the business.

Providing Services

We may use Personal Data to provide services and support to you or our clients. This support could include facilitating events, conducting surveys, event registration and internal system management or support for internal resources that are leveraged to provide client services. This may also include outreach to further develop our business and services, identify client needs and improvements in service and product delivery. It may also include performance analytics and data subject access request processing.

Your Personal Data may also be used to fulfill a contract for services; to perform pre-engagement activities (proposal development); to enforce our rights arising from any contract, including billing, collections, budgeting as well as for internal business operations.

Applications and Employment

Your Personal Data may also be used to create an account on Grant Thornton’s online job board; to process applications for employment and communicate about employment opportunities; share Grant Thornton alumni news and events; conduct background checks; process payroll; review professional certifications; conduct ethical compliance activities; respond to government requests and subpoenas; and regarding insurance programs and claims.

Marketing and Communications

We may also store your name, email address, and other contact information such as company, title and industry in a customer relationship management tool and use it to manage our relationship with you and/or your company or to market to you. We may also use cookies, to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Site. We may also use your information to respond to requests; to send information about Grant Thornton’s services or events; to send administrative information or notices; to advertise our services on other websites; or to communicate in connection with an engagement.

Legal and Compliance

We may use your Personal Data for legal compliance purposes, investigation of alleged crimes and to establish, exercise or defend legal rights. We also may use or disclose Personal Data as we believe to be necessary or appropriate (i) under applicable law (including to meet a national security or law enforcement requirement); (ii) to comply with legal process or professional standards; (iii) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property and/or those of our affiliates or clients; or (iv) in a merger, acquisition or asset sale. We will not transfer the Personal Data you provide to any third parties for their own direct marketing use. Our service providers will disclose an individual’s Personal Data to us when the service provider collects the information on our behalf.

Research

We may use your Personal Data in undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This may include activities to develop our business and services, identify client needs and improvements in service and product delivery.