Privacy Policy

Datenschutzrichtlinie

What we collect

WSD may collect personally identifiable information which is specifically and voluntarily provided by individuals and processes that information for certain purposes. Personal data may include your name, address, email address and other contact information. We engage in data processing activities for the effective operation of the WSD business. For example, we process personal data for the following purposes:

We do not actively seek demographic information, including gender and occupation, but such information may be submitted when an individual submits a CV. It is WSD’s policy to limit the information collected to only the minimum information required to complete a visitor’s request. Their messages will contain the user’s screen name and email address, as well as any additional information the visitor may wish to include in the message. We do not recommend that you submit, and WSD does not seek, information of a sensitive nature including data relating to race or ethnic origin; political opinion; religious or other similar beliefs; trade union membership; physical or mental health; sexual life or criminal record. If you choose to provide sensitive information for any reason, the act of doing so constitutes your explicit consent and WSD accepts such consent to use that information in the ways described in this privacy notice or as described at the point where you choose to disclose this information.

Use of Data

When you provide personal information to us, we use it for the purposes for which it was provided to us as stated at the point of collection. This may include the referral of personal information to one of our international offices as part of our global business. Our affiliates outside of the UK and / or EU have entered into the European Commission approved standard contractual clauses covering the EU and UK requirements for the transfer of data to them. We do not collect or compile personally identifiable information for dissemination or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes, or host mailings on behalf of third parties.

Marketing

We conduct research to identify appropriate persons at companies and other organisations who we feel, given their position and role, may be interested in, or benefit from, receiving details of our services and events. We obtain details of such persons from publicly-available information on the internet or via social media platforms such as LinkedIn. The legal basis on which we process personal data and communicate with data subjects in these circumstances is our legitimate interest to promote our services and events.

Third Parties

WSD may disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties if we believe that such disclosure is necessary: (a) to comply with the law or in response to a court order, government request, or other legal or regulatory process;(b) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of WSD and its people;(c) to perform and exercise rights under any contract with you or any person who you represent, or any terms of service on the Websites (d) to provide you with information from WSD at your request; or (e) to ensure effective operation of WSD’s business and operate WSD’s systems properly.

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Data retention

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Access

Amendments

Your rights

Individuals have a right to withdraw their consent to WSD processing their personal data or request the deletion of personal data held by us at any time. However, individuals should be aware that in many cases, we have a legal basis for processing personal data that is not based on consent. To withdraw your consent to us processing your data or request to be deleted from our data systems, please email us at dataprotection@wsd.com. If you no longer wish to receive emails from our marketing list, please use the unsubscribe link contained at the bottom of these emails. You may also have the right to request the rectification of your personal data, the restriction of processing of your personal data, to object to the processing of your personal information, as well as the right to have your personal data transferred to a third party under the right of portability.

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Cookies

When you visit the Websites, we may collect personal data from you using cookies. We use cookies on the Websites to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the Websites, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to keep you logged into the Websites where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, or referred you to a third party website.