- This privacy policy
sets out how we use and protect any information that you give us when you use
this website.
- We are committed to
ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain
information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you
can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
- We may change this
policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from
time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is
effective from January 1st 2018.
What
we collect
- We may collect the
following information:
- Your name and job
title and company name
- Contact information,
including email address
- Business information
such as Annual turnover, number of employees and locations of significant
operations.
- Information relating
to the status of Sustainability management in your organisation
- Information relating
to corporate prioritisation of
material factors.
What
we do with the information we gather
- We require this
information to understand your needs and provide you with a service, and in
particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record
keeping.
- We may use the
information to improve our products and services.
- We may need to
contact you to clarify issues around the functioning or use of SDP Platform.
- We may periodically
send promotional emails and information about epi Consulting and EPINDEX Ltd company products and
services.
- From time to time, we
may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We
may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to
customise the website according to user interests.
- We are committed to
ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised
access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect
online.
- A cookie is a small
file which asks permission to be placed on your computer. Once you agree, the
file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when
you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as
an individual user. The web application can tailor its operations to your
needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your
preferences.
- We use traffic
logging cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze
data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to
customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes
and then the data is removed from the system.
- Overall, cookies help
us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you
find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your
computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share
with us.
- You can choose to accept or decline
cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually
modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent
you from taking full advantage of our website.
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Our website may
contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these
links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over
that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and
privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and
such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise
caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in
question.
Controlling
your personal information
- You may choose to
restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following
ways:
- If you have previously
agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you
may change your mind at any time by emailing us via the “Contact Us” section of
the site.
- We will only share
your information with you and only for the
purpose of providing Benchmarking
Assessment information. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal
information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by
law to do so.
- You may request
details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data
Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of
the information held on you please write to the address in the “Contact Us”
section of the site.
- If you believe that
any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write
to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information
found to be incorrect.
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We may share your registration and account details and associated assessment results with GeSI, solely for the purpose of administration and management of the GeSI SDP Platform. Your information may be held in electronic or paper form on GeSI's secure computers or those of their hosting partners.