Legal & Privacy Policy

Legal

The registered owner of this site is AditOn Limited, one of the PA Consulting Group of companies.

The principal place of business of AditOn Limited is the United Kingdom.

This document and our Privacy policy govern your use of the site and you should leave the site immediately if you do not agree with these provisions. AditOn reserves the right to update these documents at any time without notice.

Privacy policy and protection of personal information

N.B. Please see our Privacy policy for information regarding our treatment of personal data supplied by you.

Links to this site

You may not create any links to this site without our express written permission. Any such links must not use any framing techniques or in any other way represent the site or the content as being connected with your organisation. You may not use any logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of any link without written express permission.

You may not use any meta tags or hidden text in your own sites which incorporate the AditOn.com name or any PA Consulting Group company name or products without our express written permission.

Copyright and ownership

All the pages and content and all code and scripts used to implement this Web site are copyright and owned by PA Knowledge Limited and AditOn Limited.

You may view the contents of this site for information purposes only. You may print and store to your hard disk one copy of the contents. All other copying, adaptation, reproduction and any redistribution of any information on this server (whether internally to your organisation or externally, and whether for commercial use or not) is prohibited.

You may not copy, modify, upload, download, transmit, re-publish, display for redistribution to third parties for commercial purposes or otherwise redistribute any code or content from the site without the prior written agreement of AditOn.

Information, products, processes and technologies described on this site may be subject to other intellectual property rights. These rights are reserved by AditOn Limited, PA Knowledge Limited or other owner thereof.

Liability

The information on this site is of a general nature only and does not address particular circumstances or requirements. It is provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis without any warranty, condition or representation of any kind, whether express or implied. AditOn Limited does not assume any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of the information disclosed or accessed through this site. Suitable professional advice should always be taken in relation to any particular circumstances.

In no event will AditOn Limited or any of the companies within the PA Group of companies be liable for any indirect, special or consequential loss arising out of or in any way relating to the use or performance or the use or misuse of the information accessed through this site.

Site information

Information on this site may not be accurate or current. AditOn Limited may change any information on this site at any time without notice.

Trademarks

is a trademark of AditOn Limited.

Third party information

AditOn Limited asks that no unsolicited proprietary or other confidential information be sent to it. Any such information will be deemed to be non-confidential.

AditOn Limited's responsibilities regarding its products and services are governed solely by the agreements under which they are supplied.

AditOn Limited makes no representation concerning, or endorsement of, any other Web site which may be accessed through this one.

Contacts

Corporate headquarters:

AditOn Limited
(PA Consulting Group)
123 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9SR
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7730 9000
Fax: +44 20 7333 5050
E-mail: enquiries@AditOn.com

Privacy policy

AditOn Limited is firmly committed to privacy, the responsible use of information, the need to safeguard the privacy of our clients and visitors to our Web site, and to maintaining compliance with privacy legislation worldwide.

This statement sets out AditOn Limited's privacy policy for the use and holding of personal information that is provided to AditOn Limited by you.

What information do we gather?

The type of client/visitor information AditOn Limited collects generally includes a name, work address, telephone numbers, e-mail address and any other relevant contact details which you have communicated to us by whatever means whether by e-mail, through this Web site or otherwise. We may also collect information about the use of our products and services, any preferences that we are told about, or information that is submitted voluntarily to us, such as requests for further information in a specific area of interest, an on-line survey or registration for a conference or event.

Information may also be indirectly collected through the AditOn Limited Internet access logs or cookies. This occurs automatically when you access AditOn.com. This information is used to enhance your visit to our site. It does not personally identify you and we do not collect sensitive information, such as your political or religious beliefs, ethnic background or sexual preference.

What are 'cookies'?

Cookies are the tools that give Web sites a sense of memory, allowing them to recognize one user's computer session from another. For example, this site uses cookies to count the number of visitors to our site.

Use of cookies on this site

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a Web site transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk, so that the Web site can remember which computer you are using to visit the site. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the 'lifetime' of the cookie, and a value - usually a randomly generated unique number.

When you visit our site we send you a cookie, which is used in the following ways:

to help us recognise your computer as a unique visitor (not just a number); so, if you are requesting publications from various parts of this site, the cookie can memorise your shopping list for you and put it on your order form
to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how visitors use our site, and
to help us improve the structure of our site. We cannot identify you personally in this way.

How to refuse the use of cookies

You may wish to decline any cookies sent from our site to your computer. Some Internet browsers accept cookies automatically. You may need to adjust your browser settings so that you have the option to decline any cookies.

Deleting any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser is easy. For example, if you are using Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser you should:

open 'Windows Explorer'
click on the 'Search' button on the tool bar
type 'cookie' into the search box for 'Folders and Files'
select 'My Computer' in the 'Look In' box
click 'Search Now'
double click on the folders that are found
'Select' the relevant cookie file
press the 'Delete' button on your keyboard.

If you are not using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, then you should select 'cookies' in your browser's 'Help' function for information on where to find your cookie folder.

If you do not wish to accept cookies sent from this site, but are unable to delete them from your browser, you should leave this site immediately.

You can learn more about cookies here: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Why does AditOn Limited collect this information? How do we use it?

The personal information that is provided by or obtained from you is used and/or held by us for maintaining our records and in order that we can communicate with you.

We need to communicate with you to respond to any requests for information you make and to provide any specific service you request. We may also use the information you provide to send you information which we believe may be useful to you, including newsletters, briefing notes and updates, and invitations to our seminars and other events. If you do not wish to receive this information please send an e-mail to enquiries@AditOn.com or contact:

Web site manager
AditOn Limited
123 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9SR
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7730 9000
Fax: +44 20 7333 5050
E-mail: enquiries@AditOn.com

AditOn Limited may develop aggregate anonymised (ie, not individual) reports which incorporate some of the information provided by clients/visitors. The reports are for the use of our business for research purposes only. Such reports will not include any personally identifiable information.

The PA Group of Companies includes companies registered in countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States of America. The European Union does not yet consider that these countries' laws provide an adequate level of protection for personal data. AditOn Limited may share the personal information that is provided by or obtained from you with its Group companies registered in these overseas countries. They will use your personal information only in strict accordance with this privacy policy.

By providing personal information through this site, such as forms requesting publications or additional information, you are indicating your consent to our obtaining personal information from you and to the holding and use of the personal information that is provided by or obtained from you in accordance with this policy. All personal information is processed in accordance with the principles of data protection contained in the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and Directive 95/46/EC.

If, at any time, you receive unsolicited material and no longer wish to receive such material or you wish to change, update or remove all or any of your personal information, please see 'Correcting and updating your profile' below.

Disclosure of personal information

AditOn Limited will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise supply to third parties any personal information obtained from you via this Web site.

We will not disclose any personal information provided by you via this Web site unless you have authorised us to so do, or if we are required to do so by law. Please note that if at any time AditOn Limited is required by law to release information about you or your organization, AditOn Limited will co-operate fully with the relevant authorities.

Keeping your personal information secure

AditOn Limited has security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse and/or alteration of the information under its control. These include:

a) secure computer storage facilities

b) firewalls. These are designed to prevent others from accessing confidential data or accessing AditOn Limited's internal networks that store client/visitor data.

Correcting and updating your profile

To help us keep our databases up-to-date we would be grateful if you would let us know as soon as any of your contact details change or if you notice any inaccuracies in them.

AditOn Limited gives individuals the following options for accessing and modifying information previously provided:

a) where you communicate personal information to us through this Web site, you may gain access to the information that AditOn Limited has collected about you by contacting the person named as contact on the relevant Web page.

b) by contacting the: Web site manager AditOn Limited 123 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9SR United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 7730 9000 Fax: +44 20 7333 5050 E-mail: enquiries@AditOn.com

Alternatively, e-mail us at enquiries@AditOn.com to make any changes or have any enquiries answered.

We will not charge for responding to any such request to access the information that AditOn Limited has collected about you, unless we incur costs in providing the information, in which case we will tell you what the fee is in advance of providing the information.

Scope of the policy

Please note, this Privacy Statement does not apply to actions, processes or policies of AditOn Limited that are directly related to employee records of current or former employees.

Changes to the policy

AditOn Limited will update this privacy statement as required. If changes to our policy do occur, they will be posted on AditOn Limited's Web site so that those affected are always aware of the type of information collected, how the information may be used, and under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed by AditOn Limited.