This Privacy Policy sets out how we, the Global Public Policy Committee1, collect, store and use information about you when you use or interact with our website and where we otherwise obtain or collect information about you.
Members of the Global Public Policy Committee have entrusted KPMG International Services Limited as the data controller for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.
SUMMARY
This section summarises how we obtain, store and use information about you.
How we collect or obtain information about you:
- automatically from your use of our website, using cookies and tracking technologies
- from messages or information you send to us
You are not under a statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to us.
Information we collect:
- IP address
- information from cookies (please see additional information below and in our Cookies Policy)
- information about your computer or device (e.g. device and browser type)
- information about how you use our website (e.g. which pages you have viewed, the time when you view them and what you clicked on)
- the geographical location from which you accessed our website (based on your IP address)
- information included in messages you send to us, including your name and email address
How we use your information:
We process your information to respond to your messages and for administrative and business purposes, including to analyse your use of our website. We rely on legitimate interests as a basis to process your data for these purposes. When we process your information to meet our legitimate interests, we put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that our legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
We may obtain your consent to collect and use certain types of personal data where we are required to do so by law (for example, in relation to our use of cookies and tracking technologies). If we ask for your consent to process your information, you may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the cookies icon and disabling the unwanted cookies or contacting us using the details in the “Our Details” section of this Privacy Policy.
We will use and process your information in order to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject. For example, we may need to disclose your information pursuant to a court order or subpoena if we receive one.
Disclosure of your information to third parties:
We may use service providers to operate our website or to otherwise provide business support (e.g. to host our website, support messaging services and analyse information). We may disclose your information to our service providers who help us manage and maintain the website or where required by law, or to enforce our legal rights. Such third parties include:
Combell (for website hosting and security, with server locations in Belgium); and website analytics and cookies providers, as described further below and in our Cookies Policy.
Disclosure to other Members of the Global Public Policy Committee:
Statistical information about the use of the website, and potentially the name and contact information of individuals submitting messages to the website, may be shared among Members of the Global Public Policy Committee. For more information on how the Members of the Global Public Policy Committee handle personal data, please refer to the respective privacy policies that can be found on the respective websites:
Data protection
We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction.
Data retention
We store personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.
When you send us a message we will retain your information for a period of time that enables us to: respond to and resolve your enquiry; maintain our business records for audit purposes; comply with record retention requirements under the law; defend or bring any legal claims; and deal with any complaints.
Retention periods for cookies and tracking technologies are set out in our Cookies Policy, available here.
We will delete your personal data when it is no longer required for these purposes.
Data transfers
In order to provide our website services or to respond to your requests, information subject to this Policy may be transferred to and stored in jurisdictions that may not provide levels of data protection that are equivalent to those of your home jurisdiction, including the United States. Whenever personal data subject to this Policy is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure its security and confidentiality in accordance with applicable data protection law, including implementing safeguards such as standard contractual clauses where applicable. For more information about how we protect personal data transfers subject to this Policy please contact us at go-fmiogcprivacy@kpmg.com.
Your rights in relation to your information
- to access your information and to receive information about its use
- to have your information corrected and/or completed
- to have your information deleted
- to restrict the use of your information
- to receive your information in a portable format
- to object to the use of your information
- to withdraw your consent to the use of your information
- to complain to a supervisory authority
Cookies
Cookies are data files which are sent from a website to a browser to record information about users for various purposes.
We use cookies on our website, including
- essential
- functional
- analytical
The cookies that are categorized as “essential” are stored on your browser as they are necessary for enabling the basic functionalities of our website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyse how you use our website. These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent.
For further information on how we use cookies, please see our Cookies Policy which is available here.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may modify or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Therefore, we encourage you to periodically review this Policy to be informed about how we are protecting your information.
Last modified 21.12.2022
OUR DETAILS
The data controller of our website is KPMG International Services Limited
15 Canada Square, London E145GL, United Kingdom
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the data controller at go-fmiogcprivacy@kpmg.com.
1 References to the “GPPC,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to the Global Public Policy Committee, which is a committee comprised of representatives of BDO International Limited, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, Ernst & Young Global Limited, Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL), KPMG International Cooperative, and PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, and which focuses on public policy issues for the profession.