We care about your Privacy, and we take it seriously. When you visit the websites of The Methodical Group, LLC and its affiliates (“Methodical Group”, “we”, “us”, “our”) you trust us with your personal information, and Methodical Group is committed to respecting your privacy while you are using our website. This Data Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights with regard to Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data. Protecting your privacy rights and safeguarding your personal data is important to us. The Methodical Group, being a global organization, is committed to complying with the applicable data privacy laws, legislations, and mandates (the “Data Privacy Laws”).
You may direct questions and inquiries regarding this Policy to Privacy@methodicalgroup.com.
This Policy is designed to explain and set out The Methodical Group’s procedures and policies when processing Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data when you visit our website, https://methodicalgroup.com, or any related services, sales, marketing, or events (the “Sites”). This Policy defines the requirements to ensure compliance with the Data Privacy Laws applicable to The Methodical Group’s collection, use, and transmission of Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data. If there are any terms within the Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, then you must discontinue use of our Sites.
The scope of this Policy covers Processing (including but not limited to collection, storage, usage, transmission and destruction) of Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data of The Methodical Group’s current and previous employees, prospective candidates, current, prospective and previous customers, current and previous partners/vendors, website visitors, sub-contractors and visitors, (together “you”/ “your”) by The Methodical Group during the course of its business activities.
The scope of this Policy also covers The Methodical Group as a Data Controller with respect to any Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data it holds about you. The Methodical Group is responsible for ensuring that it uses your Personal Data in compliance with the Data Privacy Laws. This Policy sets out the basis on which any Personal Data, Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Data about you that you provide to us, that we create, or that we obtain about you from other sources, will be processed by us.
You do not have to provide us with any personal data. However, our ability to handle your request or to provide you with the services you are requesting may be impacted.
The Methodical Group may collect person data from you, such as your name, contact details, occupation, title, company, industry, region/country, relationship to Methodical Group, reason for contacting us, topics you are interested in, and other information you choose to share. By browsing our Sites or sending us information, you explicitly consent to Methodical Group processing your personal data in accordance with this Policy. We might use your information to fulfill your request, send you marketing communications, process your job application, or manager our relationship with you. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Sites, the choices you make and the products and features you use.
The Personal Information we collect can include, without limitation, the following:
Your Personal Data may be stored and processed by us in the following ways and for the following lawful and legitimate business purposes:
We may, where legally permissible, process your Sensitive Personal Data on the following lawful bases:
We may process Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data of any individuals below the age of 18 years only for travel and immigration purposes. If we are required to process Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data of such individuals, then we shall do so by taking explicit written consent from their legal guardians. If it comes to your knowledge that we have unintentionally collected or received Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Information about an individual below the age of 18 years directly from them, then immediately notify Methodical Group in the contact details provided in this Policy and we will accordingly delete such information.
We do not knowingly collect data and information from, or market to children under 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 18 years, then we do not want you to provide any of your Personal Data in our Sites.
For direct marketing, we may be using your Personal Data and Personal Information in the following ways (to the extent in compliance with applicable local laws):
California residents who provide Personal Information are entitled to request information about themselves that we shared with Third Parties for their own direct marketing purposes (if applicable), including the categories of information and the names and addresses of those businesses. We do not currently share the Personal Information of California residents with Third Parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
We organize and participate in events and initiatives. In such cases this Policy applies to participants and speakers together with any other supplementary information that is provided in relation with each event. In the event we appoint any Third Parties to conduct or organize such events and initiatives, your Personal Data or Personal Information shall be shared to such Third Parties under contractual obligations with such Third Parties in compliance with applicable Data Privacy Laws. The processing of Personal Data and Personal Information by such Third Parties shall however be governed by the respective parties’ privacy policies and the contractual obligations entered with us.
How long we store your Personal Data and Personal Information will vary depending on:
Disposal of Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data shall be handled with utmost care and shall be governed in accordance with reasonable data security practices as detailed by its internal policies governing data disposal.
Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data shall only be Processed for the period necessary for the purposes for which it was originally collected as per the The Methodical Group Retention Policy.
The Methodical Group is a global company. We may transfer your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data to various countries where we and our affiliates operate.
We may transfer Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data between our group operating divisions and companies and data centers for the purposes described in this Policy. We may also transfer Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data to our Third-Party suppliers, customers or business partners in different geographic locations.
Where we transfer your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we will ensure that it is protected and transferred in a manner consistent with applicable Data Privacy Laws.
You can obtain more details of the protection given to your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data when it is transferred outside the EEA (including a sample copy of the safeguards) by contacting us using the details set out within this Policy.
To comply with our data security obligations under applicable Data Privacy Laws, Methodical Group has adopted the following physical, technical and organizational security measures to ensure the security of your Personal Data, Personal Information, and Sensitive Personal Data.
You have certain rights relating to your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data provided for under applicable Data Protection Laws.
To exercise the rights outlined above in respect of your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data or to receive more details, you may raise a request by contacting Privacy@methodicalgroup.com.
The CCPA provides California residents with the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information that the business collects, sells or discloses concerning California residents and we shall provide such information without charge to the requesting California resident after verifying the request. We are required to provide such information no more than twice in a 12-month period. Under the CCPA, “collects” includes information bought, rented, gathered, obtained received and accessed whether actively, passively or by observing the California resident, provided, however, that we are limited in terms of what we can disclose when such information is Sensitive Personal Data.
The CCPA requires that we provide data portability to California residents. Subject to certain exceptions, the CCPA grants rights to California residents to request the deletion of their Personal Information.
The CCPA prohibits discrimination against California residents that elect to exercise their rights under the CCPA. The CCPA prohibits any agreement or contract that seeks to waive or limit California residents’ rights under the CCPA.
Please contact the Data Privacy Officer if you are attempting to fulfill any of the above requests by contacting Privacy@methodicalgroup.com.
California residents who provide Personal Information are entitled to request information about themselves that we shared with Third Parties for their own direct marketing purposes (if applicable), including the categories of information and the names and addresses of those businesses. We do not currently share the Personal Information of California residents with Third Parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
We do not use any automated decision-making (including profiling) to process your Personal Data, Personal Information, and Sensitive Personal Data.
We may disclose some of your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data to affiliates within our corporate group companies under the following circumstances:
We may also share Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data outside of its corporate group where we rely on Third Parties to assist in its processing activities. This may include:
To the extent required by law, regulation, or court order, for example if we are under a duty to disclose your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data in order to comply with any legal obligation.
You may reach out to the contact details provided in this Policy if you would like to know the name of the Third Parties to whom we have shared your Personal Data.
With respect to disclosing Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data to Third Parties, such written contracts with Third Parties will include restrictions prohibiting the Third Party from retaining, using or disclosing Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data for any purpose except performing the services specified in the contract or as otherwise permitted by applicable Data Privacy Laws.
Where it discloses your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data to Third Parties The Methodical Group will seek to use a Data Processors or Subprocessors that are capable of providing sufficient security measures in accordance with applicable Data Privacy Laws and shall put in place contractual mechanisms to ensure that the relevant Data Processor or Subprocessor takes reasonable steps to ensure compliance with those measures.
The Methodical Group does not sell any Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data under any circumstances.
Our Sites may provide links to other Websites, which have their own privacy policies. Such websites will be governed by their respective privacy policies, and you may refer to them to understand how they process Your Personal Information. Some content or applications, including advertisements on our Sites accessed by you while availing our services are served by third parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use their services. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may use the data which they have accessed. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider/advertiser directly.
This Policy may be revised and updated from time to time. The most recent version of this Policy will be available on this web page.
We shall ensure to implement reasonable Processes to monitor the quality of the Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data we store or process.
Each business unit & support function within our organization shall take steps to assure that Processed Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data is complete and accurate.
We shall implement a process to ensure that our employees can review, update, and confirm on the accuracy and completeness of their Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data Processed by us.
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