Brunswick Group LLP and each and all of its associated companies as defined by HMRC. ("We", “Our”, “Us”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This online policy (together with our Terms & Conditions) sets out the basis on which any personal data We collect from you, or that you provide to Us, will be processed by Us.  Please read the following carefully to understand Our views and practices regarding your personal data and how We will treat it.

If you have any questions or need or need further information about Our privacy practices, please send an e-mail to Us:webfeedback@brunswickgroup.com. Or write to Brunswick Group LLP, 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED, United Kingdom.

Information We may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you (User Data):

• We may ask you to provide information by filling in forms on Our site www.brunswickgroup.com. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use Our site, subscribing to Our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with Our site.
• If you contact Us, We may keep a record of that correspondence.
• We may also ask you to complete surveys that We use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
• Details of your visits to Our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for Our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.
• We may use cookies (see below).
• We may request further information from you from time to time following on from any contact you have made with Us through this website.

Some of it may inevitably comprise personal data about you. This Privacy Policy describes how We fulfil Our obligations under applicable data protection laws. This Privacy Policy is in accordance the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the respective national Data Protection Acts implementing the Directive. It also complies with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486) of Hong Kong.

IP addresses and cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to Our advertisers. This is statistical data about Our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. A Cookie is a tiny element of data that a website can send to your computer’s browser so that this computer will be recognised by the site on your return. Cookies allow Our web server to recognise your computer on connection to Our website, which in turn allows the server to make downloading of pages faster than on first viewing. In addition, cookies may also be used by Us to establish statistics about the use of this website by Internet users by gathering and analysing data such as: most visited pages, time spent by users on each page, site performance, etc. By collecting and using such data, We hope to improve the quality of the site.

The data collected by Our servers and/or through cookies that may be placed on your computer will not be kept for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned above. In any event, such information may not be kept for longer than one year.

Navigation data about site viewers is automatically collected by Our servers. If you do not wish to have this navigation data collected, We recommend that you do not use this website.

You can also set your browser to block the recording of cookies on your hard drive to minimise the amount of data that may be collected about your navigating on this site. The browser on your computer can be set to notify you when a cookie is being recorded on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers can also be set to keep cookies from being recorded on your computer. However, for optimal use of this website, We recommend that you do not block the recording of cookies on your computer.

 Our servers and computer systems are protected from outside intrusions. As a result, all data that may be collected about site viewers through the use of cookies will be protected from unauthorised access.

Cookies that may be used on this site are only active for the duration of your visit. Cookies used on this site are not stored on your computer once you have closed your web browser.  Information generated by the use of cookies may be compiled into an aggregate form so that no individual can be identified.

We may at some stage use cookies to identify users when they visit this website to use personalised services. In such circumstances these cookies may be kept on the hard drive of your computer following closure of the web browser. Cookies used in connection with such services enable Us to build up a profile of Our users and to develop personalised versions of this website.

For more information about cookies, please see the Information Commissioner's website home page or the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

You may choose to not receive a cookie file by enabling your web browser to refuse cookies. The procedure for refusal of cookies may vary for different software products. Please check with your internet browser software help or your software supplier if you wish to refuse cookies.

Where We store your personal data

The data We may collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for Us or for one of Our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

All information you provide to Us may be stored on Our secure servers. Where We may have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of Our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We will do Our best to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to Our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once We have received your information, We will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Uses made of the information

We may use information held about you in the following ways:

• To ensure that content from Our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
• To provide you with information, products or services that you request from Us or which We feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
• To carry out Our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and Us.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of Our service, when you choose to do so.
• To notify you about changes to Our service.

We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and We or they may contact you about these by post or telephone.

If you are an existing customer, We may only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

If you are a new customer, and where We permit selected third parties to use your data, We (or they) may contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.

If you do not want Us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form We may send you to collect your data.

We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to Our advertisers, but We may provide them with aggregate information about Our users (for example, We may inform them that 500 men aged under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in SW1). We may make use of the personal data We have collected from you to enable Us to comply with Our advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information to any member of Our group, which means Our subsidiaries, Our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

• In the event that We sell or buy any business or assets, in which case We may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
• If We or substantially all of Our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about Our customers will be one of the transferred assets.
• If We are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply Our Terms & Conditions and other agreements; or to protect Our rights, property, or the safety of, Our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Your rights

You have the right to ask Us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if We intend to use your data for such purposes or if We intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms We may use to collect your data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting Us at Brunswick Group LLP, 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED, United Kingdom or webfeedback@brunswickgroup.com.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of Our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet Our costs in providing you with details of the information We hold about you.

Changes to Our privacy policy

Any changes We may make to Our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Brunswick Group LLP, 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED, United Kingdom or webfeedback@brunswickgroup.com.