Introduction

The privacy of information you provide at this site is important to us. The following Privacy Statement governs the collection and use of personal information submitted to ESD Consultant through the page of esd-consultant.com.

We have created this Privacy Statement to govern our commitment to protecting the privacy of your information. However, should you have any further questions or queries, please feel free to direct these to the Web site manager at contact: ceo@esd-consultant.com

The ESD Consultant Privacy Statement
1. Who is esd-consultant.com?
esd-consultant.com is a web site owned and administered by ECS Consultant.

2. Why do we collect personal information?
We only collect personal information (when submitted) in order to fulfil a request, registration, or when you choose to take part in a survey.

3. What personally identifiable information is collected?
Contact details (and when required credit card details) may be collected when submitted.

4. Cookies and Log Files
Cookies may be used on some areas of our site. A cookie is a small software application which allows a Web site to recognise a previous user and to observe how a user navigates within a Web site.

Cookies are now used as a standard by many Web sites to improve users' navigational experience.

If you are concerned about cookies, most browsers now recognise when a cookie is offered, and permits users to opt-out of receiving it. If you are not sure whether your browser has this capability, you should check with the software manufacturer or your Internet service provider. It is ESD Consultant policy to use cookies to make the use of our Web sites easier for visitors and to facilitate efficient registration procedures. In most cases, a visitor can refuse a cookie and still fully navigate our Web sites.

In order to properly manage our Web site we may anonymously log information on our operational systems, and identify categories of visitors by items such as domains and browser types. These statistics are reported in the aggregate to our webmasters. This is to ensure that our Web site presents the best web experience for visitors and is an effective information resource.

Whenever, a member visits this site they must identify themselves in order to gain entry. This data is logged by ESD Consultant purely for measuring site performance and in assisting to resolve any site technical difficulties.

5. Access and use of information
Depending on the purpose of the information submitted (eg Event registration) some information may be stored in ESD Consultant ’s CRM system. Some or all of this information may be available to the authorised staff of ESD Consultant .

Where we have obtained your consent we may also send you communications from time to time, for example to advise you of information, upcoming events, conferences or seminars which may be of interest to you.

6. Is information disclosed to Third Parties?
Information will not be disclosed to other third parties except in cases where the third party is a contractor or supplier who is engaged on our premises, specifically to assist with the activities of esd-consultant.com, eg a supplier engaged to assist with management of a ESD Consultant event. All such contractors will be bound contractually to keep all information confidential.

8. How long is the information kept?
Information will be kept until it is outdated or no longer required, after which time it will be destroyed or permanently de-identified.

9. Access your information
To access information still held relating to a request or registration simply email the contact on the submission form or contact the site manager at contact.australia@au.pwcglobal.com.

10. How is my information secured?
The information submitted is stored in either email boxes or an appropriate data-warehouse. This information is only available to authorised staff and contractors.

ESD Consultant has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. All ESD Consultant employees follow a firm wide security policy. Only authorised ESD Consultant personnel are provided access to personally identifiable information and these employees have agreed to ensure confidentiality of this information.

11. Transfer of data to countries outside Australia.
If required, information may be transferred to international offices in order to fulfil or complete the request.

12. Links to third party sites
Because ESD Consultant wants your Web site experience to be as informative and resourceful as possible, we provide a number of links to third party sites.
ESD Consultant assumes no responsibility for the information practices of sites a user is able to access through ours, and encourages visitors to review each site's privacy policy before disclosing any personally identifiable information.

13. Changes to the ESD Consultant Privacy Statement
ESD Consultant reserves the right to modify or amend this Statement at any time and for any reason. Nothing contained in this Statement is intended to create a contract or agreement between ESD Consultant and any user visiting the site, or provide identifying information in any form.

In order to keep visitors informed, ESD Consultant will ensure that we notify users of changes to our Privacy Statement by identifying the alteration for a period of not less than two weeks on the Australian home page of pwcglobal.com ( http://www.esd-consultant.com ) and identifying the effective date at the beginning of this statement.

14. Contact our privacy office
We welcome your enquiries or comments about our Privacy Statement and any queries or concerns that you may have about this Web site at contact.ceo@esd-consultant.com

15. ESD Consultant Privacy Policy

The document below is ESD Consultant’s external policy for the handling of personal information. Enquiries about this policy should be directed to ceo@esd-consultant.com