Privacy statement

This policy was last updated March 28, 2016

The Extraordinary site is a service offering of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC” or “we”), the US firm of the PricewaterhouseCoopers network of firms. PwC is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy statement explains how PwC treats your personal information when you use this site. By using this site and submitting any personal information, you agree to the use by PwC of such data in accordance with this privacy statement.

Data collection

We collect personal information that is specifically and voluntarily provided by visitors to extraordinary.pwc.com. “Personal information" means information about you and/or third parties (where required by law, a third party could be a legal entity represented by you e.g. where you submit data to us about your employer or a client company). You may choose to provide personal information to PwC through the following methods:

• Entering text in Quick Surveys, Quizzes or Benchmarking Surveys
• Contacting PwC for further information

It is PwC's policy to limit the information collected to only the minimum information required to complete a visitor's request. If you believe the site has collected excessive information, we encourage you to contact us at katrina.blasi@pwc.com to raise any concerns. In any instance where non-mandatory information is sought, you will be notified of this at the point of collection.

PwC's intention is not to seek any sensitive information through our website unless legally required. Sensitive information includes a number of types of data relating to: race or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or other similar beliefs; trade union membership; physical or mental health; sexual life or criminal record. We suggest that you do not provide sensitive information of this nature. If you choose to provide sensitive information for any reason, PwC accepts your explicit consent to use that information in the ways described in this privacy statement or as described at the point where you choose to disclose this information.

PwC also uses a third party service called Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with extraordinary.pwc.com. Google Analytics may record your IP address, but will not collect other personal information about you. PwC does not provide your contact or demographic information to Google Analytics and does not associate statistical information generated by the service with you personally. You may learn more about Google Analytics by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. Additionally, information about how Google Analytics will interact with your browser is available in the Cookie Disclosure for Extraordinary.

Use of data

When a visitor provides personal information to us, we use it for the purposes for which it was provided to us as stated at the point of collection (or as obvious from the context of collection). Examples of the types of use are given in the ‘Data collection’ section above. PwC may also use your information in order to administer and manage the site or communicate with you about the site.

Our websites do not collect or compile personally identifying information for dissemination or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes, or host mailings on behalf of third parties. If you would like to find out more about the different categories of information collected, please review the ‘Data collection’ section.

Cookies and log files

"Cookies" are small text files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing a more customized website experience. For example, a cookie can be used to store registration information in an area of the site so that a user does not need to re-enter it on subsequent visits to that area. It is PwC's policy to use cookies to make navigation of our websites easier for visitors and to understand how we can improve our sites. For more information about PwC’s use of cookies, please review the Cookie Disclosure for Extraordinary.

If you are concerned about cookies, most browsers permit individuals to decline cookies, but site functionality may be impaired. After you have finished visiting our site, you can always delete cookies from your system if you wish.

In order to properly manage our website we may also 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 website presents the best web experience for visitors and is an effective information resource.

Third parties

Personal data collected by PwC may be transferred or disclosed to third party contractors, subcontractors, subsidiaries and/or other PwC firms, including those outside the US, for the purposes for which the visitor has submitted the information and for the administration of our system or site and/or other internal, administrative purposes. By submitting data on PwC's website, the visitor is providing explicit consent to the transfer of such data for the fulfillment of his or her voluntary requests or otherwise as set out in the 'Use of data' section.

It is PwC's policy to disclose information to third parties under the following circumstances:

• As required by applicable law, statute, rule, regulation or professional standard, or through subpoena, search warrant or other legal process
• For regulatory compliance purposes
• When explicitly requested by a visitor
• When required to deliver publications or reference materials requested by a visitor
• Or otherwise as set out in this statement.

In addition to our use of Google Analytics described above under “Data Collection”:

• PwC uses LinkedIn to better understand the businesses of our visitors. When you visit the site and LinkedIn has already set cookies in your browser, LinkedIn may provide to PwC information about your company’s headcount and other business demographic information. These cookies are described in the Cookie Disclosure for Extraordinary. For more information about how LinkedIn collects and uses information, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
• PwC uses Twitter to better understand how Twitter directs visitors to the extraordinary.pwc.com site. Twitter may use cookies to perform these functions, as described in the Cookie Disclosure for Extraordinary. For more information about Twitter’s privacy practices, please visit https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.

Data retention

The personal data you submit to us will only be retained for as long as is required for the purposes for which it was collected.

Security

PwC has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized PwC personnel are provided access to personally identifiable information and these employees have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of this information.

Children

PwC understands the importance of protecting children's privacy especially in an online environment. The PwC sites covered by this privacy statement are not intentionally designed for or directed at children under the age of 13 years. It is PwC's policy never to knowingly collect or maintain personal information about children under the age of 13.

Modifications

PwC may update this statement at any time by publishing an updated version here. You can access the most current version of this privacy statement at any time on this site.