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Lee & White Consultants® is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of and protecting your information which is collected from you as you use this website in accordance with the Belgian law of 8 December 1992 on Privacy Protection in relation to the Processing of Personal Data as modified by the law of 11 December 1998 implementing Directive 95/46/EC and the law of 26 February 2003. Lee & White Consultants is registered with the Belgian Privacy Comission and you may consult the Privacy Commission's public register at any time. Generally, you may browse through this website without divulging your personal data. However, for certain specified purposes, we may collect your personal data in order to fulfil the particular purpose(s). By submitting your personal data for the described purposes, you consent to Lee & White’s use of such information as described herein.
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Type of Information Collected
Lee & White Consultants collects your personal data (which is any personally identifiable information) such as application information and contact details for the purpose of recruiting and marketing, and other basic identification and contact details, such as name, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, to maintain our accounts, for billing, for verifying your identity for security purposes and for answering your queries.Such information is typically collected through the available online forms on the website and/or via email.
Lee & White Consultants may also collect your personal data which you may provide during phone conversations and/or faxes. Where such is the case, Lee & White Consultants will inform you of the fact at that time.
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Purposes for which information is collected:
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
You may purchase reports and articles produced by Lee & White Consultants. Payments for these documents are processed using PayPal. PayPal will require certain personal information for billing such as name, credit card details, and billing address from you in order to process your payment to us. We do not collect any credit card details. The personal information we receive through PayPal is merely to confirm the transaction. Please refer to PayPal’s privacy policy for more details.
No information about you received in relation to a financial transaction will be used in connection with 'direct marketing' unless you opt in to this when expressly asked for by us.
You have the right to access, rectify, update and/or delete your personal data at any given time. Please see 'Right to object, right to access and right to rectify' below.
RECRUITMENT
You may submit your personal data and sensitive personal data to us via post and/or email as an application for a position advertised at Lee & White Consultants. Sensitive personal data are information as to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious, philosophical or similar beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life, commission of criminal offences and/or involvement in criminal proceedings.
Any personal data collected will only be processed by Lee & White Consultants.
Your personal data and sensitive personal data which Lee & White Consultants obtains from you through your résumés or curriculum vitas will be kept by Lee & White Consultants for a reasonable period in so far as is necessary to process and/or review your application for the current position or for a future position which Lee & White Consultants deem you a likely candidate. During this period, we may contact you for an updated résumé or curriculum vitae should a suitable position arise at the same time and to ensure the data we have is accurate and up-to-date. After the expiry of such period, we will delete your data from our database.
No information about you received in relation to a recruitment application will be used in connection with 'direct marketing'.
You have the right to access, rectify, update and/or delete your personal data at any given time. Please see 'Right to object, right to access and right to rectify' below.
RESPONSE
Your e-mail address, name and other personal data which you divulge to Lee & White Consultants will be recorded when you send e-mail to Lee & White Consultants so that Lee & White Consultants is able to respond to you on your queries. This information will not be disclosed to any other organization except as required by law. Please use the designated email addresses which are relevant to your queries. Should there be a general query that does not fall within any of the categories of the designated email addresses, you may email Lee & White Consultants using this form. Nevertheless, Lee & White Consultants reserves the right to delete any personal data which Lee & White Consultants deems irrelevant for the purposes of responding to you on your specific query and this shall constitute sufficient notice of deletion to you.
The purpose of this deletion is in order for Lee & White Consultants to fulfil its obligation to collect only adequate and relevant personal data necessary for the purposes of answering your queries under the Belgian law of 8 December 1992 on Privacy Protection in relation to the Processing of Personal Data as modified by the law of 11 December 1998 implementing Directive 95/46/EC and the law of 26 February 2003.
No information about you received in relation to your queries will be used in connection with 'direct marketing'.
DIRECT MARKETING
We may also use your information to send you direct marketing information. Lee & White Consultants will inform you of this purpose and will obtain your explicit consent prior to collecting your personal data. This is known as ‘opt-in’. You will also be given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ or unsubscribe every time information concerning direct marketing is sent to you. Existing clients of Lee & White Consultants who have previously given their personal information to Lee & White Consultants will be given an opportunity to opt-out of any direct marketing. Lee & White Consultants will not transfer your personal data to third parties except as indicated under 'Transfer of personal data' below.
Notwithstanding, your right to object free of charge of the intended processing of personal data for direct marketing persists. Please see 'Right to object, right to access and right to rectify' below.
Lee & White Consultants may also monitor the use of this website for the purpose of quality control and improvement of this website and to provide you with further information about services provided by Lee & White Consultants’ subject to your consent.
MONITORING USE
Lee & White Consultants may also monitor the use of this website for the purpose of quality control and improvement of this website and to provide you with further information about services provided by Lee & White Consultants’ subject to your consent. This is done by storing for every access the date and time, the user agent string, the user host IP address, the browser platform, the visited and referring URL.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
This information is never used to trace back and identify any individual person.
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Duration
Lee & White Consultants will keep your personal data for the time necessary to fulfil the purpose of collection or further processing. Where the purpose is ongoing, Lee & White Consultants will ensure that your personal data is up to date and accurate.
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Transfer of personal data
Personal data collected on this website may be transferred on occasion to Lee & White offices and personnel located throughout the world, including offices situated outside the European Union which may not have compatible data protection legislation protecting your privacy rights equivalent to European law.
Where transfer of personal data is to a country outside the European Union which may not have compatible data protection legislation protecting your privacy rights equivalent to European law, Lee & White Consultants will ensure the protection of your privacy rights by taking up the necessary security means provided by European and Belgian law.
The only form of transfer currently taking place on this website is in relation to the information generated by the Google Analytics' cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) and this information is stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information is not used to trace back and identify any individual person. Google adheres to the US Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor Program. The Safe Harbor Privacy Principles is a means of ensuring an adequate level of protection is exercised in the processing of personal data by an organisation in the United States, a country which is outside the European Union.
Apart from the abovementioned situation with Google, Lee & White Consultants does not transfer personal data outside Belgium, or to any third parties. As and when there is such transfer, Lee & White Consultants will inform you of the recipients of your personal data, including the location of transfer and their contact information by updating this privacy policy. For information on the security means taken when transferring your personal data, please contact:
Lee & White Consultants bvba
The Data Controller
153, Gistelsteenweg, 8490 Varsenare, Belgium
or by email to datacontroller(at)eewhiteconsultants.com
or by using the data controller contact form.
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Cookies
This website uses own session cookies and Google Analytics' cookies to trace users’ traffic patterns.
Please also note that in the event of a purchase, the PayPal site might use cookies, as described in PayPal’s privacy policy.
Cookies are small text files placed on your hard drive by a web page server. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. These cookies are used to aid you in attaining the appropriate information and make your visit tailored to your individual preferences. You can refuse these cookies by setting your browser accordingly, although refusing the cookies may prevent you from accessing some pages of this web site.
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Security Measures
Lee & White Consultants strives to protect your personal data with reasonable security measures. Only authorized personnel of Lee & White Consultants are permitted to access your personal data and use it for the purpose(s) for which your personal data was initially collected except for the case of an obligation imposed by or by virtue of a law, decree or ordinance. For further information concerning the security measures, please
Lee & White Consultants bvba
The Data Controller
153, Gistelsteenweg, 8490 Varsenare, Belgium
or by email to datacontroller(at)eewhiteconsultants.com
or by using the data controller contact form.
Please note that all billing information is handled by PayPal through a secure Internet link between the customer's computer and PayPal's computer(s). Our web site is not in that link. For further information, please review PayPal’s privacy policy.
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Right to object, right to access and right to rectify
You have the right to object on request and free of charge against any intended processing of personal data which is obtained for the purposes of direct marketing.
You have the right to object against the processing of personal data relating to you for serious and legitimate reasons that have regard to your particular situation unless the lawfulness of the processing is based on the grounds referred to in Article 5 b) and c) of the Belgian law of 8 December 1992 on Privacy Protection in relation to the Processing of Personal Data as modified by the law of 11 December 1998 implementing Directive 95/46/EC and the law of 26 February 2003.
You also have the right of access to and the right to rectify your personal data.
You may exercise your rights by sending a written request to:
Lee & White Consultants bvba
The Data Controller
153, Gistelsteenweg, 8490 Varsenare, Belgium
or by email to datacontroller(at)eewhiteconsultants.com
or by using the data controller contact form.
By using this website, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by Lee & White Consultants in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on this website. Lee & White Consultants holds the right to alter and amend this Privacy Policy from time to time as deemed fit. Lee & White Consultants will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. For further information about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Lee & White Consultants bvba
The Data Controller
153, Gistelsteenweg, 8490 Varsenare, Belgium
or by email to datacontroller(at)eewhiteconsultants.com
or by using the data controller contact form.
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Protection of Privacy on external websites
Lee & White Consultants provides links to external websites. This Privacy Policy only governs the processing activities of Lee & White Consultants. This Privacy Policy does not extend to the processing of personal data of the external websites. Lee & White Consultants assumes no liability in connection with the processing of personal data of these external websites. Please review the Privacy Policy of these external websites or contact them for information concerning your privacy.
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Children/Minors
Lee & White Consultants does not specifically request nor knowingly collects any personal information from children (anyone below the age of 18 ).
Lee & White Consultants does not sell any goods and/or services to children. Therefore, if you are below 18, and you wish to purchase goods available on the website, please request the help of your parents or guardians to make the purchase for you.
Lee & White Consultants recommends that parents or guardians supervise the Internet use of their children and to guide them when they are asked for or intend to give any personal information online.
Lee & White Consultants also recommends that children should not give out their personal information and to inform their parents or guardians if they are asked for it or intend to give it. Any personal information received and is reasonably perceived to be from a child will not be kept by Lee & White Consultants.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 22nd of August 2010.