Paradigme Business Consulting & Services
knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to the website(s) and mobile applications (together, the “Sites”) provided by Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, a company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and/or the other companies (“Paradigme Business Consulting & Services”, “we”, “us”) who act as data controllers[1] with respect to the personal data you share with Paradigme Business Consulting & Services under this Policy.
The Sites include www.paradigmebc.com and additional websites or mobile applications produced and managed by Paradigme Business Consulting & Services.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data[2] (i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to alter and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We therefore invite you to review the current version of the Privacy Policy each time you return to our Sites.
Some terms are defined throughout this Policy. Simply click on the terms in bold to obtain their definition or refer to the definitions at the bottom of this Policy.
Information we collect and how we use it
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services might collect personal data from you such as your name, contact details, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, reason for contacting Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, topics you are interested in and any other information you choose to share. By browsing our Sites or sending us information, you explicitly consent to Paradigme Business Consulting & Services processing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services might use your personal data to fulfil your request, send you marketing communications, or process your job application.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services collects personal data from you when you request information from Paradigme Business Consulting & Services and/or supply, information through the Sites, such as when you fill out a subscription form or consulting expertise inquiry, opt in to receive emails from Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, agree to participate in surveys, join our Alumni community, or apply for a role at Paradigme Business Consulting & Services.
Personal data we collect might include your name, e-mail address, title, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, reason for contacting Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, topics you are interested in, any other background information provided with an application and any other information contained in messages you send us.
We might also collect information about how you use our Sites in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
By browsing our Sites and submitting this information to us, you explicitly agree to Paradigme Business Consulting & Services using your personal data for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any information you do not wish Paradigme Business Consulting & Services to use.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will use your personal data to fulfil your request, provide you with the information you requested and/or send you marketing communications. If you have applied for a job at Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, your data will be processed for the purposes of evaluating and processing your application and candidacy for the position to which you have applied. We may also use your information to analyze and improve our recruiting and onboarding processes as well as to communicate with you about Paradigme Business Consulting & Services events and to send you publications that we think may be of interest to you. More detail can be found in the Job Applicants section.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services may collect personal data and may disclose such information to third party service providers in aggregate for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you.
You do not have to provide us with any personal data. However, if you do not, we may be unable to handle your request or to provide you with the services you are requesting.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will keep your personal data for as long as needed to handle your request or for as long as we have a relationship with you. If you have applied for a role with Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will keep your personal data associated with your application for a period of up to five years.
Please note that Paradigme Business Consulting & Services is not responsible for any information you may disclose publicly in any chat rooms, message boards, or similar web pages, including those hosted on or linked to our Sites. You should keep in mind that, whenever you publicly disclose information about yourself online (for example, via message boards or chat rooms), such information could be collected and used by people whom you do not know. In addition, certain message boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses along with the message poster’s name and message. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services bears no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any information users may disclose on the message boards, chat areas or other user forums, if any, on the Sites.
Use of cookies on the Sites
We may use cookies or other technology (“cookies”) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our Sites. You can find information about what data is collected and how it is used in our Cookie Policy.
Who we share your personal data with
We may share your personal data with other companies of the Paradigme Business Consulting & Services as well as with other third parties that might be located in a different country than your country of residence. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will not share or sell your data to any third party for their own use.
We may share your personal data with others, such as:
- other offices in the Paradigme Business Consulting & Services – for a complete list of our offices, please refer to the Offices page of the paradigmebc.com website;
- carefully selected third party service providers, such as marketing service providers (if you have subscribed to our marketing communications), IT systems providers, recruitment service providers, background check providers, data cleansing providers or event organizers, so they can provide services to Paradigme Business Consulting & Services;
- our advisors;
- other alumni members if you have chosen to take part in the Alumni network; and
- law enforcement authorities or other government bodies when we are required to do so.
Third parties, other than law enforcement authorities or government bodies, will only handle your personal data on behalf of Paradigme Business Consulting & Services for the purposes described in this Policy. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with such third parties for their own use.
The companies of the Paradigme Business Consulting & Services and other third parties we share your information with may be located in other countries, including countries that do not offer the same protection to your personal data as the country in which you reside. Where that is the case, Paradigme Business Consulting & Services ensures that your personal data is protected by using appropriate legal mechanisms. If you reside in the European Union, such mechanisms include using contracts or wording approved by the European Commission (called “Standard Contractual Clauses”)[3].
Links to other websites
Our Sites may contain links to third party websites that are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services does not bear any liability and responsibility for the content or your use of these websites.
The Sites may contain links to third party websites, including social network sites. Such websites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies, which you should review before browsing or submitting information to them. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. In addition, a link to a third party website does not mean that Paradigme Business Consulting & Services endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such website. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services shall not bear any liability and responsibility for such content or for your use of these websites.
Security of your personal data
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Such measures include anonymizing[4] or pseudonymizing[5] data where possible. Authorized Paradigme Business Consulting & Services personnel and third parties mentioned above will only have access to your personal data to the extent they need it to do their job or provide their services. Despite these precautions, however, Paradigme Business Consulting & Services cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your information.
Your Rights
Depending on where you reside you might have the right to request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data and to object to or ask for the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You might also have the right to withdraw your consent and request that we stop processing or delete your personal data.
To exercise your rights, please submit your request using our data subject request form.
Depending on where you reside, you may be entitled to certain rights regarding the personal data Paradigme Business Consulting & Services holds about you. For instance, you may have the right to request access to your information, obtain a copy of it as well as information about how we use it. You have the right to request that we correct incorrect, inaccurate or out-of-date information about you. You may also have the right to request that we stop processing your information and/or withdraw your consent to such processing and to ask us to delete your information.
In the event that Paradigme Business Consulting & Services holds personal data about you and you no longer wish for this data to be processed as described in this Policy, or if you wish to access, rectify, cancel or oppose such processing, please submit your request using our data subject request form.
If you receive marketing communications from Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, you can opt out of receiving future emails from Paradigme Business Consulting & Services or unsubscribe from participating in our programs through the “preferences” page, which is accessible in every marketing email you receive from Paradigme Business Consulting & Services. You can also submit an opt- out request by using our data subject request form.
If you think we are handling your information unlawfully, we encourage you to get in touch with us using our data subject request form. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority.
Please note that we will take reasonable steps to check your identity before handling your request.
Job Applicants
If you apply for a job at Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, you will be asked to submit information to Paradigme Business Consulting & Services such as your name, contact details, information about your education and work history and any other background information that might be relevant for your application or that you choose to share with Paradigme Business Consulting & Services. If you do not provide this information to us, we might not be able to process your application.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will use this information to assess your application and candidacy for the position to which you have applied. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this may include: (i) evaluating your skills and experience in relation to the qualification required for the job to which you have applied; and (ii) tracking feedback and interactions we have with you throughout the recruiting process. We may also use your information when analyzing our internal recruiting processes to determine (i) which recruit sources to focus on; (ii) how to improve integration and training programs for new hires with different educational backgrounds and work experience; and (iii) how to enhance our interview model to improve hiring quality. The information you provide may also be used to communicate with you about Paradigme Business Consulting & Services events and to send you publications that we think may be of interest to you.
We might share your personal data with other companies as well as with third parties such as recruitment service providers, background check providers and IT system providers. These companies and third parties might be located in a different country than your country of residence. In particular, if you apply for a consulting role, your data will be stored in a third party database.
We will keep your application data for up to five years. If you no longer wish for Paradigme Business Consulting & Services to process your data or if you wish to exercise your rights, please email us at info@paradigmebc.com
Children
Our Sites are not directed at children 17 years of age or younger. Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, therefore, will not intentionally collect information about anyone under the age of 18, and requests that no such information be submitted to us.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Paradigme Business Consulting & Services handles your personal data, please complete the data subject request form.
You can also contact Paradigme Business Consulting & Services via email:
info@paradigmebc.com
Country-Specific Information:
United States of America – California
If you are a resident of California, you may have additional rights in relation to your personal data.
As required under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the categories of personal data (referred to as “personal information” in the CCPA) collected and processed by Paradigme Business Consulting & Services, the purposes for which they are processed and the third parties such data is shared with are described in this Privacy Policy.
We have not sold and do not sell your personal data within the meaning of the CCPA.
If you are a resident of the State of California, you may have the right to request Paradigme Business Consulting & Services to disclose to you:
- the categories of personal data we have collected about you;
- the categories of sources from which such personal data was collected;
- the business or commercial purpose for which we have collected your personal data;
- the third parties with whom we share your personal data; and
- the specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you.
You may also have the right to request that we delete your personal data subject to the limitations of the CCPA.
If you wish to exercise your rights, please submit your request using our data subject request formv. You may also submit your request by sending an email to info@paradigmebc.com. We may have to request additional information to verify your identity.
Paradigme Business Consulting & Services will not discriminate against you because you have exercised your rights under the CCPA.
Definitions
- The data controller is the person or company that, together or jointly with others, determines the purposes (why) and means (how) of the processing of personal data.
- Personal data is any information that relates to an individual who is identified or identifiable, for instance by reference to a name, an identification number or an online identifier.
- Standard Contractual Clauses are an agreement that can be entered into by companies for transfers of personal data outside of the European Union. They are a mechanism approved by the European Commission to ensure adequate safeguards to personal data when it is transferred outside of the European Union.
- Anonymizing means transforming data in such a way that it is no longer identifiable, i.e. the data can no longer be linked to an individual, even if combined with other information. Anonymous data is not considered “personal data”.
- Pseudonymizing means transforming data in such a way that it is no longer identifiable without the use of additional information. Pseudonymous data is still considered “personal data”.