Privacy Policy of LC GLOBAL®

Protecting your Personal Data, and complying with the GDPR and other relevant data protection legislation important to us! This Privacy Policy details how we process personal data of our website users and clients.  We define “Personal Data”  in accordance with the GDPR any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This is broader than just information of a personal or private nature, and also includes information such as your name and email address.

This Privacy Policy is subject to periodical revisions with the aim to keep our procedures in accordance with the current legislation and to update our website users and clients on our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of the information.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Responsibility for data processing and in connection with this Data Protection Statement is LC GLOBAL Consulting Inc., 641 Lexington Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA (“LC GLOBAL”, “we”, “us”).

As LC GLOBAL®, we use our website to present general information about our company and what we do. There are some areas of our websites or individual pages which serve more specific purposes.

These may include:

• Job application sites.
• Our change and innovation blog: www.lc-global-us.com/change-talk
• The website of our U.S. American consulting firm LC GLOBAL Consulting Inc. (www.lc-global-us.com).
• The LC GLOBAL Academy (https://lc-global-academy.thinkific.com , www.academy.lc-global-us.com 
• And there are other pages on specific topics or with specific functions. Details can be found in the contents section of each page

We collect, process and use data for the reasons above unless there are more specific reasons, which we will give when collecting that data (e.g. for applicants). We do not use data other than for its intended purpose in each case.

Personal Data collected automatically

When you visit our websites, we record the following data:

• your IP address;
• the data you requested from the website;
• how much data you downloaded;
• the website from which your accessing system came to our website;
• the server reply code on the request from your browser;
• what kind of browser you used including your browser version;
• the date and time you visited, and for how long; and
• other similar data and information, which serve to avert risks in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

LC GLOBAL® cannot attribute this data to any specific person as a general rule (unless you log in). We do not combine this data with data from any other sources.

This information is required:

• to properly deliver the contents of our websites;
• to keep our websites optimized at all times;
• to ensure the continued functioning of our information technology systems and the technology of our websites; and
• to provide law enforcement authorities with the necessary information for prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.

This data is statistically analyzed by LC GLOBAL® in order to increase data protection and data security in our company, so we can ensure the best possible level of protection for the Personal Data we process. These purposes state our legitimate interests for the temporary storage of data on the legal basis of Art. 6 para 1 lit.a) GDPR.

Personal Data obtained from you directly

We record and process information you enter on our websites or send us otherwise. This includes data you enter in forms or contact fields or select from lists or menus.

There are some points in our websites where you can send us information by uploading documents via those websites to our servers. That is what happens when you apply online, for example.

We also record and process Personal Data when you email someone at LC GLOBAL®. This concerns the contents of your emails as such, but also data obtained from queries to our email servers, such as sender and addressee IDs, time stamp, errors or grounds for refusal if the mail does not get through. The legal basis for such data processing is Art. 6 para 1 lit.a) GDPR.

When you provide your Personal Data, we will ask you to give your consent for processing that data. In that case, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para 1 lit.a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with future effect, using mail, email or phone: LC GLOBAL Consulting Inc., 641 Lexington Avenue, 13th Floor, NY, NY, 10022, USA; [email protected], 212-3289557or at https://www.lc-global-us.com/contact-us

Profile and login information for access-protected areas

There are some access-restricted areas of the websites for which you need to register before you can use them, e.g. the recruiting/applicant page or the LC GLOBAL Academy. When registering, there are some details you have to enter that the registration form itself requires, particularly your email address, a password, and some information about yourself. Any other details you enter are voluntary. We process and save this data in accordance with this data protection statement.

In some areas of our websites, for example on our change and innovation blog  CHANGE TALK or our online courses of the LC GLOBAL Academy, some of your registration data or contributions you make can be seen by other users once they log in. It is up to you to decide whether you want other registered users of this site to see your information and, if so, what. You can change these settings at any time. During the registration process, we will ask you to give your consent for processing and saving that data. The legal basis for processing that data is Art. 6 para 1 lit.a) GDPR.

You can withdraw your consent to the processing of your Personal Data given in the registration process at any time with future effect, using mail or email using the contact details given above and under Contact.

Newsletters/marketing and information services

There are many points on LC GLOBAL®'s websites where we offer newsletters or comparable marketing and information services. If you would like to use these, we will need a working email address for you and details to enable us to verify that this email address is really yours, or that the person whose address it, agrees to receive the newsletter. For legal reasons, an email will be sent to the email address you provided asking for confirmation in a Double-Opt-in procedure after signing up for our newsletter. That is the only information we gather. The legal basis for sending you newsletters is Art. 6 para 1 lit.a) GDPR.

The Personal Data collected when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the following purposes:

• Sending the newsletter
• Consulting/coaching/online or video courses, marketing, and advertising
• Designing the newsletter according to your needs
• Composing the topics of the newsletter according to your interests

Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by email if necessary for offering the newsletter service or for registration, for example in the event of changes to the offer of the newsletter or changes in technical conditions.

You can withdraw your consent to your data and email address being recorded and used to send newsletters and object to the use of your Personal Data for marketing purposes at any time with future effect, either by using the link enclosed to each newsletter email we send you or, alternatively, by directly contacting LC GLOBAL® via mail,  email or using the contact details given above under Contact. 

Cookies

Our website sometimes uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally exclude and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you wish to use are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO saved.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (eg cookies for the analysis of your surfing behavior) are stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy. 

WITH WHOM MAY WE SHARE YOUR DATA?

Where does data go once it reaches the LC GLOBAL®?

Once you send data, or it is collected on our websites, we transmit it within LC GLOBAL® to the recipients that need to know it. Applications, for instance, go to our human resources department and the department for which the position is advertised.

External service providers

Data can also be accessed in purely technical terms by service providers and contract partners we use to operate our websites. These external providers are required not to use your Personal Data other than to provide the services requested by us or otherwise in accordance with our instructions.

Intra-group sharing

Within the LC GLOBAL® Organization, there is a need to exchange Personal Data on an intragroup basis as Joint Controllers. For this reason, LC GLOBAL® will transfer and share your Personal Data within the LC GLOBAL Organization for the purposes set out in this Data Protection Statement. LC GLOBAL® entities might also be established outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. In such cases, we will ensure that there are adequate safeguards (i.e. EU standard data protection clauses) in place to protect process your Personal Data. We at LC GLOBAL® are responsible to inform you about your rights as data subject under applicable data protection laws. You can address any requests or complaints you may have with regard to your Personal Data to LC GLOBAL®. The other LC GLOBAL entities, i.e., LC GLOBAL GmbH, LC GLOBAL Consulting Inc that might also keep your Personal Data will give us reasonable cooperation, assistance, and information in order to comply with such requests or complaints.

Sending data to third parties

As a fundamental rule, we do not disclose, transfer, sell or otherwise market Personal Data to third parties, such as other companies or organizations, without your express consent, or as required to meet our contractual obligations between Roland Berger and you, the website user, which make it necessary to transfer such data.

Transfer of data to countries outside the EU/EEA

Your Personal Data may be transferred to and processed outside the EU/EEA in other countries where laws and provisions governing the processing of Personal Data may be less stringent. In such cases, we will ensure that there are adequate safeguards in place to protect your Personal Data (i.e. EU standard data protection clauses adopted by the EU commission). Further details of these transfers and copies of these agreements are available from us on request here.

Last updated: April 8,  2018