Privacy Statement
Updated February 2023
Introduction
This is the privacy statement for CEB Advising, LLC (the “Policy”). In this Policy, we explain what personal information we collect, how we use and protect your information, with whom we may share it when you visit cebadvising.com (the “Website”).
This Policy applies to visitors to the Website and does not apply to information you provide outside the Website or within an attorney-client relationship. In addition to this Policy, we may separately provide you with other specific notices regarding your information, depending on the nature of our relationship with you and the context in which we collect your personal information. Any such separate notice should be read in conjunction with this Policy and, to the extent there is any conflict between such separate notice and this Policy, such separate notice shall control.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or if you have a disability that prevents you from accessing this Policy electronically in this format, you may contact us at privacy [at] cebadvising.com.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
When you visit our Website, we collect information when you voluntarily provide it to us, and certain information is automatically collected from you.
Information You Submit
CEB Advising collects your information when you submit a request or send us questions using a “Contact Us” or similar form via the Website or when you download certain content. This information includes your name, email address, phone number, the name of your company and any details you may provide regarding your privacy issues or concerns. We may combine this information with data we receive from publicly available sources. We use this information to help us respond to your requests and answer your questions. We also use this information in connection with our potential and existing business relationships with you, including to provide you with relevant information about our services. We may try to infer your interests in order to provide you with information and offers that may be most applicable to you or to invite you to events and learning opportunities.
We may send direct marketing materials if you have provided opt-in consent or if applicable laws otherwise permit doing so. If you want to stop receiving marketing communications from us, you may unsubscribe at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions that we include in any marketing communications we send you. You may also contact us by emailing privacy [at] cebadvising.com.
Information Automatically Collected
When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect information that is linked to your computer or device but does not directly identify you personally. We use this information to administer our Website, improve the Website’s functionality, understand how you found out about us and what services may interest you, gather broad demographic information, analyze trends and for security. This information includes your IP address, the type of browser or device that you are using, referring and exit pages and operating system.
Consistent with most websites, we use cookies and pixel tags to collect internet activity information about your interaction with the Website. Cookies are small text files used to collect information and pixels are transparent images that allow us to understand how users interact with our Website. The Website uses necessary cookies and analytics cookies. Depending on the type of browser you use, you can set the browser to accept or reject all or certain types of the cookies at any time including after you have consented to our use of cookies by using our website.
Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
If you set your browser to not accept cookies, this may limit certain functionalities on the Website.
Disclosure and Transfer of Your Information
We do not sell your information, and we do not share your information with third parties for those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes. However, we may disclose your information to third parties that help us with our business activities such as maintaining our Website, email and document management, managing our marketing and client relationships and providing our services. We require these companies and individuals to use your information only as necessary to provide the applicable services to us.
We also may disclose your information for the following purposes:
To comply with applicable law or legal process;
To investigate fraud,
As part of or in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or other corporate change;
When we reasonably believe it is required by law, subpoena or other legal process, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, as well as to honor user access rights, as applicable; and
When you provide your consent and ask us to transfer information to any other third party.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy and in each case in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Security
We maintain technical and organizational measures to help protect your information within our organization from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access. However, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any personal information during their transmission to the Website or to us.
Your Choices
If you would like to update your contact information or preferences, have your information removed from one or more of our contact lists, or if you have comments or questions about the administration of the Website or this Policy, please contact us at privacy [at] cebadvising.com.
You may have certain rights in relation to your information under applicable laws. These rights may include the right to access, delete, correct, move (or port), object to the processing and limit the processing of your information as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a regulator. You are not obligated to provide us your information. However, if the information is necessary to reply to your requests or answer your questions, we may not be able to assist you without it.
If you would like to submit a request regarding your personal information, please send it to privacy [at] cebadvising.com To the extent required and permitted by applicable laws, we will process your request, and if applicable, we may ask you for additional information to verify your identity.
International Transfers
We store and process your information in the United States, which may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you reside.
We may act as a “controller” as defined under applicable data protection law when we process your information from the Website. Generally, we rely on our legitimate interests when processing this information. These legitimate interests include operating our websites, managing our marketing efforts and our other business purposes. If consent is the legal basis, for example in certain situations when we send you marketing communications, we will obtain your consent and let you know how you can withdraw it.
Links to Other Web Sites
This Policy applies only to the Website. As a convenience to you, the Website may contain links to other sites that may provide useful information or link with other platforms. We do not control these third-party sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. You should refer to the privacy statements of such third-party sites to find out how they collect and use your information.
Children
CEB Advising does not knowingly collect or sell any information from or about children under the age of sixteen. If you are under the age of sixteen, do not provide personal information of any kind.
If you believe that we have received information of a child, please contact us at privacy [at] cebadvising.com.
Do Not Track Signals
CEB Advising does not track its users over time or across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
Changes
We may update portions of this Policy from time to time and will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on the Policy the date it was last updated. You can find the date of the last update at the top of the Policy. Keep in mind that your use of the Website means that you accept the current version of this Policy as posted on the Website at that time. We encourage you to re-visit this Policy on occasion to learn of any changes.