Website Policy

INTRODUCTION

BDO Cayman Ltd. is a member of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the worldwide network of independent legal entities, each of which provides professional services under the name “BDO”.

BDO is an international network of independent public accounting, tax and advisory firms (the “BDO network”), which perform professional services under the name of BDO (the “BDO member firms”). BDO International Limited (“BDOI”) is a UK company limited by guarantee. It is the governing entity of the BDO network.

Each of BDOI and the member firms is a separate legal entity and has no liability for another such entity's acts or omissions. Nothing in the arrangements or rules of the BDO network shall constitute or imply an agency relationship or a partnership between BDOI and the member firms.

This privacy statement (“Privacy Statement”) applies only to the www.bdo.ky  web site (or the “web site”) which is provided by BDO Cayman Ltd. (also referred to below as “we”, “us”, “our” or “BDO”) and not to the various separate web sites as per each location where BDO is present it redirects you to.

Please note that the other country or specific websites contained within www.bdo.ky are provided by the applicable BDO member firms or related entities managing them and are not the responsibility of BDO. Such websites, as well as other websites that may be linked to this web site, are not governed by this Privacy Statement. We encourage visitors to review each of these other web site's privacy statements before disclosing any personal information.

By using this Website, you are agreeing to the use of your information as described in this Website Policy.

 

1.1 INFORMATION COLLECTED WHEN YOU VISIT THE WEBSITE

1.1.1 As a visitor you do not have to submit any personal information in order to use the Website.  It will normally be clear when personal information is being collected. Such information may consist of, but is not limited to, your name, email address, postal address and post code, telephone number and company name, depending on the particular purpose for which your personal information is being collected. The provision of this personal information is strictly voluntary.

1.1.2 The personal information required will be the minimum to enable BDO to deal expeditiously with your request or enquiry. In certain circumstances, additional information may be requested to enable us to provide the most appropriate response to your request or enquiry, or to enable us to send you additional information where you have indicated you would like to receive this. Where additional personal information is requested, this will be marked, and its provision is voluntary.

1.1.3 Sensitive information is not required or collected through the Website except where legally required as part of the recruitment process. Sensitive information includes data relating to race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life or criminal matters. Where you do provide sensitive personal information as part of the recruitment process, your submission of such information will be deemed to constitute explicit consent to BDO's use of that information in connection with the purpose for which it has been provided.

1.1.4 We do not require you to register in order to access the Website.

1.1.5 IP addresses of visitors are logged for administration and troubleshooting purposes. The IP address indicates the location of your computer on the internet. IP addresses are not used to track your session and are not linked to anything personally identifiable. This information may be aggregated to provide statistical information about the users of our Website. No individual user will be identifiable from such information, which will be used to ensure that the Website reflects the needs of our users.

1.1.6 To ensure that our Website is well managed and to facilitate improved navigation within the Website, we or our services providers may use cookies (small text files stored in a user's browser) or Web beacons (electronic images to count visitors who have accessed a particular page) to collect aggregate data. 

Additional information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies and how you can control these can be found in our cookie notice.

 

1.2. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 

1.2.1 We will only use your personal information for the specific purpose for which it was provided, except where you have indicated you would like to receive other information from BDO. When requesting material or asking someone to contact you, you might be given the option to receive further information from us which may be of interest. If you select this option, we will use your personal information to contact you with information about our products and/or services which we believe may be of interest to you.

Your personal information may also be used to protect our rights or property and that of our users and, where appropriate, to comply with legal process

1.2.2 If you wish to unsubscribe from communications sent by BDO, you may do so at any time by clicking on the 'unsubscribe' link that appears in all messages or by emailing unsubscribe@bdo.ky 

 

1.3 YOUR INFORMATION AND THIRD PARTIES 

1.3.1 Although we may provide the personal information to service providers that handle information, under a data processor agreement, on our behalf, we do not share, sell or distribute personal data to or with third parties unless the transfer of your data to third parties is necessary for the performance of the purpose for which it was provided.

1.3.2 Information is not provided to third parties for their own marketing purposes and mailings are not undertaken by BDO for third parties.

1.3.3 We may disclose, transfer, sell or assign any of the information described above, including personally identifiable information, to third parties, as a result of or in preparation for the sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganisation or liquidation of BDO and you consent to such disclosure, transfer, sale or assignment.

1.3.4 Personal information may also be disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory, or other government agencies, or to other third parties, in each case to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests.

By providing information through this Website, you are consenting to the disclosures described above, except where your consent is explicitly required.

This Website may host various social media applications or services that allow you to share content with other users (collectively “Social Media Applications”). Any personal information or other information that you contribute to any Social Media Application can be read, collected, and used by other users of that Social Media Application over whom we have little or no control. Therefore, we are not responsible for any other user’s use, misuse, or misappropriation of any personal information or other information that you contribute to any Social Media Application.

 

1.4 HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION

We will keep your personal information for as long as we have a relationship with you. Once our relationship with you has come to an end, we will retain your personal information for a period of time that enables us to: maintain our business records for analysis and/or audit purposes; comply with record retention requirements under the law; defend or bring any legal claims; and deal with any complaints.

We will delete your personal information when it is no longer required for these purposes. If there is any information that we are unable, for technical reasons, to delete entirely from our systems, we will put in place appropriate measures to prevent any further processing or use of the data.

 

1.5 SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION 

1.5.1 Generally accepted standards of technology and operational security have been implemented to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration and destruction. However, as you may be aware, no data transmission over the internet can be entirely secure or virus-free. As a result, while we will always use reasonable endeavours to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee that any information you submit to us will be free from unauthorised third party use or intrusion. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information, or your use of the Website. 

1.5.2 We cannot guarantee that the Website is free from viruses or malicious codes. You agree that it is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that your own information technology/equipment used to access the Website is protected against such viruses and/or codes.

1.5.3 All employees and principals are required to keep personal information confidential and only authorised personnel have access to this information.

 

1.6 MONITORING EMAILS 

We may intercept, monitor and/or keep records of email communications entering and leaving our systems. If you communicate through our systems, you will be deemed to have consented to such interception and monitoring.

 

1.7 LINKS

1.7.1 BDO is not responsible for the Website policies of third-party Websites to which links are provided and you are advised to read the Website policies on these Websites before providing any personal information.

1.7.2 We cannot guarantee that third party Websites to which links are provided are free from viruses or malicious codes. You agree that it is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that your own information technology/equipment used to access a third-party Website is protected against such viruses and/or codes.

1.8 YOU RIGHTS 

You  have certain rights regarding your personal information, subject to local law. These include the following rights to: request access to the personal information that we may process on www.bdo.ky, update or correct your details, restrict our use of your personal information, object  to our use of your personal information, to receive your personal information in a usable electronic format and transmit it to a third party, or request that your personal details are deleted from our systems.

You may exercise these rights by e-mailing mail@bdo.ky. We will treat all such requests in accordance with applicable local law.

If you would like to opt not to receive promotional or marketing e-mail from us in the future, you may let us know by sending us an e-mail to [email address] stating the e-mail address you wish to be removed from our mailing list. However, your option not to receive promotional and marketing e-mail shall not preclude us from corresponding with you, by e-mail or otherwise, regarding your existing relationship with us.

 

1.9 ACCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION 

1.9.1 You can ask to review the personal information we hold about you and ask us to change or delete any of this information. You can do this by contacting us by email at mail@bdo.ky 

1.9.2 BDO assumes responsibility for keeping an accurate record of your personal information as it is submitted. However, we cannot ensure the ongoing accuracy of your personal information after it has been submitted without your assistance. Please help us keep your personal information current and accurate by contacting us if your personal information becomes out of date.

 

1.10 UPDATING THIS WEBSITE POLICY 

This section contains information about BDO's policies governing the collection and use of your personal information. From time to time we may need to make changes to this Website policy. Any updates to our Website policy will be clearly posted in this section of the Website. We advise you to regularly review this policy when you visit the Website.

 

1.11 COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS 

If you have any comments or questions about this Website policy, please contact us via email at mail@bdo.ky or using the contact us link.

 

Last modified 27 September 2019