Privacy Policy
Group Imperial (“Imperial”, “us” or “we”) understands that your privacy is important to you. Group Imperial is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personally-identifiable information, being any information that is capable of identifying you as an individual person, as you use this Site. The scope of Imperial’s commitment is described in this Privacy Policy. By submitting personally-identifiable information, you consent to Imperial’s use of such personally-identifiable information as described herein.
What personally-identifiable information is collected?
Imperial collects personally-identifiable information on certain areas of the Site when users register for or apply for jobs, register for newsletters and alerts, participate in our alumni activities, sign up for conferences and eventsand participate in user posting areas (such as bulletin boards, discussion forums and surveys). The personally-identifiable information collected may consist of information that you provide, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax numberand background information required to apply for a job. For recruiting purposes, the information collected may include other personally-identifiable information that you include on your resume and information that you submit as part of your application. In addition, Imperial collects certain information that you do not visibly enter, such as your IP address, browsing pattern on the Site, click stream data, HTTP protocol elementsand the status of cookies placed on your computer by Imperial.
How may Group Imperial use my personally-identifiable information?
Imperial uses your personally-identifiable information to fulfill your requests for information, publish your letters to the editor or comments, process your requests to participate in conferences and events, evaluate any job applications, recruit personnel, distribute newsletters and alerts to you, personalize content that you view or receive, evaluate and improve our servicesand for such other purposes as you may initiate or request. We may keep any of your personally-identifiable information on file and use it to contact you.
How are cookies used?
Cookies are small packets of information that are stored by your web browser. They are put on your web browser by the websites that you visit. These packets of information do not contain personal information about you but they do allow us to know if you visit the same website twice or if you visit related websites.
The laws in many European Union countries require you to provide a form of consent before cookies are placed on your web browser unless the cookie is necessary for the website to work.
There is no agreed standard for how companies comply with these laws. We do the following:
- We only use cookies where they are necessary for our services or where you have provided your express or implied consent.
- We respect your wishesand you can inspect, delete, or block any cookies used by us by selecting the appropriate control in your web browser.
- We support technologies that have been developed and are being developed for your web browser that allows you to be more selective about the cookies that your web browser will accept.
What are “cookies” used for on this website?
Imperial uses cookies to identify you and your interests and to track your use of the Site. We also use cookies to control access to certain content on our Site and to process any requests that you make with us.
To administer our website and for research purposes, Imperial has also contracted with third parties to track and analyze anonymous usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and members. Such information is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. These third parties use persistent cookies to help us to improve the visitor experience, manage our site contentand track visitor behavior.
Imperial has also contracted with a third party to send e-mail to our registered members. To help measure and improve the effectiveness of our e-mail communications, the third party sets cookies. All data collected by this third party on behalf of Imperial is used solely by or on behalf of Imperial and is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis.
Consent; changes to privacy policy
By using the Site, you consent to the collection, useand storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy