Data Protection and Privacy Policy

Firm’s online service is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. We want to provide a safe and secure user experience.  We will ensure that the information you submit to us via our website at www.firm-mea.com or upskill-mea.com remains private, and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.
 
The Information We Collect and How We Use It
 
Your personal details, including your name, e-mail address, other provided info, are held and used by us for the following purposes:
  • For matching your coded details focused services
  • For keeping you informed of Firm’s services, news and wider developments in your chosen field;
  • For tailoring the version of our website you see when you log on to make it relevant to you; and/or

Disclosures of your information
 
We will share your information within the Firm’s group of companies where necessary in order to provide you with our focused services.
 
It is possible that Firm could merge or be acquired by another business. If this happens, we may share the information that relates to you with the new owners of the business and their advisers. You will be sent notice of such an event.
  
We may also release information relating to you to regulatory or law enforcement authorities, if required to do so. We also reserve the right to disclose the information we have collected about you to our professional advisors. These third parties will be acting under similar undertakings of confidentiality as Firm.
   
Aggregate Information about Firm’s online visitors

We gather information and statistics collectively about all visitors to this website and all of the Firm group websites worldwide, for example, which area users access most frequently and which services users access the most. We only use such data in the aggregate form. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users and how we can continually improve our online services to create a better overall experience for our users. 
 
Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small data file which is sent from a web server to a web browser when that browser visits the server's site. Find out more about the use of cookies on www.allaboutcookies.org Cookies are used on the www.firm-mea.com and www.upskill-mea.com websites to remember your login, to track web traffic on an aggregate basis so that no individuals are identified, to keep session information such as your last search (this information is disposed of every time you close your web browser). Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this, please look at the help menu on your browser. However, switching off cookies will restrict your use of our website.  
 
Access
 
You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold. We have the right to charge an administrative fee for this service. If you would like to make a request for information, please contact info@firm-mea.com You also have the right to ask Firm to stop using your information.
 
Other websites

Please note that clicking on to links and banner advertisements may result in your transferral to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of Firm’s group. Visitors should consult the other websites' privacy policies as we are not responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.
 
Internet-based transfers

Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this web site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.
 
Changes to our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be changed by Firm’s Group at any time. If we change our privacy policy in the future, we will set out those changes here, so that you will always know what personal information we gather, the purposes we might use it for and to whom we might disclose it.
If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about Firm’s online privacy commitment, please feel free to e-mail us at info@firm-mea.com or call your local office to speak to one of our representatives.