The Information We Collect
Career International is an executive search firm and collects a variety of personal data necessary to provide such services in a proprietary and highly confidential database accessible only by Career International. Categories of personally identifiable data include: career history, education history, professional experience, resume/CV and contact information. By choosing to enter your personal information on this web site, you indicate your willingness to disclose this information to Career International and to be considered, when appropriate, for one of Career International’s confidential executive searches. If you do not wish to disclose your personal information, Career International will be unable to provide you the services offered by this web site, since employment, educational and other personal information is necessary in order to assess your employment opportunities.

It is not Career International’s policy to seek any sensitive information through our web site unless legally required for recruitment purposes. 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 record. We suggest that you do not provide sensitive information of this nature. If you do wish to provide sensitive information for any reason, Career International accepts your explicit consent to use that information in the ways described in this Privacy Policy or as described at the point where you choose to disclose.

How We Use and Disclose Personally Identifying Information
In order to present you as a potential candidate to potential employers (Career International clients), your personal information may be shared with clients and/or transferred between Career International’s worldwide affiliates, subsidiaries and licensees (Career International’s licensees are only associated with Career International and are not affiliated with any other search firm). Each Career International entity is committed to implementing the appropriate data integrity and security measures required of the country in which it resides in order to protect your information.

By choosing to enter your personal information on this web site you indicate your willingness to share and have your information transferred between Career International’s worldwide affiliates, subsidiaries and licensees and to be considered, when appropriate, for one of Career International’s confidential executive searches. A complete list of our offices can be found by visiting our web site at www.spencerstuart.com. If you object to your information being shared and transferred in such manner or if you do not wish to participate in this service and benefit from the executive career searches that Career International provides, please do not enter your personal information into the web site.

Your personal information is used only for the intended purposes stated at the time of collection. Career International does not sell or share your personal information for related or unrelated purposes to non-licensee third parties, unless otherwise stated at the time of collection or required by law. If at any time we decide to use personal data in a manner different from that stated as the time it was collected, we will notify you and give you a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. No notification and choice will be sought, however, if Career International is compelled or required by applicable law, statute, regulation, ordinance or court order to disclose personal data.

How We Use and Disclose Non-Personally Identifying Information
Your personal information may also be used anonymously and in the aggregate in order to put together industry, marketing and employment statistics. Used in this matter, your personal information becomes non-identifying. Career International also monitors IP addresses for security purposes, trend analysis, web site administration, user movement tracking and broad demographic information gathering for aggregate use. The IP address of the computer you use to access www.spencerstuart.com is not linked to any personal information you provide on the web site.

Information Security and Integrity
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain accuracy of data and ensure proper use of information, www.spencerstuart.com has put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial security procedures to safeguard all information collected online. In addition to requiring all users to sign in with a unique username and password (used for user authentication only), all sections of the web site in which personal information is submitted or exchanged employ industry-standard SSL encryption and are authenticated by Thawte.

We will not process your personal information in a way that is incompatible with what is outlined in the Privacy Statement, and will use our best efforts to ensure that data is accurate, complete, current and reliable for its intended use. We also will use our best efforts to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.

Access to Information
The web site makes it easy to access the personal information you provide to Career International. You may access your own personal information at any time with your User ID and Password. If you forget your password or think that it has been changed, you may elect to receive a password reminder. This reminder will be sent to the e-mail address you used when you first registered at the web site. To learn how to receive a reminder e-mail, visit our help page.

If the information you provided the web site changes or needs to be amended, please log-in and follow the on-screen instructions for viewing and editing your profile. For a more detailed description as to how to access your profile and make changes to your personal information, please visit our help page.

If you need further assistance accessing, updating, correcting or removing your personal information, or if you no longer desire our services, please e-mail Career International at contact@spencerstuart.com.

Career International reserves the right to change User IDs and Passwords at any time to protect the security of the web site. Additionally, Career International retains the right to revise your submitted data only to comply with its normal formatting and categorization practices, including but not limited to slight alterations of company listings. Should you have any issues or not agree with the revised data, please contact Career International.

Newsletter, Web Site/Service Updates, Surveys and Contests
Career International may offer newsletters to registered and unregistered users of the web site via e-mail. If you wish to unsubscribe from a newsletter, please follow the directions at the bottom of the newsletter and you will be taken off the recipient list.

Career International will periodically send you web site update information and service announcement updates via e-mail. Because these announcements contain important information about Career International’s service, as long as you remain a registered user, you will not be able to unsubscribe from these announcements. From time-to-time, the web site requests information from you via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is your choice and is completely voluntary as to whether to disclose information. Information requested may include contact information and demographic information. Contact information will be used to notify and award winners. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring, improving or enhancing the use and satisfaction of the web site.

Links
Please be aware that this web site may contain links to third-party web sites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this web site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, nor is Career International responsible for, any content, privacy practices, or conduct of such web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our web site and to read the privacy policies of each and every web site, including those that collect personally identifiable information.

Cookies
Cookies are packets of information that are stored on your computer’s hard drive. At www.spencerstuart.com, cookies allow us to keep track of the areas of the web site you visit and thereby offer you easy access to the information you find most relevant. They also allow us to greet you by name when you visit and to remember that you have already registered. No secure information or information about your personal identity is ever contained within our cookies. Your web browser is most likely set to automatically accept cookies, but you can consult your browser help file if you wish to change these settings. If you elect not to receive cookies, registered users will not be able to view a personalized home page and will view the default homepage instead.

Material Changes to the Privacy Policy
Career International reserves the right to modify or amend the Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. If there are material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here and e-mail them to you so that you can keep informed. Please check back to this Privacy Policy and your e-mail account from time to time to stay informed. If you do not wish to continue using this web site after reading the revised Privacy Policy, you will be given an opportunity to opt-out.

Nothing contained in this Privacy Policy is intended to create a contract or agreement between Career International and any user visiting the web site or providing identifying information in any form. If you have any questions about your personal information, please e-mail Career International at info@careerinternational.cn.