The Irish firm of Ernst & Young is a partnership under Irish Law. The partnership is a member of Ernst & Young Global Limited ("EYG") a limited liability company incorporated in the UK which acts as the central governance body of the Ernst & young network of independent firms. EYG is a member of Ernst & Young International ("EYI") a Cayman Islands company limited by guarantee. The principal place of business of Ernst & Young is Ernst & Young Building, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. Ernst & Young are data processors, as defined by the Data Protection Acts 1988, and 2003 collecting the information obtained by this web site, for specified purposes as outlined below. Personal information collected by this web site may be transferred to other member firms of EYG where it is necessary to meet the purpose for which the information was submitted. Therefore in circumstances where it is necessary to fulfil the request, submitting data on this site will indicate that the individual has given explicit conset to transfer the data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Ernst & Young has developed this Internet Privacy Policy in order to ensure it upholds and maintains visitors' rights to privacy in the online environment.


Data Collection and Purpose

Ernst & Young will only collect and use personal data voluntarily provided by visitors to this site. Visitors are able to browse the site without disclosing any personal information. Ernst & Young, for the purposes of this site, will never collect and use information from other sources such as public bodies or private organisations. A visitor to the site may choose to provide Ernst & Young with limited personal data as required in order to register for certain services. Once registered the information will only be used for specific service(s).

Visitors to this site can register for one or more of the following:

• Express an interest in working for Ernst & Young
• General contact with Ernst & Young
• Register for Entrepreneur of the Year
• Register for events and conferences

Ernst & Young does not intentionally collect any sensitive information via the web site unless legally required to do so. Sensitive information includes race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life or actual or alleged offences. We would suggest that you do not provide information of this nature but by doing so you will be deemed as providing your explicit consent which will enable Ernst & Young to use the information for the specified purpose for which it was supplied.

Disclosure to Third Parties

Ernst & Young does not collect or compile personal data or information obtained by its site for dissemination or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes or host mailings on behalf of third parties.

Data Amendments and Retention

Information collected from visitors to the site will only be kept in order to provide the required service. Should you require your information to be updated, amended or deleted from our records please contact ernst.young@ie.ey.com outlining your requirements.

Security

Ernst & Young has implemented accepted standards of technical measures and security policies that protect the personal data it has under its control from:

• Unauthorised access
• Improper use or disclosure
• Unauthorised modification
• Unlawful destruction or accidental loss

'Cookies'

'Cookies' are used on some areas of our site. Cookies are small text files placed on your hard drive that allow our site to store tokens of information in your browser. It gives your browser an identifier used only while you are on the site. This enables us to analsye how visitors use the site, allowing us to continually improve the service it provides. Cookies also prevent registration of multiple votes to any polls that may be run via the site thus avoiding distorted results. We do not link personal data to the information contained in the cookie to determine or track the identity of any user on eoy.ie.

If you do not want to receive a cookie from eoy.ie or other sites, it may be possible to set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent to you. Here are some instructions on how to do this.

Children

The Ernst & Young site covered by this privacy statement is not intended for use by children. We understand the importance of protecting the children's information, especially in an online environment, and we do not knowingly collect or maintain information about children.


Please note that www.eoy.ie contains links to other sites which are not governed by this privacy statement.