At WIDER SARL (also referred to hereafter as “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), your privacy is important to us. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you interact with our website, services, sales marketing, and events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the “Services”).  

If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at infor@widergroup.com . If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.

1. Who We Are

WIDER is a group of development-focused companies, delivering tailored, high-impact strategies, driven by a passionate, expert team dedicated to driving local performance to international standards. This Privacy Policy applies to WIDER digital platforms, including our website, service portals, and any other tools we provide (collectively, the “Services”).

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to deliver the best experience to our users. This may include:

• Personal information you provide to us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address, contact information.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Services or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

Publicly Available Personal Information. We collect email addresses; business email; and other similar data.

Personal Information Provided by You. We collect CV and other job application data.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

• Automatically collected Data

In Short: Some information — such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Online Identifiers. We collect devices; applications; tools and protocols, such as IP (Internet Protocol) addresses; cookie identifiers, or others such as the ones used for analytics and marketing; device’s geolocation; and other similar data.

• Data from Third Parties

In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.

We may obtain information about your from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information; marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links). We will inform you about the source of information and the type of information and the type of information we have collected about you within a reasonable period after obtaining the personal data, but at the latest within one month.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected via our Services for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive to:

• Respond to your inquiries and provide support
  We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.

• Deliver and improve our services and solutions
  We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.

• Communicate about new features, events, or promotions
  We and/or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time (see the “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS” below).

• Send administrative information to you
  We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

• For other Business Purposes:

We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information. We will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.

3. Sharing and Disclosure

In Short: We do not sell your personal information. We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.

Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

We may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

Third-Party Advertisers.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Services. These companies may use information about your visits to our Website(s) and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Business Partners.

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

4. KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SAFE

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

5. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY?

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

6. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. Please review their policies before sharing data.

7. YOUR RIGHTS

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access, correct, or delete your personal information
• Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at info@groupwider.com . We will respond to your request within 30 days.

8. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at:

WIDER SARL
Email: info@groupwider.com
Website: www.groupwider.com