This Privacy Policy applies to the baindigitalrevolutionawards.com/ website (the “Site”) provided by Bain & Company Italy, Inc. (“Bain”, “we” or “us”), a company with registered office at Via Santa Maria Segreta, 2/Nº 3, 20123 Milano MI, Italy who acts as data controller with respect to the personal data you share with us under this Policy.

We know that your privacy is important to you and take user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data (i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to alter and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We therefore invite you to review the current version of the Privacy Policy each time you return to the Site.

Information we collect and how we use it

We collect personal data from you when you request information from us and/or supply information through the Sites.

Personal data we collect includes your name, last name and e-mail address and any other information contained in messages you send us.

We might also collect information about how you use our Site in accordance with our Cookie Policy. For more information, please refer to the section “Use of cookies on the Site” included below.

By browsing the Site and submitting this information to us, you explicitly agree to us using your personal data for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any information you do not wish us to use.

We may collect personal data and may disclose such information to third party service providers in aggregate for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you.

You do not have to provide us with any personal data. However, if you do not, we may be unable to handle your request.

We will keep your personal data for as long as needed to handle your request.

Please note that we are not responsible for any information you may disclose publicly in any chat rooms, message boards, or similar web pages, including those hosted on or linked to our Site. You should keep in mind that, whenever you publicly disclose information about yourself online (for example, via message boards or chat rooms), such information could be collected and used by people whom you do not know. In addition, certain message boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses along with the message poster’s name and message. We bear no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any

information users may disclose on the message boards, chat areas or other user forums, if any, on the Sites.

Use of cookies on the Sites

We may use cookies or other technology (“Cookies”) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our Site. Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your computer or other device’s hard drive. Cookies can be placed directly by us (first party cookies) or by another website (third party cookies). Cookies can be further categorized into two types:

• Session Cookies are only stored on your computer during your browser session. They are deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent Cookies remain on your device for a set period of time even after your browser session has ended.

 

The Site may use different categories of Cookies for the purposes described below.

Strictly necessary cookies

These Cookies are required for the operation of our Site and use of its features. They enable us to provide you with a secure site experience. The Site cannot function without such Cookies and they are therefore automatically set when you visit the Site. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these Cookies, but some parts of the Site might not work. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these Cookies, but some parts of the Site will not work (please see “Managing Cookies” below for more information).

Functional cookies

The Site may use functional Cookies to carry out some analytics on and enhance the Site. These Cookies allow us to collect information such as how you use the Site, which pages are the most visited or where people visiting our Site are located. This enables us to determine what content is of most interest to our users and to ensure that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Targeting Cookies

These Cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Site more relevant to your interests.

We may also use Cookies to enable you to share content on networking or social media sites.

Managing Cookies

You can disable or delete Cookies by going to the Help section of your browser but certain functionalities of our Site might not work properly if you do so.

You can also use the settings of your Internet browser to prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies (including strictly necessary Cookies), get notified when new Cookies are dropped on your browser and disable or delete Cookies altogether

(including strictly necessary Cookies). Please note that deleting existing Cookies will not prevent Cookies from being set during your next visit on our Site.

Who we share your personal data with

We may share your personal data with others, such as:

• other offices in our group – for a complete list of our offices, please refer to www.bain.com/about/offices/;
• carefully selected third party service providers, such as IT systems providers (to host and administer the Site;
• our advisors (if necessary); and
• law enforcement authorities or other government bodies when we are required to do so.

Third parties, other than law enforcement authorities or government bodies, will only handle your personal data on our behalf for the purposes described in this Policy. We will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with such third parties for their own use.

The companies in our group and other third parties we share your information with may be located in other countries, including countries that do not offer the same protection to your personal data as the country in which you reside. Where that is the case, we ensure that your personal data is protected by using appropriate legal mechanisms. If you reside in the European Union, such mechanisms include using contracts or wording approved by the European Commission (called “Standard Contractual Clauses”).

Links to other websites

The Sites may contain links to third party websites, including social network sites. Such websites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies, which you should review before browsing or submitting information to them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. In addition, a link to a third-party website does not mean that we endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or the use of such website. We shall not bear any liability and responsibility for such content or for your use of these websites.

Security of your personal data

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Such measures include anonymizing or pseudonymizing data where possible. Our authorized personnel and third parties mentioned above will only have access to your personal data to the extent they need it to do their job or provide their services. Despite these precautions, however, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your information.

Your Rights

Depending on where you reside, you may be entitled to certain rights regarding the personal data we hold about you. For instance, you may have the right to request access to your information, obtain a copy of it as well as information about how we use it. You have the right to request that we correct incorrect, inaccurate or out-of-date information about you. You may

also have the right to request that we stop processing your information and/or withdraw your consent to such processing and to ask us to delete your information.

In the event that we hold personal data about you and you no longer wish for this data to be processed as described in this Policy, or if you wish to access, rectify, cancel or oppose such processing, please submit your request by [email protected].

If you think we are handling your information unlawfully, we encourage you to get in touch with us by contacting us at [email protected]. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority.

Please note that we will take reasonable steps to check your identity before handling your request.

Children

Our Sites are not directed at children 16 years of age or younger. We, therefore, will not intentionally collect information about anyone under the age of 16, and requests that no such information be submitted to us.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us by emailing [email protected].

You can also contact our Global Data Protection Officer:

email: [email protected]

post: Bain & Company Italy, Inc.

Via Santa Maria Segreta, 2/Nº 3

20123 Milano MI

Italy