This Internet site is owned and operated by The Gallatin Group LLC (“Company”). By using this Internet site, you are representing your consent to the following terms and conditions. The Company is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personally-identifiable information (information capable of identifying you individually), as you browse this site. By submitting personally-identifiable information, you consent to the Company's use of such personally-identifiable information as described in this Privacy Policy. Please review our Terms for information regarding our online terms and policies.
The Company recognizes and respects the privacy rights of individuals with regard to their personal data. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) explains what type of personal data we may collect about you and how we use it. Your privacy is important to us. If you have any questions concerning the Company’s privacy practices or wish to exercise your rights relating to personal data that the Company has collected about you, please contact us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below.
Applicability and Organizations Covered by this Notice
This Notice applies to the Company’s websites, social media pages, (mobile) applications, surveys, professional support activities, as well as other services and activities that display or reference this Notice (together “Services”). Any person accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Services, either manually or via an automated device or program, shall be considered a “User.” All Users are bound to the terms of this Notice and to any specific terms of use associated with the applicable Service. Your continued use of the Services means you continue to be informed about the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data as described in this Notice.
Personal Data We Collect and Use
The Company collects personal data to operate effectively and provide you with the best experiences from our Services.
The Company collects information directly from you through your interactions with us when you sign up for a Service, enter into a contract with us, submit an application to us, and through various other engagements we may have with you. We may use technologies that automatically collect information when you visit our sites, view our advertisements, or use our products or services. We also may collect information about you from third parties, such as our vendors, suppliers, contractors, and business partners. For example, we may use such third-party data to confirm contact or financial information, to verify qualifications of professionals and to check references.
The type of personal data we collect depends on the interactions you have with the Company and the Services you use. These may include:
Name and contact data: We may collect your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number and other similar contact data.
Credentials: We may collect passwords, password hints and similar security information used for authentication and account access.
Educational and Professional Details: We may collect when you submit your CV, qualifications and organizational or institutional affiliations, activities performed as part of your professional experience, and your skills.
Government-issued Identification: We may collect certain types of government-issued data from you, including Social Security Numbers, national identification numbers, driver’s license data, and passport data.
Demographic data: We may collect data about you such as your age, gender, country of origin or residence, and preferred language.
Preferences, interests and favorites: We may collect data about your professional or personal interests and favorites, such as the websites you visit, your corporate activities, etc.
Financial data: We may collect data necessary to process payments, such as a bank account or credit card number.
Usage data: We may collect data about how you and your device interact with our Services, such as Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser-plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; Information about your visit and online activities (e.g. page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.)
Relationship and interaction data: We may collect data about our interactions and meetings, such as when you contact us for information and support.
Location data: We may collect data about your location, which can be either precise or imprecise. Precise data includes geolocation data. Imprecise location data includes, for example, a location derived from your IP address or data that indicates where you are located with less precision, such as at a city or postal codes.
Legally Required Information: We may collect additional data about you that is related to adverse events, or that may be required by laws that apply to the Company.
In some cases, we may enhance the information we hold about you with information we receive from third parties and with information which is publicly or commercially available and/or which is obtained by any other legal means. For example, we may collect publicly available information about you, including online postings, social media platforms, publication databases, journals, and societies. Please note that any information you post or disclose through these services may become publicly available information to users of the service you provided it to, and to the general public. We urge you to be very careful when deciding to disclose your personal data, or any other information, in these forums, and to carefully review and familiarize yourself with applicable privacy settings and options.
How We Use Personal Data
Depending on your relationship with the Company, The Gallatin Group uses the personal data we collect for a number of basic purposes, described in more detail below: (1) for business operations (marketing and sales, research and development, patient support, donations, and sponsorships, communications), (2) for business administration (finance and accounting, human resources, and investigatory activities), and (3) for business management (internal audit, asset management, system, and business controls). The Company does not sell your personal data or disclose your personal data to any third-party for a business purpose.
We may use personal data:
To communicate with you regarding any requests or inquiries you may submit and to provide you with related support or Service.
To contact you from time to time to provide you with important information, required notices, and promotional materials.
To send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the (changes to) Services we provide.
To personalize your experience when using our Services by presenting products and offers tailored to you.
To identify you to anyone to whom you send messages using our Services.
For our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, developing new products, enhancing, improving or modifying our Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, conducting surveys, and operating and expanding our business activities.
To better understand how our products and Services impact you, to track and respond to safety concerns and to further develop and improve our products and Services.
As we believe necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public or government authorities, including authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others; (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may incur.
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
When the Company engages in processing your personal data, we will only do so if this is allowed, also referred to as having a legal basis to process your personal data. The legal bases the Company would rely on include:
when we have a contract or agreement with you – for example, a contract to supply goods or services (e.g., when you engage with us to visit a Company organized event), or an employee contract;
when we must comply with a legal obligation – for example, when processing your data is a legal requirement, for example in some countries there are transparency requirements regarding interaction with professionals, or to provide information to authorities in case of adverse events related to use of our services;
when data processing is in your vital interests – for example, when this might protect the viability of your company;
when processing your data for our legitimate interests as an adviser in compliance with our corporate policies – for example, to communicate with you about our products and services, about research and educational opportunities and market research surveys, as well as for the effective continuation of our business operations.
In all situations where there is no other legal basis, the Company will ask for your agreement (known as “consent”) as legal basis to process your personal data.
Note that if you provide your consent, you may also at any time withdraw your consent by contacting us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section. It is also important to know that you have other rights regarding the processing of your personal data, see the section on “Your rights related to your personal data.”
Who We Share Personal Data With
We share data with Company-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries; with vendors working on our behalf, subject to your consent; when required by law or to respond to legal process; to protect our customers; to maintain the security of our Services; and to protect the rights or property of the Company. In such cases, the Company will require these third parties to protect the confidentiality and security of the personal data that is shared with them. These third parties will be required to agree that they will not use or disclose personal data about you except as necessary to provide services to us or perform services on our behalf, or as necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulations.
The Company may share your personal data with affiliates and third parties as follows:
Among affiliates for the purposes described in this Notice. The Company is the party responsible for the management of the jointly-used personal data.
To our third-party service providers that provide services such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, e-mail delivery, auditing and other similar services. The Company policy requires that our service providers adhere to appropriate restrictions on access and use of your personal data.
To third parties to allow them to send you marketing communications.
We may also disclose your personal data in the following circumstances:
In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings. As required by law, including laws outside your country of residence, to comply with a subpoena, required registration, or legal process.
We may also disclose aggregate or de-identified data that is not personally identifiable to third parties. Aggregate data is created by collecting and processing information about individuals and summarizing the data, eliminating the possibility to identify an individual.
European Union Privacy Rights
Users residing in the UK or in the European Economic Area have certain rights relating to the personal information we hold in accordance with and subject to the privacy laws to: (i) check whether we hold personal information about you and to access such data (in accordance with our policy); (ii) request the correction of personal information about you that is inaccurate; (iii) have a copy of the personal information we hold about you provided to you or another controller where technically feasible; (iv) request the erasure of your personal information; and (v) request the restriction of processing concerning you. To do so, please send your request to privacy@thegallatin.com and write “EU Privacy Rights”.
You may make a complaint in accordance with applicable privacy laws to a supervisory authority.
How Do We Protect Your Personal Data
We have implemented a variety of security technologies and organizational procedures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. For example, we store your personal data on computer systems that have various types of technical and physical access controls, such as encryption. The Company has implemented data security controls consistent with industry standards; however, the Company cannot guarantee the security of your information. It is also important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password(s) and your computer, mobile devices, etc. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), please notify us immediately as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below.
Where We Store and Process Personal Data
As the Company is a global organization that advises firms and individuals across the world, your personal data may be stored and processed in any country in which we operate, including where we have facilities, or in which we engage service providers. The Company takes steps to process personal data according to the provisions of this Notice and the requirements of applicable law.
Retention Period
The Company will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Your Rights Related to Your Personal Data
You have choices about the data we collect. When you are asked to share your personal data with the Company, you may decline; however, your choice not to share your personal data with the Company may mean you will not be able to use or (fully) benefit from our Services, features or offerings.
The Company respects your rights, or where permitted by law, your authorized agent to know and inquire about what personal data about you we have collected, used or disclosed. In addition, you or your authorized agent have the right to request correction or deletion of such personal data, as well as to request removal of your personal data held by third parties with whom we conduct business. The Company will not discriminate against you based on your exercise of any of these rights.
For more information about your privacy rights, or if you are not able to resolve a problem directly with us and wish to make a complaint, please contact the relevant data protection authority that is responsible for making sure that privacy laws are followed in your country of residence. Individuals residing in the EEA may find a list of their local data protection authorities at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en. For further details on other jurisdictions’ data protection authorities, please contact us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below.
Children
The Company understands the importance of protecting minor's privacy, especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not designed for or directed at individuals 13 years of age or younger, and the Company will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under this age.
Web, Cookies, and Tracking Technology
The Company uses cookies (small text files placed on your device) and similar technologies, directly or through third parties, to provide our Services and help collect data. This data allows the Company to, among other things, store your preferences and settings; enable you to sign-in to websites or applications; provide interest-based advertising; combat fraud; and analyze how our Services are performing.
You have a variety of tools to control cookies and similar technologies, including browser controls to block and delete cookies. Please look at your particular browser for instructions on these functions. You may also wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.
Your browser settings and other tools to control cookies and similar technologies may impact your experience with our Services.
We use various types of cookies, as well as similar technologies such as Local Shared Objects (or “Flash Cookies”) and web beacons (also called single-pixel tags) to identify your IP address, browser type, device characteristics, domain name, referring URLs and specific links and web pages through which you click. This data is collected automatically and is used for purposes as mentioned above. This technology also allows us to recognize you when you return to this Site and to provide you with a customized experience that we feel will be of value to you.
In addition, the Company uses web analytics services (e.g. Google Analytics) to collect website analytics. The information generated about website usage (including your shortened IP address) is transmitted to these web analytics services. This information is used to evaluate visitors’ use of the domain, compile statistical reports on website activity, and provide other services related to the site and internet use activity.
For example, Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to analyze how Users use the Domains, and provide other services related to the site and internet use. Google may also collect information about domain visitors’ use of other websites. For more information about Google Analytics, or to opt out of Google Analytics, please go to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Furthermore, we may partner with third-party service providers to serve ads regarding goods or services that may be of interest to you when you access and use our Services and third-party sites. Some of the ads on our Services or on third-party sites may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on what we, or the online advertising network serving the ad, know about you or your computer's browsing activity on both the Service and third-party sites.
To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser (including through the use of pixel tags).
The Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) offers useful information about internet advertising companies, including information about how to opt-out of interest-based advertising by their members. See http://www.networkadvertising.org for general information about the NAI and http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp for the opt-out page. You may also visit http://www.aboutads.info/consumers to learn about interest-based advertising and how to opt-out from ads served by some or all participating companies.
These opt-out mechanisms rely on cookies to remember your choices. If you delete your cookies, use another computer or device, or change browsers, you will need to repeat this process. In addition, opting out of interest-based ads will not opt you out of all ads, but rather only those ads that are personalized to your interests.
Third-Party Services
This Notice does not address, and the Company is not responsible for, the terms of use, information or privacy practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which our Service links. The inclusion of a link on the Service does not imply our or our affiliates’ endorsement of the linked site or service.
Social Networks
Generally, social networks are interactive tools that enable you to collaborate and share information. The Company may collect certain personal data from you to enable you to use online social network features. The Company may also use these tools to post or share personal data with others. When using social networks, you should be very vigilant about what personal data you choose to share with others. The Company provides notices and choices about how personal data is collected, used and disclosed on its website, social networks and other services. When engaging in social network activities, you should not post information about third parties without their consent.
Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, use and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other, non-Company organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer. If you choose to share or disclose your personal data to other organizations through, or in connection with our social media pages, you should refer to the privacy notices and terms of use provided by those organizations. The Company encourages you to review and familiarize yourself with applicable privacy settings and functions of these third-party platforms and applications.
Social Media Corporate Accounts
The Company’s Global Corporate Accounts are listed below. All other accounts are not officially recognized by The Gallatin Group LLC.
How to Contact Us
The Company welcomes any questions or comments you may have regarding this Notice or its implementation. You may also request this Notice in an alternative format if necessary due to a disability. Any such questions, comments or requests should be submitted using the contact information below.
Please note that e-mail communications are not always secure, so we encourage you not to include sensitive information in your e-mails to us.
Contact Details
Mailing Address: The Gallatin Group LLC, 142 W. 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
E-mail Address: privacy@thegallatin.com
Disclaimer
THE CONTENT ON THIS INTERNET SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS OF THE CONTENT, OR WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE ACCESS TO THIS INTERNET SITE IS FREE FROM ERRORS OR THIS INTERNET SITE IS FREE FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES.
If any of the above exclusions of warranties is unenforceable, the other exclusions listed above will still be given effect to the full extent permitted by that jurisdiction’s law. The Company shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to or inability to access this Internet site or from reliance on any content of this site.
Precautions for Use
RSS provided can be used only for private use.
The provision of information through RSS may be suspended or ceased without prior notice.
Please note that the content and format of RSS provided is subject to change without prior notice.
Please understand that the Company does not answer individual requests for explanations or questions on how to use RSS.
Please understand that some browsers do not support our RSS.
Your Rights Under California Law
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is an act that was passed by the California legislature in 2018. It took effect on January 1, 2020. California provides consumers with additional rights related to their personal information. These rights do not apply, however, to any information we collect that is exempt from the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Applicable Law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America. Any dispute, controversy and/or difference which may arise in connection with this policy shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York as the court of first instance.
Updates, Consent, and Changes to Privacy Policy
The Company may update this Notice from time to time. Please check this Notice periodically for changes. If we make any changes, the updated Notice will be posted with a revised effective date. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
By using the website, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Notice and elsewhere on the website. The Company reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. The Company will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 23, 2023.