CairnStone Advisors Privacy Policy

At CairnStone Advisors, a business consulting firm providing strategic planning, organisational restructuring, performance optimisation, digital transformation strategy, change management, market entry analysis, financial advisory, risk management, and post-merger integration services, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you interact with our online platform and services.

Information We Collect

We may collect various types of information from and about users of our service, including:

• Personal Data: This includes information you provide directly to us when contacting us, requesting services, or subscribing to newsletters. This may include your name, company name, job title, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide in your communications.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how our online platform is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

How We Use Your Information

CairnStone Advisors uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our services to you.
• To notify you about changes to our services.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so.
• To provide client support.
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services.
• To monitor the usage of our services.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
• To send you marketing and promotional communications, in accordance with your preferences.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), CairnStone Advisors’ legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you.
• You have given us explicit permission to do so.
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights.
• To comply with the law.

Disclosure Of Your Information

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

• To Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services ("Service Providers"), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services, or to assist us in analysing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• For Business Transfers: If CairnStone Advisors is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
• For Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
  • Comply with a legal obligation.
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of CairnStone Advisors.
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the services.
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the services or the public.
  • Protect against legal liability.

Security Of Data

The security of your data is paramount to us. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we endeavor to use industry-standard security measures, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. CairnStone Advisors aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where CairnStone Advisors relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Links To Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

• By Mail:
  CairnStone Advisors
  387 Gresham Street, Floor 7,
  London, Greater London, EC2V 7AY,
  UK