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If you have provided us with your personal information to receive any marketing communications from us or register to attend one of our events, this privacy notice will help you understand the types of personal information we collect, why we need to process your personal information, how we use it, who we share it with, and the rights you have over it.
In certain locations, there may be differences in the way that we collect and use personal information due to local legal requirements or the way that Mott MacDonald operates. If this is the case, we will notify you of this in a supplementary privacy notice.
This privacy notice is aligned with our Privacy and data protection policy and Our Code.
We may collect, use and store the following types of personal information about you for the purpose of carrying out our marketing activities:
We treat your health information as particularly sensitive and so we will only process it if there is a legal justification for doing so, or if we have sought your prior consent.
We obtain your personal information when you engage with us in person, when you visit our website, or through other channels. There are also some occasions where we do not receive your personal information directly from you.
We will only use personal information about you when the law allows us to do so. In certain locations, there may be differences in the legal justifications that can be relied upon when we collect, use, and handle personal information due to local legal requirements or the way that Mott MacDonald operates in that location. If that is the case, we will notify you of the differences in a supplementary privacy notice.
We have outlined the purposes for which we use your personal information in the context of our marketing activities below, along with the categories of personal information used:
To deliver marketing communications to you, including information about our events:
To register you for one of our events and facilitate your attendance
To use in promotional material including on our website, social media feeds or in brochures promoting our services, products and events
To improve the content of our marketing materials
When using your personal information for the purposes above, we will generally rely on your express or implied consent as our legal justification.
In certain jurisdictions, such as the UK and EEA, we may also process this information based on our legitimate interests. If this is the case, then we will balance your rights and freedoms against our own interests, or those of any third parties, to ensure that your rights are not infringed.
Personal information processed during our business activities may be shared, used, handled and otherwise made available to Mott MacDonald entities, service providers, and third parties when it is necessary and proportionate to do so. We may share, provide access to and transfer your personal information:
Within Mott MacDonald as appropriate to provide our services and to effectively maintain our business.
Our third party services providers who assist us with services that relate to our provision of marketing material, including communications about our services, products and events. These include Microsoft (communication delivery), EventBrite (event management) and Campaign Monitor (marketing communication and event analysis).
Other third parties if we are hosting a joint event with another organisation, trade association, professional membership body or similar.
An acquiring company if the structure of our business changes. For example, if we merge, combine or divest a part of our business, then we may need to transfer your personal information to the relevant third party or restructured organisation.
Regulatory authorities or law enforcement agencies if we need to comply with their request for information, such as where an investigation is being carried out.
When we need to share your personal information with these third parties, we use a combination of contractual, physical and technical measures to keep it secure. To protect personal information that is transferred internationally, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place and that your privacy and data protection rights are protected. Those safeguards will normally include data encryption, role-based access permissions, and legal agreements that facilitate the lawful cross-border transfer of personal information. Please refer to our Group policies for more information.
Please note that we will never sell your personal information to a third party for any purpose.
We work hard to maintain and improve security measures that prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. We limit access to personal information to individuals and organisations who have a legal right of access (for example, regulatory authorities or law enforcement agencies), or a legitimate business need to know (for example, communication and marketing specialists, brand specialists and service providers). Our service providers and suppliers will only process personal information in accordance with our instructions, and we ensure that all third parties are subject to a legal duty of confidentiality.
All Mott MacDonald People who may be required to access your personal information when carrying out their duties are required to complete privacy and data protection training on an annual basis.
Please also see our Information security and Privacy and data protection Group policies for more information.
We will only retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this notice. If we collect any health information relating to you, such as your dietary restrictions or accessibility requirements, then this will be securely deleted at the end of the event for which it was originally collected.
When your personal information is deleted or destroyed, we ensure that it is safely and permanently disposed of in accordance with any local legal requirements.
We respect your rights over your personal information, which are set our below:
You can exercise these rights at any time by initiating a request via privacy@mottmac.com. There may be occasions where we need to collect personal information from you, such as your name and contact details, to verify your identity before responding to your request.
We will handle your request carefully and respond to you within any applicable statutory deadline (for example, in the UK and EEA, we will respond to you within one month from the date we receive your request and in California, we will respond to you within forty-five days from the date we receive your request). If there is a lawful reason to extend this deadline, then we will let you know as soon as possible.
If you choose to exercise any of your rights set out above, then please be assured that we are committed to treating you fairly and ensuring non-discriminatory treatment.
Please also note that the extent to which you can exercise your rights may be limited by the rights and interests of others (for example, where we are unable to delete all your personal information due to our regulatory obligations). If this is the case, we will let you know without undue delay.
If you have any concerns about this privacy notice, or how we have used your personal information for our own purposes, please contact our Privacy and Data Protection Team at privacy@mottmac.com. If you’re located in Singapore, you can also contact us by calling 6293 1900. If you’re a resident of California, please contact privacyamericas@mottmac.com or dial 925 469 8010.
If you’re unhappy with how we have used your personal information, you can register a complaint with the data protection regulator in the country, state, or province where you are located.
This privacy notice was issued in September 2024 and may need to be updated because of changes to our systems and processes or the law, so we recommend that you review this notice periodically. When we update this privacy notice we will update the 'changes to this privacy notice' section. If changes materially affect your privacy rights, we will proactively publicise those updates on our website’s homepage.
If you’re a resident of the State of California, please see our California supplementary marketing and events privacy notice to learn more about our collection and use of your personal information and your privacy rights as a California resident.