This Middle East Inclusion & Diversity site (this “Site”) is made available by PwC. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. 

PwC and its licensors own the information, content and materials provided on the Site (“Content”), each of which is protected by proprietary rights and laws. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting any right to use any trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos or designs without the express prior written consent of the owner.

The Site and the Content are made available for the purpose of advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We specifically encourage you to use Content to advance this purpose on a non-commercial basis (i.e., you may use Content to help inform and develop your organization’s own diversity and inclusion programs, but you may not re-publish or re-sell Content), subject the basic rules set forth in these terms of use. We are passionate about making this Site available and building our library of content, materials, and other resources on diversity and inclusion. As such, please do not do the following things (which will impair our ability to continue making the Site available and which may discourage content providers from participating in this initiative):

• Post, transmit or otherwise make available through or in connection with the Site any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware or other computer code, file or program that is or is potentially harmful or invasive or intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment (each, a “Virus”);
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The Content is intended as general guidance only and given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, and the inherent hazards of electronic communication, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in information contained in this Site. The Content is provided with the understanding that the authors and Content providers are not herein engaged in rendering legal, accounting, tax, or other professional advice or services. As such, it should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or other competent advisers. Before making any decision or taking any action, you should consult an appropriate professional. While we have made every attempt to ensure that the Content has been obtained from reliable sources, PwC is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All Content is provided “as is”, with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will PwC, its related partnerships or corporations, or the partners, agents or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this Site or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

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PwC is strongly committed to protecting personal data. This privacy statement describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights. It applies to personal data provided to us, both by individuals themselves or by others. We may use personal data provided to us for any of the purposes described in this privacy statement or as otherwise stated at the point of collection.

“PwC” (and “we”, “us”, or “our”) refers to any PricewaterhouseCoopers member firm in the Middle East and that: (1) is a contracting party for the purposes of providing or receiving services, (2) posted a position for which you are applying, or (3) you have a role or relationship with. Each member firm in the PwC network is a separate legal entity and a separate controller for personal data. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable living person. When “you” or “your” are used in this statement, we are referring to the relevant individual who is the subject of the personal data. PwC processes personal data for numerous purposes, and the means of collection, lawful basis of processing, use, disclosure, and retention periods for each purpose may differ.

When collecting and using personal data, our policy is to be transparent about why and how we process personal data. To find out more about our specific processing activities, please go to the relevant sections of this statement.

We take the security of all the data we hold very seriously. The Network Information Security Policy Framework for the PwC network is aligned and compatible with financial services industry recognised security frameworks (e.g. ISO27002:2013) and best practices. An annual review of alignment and these processes is conducted as part of the governance procedure. We have a framework of policies, procedures and training in place covering data protection, confidentiality and security and regularly review the appropriateness of the measures we have in place to keep the data that we hold secure.

We will only share personal data with others when we are legally permitted to do so. When we share data with others, we put contractual arrangements and security mechanisms in place as appropriate to protect the data and to comply with our data protection, confidentiality and security standards.

We are part of a global network of firms and in common with other professional service providers, we use third parties located in other countries to help us run our business. As a result, personal data may be transferred outside the countries where we and our clients are located. This includes countries that do not have laws that provide specific protection for personal data. We have taken steps to ensure all personal data is provided with adequate protection and that all transfers of personal data outside a specific jurisdiction are done lawfully.

Where we transfer personal data outside a jurisdiction to a country not determined as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data, the transfers will be under an agreement which covers the relevant data protection requirements for the transfer of personal data outside the jurisdiction.

Personal data held by us may be transferred to:

• Other PwC member firms
  • For details of our member firm locations, please click here.
  • We may share personal data with other PwC member firms where necessary for administrative purposes and to provide professional services to our clients (e.g. when providing services involving advice from PwC member firms in different territories).
  • We store personal data on our or other PwC member firm servers around the world such as the EU, Singapore and the USA. IT support and services are provided by PwC member firms in different territories.

• Third party organisations that provide applications/functionality, data processing or IT services to us

We use third parties to support us in providing our services and to help provide, run and manage our internal IT systems. For example, providers of information technology, cloud based software as a service providers, identity management, website hosting and management, data analysis, data back-up, security and storage services. The servers powering and facilitating that cloud infrastructure are located in secure data centres around the world, and personal data may be stored in any one of them.

• Third party organisations that otherwise assist us in providing goods, services or information

On certain client engagements, we may engage or otherwise work with other providers to helps us provide professional services to our clients.

• Our clients

Where we need to process personal data to provide professional services to our clients, we may share personal data in our deliverables (such as the reports we create).

• Auditors, insurers and professional advisers

We may share personal data with our auditors and professional advisors such as lawyers.

• Law enforcement or other government and regulatory agencies or to other third parties as required by, and in accordance with, applicable law or regulation

Occasionally, we may receive requests from third parties with authority to obtain disclosure of personal data, such as to check that we are complying with applicable law and regulation, to investigate an alleged crime, to establish, exercise or defend legal rights. We will only fulfil requests for personal data where we are permitted to do so in accordance with applicable law or regulation.

We recognise that transparency is an ongoing responsibility so we will keep this privacy statement under regular review. This privacy statement was last updated on 18 June 2020.

We are generally controllers for the personal data we process, however, we may provide some services, such as payroll services, as a processor (in which case our client is the controller). If you have any questions about this privacy statement or how and why we process personal data, please contact us at: mer_me_data_protection_management@pwc.com

We hope that you won’t ever need to, but if you do want to complain about our use of personal data, please send an email with the details of your complaint to mer_me_data_protection_management@pwc.com.

We will look into and respond to any complaints we receive.

Some local laws and regulations in the ME grant Individuals certain rights over their personal data and controllers are responsible for fulfilling these rights.

Individuals’ rights may include the right of access to personal data, to rectification of personal data, to erasure of personal data / right to be forgotten, to restrict processing of personal data, to object to processing of personal data, to data portability, the right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent) and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.