Last updated: 19 June 2024
We are committed to protecting your privacy.
Deloitte Cyprus (hereinafter referred to as “Data Controller” or “we” or “us”) is committed to protect your privacy and processing your data in a clear and transparent manner.
This privacy notice is intended for the website https://www.deloitte.com/cy/en.html (“Deloitte Site” or “this Site”), whilst it does not apply to other websites that could potentially be accessed by clicking from external URLs. We encourage visitors to review the privacy notice on each of these other websites before disclosing any personal data.
Specifically, this privacy notice applies to each of the Cyprus legal entities belonging to the Deloitte network (the Deloitte network being Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”), together with its member firms and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, and other firms with which it constitutes a network called the “DTTL network”), with registered office address at 24 Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 1075 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Each Deloitte Cyprus entity is a separate and independent legal entity, and this privacy notice applies to each separately. None of the Deloitte Cyprus entities have any liability for the other entities’ acts or omissions.
This privacy notice describes how we process personal data about while browsing Deloitte Site, in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), the Cyprus local Data Protection Law 125(I)2018, all the applicable data protection laws and regulations. It provides evidence of the nature of the personal data collected by the Data Controller, the purposes of the processing and indicates your rights in relation to the data processed and who to contact for further information or to send any requests.
In particular, this privacy notice sets out how we will collect, handle, store and protect information about you when:
We may prepare a specific privacy notice that we invite you to consult, in relation to certain services or in the context of personal data collection forms (e.g., when sending applications for job positions).
Protecting the privacy of minors is extremely important for us. Please be aware, however, that this Site and our services are not directed to minors. It is not our policy to collect or retain such data.
The Data Controller is Deloitte Cyprus (incl. but not limited to Deloitte Limited, Deloitte Investment Services Limited and Deloitte Actuarial Services Limited) based in 24 Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 1075 Nicosia.
The Data Protection Officer can be contacted at the following e-mail address: cyprivacy@deloitte.com
We may collect personal data from users while browsing this Site or when requesting the activation of certain services through the appropriate forms / data collection forms.
The personal data collected by the Data Controller could include:
We may also acquire information about users by obtaining it from the interaction patterns carried out on the Site. For example, to improve the experience of using this Site and ensure its proper functioning, we (or our service providers) may use cookies (small text files installed in the user's browser) and a web beacon that collects personal data. Further information on how to use cookies, and how to manage them can be found in the Cookie Notice at the following link https://www.deloitte.com/cy/en/legal/Cookies.html?icid=bn_cookies
In exceptional cases, we could also process special categories of personal data (such as data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs). However, if this should occur, we will request the user's consent to collect and use such information.
Personal data provided to us could be used for the following purposes:
In relation to the above-mentioned purposes, please refer to paragraph 10 to find out which rights you can exercise
We will use your personal data for the purposes indicated above on the assumption of the following conditions of legitimacy (legal basis):
The communication of the user's personal data with reference to the purposes (a), (b) (contractual obligations), and (e) (legal obligations), is necessary for the use of the services requested and for the execution of legal obligations; any refusal to provide them will make it impossible for us to perform the aforementioned services.
As for the purposes (c) and (d), the communication of personal data is optional, and its refusal or objection will have no consequence on the services requested. To disable profiling cookies, please refer to the Cookie Notice of this Site.
Your personal data will not be published, exposed, or made available and / or consulted by indeterminate subjects.
In connection with one or more of the purposes set out in the paragraph 4, we may disclose information about you to:
Your data will be communicated to these third parties after being appointed as Data Processors or recognized as autonomous Data Controllers and will be processed by collaborators and/or employees of Deloitte in the context of their respective functions and in accordance with the instructions given by Deloitte itself.
If necessary for the purposes stated above, the data collected may be transmitted or made accessible to other companies in the Deloitte Network, to entities that provide services to us and/or the Deloitte Network (e.g., vendors, suppliers), to competent authorities (e.g., courts, tax authorities, regulatory authorities) including those based in other countries, which may include countries outside Switzerland or outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Third parties to whom your personal data are transferred, are bound by specific agreement and are required to keep your data securely.
In such cases, we guarantee that the transfer will take place in accordance with the provisions of Chapter V of the GDPR through the adoption of appropriate safeguards that ensure a level of data protection in accordance with the obligations to which it is legally bound, such as, Standard Contractual Clauses, Binding Corporate Rules, other applicable legal basis or based on a statutory exemption (e.g. if you have given your consent to the transfer, if the transfer is directly connected with the conclusion or performance of a contract with you or if the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or enforcement of legal claims before a foreign authority).
If you have any questions about this, please contact us at cyprivacy@deloitte.com
The information systems and computer programs used by us are configured in such a way as to minimize the use of personal data.
We will retain personal data on the basis of the following criteria:
We will process your data with the utmost care and respect.
Your personal data are processed with the aid of electronic tools, ensuring the use of appropriate measures for the security of the processed data and guaranteeing their confidentiality, in accordance with the principles applicable to the processing of personal data pursuant to Article 5 of the GDPR, such as lawfulness, fairness and transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity and confidentiality.
These measures can include:
In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any possible data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so. Third parties will only process your personal data where they have agreed to treat the data confidentially and to keep it secure in compliance with the applicable law.
In relation to the processing of your personal data, you have specific rights under GDPR:
Processing activities are carefully evaluated to ensure a fair balance between your rights, which are assessed on a case-by-case basis (e.g., by considering the respective legal basis in each case and the purposes of the processing) and our interests. To exercise these rights, you can contact us at cyprivacy@deloitte.com
The time limit for Deloitte Cyprus to address your request is 1 month, which may be extended up to 2 further months in cases of particular complexity.
We also inform you that you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority for the protection of personal data: the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus.
We may modify or amend this Privacy Notice from time to time at our discretion. When we make changes to this notice, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page, and such modified or amended Privacy Notice will be effective from that revision date. We therefore invite you to regularly consult our Privacy Policy in order to stay up to date with any changes made since your last consultation.