Terms of Use

Copyrights and Trademarks

The Content, unless otherwise noted, are the property of Hay Acquisition Company I, Inc. Hay Group® and the names of our products and services referred to on this Site are our trademarks. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. The Site and the Content are protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaties. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright laws in your use of this Site.

Permitted Use of Site

You are permitted to download a copy of any of the Content on a single computer for personal noncommercial use, provided no changes are made to the Content, and no copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices are removed. The Content may not be used for resale or distribution. You agree not to use this Site in any illegal or tortious manner. Any passwords used for this Site are for individual use only. No other use of this Site is permitted, including without limitation, co-branding, framing, or hyper-linking, without the express written permission of Hay Group. This Site is not intended for persons under 13 years of age. You must possess the legal authority to form binding contracts under applicable law to use this Site.

Disclaimer

The Content is provided solely for informational purposes. This Site does not establish any client, advisory, fiduciary or professional relationship between Hay Group and you. Neither Hay Group nor any other person is, in connection with this Site, engaged in rendering accounting, advisory, auditing, consulting, legal, tax, or other professional services or advice. ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, MERCHANTABILITY, ARE EXCLUDED. YOU DOWNLOAD ANY MATERIAL ON OR FROM THIS SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL HAY GROUP, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR OTHER DATA) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT ON THIS SITE OR ON ANY LINKED WEB SITE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Submissions

Hay Group will become the sole owner of any information you submit to us via this Site. We may use any ideas, know-how, or techniques you may provide to us through this Site, for any purpose, in any media. We have no duty to keep such information confidential, except as we agree to in advance in writing, or as required by law. Any personally identifiable information you provide us via this Site is governed by the Privacy Policy associated with this Site.

Links To Third Party Sites

Certain links on this Site will let you leave this Site. The linked sites are not under the control of Hay Group and Hay Group is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or of any content on any downstream Web sites, or the privacy policies, or terms of use of, or any changes or updates to such sites. Hay Group is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Hay Group of the site or its contents.

Infringement

Contact the Hay Group designated agent for notification of any claims of infringement, at: Hay Group, Inc., 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3388, Attention: Legal Department, or by telephone at 215-861-2475, or by fax at 215-861-2119.

Governing Law

This Site is maintained and run by Hay Group from its locations in the United States. Access to this Site from locations where the Content is illegal is not permitted. You are responsible for compliance with local laws, if you access this Site from outside the U.S. You agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws. This agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except for its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive forum for any disputes shall be the courts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The provisions of this agreement are separable.

Privacy

The Hay Group privacy policy for this Site is set forth at the Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy - www.haygrouppaynet.com

Hay Group values the privacy of its Web site (the "Site") users. This Privacy Policy demonstrates our commitment to your privacy, and explains what information we collect from the Site and how we use that information. This Site is not intended for persons under 13 years old. We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from or about children. We may make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time.

Information Collected

Portions of this Site require users to provide us with personal information, which may include your domain name, name, mailing and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, your access ID, job title, and, for recruiting purposes, information contained in your resume, and, for transactions, your order information and credit card information.

Use of Collected Information

Hay Group uses domain names to measure Site use and improve Site content. We use mailing and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and user access IDs to provide users with the information, goods or services requested, to respond to user questions, to provide customer support, to register users for events or subscriptions, or to conduct surveys. All information submitted to this Site is collected, processed, and stored in the United States.

We may share the information collected with Hay Group affiliates, including those affiliates located both inside and outside the EU countries, and with third parties with which Hay Group has contracted to provide services to us or to users. Hay Group requires such third parties to treat your personal information confidentially. We do not sell user personal information to others. We may disclose information about users to others if required by law, if directed by the user, to operate this Site properly.

Cookies

The Site uses cookies to identify users, compile Site usage statistics, and to provide customized services. Cookies are small text files stored on a user's computer to identify a user's browser. Our use of cookies does not enable others to access a user's personal information.

Links

This Site provides hyperlinks to Web sites owned and controlled by others. Hay Group is not responsible for the privacy practices of any Web site not owned or controlled by us.

Security

This Site uses administrative, contractual, physical, and technical means to protect against the unauthorized access to personal information, such as confidentiality agreements with employees, firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer protocol, user names and passwords. Although Hay Group takes reasonable steps concerning security of this Site, no Web site is completely secure from unauthorized access.

Access

A user may opt-out, review and update the information provided to Hay Group through this Site by contacting us as set forth below.

Contacts

If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, please use the Contact page on this Site.

Consent

By accessing or using this Site you consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time.