Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform our clients, employees, business partners and the general public how we protect and handle private and sensitive information. At Prophet, we are committed to protecting your privacy through stringent privacy practices like Standard Contractual Clauses and adherence to the Privacy Shield Principles of the Privacy Shield Program. As of 2016, The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework replaces the Safe Harbor Framework, and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework replaces the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework. Prophet Brand Strategy in the U.S., as well as all of its subsidiaries including Prophet Brand Strategy Limited (GB), Prophet HK Limited (HK), Prophet (Shanghai) Company Limited (CN), Prophet PTE limited (Singapore), Prophet GmbH (CH), and Prophet Germany GmbH (DE), adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles.
Prophet complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland, to the United States. Prophet has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.
Prophet is a diverse, global consultancy with offices across the United States, and in London, Berlin, Zurich, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Our business practices and processes are shared between our global offices, which means that our client and employee data is shared between our US, European and other international offices. Prophet is fully committed to the proper handling and privacy of the personal information that it collects or uses for all individuals within the European Union and Switzerland. To protect the individual’s information, Prophet complies with both the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the European Commission and the Swiss Administration.
Prophet is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for investigations and enforcement related to compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. All of Prophet’s privacy practices comply with the following Privacy Shield Principles, as detailed in the policy section of this document:
- Notice
- Choice
- Accountability for Onward Transfer
- Security
- Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation
- Access
- Recourse, Enforcement and Liability