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Privacy Statement
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Buck,
has been engaged by your Company to provide certain employee benefits
processing and recordkeeping services. In connection with the services, Buck
makes this Web site available to Buck employees and others entitled
to company benefits. At Buck, we take the issue of privacy very seriously.
Visitors to this Web site can be assured that information they share on this Web
site will receive the security, privacy and confidentiality that would be expected
from one of the world's leading human resource and benefits consulting firms.
How information is collected
In general: Unless you provide personally
identifiable information to us voluntarily, the information is provided by your
employer, or the information is collected by means of "cookies" in the manner described
in this Privacy Statement, Buck does not collect information about you
in connection with your use of this Web site.
"Contact Us" requests
about our products and services: Through use of "Contact Us", visitors are invited to electronically
send inquiries to us. We retain copies of these messages. The information provided
by a visitor will only be used to respond to the visitor's inquiry and to provide
better customer service.
Use of "cookies": A "cookie" is a small
piece of information about an Internet session that may be created when a visitor
accesses a Web site. Buck uses cookies to facilitate easier navigation
within the Web site, to provide a higher level of convenience for the visitor, and
for administrative purposes. We do not use cookies for any other purposes. This
information is not shared with any other party for any commercial purposes. You
can set your browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer) to notify you when a Web
site attempts to send a cookie. The browser will allow you to decide whether or
not to accept the cookie. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you
may not be able to take advantage of all the features of this, or other Web sites.
How information collected is used
We respect your right
to privacy. Any information you provide to us via this Web site is kept confidential.
We have also implemented security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or
alteration of information stored in our systems. Buck will only use
the information collected from visitors to this Web site to address the specific
inquiries or requests of those visitors, and to provide better customer service.
The information collected also is used to provide a record of communications between
Buck and its Web site visitors, and to comply with any applicable legal
and/or regulatory requirements. In certain circumstances, the information you provide
may also be available to your employer or plan administrator to the extent required
for benefits administration.
Other access to information
Affiliates and service
providers:
Other subsidiaries of Buck as well as non-affiliated service providers that assist
Buck Consultants in meeting the needs of its customers, may under certain circumstances
receive personal information collected from you as a Web site visitor. Such information
is disclosed only to respond to your inquiries or requests, and to provide you with
information. Personal information will be treated with the same standards of privacy
and confidentiality that Buck uses.
Third party web sites
This Web site may contain
links to third party sites that you may find useful. Once you leave this web site,
Buck does not receive any of your information. We also do not provide
any of your information to a third party web site. These third party sites may have
their own privacy policies. You should review the privacy policy of any Web site
before you provide personal or confidential information. Buck is not
responsible for the content of these other sites or any business you transact or
information you share with them. |