Privacy Policy

Abt Global Inc.
Corporate Website Privacy Policy
Revised as of September 4, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Abt Global Inc., our wholly owned subsidiaries including Abt Britain Ltd. and Abt Global Australia PTY, and our agents or contractors (referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Abt Global”, “we” or “us”) process personal information we collect from or about you, including through our websites, products, services, marketing activities, communications, events, or other virtual or in-person interactions (collectively, our “Services”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we collect, disclose, and otherwise process personal information and to learn about your rights and choices regarding our processing of your information before accessing our website. By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy describes Abt Global’s data processing as a controller of personal information. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to the extent that we process personal information on behalf of our clients in the role of a processor or service provider. Many of our products and services are intended for use by commercial clients. When Abt Global processes personal information on behalf of our clients, the client is the controller of your personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our clients, which may differ from those described in this Privacy Policy. For more information about how an Abt Global client uses your personal information, or to exercise the rights you may have with respect to that information, please contact that entity directly.

For individuals in the United States: please refer to the U.S. State Privacy Disclosures section for additional details that may be relevant to you. For individuals in Australia: please access our Australian Privacy Policy here.

Our Commitment to Privacy

At Abt Global your privacy is important to us. We strive to provide an environment in which our employees, clients, stockholders, and partners trust us to handle personal information responsibly. We provide this Privacy Policy as part of our commitment to privacy by describing what personal information we collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and to whom we disclose it.

Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information that is necessary for our business activities and in order to provide and develop our Services. We may do this in a number of ways, including:

- Directly from you

We collect personal information that you choose to provide to us or that we collect directly through our interactions with you. This may include:

Account and profile information: If you create an account to use our Services, we collect information that you provide, such as your name, contact information, information about your employer and occupation, and other profile information.
Information you provide through the website: We collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us through the website, such as your contact information or information in surveys or web forms.
Information you provide through use of the Services: If you use our Services, we collect personal information you provide to us, such as your inquiries, customer support requests, subscription preferences, event attendance information, and information about the other products and services you use.
Employment application information: If you are exploring career opportunities, we may collect your email address, residence, education, work experience, and other personal information typically found on a résumé.
Other communications: We collect any other information you choose to communicate to us, such as your questions and comments.

- Automatically when you use our online Services or otherwise interact with us online

We collect certain information automatically when you interact with us through cookies and other technologies. This may include:

Device information: This includes your IP address, browser and Internet service provider information, device settings, operating system information, and unique device identifiers.
Information about your use of the Services: When you use our online Services or otherwise interact with us online, we may collect information about your use of the Services, such as referring and exit pages, pages viewed and links clicked, the date/time and duration of your visits, and other usage data that helps us understand how you interact with our Services, including electronic communications or our online advertisements.

- Data that we generate or collect from other sources

We may generate data from the data we collect, such as insights about your use of the Services.

We may also collect personal information from other sources, such as publicly available resources, our business partners or service providers, or from entities which are acquired by or merged with Abt Global. For example, we may receive updated contact details, demographic insights, or professional profile information from public registers, social networks, data brokers, distributors, or affiliates to verify identity, keep our records current, tailor outreach, and provide integrated customer support.

- Sensitive Information

Certain personal information may be considered “sensitive” or “special categories” of personal information under applicable privacy laws. Sensitive personal information includes but is not limited to, information or an opinion about an individual’s: racial or ethnic origin; political opinions; membership of a political association or trade union; religious beliefs or affiliations; philosophical beliefs; sexual orientation or practices; criminal record; and/or medical record.

Abt Global will only collect sensitive personal information in circumstances where it is reasonably necessary for one or more of the services that we provide or functions that we carry out, and the relevant individual consents to the collection of the information or we are otherwise required or authorized by or under law or a court/tribunal order to collect the sensitive personal information, or a permitted health situation exists that allows Abt Global to collect such sensitive personal information.

Use & Disclosure of Personal Information

The personal information you provide us may be used for a number of purposes connected with our business operations, which include:

Providing the Services, including customer support, fraud prevention, debugging, and maintaining information security;
Personalizing or tailoring content or Service experiences, including recommending content, features, or ads that match your interests;
Conducting promotional and marketing activities;
Ascertaining the suitability of individuals for potential employment opportunities;
Communicating with you, including answering enquiries, feedback, or complaints, and providing information or advice about our Services;
Conducting customer satisfaction surveys, usability studies, and other feedback initiatives to improve product and service quality;
Assessing the performance of our Services and continually improving their operation so as to create a better overall user experience;
Maintaining up-to-date customer and business contact records;
Performing audits, security monitoring, business continuity, and data-backup activities, including data recovery and archiving;
Complying with any law, in cooperation with any governmental authority or agency of any country, or to otherwise protect or defend our legal rights and interests;
Protecting the property or safety of Abt Global, our users, or others, including responding to emergency situations or potential threats;
For legitimate business purposes, such as developing new products and services and conducting research and analytics in accordance with applicable law; and
For any other purposes for which we provide notice, and if applicable, obtain your consent.

We may also aggregate and/or deidentify personal information for further use. We will not attempt to re-identify information that has been aggregated or deidentified.

Abt Global may disclose your personal information for the purposes described above to trusted third parties, including:

Vendors, such as cloud-hosting providers and other IT infrastructure vendors; marketing and advertising partners; and event or conference organizers;
Research or academic partners conducting joint studies;
Professional auditors, insurers, legal counsel, external consultants, or other partners, for purposes such as regulatory audits, litigation, or due-diligence; reviews;
Affiliated companies within the Abt Global corporate group for purposes such as internal administration, joint projects, or consolidated reporting;
Law enforcement, regulatory authorities, or courts when required to comply with subpoenas, court orders, or other lawful requests, or to other third parties to comply with our legal obligations;
To third parties as required by our government clients;
In the event of a proposed or actual merger or sale of some or all of our business or assets; and
To other third parties after providing notice, and if applicable, obtaining your consent.

Our legal basis for processing personal information will depend on type of information we process, the purposes for which we are processing it, and our relationship with you. Our legal basis will be one of the following:

Our legitimate interests, or those of a third party, provided that your rights do not override the legitimate interest
To perform a contract with you
To comply with applicable laws
To protect your vital interests, or those of another person (e.g., in an emergency)
To carry out a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
With your consent, where required by applicable law.

Cookies and Other Online Tracking Technologies

We and our third–party partners and service providers (such as advertising networks, analytics providers and social media platforms and networks) use pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, cookies, and other online tracking technologies (collectively, “online tracking technologies”) to gather information when you interact with our websites or email communications. Using online tracking technologies enables us to (1) deliver the content of our Services correctly, (2) optimize the content of our Services as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack.

We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our websites for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements and to tailor advertisements to your interests. These third parties may collect personal information about you over time and across third-party websites when you use our Services. The websites may use Google Analytics and Google Analytics Advertising Features. You may exercise an opt out going to tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You may adjust your Google advertising settings by visiting adssettings.google.com.

The websites do not respond to “do not track” signals sent by Internet browsers.

Children’s Privacy

Abt Global’s offerings are not directed to children, and Abt Global does not knowingly collect or disclose personal information from individuals under 18 years of age. You must be 18 years of age or older in order to establish an account through the website or engage in any other form of communication with us. If you believe that we have collected personal information about someone under 18 years of age, please email privacy@abtassoc.com and we will take steps to delete the information.

How We Protect Your Information

Abt Global is committed to keeping personal information secure and safe, and takes reasonable technical, physical, and administrative steps to help ensure that personal information is appropriately protected from misuse, loss, modification, or unauthorized access or disclosure. While we attempt to protect your personal information in our possession, no method of transmission over the internet or storage system is perfect, and we cannot guarantee that information about you will remain secure in all circumstances.

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our Services, comply with our legal obligations, and fulfill our other legitimate business purposes. The specific retention period may vary upon the type of data and the purposes for which it was collected. The factors we will take into account when deciding how long to keep your personal information for include: (a) our relationship with you, (b) accounting, tax and other legal requirements, (c) how long since you last contacted us or did business with us.

Cross Border Data Transfer

Abt Global Inc. is a United States corporation with subsidiaries and operations in many other countries. In the course of our ordinary business operations we commonly disclose personal information to third parties located in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area (EEA), and Australia.

Abt Global takes reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients of your personal information do not breach the applicable privacy regimes in relation to the information. This may include implementing safeguards such as the standard contractual clauses.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside, you may have the following rights in relation to the collection, use, and disclosure to third parties of your personal information:

To confirm our processing of your personal information and request information about our processing of your information.
To request a copy of your information in a commonly used electronic format.
To request that we correct or update your personal information.
To object to our use of your information (including for certain marketing purposes).
To request the deletion or restriction of processing of your information,
To request that we transfer your information to a third party.
To request to opt out of certain disclosures of personal information, targeted advertising, or use of your personal information for profiling activities.
To complain to us or your local data protection authority about our processing of personal data.

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the information at the end of this Privacy Policy.

If you are a California resident, you can find additional information about your rights and how to exercise them here.

Notification of Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically without prior notice to reflect changes in our practices. If we make updates to the Privacy Policy, we will post these changes to this page and notify you in accordance with applicable law.

How to contact us or make a complaint

To contact Abt Global in regards to this Privacy Policy or any aspect of its implementation, to make a complaint, or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us using the information below:

Australia: privacy@abtassoc.com.au
United States/United Kingdom/EU: privacy@abtglobal.com

Where the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) applies to your personal information held by Abt Global, if you are not satisfied with Abt Global’s response to your complaint, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001 / enquiries@oaic.gov.au. Where the EU GDPR or UK GDPR applies, you may contact your local data protection authority – for the UK see ico.org.uk for the UK or here for a list of EU data protection authorities.

U.S. State Privacy Disclosures

The disclosures in this section apply only to U.S. residents and are intended to supplement the Privacy Policy with information required by applicable U.S. state laws.

The table below describes the categories of personal information we collect, the purposes for which we collect and disclose that information, the categories of parties to which we disclose personal information for business purposes, and the categories of third parties to which we may “sell” or “share” for cross-context behavioral advertising personal information, as those terms are defined under relevant U.S. state privacy laws.

Category of Personal Information	Purpose(s) for Collecting & Disclosing Personal Information	Recipients of Disclosures for Business Purposes	Recipients of “Sales” or “Sharing”
Identifiers, such as name, email address, telephone number, physical address, unique identifiers associated with user or user account, IP address	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features User authentication Analytics Marketing and advertising Detecting security incidents Fraud prevention Debugging Research and development Service enhancements Recruiting Customer support Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Customer relationship and communication platforms Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Professional advisors HR, recruiting, and background check service providers Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Advertising and marketing providers Analytics providers Social media networks Data brokers or data-exchange marketplaces Affiliate and referral network partners Business or integration partners Customer-data platforms and retargeting networks Loyalty or rewards program partners
Commercial information, such as purchase details, transaction records, billing information, billing address, payment card details	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features User authentication Analytics Marketing and advertising Detecting security incidents Fraud prevention Debugging Research and development Service enhancements Customer support Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Advertising and marketing providers Analytics providers Social media networks Data brokers or data-exchange marketplaces Affiliate and referral network partners Business or integration partners Customer-data platforms and retargeting networks Loyalty or rewards program partners
Characteristics which may be protected under certain laws, such as your date of birth or gender	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features Recruiting Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Not applicable
Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as information about your usage of the Services, pseudonymous IDs, clickstream data, device and connection information, browser information, crash data, referring/exit URLs, IP Address	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features User authentication Billing Analytics Marketing and advertising Detecting security incidents Fraud prevention Debugging Research and development Service enhancements Customer support Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Affiliates	Advertising and marketing providers Analytics providers Social media networks Data brokers or data-exchange marketplaces Affiliate and referral network partners Business or integration partners Customer-data platforms and retargeting networks Loyalty or rewards program partners
Audio, electronic, or visual information, such as your picture, CCTV footage, or call recordings	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features Internal research Fraud prevention Service enhancements Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Not applicable
Professional or employment information, such as your occupation, employer, industry, professional licenses, work experience and employment history, and other qualifications	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features Analytics and research Marketing Detecting security incidents Fraud prevention Debugging Internal research Service enhancements Recruiting Customer support Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Not applicable
Education information, such as your educational background and training records	Analytics Marketing and advertising Recruiting Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Not applicable
Inferences drawn from the information above, such as a profile of your preferences	Providing the Services, including personalization of content and features User authentication Billing Analytics Marketing and advertising Detecting security incidents Fraud prevention Debugging Research and development Service enhancements Recruiting Customer support Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Advertising and marketing providers Analytics providers Social media networks
Sensitive personal information: Government identifiers, such as driver’s license number, Social Security number, or passport number; Account log-in information; Racial or ethnic origin; Citizenship or immigration status; Religious or philosophical beliefs; or Union membership.	Providing the Services User authentication Detecting security incidents Fraud prevention Recruiting Compliance and other business purposes	IT service providers Security or fraud prevention providers Analytics providers Advertising and marketing providers Social media networks Professional advisors Affiliates Law enforcement or other legal authorities	Not applicable

For more details about our processing activities, including the sources of personal information we collect, please visit the “Collection of Personal Information” and “Use & Disclosure of Personal Information” sections” of the Privacy Policy.

Sensitive personal information: We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than permitted under applicable law.

Retention: We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to carry out the business purposes described in this policy, or as otherwise required under law. The length of retention may vary depending upon factors such as recordkeeping or legal compliance requirements, the need to resolve inquiries or complaints, and the existence of an ongoing relationship with you.

Your rights: If you are a U.S. resident, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

The right to know. You may have the right to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources from which we collect personal information, the business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information.
The right to access. You may have the right to request a copy of the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
The right to delete. You have the right to request the deletion of the personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
The right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. You may also opt out of “sales” of personal information to third parties and “sharing” of personal information for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising by clicking here and following the instructions. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.
The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your privacy rights.

How to exercise your rights: To exercise your rights, please contact us at: Privacy@abtglobal.com or 301-347-5000.

You may also authorize an agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. To do this, you must provide the authorized agent with written permission to exercise your rights on your behalf, and we may request a copy of this written permission from the agent when they make a request on your behalf. We may also ask you to verify your own identity or directly confirm with you that you have granted permission to the authorized agent.

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