The Hudson Group, LLC ("Hudson" or "we") is committed to protecting the privacy of the personally-identifiable information that we collect from you as you use this Web site (the "Site").
The scope of Hudson's commitment is detailed in this Privacy Policy. By submitting information,
you agree to Hudson's use of such information as described herein.

Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information about our on-line policies in general.

What personally-identifiable information is collected?
Hudson collects personally-identifiable information on certain areas of the Site when users register, request publications or other information, sign up for conferences and events, apply for jobs, and participate in user posting areas, such as bulletin boards, discussion forums, and surveys. The personally-identifiable information collected may consist of a unique access ID, company or school affiliations, titles, and contact information, such as names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone and fax numbers, and, for recruiting purposes, any other personally-identifiable information on your resume. You may have the opportunity to purchase publications on the Site, in which case we may collect order information and your credit card information in order to facilitate shipment and payment.

How may my personally-identifiable information be used?
Hudson uses your personally-identifiable information to fulfill your requests for publications or other information, to process your requests to participate in conferences and events, and to evaluate any job applications or other employment-related inquiries that you may submit. We may keep any of your personally-identifiable information on file and use it to contact you for recruiting purposes. Hudson also uses personally-identifiable information to perform statistical analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in specific areas and articles posted on our Site. The e-mail addresses provided at registration allow Hudson to send e-mail to individuals based on the areas of interest that they indicate during the registration process. If you do not wish to receive e-mailed advance notice of articles, simply do not check off any of the subject boxes on the registration page. Hudson uses personally- identifiable information collected from cookies and IP addresses as described below. Hudson may provide your personally-identifiable information to any of its affiliates worldwide for such purposes.

Are cookies and IP addresses used?
The Site uses cookies to identify you and your interests and to track usage of the Site. Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer that help us know which browser you are using and where you have been on the Site and on Web sites to which you may link in order to use some of our features. Cookies also let us know whether you have registered with us and otherwise enable us to relate your current usage of the Site to prior usage of this or other Sites of Hudson or its affiliates.  By accepting our cookie, you will be permitted access to certain pages of the Site without having to log in each time you visit. A user who does not accept the cookie from the Site may not be able to access certain areas of the Site. Hudson also logs IP addresses, or the location of computers on the Internet, to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer the Site.

Is personally-identifiable information disclosed to third parties?
Hudson shall not intentionally disclose (and shall take commercially reasonable steps to prevent
the accidental disclosure of) your personally-identifiable information to third parties (i.e., persons
or entities that are not affiliates of Hudson), whether for such third parties' marketing purposes or otherwise, subject only to the following four exceptions:

Links to third-party sites
We may provide links to third-party Web sites as a service to our users. In addition, some of the content appearing to be on this Site is in fact supplied by third parties, for example, in instances of framing of third- party Web sites or incorporation through framesets of content supplied by third-party servers. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection practices of such third-party Web sites, which may differ from those of this Site. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies on these Web sites before providing any information to them.

How can I access, change, and/or delete information?
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally-identifiable information that you submitted to the Site. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the Site.  To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Site on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered, or send us an e-mail at privacy@hudllc.com.

Security
Hudson has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in
order to protect personally-identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.
Only authorized Hudson personnel are provided access to personally-identifiable information, and
these employees are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, Hudson cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally-
identifiable information.

Trans border hosting and transfer of information
Personally-identifiable information collected on the Site may be transferred from time to time to
Hudson offices located throughout the world, including offices located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), and the Site may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world, including countries (such as the United States) that may not have laws regulating the use and transfer of personally-identifiable data. By using the Site and submitting such information on it, you voluntarily consent to such trans- border transfer and hosting of such information.

Children's on-line privacy protection
Hudson understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and Hudson will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.

Consent
By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy.

Contact our Privacy Department

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at privacy@hudllc.com.