Last updated:  1 July 2026

Lachman Consultants is committed to protecting the confidentiality and privacy of information entrusted to it. As part of this fundamental obligation, Lachman Consultants is dedicated to the appropriate protection and use of personal information (sometimes referred to as “personal data”, “personally identifiable information” or “PII“) that has been collected by or provided to us through our websites, www.lachmanconsultants.com and www.lachmanconsultants.ie,  (collectively, the “Website”).

Data controller: The controller or relevant entity responsible for the processing of your personal data in connection with this Website and this Website privacy policy (“Website Privacy Policy”) depends on where you are located:

  • If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or the United Kingdom (“UK”), Lachman Consultants (Ireland) Limited is the controller of your personal data.
  • If you are located in the United States of America (“USA”) or elsewhere in the world outside of the EEA or UK, Lachman Consultant Services, Inc. is the entity responsible for, or controller of, your personal data.

Unless otherwise stated, “Lachman Consultants”, “we”, “our” and “us” refers to Lachman Consultant Services, Inc. and Lachman Consultants (Ireland) Limited collectively (or individually as applicable).

When you use the Website, we may collect and process your personal data in accordance with this Website Privacy Policy, now and as amended by us from time to time. Please review this Website Privacy Policy to learn more about how we collect, use, share and protect your personal data.

If you do not provide the requested information, we may not be able to provide you with our services or respond to any questions or requests you submit to us via our Website.  We will tell you when we ask for personal data whether it is a contractual requirement or needed to comply with our legal obligations.

 

  1. Collection and use of personal data

We and our service providers collect any personal data that you provide when you use the Website.  For example, when you register for a service, we may collect basic information about you such as your name, email address and other business or contact information.

We use the information we collect to: provide you with the Website; communicate with you; operate, maintain, and enhance the Website; and fulfill your specific requests.  For example, if you send us a request seeking information regarding consulting services that we provide to our clients, we will use your email address and other information you supply to respond to your request.  Your personal data is used only for the purposes described in this Website Privacy Policy, unless we otherwise obtain your permission, or unless otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

In some cases where you have registered for certain services, we may store your email address temporarily until we receive confirmation of the information you provided via an email (i.e., where we send an email to the email address provided as part of your registration to confirm a subscription request).

Lachman Consultants does not collect “sensitive” personal data through our Website. Sensitive information includes personal information regarding a person’s race, ethnicity, political beliefs, trade union membership, religious or similar beliefs, physical or mental health, sexual life or criminal record.

Please do not provide sensitive personal data to Lachman Consultants.

1.1 Automatic Collection of Personal Data

In some instances, Lachman Consultants and its service providers use cookies, web beacons, wayfinding technology, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Global Positioning System (“GPS”) technology, and other technologies (including other location-based technologies) to automatically collect certain types of information when you use the Website, as well as through emails that we may exchange. The collection of this information allows us to: customize your online experience; improve the performance, usability and effectiveness of Lachman Consultants’ online presence; advertise and market our services; measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities; and generate and analyze statistics about your use of the Website.

1.1.1 IP Addresses

An Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is a number assigned to your computer or internet-enabled device whenever you access the internet.  It allows computers and servers to recognize and communicate with one another.  IP addresses from which visitors appear to originate may be recorded for IT security and system diagnostic purposes.  This information may also be used in aggregate form to maintain and improve the Website and to generate and analyze statistics about the Website and your use of the Website.

1.1.2 Cookies

Cookies may be placed on your computer or internet-enabled device whenever you visit the Website.  This allows the Website to remember your computer or device and serves a number of purposes.

On our Website, a notification banner will appear requiring your consent to use cookies.  If you do not provide consent, we will not deploy cookies on your computer or internet-enabled device for marketing-related activities.  A secondary type of cookie referred to as “user-input” cookies may still be required for necessary functionality.  Such cookies are not subject to your consent and will not be blocked through the use of our cookies banner.  Your selection will be saved in a cookie and is valid for a period of 90 days.

You can withdraw your consent to cookies at any time by updating your cookie consent preferences or clearing your browser’s cookies. Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you may be able to choose whether or not to accept cookies via your browser’s settings (often found in your browser’s Tools or Preferences menu).  You may also be able to delete cookies from your device. However, please be aware that if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to fully experience some of the features of the Website.

Other third-party tools and widgets may be used on our individual web pages or portions of the Website to provide additional functionality.  When you provide your consent, your use of these tools or widgets may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use, and ensure your interaction is displayed properly.

FOR USERS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF THE EEA/UK, BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU AGREE THAT WE, OR A THIRD PARTY ACTING ON OUR BEHALF, CAN PLACE THESE COOKIES ON YOUR COMPUTER OR INTERNET ENABLED DEVICE.

1.1.3 Do Not Track

Our Website may not recognize browser-based Do Not Track signals.  However, as discussed above under “Cookies,” you may be able to modify your browser settings to block all cookies, or to block “third-party” cookies. Cookies that we set on our Website are considered “first-party” cookies.  Details on your ability to restrict or change the personal information that we may collect about you are listed below under the Choice and Access sections of this Website Privacy Policy.

1.1.4 Usage Analytics

Lachman Consultants uses several third-party usage analytics tools including Google Analytics. More information about how Google Analytics is used by Lachman Consultants can be found here: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html.

To provide Website visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.  The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the Website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics.  The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not prevent information from being sent to the Website or to other web analytics services.

1.2 Children

Lachman Consultants understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment.  In particular, our Website is not intentionally designed for or directed at children under the age of 13.  It is our policy never to knowingly collect or process personal data about anyone under the age of 13.

  1. Sharing and Transfer of Personal Data

We do not share personal data with unaffiliated third parties, except as stated in this Website Privacy Policy, including as necessary for our legitimate professional and business needs, to carry out your requests, as required or permitted by law or professional standards, or otherwise with your consent.

In some instances, Lachman Consultants may share personal data about you with third-party service providers and vendors working on our behalf.  These third parties include providers of administrative, identity management, website hosting, data analysis, data back-up and security management services.  Each such third party is required to safeguard personal data in accordance with its contractual obligations and data protection legislation applicable to its provision of services.

Lachman Consultants may disclose personal data in order to respond to lawful requests of government or law enforcement agencies, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements or where disclosure is required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.  In the event that the ownership of Lachman Consultants or an affiliate or their assets changes as the result of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, information owned or controlled by Lachman Consultants may be transferred to another company. Information may also be shared in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company, or we sell, liquidate, assign or transfer all or a portion of our assets.  These disclosures may also be needed for data privacy or security audits and/or to investigate or respond to a complaint or security threat.  Lachman Consultants does not sell personal data to any third parties.  Also, Lachman Consultants will not transfer the personal data you provide to any third parties for their own direct marketing use.

Lachman Consultants and our service providers may use personal information in an aggregated, anonymized form for research and development purposes. This data does not identify you individually, but rather helps to identify trends in user preferences and behaviors.  In addition, we may share de-identified reports on user demographics and traffic patterns, as well as de-identified information, with third parties.

Cross Border Transfers.  Lachman Consultant Services, Inc. is a US corporation and may transfer certain personal data across geographical borders to other Lachman Consultants’ affiliates or to outside companies working with us or on our behalf.  Lachman Consultants may also store personal data in a jurisdiction other than where you are based, and such jurisdiction may not provide the same level of protection for your personal information as your home country.   Each affiliate of Lachman Consultants is required to safeguard personal data in accordance with its contractual obligations and data protection legislation applicable to its provision of services.  Your personal data will only be transferred if appropriate or suitable safeguards are in place.  If you are located in the EEA or the UK, you may have additional rights. You can find more information under Section 6 below.

  1. Choices

We may require you to provide certain personal data in order for you to receive additional information about our services and events.  Lachman Consultants may also ask for your permission for certain uses of your personal data, and you can agree to or decline those uses. If you opt-in for particular services or communications, such as subscribing to our blog, you will be able to unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included in each communication.  If you decide to unsubscribe from a service or communication, we will try to remove your information promptly, although we may require additional information before we can process your request.

As described in the “Cookies” section above, if you wish to prevent cookies from tracking you as you navigate our Website, you may be able to do so by not providing your consent when we provide you with the option, updating your cookie consent preferences on the Website or by changing your browser settings.  Note, however, that some portions of the Website may not work properly if you do not provide your consent to use cookies.

  1. Access

If you have submitted personal data to Lachman Consultants, under most circumstances you have the right to reasonable access to that data to correct any inaccuracies.  You can also make a request to update or remove personal data about you and we will make all reasonable and practical efforts to comply with your request, so long as it is consistent with applicable law and professional standards.  To request access to or correction, updating, or removal of your personal data please contact us at privacy@lachmanconsultants.com.

If you are located in the EEA or the UK or in the State of California, you may have additional rights. You can find more information under Sections 6.3 or 7.4 below.

  1. Data Security and Integrity

Lachman Consultants has and requires its service providers to have security policies and procedures in place to help protect personal data from unauthorized loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.  Despite Lachman Consultants’ efforts, however, security cannot be guaranteed against all threats.  We seek to limit access to your personal data to those who have a need to know.  Those individuals who have access to the data are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information.  We also retain personal data only for so long as the data is needed for the purposes for which it is processed.

  1. Residents of the EEA and UK

6.1 How We Use the Personal Data We Collect

We will only use your personal data for the purposes and with respect to the legal bases set out below:

Category of Personal Data

Personal contact details / identifiers / professional or employment-related information

Such as your real name and alias, postal address and email address, phone number, company/job details, and information regarding your current employers, including job title.

Purpose for Processing

  • To communicate with you and respond to your requests, or to contact you about changes to the Website.
  • For analytics and research purposes, including to monitor and track usage of the Website.
  • For marketing and advertising purposes, such as offering you products or services we think that you may be interested in.

Legal Basis
Legitimate interests (managing our business, providing and improving our Website), unless your consent is required (for example, direct marketing or cookie consent requirements).

Purpose for Processing

  • To provide you with the Website.

Legal Basis
Performance of a contract or taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.

Category of Personal Data

Commercial information

This may include services obtained or considered.

Purpose for Processing

  • To provide you with the Website.

Legal Basis
Performance of a contract or taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.

Purpose for Processing

  • To improve our Website.

Legal Basis
Legitimate interests (providing and improving our Website).

Category of Personal Data

Browser and device information / information relating to Internet activity or other electronic network activity

Such as cookie identifiers, clear gifs, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, device platform, device version, device characteristics including your choice of settings, IP address, browser type, unique device identifiers, clickstream data, and how you interact with the Website.

Purpose for Processing

  • To provide you with the Website.
  • For analytics and research purposes, including to monitor and track usage of the Website.
  • To improve the performance, usability, and effectiveness of our Website.
  • To customize and personalize your experience.
  • For marketing and advertising purposes and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising activities.
  • For IT security and system diagnostic purposes.

Legal Basis
Legitimate interests (providing and improving our Website, managing our business), unless your consent is required (for example, certain cookie processing).

Category of Personal Data

Contact support information

Any personal data you provide to us via our support and feedback features.

Purpose for Processing

  • To communicate with you and respond to your requests.

Legal Basis
Legitimate interests (managing our business).

We may also need to use the above categories of personal data in order to achieve our legitimate interest of managing our business, by:

  • establishing, exercising, or defending legal proceedings;
  • complying with our legal or regulatory obligations; or
  • enforcing our Terms and Conditions, resolving disputes, and otherwise to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights, and to protect our business interests and the interests and rights of third parties.

6.2 Transfers of Personal Data Outside of the EEA/UK

For residents of the EEA and UK, Lachman Consultants (Ireland) Limited is the data controller responsible for your personal data collected pursuant to this Website Privacy Policy.  Our digital operations are conducted in the USA.  Regardless of where you live, your personal data submitted through the Website will be transferred to, processed and stored in the USA for legitimate interests, including, but not limited to, managing our business, providing and improving our Website, and taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.

To the extent that we transfer your personal data outside of the EEA or UK, as applicable, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the privacy and integrity of such personal data, including standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or Information Commissioner’s Office, as applicable, or in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the UK Extension, as applicable.

6.3 Your Personal Data Rights – EEA/UK residents

In addition, residents of countries within the EEA and the UK have some or all of the following rights with respect to personal data collected from and about them on the Website:

  • The right of access enables you to receive a copy of your personal data.
  • The right of rectification enables you to ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • The right to erasure enables you to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances, for example where it is no longer necessary for us to process it.
  • The right to restrict processing enables you to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances, for example where it is no longer necessary for us to process it.
  • The right to object enables you to object to your personal data being processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (or those of a third party). We will cease processing your information, unless the processing is based on compelling legitimate grounds or is needed for the exercise or defence of legal claims. Where we use your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you can always opt out of future marketing messages using the unsubscribe link in such communications.
  • The right to data portability enables you to ask us to transmit the personal data that you provided to us to a third party without hindrance, or to give you a copy of it so that you can transmit it to a third party.

When we process personal data, you provide to us based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise these rights, please contact Lachman Consultants via email at privacy@lachmansonultants.com.

In respect of any processing by Lachman Consultants (Ireland) Limited, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (whose contact details are available here https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/faqs/initial-contact-dpc/how-can-i-contact-dpc) if you consider that our processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law  (or your local supervisory authority).

  1. Additional Disclosures for California Residents

This section applies to any California residents about whom we have collected personal information, including through use of our Website, by purchasing or utilizing our products or services, or by communicating with us electronically.

For purposes of this section, “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California consumer or household.  Personal information does not include publicly available information or information that has been de-identified.

7.1  Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers, which may include real name and alias; postal address; online identifiers as detailed below; IP address; email address; telephone number; name, and password; and/or other similar identifiers;
  • Commercial information, which may include services obtained, or considered through our Website;
  • Information relating to Internet activity or other electronic network activity, which may include cookie identifiers, clear gifs, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp,  clickstream data, device platform, device version, and/or other device characteristics including your choice of settings; and
  • Professional or employment-related information, which may include information regarding your current employers and job title; and

7.2  Purposes and Sources of Collection

We may collect or use personal information for the following purposes:

  • Protect against fraud and other malicious or illegal activity;
  • Customer and client communications;
  • Customer and client relationship management;
  • Provision and performance of the services;
  • Internal analytics and benchmarking;
  • Marketing our products and services;
  • Administer, maintain, and improve the Website and services; and
  • Systems and data security.

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Our clients and customers and prospective clients and customers or their authorized representatives, including via forms and blog subscriptions through our Website;

7.3  Disclosures of Information

7.3.1 Categories of Third Parties With Whom We Share Information

We may share personal information as described in this Website Privacy Policy, including with the following categories of third parties:

  • We may share personal information with our Affiliates.
  • Technical and Operational Service Providers and Business Partners.  We may engage third parties to perform certain functions on our behalf.  To do so, we may disclose personal information to our third-party business partners and service providers in order to maintain and operate the Website and provide, improve, and personalize the services, including to fulfil requests for the services and for other technical and processing functions, such as sending e-mails on our behalf and technical support.  We may also share personal information to service providers or other third parties to detect, protect against, and respond to security incidents or other malicious, deceptive, illegal, or fraudulent activity or other threats.
  • Government Entities.  We may share personal information with government entities and agencies, regulators, law enforcement, and other third parties, including to provide the services, comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or pursuant to legal process, and to establish or exercise our legal rights or for fraud- or crime-prevention purposes.
  • Professional Service Firms.  We may share personal information with other professional service firms in connection with our legal, regulatory, and professional obligations and to establish or exercise our rights and defend against claims, including, for example, auditors, law firms, and consultants.
  • Corporate Transactions. Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to transfer some or all personal information in our possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale or transfer of all or a portion of our assets.  If any such transaction occurs, the purchaser will be entitled to use and disclose the personal information collected by us in the same manner that we are able to, and the purchaser will assume the rights and obligations regarding personal information as described in this Website Privacy Policy.

7.3.2 Disclosures of Personal Information for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may have disclosed the following types of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the previous twelve (12) months:

  • Identifiers
  • Commercial information
  • Information relating to Internet activity or other electronic network activity
  • Professional or employment-related information

7.3.3 Sales of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information and did not sell personal information in the previous twelve (12) months.

7.4 Your Privacy Rights

You may be entitled by applicable law to exercise the following rights with respect to your personal information:

  • Right to Know. You have the right to request what personal information we collect, use, and/or disclose, as applicable.
  • Right to Delete.  You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected about you.
  • Right to Opt-out of the Sale of Personal Information. You have the right to request to be opted-out from the sale of your personal information.  However, as set forth above, we do not sell personal information.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights described above.

You may also authorize someone to exercise the above rights on your behalf.

The above rights are subject to our being able to reasonably verify your identity and authority to make these requests.

To exercise your rights, submit your request to the following email address:  privacy@lachmanconsultants.com.

We will respond to authorized and verified requests as soon as practicable and as required by law.

In addition, the above rights are subject to various exclusions and exceptions under the law, and, under certain circumstances, we may be unable to implement your request. We will advise you of any reason for denying or restricting a request.

  1. Links to Other Sites

Please be aware that the Website may contain links to other sites that are not governed by this Website Privacy Policy but by other privacy statements that may differ. Lachman Consultants is not responsible for the content or practices of these sites. We encourage users to review the privacy policy of each site visited before disclosing any personal data.

  1. Changes to this Website Privacy Policy

Lachman Consultants may modify this Website Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect our current privacy practices.  When we make changes to this statement, we will revise the “updated” date at the top of this page.  We encourage you to periodically review this Website Privacy Policy to be informed about how Lachman Consultants processes your personal data.

  1. Contact Us

Lachman Consultants is committed to protecting the online privacy of your personal data. If you have questions or comments about how we process your personal data in connection with this Website Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at privacy@lachmanconsultants.com.  You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with our Website Privacy Policy.