KPMG¹ is dedicated to protecting the confidentiality and privacy of information entrusted to it. As part of this fundamental obligation, KPMG is committed to the appropriate protection and use of personal information (sometimes referred to as “personal data”, “personally identifiable information” or “PII”). 

Generally, our intent is to collect only the personal information that is provided voluntarily so that we can offer information and/or services to those individuals or offer information about employment opportunities. Please review this privacy statement (“Privacy Statement”) to learn more about how we collect, use, share and protect the personal information that we have obtained. 

 
1. Collection and use of personal information 

1. 1   What information we collect 

1. 2   How We Use Your Personal Information 

1. 3   How do we collect personal data? 

1. 4   What categories of personal data do we collect? 

1. 5   The legal grounds we have to use your personal information 

1. 6   Why do we need personal data? 

1. 7    Automatic collection of personal information 

                           1.7.1    IP addresses 

                    1.7.2   Cookies 

                    1.7.3   Google Analytics 

                    1.7.4   Web beacons 

                    1.7.5 Location-based tools 

            1.8   Social media widgets and applications 

      1.9   Children 

 
2. Sharing and transfer of Personal Information

3. Choices

4. Your rights 

5. Data security and integrity

6. Links to other websites

7. Changes to this statement

8. Policy questions and enforcement

 

1.  Collection and use of personal information 

  

1.1        What information we collect 

We obtain personal information about you if you choose to provide it – for example, to contact mailboxes or to register for certain services. In some cases, you will have previously provided your personal information to KPMG (if, for example, you are a former employee).  

1.2 How We Use Your Personal Information 

When you register or submit personal information to KPMG, we will use this information in the manner outlined in this Privacy Statement. Your personal information is not used for other purposes, unless we obtain your permission, or unless otherwise required or permitted by law or professional standards. For example, if you register to a KPMG web site and provide information about your preferences, we will use this information to personalize your user experience. Where you register or login using a third-party single user sign-in, we may also recognize you as the same user across any different devices you use and personalize your user experience across other KPMG sites you visit. If you send us a resume or curriculum vitae (CV) to apply online for a position with KPMG, we will use the information that you provide to match you with available KPMG job opportunities. 

In some cases where you have registered for certain services, we will 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). 

 

1.3 How do we collect personal data? 

• Directly. We obtain personal data directly from individuals in a variety of ways, including obtaining personal data from individuals who provide us with their business card(s), complete our online forms, subscribe to our newsletters and preference centre, register for webinars, attend meetings or events we host, visit our offices or for recruitment purposes. We may also obtain personal data directly when, for example, we are establishing a business relationship, performing professional services through a contract, or through our hosted software applications. 

• Indirectly. We obtain personal data indirectly about individuals from a variety of sources, including recruitment services and our clients: 

• Public sources -- Personal data may be obtained from public registers (such as Corporate Affairs Commission), news articles, sanctions lists, government intelligence and crime prevention agencies and internet searches. 

• Social and professional networking sites -- If you choose to register or login to a KPMG web site using a third party single sign-in service that authenticates your identity and connects your social media login information (e.g. LinkedIn, Google, or X (formerly Twitter)) with KPMG, we will collect any information or content needed for the registration or log-in that you have permitted the social media provider to share with us, such as your name and email address. Other information we collect will depend on the privacy settings you have set with your social media provider, so please review the privacy statement or policy of the applicable service. 

• Business clients -- Our business clients may engage us to perform professional services which involves sharing personal data they control as part of that engagement. For example, we will review payroll data as part of an audit. Our services may also include processing personal data under our clients’ control on our hosted software applications, which may be governed by different privacy terms and policies. 

• Recruitment services -- We may obtain personal data about candidates from an employment agency, and other parties including former employers, academic and character references, medical facilities. 

 

1.4 What categories of personal data do we collect? 

We may obtain the following categories of personal data about individuals through direct interactions with us, or from information provided through client engagements, from applicants, our suppliers and through other situations including those described in this Privacy Statement. 

• Personal data. Here is a list of personal data we commonly collect to conduct our business activities. 

• Contact details (e.g., name, company name, job title, work and mobile telephone numbers, work and personal email and postal address). 

• Professional details (e.g., job and career history, educational background and professional memberships, published articles). 

• Family and beneficiary details for insurance and pension planning (e.g., names and dates of birth). 

• Financial information (e.g., taxes, payroll, investments, pensions, assets, bank details). 

• CCTV at our sites may collect images of visitors. 

• Medical information (for prospective employees) 

• Other personal information not listed above, including signature, physical characteristics or description, insurance information, and/or any other financial- or health-related information. 

 

 

1.5 The legal grounds we have to use your personal information 

KPMG generally collects only the personal information necessary to fulfil your request. Where additional, optional information is sought, you will be notified of this at the point of collection. 

The law in Nigeria allows us to process personal information, so long as we have a ground under the law to do so. It also requires us to tell you what those grounds are. As a result, when we process your personal information, we will rely on one of the following processing conditions: 

• Performance of a contract: this is when the processing of your personal information is necessary in order to perform our obligations under a contract. 

• Legal obligation: this is when we are required to process your personal information in order to comply with a legal obligation, such as keeping records for tax purposes or providing information to a public body or law enforcement agency. 

• Vital interests: The law allows us to permit us to process your personal data where the processing is necessary to protect your vital interest or the vital interests of another person. 

• Your consent: in some cases, we will ask you for specific permission to process some of your personal information, and we will only process your personal information in this way if you agree to us doing so. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting KPMG at NG-FMKPMGDataPrivacy@ng.kpmg.com. 

• Legitimate interests: we may process information about you where it is in our legitimate interest in running a lawful business to do so in order to further that business, so long as it doesn’t outweigh your interests;  

Examples of the ‘legitimate interests’ referred to above are: 

• To offer information and/or services to individuals who visit our website or offer information about employment opportunities. 

• To prevent fraud or criminal activity and to safeguard our IT systems. 

• To customize individuals’ online experience and improve the performance usability and effectiveness of KPMG’s online presence. 

• To conduct, and to analyze, our marketing activities. 

• To meet our corporate and social responsibility obligations. 

In some cases, the personal data that we collect will also include special categories of data, such as diversity related information (including data about racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs and other beliefs of a similar nature, trade union membership and data about sexual life) , or health data and data about alleged or proven criminal offenses, in each case, where permitted by law. 

 

1.6 Why do we need personal data? 

We aspire to be transparent when we collect and use personal data and tell you why we need it, which typically includes: 

• Providing professional advice and delivering reports related to our tax, advisory, audit and assurance and other professional services. Our services may include reviewing client files for quality assurance purposes, which may involve processing personal data for the relevant client. 

• Promoting our professional services, products and capabilities to existing and prospective business clients. 

• Sending invitations and providing access to guests attending our events and webinars or our sponsored events. 

• Personalising online landing pages and communications we think would be of interest based on interactions with us and KPMG member firms. 

• Administering, maintaining, and ensuring the security of our information systems, applications and websites. 

• Authenticating registered users to certain areas of our sites. 

• Seeking qualified candidates and forwarding candidate career inquiries to our People team. 

• Processing online requests, including responding to communications from individuals or requests for proposals and quotations. 

• Contacting journalists regarding company press releases, invitations to annual press parties, highlighting messages that may be of interest on specific industry topics. 

• Helping support clients to run a series of development programs for education and learning purposes to inform leaders in the healthcare, civil service and other industries. 

• Complying with legal and regulatory obligations relating to anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and other forms of financial crime. 

• Compiling health and safety data (directly or indirectly) following an incident or accident. Indirect data can take many forms including an incident report, first aider report, witness statements and CCTV footage. 

• Collecting health data to assess, monitor and control spread of infectious diseases and to provide a safe environment for our employees, clients and suppliers. 

 

1.7 Automatic collection of personal information 

In some instances, KPMG and its service providers use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to automatically collect certain types of information when you visit us online, 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 KPMG’s online presence, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities. 

 

1.7.1 IP addresses 

An IP address is a number assigned to your computer 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 will be recorded for IT security and system diagnostic purposes. This information will also typically be used in aggregate form to conduct web site trend and performance analysis. 

 

1.7.2 Cookies 

Cookies will typically be placed on your computer or internet-enabled device whenever you visit us online. This allows the site to remember your computer or device and serve several purposes. 

On some of our web sites, a notification banner will appear allowing you to manage your consent to collect cookies (cookie banner). Below is a summary of the categories of cookies collected on our websites, and how your consent may impact your experience of certain features as you navigate those websites: 

• Strictly necessary cookies: Strictly necessary cookies are essential in order to enable users to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. These cookies must be enabled, or the site will not function and cannot be blocked. 

• Performance cookies: Performance cookies are cookies used to gather data to enhance the performance of a website.  

You can manage your consent for performance cookies using the cookie banner, or by updating your browser’s settings (often found in your browser’s Tools or Preferences menu) to not accept cookies. 

• Functionality cookies: Functionality cookies are used to remember customer selections that change the way the site behaves or looks. You may opt-out of these cookies, but it will impact your experience on the website, and you may need to repeat certain selections each time you visit. You can manage your consent for functionality cookies using the cookie banner, or by updating your browser’s settings (often found in your browser’s Tools or Preferences menu) to not accept cookies. 

• Targeting cookies or advertising cookies: Targeting cookies are used to deliver content relevant to your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see certain marketing materials, as well as help measure the effectiveness of those marketing materials. If you do not provide consent for targeting cookies, your computer or internet-enabled device will not be tracked for marketing-related activities. 

You can manage your consent for targeting cookies using the cookie banner, or by updating your browser’s settings (often found in your browser’s Tools or Preferences menu) to not accept cookies. 

Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can choose whether to accept cookies via the cookie consent banner or your browser’s settings (often found in your browser’s Tools or Preferences menu). If you wish to revoke your selection, you may do so by clearing your browser’s cookies, or by updating your preferences in the cookie banner. 

Further information about managing cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through sites such as www.allaboutcookies.org. 

 

Below is a list of the types of cookies used on our web sites: 

 

Purpose	Description	Type & Expiry
Performance (i.e.,  User's Browser)	Our web sites are built using common internet platforms. These have built-in cookies which help compatibility issues (e.g., to identify your browser type) and improve performance (e.g., quicker loading of content).	Session, deleted upon closing the browser, or persistent.
Security Cookies	If you register for access to a restricted area, our cookies ensure that your device is logged for the duration of your visit. You will need your username and password to access the restricted areas.	Session, deleted upon closing the browser, or persistent.
Site Preferences	Our cookies may also remember your site preferences (e.g., language) or seek to enhance your experience (e.g., by personalizing a greeting or content). This will apply to areas where you have registered specifically for access or create Fan account.	Session, deleted upon closing the browser, or persistent.
Analytical	We use several third-party analytics tools to help us understand how site visitors use our web site. This allows us to improve the quality and content on kpmg.com for our visitors. The aggregated statistical data cover items such as total visits or page views, and referrers to our web sites. For further details on our use of Google Analytics, see below.	Persistent, but will delete automatically after two years if you no longer visit ng.kpmg.com
Social Sharing	We use third party social media widgets or buttons to provide you with additional functionality to share content from our web pages to social media web sites and email. Use of these widgets or buttons may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use, ensure your interaction is displayed on our web pages (e.g. the social share count cache is updated) and log information about your activities across the Internet and on our web sites. We encourage you to review each provider’s privacy information before using any such service. For further details on our use of social media widgets and applications, see below.	Persistent, but will delete automatically after two years if you no longer visit ng.kpmg.com

 

1.7.3 Google Analytics 

 

KPMG uses Google Analytics. More information about how Google Analytics is used by KPMG can be found here: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

To provide website visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google have 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 itself or to other web analytics services. 

 

1.7.4 Web beacons 

 

A web beacon is a small image file on a web page that can be used to collect certain information from your computer, such as an IP address, the time the content was viewed, a browser type, and the existence of cookies previously set by the same server. KPMG only uses web beacons in accordance with applicable laws. 

KPMG or its service providers will use web beacons to track the effectiveness of third-party web sites that provide us with recruiting or marketing services or to gather aggregate visitor statistics and manage cookies. 

You have the option to render some web beacons unusable by rejecting their associated cookies. The web beacon may still record an anonymous visit from your IP address, but cookie information will not be recorded. 

In some of our newsletters and other communications, we will monitor recipient actions such as email open rates through embedded links within the messages. We collect this information to gauge user interest and to enhance future user experiences. 

 

1.7.5 Location-based tools 

 

KPMG will collect and use the geographical location of your computer or mobile device. This location data is collected for the purpose of providing you with information regarding services which we believe may be of interest to you based on your geographic location, and to improve our location-based products and services. 

 

 

1.8 Social media widgets and applications 

KPMG web sites will typically include functionality to enable sharing via third party social media applications, such as the Facebook Like button and X (formerly Twitter) widget. These social media applications will collect and use information regarding your use of KPMG websites (see details on ‘Social Sharing’ cookies above). Any personal information that you provide via such social media applications will often be collected and used by other members of that social media application and such interactions are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide the application. We do not have control over, or responsibility for, those companies or their use of your information. 

In addition, KPMG websites may host blogs, forums, crowd-sourcing and other applications or services (collectively “social media features”). The purpose of social media features is to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and content. Any personal information that you provide on any KPMG social media feature will typically be shared with other users of that social media feature (unless otherwise stated at the point of collection), over whom we often have limited or no control. 

1.9 Children 

KPMG understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. Our sites are not intentionally designed for or directed at children. It is our policy never to knowingly collect or maintain information about a child, except as part of an engagement to provide professional services. 

2. Sharing and transfer of personal information 

     2.1 Transfer within the global organization of KPMG firms 

We share information about you with other firms in the KPMG global organization as part of international engagements, and with KPMG International Limited, its related entities and other KPMG firms where required or desirable to meet our legal and regulatory obligations around the world. Other parts of the KPMG organization are also used to provide services to us and you, for example hosting and supporting IT applications, provision of certain forms of insurance for KPMG firms and their clients, performing client conflicts checks and Anti-Money Laundering checks, assisting with client engagement services and otherwise as required in order to continue to run KPMG’s business. 

     2.2 Transfers to third parties 

We do not share personal information with third parties, except as necessary for our legitimate professional and business needs, to carry out your requests, and/or as required or permitted by law or professional standards. KPMG may transfer certain personal information outside Nigeria to outside companies working with us or on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement. KPMG will also typically store personal information outside of Nigeria, for our data back-up purposes. We typically send personal information to the following countries. If we do this, your personal information will continue to be protected by means of contracts we have in place with those organizations outside Nigeria, containing standard data protection clauses which are in an approved form. 

KPMG will not transfer the personal information you provide to any third parties for their own direct marketing use. 

3. Choices 

In general, you are not required to submit any personal information to KPMG, but we will require you to provide certain personal information for you to receive additional information about our services and events. KPMG will also ask for your permission for certain uses of your personal information, and you can agree to or decline those uses. If you opt-in for particular services or communications, such as an e-newsletter, 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 “Cookies” above, if you wish to prevent cookies from tracking you as you navigate our sites, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Note, however, that some portions of our sites may not work properly if you elect to refuse cookies. 

4. Your rights 

If KPMG processes personal information about you, you have the following rights: 

• Access and correction: You have the right to access to that data. This is sometimes called a ‘Subject Access Request’. If we agree that we are obliged to provide personal information to you, we will provide it to you free of charge. Before providing personal information to you, we may ask for proof of identity and sufficient information about your interactions with us that we can locate your personal information. If the information we hold about you is incorrect, you are entitled to ask us to correct any inaccuracies in the personal information. 

• Object to processing: You have the right to object to us processing your personal information if we are not entitled to use it anymore. 

• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form and through a safe and secured means, so that you can transfer it to another party, if you have given us permission to process your data and when the processing was done automatically. 

• Rights to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw, at any time, your consent to the processing of your personal data. 

• Other Rights: In addition, you have the right to have your information deleted if we are keeping it too long, have its processing restricted in certain circumstances and/or to obtain copies of information we hold about you in electronic form, and the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing of personal data.  

You can make a request or exercise these rights by contacting KPMG at  ng-fmkpmgdataprivacy@ng.kpmg.com 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. 

5. Data security and integrity 

KPMG has reasonable security policies and procedures in place to protect personal information from unauthorized loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Despite KPMG's best efforts, however, security cannot be absolutely guaranteed against all threats. To the best of our ability, access to your personal information is limited 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 make reasonable efforts to retain personal information only for so long:

(i)    as the information is necessary to comply with an individual’s request,

(ii)   as necessary to comply with legal, regulatory, internal business or policy requirements, 

(iii)  until that person asks that the information be deleted. The period for which data       is retained will depend on the specific nature and circumstances  under  which the      information was collected; however, subject to the requirements of i)–iii) above, personal information will not be retained for longer than necessary. 

6. Links to other websites 

Please be aware that KPMG web sites will typically contain links to other sites, including sites maintained by other KPMG firms that are not governed by this Privacy Statement but by other privacy statements that will often differ somewhat. We encourage users to review the privacy policy of each web site visited before disclosing any personal information. 

By registering on any KPMG website and then navigating to another KPMG website while still logged in, you agree to the use of your personal information in accordance with the privacy statement of the KPMG website you are visiting. 

7. Changes to this statement 

When we modify this Privacy Statement we will post it here, with an updated effective date.  

8. Policy questions and enforcement 

KPMG is committed to protecting the online privacy of your personal information. If you have questions or comments about our administration of your personal information, please contact us at  ng-fmkpmgdataprivacy@ng.kpmg.com. You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with our Privacy Statement. 

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you may escalate your concern to the Global Privacy Officer by sending an email to  globalprivacyofficer@kpmg.com. 

We will acknowledge your email within 14 days and seek to resolve your concern within one month of receipt. Where the concern is complex or we have a large volume of concerns, we will notify you that the concern will take longer than one month to resolve, and we will seek to resolve your concern within three months of the concern being first raised. We may accept your concern (and in that case implement one of the measures set out in the ‘Your Rights’ section above), or we may reject your concern on legitimate grounds. 

In any event, you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission or any other statutory body or establishment having government’s mandate to deal solely or partly with matters relating to Personal Data.  

¹ "KPMG," "we," "our," and "us" refers to KPMG Professional Services, KPMG Advisory Services, VI Services Limited, KPMG Delivery Center Services and any other entity affiliated to the firm in Nigeria at any time.