Privacy Notice
Privacy Notice
"We", "our" or "us" means Winterflood Securities Limited and our subsidiaries. We collect and use your information (which includes personal data) as described below. We will use your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection law.
We are registered with the UK Information Commissioner under registration number Z4851407.
What information do we collect?
We collect and use your information, including that which you provide when filling in application forms, fields in a contract or when registering to use sections of our website together with any other information or updates that you provide to us when corresponding with us (by phone, e-mail or otherwise). This information may include your personal data.
We may use your information to provide services to you and to carry out our obligations arising under or in connection with a contract.
We may record, monitor and retain communications (which may include the recording, monitoring and retention by a third party appointed by us), between us and you for the purposes of providing services to you and/or otherwise to comply with applicable law.
How we use your information
We may use your information, where necessary to:
• comply with legal obligations (including anti-money laundering, know-your customer checks) and for the prevention and detection of crime;
• provide services to and communicate with you or your employer;
• generate data for internal analysis (including monitoring and improving our website and services); and
• market our services to you, including event invitations in connection with our business development activities
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites that you visit. Our websites uses cookies and similar tools to gather statistical information such as the number and frequency of visitors and their IP addresses. This information is used as aggregated statistical information about users, providing usage by IP address. We do not identify individual users from this type of data and it does not involve the processing of personal data about you. By using our website, you agree that we can use cookies. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn about how you can manage cookies on your device.
Sharing your personal data
We may disclose your personal data to our affiliate companies, competent authorities and to third party service providers for the purposes described above in Section 2. We will take steps to ensure that your data is accessed only by persons that have a need to do so for the purposes described in this policy.
We may also share your personal data with third parties under obligations of confidentiality:
• if we sell any of our business or assets, in which case we may disclose it to the prospective buyer for diligence purposes;
• to third party agents or contractors (for example, the providers of our electronic data storage services) for the purposes of providing services to us; and
• with your consent, to our affiliates who may wish to offer you products and services which may be of interest to you
Transfer of personal data outside the United Kingdom
We may store and transfer your data on servers in the UK. From time to time, your personal data may be transferred to, stored in, or accessed from a destination outside the UK or EEA. It may also be processed by staff operating outside of the UK who work on our behalf. Where we transfer your personal data outside the UK or EEA, we will ensure that it is protected in a manner that is consistent with applicable law.
How long we will keep your personal data
How long we hold your personal data for will vary. The retention period will be determined by various criteria including the purpose for which we are using it and our legal and regulatory obligations.
Your rights
You have a number of rights in relation to the personal data that we hold about you. You may:
• object to our processing of your personal data where we process your personal data for the reasons set out in Section 2. Note that there may be circumstances where you object to our processing of your personal data but we are legally entitled to refuse that request;
• obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data and access to the personal data which we hold about you;
• withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal data at any time. Please note, however, that we may still be entitled to process your personal data if we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so;
• in some circumstances, request personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or request that we transmit such data to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal data which you have provided to us;
• correct or update your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
• request that we erase your personal data in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask us to erase your personal data but we are legally entitled to retain it;
• object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes and opt out of this; and
• lodge a complaint with the data protection regulator (details of which are provided below) if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us.
Contact us using the details below to exercise any of these rights.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We keep this Privacy Policy under regular review. Any changes we make in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates.
Contact us
FAO: The Data Protection Team, Winterflood Securities Limited at Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London, EC4R 3GA
• By post: to the address above, marked for the attention of the Data Protection Team;
• By telephone: 0203 100 0000; or
• By email: dp-enquiries@winterflood.com.
