Privacy Policy and Disclaimer Statement
LEGAL STRUCTURE AND DISCLAIMER
The BERAUK Group of companies “BERAUK” comprises two regulated entities, and not all services are available for all clients in all jurisdictions.
BERAUK CAPITAL SA, incorporated in 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, is licensed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and is monitored by the Swiss Limited Corporation for Supervision (AOOS). In its capacity as portfolio manager, BERAUK CAPITAL SA is subject to the requirements of the Swiss Financial Services Act and the Swiss Financial Institutions Act. BERAUK CAPITAL SA is also affiliated with the mediation body Ombud Finance Switzerland (OFS) and is a member of the Swiss Association of Wealth Managers (SAM).
BERAUK LTD incorporated in 2015 in DIFC, Dubai and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) under License Number F005083
The two entities are regulated in different jurisdictions and each supervised by the local regulator, without consolidated supervision. The proposed services and client types vary between them. Clients may be introduced to a different Group entity to receive specific services. Your Relationship Manager will provide further details if this is necessary.
All the information provided on this website, is provided for information purposes only and should not in any event be construed as an offer, piece of advice or recommendation to buy or sell a particular security or to engage in any transaction whatsoever. The risks involved in certain investments are not suitable for all investors.
The logo of BERAUK is protected by law, and all information contained on the website is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved for BERAUK. Nothing on the website may be used in any form whatsoever.
DATA PRIVACY NOTICE
We value your privacy and are committed to using your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection laws.
This privacy notice describes the types of personal data that we may collect, the purposes of collecting it and how it is used, shared and safeguarded during and after your relationship with us.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
This privacy notice is in relation to BERAUK (which we refer to as “BERAUK”, or “we”/ “us”/ “our” and we may also refer to our “Group and Associates” which consist of our related legal entities, details of which can be obtained by contacting us).
BERAUK LTD is subject to the Data Protection Law, Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) Law No. 5 of 2020 (which we refer to as “DIFC Data Law”), for purposes of which we are the data controller.
BERAUK Capital SA is subject to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, for purposes of which we are the data controller.
This privacy notice applies to (a) parties we conduct business with (such as current or potential clients, suppliers, business partners, professional advisers or anyone connected with a transaction or client’s matter we are involved with) (b) visitors to our offices or website or other business contacts.
You may contact us anytime in relation to this privacy notice.
2. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
In the ordinary course of our business and operations, BERAUK, and its affiliates, collect, use, and share personal data pertaining to you. The term “personal data” or “personal information” means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified, which we have in our possession or control.
The personal data on that we collect, use, store, share or otherwise process includes:
- Information that you or someone acting on your behalf provides to us or our Associates. This includes personal data that you provide to BERAUK by filling in forms or by communicating with BERAUK, whether face-to-face, by phone, e-mail or otherwise, or giving us your business card (or similar).
- Information that we obtain from other sources. This includes personal data that we obtain from various third parties such as databases, your employer, other parties relevant to the services we are providing (e.g. counterparties in transactions) and others such as regulators and authorities.
- Information that we collect or generate about you. This includes information that we collect when you use our services or when we otherwise interact with you. We also use various technologies to collect and store information when you visit our website (please see our cookies policy below).
If you are a party we conduct business with (such as current or potential clients, suppliers, business partners, professional advisers or anyone connected with a transaction or client’s matter we are involved with), such information may include:
- name, job title, employer organization and contact details
- identity documents (may include nationality, photograph, date of birth and biometric information)
- reports and information obtained for tax reporting or compliance with legal or regulatory obligations
- information about your transactions, financial information, holdings and relationship to others
- due diligence results and references provided by third parties
- recordings of telephone calls between you and BERAUK (where we have a specific legal basis)
- data collected by our website or technology systems (which we do not share with any person)
If you are a visitor to our office/ website or other business contact (such as a person who has emailed us or met one of our representatives but does not conduct business with us), such information may include:
- name, job title, employer organization and contact details
- data collected by our website or technology systems (which we do not share with any person)
3. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND OUR LEGAL BASIS FOR DOING SO
We may collect, process and store this personal data for the purposes of:
- conducting compliance and due diligence procedures pursuant to applicable regulations and our related policies
- providing our services to you or to a client to whom you are connected
- organizing meetings between you and your BERAUK’s representatives or inviting you to events
- informing you of potential transactions or business opportunities we are involved in or you may be interested in
- maintaining and administering records in relation to:
- work we have carried out or are carrying out for our clients such as investor lists, acquisition targets etc.
- our database of business contacts and their respective business interests and activities
- seeking and receiving products and services from our professional advisors or suppliers (including keeping records)
- conducting statistical analysis and market research
- billing, invoicing, accounting, auditing and making or receiving payments
- identifying and preventing fraud and other unlawful activity
- safeguarding our legal rights and interests and complying with our legal and regulatory obligations
- providing updates on our services and activities (please notify us if you do not wish to receive such updates)
BERAUK is entitled to use personal data in these ways because:
- consent – we may (but generally do not) need your consent to use your personal data (you can withdraw your consent by notifying us)
- performance of a contract – we may need to collect and use your personal data to enter into a contract with you or to perform our obligations under a contract with you or a client to whom you are connected.
- legitimate interest – we may use your personal data for our legitimate interests, some examples of which are provided above, and your fundamental rights do not override those interests.
- compliance with law or regulation – we may use your personal data as necessary to comply with law and regulation applicable to us and/or contracts that we may have entered with you.
4. DISCLOSURE AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
DATA SHARING WITHIN BERAUK GROUP AND ASSOCIATES
BERAUK may share your personal data within the group and its Associates for internal management and administrative purposes or to provide the services or perform its obligations in connection with your contract or transaction. In such cases, BERAUK will take steps to ensure that the personal data is accessed only by those persons who need to do so for the purposes described in this privacy notice.
DATA SHARING WITH THIRD PARTIES
BERAUK may also share your personal data with Third Parties where required by law, where it is necessary to administer our relationship with you or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so. “Third Parties” include third parties that provide products and services to BERAUK including vendors and contractors.
We share personal data with Third Parties as follows:
- to third party agents, service providers or contractors, bound by obligations of confidentiality, who will only use personal data on our behalf for in connection with the management and administration of our business
- to third parties relevant to the services outlined in the contract with you or the contract of a client/supplier with whom you are connected (this may include for example counterparties to transactions, professional advisers, stock exchanges or regulators)
- to the prospective counterparty, for due diligence purposes, if Berauk and/ or our Associates restructure or sell any of its or their business or assets (for the avoidance of doubt, your personal data would only be transferred in such circumstances to the extent that such a transfer was required for the purposes of due diligence and was subject to appropriate security protections e.g. anonymization and/or confidentiality restrictions);
- to the extent required by law, regulation or court order for example if BERAUK is under a duty to disclose personal data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation; and
- in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, for example if Berauk needs to obtain external legal advice or provide personal data in connection with judicial proceedings.
SPECIAL SECTION FOR CLIENTS BOOKED IN BERAUK LTD “TRANSFERS OF DATA OUTSIDE THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER.”
As some of our Associates and many of our third-party service providers are based outside of the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”), personal data may be transferred to or stored at a destination outside the DIFC (including staff operating outside of the DIFC who work for Berauk and/or its Associates and its third party service providers or contractors.
When we transfer your personal data out of the DIFC, we will ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it, which may be achieved in one of the following ways:
we will transfer personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the DIFC (for further details see DIFC: Adequate Data Protection Regimes at https://www.difc.ae/business/operating/data-protection/adequate-data-protection-regimes/ recipients of personal data will have entered into a contractual agreement which provide similar protections as in the DIFC (such contracts are generally based on the ‘Standard Data Protection Clauses’ approved for use by the DIFC)
In other circumstances the law may permit or require Berauk to otherwise transfer personal data outside the DIFC. In all cases, however, Berauk will ensure that any transfer of personal data is compliant with applicable data protection law.
You can obtain further details of the protection given to your personal data when it is transferred outside the DIFC by contacting us.
5. WEB DATA
USAGE DATA
We may also collect information on how the service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
TRACKING AND COOKIE DATA
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
6. DATA SECURITY
We have put in place appropriate measures to protect the security of your personal information.
Third parties will only process your personal information where they have agreed to treat the personal information confidentially and to keep it secure.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to access it. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
7. RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA
The time period for which we retain your personal data will be determined by various criteria as described below. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.
8. YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO PERSONAL DATA
It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.
You have the right to:
- request access to information about the personal data we hold about you or its processing, which also includes your right to receive a copy of the personal data that you have provided to BERAUK or request for it to be transferred to a third party to the extent such requests do not pursue an aim contrary to data protection or is manifestly procedural
- request rectification or correction to the personal data that we hold about you if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- request erasure of the personal data we hold about you (please note that there may be certain circumstances where you request erasure, but we are entitled or required to retain it pursuant to applicable law or regulation)
- object to processing or request restriction of processing of the personal data we hold about you (please note that there may be certain circumstances where you object or request restrictions, but we are entitled or required to continue processing your personal data and / or to refuse that request pursuant to applicable law or regulation)
- withdraw your consent provided in relation to processing of the personal data we hold about you (please note that in certain circumstances it may be lawful for us to continue processing your data where we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so, and that we generally do not rely on your consent in order to process your personal data for the purposes and in the manner set out in this privacy notice)
- complain if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by BERAUK.
- right to data portability to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
You can exercise your rights by contacting BERAUK.
CONTACTS AND COMPLAINTS
If you would like further information about BERAUK processing of your personal data, or would like to exercise any of your rights referred to above, or be dissatisfied with any aspect(s) of the service(s) provided to you, you may contact the Compliance Officer in the relevant jurisdiction. Please send us details of your enquiry or complaint to contact@berauk.com and the appropriate person will respond to you. You may also write to us directly on the address details provided on our website.
