Privacy Policy

  1. Personal data can be defined as any piece of information that can be used to identify a person. This can include name, number, address, age, email id, etc. Personal data can even be a piece of information that classifies your presence.
  2. Personal Data will be held for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, or as required or permitted by applicable laws. We shall cease to retain Personal Data, or remove the means by which the Personal Data can be associated with particular individuals, as soon as it is reasonable to conclude that the purpose for which that Personal Data was collected is no longer being served by retention of the Personal Data and retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes.
  3. We have taken and will continue to take reasonable efforts to protect Personal Data in our possession or control by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks.
  4. While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot ensure the security of any Personal Data which you may have transmitted to us, via an unsecure browser, and we urge you to take every precaution to protect your Personal Data and use a secure browser.
  5. 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 register for pop-ups, attend events we host, and visit our stores.
  6. Personal identification documents that may reveal race, religion or ethnic origin, possibly biometric data of individuals, beneficial owners of corporate entities, or applicants.
  7. Information provided to us by our collaboration in the course of a professional engagement.
  8. Location-based data: We may process geographical locations 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.
  9. Consent - We may rely on your freely given consent at the time you provided your personal data to us.

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:

  1. Providing professional advice. Our services may include reviewing client files for quality assurance purposes, which may involve processing personal data for the relevant customer.
  2. Promoting our professional services, products and capabilities to existing and prospective customers.
  3. Sending invitations and providing access to guests attending our events and/or our sponsored events.
  4. Personalizing online landing pages and communications we think would be of interest based on interactions with us and customers.
  5. Administering, maintaining and ensuring the security of our information systems, applications and websites.
  6. Authenticating registered users to certain areas of our sites.
  7. Processing online requests, including responding to communications from individuals or requests for proposals and queries.
  8. Complying with legal and regulatory obligations relating to anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and other forms of financial crime.
  9. Compiling health and safety data (directly or indirectly) following an incident or accident.

Do we Share Your Personal Information?

We do not sell or lease your personal information to external parties. We may share your data with trusted service providers and business partners who assist us in delivering our products and services.

What about personal data security?

  1. We have put appropriate technical and organizational security policies and procedures in place to protect personal data (including sensitive personal data) from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. We aim to ensure that access to your personal data is limited only to those who need to access it. Those individuals who have access to the data are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
  2. If you have access to parts of our websites or use our services, you remain responsible for keeping your user ID and password confidential. Please be aware that the transmission of data via the Internet is not completely secure. Whilst we do our best to try to protect the security of your personal data, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.

How long do we retain personal data?

We retain personal data to provide our services, stay in contact with you and to comply with applicable laws, regulations and professional obligations that we are subject to. Unless a different time frame applies as a result of business need or specific legal, regulatory or contractual requirements, where we retain personal data in accordance with these purposes, we retain such personal data as per policy of the firm.