Privacy Policy

Outline

1.1 This data protection notice (the “Notice”) outlines how Azure Capital (“Azure Capital”, “we”, “us”, “our”) collect, use, store and disclose your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”). The PDPA strives to protect personal data of individuals. Kindly read about how we collect, use and/or disclose your personal data so that you know and understand the purposes for which we may collect, use and/or disclose your personal data.

1.2 This Notice supplements but does not supersede nor replace any other consents which you may have previously provided to us, nor does it affect any rights that we may have at law in connection with the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data. We may, from time to time, update this Notice to ensure that this Notice is consistent with our future developments, industry trends and/or any changes in legal or regulatory requirements. Subject to your rights at law, the prevailing terms of this Notice shall apply. For the avoidance of doubt, this Notice forms part of the terms and
conditions governing your relationship with us and should be read in conjunction with such terms and conditions.

What is Personal Data?

1.3 Personal data refers to any data or information about you from which you can be identified either (a) from that data, or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access. Depending on your relationship with us (e.g. prospective or current client, employee or
business partner), the personal data about you that we may collect, use, store and disclose include:
your contact details like your name, passport or other identification numbers, contact numbers, address, email;

  • your personal details enabling us to evaluate and manage your client, employment or business
    relationship with us, e.g. your work experience, education, date of birth, bank details;
  • your personal details enabling us to analyse your situation, determine suitable strategies and
    execute respective action, e.g. family status, financial status, transaction history;
  • photos and videos of you from our events or office surveillances; and
  • information about your use of our services, website, including cookies and IP address.

Your Personal Data is kept Confidential and Secure

1.4 At each stage of data collection, use and disclosure, we implement physical, electronic, administrative and procedural safeguards to protect your personal data against loss, misuse,
damage and unauthorized access, modifications or disclosures.

Purposes for Collection, Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Data

1.5 We collect, use and/or disclose your personal data to provide enhanced asset management services and/or family office services, including operations for these purposes. This may include the following (non-exhaustive) as applicable to the relationship we have with you:

  • any other purposes related to the above purposes;
  • maintaining records of our interactions with you, through telephone recordings, documentation (hard copy and electronic); • internal reporting and analysis related to our business operations;
  • responding to your queries and requests and handling complaints;
  • updating you on developments in our services and special happenings;
  • evaluating your performance as our employee or business partner;
  • reporting to you as our client on your financial situation and our performance of our services
    to you;
  • managing commercial and financial risks, including preventing, detecting and investigating
    crime, including fraud and any form of financial crime;
  • assessing and processing any applications, requests and instructions for financial products and
    services offered by us and/or other financial institutions or product providers for you as our
    client;
  • analysing your financial situation and determining financial strategies and products suitable
    for you as our client;
  • evaluating your standing, resources and capabilities to enter or maintain a relationship with
    you as a client, employee, business partner or other; and
  • for detecting, conducting any form of investigation and preventing fraudulent, prohibited or illegal activities and analysing and managing commercial risks, including those relating to disputes, billing, fraud, offences, prosecutions etc.

1.6 If we wish to collect, use, retain and/or disclose your personal data for any other purposes, we will
seek your consent.

How We May Collect Your Personal Data

1.7 Generally, we may collect your personal data ourselves or through third parties in ways including the following:

  • when you submit your personal data to us for any other reason;
  • when you respond to our requests for additional personal data;
  • when you access our website;
  • when you attend our events or enter our premises, we may take pictures or videos or you may
    be captured on our closed circuit television cameras surveillance;
  • when you communicate with us by email or telephone, your emails will be retained and we
    may monitor and/or record your voice calls to us;
  • when you interact with our employees, in particular with your Relationship Manager; or
  • during our preliminary discussions with you to establish a new client relationship, enter into employment or for any other business relationship.

1.8 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing clauses, we may collect information about the computer, mobile telephone, smart phone or other device you use to access our websites.

1.9 When you access our website, you generally do so anonymously. Your activity may however be monitored by Cookies or other navigational data. “Cookies” are small data files sent to your browser to store and track information about you when you enter our website(s). The cookie is used to track information such as the number of users and their frequency of use, profiles of users and their preferred sites. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website, and also allows us to improve our site. Should you wish to disable the cookies associated with these technologies, you may do so by changing the setting on your browser. However, you may not be able to enter certain part(s) of our website.

1.10 You are responsible for ensuring that the personal data you provide to us is accurate, complete, and not misleading and that such personal data is kept up to date. You acknowledge that failure on your part to do so may result in our inability to provide you with the products and services you have requested. To update your personal data, please reach out to your representative or reach out directly
to our Compliance Officer.

1.11 Where you provide us personal data concerning individuals other than yourself, you are responsible for obtaining all legally required consents from the concerned individuals and you shall retain proof of such consent(s), such proof to be provided to us upon our request.

Who We May Disclose Your Personal Data To

1.12 Generally, we shall protect and keep confidential your personal data. We will disclose your personal data only with your consent and for purposes that you have been informed about.

1.13 However, subject to applicable laws, we may disclose your personal data for the purposes
set out above to parties such as those described below:

  • our affiliates, associated entities and any of their branches and offices which may also include
    entities and activities overseas;
  • banks, financial institutions, credit card companies and their respective service providers;
  • companies providing services relating to insurance and/or reinsurance to us, and associations
    of insurance companies;
  • agents, contractors or third-party service providers who provide services to us such as
    telecommunications, information technology, payment, data processing, storage and archival;
  • our professional advisers such as our auditors and lawyers; and
  • regulators and authorities.

1.14 When we disclose your personal data to third parties, we will ensure that they are contractually bound to protect your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, save in cases where your personal data is shared with governmental agencies and regulators, or where your personal data is publicly available, or where use/disclosure of your personal data is otherwise legally mandated and exempted.

1.15 If your personal data has to be transferred overseas, we will, where legally required, inform you of the extent to which your personal data will be protected, in the foreign jurisdiction(s) to which it will be transferred.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Data For?

1.16 We shall store your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which such data was collected, our business purposes, our internal and legal needs or as is otherwise legally required.

Queries, Access/Correction Requests and Withdrawal of Consent

1.17 If you:

  • have queries about our data protection processes and practices;
  • wish to withdraw your consent to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal data; or
  • wish to request access to and/or make corrections to your personal data in our possession or under our control, please submit a written request (with supporting documents, if any) to our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. Our Data Protection Officer shall strive to respond to you within 30 days of your submission.

1.18 Please note that if you withdraw your consent to any or all use or disclosure of your personal data, depending on the nature of your request, we may not be in a position to continue to provide our services or products to you or administer any contractual relationship in place. Such withdrawal may also result in the termination of any agreement you may have with us. Our legal rights and
remedies are expressly reserved in such event.

If You Have A Complaint

1.19 We are committed to protecting your personal data. If, however, you should be dissatisfied with our handling of your personal data, please submit a written complaint containing details of your dissatisfaction to our Team.

1.20 Our Data Protection Officer shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of your complaint within 2 business days. Within 10 business days, our Data Protection Officer shall contact you to provide you with an estimated timeframe for our investigations and resolution of your complaint. If your
complaint requires more time beyond such estimation to resolve due to its complexity, our Data Protection Officer shall inform you accordingly on or before the expiry of the original estimated time frame.

1.21 In the event that our Data Protection Officer’s investigations conclude with a solution that is dissatisfactory to you, you may refer your complaint to the Personal Data Protection Commission or consider dispute resolution by way of mediation.