Privacy Policy

This notice describes how MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd uses personal data. It outlines MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd’s data protection obligations and your data protection rights.

The GDPR applies to “personal data” meaning any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier.

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd needs to use your personal data to provide its services to you, so this notice outlines the following points about the processing of your personal data:

• which data items are used, how they are used and who they are shared with;
• why this is done and the lawful basis;
• your rights and MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd’s obligations.

Why MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd needs to process personal data

Your Data are collected to effectively and properly manage your account(s) with us. Data is stored for specific purposes and only data that is relevant to that purpose will be stored. We will use the Data for several different purposes, including;

1. to provide private placement services and to carry out obligations arising from any agreements entered into between you and MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd;
2. to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us (including through our website) or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes;
3. to make our procedures more efficient, to implement security measures and to combat fraud and other crimes;
4. to competent authorities (including tax authorities), courts and bodies as required by law or requested or to affiliates for internal investigations and reporting and
5. to notify you about changes to our products and services and your investments.
If at any time you wish to be removed from marketing mailing lists or for any limits to be applied with respect to marketing materials received by you, please let us know. You can do this by e-mailing us at info@mcamgroup.com. Further contact details are available on our contact page.

Data collection

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd may collect data:

1. when you or an agent of yours contacts MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd in relation to business and services offered;
2. when you complete documents or forms during the course of business with MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd;
3. from Service Providers and other third parties that assist us in conducting business;
4. when you telephone MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd; and
5. when you use the MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd website or online services.

Data storage

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd stores your data on physical and electronic media. Data is safeguarded by MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd and its Service Providers by maintaining physical and electronic security controls that are designed to comply with applicable legal standards.

The Data that is collected or held in relation to you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the United Kingdom. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the United Kingdom who works for us or for one of our Service Providers. In some cases, the laws of the destination country may not provide the same level of data protection as in the United Kingdom. However, all Data wherever they are held by MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will be afforded a high level of protection against any unauthorised or accidental disclosure, access or deletion. By submitting your Data you agree to this transfer, storing or processing.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will do its best to protect your Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your Data transmitted electronically. Any such transmission is at your own risk.

Types of data that might be collected

During MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd’s relationship with you MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will collect and process Data about you, including:

1. information which individuals and entities provide when contacting us (including through using this website) (such as their names, postal addresses, telephone numbers, identification documents and e-mail addresses);
2. corporate information;
3. details of services provided to you;
4. information regarding relationships you have with banks and/or other financial institutions (including bank details).

Data sharing

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd uses Service Providers to conduct aspects of its business, so information may be disclosed to them and their affiliates Data that you have provided in order to fulfil the purposes for which the Data is held. These Service Providers may disclose such Data to each other and to each other’s affiliates in order to achieve the same purposes.

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd and its Service Providers may also be required to disclose your Data to governmental agencies, self-regulatory organisations, industry associations and similar bodies in order to fulfil legal and regulatory requirements. In addition, the laws of certain countries and states give people involved in lawsuits and other legal proceedings the right under certain circumstances to obtain information from MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd and its Service Providers, including your Data.

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd and its Service Providers will comply with these laws to the extent required.

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will not sell your Data to any third party. Wherever possible, Service Providers are required to enter into confidentiality agreements that prohibit them from selling or improperly using your Data.

Data retention

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will retain your personal information for a period of up to seven years following the point where the business relationship has ceased. It may be necessary to retain your personal information beyond this period depending on additional legal/regulatory obligations. Thereafter, MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will refrain from collecting any further personal information on you and shall take appropriate steps to dispose of any records containing your personal information to the extent this is operationally feasible and proportionate.

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd does use third party cookies on its website.
Your personal data is not currently collected by MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd using third party cookies.

Lawful basis for processing

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd assesses all personal data that is collected or stored to ensure that there is a legal basis for each type of data. Other lawful basis may be used where MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd assesses this is necessary and appropriate.

Data subject rights

You have the following rights, in certain circumstances, in relation to your personal information:

• Right to access your personal information (in an easily readable form);
• Right to rectify your personal information;
• Right to restrict the use of your personal information (in certain specific circumstances);
• Right to request that your personal information is erased (in certain specific circumstances).

Please note that the right for your data to be erased (the “right to be forgotten”) that applies in some contexts under the General Data Protection Regulation is not likely to be applicable to most, if not all, of the personal information you provide to MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd, given the specific nature of the purposes for which MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd uses the data, as described above;

• Right to object to processing of your personal information (in certain specific circumstances);
• Right to data portability (in certain specific circumstances);
• Right to withdraw consent (in certain specific circumstances); and
• Right to receive information regarding any entities we disclose your data to.

Where MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd or its Service Provider(s) requires your personal information to comply with AML or other legal requirements, failure to provide this information means MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will not be able to accept you as a client. MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd shall notify you of any personal information breach affecting you that is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms.

Changes to this notice

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd will need to update its privacy notice in response to regulatory requirements or changes to its business. The latest notice will always be available on the MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd website (www.mcamgroup.com).

How to contact MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd

If you have any questions or concerns about personal data or this privacy policy or you wish to make a complaint about how MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd has processed your personal data, please contact MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd by writing to info@mcamgroup.com or by post at the following address:

Data Protection Officer
MCAM Advisers (UK) Limited

Berkeley House
4-19 Berkeley Square
London W1J 6BD

MCAM Advisers (UK) Ltd
28th March 2024

Third party cookies

When you use our website, you may also be sent third party cookies. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Blocking cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. For example:

• In Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector;
• In Firefox you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, and un-checking “Accept cookies from sites” in the “Privacy” box.

Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use many of the features of this website.

Deleting cookies

You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer. The method of doing so will depend upon your web browser.

Instructions are available at the following URLs:

Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Deleting%20cookies
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
Opera: http://help.opera.com/opera/Mac/2308/en/controlPages.html#manageCookies
Safari: https://support.apple.com/k

E-mail: info@mcamgroup.com