
FCI Limited [“the company”, “we”, “us”] is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
This privacy notice aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal information, including any data you may provide through the website.
DATA CONTROLLER: FCI Limited (part of the FCI Group) Address: Suite 1c, Union House, 117 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AH
FCI Group is made up of FCI Limited, FCI Markets, FCI Capital Management, FCI Currency and FCI Premier. This privacy notice is issued on behalf of
FCI Group so when we mention “company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice, we are referring to the relevant company in the FCI Group, responsible for processing your data.
THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific feature/ product or service we provide.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
(a) analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
(b) advertising networks
(c) search information providers
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will only use your personal data where the law allows. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting the Compliance Department.
PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact the Compliance Department if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
| Purpose/ Activity | Type of Data | Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest |
|---|---|---|
| To register as a new client |
-Identity documentation -Contact details
|
- Performance of a contract with you - Necessary to comply with regulatory obligations |
| To process and deliver your order including; managing payments, fees, charges and collect monies owed to us |
-Identity documentation -Contact details
- Financial information - Transaction details |
- Performance of a contract with you - Necessary for our legitimate interests |
| To manage our relationship with you which will include: Notifying you about changes to our terms |
-Identity documentation -Contact details
|
- Performance of a contract with you - Necessary to comply with regulatory obligations - Necessary for our legitimate interests |
| To administer and protect our business |
-Identity documentation -Contact details
|
- Necessary to comply with regulatory obligations - Necessary for our legitimate interests |
| To use data analytics to improve our products/services, customer relationships and experiences |
- Technical - Usage
|
- Necessary for our legitimate interests |
PROMOTIONAL OFFERS FROM US
You may receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or opened an account with us and you have not opted out of receiving such communication.
THIRD-PARTY MARKETING
We will obtain your express consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the FCI Group of companies for marketing purposes.
OPTING OUT
You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by emailing the Onboarding Department at enquiries@fci-ltd.co.uk
Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.
COOKIES
We do not use cookies on our Website.
DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table above.
If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
We share your personal data within the FCI Group and with international service providers. This will involve transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
We ensure your personal data is protected by requiring all our group companies to follow the same rules when processing your personal data as set out in this policy.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguard is implemented:
DATA SECURITY
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions andthey are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
DATA RETENTION
HOW LONG WILL YOU USE MY PERSONAL DATA FOR?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Request erasure below for furtherinformation.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact the Compliance Department.
NO FEE USUALLY REQUIRED
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensureyour right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
TIME LIMIT TO RESPOND
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
GLOSSARY
LAWFUL BASIS
| Legitimate Interest | means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to bylaw). |
|---|---|
| Performance of Contract | means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract |
| Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation | means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to. |
THIRD PARTIES
INTERNAL THIRD PARTIES
Other companies in the FCI Group [acting as joint controllers or processors] and who are based in the UK and Denmark, and provide IT and system administration services.
EXTERNAL THIRD PARTIES
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