Privacy Policy for Cavendish Business Solutions
Cavendish Business Solutions ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our site and our services. We operate in the financial services industry, offering wealth management, corporate finance, and investment banking services, including financial planning, investment advice, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and risk management.
Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, address, date of birth, financial information (income, assets, investment experience), and other information relevant to providing you with our services.
- Contact Information: This includes your address for correspondence.
- Usage Data: Information on how you access and use our site and services, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and dates and times of visits.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity on our site. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our site.
- Information from Third Parties: We may also collect information about you from third-party sources, such as credit reporting agencies, regulatory bodies, or other publicly available sources, in order to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, verify your identity, or provide our services.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Improve Our Services: To deliver the services you have requested, personalize your experience, and improve the functionality of our site and services.
- To Communicate with You: To respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, send you updates about our services, and inform you about important information.
- To Comply with Legal and Regulatory Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, including know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements.
- To Protect Our Rights and Interests: To protect our rights, property, or safety, and the rights, property, or safety of others.
- For Marketing Purposes: With your consent, we may use your information to send you marketing communications about our services or other offerings that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by contacting us.
- For Internal Business Purposes: For data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing our website, improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: We may share information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services, such as data storage, payment processing, customer support, and marketing. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- Regulatory Authorities: We may disclose your information to regulatory authorities, such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), when required by law or regulation.
- Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to law enforcement agencies or other legal authorities if we are required to do so by law or legal process.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or other business transaction, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity or other successor in interest.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with other parties with your consent.
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, firewalls, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including to provide you with our services, comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The specific retention period will vary depending on the type of information and the applicable legal requirements.
Your Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the following:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your rights under the GDPR or other applicable laws.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Cross-Border Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including countries that may not have data protection laws that are equivalent to those in your country. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your information is adequately protected when transferred to these countries, such as by using standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or other appropriate safeguards.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on our site and will indicate the date of the latest revision. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Cavendish Business Solutions 22 High Holborn, Floor 3, London, England, WC1V 6BN GB