European Equity Partners Privacy Notice<\/b><\/p>\n
European Equity Partners (\u201cEEP\u201d) recognises that the correct and lawful treatment of personal data will maintain confidence in the organisation and will help support successful business operations. Protecting the confidentiality and integrity of personal data is a critical responsibility that EEP takes seriously at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n For the purposes of applicable legislation, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation, as amended, (\u201c<\/span>Data Protection Laws<\/b>\u201d), the General Partner of the EEP group entity that you have dealings with (in most cases EEP Managers Limited) is the \u201cdata controller\u201d of your personal information. EEP has a Data Protection Team who are contactable by email at <\/span>mail@eeplp.com<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personal information: business contacts<\/b><\/p>\n If you have interacted with EEP, whether through email, meeting someone from EEP, or otherwise, we may keep limited amounts of your personal information. This might include your name, job title, employer organisation and contact details. We do this for the purposes of:<\/span><\/p>\n In accordance with Data Protection Laws, our legal basis for collecting and storing such personal information is that such processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in running and promoting our business. Whilst EEP does not routinely obtain consent as the legal basis upon which it stores and processes personal data, it will, if necessary, and to the extent required by Data Protection Laws, obtain the consent of the data subject to hold and process personal information. If consent is provided, it can be withdrawn by the data subject at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n The length of time such personal information will be held by EEP will depend on why it was collected initially. The requirements of applicable laws or regulations will also affect this.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personal information: actual or potential management teams<\/b><\/p>\n If you are involved in a transaction that EEP and\/or the funds that it advises enters into, or a potential transaction that EEP is contemplating, we may keep certain limited amounts of your personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n This might include information relating to your financial status and dealings, your CV, details of your previous employment history and professional activities, your nationality (including copies of identity documents, such as a passport), references provided by third parties, and results of other due diligence we may have conducted. We collect and store this information for the purposes of:<\/span><\/p>\n As required under Data Protection Laws, our legal basis for collecting and storing such personal information is that such processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in running our business, in particular in order to properly review potential investments, and administering any and all transactions that we are party to. \u00a0In addition, EEP may be required to obtain and hold personal information (such as passports and other key identifying documentation) so as to comply with money laundering and related regulation and in order to conduct satisfactory \u2018Know Your Client\u2019 checks.<\/span><\/p>\n For any matter or transaction that you are involved in, it may also be necessary for us to process your personal information for performing that transaction and to comply with our relevant regulatory\/legal duties. Whilst EEP does not routinely obtain consent as the legal basis upon which it stores and processes personal data, it will, if necessary, and to the extent required by Data Protection Laws, obtain the consent of the data subject to hold and process personal information. If consent is provided, it can be withdrawn by the data subject at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n In certain limited circumstances personal information may be received by EEP from a third party, for example a recruiter. In such circumstances it will be held in accordance with this Notice and Data Protection Law. \u00a0The length of time such personal information will be held by EEP will depend on why it was collected initially. The requirements of applicable laws or regulations will also affect this.<\/span><\/p>\n Please note that EEP has carefully considered and balanced the rights and interests of its data subjects and does not believe such rights and interests have been overridden by EEP\u2019s own interests. In making this assessment, EEP has considered the nature of all such data subject\u2019s interests, any impact of processing and the relevant safeguards that have been put in place.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personal information: suppliers and professional advisors<\/b><\/p>\n We will store limited amounts of personal information relating to suppliers to EEP, or one of EEP\u2019s professional advisors. This may include names, job titles, qualifications, employer organisations and contact details. This personal information will be stored for the purposes of managing and preserving records of services or advice we have received and authorising further services.<\/span><\/p>\n In accordance with the Data Protection Laws, our legal basis for storing personal information that you provide to us is that such storage is necessary for our legitimate interests in running and promoting our business. Whilst EEP does not routinely obtain consent as the legal basis upon which it stores and processes personal data, it will, if necessary, and to the extent required by Data Protection Laws, obtain the consent of the data subject to hold and process personal information. If consent is provided, it can be withdrawn by the data subject at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n The length of time such personal information will be held by EEP will depend on why it was collected initially. The requirements of applicable laws or regulations will also affect this.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mailing lists<\/b><\/p>\n As part of our marketing activities, EEP collects and use personal information to provide updates on our activities and to issue invitations to events we host. We don\u2019t rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n EEP may use uses third-party providers, such as <\/span>MailChimp<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Campaign Monitor<\/span><\/i>, to deliver its updates and issues events. EEP gathers statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve the e-newsletter. For more information, please see the privacy policy of <\/span>MailChimp<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Campaign Monitor<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of EEP\u2019s emails or by emailing <\/span>mail@eeplp.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n EEP will take all reasonable steps to maintain the accuracy of your personal information. Where necessary, it will keep it up to date. You can request that EEP update or correct any information by contacting EEP at any time by emailing <\/span>mail@eeplp.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The EEP website may offer the opportunity to \u201cconnect\u201d site content via the social network LinkedIn. If you are a member of LinkedIn and do not want the social network cookies to be placed on your system, EEP suggests that you refrain from using such sharing tools.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Information via the EEP website<\/b><\/p>\n This Notice also applies to how EEP controls, processes, handles and protects your personal information while browsing or using EEP\u2019s website (<\/span>www.eeplp.com<\/span>), including your rights under current laws and regulations.\u00a0 EEP uses this information to provide you with a better service, and, in particular, for the following reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n EEP\u2019s websites may contain hypertext links to external websites. EEP is not responsible for and accepts no liability in relation to these websites or their contents. You should read any applicable privacy policy on any such website.<\/span><\/p>\n EEP may use cookies on its website to provide a better user experience. EEP does this by placing a small text file on your device \/ computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that are displayed, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content. Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.<\/span><\/p>\n Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit <\/span>www.allaboutcookies.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Cookies that the EEP website uses are:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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