Introduction
The Board of Directors and management of Anticus Partners have committed to compliance with all relevant UK and EU laws in respect of personal data, and to protecting the “rights and freedoms” of individuals whose information Anticus Partners collects in accordance with the retained EU law version of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). We are committed to protecting any information from which you can be identified ("personal information") that you share with us, including any information that you tell us about yourself, what we learn by having you as a customer, and the choices you give us about what marketing you want us to send you.
This policy explains how we use your data and how we protect you. It also tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Our commitment to privacy of your data
Anticus Partners commits:
Your privacy is protected by law. This section explains how that works. Data protection laws and regulations require that we use your personal information only if we have a legitimate reason to do so. This includes sharing it outside of Anticus Partners. The lawful reasons that we rely on for using and sharing your data are as follows:
The primary lawful basis we rely on for processing your data is that we have a legitimate interest in doing so as we are communicating with you in a professional capacity for a legitimate business or commercial reason which is not outweighed by your rights and freedoms. In some instances we may require sensitive personal data from you, including for example, dietary or accessibility requirements to attend an event, in which case we rely on the need to protect your vital interests and/or your explicit consent for such processing.
Personal information that we collect from you
We may collect your personal information when you:
We may also collect your information where you only partially complete and/or abandon any information inputted into our website and/or other online forms.
We may collect information from your devices (including mobile devices) and applications you or your users use to access and use any of our websites, applications or services (for example, we may collect the device identification number and type, location information and connection information such as statistics on your page views, traffic to and from the sites, referral URL, your IP address, your browsing history and your web log information) and we will ask for your permission before we do so. We may do this using cookies or similar technologies.
Anticus Partners also gathers information about how the site is used. For instance, our web server automatically collects each visitor's domain name (the internet name of the organization through which the visitor connects to the site). We also collect aggregate information about users' visits; such as when the site is visited most often and which areas of the site are accessed most often. We use the automatically collected information to analyse how to improve our site.
Our website and services may contain technology that enables us to:
Personal information that we receive from other sources
We may collect personal information about you from your organisation’s website or other professional websites.
We may receive information from third parties who collect personal information from you and pass it on to us. This may include someone booking a place at an event for you and inviting you as their guest.
Where a third party passes on personal information to us the third party is responsible for letting you know that they will pass your information to us in order to ensure you are happy with the ways in which your personal information will be used. One example of this is where a member of our staff gives our HR team your contact details because you are that staff-member's next of kin. We will use that sort of information only for the reason it was provided.
If you intend to give us personal data about someone else, you are responsible for ensuring that you comply with any obligation and consent obligations under applicable data protection laws. In so far as required by applicable data protection laws, you must ensure that beforehand you have their explicit, informed, unambiguous and freely given consent to do so and that you explain to them how we collect, use, disclose and retain their personal information or direct them to read our Privacy Policy.
We may from time to time, whether on our own or partnering with third parties, produce questionnaires to assess diversity within the venture capital and private equity industry in the UK. These questionnaires will ordinarily not require you to state your name and we will therefore receive data which does not name an individual or which is in aggregated form. In some instances, it may however be possible for us to deduce personal information from that aggregated information. In such circumstances, your personal information will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
What we do with your personal information
To the extent permissible under applicable law, we use your information to:
From time to time, we may use your information to contact you about products, services and offers that are relevant to you and/or inform you about important changes or developments to our services, by post, telephone and e-mail. Each piece of communication will have a clear opt-out option to enable you to stop receiving further communication from us.
If you change your mind about us using your personal information in the ways described in this Privacy Policy, please let us know by contacting us at:
Email: info@anticuspartners.com
You may also opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the instructions outlined in the marketing emails.
How we share your personal information
Where it is necessary for the performance of our contract with you or for our internal business processes, we may share your personal information with 3rd parties who process your data on our behalf, such as the entities that host our website and provide certain IT services to us, and entities who provide services relating to our events.
If our business enters into a joint venture with, purchases or is sold to or merges with another business entity, your Personal Information may be disclosed or transferred to the purchaser, our new business partners or owners or their advisors.
In addition, it may be necessary to disclose your personal information if we are under a duty to disclose your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation, enforce any agreement, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Anticus Partners, and our contractors, directors, employees or other personnel. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and prevention.
Where necessary, we will ensure that appropriate contracts are in place with the third parties to whom we will transfer personal information.
If you are a delegate attending one of our events or training courses we may share your name, job title and company name with other attendees. If you receive any delegate lists, please note that these should not be used for the purposes of generating a commercial database of contacts to be used for unsolicited mailings. Any use of such delegate lists must be done in accordance with your company or organisation's own privacy policies and Anticus Partners will not be liable for any misuse of a delegate list by you or any third party in breach of the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Our security and data retention measures, and any transfers we make outside of the UK
The personal information you provide to us will be transferred to and stored securely on our servers in the UK and we take steps to protect your personal information from unauthorised access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and, although we will take steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted via the website; any transmission is therefore at your own risk.
We will only send your data outside of the UK to:
If we do transfer information to our suppliers, agents or advisers outside of the UK, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws when it is processed in, or other accessed from, a location outside the UK. This means that we will only transfer your personal information to third parties outside the UK if that third party (a) is situated in a country that has been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data, or (b) has agreed (by way of written contract) to provide all protections to your personal information as required by applicable data protection laws.
Accessing and updating your personal information
Under the UK GDPR, you have certain rights regarding the personal information that we hold on you and these are:
You can manage your privacy settings within your browser or our applications and services (where applicable). Or you can contact us at info@anticuspartners.com if you want to exercise any of the above rights. Should you wish to take any complaints or queries further, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner's Office regarding such issues. You may choose not to give personal information but we may need to collect personal information by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you. If you choose not to give us the required personal information, it may delay or prevent us from meeting our obligations. It may also mean that we will not be able to perform activities needed to run services for you. It could also mean that we cancel a service you have with us. Any data collection that is optional will be made clear at the point of collection.
Cookie Policy
The Anticus Partners site uses cookies for identification within the shopping facility.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. In particular, we use the following cookies:
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. We may also give you options on our website from time to time regarding the acceptance of specific cookies.
You can find more information about the specific cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table attached to this Privacy Policy. You can also find more information about cookies generally here: www.allaboutcookies.org
How to block or remove cookies
You have the ability to change the settings on your internet browser to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is set, or not to receive cookies at any time, although this may mean that some services on our sites cannot then be provided to you.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
For guidance regarding the deletion of GKN cookies please refer to the following links:
Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site and you will prevent us from obtaining valuable analytics information that helps us improve the content and functionality of our site.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. However, we will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy. We will always update this Privacy Notice on our website, so please try to read it when you visit the website.
