ELLUL & Co. LIMITED (trading as Ellul & Co.), E C E NOMINEES LIMITED (trading as Ellul & Co. Corporate Services), ELLUL & Co. TRUSTEES LIMITED - PRIVACY POLICY

CONTENTS

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CLAUSE

1. Important information and who we are............................................................... 1
2. The data we collect about you............................................................................ 2
3. How is your personal data collected?................................................................. 3
4. How we use your personal data......................................................................... 4
5. Disclosures of your personal data...................................................................... 7
6. Data security....................................................................................................... 8
7. Data retention...................................................................................................... 8
8. Your legal rights.................................................................................................. 8
9. Glossary.............................................................................................................. 9

Introduction

Welcome to the privacy notice of ELLUL & Co. LIMITED,  E C E NOMINEES LIMITED (trading as Ellul & Co. Corporate Services) and of ELLUL & Co. TRUSTEES LIMITED (collectively the “Firm”).

The Firm respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (www.ellul.gi  the “Website”), regardless of where you visit it from, or provide your personal data to us by other means. This privacy policy also tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below. Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy policy.

Index

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED
4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
7. DATA SECURITY
8. DATA RETENTION
9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
10. GLOSSARY
11. Important information and who we are

Purpose of this privacy policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how the Firm collects and processes your personal data through your use of our Website, our legal, notarial, accounting, administrative and company management services and all other work done by us or services provided by us related thereto (the “Services”) including any data you may provide to us through the Website, email, post, courier, over the telephone, Skype, Zoom, Teams, any other audio or video conferencing service, Whatsapp, text message, Telegram, any other messaging service, or over any other internet or telephone based form of communication, personally or by any other means when you use our Services.

Our Website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements the other policies and is not intended to override them.

Controller

The Firm is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).

We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPO using the details set out below.

Contact details

Our full details are:

Full name of our legal entities:               Ellul & Co. Limited, Law Firm & Notaries Public of Suite 7, Hadfield House, Library Street Gibraltar a Gibraltar company incorporated under number 119884 and authorised to provide legal services by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority in Gibraltar.

                                                               E C E Nominees Limited (trading as Ellul & Co. Corporate Services), a Gibraltar company incorporated under number 30319 of Suite 7, Hadfield House, Library Street Gibraltar and authorised by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission to provide company management services.

                                                                Ellul & Co. Trustees Limited, a Gibraltar company incorporated under number 123129 of Suite 7, Hadfield House, Library Street Gibraltar and authorised by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission to act as professional trustees.

Name or title of DPO:                             Marc X. Ellul

Email address:                                       marc@ellul.gi 

Postal address:                                      Suite 7 Hadfield House, Library Street, Gibraltar

Telephone number:                                +350 200 70921

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) for data protection issues (www.gra.gi). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the GRA so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

This version was last updated on 19^th July 2023.

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.

Third-party links

Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

2. 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).  The persons from whom we will collect and store data includes:

• persons who visit our Website;
• persons who submit enquiries via our Website;
• persons who contact the Firm;
• clients of the Firm;
• directors, shareholders, beneficial owners and power of attorney holders of the companies managed by ECE Nominees Limited and any other person who may provide us with their personal data in this connection;
• settlors, trustees, protectors, beneficiaries and power of attorney of the trusts managed by Ellul & Co. Trustees Limited and any other person who may provide us with their personal data in this connection.

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have set out below. This includes collecting, storing and transferring data for the purposes of us complying with our obligations to identify you, verify your source of funds, verify your economic activity, detect, monitor and prevent financial crime and terrorist offences and for complying with all other obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015, the Terrorism Act 2018, the anti-money laundering guidance notes applying to Gibraltar lawyers and to entities carrying out controlled activities under financial services legislation and with any other legal and regulatory obligations we may have.

We may share personal data received by any of Ellul & Co. Limited, E C E Nominees Limited and Ellul & Co. Trustees Limited with the other companies as they are all a part of the same group of companies and they have common directors.

• Identity Data includes:
  • first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, gender, nationality and jurisdiction of residence; and
  • copies of documents relating to your identity including passport, identity card, civilian registration card, driving licence or other Government issued ID, utility bill, bank statement, credit card statement, tax return or any other document containing your address.
• Source of Funds & Source of Wealth Data includes information and documentation relating to:
  • your employment, occupation, business, pension, trading or other economic activity on how you generate your personal income;
  • any bank accounts or investments you may have (in fiat and cryptocurrency);
  • any real or movable property owned, rented, acquired or sold;
  • any will, inheritance, grant of probate, bequest, gift, distribution from a trust;
  • ownership of shares or other rights in any company or legal entity and dividends and distributions obtained therefrom; and
  • any and all other documents and information provided to us by you with view to us verifying your source of income.
• Economic Transactions Data including personal bank account statements, investment portfolios, business transactional documents, title documents, transfers, assignments, disposals and acquisitions of all nature and any other information or documentation relating to personal financial or economic activity.
• Tax Information Data including your tax payer identification number, your jurisdiction of tax residence, your personal tax obligations and advice you may have received in this connection.
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and Services we have provided or will provide to you.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our Website.
• Profile Data includes orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our Website, products and Services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

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 Website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

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).

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with the Firm’s Services). In this case, we may have to stop providing you with our Services but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

3. How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity Data, Source of Funds Data, Economic Transaction Data, Tax Information Data, Contact Data and Financial Data by completing customer due diligence forms, corresponding with us by email, by telephone or internet-based messaging services, by telephone, post, courier, in person or contact through our Website and providing us with documentation in this regard. This includes personal data you provide when you:
• access our Website;
• complete our due diligence forms, correspond with us and provide documentation to us in this regard;
• agree to our terms of engagement; and/or
• agree to the provision of legal, notarial or corporate services; or
• give us feedback.
• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out:
• Technical Data from the following parties:
  • analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
  • advertising networks; and
  • search information providers;
• Identity Data, Source of Funds Data, Economic Transaction Data, Tax Information Data, Contact Data and Financial Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services based or from other professional firms.
• Identity Data, Source of Funds Data, Economic Transaction Data, Tax Information Data, Contact Data and Financial Data from banks, financial institutions, law firms, corporate services providers, business introducers and other professional firms.
• Identity and Contact Data from publicly availably sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register.

4. How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligations including collecting, storing and transferring data for the purposes of us complying with our obligations to identify you, verify your source of funds, verify your economic activity, detect, monitor and prevent financial crime and terrorist offences and for complying with all other obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015, the Terrorism Act 2005, the anti-money laundering guidance notes applying to Gibraltar lawyers and to entities carrying out controlled activities under financial services legislation and with any other legal and regulatory obligations we may have.
• Where, in connection with the provision by us of the Services we are opening an account for you with another financial institution or other entity or are assisting you with such a process, we will share such of your data as may be necessary with such financial institution or entity in order to be able to open such account.
• Where in connection with the provision by us of the Services, we are required to pass on your data to professionals, financial institutions or other persons or entities for the purposes of them conducting customer due diligence on you in pursuance of laws and regulations in respect of anti-financial crime and the combatting of terrorism laws.
• Where we are required to share your data by any laws or regulations, we will do this to the extent required by such laws or regulations. Such laws include tax information exchange provisions, those related to the Gibraltar beneficial owner register, anti-financial crime and the combatting of terrorism.  The following is a non-exhaustive list/description of such relevant laws:
• Council Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and of the Joint Council of Europe/Organisation for Economic Co-operation (“OECD”) and Development Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters of 21 January 1988, as amended by the protocol of 27 May 2010;
• an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Government of the United States of America to Improve International Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA;
• an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Government of the United Kingdom to Improve International Tax Compliance;
• The OECD global standard for automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters, a Model Competent Authority Agreement and a Common Reporting Standard (the “CRS”), was endorsed by G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in September 2014. Gibraltar has entered into the said Competent Authority Agreement (the “CCA”) and thereby committed to automatically exchange financial account information in tax matters in accordance with the CRS;
• Council Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and Council Directive 2014/107/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (which amended Directive 2011/16/EU);
• the Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners Regulations 2017;
• the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015; and
• the Terrorism Act 2005.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in 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 us 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.

Cookies

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see https://www.ellulco.com/cookie-policy.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

5. Disclosures of your personal data

We may have to share your personal data with third parties for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above.

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.

6. 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 and they 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.

7. 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, Source of Funds, Economic Transaction, Tax Information, Financial and Transaction Data) for five years after they cease being customers.  There are six year limitation periods for the bringing of certain contractual and tortious claims and 12 year limitation period for certain speciality actions as set out in the Limitation Act 1960.  In such cases, we will keep your personal data for such periods as are necessary for actions to be brought in compliance with the Limitation Act.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data.  See below for further information.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

8. Your legal rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. If you wish to find out more about the following rights or exercise any of them, please contact us. 

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of your personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing your personal data.
• Request transfer of your personal data.
• Right to withdraw consent.

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 ensure your 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.

9. 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 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 by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.

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

• Service providers who provide IT and system administration services.
• Professional advisers acting as processors including lawyers, corporate service providers, financial services companies, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
• Identity checking and due diligence screening companies used for the purposes of assisting us with identifying you, your source of funds, your economic activity and to check whether you are a politically, exposed person, you are named on any terrorism or sanctions lists or you are linked to financial crime.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

You have the right to:

Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.

Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or Services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.