Privacy Statement

Mortar Capital Limited (Mortar Capital) values your right to privacy and security and therefore treats Personal Data, as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as private. We are committed to protecting the privacy of any information we hold about you and we have summarised our policies regarding the collection, use and transfer of your personal data, the security measures we employ to protect such data and your rights and choices with regard to access or use of such data.

In adopting this Statement, we wish to balance our legitimate business interests and your reasonable expectation of privacy. Accordingly, we will take appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational steps to prevent unauthorised access to, or disclosure of your Personal Data.

The Pacific Investments Group provides financial products and services through its affiliated companies and branches located worldwide. Privacy and personal data protection principles vary from one country to another. When you access or link to any other website, please read the privacy and data protection statements or agreements issued by such other website to determine the policies that apply to information or data maintained by that website.

In keeping in line with our commitment to providing you with secure access, this Statement may be varied from time to time and we would advise that you check it regularly.

Personal Data

We may hold a variety of personal data gathered in the course of providing our services to you. This data is processed on the lawful basis of legitimate interest and is stored in a secure and confidential database which is accessible only by authorised Mortar Capital employees or agents.

Depending on your previous relationship with Mortar Capital the information maintained may include your name, surname, email address as well as other contact information. It may also include a record of our contact history with you.

Use and Processing of Personal Data

By providing us with your personal information you indicate your willingness for that information to be securely stored by Mortar Capital and for us to contact you, when appropriate, in the course of our activities.

Data Security and Integrity

We use our best efforts to ensure that data is accurate, complete, current and reliable for its intended use. We use appropriate technical and organisational measures and safeguards to help protect your personal data from unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or loss. Our internal policies and procedures are designed to help ensure we safeguard the privacy and accuracy of all data we collect or process.

To the extent that we disclose personal data to approved third parties, we will request that they properly protect the security and confidentiality of such information and otherwise process such data in accordance with applicable law.

We will not disclose or transfer Personal Data to third parties for the purposes of marketing.

Mortar Capital will, however, disclose information when required to do so: (1) by a court order; (2) by any regulatory authority and the regulators they appoint for the various financial sectors; (3) in order to comply with Mortar Capital’s legal and regulatory obligations in terms of any legislation or regulation applicable to Mortar Capital and its business dealings (including fraud prevention and anti-money laundering); (4) in order to exercise, protect and defend Mortar Capital's rights and property (including Mortar Capital's intellectual property); (5) in order to conduct required credit or background checks; (6) on the reasonable request of a fund in which you have invested; and (7) in the public interest.

You further acknowledge that we may disclose your personal information within the Pacific Investments Group and you expressly consent to this.

How Long We Keep your Data

Mortar Capital reviews the data it holds on a regular basis and your information will be destroyed if it is no longer required for the purpose(s) for which it was obtained.

Your Rights

You have the right to obtain access to your personal data; to have it updated or corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete; to request that we restrict its processing or remove your data entirely from our systems. When asked to remove a record from our database, Mortar Capital will retain minimal information to ensure we do not contact you or collect such information again in the future.

If you would like us to delete all your related data, or if you prefer that we unsubscribe you from our marketing mailing list, please specify your preference by contacting us at info@mortarcapital.com

Changes to the Privacy Statement

Mortar Capital reserves the right to modify or amend the Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason, as permitted by applicable law. If there are material changes to the Privacy Statement, those changes will be posted here.

By using the Site, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Statement and you consent to the collection, processing, further processing and storage of your personal information as contemplated in this Privacy Statement.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text files consisting of encrypted information assigned to a computer's browser, which is given to your browser by our web server when you visit our website. This data is stored on your browser. The cookie is sent back to our web server each time you visit our website. Cookies are not computer programs and do not run on a computer like programs do. They cannot gather information or function on their own. They cannot collect any personal information about you or your machine and cannot gather data or information about what you do on the Internet. Cookies merely enable us to provide a more valuable online experience to you. While you can set up your Internet browser to disable cookie technology, we do not recommend that you do this since some parts of this website may not function properly, or at all.

Please note that other organisations or service providers who upload information to or on the Site may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

Mortar Capital is committed to keeping your information secure and confidential. Personal Data is used as is appropriate in the normal course of business to provide the products and services you have requested, for the purpose/s for which we tell you that such information has been collected and for other legitimate purposes permitted by applicable law.

While we will retain certain personal information we have collected only for as long as necessary given the purpose for which it was collected, we may store information for the purposes of investment transaction processing and administration, to monitor our Site and to communicate with you directly, and you expressly consent to this. We will also be able to tailor our content and give you information that is relevant to you. If you advise us that you do not want us to use this information as a basis for further contact, we will respect your wishes.

Links to Other Sites

When you are using the website, you could be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. These other web sites may send their own cookies to you to collect data or solicit Personal Information. We do not control the privacy policies of those third party web sites.

Security

Mortar Capital is committed to being at the forefront of information security to protect the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. We take every reasonable step to protect your personal information, including the use of encryption technology. We can, however, not guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us electronically and you do so at your own risk.

We implement strict security standards and procedures in order to help prevent unauthorised access to your personal information. Only authorised Mortar Capital employees or agents will have access to your information, and all of our employees, service providers and marketing partners are held to stringent standards of privacy and security and are bound by confidentiality agreements.

Legal Disclaimer

Information contained on the website is updated on a regular basis. Due to the nature of the information posted, it becomes outdated rapidly. Users are therefore cautioned to independently verify the correctness of information contained on the website that may have become outdated.

Mortar Capital Limited accepts no liability of any sort resulting from reliance being placed upon outdated information contained on the website by any user or other person.

Whilst every effort is made to represent accurate financial and technical information on an ongoing basis, inadvertent errors and typographical inaccuracies may occur. Information, laws, rules and regulations may also change from time to time. Information contained on the website is therefore made available without any express or implied representation or warranty whatsoever, and Mortar Capital disclaims liability for any expenses incurred, or any damage, claims or costs sustained by users arising from the reliance being placed on the use of links, services or any information or representations contained on the website.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact us at:

Tel: +44 (0)20 7225 2250

Email: info@mortarcapital.com

Post: Mortar Capital, 124 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9BW, United Kingdom