Cookies and Data Privacy Notice
Your personal data – what is it?
Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”), and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”).
Who are we?
Sucden Financial Limited (“Sucden Financial”) is the data controller (contact details below). This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.
How do we process your personal data?
Sucden Financial complies with its obligations under the DPA 2018 and UK GDPR by:
- keeping personal data up to date;
- by storing and destroying it securely;
- by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; and
- by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.
Purposes for collecting and using personal data
Prospective employees of Sucden Financial
Types of information held to assess your suitability for employment with Sucden Financial:
- your application form, if you were requested to complete one;
- your references;
- your curriculum vitae; and
- any interview notes.
Employees of Sucden Financial
Types of information and purposes held (where not obvious):
- as above for prospective employees;
- date of birth, gender and marital status;
- copy of passport or driving licence;
- your contract of employment;
- correspondence with or about you, for example letters to you about a pay rise, or at your request, a letter to your mortgage company confirming your salary;
- information needed for payroll, benefits and expenses purposes e.g national insurance number and bank details;
- contact and emergency contact details;
- records of holiday, sickness and other absence;
- CCTV footage and other information obtained through electronic means such as security pass access records;
- photographs;
- records relating to your career history, such as training records, appraisals, other performance measures and, where appropriate disciplinary and grievance records;
- where relevant, you may be mentioned in certain company documents such as the business continuity plan;
- monitoring of employees to prevent and detect crime and misconduct. For further information, please refer to Sucden Financial’s Policy on Telephone and Electronic Communications which is available on Sucden Financial’s Intranet; and
- we also have the ability to view the Plantation Place site access records which could be used to monitor your hours of work.
We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information:
- information about your health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records; and
- information about criminal convictions and offences.
The situations in which we will process employee personal information are listed below:
- making a decision about recruitment or a new appointment;
- checking that you are legally entitled to work in the UK;
- paying you and calculating tax and national insurance contributions;
- providing benefits to you;
- delivering letters or equipment to your home address;
- liaising with your pension provider;
- business management, planning, accounting and auditing;
- performance reviews;
- education, training and development;
- dealing with legal disputes;
- determining your fitness to work and managing sickness absence;
- complying with health and safety obligations;
- to prevent fraud;
- to monitor our communication systems and ensure compliance with our IT policies; and
- to ensure network and information security;
The situations in which we may process particularly sensitive personal information are listed below:
- we will use information relating to leaves of absence, which may include sickness absence or family related leaves, to comply with employment and other laws;
- we will use information about your physical or mental health, or disability status, to ensure your health and safety in the workplace and provide appropriate workplace adjustments; and
- we will use information about criminal convictions and offences to assess your fitness and propriety to work in the financial services industry
Data sharing
The following activities are carried out by third-party service providers: payroll, pension administration, benefits provision and administration, IT services.
We may transfer the personal information that we collect about you outside the EAA in order to perform our contract with you. Where we do this, we will ensure that the data receives an adequate level of protection for your personal information. If the country to which we transfer your data is not deemed to have equivalent data privacy laws then we will use contracts to ensure an adequate level of protection is given to your data.
Clients and prospective clients of Sucden Financial
Types of information
The following information is usually collected from directors and beneficial owners of our institutional clients:
- proof of identification (for example, copies of passports or identification cards);
- proof of address (for example, copies of bank statements);
- tax information (for example, personal tax identifiers);
In addition to the above, in the small number of cases where we seek to onboard clients who are individuals we would also collect their bank details, personal e-mail addresses and personal telephone numbers.
Purposes held:
- for the purposes of complying with applicable regulations (for example those which aim to prevent money laundering or financial crime);
- for the purposes of administering and operating your account;
- to inform clients and prospective clients (who are natural persons) of news, events, activities or services running at Sucden Financial; and
- to contact clients and prospective clients (who are natural persons) via surveys to conduct research about their opinions of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Use of CCTV on Sucden Financial’s premises
Our processing also includes the use of CCTV systems for the prevention of crime and to ensure the safety of everyone on our premises.
What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?
Sucden Financial relies on the following legal grounds for processing your personal data:
Prospective employees of Sucden Financial
- processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of the data subject. The legitimate interests are as follows:
- assessing a prospective employee’s candidacy for a position at Sucden Financial; and
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, particularly screening prospective employees where this is required by a regulatory authority.
Employees of Sucden Financial
- processing is necessary for the performance of the contract of employment that is in place with the data subject or to take steps to enter into this contract;
- processing is necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement;
- processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of the data subject. The legitimate interests are as follows:
- reviewing the performance of employees;
- paying employees (bank details);
- for the purposes of contacting employees in case of an emergency or a disaster recovery incident; and
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, particularly screening employees where this is required by a regulatory authority.
Clients and prospective clients of Sucden Financial
- Explicit consent of the data subject:
- to keep you informed about news, events, activities and services; and
- to contact you with surveys about current events;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, particularly: anti-money laundering legislation (such as the UK Money Laundering Regulations), tax legislation (such as the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) and UK implementing regulations) and the second Markets in Financial Instrument Directive / Regulation (“MIFID / R II”) and the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR”); and
- processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or where courts are acting in their judicial capacity.
Use of CCTV on Sucden Financial’s premises
Processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of the data subject. The legitimate interests are as follows:
- for the prevention of crime and to ensure the safety of everyone on our premises.
Consequences of not providing, or objecting to the processing of, personal data
Prospective employees
- We would not be able to assess your candidacy for a role at Sucden Financial.
Employees
- We would not be able to perform our obligations that exist in the contract of employment that is in place between us. For example, if you objected to us holding your bank details then we would not be able to pay you.
- We may not be able to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations which may make it difficult for us to continue to employ you in a particular role. For example, if you are employed in a position that requires approval from the FCA and you objected to us conducting screening searches using personal data that you had previously provided, we may not be able to obtain (or maintain) your approval.
Clients and prospective clients of Sucden Financial
- If you do not provide consent to us marketing to you we would not be able to provide you with the latest information about our activities and services.
- We would not be able to open an account for you (or keep an account open) if you refused to provide us with certain personal data (for example proof of identity or tax code) where this is required in order for us to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Sharing your personal data
Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential, and will be shared only with:
- other companies in our group;
- those who provide services to us or act as our agents;
- to credit reference agencies or other organisations that help us and others make credit decisions and reduce the incidence of fraud or in the course of carrying out identity, fraud prevention or credit control checks;
- to regulators and governmental agencies, in any jurisdiction, where we are required to do so by applicable laws and regulations;
- there is a public duty to disclose or our interests require disclosure; and
- at your request or with your consent.
How long do we keep your personal data?
We keep your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary for a period of no longer than seven years (or, if possible, for shorter) in order to:
- meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements;
- exercise or defend legal claims; or
- in the case that we use your personal data for marketing purposes, until you have withdrawn your consent for us to process your personal data for these purposes.
Note re: prospective clients
Sucden Financial will delete any personal data that is held about a prospective client if that prospective client does not become a client of Sucden Financial within six months of the date that Sucden Financial first received the personal data.
Note re: prospective employees
Sucden Financial will delete any personal data that is held about a prospective employee if that prospective employee does not become an employee of Sucden Financial within six months of the date that Sucden Financial first received the personal data.
Your rights and your personal data
Unless subject to an exemption under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- the right to request a copy of your personal data which Sucden Financial holds about you;
- the right to request that Sucden Financial corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
- the right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for Sucden Financial to retain such data;
- the right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time (note: this right would only be available if Sucden Financial is relying upon consent as a processing condition);
- the right to request that the data controller provide the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability) (note: this right would only be available if the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and in either case the data controller processes the data by automated means. Sucden Financial does not process data by automated means, see below);
- the right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
- the right to object to the processing of personal data (note: this would only apply where Sucden Financial is processing based on legitimate interests or to conduct direct marketing); and
- the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (the “ICO”).
Transfer of Data Abroad
In limited and necessary circumstances, your information may be transferred outside of the UK or European Economic Area (“EEA”) to comply with our legal or contractual requirements or because one of our service providers is based outside the UK or EEA. We have put in place European Union (“EU”) Model Contracts to ensure the security of your data. A copy of these Model Contracts can be obtained from the Data Protection Officer (please see the contact details below).
Automated Decision Making
Sucden Financial does not use any personal data that it obtains for the purposes of making automated decisions.
Further processing
If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Privacy Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.
Contact Details
To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints, please, in the first instance, contact the Data Protection Officer on +44(0) 20 3207 5000 (Mon- Fri 08:00 - 17:00) or at Data Protection Officer, Sucden Financial Limited, 60 Great Tower Street, London, EC3R 5AZ or via email on [email protected].
You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on: 0303 123 1113 or via email: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Use of Cookies
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Categories of cookie we use
The categories of cookies we use are:
(1) 'strictly necessary' cookies: these cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. This category cannot be disabled.
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(4)'Marketing’ cookies: these cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to understand how different audiences interact with websites by collecting and reporting information about the businesses. When relevant, the information is also used for B2B leads.
List of cookies in use on this website:
Persistent or Necessary (2 cookies)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARRAffinity | https://www.sucdenfinancial.com | Used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _sn_n | https://sleeknote.com/ | Contains technical information so that the Sleeknote campaigns can show properly and tracking works properly. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| SNSubscribed | https://sleeknote.com/ | set when a Collect Email Addresses campaign is engaged, so that other Collect Email Addresses can be hidden from the visitor. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
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sn_global_countdown_ last_reset_timestamp |
https://sleeknote.com/ | Contains a timestamp that resets every time a new page is loaded | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| smConsent | https://www.sucdenfinancial.com | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
Performance (3 cookies)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | https://www.sucdenfinancial.com | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _gat | https://www.sucdenfinancial.com | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _gid | https://www.sucdenfinancial.com | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _clck | https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _clsk | https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| CLID | https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
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ANONCHK |
https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. | 10 minutes | HTTP Cookie |
| MR | https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. | 1 week | HTTP Cookie |
| MUID | https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year and 24 days | HTTP Cookie |
| SM | https://clarity.microsoft.com/ | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
Marketing (11 cookies)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lang | Linkedin.com |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. LinkedIn Insight Tag is the code we place on our Site. You can learn more on the technology by following the link below. https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/ad-targeting/website-retargeting In this case, LinkedIn is the responsible party for showing the ads to you. You may revoke your consent at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out?trk= |
Session | HTTP Cookie |
| lidc | Linkedin.com |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. LinkedIn Insight Tag is the code we place on our Site. You can learn more on the technology by following the link below. https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/ad-targeting/website-retargeting In this case, LinkedIn is the responsible party for showing the ads to you. You may revoke your consent at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out?trk= |
1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| Bcookie, bscookie | Linkedin.com |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. LinkedIn Insight Tag is the code we place on our Site. You can learn more on the technology by following the link below. https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/ad-targeting/website-retargeting In this case, LinkedIn is the responsible party for showing the ads to you. You may revoke your consent at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out?trk= |
2 years | HTTP Cookie |
| BizolD, BizoData, BizoUserMatchHistory, BizoNetworkPartnerIndex |
Linkedin.com |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. LinkedIn Insight Tag is the code we place on our Site. You can learn more on the technology by following the link below. https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/ad-targeting/website-retargeting In this case, LinkedIn is the responsible party for showing the ads to you. You may revoke your consent at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out?trk= |
179 days | HTTP Cookie |
| UserMatchHistory | Linkedin.com |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. LinkedIn Insight Tag is the code we place on our Site. You can learn more on the technology by following the link below. https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/ad-targeting/website-retargeting In this case, LinkedIn is the responsible party for showing the ads to you. You may revoke your consent at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out?trk= |
30 days | HTTP Cookie |
| li_sugr, U | Linkedin.com | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 90 days | HTTP Cookie |
| _gcl_au | ads.google.com | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months | HTTP Cookie |
| ads/ga-audiences | ads.google.com | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| IDE | ads.google.com | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| NID | ads.google.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | HTTP Cookie |
| test_cookie | ads.google.com | Tests if the user's browser supports cookies, on behalf of Google Inc. Advertising platform DoubleClick. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _sn_a | https://sleeknote.com/ | It sets a visitor ID so that the visitor can be identified across Sleeknote sessions. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _sn_m | https://sleeknote.com/ | Contains information used for marketing-related targeting options such as referrer, UTM, or geo-location. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| SNS | https://sleeknote.com/ | Make sure that one-time operations only run once. For example, if the geo-targeting option is used, we only want to geo-locate the visitor once, and not on every page. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| SleekNote | https://sleeknote.com/ | If data is put into Sleeknote SiteData, it will be stored here for the session. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
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How to make a complaint
If you have a complaint about the way in which your personal data is being processed, please email [email protected]. In the event that you are not satisfied with our handling of your complaint, you have the right to report your concern to the Information Commissioner at https://ico.org.uk/concerns.
