HWC GROUP has adopted a set of principles
that demonstrate our commitment to privacy. We have set
out these principles so that you are aware of how we gather,
update and distribute personal information.
Information Held
The HWC GROUP only collects information that we feel is
relevant to perform the activities necessary to pursue
our duties, comply with legal requirements and maintain
our position as a leading professional advisory firm.
The nature of this information will vary according to
your relationship with the firm and the work we are performing.
Our objective is not to hold information about you that
is not required by us.
Access to this information
Upon written request to the HWC GROUP Privacy Officer,
assuming there are no legal reasons preventing us from
doing so, HWC GROUP will provide you with details of all
personal information that we hold about you within a reasonable
time period. You will be able to review this information
and advise us of any amendments to the data held and may
request HWC GROUP to delete any information held. Additionally,
you may decline to take part in certain marketing activities
in the future by expressly advising us in writing. We
will apply your instructions as soon as it is possible
to do so.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
HWC GROUP will not on-sell personal information to outside
parties. We will provide personal information to third
parties where we are required to by law and where it is
reasonable for us to do so, in the spirit of providing
services to you (both within the company and via our relationship
third parties), where our advisors request it or where
you have expressly asked us to do so. At times we may
use this information for direct mailing, emailing, etc
purposes whereby we consider that the information supplied
may be of benefit to you. We retain this information only
for as long as necessary to fulfil our provision of services
to you and to comply with any legal requirements.
In instances whereby we need to share information within
the HWC Group, in order to effectively provide our services,
information that you provide may be used.
Web site and contact details
Technically, there are some things we need to do as part of providing web sites
and information to you. We may record your IP address and details of your access
to our sites, we may place cookies on your computer to enable your web browser
to search and find us efficiently. You are able to prevent cookies being stored
on your computer by changing your preferences within your Internet Browser. This
information is not matched with any personal information and remains anonymous.
Protection
We use the best security available to us within our means so that reasonable steps
are taken to protect the information we hold. As part of our employment contracts,
our staff are required to sign an Acceptable Use Policy that includes a confidentiality
clause.
This information is subject to change and updates will be placed on our web site
periodically.
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