Bridgepoint takes privacy and its use of your data seriously and
acknowledges the importance of protecting any personal information
- such as names, contact details and ID information - hereafter
called "Personal Information" that it holds.
This Privacy Policy sets out how we will use any data (including
Personal Information) collected by us when you visit this website
and any other personal information you may provide to Bridgepoint
or which we acquire through our day-to-day business. We aim,
as a business, to give information about our privacy commitments
directly to all the people whose data we hold but we acquire some
Personal Information in an indirect or incidental way (for example,
we acquire Personal Information about our staff's family members
when we ask our staff to provide emergency contact numbers).
Therefore, one of the purposes of this Privacy Policy is to provide
privacy information to all the groups of people whose data we hold
but with whom we do not have a direct relationship.
We will ensure that your Personal Information is handled in
accordance with the law. The relevant law here is: (i) the UK
Data Protection Act 1998, (ii) from 25 May 2018, the EU General
Data Protection Regulation (which will replace the UK Data
Protection Act 1998), (iii) the Privacy and Electronic
Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and (iv) all similar
or related legislation relating to the processing of Personal
Information and/or privacy applicable to Bridgepoint from time to
time (together the "Data Protection
Legislation").
1. USE OF YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION
2. HOW LONG DO
WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
3. YOUR RIGHTS
AND DATA ACCURACY
4. HOW AND WHY
WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
5. MARKETING
AND INDUSTRY UPDATES
6.
COOKIES
7. AGGREGATED
DATA
8. CHANGES TO
OUR PRIVACY POLICY
9. CONTACT US
AND COMPLAINTS
The "data controllers" (as defined in the Data Protection
Legislation) in respect of your personal information will be one or
both of Bridgepoint Group Limited with company registration number
9303968 and Bridgepoint SAS with company registration number
380223313.
1. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION
1.1 We may collect (and use for the purposes
set out in this Privacy Policy) the following information about
you: information that you submit when you make use of this website,
for example, when you register with us or respond to online
surveys; information that you provide when you contact us (either
online or by any other method);and details of your visit to our
website, including your IP address and choice of web browser
(please see section 4 "Aggregated Data" below). 1.2 What sort of
Personal Information do we collect? 1.2.1 General
When contacting us online, via telephone, in
writing or otherwise you may provide Personal Information about
yourself to us including your name and contact details (e.g. your
address, email address and telephone number).
1.2.2 Information about job
applicants
If you apply for or enquire about a job with
us we may also ask you to provide details of your previous job
title, your employment history, a copy of your CV and references -
and we may also seek references and carry out checks with third
parties if appropriate for the role you have applied for.
1.2.3 Information about those related
or otherwise connected to our staff
We sometimes ask members of our staff to
provide details of their next of kin for the purpose of our
emergency scenario planning or in case an incident occurs at
work. We may also ask for details of their dependents,
spouses and/or other people in relation to their employee benefits
arrangements. We will only ever use this information for the
benefit of our staff and for the purpose it was provided.
1.2.4 Information about management
and employees at our portfolio companies
When we acquire a business, we will obtain
some information about the employees and other staff who work in
that business.
1.2.5 Information about
investors/potential investors/those who work for or are connected
with investors
If you (or an institutional investor or
investment vehicle with which you are associated) consider
investing with us, you may also provide us with your financial
information and various other necessary Personal Information.
1.2.6 Information about individuals
who are our suppliers or other business contacts (and individuals
who are employed by our suppliers and business
contacts)
If you provide services to us or have a
business dealing with us (or are employed or engaged by an entity
which provides services or has a business dealing with us), we may
acquire your name, contact details, some employment information and
we may acquire copies of ID documents or similar information (if,
for example, you are a director at a business in respect of which
we are required to due diligence or carry out anti-money laundering
processes).
Some of the Personal Information that we
collect (as set out above) is collected and processed so we can
perform a contract with you, some for the purpose of legal
compliance and some for the purposes of our legitimate business
interests (namely to carry out and improve our business, correspond
with you for business purposes, process an investment application,
analyse the use of our website and services, carry out effective
recruitment and support our staff and clients).
2. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION?
2.1 We will only keep your Personal
Information for as long as we reasonably require and, in any event,
only for as long as the Data Protection Legislation and our own
internal rules and policies allow.
3. YOUR RIGHTS AND DATA
ACCURACY
3.1 You have certain rights in relation to your
Personal Data - for example the right to request that we erase your
Personal Information (or part thereof) at any time, which request
we will comply with unless we have a lawful reason to keep your
information (for example, to comply with our legal obligations).
Where relevant, we will also ensure that our group companies
amend or erase your personal information (as applicable). Please
contact us at the email address set out below if you wish to
request any changes.
3.2 You also have the right,
subject to certain exemptions, to: (a) see the Personal Information
we hold about you and withdraw any consent you may have given to
us; (b) to ask us to make any changes to ensure that any Personal
Information we hold about you is accurate and up to date; and (c)
in some cases transfer any information we hold about you to a
specified third party. If you wish to exercise any of these rights,
please contact us at the email address set out below.
3.3 Please ensure that the
personal information you provide via the website is accurate and
complete and you notify us of any changes to your personal
information as soon as possible so that we can update our
records.
3.4 Whilst we will take all
reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information, we cannot
guarantee the security of any Personal Information you disclose
online. You accept the inherent security implications of disclosing
Personal Information online.
4. HOW AND WHY WE SHARE YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION
4.1 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
certain third parties who reasonably need it in order to perform a
function for you or provide a service to us - such as our group
fund(s), the funds' administrator, and our other group companies
and our advisers. By submitting your Personal Information to us,
you acknowledge that such third parties may receive and process
your Personal Information. We will never sell your data.
4.2 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 (such as anti-money laundering obligations),
carry out an internal investigation, enforce any agreement we have
with you or with a related party, or protect the rights, property,
or safety of Bridgepoint, its group companies and/or our clients,
directors, employees or other personnel. This includes exchanging
information with other companies and organisations for the purposes
of fraud protection and prevention.
4.3 In processing your
Personal Information, it will sometimes be necessary for us to
transfer your Personal Information outside the European Economic
Area ("EEA") to our staff and our third party service providers. It
may also be accessed by staff operating outside the EEA who work
for us or for one of our suppliers or group companies. This
includes people engaged in, among other things, the provision of
support services to us. We will take all steps reasonably necessary
to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and in
accordance with this Policy and the Data Protection Legislation
when it is processed in, or otherwise accessed from, a location
outside the EEA. This means that we will only transfer your
Personal Information to our non-European offices and to third
parties based outside the EEA in accordance with the Data
Protection Legislation. We may enter into contracts with
entities based outside the EEA, where this is required by the Data
Protection Legislation - and a copy of such contracts will be
available to you on written request to the email address below
(subject to certain redactions and/or an undertaking from you to
respect the confidentiality of that contract). For the
avoidance of doubt, in the event that the UK is no longer a part of
the EEA, references in this paragraph to the EEA shall mean the EEA
and the UK.
5. MARKETING
AND INDUSTRY UPDATES
5.1 Where you have expressly
consented to receive from us or we otherwise have the right to send
to you marketing materials, event invitations and/or industry
updates we will use your Personal Information to do this (whether
in hard copy or by email).
5.2 You can opt out of
receiving these sorts of communications from us at any time by: (i)
contacting us at the email address below, (ii) clicking the
unsubscribe/"opt-out" button which are available in some of our
emails or (iii) where the materials are sent by post, sending us a
cancellation request to the address included in the materials.
6.
COOKIES
6.1 We use small files which
are stored on your hard drive by our browser ("cookies") to monitor
your use of this website during the time you access it. These
cookies help us provide you with a better informed website by
enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do
not. They do not give us access to your computer or any information
about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. Nor are
these cookies used to create behavioural profiles of users or for
advertising purposes. We do not use the information these cookies
collect at any point after you have stopped accessing the
website.
In particular, we use the following
cookies:
(a)
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.
(b)
Performance cookies. These cookies collect
information about how visitors use our website, for instance which
pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages from
the web pages. These cookies don't collect information that
identifies a visitor; all information these cookies collect is
aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how
our website works.
(c)
Functionality cookies. These cookies allow our
website to remember choices you make (such as your user name,
language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more
personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember
changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of the
website that you can customise. The information these cookies
collect is anonymised and they cannot track your browsing
activities on other websites.
In particular we use a number of Google
Analytics cookies, which are used for the tracking of page views
and sessions.
If you do not wish to accept cookies you can
disable them by adjusting the settings on your browser. We may
also use banners and pop-ups from time to time to give you options
around cookies use. Note, however, that certain cookies are
necessary to enable the website to operate and refusing or
disabling some or all cookies may limit your ability to make use of
the website.
7. AGGREGATED DATA
7.1 From time to time we may
aggregate statistics, responses to any surveys and questionnaires,
traffic patterns and related website information and disclose such
aggregated data to third parties (such as Bridgepoint's suppliers)
for the purpose of Bridgepoint's own marketing, advertising or
other promotional purposes. Please note that any such
aggregated data will not include any Personal Information and we
will never make it available to third parties to use for their own
marketing purposes.
7.2 To enable us to monitor
and improve this website, we may gather and record on our servers
certain aggregated data about you when you use it, including
without limitation, the URL that you came from and go to and the
parts of our website that you visit. Such aggregated data is
primarily used to provide you with an enhanced on-line experience
and will not include any Personal Information.
8. CHANGES TO
OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Bridgepoint may amend this Policy at any time.
If you do not agree to any changes that we make, you should not use
or access (or continue to use or access) the website. Any changes
to this Policy will be posted on the website.
9. CONTACT US AND
COMPLAINTS
9.1 You can opt out of
receiving communications from us at any time by sending an e-mail
to info@bridgepoint.eu or
by contacting our Legal Team at the following address: 95 Wigmore
Street, London, W1U 1FB.
9.2 If you have any questions
or concerns about the way in which we have handled your Personal
Information, please contact us at the email address above.
Alternatively you have the right to make a complaint to the
Information Commissioner's Office, the supervisory body in the
UK.
