OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT

At HS CAPITAL Ltd, we are committed to safeguarding your personal data, and we recognise the importance of having effective and meaningful privacy protections in place when collecting, using and disclosing private information.

In accordance with disclosures required under the law, the following information provides an overview of how HS CAPITAL Ltd, will use the personal data that we collect from you (all referred to below as “you”).

Your Consent 

By accessing our services through our website, entering into service level /contractual agreement with us, or assigning us to act on your behalf, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in our Privacy Statement.  In addition, by using our Website, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy. 

What type of data will we collect?

We will only collect data about you that is relevant in the context of the client relationship, which we have with you. This includes:

  1. Data that can be used to identify you or that we can otherwise link to you, namely:
  • Personal details (e.g. name, date of birth, passport information, identification information, biographical information, information about personal interests); and
  • Contact details (e.g. phone number, email address, postal address, mobile number)
  1. Information about your involvement in our investment transactions, including data derived from your usage of our platforms.
  2. Relevant financial information, for instance, specimen signature, income, assets, outgoings, investment objectives, details of knowledge about financial products and services, risk appetite, capacity for loss, tax status among others as applicable.
  3. Information about your beneficial owners of and other key individuals associated with your beneficiaries for know –your -client and Anti-Money-Laundering compliance purposes.

Where will we obtain your data?

  • Directly from you.
  • If the data is contained in a public record.
  • If you have deliberately made the data public;
  • From another source with your consent or your guardian’s consent if you are incapacitated.

Data Processing 

The purpose for which we process your personal data includes but not limited to (as applicable):

  • For a specific purpose with your consent.
  • In accordance with the purpose of collection.
  • For compliance with legal, regulatory and tax reporting obligations in which we are subject.
  • For the performance of a contract to which you are a party; 
  • Prevention and detection of fraud, money-laundering, terrorist financing and other crimes, including know-your-customer screening and identification of politically exposed persons as part of client onboarding processes.
  • Investigating and responding to complaints, and establishing, exercising and defending legal claims, which may arise in the course of our investment activities.
  • To protect your vital interests or those of another natural person.
  • For the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
  • For the performance of any task carried out by a public authority
  • For the purpose of historical, statistical, journalistic, literature and art or scientific research.
  • For the legitimate interests of us or a third party to whom the data is disclosed, except if the processing is unwarranted in any particular case having regard to the harm and prejudice to your rights and freedoms or legitimate interests 

Your rights in relation to your Personal data

Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, you have the right to:

  • to be informed of the use to your personal data is to be put;
  • to access your personal data in our custody;
  • to object to the processing of all or part of your personal data;
  • to the correction of false or misleading data; and
  • to deletion of false or misleading data

Storage of personal data

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, subject to any legal and regulatory requirements.

Safe-keeping your personal information

We have employed appropriate administrative, technical and organisational measures to safeguard personal information under our control or in its possession against possible loss, theft, misuse or unauthorised access, modification, disclosure or destruction.

Changes to your information

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your working relationship with us.

You may reach us on info@hscapital.co.ke or through any of the parties involved in the negotiations of the relevant to exercise any of the rights outlined above.

Changes to this privacy statement

This Privacy Statement is last updated on Friday, 15th May 2020.  We might need to update from time to time to comply with legal requirements or to address changes in our business.  We will notify if we make any substantial changes.  

Disclaimer

This Privacy Statement does not apply to practises of third parties that we don’t own, control or manage, including but not limited to any third-party websites, services, applications or businesses. While we try to work only with those third-party services that share our respect for your privacy, we don’t take responsibility for the content or privacy policies of those third party services.  We encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies of all third party services you access.