Privacy & Cookies

Capricorn Fund Managers (DIFC) Limited (“CFMD”)

Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy sets forth our policies with respect to non-public personal information of current, prospective and former clients, prospective employees and internet users of the CFMD website (the “Site”). This Policy covers only data collected through the Website (“Data”) and not any other data collection or processing, including, without limitation, data collection practices of other web pages to which we link or data that we or our affiliates collect offline or through web pages that do not display a direct link to this Privacy Policy. The Policy may be changed at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting onto our Site for internet users or provided to you if visiting our offices.

If you would like a copy of the Firm’s Data Protection Policy, please send an email to [email protected]

Your Information

Your information is the information which we obtain about you. This information includes your name, address, telephone number, email address, and any other contact details. It includes information which you give to CFMD or which we obtain about you, through your use of this Site and/or in connection with any products CFMD provide to you and in correspondence, including emails and conversations with CFMD.

We also gather information about you from our Site. This will include information (such as how many people visit our Site, the pages they visit, the features they use, how long they stay and the websites they are connecting from) collected on an aggregate basis on public areas of our Site, or on an individual basis on areas of our Site that require Site visitors to logon using and access code (e.g. user ID and/or password). We also collect information through the use of Cookies.

How we use Your Information

We will use your information to improve the calibre of online information and services offered.

CFMD does not disclose your non-public personal information to anyone other than to our affiliates, and as permitted by law or as necessary in connection with the provision of CFMD’s services to you, such as to CFMD’s accountants, attorneys, auditors, brokers and regulators and certain service providers and only as necessary to facilitate the acceptance and management of CFMD’s relationship with you. Thus, it may be necessary under anti- money laundering regulations and similar laws, to disclose information about you in order to accept subscriptions for example to fraud prevention agencies or registers who will use your information to search their database when considering your application. These agencies may retain a record of the search and share your information with other organisations. We will only share your information on condition that these entities keep your information strictly confidential.

We may share your information with any governmental or regulatory body, if required to do so by law. Otherwise, we will not use your information for any other purposes.

Personal Data retention period

We will keep your personal data for such period as is required for us to provide our services to you, or such longer period as we may be required to process the data to ensure our compliance with all relevant laws and regulatory obligations to which we are subject. 

Commitment to Online Privacy

At CFMD, we understand the specific concerns of Internet users about what type of information is gathered and tracked on websites, how that information is used, and with whom it is shared.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information that we obtain about you through your use of this website (the “Site”). This commitment is described in this privacy policy which sets out how we collect, use and handle your information, and what steps we take to protect your privacy when it is collected by us on our Site.

By using this website, you agree to the use of your information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information that an Internet site sends to a website visitor’s computer. In some cases, it is stored on the visitor’s computer’s hard drive. Cookies can save the visitor’s name, password, username, screen preferences and the pages of the site viewed by the visitor. Visitors may decline the Internet cookie by using the appropriate feature of their Web software, if available. Declining the Internet cookie may, however, interfere with a visitor’s ability to view certain content is this web site.

Security Standards

We work hard to ensure that our systems are secure and that they meet industry standards. Where appropriate, we employ firewalls, encryption technology, user authentications systems (e.g. passwords and personal identification numbers) and access control mechanisms to control access to systems and data. We will continue to assess new technology to evaluate its ability to provide additional protection for your personal information.

Right to Change Internet Privacy Statement

We may amend this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to our Site.

Contact Us

It is important to us at CFMD to hear what visitors have to say about our Site. If you have any questions and/or concerns, or want to let us know what you think, please contact us by email at: [email protected]

This Privacy Policy was last updated 18th September 2024