Arisaig Asia Fund Limited (the “Fund”)
The Fund is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and its registered office is at Craigmuir Chambers, P.O. Box 71, Road Town, Tortola, VG-1110, British Virgin Islands.
About this privacy notice
The Fund is a data controller in respect of your personal data for the purposes of data protection law, such as the United Kingdom’s Data Protection Act 2018, Personal Data Protection Act 2012 of Singapore and the Virgin Islands Data Protection Act, 2021 (the Act). The Fund is responsible for ensuring that it uses your personal data in compliance with data protection law including the Act.
Citco Fund Administration (Cayman Islands) Limited, the Fund’s administrator, will generally process, as data processor, personal data provided to it in connection with an investment in the Fund in accordance with the Fund’s instructions, and the Fund will generally act as the data controller of any such personal data.
This privacy notice applies to you if (i) you are an applicant for shares in the Fund, (ii) your personal data has been provided to the Fund in connection with an application for shares in the Fund by another person (such as where you are a director, partner, trustee, employee, agent or direct or indirect owner of an applicant) or (iii) the Fund otherwise uses your personal data. This privacy notice sets out the basis on which personal data about you will be processed by the Fund. Please take the time to read and understand this privacy notice.
Personal data that the Fund might use
The Fund might process the following personal data about you:
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Information provided to the Fund by you or (if different) the applicant: This might include your name and address (including proofs of name and address), contact details, date of birth, gender, nationality, photograph, signature, copies of identity documents, occupational history, job title, income, assets, other financial information, bank details, investment history, tax residency and tax identification information. Such information might be provided in an application form or in other documents (as part of an application process or at other times), face-to-face, by telephone, by email or otherwise.
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Information that the Fund collects or generates: This might include information relating to your (or an applicant’s) investment in the Fund, emails (and related data), call recordings, website usage data and messages submitted through the Administrator’s website.
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Information that the Fund obtains from other sources: This might include information obtained for the purpose of the Fund’s know-your-client procedures (which include anti-money laundering procedures, counter-terrorist financing procedures, politically-exposed-person checks, sanctions checks, among other things), information from government or public bodies, public websites and other public sources and information received from the applicant’s advisers or from intermediaries.
Uses of your personal data
Your personal data may be stored and processed by the Fund for the following purposes:
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Assessing and processing applications for shares in the Fund and other share dealings, including performing know-your-client procedures, issuing and redeeming shares, receiving payments from and making payments to the applicant, calculating net asset value, and overseeing these processes.
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General business administration, including communicating with investors, communicating with service providers and counterparties, accountancy and audit services, risk monitoring, the administration of IT systems and monitoring and improving products.
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Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and industry standards, including know-your-client procedures, the automatic exchange of tax information and legal judgments.
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In respect of information shared with Arisaig Partners (Asia) Pte. Ltd. (the “Fund Manager”) and its affiliates, its business activities relating to the Fund, such as investor relations, discussions with the Fund’s service providers and counterparties, decision-making in relation to the Fund, and business strategy, development and marketing.
The Fund is entitled to process your personal data in these ways for the following reasons:
- You have given your express consent.
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If you are the applicant, you may enter into an investment contract with the Fund and some processing will be necessary for the performance of that contract, or will be done at your request prior to entering into that contract.
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Processing may be necessary to discharge a relevant legal or regulatory obligation to which you are the subject (other than an obligation imposed by a contract).
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Processing may be necessary to protect your vital interest.
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Processing may be necessary for the administration of justice.
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Processing may be necessary for the exercise of any functions conferred on a person by or under any law.
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The processing will, in all cases, be necessary for the legitimate business interests of the Fund, the Fund Manager, the Fund’s administrator or another person, such as:
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carrying out the ordinary or reasonable business activities of the Fund, the Fund Manager, the Fund’s administrator or other persons, or other activities previously disclosed to the Fund’s investors or referred to in this privacy notice;
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ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory obligations and industry standards, and preventing fraud;
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establishing, exercising or defending legal rights or for other purposes relating to legal proceedings; and
- ensuring the security of information systems.
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In respect of any processing of sensitive personal data falling within special categories, such as any personal data relating to the political opinions of a politically exposed person, the processing will be necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.
Personal data that the Fund might use
The Fund might process the following personal data about you:
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Information provided to the Fund by you or (if different) the applicant which might include your name and address (including proofs of name and address), contact details, date of birth, gender, nationality, photograph, signature, occupational history, job title, income, assets, other financial information, bank details, investment history, tax residency and tax identification information. Such information might be provided in an application form or in other documents (as part of an application process or at other times), face-to-face, by telephone, by email or otherwise.
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Information that the Fund collects or generates which might include information relating to your (or an applicant’s) investment in the Fund, emails (and related data), call recordings and website usage data and messages submitted through the Administrator’s website.
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Information that the Fund obtains from other sources which might include information obtained for the purpose of the Fund’s know-your-client procedures (which include anti-money laundering procedures, counter-terrorist financing procedures, politically-exposed-person checks, sanctions checks, among other things), information from public websites and other public sources and information received from the applicant’s advisers or from intermediaries.
Disclosure of your personal data to third parties
The Fund may from time to time, in accordance with the purposes described above, disclose your personal data to other parties, including (a) the Fund Manager and its affiliates, (b) the Fund’s administrator and its affiliates, (c) professional advisers such as law firms and accountancy firms, (d) other service providers of the Fund, the Fund Manager and the Fund’s administrator, including technology service providers, (e) counterparties and (f) courts and regulatory, tax and governmental authorities. Some of these persons will process your personal data in accordance with the Fund’s instructions and others will themselves be responsible for their use of your personal data. These persons may be permitted to further disclose the personal data to other parties.
Where these third parties process your personal data on our behalf we shall ensure that such third parties have appropriate data protection measures in place.
Transfers of your personal data outside the British Virgin Islands
Your personal data may be transferred to and stored by persons outside the British Virgin Islands, and in particular may be transferred to and stored by affiliates or service providers of the Fund, the Fund Manager or the Administrator outside the British Virgin Islands.
Where personal data is transferred outside the British Virgin Islands, the Fund will ensure that there is proof of adequate data protection safeguards. You can obtain more details of the protection given to your personal data when it is transferred outside the British Virgin Islands, including a copy of any standard data protection clauses entered into with recipients of your personal data, by contacting the Fund using the details set out under “Contacting the Fund” below.
Transfers of your personal data outside the United Kingdom
Your personal data may be transferred to and stored by persons outside the United Kingdom, and in particular may be transferred to and stored by affiliates or service providers of the Fund or the Fund’s administrator outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom, the Fund will ensure that the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards or is otherwise permitted under applicable law. For example, in the context of personal data transferred outside the United Kingdom, the country to which the personal data is transferred may be approved by the United Kingdom government, the recipient may have agreed to approved model contractual clauses that obliged them to provide the personal data.
You can obtain more details of the protection given to your personal data when it is transferred outside the United Kingdom, including a copy of any standard data protection clauses entered into with recipients of your personal data, by contacting the Fund using the details set out under “Contacting the Fund” below.
Necessity of personal data for an investment in the Fund
The provision of certain personal data is necessary for shares in the Fund to be issued to any applicant and for compliance by the Fund and its service providers with certain legal and regulatory obligations. Accordingly, if certain personal data is not provided when requested, an application for shares might not be accepted or shares might be compulsorily redeemed.
Retention of personal data
How long the Fund holds your personal data for will vary. The retention period will be determined by various criteria, including the purposes for which the Fund is using it (as it will need to be kept for as long as is necessary for any of those purposes) and legal obligations (as laws or regulations may set a minimum period for which the Fund has to keep your personal data).
Your rights
You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal data that the Fund holds about you. These rights include the following:
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The right to obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data and to access to the personal data that the Fund holds about you.
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In some circumstances, the right to receive some personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to request that the Fund transmits that data to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal data which you have provided to the Fund.
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The right to request that the Fund rectifies your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
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The right to request that the Fund erases your personal data in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask the Fund to erase your personal data but the Fund is legally entitled to retain it.
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The right to object to, and the right to request that the Fund restricts, its processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Again, there may be circumstances where you object to, or ask the Fund to restrict, its processing of your personal data but the Fund is legally entitled to continue processing your personal data or to refuse that request.
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The right to lodge a complaint with the data protection regulator (details of which are provided below) if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by the Fund.
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The right to lodge a complaint with the BVI Information Commissioner if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by the Fund.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details set out under “Contacting us” below. You can find out more information about your rights under the applicable United Kingdom data protection law by contacting the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office or by searching their website at ico.org.uk.
You can also find out more information about your rights under applicable British Virgin Islands data protection law by contacting the Office of the Information Commissioner. Please note that, as of June 2022, an Information Commissioner has not yet been appointed.
Contacting the Fund
If you would like further information on the collection, use, disclosure, transfer or processing of your personal data or the exercise of any of the rights listed above, please address questions and requests to Arisaig Partners (Asia) Pte. Ltd at investorrelations@arisaig.com