This notice explains how IP Group plc (“IP Group”, “us” or “we”) collect and use personal data obtained from users of our website. IP Group is the data controller in respect of the personal data we collect and we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. “Personal data” is information which relates to an identified or identifiable living individual.
This Notice should be read together with our Cookies Statement (below).
What personal data we collect
We may collect personal data from those who visit our website. Some areas of the website offer you newsletters, marketing communications, publications and information about events, or to contact us with enquiries and comments. We may collect and process personal data about you such as:
- your name, address, email address and other contact details;
- where you subscribe, you email alert preferences; and
- records of your correspondence with us, if you have contacted us.
When you use the website, we collect certain technical information that is sent by your browser to our website (stored as log files). This includes information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, language, time zone setting, access times and any referring website addresses.
How we use personal data we collect and the legal bases we use for doing so
Depending on the situation, we may use personal data collected from you through the site in the following ways:
- to ensure that the website is presented to you in an effective manner;
- to provide you with information that you have requested from us; and
- where you have registered to do so, to send you electronic and/or paper form marketing, IP Group company updates and other materials relating to our services, unless you would prefer us not to do so.
Where you chose to sign up to our email alerts (such as financial calendar, events, IP Group news or portfolio news alerts), we process your personal data on the basis that you have consented to receive these updates. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ button in any of our emails, or by visiting our email alerts page here and changing your preferences. If you unsubscribe from all communications, we may still retain your email address so we know not to contact you.
Sometimes, we process your personal data because it is in our legitimate interests to maintain and promote our services and properly administer our business, for example, when you contact us and submit a query.
Sharing your personal data
We may share your personal data with third parties, including:
- government and regulatory authorities, for example to respond to a legal request or comply with a legal obligation;
- suppliers of IT services (such as those needed to operate this website) and third parties engaged by IP Group for the purpose of providing marketing communications or services requested by you; and
- in the event that we sell, buy or merge any business or assets, including to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets and their respective professional advisers.
Storage and transfers
Your personal data is kept for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. Therefore, after this period data is destroyed, erased or anonymised. In order to provide our services and the website, any personal data that we obtain may be transferred to and stored by a third party at a locality inside or outside the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA), including in a country where the law provides less protection for personal data. If we transfer personal data to a third party outside of the UK or EEA, we will, as required by applicable law, ensure that your privacy rights are protected by appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. In particular, appropriate data protection is provided by an agreement entered into by us containing the model clauses which permit such transfer. You can find a link to the model clauses at https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en. Please contact us if you would like more information about these safeguards.
Your rights
Applicable data privacy laws may give rights to individuals in respect of personal data that organisations hold about them, for example to:
- request a copy of the personal data that we hold about them;
- object to the processing of their personal data; or
- request that we rectify, delete, or limit the processing of their personal data.
To make any requests regarding your personal data, or if you have any questions or concerns regarding your personal data, please submit your written request to us via [email protected]. You may also have the right to object to your personal data being used for certain purposes, including to send you marketing. We will comply with any requests to exercise your rights in accordance with applicable law. Please be aware, however, that there are a number of limitations to these rights, and there may be circumstances where we are not able to comply with your request. You are also entitled to raise your concerns with your local supervisory authority for data protection.
Contact us
If you have a concern or complaint about how IP Group has used your personal data, as a first step, you should raise this with IP Group, via the email address [email protected] or by writing to us at:
IP Group Plc
2nd Floor
3 Pancras Square
King’s Cross
London N1C 4AG
Changes to this Notice
We reserve the right to modify or amend this Notice at any time and will always post the revised Notice on our website.