PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION
Riviera Gulf, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our website and acknowledges the importance of protecting your personal information.
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Collection of Information
Riviera Gulf may collect information from visitors to the website, individuals visiting our premises, recipients of investor communications, or those who provide their contact details to receive information about Riviera Gulf, its funds, or investee companies.
The types of information we may collect and process include:
– Information you provide to us: This includes details you submit through website forms, event registrations, business cards, CVs, email correspondence, or other interactions. Such information may include your name, address, email, phone number, fax number, job title, employer details, and professional background.
– Information collected through our website and systems: Our website automatically collects certain data, such as IP addresses, browser type and version, and pages visited. The website may also use cookies, as detailed in our cookie notice. If you communicate with our staff electronically, our systems may record details of those exchanges, including content.
– Information collected at our premises: Some of our locations may have CCTV surveillance, which may record visitors for security purposes.
– Information from other sources: We may receive additional details about you from colleagues, business contacts, publicly available sources, or third-party data providers for compliance, background checks, and regulatory purposes.
Use of Information
We may use your personal information for purposes including, but not limited to:
– Managing and developing our business relationships, including interactions with you or your organization.
– Sending emails with updates on Riviera Gulf’s business, funds, and investee companies that may be of interest to you.
– Administering and improving our website, premises, and operational processes.
– Ensuring the security of our premises.
– Assessing your suitability for a role at Riviera Gulf if you have submitted a CV.
– Preventing fraud, money laundering, data breaches, and other financial or business risks.
– Complying with legal and regulatory obligations and managing legal claims.
From time to time, we may review information stored in our systems, including email content and other communications, for compliance, security, or regulatory purposes. This may include reviews for disclosure in legal proceedings or regulatory investigations.
Where necessary, and in accordance with applicable law, such reviews will be carried out in a reasonable and proportionate manner and overseen by senior management. In some instances, this may result in the disclosure of your information to government authorities or legal counterparts. Additionally, emails and other communications may be accessed by authorized personnel for business continuity purposes, such as when a staff member is unavailable.
We will process your personal information only as necessary to achieve the purposes outlined above, ensuring that such processing does not unduly impact your privacy or rights.
In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to disclose or process your personal information. When requesting information from you, we will specify whether the provision of such information is mandatory for legal compliance or voluntary. If you are unsure about why we need certain details, please feel free to contact us for clarification.
Information Sharing
We may share your personal information as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined above:
– With other entities within the Riviera Gulf group of companies.
– With colleagues within your organization.
– With service providers who manage our website, IT systems, or process data on our behalf, under strict confidentiality and security terms.
– With a successor entity in the event of a business transition involving our assets.
– In exceptional cases:
– With regulatory authorities, law enforcement, or legal counterparts, as required by applicable laws.
– Where disclosure is legally mandated.
Such sharing may involve transferring your information internationally. If you are based within the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, be aware that this could include transfers to jurisdictions with different data protection standards. Where necessary, we ensure such transfers comply with applicable legal requirements, including data transfer agreements approved by the European Commission. If you would like further details, please contact us.
Retention & Deletion of Information
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary. When it is no longer needed, we will securely delete it. Our record retention policies are available upon request—please contact us for more details.
Even after you leave your organization, we may retain limited information to maintain continuity should we engage with you in the future under a different affiliation.
Your Rights
You may have rights under data protection laws to:
– Access the personal data we hold about you.
– Request corrections or deletion of inaccurate information.
– Object to our processing of your data, particularly for marketing purposes.
– Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
To exercise these rights, please contact us.
Opt-Out
If you prefer not to receive emails or postal mail from Riviera Gulf, you may opt out at any time by emailing us at [email protected].
External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites beyond our control. We are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
Updating Your Information
If you wish to review, update, or remove your personal information, please email us at [email protected] with your name and relevant details. Once verified, we will make the appropriate updates.
Contact Us
For any questions, concerns, or comments regarding Riviera Gulf’s privacy practices or this policy, please reach out to us.
Policy Updates
We may revise this privacy policy periodically. Any updates will be posted on our website and available upon request. Please check back regularly for any changes.
Cookie notice
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