Privacy Notice
May 2018
This website is operated by Lazard Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited (“LAZARD”) of 6th Floor, 2 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, D02 A343, also referred to in this Privacy Notice as "we" or "us". LAZARD is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This notice describes how we will collect and use your information both from your use of this website and through any services that we may provide to you and the rights you have in relation to your information.
We may collect information from you about your preferences through your use of this website, when you request information from us or engage with our services.
By using any of our services, including this website, and by providing us with any personal information, you are consenting to the use of your personal information as set out in this Notice. Please do not send us any personal information if you do not want that information to be used in this way.
References in this Notice to “your information” are also to personal information that you provide to us. LAZARD is the data controller of any information provided via this website and via our relationship with you.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
LAZARD may ask for and collect from you personally identifiable and other information at certain points via this website and via your relationship and interactions with us. Depending on the information and/or services you request, you may be asked to provide your name, email address and other information including identification documents.
In addition to the information you knowingly provide, LAZARD collects the domain names and IP addresses of its website visitors, along with usage statistics (e.g., types of web browsers and operating systems used) and browsing history. This data is used to promote our services. LAZARD may combine this information with the personally identifiable and other information it collects.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
At LAZARD we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and will only use your personal information:
- to provide and improve our services to you;
- to compile anonymous statistics, for example, website usage statistics;
- to market our services;
- to manage our relationship with you;
- to fulfill our legal obligations;
- to provide you with personalised content;
- to process and respond to enquiries;
- to alert you to new features, special events, and service offerings; and
- for other legitimate business purposes.
LEGAL BASIS FOR OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Our use of your information is limited to:
- Our contract with you (where relevant) whereby we must send you relevant reports and notices relating to your investments.
- Our obligation to comply with our legal requirements, in particular relating to anti-money laundering regulations regarding knowing our clients.
- Our legitimate interest to inform you about our products and services and analyse your preferences and interests so as to better understand your requirements and to adapt our offering accordingly.
HOW AND WHY WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
In order to achieve said purposes, your personal information may be communicated to authorised persons within LAZARD in charge of marketing, business development, client servicing, information technology, legal and compliance.
Please note that we may on occasion be required to share your information with other LAZARD group companies or branches around the world and other third parties who provide services to us or on our behalf. This may entail a transfer of your information from a location within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) to outside the EEA, or from outside the EEA to a location within the EEA. The level of information protection in countries outside the EEA may be less than that offered within the EEA. However, we have procedures in place to ensure the protection of your information and we have taken steps to ensure that all such entities keep your personal information confidential and secure and only use it for the purposes that we have specified and have informed you of.
LAZARD may disclose your personal information to another entity (i) for purposes of outsourcing one or more of the functions described above; (ii) to confirm or update information provided by you; (iii) to inform you of events, information about our services, and other important information; or (iv) for other purposes disclosed at or before the time the information is collected. We may also share your information when legally required to do so.
TRANSFERRING INFORMATION WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE TO OUR BUSINESS
If in the future we re-organise or transfer all or part of our business we may need to transfer your information to new LAZARD entities or to third parties through which the business of LAZARD will be carried out.
HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION
LAZARD attempts to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information. LAZARD has implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical measures to protect your personal information.
CONFIDENTIALITY
We acknowledge that the information you provide may be confidential. We do not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make personal information commercially available to any third party, except that we may share information with our service providers for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. We will maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and all applicable laws.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you. This is called a data subject access request and you can make a request by writing to us using the contact details below. We may require further information from you in order to verify your identity before disclosing any personal information to you.
You also have the right to have any inaccurate information about you corrected. We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove any information that you think is no longer up to date. Please contact us using the contact details below if you would like any corrections made to your information.
You also have the right to object to LAZARD’s processing of your personal information or request that LAZARD restricts the processing of your personal information.
To exercise the above rights, you can contact LAZARD by sending an email lam_dataprotection@lazard.com.
EMAIL MARKETING LIST AND MARKETING MESSAGES
We operate an email mailing list program, used to inform you about products, services and/or news we supply or publish. You can change your preferences for receiving group marketing emails, news/updates and other information from us at any time. You can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service or, if this is not available, by contacting us.
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data.
Please note that we may use your marketing and content preferences, and other information you provide to us in order to build a profile for you. We may supplement this profile with information about how you use our websites, review our content and interact with us. We use this profile to try and ensure that you only receive information that you are likely to find of interest.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM US
If you receive marketing materials from us, you may withdraw your consent for us to send these to you at any time and free of charge.
We use cookies (small files that remember a user’s electronic device) to help improve this website, and improve our services to you, in a variety of different ways. For further details, see our cookie policy.
CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
From time to time, we may change this Notice. Changes to this Notice are effective as of the effective date listed above, and indicates the last time this Notice was revised or materially changed.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Notice, or if you would like to contact us to exercise your rights as stated in this Privacy Notice, you may contact us at lam_dataprotection@lazard.com.