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A privacy policy page is essential for your website as it serves several key objectives:
- Compliance with laws and regulations: Many countries and regions have data protection laws that require websites to inform users about how their personal information is collected, processed, and stored.
- Transparency and trust-building: Clearly outlining your privacy practices helps users understand how you handle their data, fostering trust in your services.
- Protecting user privacy: By providing a detailed privacy policy, you demonstrate a commitment to user privacy and responsible data management.
- Reducing legal risks: A comprehensive privacy policy can help mitigate potential legal issues related to data protection and privacy.
Here’s a draft policy statement customized for your business:
This is the Privacy Policy for Sonnet Advisors, an operating unit of Sonnet Capital Limited (UK-registered limited company 11604449), and parent company, Sonnet Capital GmbH (Swiss registered limited company CHE-115.298.346).
Sonnet Capital Limited is registered with ICO.org.uk – the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – to ensure our data practices are compliant with UK GDPR. Go here to read more about the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), which is the general data protection regime that applies to most UK businesses and organisations under the Data Protection Act 2018. You can view the company’s ICO certificate here.
Sonnet Advisors (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the www.sonnetadvisors.com website (the “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collection and Use
We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. This may include personal information, such as your name, email address, phone number, and billing information, and non-personally identifiable information, such as your IP address and browser type.
Use of Data
Sonnet Advisors uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
- To monitor the usage of our Service
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer, unless you have opted not to receive such information
Data Storage and Security
Your personal information is stored on secure servers, and we implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analysing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@sonnetadvisors.com.
Children’s Privacy
Sonnet Advisors uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
- To monitor the usage of our Service
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer, unless you have opted not to receive such information
Data Storage and Security
Your personal information is stored on secure servers, and we implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analysing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@sonnetadvisors.com.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from Children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the U.K. and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the U.K. and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Your Rights
Depending on the applicable laws in your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal data, such as the right to access, rectify, or erase your personal data, or object to or restrict the processing of your personal data. Please see the details on the ico.org.uk website about how to make a complaint. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@sonnetadvisors.com.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Changes to Your Personal Information
You can review, correct, update, or delete your personal information by contacting us at info@sonnetadvisors.com. Please note that we may not be able to delete all your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when the information is required for legal reasons or to maintain accurate records.