Privacy & Cookies
This policy explains how Capiteq collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit our website, make an enquiry or otherwise interact with us. It also explains the cookies we use and how you can control them. For the purposes of data protection law, Capiteq is the controller of the personal information described here.
Our website address is capiteq.uk.
The information we collect
Information you give us
When you contact us or make an enquiry, we collect the information you provide, which may include your name, your contact details, your company or role, and the content of your message. If you proceed further with us, we may also collect information needed for investor onboarding, due diligence and identity checks.
Information we collect automatically
When you use our website, we may collect technical information such as your IP address, your browser and device type, and details of how you interact with the site. This information is collected through cookies and similar technologies, as described below.
Information from other sources
We may receive information about you from third parties such as introducers, partners or publicly available sources, where this is relevant to our relationship with you.
How we use your information
We use personal information for the following purposes, relying on the lawful bases shown:
- To respond to your enquiries and provide the information you request, on the basis of our legitimate interests or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract
- To carry out onboarding, due diligence and regulatory checks, on the basis of our legal obligations and the performance of a contract
- To manage our relationship with you, on the basis of a contract or our legitimate interests
- To send you updates or information about our activities, where you have agreed or where we are otherwise permitted to do so
- To maintain the security and performance of our website, on the basis of our legitimate interests
- To meet our legal and regulatory obligations
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember your preferences and understand how the site is used. We use the following types of cookie:
- Strictly necessary cookies, which are required for the website to work and cannot be switched off in our systems
- Performance and analytics cookies, which help us understand how visitors use the site so that we can improve it
- Functional cookies, which remember choices you make to give you a better experience
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings, and you can withdraw or change your consent at any time where a consent banner is used. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this website may include embedded content such as videos, maps or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves as though you have visited that other website, and those sites may collect data about you, set their own cookies and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. We do not control the privacy practices of those third parties.
Who we share your information with
We may share personal information with service providers who support our business, such as hosting, technology and professional advisers, and with partners, regulators or authorities where this is necessary or required by law. We require those who process data on our behalf to do so under appropriate safeguards. We do not sell your personal information.
Where your information is held
Where personal information is transferred outside the United Kingdom, we take steps to ensure it is protected by appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses or an equivalent mechanism recognised under UK data protection law.
How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as we need it for the purposes set out in this policy. Some information is kept for longer where we are required to retain it for legal, regulatory or security reasons.
How we protect your information
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss or misuse, and we keep those measures under review.
Your rights
Under data protection law you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to:
- Access the information we hold about you
- Ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete
- Ask us to erase your information in certain circumstances
- Restrict or object to how we use your information
- Receive certain information in a portable format
- Withdraw your consent where we rely on it
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK regulator for data protection, at ico.org.uk.
Contact us
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or the law. Please review it periodically so that you are aware of the current version.