Data Protection Policy
CAMS, on behalf of its clients, needs to collect and use personal data about people including past, present and prospective investors in order to carry on its business and meet its clients' requirements effectively. We recognise that the lawful and correct treatment of personal data is very important to successful operations and to maintaining investor's confidence in ourselves and in our clients.
Any personal data that we collect, record or use in any way whether it is held on paper, on computer or other media will have appropriate safeguards applied to it to ensure that we comply with our contractual obligations of confidentiality. We aspire to adhere to certain generally accepted principles of data protection, to the extent these are in our control as service providers. These general principles state that personal data must be:
- fairly and lawfully collected and processed.
- processed for limited purposes and not in any other way which would be incompatible with those purposes.
- accurate and kept up to date.
- not kept for longer than is necessary.
- kept secure.
In order to meet the requirements of the principles, we will:
- observe ethical practices regarding the fair collection and use of personal data.
- collect and process appropriate personal data only to the extent that we are obliged to by contract or to comply with any legal requirements.
- ensure the quality of personal data used.
- hold the data only as long as we are required to by contract or by law.
- take appropriate security measures to safeguard personal data.
We have a responsible data security policy and we provide details of investors only to his appointed brokers, agents, bankers and similar representatives, and to our client in whose products he has invested.