PRIVACY STATEMENT

Bermuda Offshore Investment Services Limited (“BOIS”) has always been committed to protecting the privacy of personal information that we collect and maintain in the course of carrying on our business. This document describes how we collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information.

  1. We hold the personal information we collect about you (and your spouse and/or beneficiary as applicable) in a record called the “client file”. Depending on the investment or service you request, the personal information in your client file may include:
    1. your contact details, such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address
    2. tax identification number (“TIN”)
    3. birth date/place of birth
    4. marital status
    5. emergency/alternate contact information
    6. bank account, business, employment and professional details
    7. investment preferences, risk appetite and goals
    8. copies of identification documentation
    9. account holdings
    10. contact details, and TIN of your spouse and/or beneficiary.
  2. Location of Personal Information: Your personal information is kept in electronic, or paper format primarily in Bermuda, but it may also be kept in other locations for security or business purposes. BOIS has appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to prevent the unauthorised or unlawful use of your personal information, and accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, your personal information.
  3. Collecting, Holding, Using, and Disclosing Personal Information: BOIS may collect, hold, and use the personal information in your client file as well as collect personal information from and disclose personal information to the third parties for the following purposes:
    1. identifying you and ensuring the accuracy of information contained in your client file;
    2. establishing and administering your account, determining, maintaining, recording, and storing account holdings and transaction information in your client file;
    3. executing transactions including transferring funds by electronic or other means;
    4. providing you with account statements, transaction confirmations, and other information which you may request as needed to service your account;
    5. meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
  4. Third Parties: We may have to share your data with third parties, including third-party service providers and investment product companies. We expect third parties to provide a level of security at or above the level of our protection of your data.
  5. You are entitled to access, through a written request, the personal information contained in your client file. You may verify this personal information and request that any inaccurate information be corrected. You may make such a request to info@bois.bm, Attn: Privacy Officer.
  6. You are also permitted to ask for your data to be erased, subject to limited exceptions set out in law, such as regulatory Financial Crime data. Should data be erased, a formal confirmation is provided to you. You may make such a request to info@bois.bm, Attn: Privacy Officer.
  7. We will not keep your personal information for longer than is necessary for our purposes, with a minimum set out by the Investment Business (Client Money) Regulations and Proceeds of Crim (Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing) Regulations.