Hg respects your privacy and recognises the importance of protecting the personal information that we hold.

This statement sets out the rights that you have in respect of your personal information. It also details examples of when we collect personal information, what personal information we collect, what purposes we use that information for, who we share that information with and how long we hold certain personal information for.

Data protection laws in some countries provide you with various rights. In particular, in the European Union, data protection laws provide rights to:

object to the processing of your information, e.g. because you would prefer us not to keep your details as part of recruitment opportunities;

be removed from our marketing lists or change your marketing preferences by contacting privacy@hgcapital.com;

request a copy of the information we hold about you;

withdraw consent to our processing of your information (to the extent that such processing is based on consent);

restrict our processing of your information;

ask that we delete or correct the information that we hold about you; and

ask for personal data you have made available to us to be transferred to you or a third party in machine-readable formats.

These rights are not absolute: they do not always apply and exemptions may be engaged. We may, in response to a request, ask you to verify your identity and to provide information that helps us to understand your request better. If we do not comply with your request, we will explain why.

To exercise any of these rights, or if you have any other questions about our use of your information, please contact us at privacy@hgcapital.com.

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or our privacy related practices, you can contact: privacy@hgcapital.com. In accordance with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012, HgCapital Investments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO). In the event of any complaints or queries, please contact the DPO by emailing: privacy@hgcapital.com.

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your information you have a right to complain to your local data protection regulator.

In the UK, your local regulator is the Information Commissioner, whose website is available at  https://ico.org.uk

In Germany, your local regulator is the Bavarian Data Protection Authority, whose website is available is https://www.lda.bayern.de

Transferring information internationally
Like many global organisations, we have offices in a number of countries (listed here), use global systems and interact with other parties globally.  For example, Hg engages third-party IT service and software providers which host, store and process data in and outside of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) and the United Kingdom. This means that your information may be transferred to a country outside the EEA – such as the US, the UK or other non-EEA countries – or to a country outside the UK. These countries may not offer the same level of data protection as in your home country, and may not be deemed as providing an adequate level of data protection under applicable data protection laws (“Non-Adequate Countries”). Where your information is transferred from within the EEA or from within the UK to a Non-Adequate Country, care is taken to ensure that the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection laws. To obtain a copy of these safeguards, please contact privacy@hgcapital.com.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Standard retention period
The personal data we collect will only be retained for as long as it is needed to fulfil the purposes set out in this privacy statement. This period is maximum 10 years, subject to certain variations described below.

Deletions will be carried out in accordance with Hg’s retention policy.  Any information stored in hard copy format (in paper form) is treated as confidential and will be shredded at the point of soft copy deletion.

Variations to retention period
We will retain your information for longer than the standard retention period where permitted or required by law, including to comply with the duration of any statutory or contractual limitation periods. For example, we will retain information about investors for the lifetime of the fund plus an additional seven years.

In relation to data collected about visitors to the website, data is retained for 50 weeks.

In relation to personal data collected about potential candidates for Hg or its portfolio companies who have not been hired by Hg or one of its portfolio companies, data may be retained for up to six years in case such candidates are suitable for other employment opportunities which arise at Hg or across its portfolio.