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Data Protection Notice
Data Protection Notice
SoftBank Investment Advisers hold certain personal information as part of our interactions with you, such as when you visit our offices, send us an email or attend an event we are hosting. We also collect your information where you are involved in a company we interact with as part of our investment activities. We are what is known as a “data controller” or “data user” in respect of that information.
“Personal information” is any information that relates to, describes, identifies or can be used, directly or indirectly, to identify an individual, such as name, address, date of birth, personal identification numbers, sensitive personal information, and economic information).
This data protection notice (the “Data Protection Notice” or the “Notice”) sets out the ways in which we will process that personal information.
Please note that we may update this Data Protection Notice from time to time and, if we do, appropriate steps will be taken to bring material amendments to your attention. This notice was last updated/reviewed: January 2020.
Any questions about this Data Protection Notice may be directed to [email protected].
This Notice is not intended for members of staff of SoftBank Investment Advisers or investors in the Vision Fund or any other funds managed by SoftBank Investment Advisers (who are subject to other notices specifically applicable and notified to them).
What personal information do we collect and use?
When you interact with us, for example by visiting our offices, corresponding with us by email, post or telephone, or speaking to us at an event or meeting, we collect personal information about you. Where we collect your sensitive personal information (which, depending on the requirements set out in relevant applicable data protection law, may include your passwords, financial information, biometric information, sexual orientation, medical records and history or information about physical, physiological and mental health conditions), we will process it in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection law (including obtaining express written consent, where required).
When you visit our offices, we may process the following personal information about you:
Identifiers (e.g. your name, email address, and employer);
Visual and audio information (e.g. CCTV footage of you in our offices);
Geolocation data (e.g. the time and date of your visit(s))
Other security information we need for our records (e.g. your host at SoftBank Investment Advisers, and details about any non-disclosure agreements you have signed).
We need this information in order to give you access to our offices. If you do not provide it, you may not be permitted to access our offices.
If you are in our offices and log on to our guest WiFi, we will process your internet or other network activity information (e.g. IP address and device details). Further details about the use of our guest WiFi may be found in the Guest WiFi Terms of Use.
If you send us an email, we will collect any personal information included in your correspondence with us, including identifiers (e.g., your name and contact details).
If you give us your business card or other contact details, we may process personal information such as your:
Identifiers (e.g. name, job title, contact details, social media profiles)
Professional or employment information (e.g. employer and professional history)
Inferences drawn from other personal information (e.g. other details available on websites used for social media or networking purposes, such as LinkedIn).
This information may also be provided to us by your employer where we interact with them as part of our investment activities.
Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may have collected any of the information in these categories from you in the past twelve months (identifiers, internet or other network activity, geolocation data, visual and audio information, professional or employment information, and inferences drawn from other personal information).
For what purposes do we process personal information?
We process this personal information in our legitimate interests, which include:
ensuring our investor and business contact records are up-to-date,
for the management of our business,
identifying opportunities to develop our business,
providing a guest WiFi network for visitors to our offices,
in accordance with our internal compliance policies,
ensuring our premises and confidential information are kept secure, and
keeping a log of visitors to our offices.
We may also be required to process your personal information in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations. If we are required to process your sensitive personal information, we will process it in accordance with applicable data protection law (including obtaining express written consent, where required).
We may provide you with information about our products and services and other information which we think you may find interesting. We may send you such information by post, e-mail and/or telephone, unless you have asked us not to do so.
We will not provide your personal data to external organisations for their own marketing purposes unless we seek your explicit consent before doing so.
Who do we share your personal information with?
For the purposes set out in the “For what purposes do we process personal information?” section above, we may share your personal information (as set out in the “What personal information do we collect and use?” section above) within the SoftBank Group (click here for further details), and with certain third parties, such as:
service suppliers: who provide (for example) our email, hosting, visitor log-in and client relationship management software,
legal and professional advisors: in order to seek advice in relation to our business, and
regulators and law enforcement agencies: to respond to investigations, court orders, legal process, or to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person.
For the purposes of Japanese data protection law requirements, SB Investment Advisers (UK) Limited is responsible for the joint-use of your personal data.
For California residents, in the preceding 12 months, we may have disclosed personal information listed in any of the categories in the " What personal information do we collect and use?" section above for business purposes. We have not sold personal information in the preceding 12 months.
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring person or entity.
If we are required to transfer your sensitive personal data or information to the persons set out above, we will do so in accordance with applicable data protection law (including obtaining express written consent, where required).
Transfers of your personal information overseas
For the purposes set out above and any directly related purposes, we may transfer certain of your personal information outside of your country, including to SoftBank Group companies and the third parties described above. This may include transfers to: the UK, the US, Japan, Jersey, India, the United Arab Emirates (whether to an economic free zone or otherwise), Singapore, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong.
Where we transfer your personal information (including sensitive personal information) overseas, we will take appropriate steps to ensure it is adequately protected as required under the applicable data protection law, including by entering into appropriate data transfer agreements with the recipients of your personal information where possible.
How long do we retain your personal information?
We will retain your personal information only as long as is necessary for the purpose for which we have collected it or as otherwise authorised, in accordance with our internal data retention policies.
Your rights in relation to the personal information we process about you
You may have certain rights under applicable data protection legislation in your country in relation to the personal information about you that we process.
For example:
the right to object to the processing of your personal information,
where we have obtained your consent to process your personal information, the right to withdraw that consent,
the right to request access to your personal information,
the right to have your personal information rectified,
the right to have your personal information erased,
the right to request that your personal information is only used for restricted purposes,
the right to inform us that you do not wish to receive marketing information, and
(in some circumstances) the right to require certain of your personal information to be transferred to you or a third party.
California residents may also request certain information about our disclosure of personal information during the prior year.
We review and verify requests to protect your personal information. We apply non-discriminatory principles in actioning data protection rights requests, in accordance with applicable data protection laws and principles.
You can seek to exercise your data protection rights (where applicable) by contacting the SBIA Compliance team at [email protected].
Other individuals’ personal information
If you intend to provide us with personal data (including any sensitive personal information if applicable) about other individuals, you must ensure that such individuals are aware of the matters in this Data Protection Notice and agree that such personal data may be provided to us and processed as described herein.
Questions or complaints
If you have any questions or complaints regarding our processing of your personal information, in the first instance, please contact the SBIA Compliance team at [email protected] or +1 (650) 562-8100.
Please also contact us at the email address above if you have a disability and require an alternative format of this notice.
If you are an Indian resident, you may also contact our Grievance Officer, Simon Gregory at [email protected].
If you are a Singapore resident, you may also contact our Singapore Data Protection Officer at: [email protected].
Complaints regarding our collection and processing of your personal information may also be made directly to the data protection regulator in your jurisdiction (where available). In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office. Their website is available at https://ico.org.uk.
Global Candidate Data Protection Notice
This candidate data protection notice (the “Candidate Data Protection Notice” or the “Notice”) has been sent to you because you have provided (or someone has done so on your behalf, for example a recruitment agency) SB Investment Advisers (UK) Limited or its overseas affiliates (referred to in this notice as the “Company”) with personal information in respect of a potential vacancy or role at the Company or within its Group.
The Company is what is known as a “data controller”, "data user" or "personal information handling business operator" (as the case may be under applicable law) in respect of any personal information we hold about you. This Candidate Data Protection Notice details the ways in which we will process your personal information during the course of your application or recruitment (and thereafter whether successful or unsuccessful).
Please note that the Company may update this Candidate Data Protection Notice from time to time and, if it does, appropriate steps will be taken to bring material amendments to your attention.
Please direct any questions regarding this Candidate Data Protection Notice to [email protected]
What is personal information?
“Personal information” means information relating to a living individual who can be identified, directly or indirectly, from that information (or from that information and other information in our possession). Personal information can be factual (for example, a name, address or date of birth) or it can be an opinion about a person, their actions and behaviour. Personal information may be held on paper, or on a computer or other media.
Some types of personal information are classed as “special category” or "sensitive" personal information. This can, subject to applicable law include, information about a person's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, inherent social status, trade union membership, genetics, physical or mental health or condition, results of medical check – ups, criminal history, the fact of having suffered damage caused by a crime, sex life or sexual orientation. Special categories of personal information can only be processed under strict conditions, such as the express permission of the person concerned.
Personal information is subject to certain legal safeguards specified in the applicable data protection legislation. The applicable legislation prescribes the way in which the Company and its staff may collect, retain and handle personal information.
The Company will comply with the requirements of applicable data protection legislation and all employees who handle personal information in the course of their work must also comply.
What personal information do we collect and use?
When you engage with us (whether directly or indirectly) through the recruitment / application process we may collect the following personal information (subject to applicable local law):
basic information about yourself, such as name, nickname or alias, contact details including postal address, telephone number, and email address, government issued identification information, gender, signature, image and information provided to verify your identity;
information regarding your employment and educational history, any role or roles for which you are applying or being considered and your relevant personal interests, job performance or evaluations, membership in professional organisations, professional certifications, attributes and career aspirations and plans;
other information about yourself that you provide in a CV or similar document;
other information from any interview notes and records;
results of pre-employment assessments and questionnaires, including where permitted by law, criminal history, civil litigation, and credit checks; outstanding judgments, liens, and arrangements with creditors; and discipline imposed by regulatory or licensing authorities or by previous employers; and
only to the extent permitted by law, information regarding racial or ethnic origin, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, medical condition, and physical or mental disability (collected in accordance with local law, for example by obtaining written consent where required).
The Company needs to process this information in order to review your application, contact you in respect of such application and conduct recruitment. If you do not provide the personal information the Company requests from you, the Company may not be able to progress your application.
How do we use your personal information?
We will, subject to applicable law, process information about you pursuant to our legitimate interest of managing the application and recruitment process and assessing you for employment or other engagement, to communicate with you; to demonstrate your agreement to, or acceptance of, employment documents presented to you; to conduct fitness-for-duty examinations; to check your honesty, integrity and reputation, competence, capability and financial soundness; to monitor and improve our recruitment process and for related purposes (which may where permitted by local law include equality of opportunity monitoring); for recordkeeping purposes; compliance with law and regulation; for internal operations, including audits, investigations, research, statistical and survey purposes; to protect the safety and security of the Company’s facilities, ensuring the security of our business; for purposes relating to legal claims made by or against us; to manage licenses, permits and authorisations applicable to the Company’s business operations; and in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale or restructuring of all or a portion of our business or assets.
If you are unsuccessful in your application, we may also retain your personal information and use it to assess your suitability for future positions and roles within the organisation.
When processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the Company, the Company ensures that processing is conducted in such a manner that the Company complies with the applicable data protection legislation (e.g. by, where applicable, outweighing any individual's interest).
Will you rely on my consent?
We will not rely on your consent to collect, use or otherwise process your personal information, other than: (i) where consent to the processing described in this notice is required by local law; (ii) in certain cases in respect of special category or sensitive personal information; and (iii) in specific circumstances where our processing is genuinely optional – in those circumstances we will ask for your separate consent (which is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time). Subject to applicable law, some processing may also be necessary so that we can perform a contract with you or because it is required by law.
Who do we share your personal information with?
We share certain of your personal information, as applicable in your jurisdiction, with the following categories of third parties who will jointly use your personal information for the following reasons:
other members of the Group for the purposes of managing the Group’s business and its staff;
candidate management companies during the interview, recruitment and hiring processes, including the use of candidate database and management software such as Lever and recruitment agencies;
legal and professional advisers when requesting and receiving advice; and
other third party service providers as we may require from time to time.
In respect of the sharing and joint use of your personal information the Company is responsible for the management of your personal information.
The Company may also share your personal information with third parties (including legal advisors and law enforcement agencies) in order to respond to investigations, court orders, legal process, or to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by the applicable law.
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale or restructuring of all or a portion of its business or assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring person or entity. In circumstances where the identity of the data controller, personal information handling business operator or data user (as the case may be under applicable law) of your personal information changes as a result of any such transaction, you will be notified, and provided with details of any choices you may have regarding the processing of your personal information.
Where we share your personal information with a third party, we require the recipients of that personal information to put in place adequate measures to protect it.
Transfers of your personal information
The Company may also transfer certain of your personal information to other members of the Group located outside of the jurisdiction in which you are based from time to time, for the purposes of the management of your assessment for employment with one of our Group entities. Such transfers shall be carried out in compliance with relevant legislation.
How long do we retain your personal information?
We will retain personal data about you throughout the application and recruitment process. Subject to applicable law, some personal data will be retained after the process ends, either because you are employed or otherwise engaged by us or, if your application is withdrawn or unsuccessful, we may retain your personal data in case a suitable alternative vacancy arises, you apply to work for us again or if a recruitment-related dispute arises between us.
The Company retains records containing personal information in line with its legal and regulatory obligations and risk management guidelines.
Please notify HR to update or correct any mistakes in the personal information that the Company processes about you.
Your rights in relation to the personal information we process about you
You have various rights under data protection legislation regarding the personal information relating to you that the Company processes.
These may include, as applicable in your jurisdiction:
the right to object to the Company’s processing of your personal information and the right to request termination of the collection, process or use of your personal information;
the right to request access to your personal information and to request a copy of the same;
the right to have your personal information rectified or supplemented;
the right to have your personal information erased;
the right to request that your personal information is only used for restricted purposes;
the right to inform the Company that you do not wish to receive marketing information; and
(in some circumstances) the right to require certain of your personal information to be transferred to you or a third party.
You can seek to exercise any of these rights by contacting Compliance.
Security
We will take appropriate security measures against unlawful or unauthorised processing of your personal information, and against the accidental loss of, or damage to, your personal information.
Questions or complaints
If you have any questions or complaints regarding the Company’s processing of your personal information, in the first instance, please contact [email protected]
Complaints regarding the Company’s processing of your personal information may also be made directly to the appropriate data protection regulator, details of which can be found below:
UK
Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
Abu Dhabi Global Market
The ADGM Registration Authority Abu Dhabi Global Markets Authorities Building ADGM Square Al Maryah Island PO Box 111999 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates www.adgm.com/registration-authority
Hong Kong
Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data 12/F Sunlight Tower 248 Queen's Road East Wanchai Hong Kong
Japan
The Personal Information Protection Commission Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower 32nd Floor 3-2-1, Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100-0013 TEL +81 (0)3 6457 9849
Kazakhstan
The State Prosecutors Office
New York
The Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov
California
The California Attorney General www.ag.ca.gov
China Cybersecurity Administration of China 11 Chegongzhuang Street Xicheng District Beijing www.cac.gov.cn
Singapore
The Personal Data Protection Commission 460 Alexandra Road #10-02 PSA Building Singapore 119963
SoftBank Investment Advisers Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
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How Does SoftBank Investment Advisers Use Cookies?
SoftBank Investment Advisers uses cookies to enable us to understand how our website is being used and to improve the overall user experience.
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