Parthian Securities Limited – Privacy Statement

Who we are

Parthian Securities Limited (“PSL”, “we”, “our” or us”) is an industry-leading financial services firm licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigerian Exchange Limited, NASD OTC and FMDQ to provide cutting edge brokerage services to individual and institutional investors using technology. (“our services”).

As a Data Controller, we have published this Privacy Statement to help users of our services understand how we treat personal information collected through this website, associated websites, mobile sites, mobile applications, and other channels.

What Personal Information (PI) do we Collect?

This Privacy Statement applies to all personal information and data about an identifiable, living, natural person and, where it is applicable, an identifiable existing juristic person, including, but not limited to –

– Your names and your images (where applicable);
– Information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, color, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the Person
– Information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the Person.
– Any identifying number, symbol, email address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the Person
– The biometric information of the Person
– Your preferences, such as consents for marketing and other communications
– Investigations’ data. This may include anti-money laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism checks, Enhanced Due Diligence, Fraud or Convicted Criminal database, Politically Exposed Persons, external intelligence reports, and other due diligence checks
– The personal opinions, views or preferences of the Person
– Correspondence sent by the Person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature, or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence
– The views or opinions of another individual about the Person
– The name of the Person if it appears with other PI relating to the Person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the Person; and
– all other personal data that you share with us during your dealings with us

Why we Need Your Data

We collect personal information directly from you, and where lawful and reasonable, we may collect personal information about you from third parties and publicly available sources, such as credit reporting and government agencies for the purposes set out below

– Meet our responsibilities to you
– Follow your instructions
– Process your personal information for ordinary business purposes (this includes to open and maintain your account, give effect to transactions, administer claims where applicable, manage our risks and maintain our overall relationship with you
– Carry out statistical and other analysis to identify potential markets and trends, evaluate and improve our business (this includes improving existing and developing new products and services)
– Tell you about available services and products
– Make sure our business suits your needs
– Comply with applicable regulations
– Responding to any feedback that you send to us, resolving complaints and troubleshooting problems
– Detecting, preventing and remediating fraud or other illegal activities
– Without your personal information, we may not be able to provide or continue to provide you with the products or services that you need
– Contacting you at needed times through your provided phone number, email address or any other contact details made available to us by you
– all other personal data that you share with us during your dealings with us

Our Legal Basis for Processing Your Data

The legal basis for processing your personal data is the legal requirement of your consent for us to process your personal data and our legitimate interest in providing our Services to you. We will process your personal information as stated above if you give us your consent willingly or in accordance with the law. You give your consent to us through our products and services agreements

We will only disclose your personal information if

– The law requires it
– We have a public duty to disclose the information
– Our or your legitimate interests require disclosure; or
– You agreed that we may disclose your

How we get Your Consent

You accept this Privacy Policy when you give consent upon accessing our Platforms or using our Services for official or non-official purposes. You give us consent to process your personal data when you click “Create Account” and fill in your personal details and other answers into the provided blank form. You also give us consent when you fill in your details into any of the blank forms provided on our Platforms for the collection of personal data

Your consent when given covers the processing of your personal data within Nigeria and in any country other than Nigeria wherein your personal data is transferred for processing or after processing

How to Withdraw Your Consent

You may withdraw your consent by communicating such withdrawal to us via compliance@parthiansecuritiesng.com. However, such withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the hitherto processing of your personal data before consent was withdrawn.

How we Collect Your Data

We will collect your data through the following means

(i) Forms; both Physical and Digital
(ii) Email correspondences
(iii) Surveys

Third parties

We ask third-party service providers to agree to our privacy policies if they need access to any Personal Information to carry out their services.

We will not disclose your personal information to external organizations that are not our service providers, unless you gave us your consent, or unless we are required to do so by law, or if it is necessary for the conclusion or performance of our agreement with you, and such disclosure shall be governed by a written contract between that third party and us

Transfer Across Borders

Sometimes we will process your personal information in other countries, either to carry out your instructions or for ordinary business purposes. Some countries may not have the same level of protection. If necessary, we will ask the party to whom we transfer your personal information to agree to our privacy principles, associated policies, and practices.

Storing Personal Information

We retain and store personal information if it is required for the purpose for which you have given it and as required by law. Your information is destroyed or anonymized once they are no longer required for the purpose they were collected and no statutory requirement to retain them.

Our cross border and third-party policy as stated above will apply in instances where your personal information has been transferred outside of the country or to a third party.

Our Security Practices

Our security systems are designed to prevent loss, unauthorized destruction, damage and/or access to your personal information from unauthorized third parties.

The security of your personal data is important to us. We store and process your personal information on our computers in Nigeria, and where necessary transfer same outside for processing. We have information security standards which ensure that your personal data is secured against all foreseeable hazards and data breaches such as theft, cyberattacks, viral attacks, manipulations etc. We also have a data breach incident management procedure which documents our quick response to any reported personal data breach incident, and ensure all incidents are managed in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and best practice guidelines. Where we need to transfer your data to another country, such country must have an adequate data protection law. We protect your information using physical, technical, and administrative security measures to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls and data encryption, physical access controls to our data centers, and information access authorization controls.

You should read the security tips and updates on our websites regularly to make sure that you benefit from our security systems and stay updated with the latest fraud scams and trends.

Marketing by Electronic Means

If you give us permission, we may use your personal information to tell you about products, services, and special offers from us or other companies that may interest you. We will do this through email, text message (SMS), social media platforms, or notify you on your mobile applications. If you later decide that you do not want us to do this, please contact us through our customer service channels to stop this service.

Access to your Personal Information

As our customer, you may

– Ask us to give you a description of your personal information that we hold; and
– Ask us to correct or update your personal information through our customer service channels

We may, where a customer requests for such personal information in a customized/specified format if allowed by law, charge a fee.

Our use of Technology to follow your use of our websites

While you are using our websites or mobile applications, we automatically process certain personal information, such as visits to our websites. We use this information to find out which areas of our websites people visit most and to monitor the use of our websites. This helps us to add more value to our services. This information is gathered in such a way that we do not get personal information about any individual or their online behavior on other websites

Cookies

We use cookie technology on some of our websites. A cookie is a small piece of text that is saved on your Internet browser when you use our websites. The cookie is sent to our computer each time you visit our websites. Cookies make it easier for us to give you a better experience online. You can stop your browser from accepting cookies, but if you do, some parts of our websites or online services may not work. We recommend that you allow cookies

Links to other Websites

Our website, related websites and mobile applications may have links to or from other websites. Although we try to link only to websites that also have high privacy standards, we are not responsible for their security, privacy practices or content. We recommend that you always read the privacy and security statements on these websites.

Monitoring of Electronic Communications

We communicate with you through different methods and channels. If allowed by law, we may record and monitor electronic communications to make sure that they comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities and internal policies

Monitoring and Analysis

We will monitor and analyze your account for credit, fraud, compliance and other risk-related purposes as required by law

Social Media

We operate and communicate through our designated channels, pages, and accounts on some social media sites to inform, help and engage with our customers. We monitor and record comments and posts made about us on these channels so that we can improve our services.

The public can access and read any information posted on these sites. We are not responsible for any information posted on those sites other than the information posted by our designated officials. We do not endorse the social media sites themselves, or any information posted on them by third parties or other users.

We do not give investment, tax, or other professional advice on social media sites. You should always get independent advice before making any decisions.

When you engage with us through social media your personal information may be processed by the site owner; this process is outside our control and may be in a country outside Nigeria that may have different privacy principles.

Social media sites are not appropriate forums to discuss our customers’ products or financial arrangements. We will not ask you to share personal, account or security information on social media sites.

We regularly update and monitor our social media accounts and welcome feedback and ideas sent to us through these channels. We try to join conversations whenever possible but may not reply to all messages sent to official Parthian Securities social media accounts.

Emerging themes and helpful suggestions will be given to the relevant staff for consideration, but we cannot guarantee that any themes or suggestions will be acted on.

Your Rights

We will take note of your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, especially your right to object, on reasonable grounds, to certain types of processing.

You have the right to query a decision that we make about a product or service that you have applied for and that was made solely by automated means.

You have the right to withdraw consent previously given and lodge a complaint with the relevant regulatory authority.

You have the right to contact the Data Protection Officer, report to a regulator, or seek redress within the law whenever there is a violation of this policy.

Principles Guiding the Handling of Your Data

Your personal data shall be:

– Collected and processed in accordance with specific, legitimate and lawful purposes
– Consented to by you; provided that: a further processing may be done only for archiving, scientific research, historical research or statistical purposes for public interest
– Restricted to you and shall not be transferred to any person or entity except when requested by you or required by law
– Adequate, accurate and without prejudice to the dignity of human person
– Deleted from our database and any other location where it is stored at your request
– Stored only for the period within which it is reasonably needed, and
– Secured against all foreseeable hazards and breaches such as theft, cyberattack, viral attack, dissemination, manipulations of any kind, damage by rain, fire or exposure to other natural elements

Right to change this Privacy Statement

We may change this privacy statement. We shall publish all changes on our websites. The latest version of our privacy statement will replace all earlier versions, unless it says differently. We will notify you of material changes to the Privacy Policy by email as well as a notice on our Platforms

Queries and Complaints

If you have any queries or complaints about privacy, please contact:

Phone: +234 704 916 4059
Email: info@parthiansecuritiesng.com or compliance@parthiansecuritiesng.com

We will ensure all complaints are resolved in a timely manner consistent with all relevant regulatory provisions.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is made pursuant to the NDPR and other relevant Nigerian laws, regulations, or international conventions applicable to Nigeria. Where any provision of this Privacy Policy is deemed inconsistent with a law, regulation or convention, such provision shall be subject to the overriding law, regulation, or convention.