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Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited For APPS

For Approved Profit-Sharing Scheme (APPS)

toggle 1. Who we are

Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited is one company within the Equiniti Group. Our main business is provision of Employee Share Plan services. Our registered address is Highdown House, Yeoman Way, Worthing, BN99 3HH and our Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) registration number is Z7941663.

The Plan trustees are the ‘Data Controllers’. This means that we are responsible for deciding how and why we hold and use personal data about you.

toggle 2. Products and Services covered by this Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice covers the Plan trustee services provided by us in relation to the APSS as set out in the Plan’s trust deed and rules.

If you have questions about your Plan and services, please contact the Employee Helpline shown in your Plan documentation.

toggle 3. How we collect your personal data

The personal information we hold may include your account number, title and name, postal address, your email address and phone number, date of birth, gender, nationality, payroll details such as salary, tax status and tax residency, your pay site code, your payroll reference, your PPS number and your salary bank account, financial information about the value of the Plan, the number of Plan shares, any Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, Directors’ Interest or Closed Period indicators and elections made in connection with the running of the Plan or made as part of a Corporate Action.

This could include special personal data, if we need to record the reason why and when you are no longer an employee of the Company or temporarily not at work, for example due to injury or disability, in order to administer the Plan.

We use different kinds of personal data dependent upon the relationship you have with us, the Plan that you participate in and the products and services that you use. We collect it through a variety of different ways:

Information you provide to us

  • By filling in forms via the website;
  • By corresponding with us, either directly or via your employer, in writing, by phone, e-mail, live-chat or otherwise;
  • Through application and registration forms, identification and legal documentation; and
  • Through promotions or surveys.

Information we collect about you

  • Images and voice recordings of your communications with us for quality control, training, security and regulatory purposes, but these can also capture your location e.g. use of home landline number;
  • Information about the transactions and investments you make as part of the running of the Plan, including financial data and voting instructions; and
  • If you contact us via social media, we will collect details from your social media account.

Information we receive from third parties

  • Data from your employer as part of the set up and running of the Plan, including identification data, your contact details, information about your job, your payroll details and information about your share plan entitlement and participation;
  • As part of our identity and financial crime checking procedures with credit reference agencies, fraud detection agencies and registration or stockbroking industry exchanges;
  • In accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations when we require verification of your identity, we will conduct searches of databases and other credit data; and
  • Market researchers.

Special types of data

The law and other regulations treat some types of personal information as special. We will only collect and use this information if the law allows us to do so:

  • Criminal convictions and offences.
  • Genetic and biometric data.
  • Health data including gender.
  • Racial or ethnic origin.
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs.
  • Trade union membership.

Keeping your personal data up to date

It is important to us that the information we hold about you remains accurate and up to date at all times, but we need your help in doing this. Please help us by ensuring that you review the

information held about you regularly and let your employer know as soon as anything needs updating or correcting.

Other people’s personal data

The information you give us in connection with your Plan, can contain your or another person’s personal data. If you provide us with information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them and/or they consent to you providing their personal data to us and that you have informed

them of our identity and the purpose for which their personal data will be processed – as set out in this Privacy Notice.

toggle 4. Why we collect your personal data

In the table below we demonstrate why and how we use your personal data as well as providing the legal reasons which we rely upon.

Why we use your personal data How we use your personal data Lawful Basis
Plan Launch
  • To contact eligible employees to provide Plan information.
  • Legitimate Interests
Profiling
  • In running your account we may analyse the personal data we hold about you and others to create a profile of interests and preferences in order that we can tailor our product or service offering and contact you with information that is relevant to you.
  • Legitimate Interests
Provision of Financial services, including the administration and management of customer records 

To manage and operate your account with us to facilitate the administration of the Plan in accordance with the Plan trust deed and rules. This includes:

  • Checking individual share entitlements and/or contribution limits are not exceeded;
  • Retaining records of your instructions and keeping your Plan account up to date;
  • Notifying you about Plan events;
  • Notifying you about any Corporate Actions impacting the Plan;
  • Notifying you about changes to our service;
  • Completing transactions that you instruct us to undertake and any legal obligations we have in relation to the transactions;
  • Processing our fees, charges, and any interest due on your accounts. Enforcing or obtaining settlement of debts owed to us or in relation to investments made on your behalf; and
  • Keeping Equiniti websites and portals secure and permit you safe access to our services.
  • To provide you with transaction records and confirmation notices as required by the Plan.
  • To respond to any complaints and/or data rights that you invoke.
  • Contractual
  • Consent
  • Legal obligations
  • Legitimate interests
Prize draws, offers, marketing of our products and services
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
  • Identifying if any of our products or services may be of interest to you and making suggestions and recommendations to you about them.
  • To provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us via your chosen channel.
  • To administer any prize draws that you are offered and elect to enter as an incentive to operate your account, for example as part of electing to receive dividends by BACS rather than by cheque.
  • To ask you if you wish to hear from other entities within the Equiniti Group of Companies that offer complimentary financial services such as foreign exchange services.
  • To share (only upon request) the surname & county of any prize draw winners.
  • We can ask you from time to time to confirm or update your choices, such as when there is a change in the law or the structure of our business.
IMPORTANT
You can withdraw from marketing and / or prize draw offers and the disclosure of winner surname details at any time.
Please contact us if you wish to update your preferences.
  • Consent
  • Legitimate Interests
Assessment and collection of taxes
  • To submit returns to the relevant regulatory authorities and deduct tax and duties (such as income tax). This includes disclosing information to the Irish Revenue Commissioners.
  • Contractual
  • Consent
  • Legal Obligation
Financial crime/auto decision making
  • To analyse your personal data for financial crime, money laundering and fraud risk purposes in accordance with UK regulations.
  • This can include making automated decisions based on the personal data that we hold about you or are permitted to collect from others.
  • You can ask to have one of our staff review any automated decision about you at any time
  • Legal Obligation
  • Legitimate interests
  • Contractual
  • Consent
Improving our services

To improve administration including:

  • Identifying improvements by undertaking data analysis, testing new products, using your personal data for research, statistical and survey purposes;
  • Ensuring that content from company websites and portals are presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device;
  • To develop and manage our products, brands and services;
  • How we manage and work with other companies in the delivery of your products and services;
  • Studying how you and others use our products and services; and
  • Measuring or understanding the effectiveness of Plan information packs.
    We can do this ourselves or appoint an agency to do this on our behalf.
  • Contractual
  • Consent
  • Legal Obligation
  • Legitimate Interests

toggle 5. How long we hold your personal data

Personal data will not be retained for longer than necessary for us to achieve the purpose for which we obtained your personal data. We will then either securely delete it or anonymise it so that it cannot be linked back to you. We review our retention periods for personal data on a regular basis.

We will retain personal data for the duration of the Plan and for a period of up to 8 years following the closure of the Plan, for the reasons noted below:

  • To respond to enquiries and complaints;
  • To demonstrate that your instructions were carried out properly; and
  • To maintain records to meet rules and regulatory requirements that are applicable to the administration of the Plan.

For full details of our retention policies, please contact us.

toggle 6. Further Information

For more information relating to how we process your personal data please see our Further Information page.

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