We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice (the “Notice”) governs the collection and use of personal data by MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC. It explains how and why we use your personal data and applies to the personal data that you provide us directly, or which we may obtain from other sources.
We may use your personal data for any of the purposes described in this Notice, or as otherwise stated at the point of collection. For more information about MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC please see www.merexinvestment.com
References to "our", "us" or "we" within this Notice are to MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, P.O. Box 116755 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dataprivacy@merexinvestment.com.
MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC is the data controller of your personal data. We decide how and why your personal data is processed, either alone or jointly with others.
If you use our facilities and services, the entity which manages the relevant facility or service will also be a data controller in respect of your personal information.
If you have any questions about this Notice, the use of your data, or would like to be directed to our Data Protection Officer, please contact Dataprivacy@merexinvestment.com.
In this notice we refer to “processing” your “personal data”.
Processing is taken to mean anything that is done to or with personal data (including simply collecting, storing, or deleting that data).
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable living person. When “you” or “your” are used in this statement, we are referring to the relevant individual who is the subject of the personal data.
Where we use cookies, you can also control the data stored by cookies and withdraw consent to cookies by using the browser-based cookie controls described in our Cookie Policy available on our websites.
We process different categories of personal data to enable us to provide services to you, as further described below:
Contact Details: Includes, but is not limited to, home address, home / personal mobile number and personal email address, emergency contact number.
Identification data: Includes but is not limited to name, your photo, citizenship, nationality, passport data, Visa information, drivers' licence information, the resident country`s ID, marriage certificate, birth certificate and education certificates, national/social insurance number (if applicable), health insurance, government retirement plan information and tax reference/ID (if applicable).
Special categories of data: Includes data that reveals the following about a data subjects: racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious and philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, and data concerning health.
Web Data: Includes, but is not limited to, cookies, user activity logs, and website visitor interaction data.
Financial Data: Includes, but is not limited to, card details and bank details.
Other Personal Information: Includes but is not limited to date and place of birth, emergency contact details (if applicable), gender and marital status.
The reason these categories of personal data are processed, along with our lawful basis for doing so, are set out in the table below:
Personal Data Directly Obtained from You
Personal Data Indirectly Obtained from Others
To the extent necessary, we will also receive your personal data from other entities within the MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC group of companies, including the MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC’s subsidiaries and holding companies.
Legitimate Interest
Where we rely upon legitimate interest as a lawful basis, we have balanced your rights and freedoms against our interests, or those of any third parties, and determined your rights are not infringed. Legitimate Interest is where your personal data is processed for either our own interests or the interests of third parties. This can include commercial interests, individual interests, or broader societal benefits.
Your personal data will not be kept longer than necessary to meet the purposes detailed above. The criteria that we use to determine how long we will keep your personal data includes the period of time during which we have an ongoing relationship with you, and whether we have a legal obligation to store it (for example, for accounting purposes or for litigation, or regulatory investigations purposes).
Should retention of your personal data no longer be required we will remove it from our systems and records and/or take steps to properly anonymise it so that you can no longer be identified from it.
Where necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Notice, we shall disclose your personal data to certain third-parties, vendors and service providers or affiliated employees, contractors and entities as described below.
The MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC forms part of Dubai Holding LLC and its subsidiaries. To the extent necessary, and where we have a lawful basis to do so, we will also share your personal data with other entities within this group of companies, as well as to MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC‘s subsidiaries and holding companies.
Where we share personal data, we do so with the following parties for the following purposes:
Where we have a lawful basis to do so, we will use your personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects about you, such as to analyse or predict aspects concerning your economic situation, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements. This is known as “Profiling”. We only conduct profiling where it will not have a legal or other significant effect on you. We undertake profiling to help tailor our marketing to you.
When processing your personal data, we may transfer this to third parties based in other countries, to the extent necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Notice. MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC forms a part of Dubai Holding LLC and its subsidiaries. Your personal data may be transferred within this group of companies, as well as to MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC‘s subsidiaries and holding companies. Such transfers shall always be done in compliance with relevant data protection laws.
For transfers of personal data from the UAE we transfer personal data to entities outside the UAE, under the Standard Data Protection Clauses. Further information about transfers can be obtained by contacting us using the following email address Dataprivacy@merexinvestment.com.
To the extent required, we will also transfer your personal data to third parties in connection with a reorganization, restructuring, merger, acquisition or transfer of assets, provided that the receiving party agrees to treat your personal data in a manner consistent with applicable laws and requirements.
MEREX INVESTMENT GROUP LLC has implemented technology and operational security measures in order to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorised persons are provided access to personal data, such individuals have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of this personal data.
You have certain rights relating to your personal data. However, these rights can differ depending upon the country in which you are located. That country’s law will determine which rights apply and in what instances.
Right to withdraw consent
Where you have provided your consent to us, you will always have the right to withdraw this at any time. You can do this by either following the information provided at the time you provided your consent, or by contacting us using the following email address Dataprivacy@merexinvestment.com. The withdrawal of consent will not affect any processing that was based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to request correction of your personal data
You will always have the right to request that we correct any personal data that we process about you that is inaccurate or incomplete. You can do this by contacting us Dataprivacy@merexinvestment.com.
UAE Data Protection Rights
Where the UAE Federal Law number 45 applies, you are also provided with additional rights. This allows you, subject to certain conditions, to:
It is important to understand that these rights are not absolute (e.g. their application may depend upon the lawful basis we rely upon to process your personal data) and that we may require further information from you (e.g. to confirm your identity) in order to action your request.
If the UAE Federal Law number 45 on Data Protection applies, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country of residence, place of work or the country in which an alleged infringement of data protection law has occurred within the EU.
If you want to exercise any of the rights set out above or have any questions or concerns about how we treat your personal data, please contact us at Dataprivacy@merexinvestment.com or by writing to us at: P.O. Box 116755, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Please include your reply address when you write to us.
We keep this Notice under regular review. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove sections of this Notice at any time. You are also encouraged to review this Notice from time to time for updates. We will notify you of any changes (including when they will take effect) if we are required to do so by data protection laws.
