Data Protection Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (the Policy) describes how AIMA collects, uses and shares the information you provide to us and the information we collect in the course of operating our business and our website.

In this Policy when we refer to AIMA or “we”/“us”/“our” we mean The Alternative Investment Management Association Ltd (‘AIMA’), our branches and subsidiaries. Our registered office is at 167 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2EA and we are a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (registered number 4437037).  You can find details for our other locations in the Contact section of our website (https://www.aima.org/contact.html).

We may revise this Policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you.

This Policy describes:

To find out more, click on the sections.

The information that we collect and where we get it from
"Personal information" is any information that can be used to identify you or that we can link to you and which we have in our possession or control – i.e., data we collect from you, the way in which it is collected and the purposes for which it is collected and used.

We will collect and process the following personal information about you:

Information that you provide to us
We will process personal information that you give to us including when you email us or contact us through various channels as follows:

  • Signing up for services on our site: when you sign up for newsletters, webinars, events or obtain other member services from us or when you contact us with queries or respond to our communications the personal information you provide may include your full name, job title, telephone number, email address and content, date and time of your correspondence and information about your firm or your business.
  • In connection with our provision of member services: if you are a member of AIMA, you will provide us with personal information when you or the firm you represent becomes a member. If you are not a member, we may collect or receive your personal information because you are involved in one of our member’s matters.
  • Recruitment application: when you apply for a role with us you may provide us with your full name, date of birth, nationality, education and qualification details, your gender, your CV, photograph, passport details, marital status, home address and home telephone number, mobile telephone number and other details set out in your application.

Information we otherwise collect about you
We will also collect information about when you use our services or when we otherwise interact or correspond with you. We use various technologies to collect and store information when you visit our website. We may, for example, collect information about the type of device you use to access the website, your IP address and your geographic location, the operating system and version, your browser type, the content you view and features you access on our website, the web pages and the search terms you enter on our website. For information about how we use Cookies and the choices you may have, please see our Cookies Policy.

Information we obtain from other sources

  • If you apply for a position with us, we may collect personal information relating to past employment, qualifications and education, opinions from third parties about you, past employment history and other details about you, which may be provided to us by a third party that provides background screening services to us.
  • If we collect or receive your personal information in the context of our provision of member services, we might receive information from third parties such as your firm, other parties relevant to the services we are providing (e.g., a colleague might request sign-up for you for an event or web access) and others such as regulators and authorities. That information could include your name, contact details, employment details and other information relevant to the services that we are providing to our members.

How we use the information we collect
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  1. to provide services to the relevant member or groups of members
  2. to engage in activity in relation to our member services. This may include sending you newsletters, updates, event invitations and other information that may be of interest to you
  3. where you have applied for a position with us, to review and process your job application
  4. to comply with legal or regulatory obligations that we must discharge
  5. to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, or for the purposes of legal proceedings
  6. log your use of our website or our other online services for our own legitimate business purposes, which may include the analysis of usage, measurement of site performance, generation of reports, 
  7. to look into any complaints or queries you may have
  8. to prevent and respond to actual or potential fraud or illegal activities, and 
  9. to collate, process and share any statistics based on an aggregation of information held by us, provided that any individual is not identified from the resulting analysis and the collation, processing and dissemination of such information is permitted by law.

Grounds for using your personal information
We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information, namely:

  • Performance of a contract - we may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract with you or to perform our obligations under a contract with you.
  • Legitimate interests - we may use your personal information for our legitimate interests, some examples of which are given above.
  • Compliance with law or regulation - we may use your personal information as necessary to comply with applicable laws/regulations.
  • Consent - we may (but usually do not) need your consent to use your personal information. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us (see below).

How we share information with third parties
We share personal information with our offices around the world and the various companies and entities that make up our global network. As a result, your personal information may be transferred to locations outside Europe as well as within it for the purposes described above.

We may also share your personal information outside AIMA. This may include:

  • Third party agents/suppliers or contractors, bound by obligations of confidentiality, in connection with the processing of your personal information for the purposes described in this Policy. This may include, but is not limited to, IT and communications service providers.
  • Third parties relevant to the services that we provide. This may include, but is not limited to, counterparties to litigation, professional service providers, sponsors of our events, regulators, authorities and governmental institutions.

Protecting your data outside the EEA (EU Member States and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
We may transfer data that we collect from you to third-party data processors in countries that are outside the EEA such as Australia or the USA.  This might be required, for example, in order to fulfil your order, process your payment details or provide support services.

If we do this, we have procedures in place to ensure your data receives the same protection as if it were being processed inside the EEA. For example, our contracts with third parties stipulate the standards they must follow at all times. If you wish for more information about these contracts, please contact our Data Protection Team.

Any transfer of your personal data will follow applicable laws and we will treat the information under the guiding principles of this Privacy Notice.

Keeping your information and information security
How long we hold your personal information for will vary and will depend principally on:

  • the purpose for which we are using your personal information - we will need to keep the information for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose, and
  • legal obligations - laws or regulation may set a minimum period for which we have to keep your personal information.
  • We will ensure that the personal information that we hold is subject to appropriate security measures.

Your choices and rights
You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal information that we hold about you and you can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details set out below.

These rights include:

  • Obtaining information regarding the processing of your personal information and access to the personal information which we hold about you.
  • Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to refuse requests for access to copies of personal information. In particular, information that is subject to legal professional privilege will not be disclosed other than to our member and as authorised by our member.
  • Requesting that we correct your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Requesting that we erase your personal information in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask us to erase your personal information but we are legally entitled to retain it.
  • Objecting to, and requesting that we restrict, our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. Again, there may be circumstances where you object to, or ask us to restrict, our processing of your personal information but we are legally entitled to refuse that request.
  • In some circumstances, receiving some personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or requesting that we transmit such information to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal information which you have provided to us.
  • Withdrawing your consent, although in certain circumstances it may be lawful for us to continue processing without your consent if we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so.
  • Lodging a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us.
  • We can, on request, tell you which data protection authority is relevant to the processing of your personal information.

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How to contact us and other important information
If you would like further information on the collection, use, disclosure, transfer or processing of your personal information or the exercise of any of the rights listed above, please contact us. You can do this by writing to us at:
• AIMA – [email protected]
• AIMA’s Data Protection Team – [email protected] or Data Protection Team, AIMA, 167 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2EA.