The Fisher Investments UK webpages are comprised of two websites: (1) a careers website operated by iCIMS that launches when individuals search career opportunities under the “Careers” tab above, and (2) a general website operated by Fisher Investments UK under all other tabs and pages.
The “Privacy Policy – Careers” applies to Fisher Investments UK’s careers website operated by iCIMS, and the “Privacy & Cookie Policy – General” applies to Fisher Investments UK’s general website.
Privacy & Cookie Policy – General
This joint Privacy & Cookie Policy (this “Policy”) is in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation, as incorporated into UK law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and sets out how Fisher Investments Europe Limited, trading as Fisher Investments UK (“FI UK”), and Fisher Asset Management, LLC, trading as Fisher Investments (“FI,” together with FI UK, the “Companies”), use Personal Data relating to the following natural people (“Individuals”):
In this Policy, “Personal Data” means any information about identified or identifiable Individuals. The Companies are committed to privacy and will use Individuals’ Personal Data only in accordance with this Policy.
The Companies can be contacted about this Policy using the following details:
Fisher Investments Europe Limited
trading as Fisher Investments UK
Attn: Data Protection Officer
Level 18, One Canada Square
Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AX United Kingdom
privacy@fisherinvestments.co.uk
+44 0800 144 4731
Fisher Asset Management, LLC
trading as Fisher Investments
Attn: Data Protection Officer
6500 International Parkway
Plano, Texas 75093
United States of America
privacy@fi.com
+1 (650) 851 3334
The Companies processes the following types of Personal Data for the following categories of Individuals:
a. Prospective clients, clients, and their representatives:
b. Website users:
c. Business contacts at service providers and vendors:
d. Individuals who agree to participate in market research:
a. Purposes and Lawful Bases
The Companies processes Individuals’ Personal Data for the following purposes, and upon the legal bases set out in the table below.
Purpose for which the Companies use Personal Data |
Legal Basis upon which the Companies rely |
To assess suitability and design an investment strategy recommendation This includes providing financial analysis. |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is necessary to perform a contract to which the Individual is a party or to take steps at the request of the Individual prior to entering into a contract. The Companies can also use Health Data for this purpose where Individuals have consented to it. |
To provide discretionary investment management services |
FI can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is necessary to perform a contract to which the Individual is a party. In some cases, FI has a legitimate interest in using an Individual’s Personal Data for this purpose, such as when communicating with representatives of an organisational client. |
To offer and coordinate third party products or services that supplement the Companies’ services |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is necessary to perform a contract to which the Individual is a party or to take steps at the request of the Individual prior to entering into a contract. |
To carry out direct marketing This includes sending mail and emails to Individuals on lists rented from third party list vendors. It also includes following up and sending promotional material by email, phone or mail to Individuals who requested informational materials and ongoing insights on financial matters and investment management services. |
FI UK can use Personal Data for marketing to Individuals where Individuals have consented to it. In addition, given FI UK’s legitimate interest in promoting its business, FI UK can use Personal Data for marketing to: (i) Individuals who previously requested informational materials from FI UK or its affiliates (collectively, the “Fisher Group”); and (ii) Individuals representing organisational prospective clients. |
To optimise marketing This includes analysing website visits to FI UK’s websites and the number of clicks through the pages to request informational materials. It also includes using cookies to display FI UK’s online advertisements to individuals who may be more likely to be interested. |
FI UK can use Personal Data for this purpose where Individuals have consented to them. In addition, given FI UK’s legitimate interest in promoting its business, FI UK can use Personal Data to market to people with interests similar to the individuals. |
To conduct market research This includes conducting market research to ask Individuals about their marketing, investment and servicing preferences. |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose where Individuals have consented to it. In addition, the Companies can also use some Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Companies’ legitimate interests to invite Individuals to participate in market research. |
To contact Individuals referred to the Company |
FI UK can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in FI UK’s legitimate interest to contact Individuals who permitted the referring party to provide their Personal Data to FI UK. |
To calculate portfolio performance |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Companies’ legitimate interests to calculate portfolio performance. |
To meet the Companies’ obligations under Applicable Law This includes monitoring the advice process, keeping records of telephone calls, verifying identity of individuals, and conducting sanctions and anti-money laundering checks, which may reveal data concerning criminal convictions or offences. |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose to comply with applicable financial services laws and regulations (including, without limitation, the UK Financial Services Laws, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and laws and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for FI (“Financial Services Laws”)), AML Laws, and other applicable laws and regulations (collectively, “Applicable Law”). In addition, the Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose beyond the legally mandated record retention period because it is in the Companies’ legitimate interests to keep data for as long as the statute of limitations so that the Companies can enforce and defend its legal rights. |
To share data with regulators and law enforcement officials This includes sharing information with the Financial Conduct Authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Financial Intelligence Unit, other regulatory, law enforcement, and similar authorities applicable to the Fisher Group, as required. |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with Applicable Law. |
To share data with courts and tribunals |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Companies’ legitimate interests to enforce and defend their legal rights. |
To train, monitor, and supervise internal staff
This includes training and surveying employees, recording and monitoring certain telephone calls, voicemails, and other computer or telecommunication activies. |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Companies legitimate interests to train and supervise their workforces to offer the best possible service. |
To engage with service providers and vendors This includes making payments and contacting business contacts at service providers and vendors using their business contact information. |
The Companies can use Personal Data for this purpose for their legitimate interests in engaging with their service providers and vendors. |
To suppress Individuals from being contacted |
FI UK can use limited Personal Data for this purpose because it is in FI UK’s legitimate interest to refrain from contacting Individuals who have requested not to be contacted or who FI UK believes should not be contacted. |
To enhance security of FI UK’s facilities This includes the use of video surveillance equipment. |
FI UK can use limited Personal Data for this purpose because it is in FI UK’s legitimate interest to secure its facilities. |
Where one of the Companies has relied upon its ‘legitimate interest’ as a legal basis for a particular purpose, it has performed a ‘balancing test’ to ensure that Individuals’ rights and interests are taken into account when their Personal Data is used. Further information on the balancing test can be obtained by contacting the Companies’ Data Protection Officer.
b. If Individuals fail to provide Personal Data
Where the Companies need to collect Personal Data to comply with a legal obligation, or under the terms of a contract or upon request prior to entering a contract, and the Individual does not provide such data, the Companies may not be able to provide services and may need to cancel the contract. Similarly, if an Individual does not consent to providing Health Data for the purpose described above, the Companies may not be able to provide services and may need to cancel the contract. The Companies will notify the Individual if this is the case at the time. If an Individual requesting informational materials and ongoing insights does not consent to receiving the same, FI UK will not be able to provide such materials and insights.
a. Who will the Companies share Personal Data with?
The Companies will not sell or lease Individuals’ Personal Data to third parties.
For the purposes listed in Section 3 above, the Companies may share Individuals’ Personal Data with:
FI, FII and/or FIL (the “Outsourced Fisher Companies”) act as service providers of marketing, human resources, finance, information technology, legal support services, and trading functions to the Company. FI also serves as a discretionary investment manager to Individuals in the UK after being introduced by FI UK. In these capacities, the Outsourced Fisher Companies may have access to Personal Data collected and used by the Company.
b. What safeguards are in place where Personal Data is transferred outside of the UK?
Where the Companies transfer Personal Data to a data recipient in a jurisdiction outside of the UK where the laws do not provide an equivalent level of data protection as the UK, the Companies and the data recipient will make the transfer in accordance with standard contractual clauses approved by UK authorities (“Model Clauses”). Prior to such transfer, the Companies will assess and confirm that the protections of the Model Clauses are effective in light of the legal regime in the data recipient’s jurisdiction and, if necessary, adopt supplementary technical, organisational, or contractual measures. For more information on Model Clauses, please visit https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/international-transfers-after-uk-exit/sccs-after-transition-period/.
Please contact the Company using the contact details in Section 1 above with any questions about the legal safeguards in place to protect Personal Data when transferred outside the UK (including how to obtain a copy or consult these safeguards).
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Individuals who consent to one of the Companies using their Personal Data may withdraw that consent at any time. Individuals may do so via the Company’s online form at https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-gb/campaigns/unsubscribe/zu or using the details set out in Section 1 above.
When doing so, Individuals should:
Individuals may also unsubscribe from direct email marketing via the Company’s online form at https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-gb/unsubscribe.
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Individuals may exercise the following rights in relation to the Personal Data that one of the Companies holds about them:
To exercise these rights, Individuals should contact the Company using the details set out in Section 1 above. In such case, Individuals should ensure that the full name and address and/or email address are provided in exactly the form in which they were originally provided to the Company to avoid any possible confusion with a different Individual. If Individuals are not satisfied with the way the Company handles the request, they may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in the country where that Individual lives or works, or the country where the Individual believes the infringement took place.
The Companies are committed to ensuring that Personal Data is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, the Companies have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure Personal Data collected. The Companies also use encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data.
A cookie is a small text file with an identification tag that is created and downloaded to a user’s computer (or other device) when accessing websites that use cookies. Cookies allow a website to, among other things, store and retrieve information about a user’s online activity and browsing habits. Depending on the information they contain and user behaviour, cookies may be used to identify the user.
Cookies can be categorised by who places them:
Cookies can also be categorised by their duration:
Lastly, cookies can be categorised by the function they serve. FI UK uses the following types of first- and third-party cookies:
FI UK uses first- and third-party required, statistical, marketing and preferences cookies. The following vendors load cookies on this website:
Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” setting that allows users to send a signal to the websites they visit that the user does not wish to be tracked. FI UK’s website does not respond to these signals.
Personal Data relating to Individuals who are clients of the Company (meaning any Individual who has received an investment strategy recommendation or has retained FI as discretionary investment manager) will be kept for the duration of the client relationship plus ten years in order for the Companies to satisfy their recordkeeping obligations under applicable Financial Services Laws, as well as to enforce or defend their legal rights. Information on identity verification and sanctions and anti-money laundering checks will be kept for the duration of the client relationship plus five years in order for FI UK to satisfy its recordkeeping obligations under applicable AML Laws. Recordings of telephone calls will be retained for a period of five years in order for FI UK to satisfy its recordkeeping obligations under applicable Financial Services Laws. Information of prospective clients that are Individuals will be kept for a period of five years from the date the Individual consented to direct marketing or until the Individual requests earlier erasure of their information. However, where an Individual consents to have their information retained by FI UK to receive ongoing information and insights (subscription) from FI UK, their information will be kept until they opt out unless they did not receive a regular opportunity to opt out in which case such information will be retained for five years from consent. In some cases, such general retention periods may be extended for up to ten years for some Individuals who are in more advanced discussions with FI UK or have had regular interactions or meetings with FI UK about its services or FI’s discretionary investment management services, unless the Individual requests earlier erasure of their information. Information collected for the purposes of conducting market research will be kept for up to two years following such research, unless the Individual requests earlier erasure of their information. Contact information for vendors/service providers and contact information for Individuals on suppression lists (i.e., name, address, email address and/or phone number) will be retained indefinitely.
FI UK maintains a presence on various social media platforms. The terms and conditions set by the operators of the various platforms apply to FI UK and any Individuals who interact with FI UK through the platforms. These platforms collect and analyse interests expressed by their users and combine it with information provided by FI UK to optimise marketing. More information about the privacy practices of these social media platforms is available below, including information about interest-based advertising.
From time to time, the Companies may use Personal Data for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in this Policy to the extent permitted by law. If its practices regarding Personal Data change at some time in the future, the Companies will post the policy changes to https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-gb/privacy.
This Employee and Contractor Privacy & Cookie Policy (“Policy”) is in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the “UK General Data Protection Regulation”, (the EU General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR as incorporated into UK law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), and sets out how Fisher Investments Europe Limited, trading as Fisher Investments UK, and its branches (collectively, the “Company”), uses Personal Data relating to the following natural people (“Individuals”):
In this Policy, “Personal Data” means any information about identified or identifiable Individuals. The Company is committed to privacy and will use Individuals’ Personal Data only in accordance with this Policy.
The Company can be contacted about this Policy using the following details:
Fisher Investments Europe Limited
trading as Fisher Investments UK
Attn: Data Protection Officer
Level 18, One Canada Square
Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AX
United Kingdom
privacy@fisherinvestments.co.uk
+44 0800 144 4731
The Company processes the following types of Personal Data for Individuals:
Personal Data are collected mainly from Individuals themselves. In addition, the Company collects reference check information from previous employers of (or companies to which services were provided by) Individuals. Background check information, which may reveal data concerning criminal convictions or offences, is collected from Sterling Talent Solutions UK Limited (“Sterling”), a background checking firm that collects Personal Data from both public and private sources with consent of the Individual.
a. Purposes and Lawful Bases
The Company processes Individuals’ Personal Data for the following purposes, and upon the legal bases set out in the table below.
Purpose for which the Company uses Personal Data |
Legal Basis upon which the Company relies |
To manage the recruitment process This includes making decisions about hiring Employees or engaging Contractors, arranging travel, and reimbursing expenses. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is necessary to take steps at the request of the Individual prior to entering into a contract. |
To market employment opportunities at the Company This includes contacting candidates by email, phone or mail who have consented to be considered for future employment or engagement opportunities. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose with the consent of the Individual. |
To make decisions about Individuals’ fitness for work This includes making decisions about Individuals’ competence and qualifications to carry out roles, including conducting background checks on candidates for employment or engagements. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with legal obligations to which the Company is subject, including the laws and regulations of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and other applicable financial services regulators (collectively, “Financial Services Laws”). |
To administer the Company’s relationship with Individuals This includes administering payroll, processing invoices and reimbursements, providing support services, and, if relevant, pension, medical insurance and similar benefits. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is necessary to perform a contract to which the Individual is a party. |
To fulfilling legal obligations This includes verifying identify and work authorization, complying with social security and tax requirements, and providing information to governmental and quasi-governmental bodies and law enforcement agencies. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with Financial Services Laws and other applicable laws. |
To obtain work authorisation or visas for Employees |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is necessary to take steps at the request of the Employee. |
To train, evaluate performance and recognise Employees and Contractors This includes training and surveying Individuals, monitoring and analysing performance, carrying out performance reviews, and making decisions about recognition, rewards, discipline and termination. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Company’s legitimate interest to evaluate its Employees and Contractors, and to give Individuals opportunities to improve performance. |
To administer Employees’ sick leave and absence The Company may ask for, and Employees may need to provide, Health Data where such information impacts the Employee’s ability to perform his or her role. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with employment laws or to protect the health and safety of employees or others. |
To monitor Employees and Contractors This includes monitoring the advice process, recording and monitoring certain telephone calls, supervising Employees and Contractors, including monitoring emails, voicemails and other activities as recorded on computer, telecommunications and security systems, and carrying out the Company’s compliance plan. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with Financial Services Laws. In addition, the Company has a legitimate interest in using personal data for the purpose of supervising employee activity. |
To monitor systems This includes monitoring emails, voicemails and other activities as recorded on computer, telecommunications and security systems, and carrying out the Company’s compliance plan. |
The Company has a legitimate interest in using Personal Data for the purposes of ensuring network and information security. |
To provide references to future employers and other third parties This includes providing employment or earnings confirmation letters to banks, mortgage lenders and landlords at the request of the Individual. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with Financial Services Laws or with the consent of the Individual. |
To keep records |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose where required to comply with Financial Services Laws and other applicable laws. In addition, the Company can use Personal Data for this purpose beyond the legally mandated record retention period because it is in the Company’s legitimate interest to keep data for as long as the statute of limitations so that the Company can enforce and defend its legal rights. |
To share data with courts and tribunals |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Company’s legitimate interest to enforce and defend its legal rights. |
To use photos and contact information to enable effective communication across the Fisher Group |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Company’s legitimate interest to ensure effective communication across the Fisher Group. |
To use images and recordings to promote the Company in internal and external materials and advertising |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose with the consent of the Individual. |
To conduct candidate research This includes conducting market research to ask about recruitment and servicing preferences. |
The Company can use Personal Data for this purpose when the Company has a legitimate interest in doing so. |
To enhance security of Company facilities This includes the use of video surveillance equipment. |
The Company can use limited Personal Data for this purpose because it is in the Company’s legitimate interest to secure its facilities. |
Where the Company has relied upon its ‘legitimate interest’ as a legal basis for a particular purpose, it has performed a ‘balancing test’ to ensure that Individuals’ rights and interests are taken into account when their Personal Data is used. Further information on the balancing test can be obtained by contacting the Company’s Data Protection Officer.
b. If Employees/Tied Agents fail to provide Personal Data
Failure of an Individual to provide Personal Data to the Company, in whole or in part, could make it impossible for the Company to fulfil some or all of its obligations towards the Individual, such as payment of compensation or fees, calculation of withholdings, or consideration of an employment application.
a. Who will the Company share Personal Data with?
The Company will not sell or lease Individuals’ Personal Data to third parties.
For the purposes listed in Section 3 above, the Company may share Personal Data with:
FI, FII and/or FIL (the “Outsourced Fisher Companies”) act as service providers of marketing, human resources, finance, information technology, legal support services, and investment sub-management and trading functions to the Company. In these capacities, the Outsourced Fisher Companies may have access to Personal Data collected and used by the Company.
b. What safeguards are in place where Personal Data is transferred outside of the EEA?
Where the Company transfers Personal Data to a data recipient in a jurisdiction outside of the EEA where the laws do not provide an equivalent level of data protection as the country in which the Individual initially provided the data, the Company and the data recipient will make the transfer in accordance with standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission (“Model Clauses”). Prior to such transfer, the Company will assess and confirm that the protections of the Model Clauses are effective in light of the legal regime in the data recipient’s jurisdiction and, if necessary, adopt supplementary technical, organisational, or contractual measures. For more information on Model Clauses, please visit https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/international-transfers-after-uk-exit/sccs-after-transition-period/.
Concerning Personal Data transferred to the United Kingdom, if the European Commission has issued a decision that the UK legal regime provides an adequate level of data protection (an “Adequacy Decision”), the Company can transfer Personal Data to data recipients in the UK without the need for additional safeguards. In the event the European Commission has not issued an Adequacy Decision for the UK, the Company and the recipient in the UK will make the transfer in accordance with the Model Clauses, as described above.
Please contact the Company using the contact details in Section 1 with any questions about the legal safeguards in place to protect Personal Data when transferred outside the EEA (including how to obtain a copy or consult these safeguards).
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Individuals who consent to the Company using their Personal Data may withdraw that consent at any time. Individuals may do so using the details set out in Section 1 above.
When doing so, Individuals should:
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Individuals may exercise the following rights in relation to the Personal Data that the Company holds about them:
The Company is committed to ensuring that Personal Data is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, the Company has put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure Personal Data collected. The Company also uses encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data.
A cookie is a small text file with an identification tag that is created and downloaded to a user’s computer (or other device) when accessing websites that use cookies. Cookies allow a website to, among other things, store and retrieve information about a user’s online activity and browsing habits. Depending on the information they contain and user behaviour, cookies may be used to identify the user.
Cookies can be categorised by who places them:
Cookies can also be categorised by their duration:
Lastly, cookies can be categorised by the function they serve. The Company uses the following types of first- and third-party cookies:
The Company uses first- and third-party required, statistical, marketing and preferences cookies. The following vendors load cookies on this website:
Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” setting that allows users to send a signal to the websites they visit that the user does not wish to be tracked. The Company’s website does not respond to these signals.
The websites used by the Company for job postings and submitting applications have their own privacy and cookie policies, which are listed below:
Personal Data relating to Individuals who have entered into an employment or contractor agreement with the Company will generally be kept for the duration of the employee or contractor relationship plus seven years in order for the Company to satisfy its recordkeeping obligations under Financial Services Laws and other applicable law, as well as to enforce or defend its legal rights. An Individual’s Personal Data that forms part of the records of clients may need to be kept for a longer period to satisfy the Company’s recordkeeping obligations under Financial Services Laws with respect to such client records as set out in the Company’s separate Privacy & Cookie Policy. Recordings of telephone calls will be retained for a period of five years in order for the Company to satisfy its recordkeeping obligations under applicable Financial Services Laws. Personal Data relating to candidates will generally be kept for a period of up to one year from the date of collection or the date of rejection. Where a candidate consents to have Personal Data retained by the Company for consideration for future positions with the Company, it will be kept for five years unless the Individual requests earlier erasure of their information.
The Company maintains a presence on various social media platforms. The terms and conditions set by the operators of the various platforms apply to the Company and any Individuals who interact with the Company through the platforms. More information about each of the various platforms is available below.
From time to time, the Company may use Personal Data for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in this Policy to the extent permitted by law. If its practices regarding Personal Data change at some time in the future, the Company will post the policy changes to https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-gb/privacy.
Investing in financial markets involves the risk of loss and there is no guarantee that all or any capital invested will be repaid. Past performance neither guarantees nor reliably indicates future performance. The value of investments and the income from them will fluctuate with world financial markets and international currency exchange rates.