Privacy Policy
Protecting the privacy of our clients and users of our site(s) is important to Adenza Group, Inc. This Privacy Policy explains how Adenza Group Inc., which hosts and administers the Adenza website, (Adenza, we, us and our), and our affiliates, collect, use, and disclose information you provide to us or which we otherwise collect, including personal data, by which we mean information that allows us to determine your identity when you engage with us.
Adenza is a cloud-enabled provider of cross-asset front-to-back solutions as well as solutions in the regulatory and risk technology sector for financial markets. We also provide educational and promotional resources and other promotional material through our website (Website). The use of our Website is subject to our terms of use and this policy is incorporated into and forms part of those terms.
Our contact details are set out at the end of this policy. We are the controller in relation to the personal data processed in accordance with this policy (except where this policy explains otherwise).
This policy sets out:
- Information we collect about you and how we use it;
- Cookies and other technologies;
- Our promotional updates and communications;
- Who we give your information to;
- Where we store your information;
- How we protect your information;
- How long we keep your information;
- Your rights;
- Changes to this policy;
- Contact us;
- CCPA Privacy Policy.
Information we collect about you
Website, Account and General Communications
In order to provide materials and services to you, when you visit our Website, request white papers or other materials from us, register for events, or contract with us, we will collect data from you. For example, Adenza may receive your personal data when you:- Visit and use the Website;
- Provide or update account information;
- Register or attend Adenza-hosted or sponsored events (such as promotional events, webinars or conferences);
- Request access to our software platform; or
- Communicate or interact with Adenza on-line or off-line, including for access to our platform be it installed on your premises or in the cloud. Communicate or interact with Adenza on-line or off-line, including for access to our platform be it installed on your premises or in the cloud.
- We refer collectively to these interactions as the “Website Services”. We explain below how we collect and use information collected through the Website Services in the related section below.
Information we collect
We (or third-parties acting on our behalf, as set out below) may collect your information, including your personal data, when providing the Website Services including:- Your name.
- Who you work for, the type of company you work for and your job function or department.
- Your address, phone number, email address or other contact details (these details may relate to your work or to you personally, depending on the nature of our relationship with you or your employer).
- Information about you that you give us by communicating with us by phone, by e-mail, via our Website or otherwise. It includes information you give us or that we obtain when you use our Website, enquire about a product, enter a promotion or survey, or contact us to report a problem, or do any of these things on behalf of your employer.
- Information about events to which you or your colleagues are invited, and your personal data and preferences to the extent that this information is relevant to organizing and managing those events (for example, your dietary requirements).
- Information about how you use our Website including pages visited and other interactions with the Website.
- The browser software and operating system you use to access the Website, your IP address and/or mobile device ID.
How We Use Your Information
Adenza may use personal data for various purposes when you engage with us based on different reasons. Data protection law in Europe contains a number of “lawful bases” – which are really legal justifications which mean organizations like us are allowed to have your personal data in the first place. For our EU users, we have been careful to ensure we have a lawful basis for all data we have. Our lawful bases include:- Performing the contract we have with you In certain circumstances, we need your personal data to comply with our contractual obligation to deliver Adenza products and services. For example, if your employer subscribes to Adenza products or services, we may need your name and contact details so we can communicate with you and provide the software or service.
- Legal compliance To comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request. We may pass on details of people involved in fraud or other criminal activity to law enforcement and tax laws require us to retain records of orders and payments for Adenza software and related services, which can include contact details at our corporate clients.
Send administrative information or changes to contract terms or policies. Where we make updates to terms and policies we are required under certain laws to notify you of these changes and under our contract with you. Other administrative communications, may be necessary in order for us to perform our obligations under the contract with you, or may be sent out in line with our legitimate interests.
- Legitimate interests This is a technical term in data protection law which really means we have a good and fair reason to use your data and we do so in ways which does not hurt your interests and rights. We sometimes require your data to pursue our legitimate interests in a way which might reasonably be expected as part of running our business and which does not materially impact your rights, freedom or interests
Improve and develop the Website. We look for ways to innovate and improve our Website for all our users. We will use information about how you use the Website, including how you interact with various aspects of the Website, the duration for which you use the Website and content that is of interest to you, in order to understand how our users use the Website and what content works well. It is in our legitimate interests to use personal data in this way to develop an improved Website.
Research and analyze how our Website is used via cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies. We use your personal data in our legitimate interests to understand how you interact with our Website and to deliver relevant content to you online.
Diagnose and fix technical issues and monitor the security of our environments. We need to understand how our Website is performing in order to prevent and address any issues that may present themselves with regard to technical and security operations. We may process your personal data for this purpose in our legitimate interests to protect the integrity of the Website. It is also in our legitimate interests to process your personal data to protect our rights or property, or the security or integrity of our Website.
If we intend to process your personal data for a purpose other than that set out above, we will provide you with information prior to such processing.Cookies and other technologies
Cookies are small text files placed in visitors’ computer browsers to store their preferences. The Website and our third party partners collect and store information that is generated automatically as you use it, including your preferences and anonymous usage statistics. When you visit the Website, we and our third-party service providers receive and record information on our server logs from your browser and from cookies and similar technology. We may use information collected through these tracking technologies to remember information so that you won’t have to re-enter it on subsequent visits, to provide and monitor the effectiveness of the Website and for other purposes. Most browsers allow you to block and delete cookies, though depending on your mobile device you may not be able to delete tracking technologies from your device. Deleting or blocking cookies and other tracking technology may cause the Website to not work properly. A number of cookies and similar technologies we use last only for the duration of your Website session and expire when you close your browser. Others are used to remember you when you return to use our Website and will last for longer. We use these cookies and other technologies on the basis that they are necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or because using them is in our legitimate interests (where we have considered that these are not overridden by your rights), and, in some cases, where required by law, where you have consented to their use. We use the following types of cookies:- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website and under our terms with you.
- Analytical/performance cookies.
They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us for our legitimate interests of improving the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Google Tag Manager: we use Google Tag Manager. This service allows website tags to be managed via an interface. Tags are small elements of code that are used, for example, to measure traffic and visitor behavior, to understand the effect of online advertising and social channels, to set up remarketing and orientation towards target groups, and to test and optimize websites. Google Tag Manager only implements tags. This means that no cookies are used and, as a result, no personal data is recorded. We list it here for completeness and to be transparent about the tools we use. If deactivation has been performed at a domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags if these are implemented with Google Tag Manager;
- Google Analytics: to help us improve our Website, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the Website analyze how visitors use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by a Google server in the United States. Google uses this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing website operators with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. You can prevent the storage of data relating to your use of the Website and created via the cookie (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en;
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us, subject to your choices and preferences, to personalize our content, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Disabling cookies
The effect of disabling cookies depends on which cookies you disable but, in general, the Website may not operate properly if all cookies are switched off. If you disable cookies, there may be reduced functionality in relation to the Website. If you want to disable cookies on our Website, you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Further details on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers are set out below: For Microsoft Internet Explorer: 1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options” 2. Click on the “privacy” tab 3. Select the setting the appropriate setting For Google Chrome: 1. Choose Settings › Advanced 2. Under “Privacy and security,” click “Content settings” 3. Click “Cookies” For Safari: 1. Choose Preferences › Privacy 2. Click on “Remove all Website Data” For Mozilla firefox: 1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Options” 2. Click on the icon “privacy” 3. Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options For Opera 6.0 and further: 1. Choose the menu Files” › “Preferences” 2. Privacy Where you have not set your permissions, we may also separately prompt you regarding our use of cookies on the Website.Our promotional updates and communications
Where permitted in our legitimate interest or with your prior consent where required by law, we will use your personal data for marketing analysis and to provide you with promotional update communications by email, SMS or telephone about our products/services. You can object to further marketing at any time by selecting the “unsubscribe” link at the end of all our marketing and promotional update communications to you, or by sending us a message through our website at tech@nasdaq.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.Who we give your information to
We may share your personal data with:
- Any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, who support our processing of personal data under this policy. If any of these parties are using your information for direct marketing purposes, we will only transfer the information to them for that purpose with your prior consent.
- Appropriate third parties including:
- our business partners, customers, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into or other dealings we have in the normal course of business with you or the person that you work for;
- our auditors, legal advisors and other professional advisors or service providers;
Other disclosures we may make
We will disclose your personal data to third parties:
- In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
- If Adenza, or its affiliates, or substantially all of their assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of supply terms and other agreements with you or the company you work for; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Adenza, our affiliates, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and to prevent cybercrime.
Where do we store your information?
The data that we process in relation to you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and UK that may not be subject to equivalent data protection law. It may also be processed by staff situated outside the EEA and UK who work for us or for one of our suppliers.We may transfer your personal data outside the EEA and UK:
- In order to store it.
- In order to enable us to provide goods or services to and fulfil our contract with you or the company your work for. This includes order fulfilment, processing of payment details, and the provision of support services.
- Where we are legally required to do so.
- In order to facilitate the operation of our group of businesses, where it is in our legitimate interests and we have concluded these are not overridden by your rights.
- To any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries;
- To third party services providers, suppliers, agents, and other organizations who provide data processing services to us, or who otherwise process personal data on our behalf for purposes that are described in this privacy policy or notified to you when we collect your personal data; to a potential or actual buyer and its agents and advisers in connection with any proposed or actual transfer of control, purchase, merger, reorganization, consolidation, or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal data only for the purposes disclosed in this policy;
- to any other person with your consent to the disclosure.
How we protect your information
We retain personal data we collect from you for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the personal data was collected and in accordance with applicable law. We establish our retention periods within our company policies.Your rights
You have the right under certain circumstances:
- to be provided with a copy of your personal data held by us;
- to request the rectification or erasure of your personal data held by us;
- to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data (while we verify or investigate your concerns with this information, for example);
- to object to the further processing of your personal data, including the right to object to marketing (as mentioned in ‘Our promotional updates and communications’ section); and
- to request that your provided personal data be moved to a third party.
Your right to withdraw consent:
Where the processing of your personal data by us is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us. You can also change your marketing preferences at any time as described in ‘Our promotional updates and communications’ section.How to exercise your rights
EU and UK Residents may make requests here: https://www.requesteasy.com/5fad-0702Changes to this policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in future will be posted on our Website and, in relation to substantive changes, will be notified to you by e-mail. This policy was last updated on 7 January 2022.Contact us
Our full details are: Adenza Group, Inc. 99 Park Avenue, Suite 930 New York, NY 10016 United States of America T +1 212 905 0700 tech@nasdaq.comCCPA Privacy Policy
Information for California Residents
California Consumers’ Rights and Choices
If you are a California resident, California law permits you to request Information regarding the:- Categories of Personal Information (as defined by applicable California law) collected, sold or disclosed by us;
- Purposes for which categories of Personal Information collected by us are used;
- Sources of information from which we collect Personal Information; and
- Specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.
In addition, if you are a California resident you may:
- Opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your Personal Information, in some circumstances;
- Opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us; however, you may still receive administrative communications regarding the Services;
- Opt-in to certain financial incentive programs we may offer related to the collection, sale, or deletion of your Personal Information; and
- Request deletion of your Personal Information by us and our service providers, in some circumstances.
Collection of Personal Information from California Residents
We have listed below the personal information we may have collected from California residents in the past 12 months.| Category of personal information we may collect: Identifiers | |
| Categories of sources from which we may obtain your “Identifiers” include: | Directly from consumers |
| The purposes for collecting your “Identifiers” include: | Customer outreach and marketing. |
Here is information on whether we sell or share your personal information.
| Selling/sharing your personal information | |
| Categories of third parties we may sell your personal information to: | We do not sell personal information to third parties. |
| Categories of third parties we may otherwise share your personal information with: | Service Providers |