3. For What Purposes Do We Process Your Personal Data and What Is the Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data
We process your personal data in accordance with the principle of data minimisation to the extent necessary, while most processing is justified by the fact that we need this data to provide the requested investment product or investment service.
Legal basis: the Company obtains and processes provided personal data as an operator in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and with article 13 of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on personal data protection and amending and supplementing certain Acts (in particular article 13(1)(a), (b) (c) and (f)) as well as in accordance with the wording of specific laws.
Processing without the data subject´s consent
Purposes of processing on the basis of the legal basis referred to in section 13 (1) (b) of personal data protection Act
“processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract”
The Company is entitled to process the Client´s personal data without client´s consent if it is necessary for the performance of contract to which the client is a party or in pre-contractual relationship to take measures before concluding the contract based on the request of the data subject. In addition, in connection with the conclusion of a contractual relationship or the execution of a transaction, the Company is entitled to obtain personal data by copying, scanning or otherwise recording from an identity document on the basis of special laws (for example, The Securities Act). Without this data, we would not be able to enter into a contract with you and fulfil our obligations and rights arising from it. We therefore collect your data for the purpose of concluding, recording and administering contracts and transactions, orders.
Refusal to provide personal data in accordance with this legal basis may result in the non-conclusion of a contract and the impossibility of providing a service or product, or other consequences established by law.
Purposes of processing on the basis of the legal basis referred to in section 13 (1) (c ) of personal data protection Act
“processing of personal data is necessary pursuant to a special regulation or international treaty binding upon the Slovak Republic”
As a brokerage company, we have several obligations imposed on us by special regulations. Therefore, we also process your data in cases where we are obliged to do so by specific law, in particular, but not exclusively:
- Act No. 566/2001 Coll. on securities and investment services and on amendments and supplements of certain laws (The Securities Act)
- Act No. 297/2008 Coll. on protection against money laundering and terrorist financing and on the amendment to certain acts
- Act No. 595/2003 Coll. Income Tax Act as amended
- Act No. 359/2015 Coll. on automatic exchange of financial account information in the field of taxation and on the amendment to certain acts
- Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on Accounting as amended
- Act No. 186/2009 on financial intermediation and financial counselling and on amendment and supplementation of certain regulations
- Act No. 395/2002 Coll. on Archives and Registries and on the amendments of certain acts
- Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive
- Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (MiFID II)
- Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (MiFIR)
- The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
- measures of the National Bank of Slovakia
The purpose of processing on the basis of special laws is in particular:
(i) account opening and the provision of other services requested by clients (ii) the conclusion, execution and subsequent review of transactions between the Company and Clients, for the purpose of identifying Clients and their representatives, for the purpose of protecting and enforcing the Company's rights against Clients, for the purpose of documenting the Company's activities, for the purpose of exercising supervision and for the performance of the Company's tasks and obligations under the Securities Act in accordance with section 73a and 75 (iii) the exercise of due diligence in relation to the client and for the purpose of detecting an unusual transaction within the meaning of Sections 10 and 19 of Act No. 297/2008 Coll. on protection against money laundering and terrorist financing, (iv) provision of information on financial accounts for the purpose of correct assessment of tax liability within the meaning of section 19 of Act No. 359/2015 Coll on automatic exchange of financial account information in the field of taxation and on the amendment to certain acts, (v) the exchange of information relating to intermediated financial services between the Financial Agent and the Company within the meaning of the ZFSFP.
Our Company may also process personal data based on a directly enforceable legally binding act of the European Union, an international treaty to which the Slovak Republic is bound, on the basis of the provisions of a special law, or on the basis of the consent of the client as a data subject to the processing of his/her personal data.
In order for us to comply with our legal obligations, you are obliged to provide us with the required information and documents as well as to notify us of any changes. Without such information and documents, we are not entitled to provide you with the required investment services.
Purposes of processing on the basis of the legal basis referred to in section 13 (1) (f) of personal data protection Act
“processing of personal data is necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, except where such interest are overridden by the interests or rights of the data subject which require protection of personal data”
The legitimate interest of the Company is, for example, to inform you about information related to the provided service, to offer you the Company's services and products, the defence of legal claims, lawsuits and out-of-court debt collection, statistical purposes, internal reporting, etc.
Therefore, the purpose is also marketing activities, i.e. - providing and sending advertising, promotional and marketing materials for the purpose of ascertaining interest in the field of investment, including telephone communication, sending e-mail messages (including short messages).
Prior to processing personal data on this legal basis, the company shall take into account whether its legal interests do not overridde the interests and rights of the data subject or whether they are balanced, whether its purpose is legitimate and whether processing on this legal basis is necessary. Furthermore, the Company shall take into account the reasonable expectations of data subjects as to whether they can expect the Company to process their personal data.
The processing of personal data for this purpose is bound to the duration of the contractual relationship or the period of the expiry of the limitation or prescription periods arising from this contractual relationship.
If there is no contractual relationship between the Company and the Client, the Company shall process the personal data for as long as necessary to meet the legal prerequisites of legitimate interest, or for a maximum of 1 year from the date of processing of the personal data or until the Client exercises its right to object to such processing of the personal data, whichever is earlier.
The Client's consent is not required for processing in accordance with this point. The Client has the right to object to such processing, with the consequence of limiting the processing by the Company, or in the case of marketing, the objection means the termination of the processing of personal data for this purpose.
Processing with the consent of the data subject
Purposes of processing on the basis of the legal basis referred to in section 13 (1) (a) of personal data protection Act
“the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for at least on specific purpose”
If the Client's personal data is not processed on the basis of the above-mentioned reasons (or other reasons in accordance with Personal Data Protection Act, e.g. it is necessary to protect the Client's assets), we process personal data only on the basis of your consent, to the extent and for the purpose specified in the consent. The consent granted is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the data processed prior to its withdrawal. The processing period is indicated directly in the consent.