Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of EmiHad Financial Limited 

Your privacy is important to us. It is EmiHad Financial Limited’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, http://www.emihad.com. 

Since the 25th of May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR and/or Regulation) 2016/679 came into force with direct applicability on all EU members and members of the European Economic Area. Due do this, all member states of the European Union had to harmonize data privacy loss across Europe. 

The objective of the regulation is the protection of natural persons with regards to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. EmiHad Financial Limited (The “Company”), strives to protect the privacy and the confidentiality of Personal Data that the company collects and processes in connection with the services it provides to clients. Thus, the Company undertakes to meet its obligation under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

EmiHad Financial Limited located at Office 202, Telesfora Court, 18 Tagmatarhou Pouliou Str., Ayios Andreas, 1101, Nicosia, Cyprus is the Controller in respect of the personal data it receives in connection with the services provided under the relevant engagement with its clients. 

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used. 

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services. 

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. 

What we need 

We collect and process the following types of personal data from you: 

  • Contact details (including names, postal addresses, email addresses, telephone and fax numbers);
  • Identification documents and details (including passports and IDs, social security and tax identification number);
  • Verification of residential address;
  • Professional information;
  • Bank/Lawyer/Auditor reference letter;
  • Personal financial information (including size and source of wealth, income and other financial
    information);
  • Anti-fraud data (including information about fraud and criminal convictions, allegations of
    crimes and sanctions details received from various anti-fraud and sanctions databases, or regulators or law enforcement agencies);
  • Website and communication usage (including details of your visits to our websites and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies, including but not limited to, your IP address and domain name); 

Where necessary and legally permitted, we may also collect more sensitive data. 

Where you are providing us with information about a person other than yourself, you agree to notify them of their use of personal data and to obtain such consent for us, if needed. 

Why we collect information 

  • To provide you with, and to improve, our services;
  • To deal with your enquiries and requests;
  • To contact you in the course of providing services to our clients;
  • To provide you with any other information that you request from us;
  • To comply with our legal and professional responsibilities; and
  • Where we have other legitimate reasons, such as for internal compliance and security
    purposes.
    Sharing your information
    The personal information you provide to our Company may be shared, consistent with applicable law and regulations, as follows:
  • With affiliates of our Company;
  • With third parties such as contractors, advisers, agents and third-party service provides that
    provide services to our company, such as companies that provide record and information
    management services;
  • With law enforcement agencies if our Company reasonably believes unlawful activities have
    occurred;
  • As required by law or court order.
    Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information Outside the EEA
    Countries outside the EAA often do not offer the same level of protections and guarantees for personal data as the countries within the European Economic Area (EAA). Thus, our Company does not transfer your personal information outside of the EAA unless the transfer is justified on specific legal ground/s as mentioned in GDPR such as model contractual clauses, individual’s consent or other legal grounds permitted by GDPR.
    In the event of a cross-border transfer of personal data outside the EEA, our Company will follow the GDPR guidelines to ensure the level of data protection is not undermined.

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies. 

How long we keep it 

Under Cyprus law and EU regulations and directives regarding prevention and suppression of anti – money laundering and terrorist financing activities, we are required to keep your documents for 10 years as of the termination of the business relationship or one-off transaction, or where the business relationship or one-off transaction is not formally terminated, as of the completion of the last transaction made in the course of the business relationship. 

After this period, your personal data will be irreversibly destroyed. 

Newsletter 

Our Company occasionally informs its clients about tax news and other related updates. If you do not want to receive our newsletter anymore, please contact us to remove you from our email list. After receiving your request, we will not send you any further newsletters and we will delete your email address from the distribution list. 

What are your rights? 

Should you believe that any personal data we hold on you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the ability to request to see this information, rectify it or have it deleted through our contact us form. 

If you wish to complain about how we have handled your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer, at dpo@emihad.com. Our Data Protection Officer will investigate your complaint and work with you to resolve the matter. If you still feel that your personal data has not been handled appropriately according to the law, you can contact Commissioner’s Office of Personal Data Protection in Cyprus and file a complaint with them at 1 Iasonos str., 1082 Nicosia P.O.Box 23378, 1682 Nicosia Tel: +357 22818456, Fax: +357 22304565 Email: commissioner@dataprotection.gov.cy 

Changes to our Privacy Policy 

Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on our website and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. 

This policy is effective as of 17th July 2020. 

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