Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information in the course of providing our financial services.
These terms are issued on behalf of Uniec Prestige Financial LLP
Contact information:
info@uniecprestige.co.uk
0800 055 6963
Uniec Prestige Financial LLP, 70 Tradewinds, Liberty Place, East Village (Off Duke Street), Liverpool, L1 5BG
Uniec Prestige are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your Personal Data as we recognise we have a duty of care to the people whose data we hold. This privacy notice will inform you about how we look after your personal data and how the law protects you.
We will only collect and process data when necessary, and when we do so, we will clearly explain why we are doing so and how it will be used. We will not share your personal information with anyone else without your permission.
During the course of dealing with us, we will ask you to provide us with detailed personal information relating to your existing circumstances, your financial situation and, in some cases, your and your family’s health history. This document is important as it allows us to explain to you what we will do with your personal data and the various rights you have in relation to it.
Your Personal Data means any information that describes or relates to your personal circumstances. Your Personal Data may identify you directly, for example, your name, address, date of birth, and national insurance number. Your Personal Data may also identify you indirectly, for example, your employment situation, your physical and mental health history, or any other information that could be associated with your cultural or social identity.
In the context of providing you with assistance in relation to your finances, the requirements of your Personal Data may include:
When we speak with you about your financial requirements, we do so on the basis that both parties are entering a contract for the supply of services. In order to perform that contract, and to arrange the products you require, we have the right to use your Personal Data for the purposes detailed below.
Alternatively, either in the course of initial discussions with you or when the contract between us has come to an end for whatever reason, we have the right to use Your Personal Data, provided it is in our legitimate business interest to do so and your rights are not affected. For example, we may need to respond to requests from insurance providers or our Compliance Service Provider relating to the advice we have given to you, or to make contact with you to seek feedback on the service you received.
On occasion, we will use Your Personal Data for contractual responsibilities we may owe our regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, or for wider compliance with any legal or regulatory obligation to which we might be subject. In such circumstances, we would be processing Your Personal Data in order to meet a legal, compliance or other regulatory obligation to which we are subject.
We may also use your Personal Data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you via email, telephone, or letter with information, news and offers on third-party products and our services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work fully to protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt out.
Processing your Personal Data
When you ask us to assist you with, for example, your insurance planning, which may assist you in the event of an accident or illness, we will ask you for information about your ethnic origin, your health and medical history (Your Special Data). We will record and use Your Special Data in order to make enquiries of insurance/investment providers in relation to insurance products that may meet your needs and to provide you with advice and/or guidance regarding the suitability of any product that may be available to you.
If you have parental responsibility for children under the age of 13, it is also very likely that we will record information on our systems that relates to those children and potentially, to their Special Data.
The arrangement of certain types of insurance may involve disclosure by you to us of information relating to historic or current criminal convictions or offences (together “Criminal Disclosures”). This is relevant to insurance-related activities such as underwriting, claims and fraud management.
We will use special Data and any Criminal Disclosures in the same way as Your Personal Data generally, as set out in this Privacy Notice.
Information on Special Category Data and Criminal Disclosures must be capable of being exchanged freely between insurance intermediaries such as our Firm and insurance providers, to enable customers to secure the important insurance protection that their needs require.
We will collect and record your Personal Data from a variety of sources, but derived from the data you enter into our client portal as well as directly from you during initial meetings or conversations as we establish your circumstances, needs and preferences in relation to investments and insurance. You will provide information to us verbally and in writing, including by email or text.
We may also obtain some information from third parties, for example, credit checks, information from your employer, and searches of information in the public domain, such as the voter roll. If we use technology solutions to assist in the collection of Your Personal Data, for example, software that is able to verify your credit status. We will only do this if we have consent from you for us or our nominated processor to access your information in this manner.
With regards to electronic ID checks, we would not require your consent, but we will inform you of how such software operates and the purpose for which it is used. We may also share your personal data with other companies in our group for other services you express an interest in.
All clients are subject to financial sanction checks listed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation. We use Sanctions Search, which is a service provided by Professional Office Ltd, registered office 45 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, registered in England and Wales. Registration number: 06672314.
We use an automated system called Advicefront which has fact-finding tools and an embedded psychometric risk profiling tool to help establish your attitude to risk. If at any point you wish to query any action that we take on the basis of this or wish to request ‘human intervention’ (i.e. have someone review the action themselves, rather than relying only on the automated method), the GDPR gives you the right to do so.
With your permission, we may also use your Personal Data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email, telephone or post. This is likely to be offers on third-party products or regarding our services. You have the right to opt out anytime.
In the course of handling your Personal data, we will:
We will usually store or transfer your personal data within the European Economic Area the “EEA”. The EEA consists of all EU member states; this means that your personal data will be fully protected under the GDPR or equivalent standards by law.
It is likely your Personal Data will be shared with:
In each case, your Personal Data will only be shared for the purposes set out in this Client Privacy Notice, i.e. to progress your investment enquiry and to provide you with our professional services.
If any of your personal data is required by a third party, we will take steps to ensure that your Personal Data is handled safely, securely and in accordance with your rights, our obligations and the third parties obligations under the law.
Please note that this sharing of your Personal Data does not entitle such third parties to send you marketing or promotional messages: it is shared to ensure we can adequately fulfil our responsibilities to you, and as otherwise set out in this Client Privacy Notice.
Your privacy is important to us, and we will keep your Personal Data secure in accordance with our legal responsibilities. We will take reasonable steps to safeguard your Personal Data against it becoming accessed unlawfully or maliciously by third parties.
We also expect you to take reasonable steps to safeguard your own privacy when transferring information to us, such as not sending confidential information over unprotected email, ensuring email attachments are password-protected or encrypted, and only using secure methods of postage when original documentation is being sent to us.
Your Personal Data will be retained by us either electronically or in paper format for a minimum of six years, or in instances where we have a legal right to such information, we will retain records indefinitely.
You can:
How to make contact with our Firm in relation to the use of your Personal Data
If you have any questions or comments about this document, or wish to make contact to exercise any of your rights set out within it, please contact:
The personal data we hold about you must be accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us using the contact details provided above.
This policy may be updated from time to time to keep up with any changes. We will update this privacy policy when necessary to reflect client feedback, changes in our services or legal changes.
If there are material changes to the privacy policy or in how Uniec Prestige will use your personal data, we will notify you via email before the changes come into effect.
“Uniec Prestige” (and “we”, “us”, or “our”) refers to Uniec Prestige Financial LLP registered in England under company number: OC327577
“Personal Data '' is any information relating to a living person identified or identifiable. Different pieces of information, which are collected together, can lead to a particular person being identified, and also constitute personal data. This can include names, addresses, contact numbers, email addresses etc, but it is broader than that and includes any other information relating to that person or a combination of information which, if put together, means that the person can be identified.
“Special Data” includes personal data about a person’s race, ethnic origin, politics, religions, trade union membership, genetics, health, sex life or sexual orientation.
“Data subject” means the person whose personal data is being processed.
By continuing to use this website, submitting an enquiry, or engaging with our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
We do not rely on consent as our primary legal basis for processing your personal data. Instead, we process your data under one or more lawful bases set out in the UK GDPR, including:
If we ever require your explicit consent for specific processing (for example, certain types of marketing), we will request this clearly and separately.
Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:
You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the details below.
Uniec Prestige is a licensed trading style of Uniec Prestige Financial LLP, which is an appointed representative of E S Walton & Co Ltd, a firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Details of Uniec Prestige Financial LLP can be found on the Financial Services Register under reference number 466874.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted will be deemed acceptance of the revised policy.
Last Updated: 01/12/2025
