Purpose
Morris Capital Australia is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information. This privacy policy explains how Morris Capital Australia manages and protects personal information, including:
・what personal information Morris Capital Australia collects
・how Morris Capital Australia collects and stores personal information
・how Morris Capital Australia uses personal information
・how personal information can be disclosed to others
・how you may access or correct your personal information
・how you can complain if you have concerns about how Morris Capital Australia has managed your personal information.
Morris Capital Australia has practices in place to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988. These principles govern how organisations handle personal information.
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This Policy applies to Morris Capital Australia Limited (ABN: 91 604 666 864) and its related entities located in Australia.
Policy
1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES MORRIS CAPITAL AUSTRALIA COLLECT?
Personal information is information or an opinion about you from which you can be reasonably identified. The personal information Morris Capital Australia may collect about you will depend on the circumstances of collection, including whether we collect the information from you as a customer, supplier, contractor, stakeholder, job applicant or in some other capacity.
Morris Capital Australia collects personal information so that we can provide you with our products and services and comply with our legal obligations such as those under superannuation laws, taxation laws and the Anti- Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act. If Morris Capital Australia does not collect your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with a product or service.
The product or service that we are providing will also determine what information we will collect about you.
The kinds of personal information that Morris Capital Australia may collect and hold about you include: your name, contact details, date of birth, citizenship, tax file number (TFN), employment details, financial information and banking details.
In addition, we may collect personal information about individuals who are not customers of Morris Capital Australia(eg business contact details of a company representative with whom we deal).
In the context of Morris Capital Australia’s recruitment process for employees and contractors, we may collect and hold the following kinds of personal information about you: your name, contact details, date of birth, citizenship, employment references, civil, credit and criminal records, regulatory accreditation (such as RG 146 accreditation), media, directorships, property ownership and driver’s licence information, education, employment history and credential variation. In the employment context, we may also collect and hold your TFN, financial information and banking details.
Generally, we will not collect sensitive information about you (such as your race, political beliefs or religion). We may collect information about your health if necessary to provide you with a product or service (eg life or disability insurance products or to manage a claim related to such a product). If we need sensitive information, we will ask for your consent when we collect this information (unless an exemption applies).Group Policy – Privacy_3.
2. HOW DOES MORRIS AUSTRALIA CAPITAL COLLECT AND STORE PERSONAL INFORMATION? COLLECTING INFORMATION
Depending on how you choose to interact with us, we may collect your personal information when you contact us or our service providers by telephone, by email, through our web site, complete an application or registration form, or when you meet one of our representatives face to face.Morris Capital Australia may also collect information about you from third parties. For example, Morris Capital Australia may collect personal information from:
・your authorised representatives and advisor(s)
・our service providers
・our corporate clients, where we are providing services to them
・referees, in the case of prospective employees.
COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM VISITS TO MORRIS CAPITAL AUSTRALIA’S WEBSITE
Morris Capital Australia may collect information based on how you use Morris Capital Australia’s website. Morris Capital Australia uses “cookies” and other data collection methods such as pixel tags to collect information on website activity such as the number of visitors, the number of pages viewed and the internet advertisements which bring visitors to our site. This information is collected to analyse and improve our website, our marketing campaigns and to record statistics on web traffic. No attempt is made by Morris Capital Australia to use this information to personally identify you.
If you access your account information online through one of the secure areas of Morris Capital Australia’s website, we will collect information about your visit using cookies to track your use of our website and to allow you to effectively access your account information. This information is collected for security purposes and to protect the integrity of your account details.
SECURING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We hold personal information in secure computer storage facilities (both in-house and at our service providers); on paper-based files; as well as in other formats. Morris Capital Australia takes reasonable steps to protect your information from loss and unauthorised access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. Access to personal information held by Morris Capital Australia is controlled to prevent misuse or unauthorised disclosure of the information. We utilise a range of technical security measures such as secure authentication, password controls, encryption, firewalls and anti-virus technology to prevent unauthorised access to your information.
3.HOW DOES MORRIS CAPITAL AUSTRALIA USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Morris Capital Australia may collect, hold, use or disclose your personal information to provide you, and our corporate clients, with a range of products and services, such as:
・managing your investment under our Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services
・providing you with advisory services relating to Foreign Exchange exposures including hedging and managing risks associated with currency movements
We may also collect, hold, use or disclose your personal information to:
・consider any concern or complaint that you raise against Morris Capital Australia and/or to manage any legal action between you and Morris Capita lAustralia
・prevent or investigate any actual or suspected fraud, unlawful activity or misconduct
・comply with any relevant laws, regulations, codes of practice and court orders
・consider job applicants for employment.
Morris Capital Australia may use your personal information that we have collected about you to identify a product or service that may be of interest to you. If at any time you no longer wish to be notified about other Morris Capital Australia services or promotions please contact us. Privacy specific contact details are included at the end of this policy.
We may also use your information for other purposes required or authorised by or under law (including purposes for which you have provided your consent).
4. HOW IS PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO OTHERS?
Morris Capital Australia does not sell, rent or trade personal information to, or with, third parties. In some circumstances your information may be disclosed to Morris Capital Australia’s service providers that perform a range of services on our behalf. Examples include:
・mailing houses and printing companies
・fund and investment administrators/managers
・custodians and brokers
・Information Technology vendors
・other consultants.
Where we disclose your information to our service providers, we will take steps to ensure that they are authorised to only use personal information in order to perform the functions required by Morris Capital Australia . Depending on the nature of the product or service that we are providing, we may disclose your personal information to your nominated representatives (eg your financial adviser) and their respective service providers.
We may also disclose your personal information to law enforcement agencies, courts or government agencies where required to comply with specific legal requirements.
5. HOW YOU MAY ACCESS OR CORRECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may contact us to request access to the personal information we hold about you at any time. You may also ask us to correct information about you that you may believe is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. We will need to verify your identity before giving you access, or correcting your information.In certain circumstances, Morris Capital Australia may not be able to correct or provide you with access to your information. In these circumstances, we will write to you to explain and provide the reasons why.
6. HOW YOU MAY COMPLAIN IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MORRIS CAPITAL AUSTRALIA HAS MANAGED YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you have a complaint related to how Morris Capital Australia has managed your personal information, please contact us using the contact information below. We may ask you to place your concerns in writing in order for us to fully understand and investigate the issues you have raised. We will acknowledge any complaint within five business days of it being received and make every effort to resolve your issue within a reasonable time of us being notified.If a complaint remains unresolved, you may access an external dispute resolution service or apply to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to have the complaint heard and determined. The Commissioner may be contacted on the privacy hotline: 1300 363 992.
When we write to you about our decision, we will explain how you may access an external dispute resolution scheme or make a complaint to the OAIC.
Our website and monthly reports are of the nature of general information only, and are provided for use by wholesale clients in financial services only.
They cannot be relied upon as legal or financial advice, nor can they be distributed to third parties without Morris Capital Australia Pty Ltd’s prior written consent.
No consideration has been given or will be given to the individual investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular person or entity.
Past performance is no guarantee or reliable indication of future results, and Morris Capital Australia Pty Ltd provides no warranty in relation to the accuracy or completeness of information contained within the website or monthly reports.
Morris Capital Australia Pty Ltd advises and arranges in wholesale financial products and our market view may change at any time, without prior warning.
Morris Capital Australia Pty Ltd entities will not accept any liability for loss or damage howsoever caused be it accidental, consequential, direct or indirect, as a result of the reliance on, or misuse of, the information contained herein.