Regulatory

BTG Group (‘BTG’) consists of a number of separate companies undertaking business in various jurisdictions. Details of their registered office names and addresses, or their regulatory or other status are available from:

BTG c/o NWT Management SA, 1 Place St. Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland – Telephone: +41 (0) 22 707 9256, Email: contact@btg-group.com

BTG is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. Below sets out how we will treat your personal information.

1. Cookies

We use cookies on this website. Cookies are small data files that are placed onto your computer’s hard drive or in your web browser memory when you visit a website. Cookies are created in order to enhance the user experience of the website, by remembering information that you supplied previously. Cookies are not used to store confidential information about you personally.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. (i.e. Internet Explorer lets you refuse cookies by clicking ‘Tools’, ‘Internet Options’, ‘Privacy’, and selecting ‘Block all cookies’ using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

2. What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
(a) information about your visits to and use of this website, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including any email address)
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters

Other data includes information collected through cookies (see below), App usage data, browser and device information etc. which is used to analyse statistics on web page usage with a view to improving and/or developing our services and/or systems.

3. Using your personal data
As a client-driven company, we may use your data to assist with profiling, aimed at improving the quality of our services offered to you. Provided you have not ‘opted out’ of receiving our communications, your personal information will enable us to keep you updated with relevant information and updates that may affect or interest you, including (but not limited to) jurisdictional regulatory updates, industry issues, BTG newsletters/publications, invitations to BTG hosted or sponsored events, BTG announcements and additional services.

We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
(c) enable your use of the services available on the website;
(d) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
(e) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
(f) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
(g) send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications (relating to our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties) which we think may be of interest to you by email or similar technology (you can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email, or by informing us at any time via the contact us page;
(i) provide third parties with statistical information about our users, but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; and
(k) we will not rent, sell or give away your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

4. Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

5. International data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

If you are in the European Union, information which you provide may be transferred to countries (including the United States), which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Union. You expressly agree to such transfers.

6. Privacy and Data Protection

‘Personal data’ is information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, address, telephone number and email address.

BTG is committed to respecting the personal data you supply to us. We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data. Please note that data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet. You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

The information we collect will be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used and we will do our utmost to ensure that such data is accurate and complete. You can request updates to your details and/or unsubscribe (‘opting out’) from our communications at any time by contacting us at contact@btg-group.com

7. Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

8. Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).

You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email by using the Contact form at any time. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.)

9. Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

10. Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

11. Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please use the Contact form, which is accessible from every page of the site.

12. Copyright

Copyright of all information, text and images featured on this site is owned by or licensed to BTG.

13. General Disclaimer

This website contains information about our services and areas of expertise; none of this constitutes an offer. It is provided for general use only and is subject to change without notice. Whilst we attempt to ensure its accuracy and completeness, none of the information on this website constitutes legal or other professional advice and advice must be obtained from a suitably qualified professional before applying the information to particular circumstances. Neither BTG nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to the fullest extent allowed by law, accept any liability for any loss which may arise from reliance on the information on this website.

BTG does not accept responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer systems, which may occur through the use of this website. We do not warrant that material contained on this site will be uninterrupted; error or virus free, and that defect’s will be corrected.