We are committed to uphold the privacy of Personal Information and process information in compliance with data privacy laws and regulations. Please read this Statement carefully. The Unicapital Group processes your Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information and privileged information, as defined under the Data Privacy Act of 2012, in the performance of its obligations; exercise of its rights; and pursuance of its business and other legitimate interests.
Personal Information refers to any information whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual.
Sensitive Personal Information refers to Personal Information:
(1) About an individual’s race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
(2) About an individual’s health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any proceeding for any offense committed or alleged to have been committed by such person, the disposal of such proceedings, or the sentence of any court in such proceedings;
(3) Issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual which includes, but not limited to, social security numbers, previous or cm-rent health records, licenses or its denials, suspension or revocation, and tax returns; and
(4) Specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be kept classified.
Privileged information refers to any and all forms of data which under the Rules of Court and other pertinent laws constitute privileged communication.
Processing refers to the collecting, recording, organizing, storing, retaining, using, analyzing, copying, transmitting, porting, sharing, exhibiting, deleting, or destroying of Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information and privileged information, regarding you and your Related Parties.
Services refer to all acts performed by the companies, departments, officers, employees, and representatives of the Unicapital Group in pursuance with the primary and secondary purposes of each company under their respective Articles of Incorporation as well as the following services offered and provided by the Unicapital Group through various products, channels, or platforms:
Unicapital, Inc.
• Investment Banking services including Strategic and Financial Advisory; Underwriting and Private Placement; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Restructuring; Project Finance; and related services.
• Fixed Income Securities Trading and Distribution services including Government Securities; Corporate Debt Issues; Bank Debt Issues; Other Debt Issues; and related services.
Unicapital Finance and Investments, Inc.
• Retail Loans such as Salary Loans; Personal Loans; Seafarers’ Loan, Teachers’ Loan; and related products. • Corporate Loans such as Receivables Discounting; Direct Loans; Case-to-case Loans; Credit Line Loans; and related products.
Unicapital Securities, Inc.
• Securities Brokerage including Stock Trading; Margin Facility; Equity Research; Market Seminars; and related services.
• Online Securities Trading including Stock Trading; Margin Facility; Stock Investment Programs; Elite Accounts; Mobile App Trading; and other related services.
Related Parties refer to relatives, colleagues, associates, subsidiaries, affiliates, parent companies, transferees, beneficiaries, joint-venture partners, guarantors, security parties, obligors, directors, trustees, shareholders, partners, investors, beneficial owners, officers, employees, representatives, consultants, account signatories, agents, and subcontractors. Unicapital Group refers to Unicapital Inc., Unicapital Finance and Investments, Inc., and Unicapital Securities, Inc.
I. Personal Information Processed
The Unicapital Group processes Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information and privileged information, regarding you and your Related Parties, including: (i) Information provided by you, or collected from publicly available sources in connection with the provision of the Unicapital Group’s services; (ii) Identification information (including name, age, date and place of birth, specimen signature, biometric information, and contact information); (iii) Identification information of third parties included in documents that you submit to us (including constitutional, organizational or incorporation documents, lists of investors, stockholders, directors or officers, business licenses and permits); (iv) Details on your profession, job, occupation, business or trade; (v) Financial and credit position, status or background; (vi) Account and financial information (including source of funds); (vii) Information from technologies deployed by Unicapital Group to analyse your visits to our websites or use of our information technology applications; and (viii) All other Personal Information you submit to us as part of the Unicapital Group’s know-your- customer, due diligence, and on-boarding processes.
II. Purposes and Uses of Processing of Personal Information
The Unicapital Group conducts collection, recording, organization, storage, updating, modification, retrieval, consultation, use, analysis, profiling, consolidation, sharing, transmitting, blocking, erasure, destruction and other similar processing of your or your Related Parties’ Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information as defined by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 – including but not limited to our name, contact details, personal circumstances, TIN, and other information – for the following purposes:
Unicapital, Inc. (UI)
(1) To enable or facilitate UI to perform its obligations or enforce its rights with respect to my engagement of UI as lead or participating issue manager, arranger, selling agent, investment banker, underwriter, financial adviser, arranger as well as other foreseeable transactions and arrangements with UI or its related companies;
(2) Ensure that my information, status, situation, and activities are in good and acceptable condition for UI to provide or continue providing its services, perform its obligations, enforce its rights, or claim its interests; and
(3) With respect to me being a client or prospective client of UI, to enable UI to perform its general and usual businesses and services as an investment house. These include (i) profiling my credit fitness, risks, and tendencies; (ii) making and acting on decisions about me; (iii) transmitting my information to third parties for collection of my payments; (iv) outsourcing or sub-contracting the transmission, storage, or other processing of my information; (v) submission of information to regulators and auditors.
Unicapital Finance and Investments, Inc. (UFII)
(1) To enable or facilitate UFII to perform its obligations or enforce its rights with respect to my credit line agreement (or other instruments) as well as other foreseeable transactions and arrangements with UFII or its related companies;
(2) Ensure that my information, status, situation, and activities are in good and acceptable condition for UFII to provide or continue providing its services, perform its obligations, enforce its rights, or claim its interests; and
(3) With respect to me being a client or prospective client of UFII, to enable UFII to perform its general and usual businesses and services as a financial company. These include (i) profiling my credit fitness, risks, and tendencies; (ii) making and acting on decisions about me; (iii) transmitting my information to third parties for collection of my payments; (iv) outsourcing or sub-contracting the transmission, storage, or other processing of my information; and (v) submission of information to regulators and auditors.
Unicapital Securities, Inc. (USI)
(1) To enable or facilitate USI to perform its obligations or enforce its rights with respect to my traditional and online securities brokerage account and instruments such as my Customer Account Information and Agreement Form and Online Trading Services Agreement as well as other foreseeable transactions and arrangements with USI or its related companies;
(2) Ensure that my information, status, situation, and activities are in good and acceptable condition for USI to provide or continue providing its services, perform its obligations, enforce its rights, or claim its interests; and
(3) With respect to me being a client or prospective client of USI, to enable USI to perform its general and usual businesses and services as a securities brokerage firm. These include (i) profiling my credit fitness, risks, and tendencies; (ii) making and acting on decisions about me; (iii) transmitting my information to third parties for collection of my payments; (iv) outsourcing or sub-contracting the transmission, storage, or other processing of my information; and (v) submission of information to regulators and auditors.
Unicapital Group
(1) Know-your-customer and due diligence processes and identity verification;
(2) Investigating identities, backgrounds, and authorities of Related Parties;
(3) Rendering studies and decisions on the opening or continuance of your account, business, or transaction;
(4) Regular and special operations or provision of services, products, facilities, and services to you;
(5) Managing or carrying out any of your transactions, requests, or queries in connection with your engagement with any company of the Unicapital Group;
(6) Prevention, detection and investigation of crimes, fraud and complaints;
(7) Compliance with local, foreign, or international legal and regulatory obligations, including disclosures and reportorial requirements;
(8) Implementation of internal credit, risk, control, management, administrative, operational, and compliance functions including conducting internal and external audits;
(9) Embodying, enhancing, or upgrading the Unicapital Group’s organizational, infrastructure, operational, technical, and other systems and processes; and
(10) Facilitating any assignee, transferee, participant, or sub-participant in any of Unicapital Group’s rights or obligations.
III. Recipients of Personal Information
In connection with the Purposes, Unicapital Group may transfer and disclose Personal Information relating to you and your Related Parties to the following persons or entities in any jurisdiction in which the Unicapital Group operates (“Recipients”): (i) Unicapital Group, its Related Parties, and their various units, offices, and departments; (ii) Unicapital Group’s agents, contractors, assignees, or third-party service providers; (iii) Any person or entity to whom Unicapital Group is under an obligation or required to make disclosure pursuant to legal process or under the requirements of any law, regulation, court order or agreement (iv) Any disclosure under and for the purposes of any guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory of industry bodies or associations; (v) Regulators, insurers, trustees, depositories, trade repositories, central clearing parties, clearing houses, affiliated or unaffiliated providers of outsourced or other services; (vi) any court, tribunal, administrative body; (vii) Legal, tax, and other professional advisers and auditors of the Unicapital Group
IV. Storage and Retention of Personal Information
The Unicapital Group stores parts your Personal Information in its paper-based and electronic storage devices or those of its sub-contractors. We retain your Personal Information until five (5) years from the latter of: (i) the existence of a legal or contractual right or obligation of USI to you; or (ii) date of last transaction or business relation with USI; or (iii) as needed by USI to comply with legal or regulatory requirements or defend itself against risks and claims.
