Introduction

OBI Wealth Management Ltd is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We wish to be transparent on how we process your data and show you that we are accountable with the GDPR in relation to not only processing your data but ensuring you understand your rights as a client.

It is the intention of this privacy statement to explain to you the information practices of OBI Wealth Management Ltd in relation to the information we collect about you.

For the purposes of the GDPR the data controller is:

• Ivan Kennedy
• Contact details of Ivan Kennedy phone: 061 573461, 086-2603918, e-m ivan@obiwealth.ie
• When we refer to ‘we’ it is OBI Wealth Management Ltd

Please read this Statement carefully as this sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Who are we? 

• OBI Wealth Management Ltd is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as an Investment Business Firm under the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995, as amended, and as an insurance intermediary registered under the European Communities (Insurance Mediation) Regulations, 2005. We provide impartial and objective financial advice and planning on Pensions, Investments and Protection on a ‘fair analysis’ of the market basis. 

Our Data Protection Officer / GDPR Owner and data protection representatives can be contacted directly here:

• Ivan Kennedy
• Email address: ivan@obiwealth.ie
• Phone number: 061 573461, 086-2603918 

Purpose for processing your data 

Why we are processing your data? Our legal basis.

In order for us to provide you with financial advice and planning, we need to collect personal data for that purpose. Our reason (lawful reason) for processing your data under the GDPR is:

• Legal basis – OBI Wealth Management Ltd needs to process your data as this is necessary in relation to a contract of insurance to which the individual has entered into or because the individual has asked for something to be done so they can enter into a contract, e.g. life cover protection, pension or investment.

In any event, OBI Wealth Management Ltd are committed to ensuring that the information we collect and use is appropriate for this purpose, and does not constitute an invasion of your privacy.

How will OBI Wealth Management Ltd use the personal data it collects about me?

We will process (collect, store and use) the information you provide in a manner compatible with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date, and not keep it for longer than is necessary.

 Special Categories of personal data

If we collect any special categories of personal data (e.g. health, religious beliefs, racial, ethnic origin – financial information is not classified as special categories of personal data) – we will ensure the below

• we will obtain your explicit consent

Who are we sharing your data with?

We may pass your personal data on to third-party service providers contracted to OBI Wealth Management Ltd in the course of dealing with you. We will not pass your details on to any parties outside the EU. Any third parties that we may share your data with are obliged to keep your details securely, and to use them only to fulfill the service they provide on your behalf. When they no longer need your data to fulfil this service, they will dispose of the details in line with OBI Wealth Management Ltd procedures.

If we wish to pass your sensitive personal data onto a third party we will only do so once we have obtained your explicit consent, unless we are legally required to do otherwise.

The third parties that we pass your personal data to are:

• Life companies (e.g., New Ireland, Standard Life, Zurich Life, Royal London, Aviva, etc.)
• Investment institutions (such as stockbrokers or boutique investment providers)
• Deposit taking institutions (such as Permanent TSB)

We have received form all our third party processors a Data Processor checklist showing GDPR specific questions.

If we transfer personal data to a third party or outside the EU we as the data controller will ensure the recipient (processor or another controller) has provided the appropriate safeguards and on condition that enforceable data subject rights and effective legal remedies for you the data subject are available.

Data Subjects Rights:

OBI Wealth Management Ltd facilitates you, our clients, rights in line with our data protection policy and the subject access request procedure. This is available on request. 

• Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
• Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
• Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.
• Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
• Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
• Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.
• Right to judicial review: in the event that Organisation Name refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why.

All of the above requests will be forwarded on should there be a third party involved as we have indicated in the processing of your personal data.

Additional information we are providing you with to ensure we are transparent and fair with our processing

Retention of your personal data

Data will not be held for longer than is necessary for the purpose(s) for which they were obtained. OBI Wealth Management Ltd will process personal data in accordance with our retention schedule. This retention schedule has been governed by our regulatory body Central Bank of Ireland and our internal governance. 

Complaints

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by OBI Wealth Management Ltd or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority: The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co Laois R32 AP3, phone 0761-104800.

If we are collecting your data for a contract and you cannot provide this data the consequences of this could mean the contract cannot be completed or details are incorrect.

Profiling – automatic decision making

Profiling – automatic decision making

Profiling;

Financial and mortgage advisors using profiling in their business.  The main categories are

1. Risk profiling.
2. Profiling for marketing purposes.
3. Establishing affordability and providing quotations for financial services and mortgage product

1) Risk Profiling

To establish a customer’s attitude to investment risk (relates to pensions and investments) advisors have automated calculators which calculate the customers attitude to various levels of risk having answered a series of questions.

2) Profiling for marketing purposes.

When we seek to contact you about other services, as outlined above * we run automated queries on our computerised data base to establish the suitability of proposed products or services to your needs.

3) Establishing affordability and providing quotations for financial services products.

Additional Processing

If we intend to further process your personal data for a purpose other than for which the data was collected, we will provide this information prior to processing this data.

Contact Us

Your privacy is important to us. If you have any comments or questions regarding this statement, please contact us on Ivan Kennedy, phone 061-401122 or e-m ivan@obiwealth.ie .

Privacy policy statement changes

OBI Wealth Management may change this privacy policy from time to time. When such a change is made, we will post a revised version online. Changes will be effective from the point at which they are posted. It is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically so you’re aware of any changes. By using our services you agree to this privacy policy.

This privacy policy was last reviewed in May 2018