Privacy Policy

McDonald’s Commitment to Privacy

At Premier Capital plc, we prioritise the privacy and security of our customers’ personal data (i.e. information that identifies you or relates to you). We are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of data protection and transparency. Our commitment includes:

1. Transparency: We clearly communicate how we collect, use, and share your personal data.
2. Security: We implement robust security measures to protect your data.
3. Control: We provide you with control over your personal data, allowing you to execute your data subject rights.
4. Compliance: We adhere to all relevant privacy laws and regulations to ensure your data is handled responsibly.
5. Continuous learning: We ensure that all employees are familiarised with relevant data protection laws and their obligations towards processing of personal data protection.
6. Data minimisation: We ensure that we collect the least amount of data possible.
7. Vendor Management: We ensure that any third parties we engage with are assessed and an appropriate agreement is put in place if necessary.

We continuously strive to improve our privacy practices and welcome your feedback. Your trust is important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding your privacy every step of the way.

This Privacy Policy describes our practices relating to the personal data of visitors of www.premiercapital.com.mt and the use of our online facilities. For all the data collected through and the maintenance of our services website, the controller is Premier Capital plc having registration number C 36522 and its registered office at Nineteen Twenty Three Building, Valletta Road, Marsa MRS 3000, Malta.

We assure you that we will only use and disclose any personal data collected from you in accordance with the manner set out in this policy.

One of your rights under EU law – the GDPR – is that you must be informed when your personal data – also known as personal information – is processed (collected, used, stored) by any organisation. You also have the right to know the details and purpose of that processing.

If you have any questions about how we protect your privacy, get in touch here: [email protected].

Most of the personal information which we may collect about you through this website is given to us only if you choose to give it to us. Such personal information may be requested from you when you fill in a field, e.g. filling in our contact form with your questions and comments on the Premier Capital plc’s website. If you send us emails, then the personal data we process will depend on what you send us in the email.

The information we collect from you normally includes the following:

1. Information about the device (phone or laptop) you used to access our website; and
2. If you reach out through us through our contact form, we will also collect your name and email address.

The next sections will outline how and why we use this information.

Some other information is given to us because you accessed this website (e.g. logs, recorded through cookies). This is explained in the cookies section below.

We use your information in a number of different ways – what we do with it then depends on the information and the purpose for which we collected.

The tables below set this out in detail, showing what we do, and why we do it.

Your name and contact details

Your contact history with us

What you’ve said to us — for example, over email or contact forms.

Information about your device (phone or laptop)

Information you give us when you browse our site, including your IP address and device type as well as how you use our website.

• You don’t have to give us any of this personal information but if you don’t, you may not be able to use our site or all the services we offer on the site, and you are unlikely to receive an optimal customer experience.
• We also anonymise and aggregate personal information (so that it does not identify you) and use it for purposes including testing our IT systems, research, data analysis and improving our site. We also share this anonymised information with third parties – but don’t worry, they cannot identify you.

For all uses of your personal data (as described above), we ensure there is a legal basis under applicable data protection laws for us to use such personal data.

This includes, for example, where it is necessary for us to use the information to perform a contract with you or take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.

It also includes circumstances (such as we have described below) where we have a legitimate interest to use your data, provided that proper care is taken in relation to your rights and interests:

• to ensure that you know about any changes to the website or the terms of this Privacy Policy;

• to ensure that we organise our databases efficiently and understand how our clients may make purchases;

• to carry out research and analysis of your data (including contact information) as this helps us understand our clients better, who they are and how they interact with us;
• to improve and ensure the security of the website (for example, for statistical, testing and analytical purposes, troubleshooting).

• We will hold on to your information no longer than is necessary keeping in mind the purpose/s (or compatible purposes) for which we first collected the data.
• We may also keep hold of some of your information if it becomes necessary or required to meet legal or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our terms and conditions.

As a guide:

• We will keep personal data while your account with us is active (if you have an account) or until such time as you ask us to stop communications with you, unless we need to keep the data for longer; we may keep certain categories of personal data for longer in order to meet any legal or regulatory requirements, or to resolve a legal dispute; and, we may keep different types of personal data for different lengths of time if required by law (for instance, we may need to keep certain personal data relating to payments for about 10 years in order to comply with tax/VAT reporting requirements).

You may obtain more information as to the retention periods or the criteria used by us to determine the retention periods by contacting us here [email protected].

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information to us.

We will need to process personal data relating to parents or guardians in that case – and we may also need to request verification documentation to ensure that consent is given or authorised by the holder of parental responsibility.

We do not, and will not, sell any of your personal data to any third party – including your name, email address or any other information you provide to us. It is not our business to do so – and we want to earn your trust and confidence.

However, we share your data with the following categories of companies as an essential part of being able to provide our services to you, as set out below:

1. Companies in the group to which Premier Capital belongs, as sometimes different bits of our group are responsible for different activities (especially licensed ones). This includes Premier Capital plc – related entities and members of the Hili Ventures (our mother group). Related entities and subsidiaries use the information collected to help us improve the content and functionality of our websites; to better understand our customers and markets; and to improve our products and services. Members of the group vary from time to time.
2. Professional service providers, such as marketing agencies, advertising partners and website hosts who service us in turn to operate our business.
3. Law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, so we can help tackle fraud.
4. Other companies that you may approve, such as social media sites (if you choose to link your accounts to us) or payment service providers.

In most circumstances, we will not disclose personal data without consent. However, there may be instances where we might have to – e.g. with a court order, to comply with legal requirements and satisfy a legal request, for the proper administration of justice, to protect your vital interests, to fulfil your requests, to safeguard the integrity of the relevant websites operated by us or by such related entities or subsidiaries, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganisation, dissolution or similar event involving us and/or our subsidiaries and related entities.

When we do share data, we do so on an understanding with the other entities that the data is to be used only for the purposes for which we originally intended.

If we ever have to share data with entities that are outside of the EEA, we will be sure to do so in a manner that complies with the requirements established by the GDPR.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file (typically numbers and letters) that is downloaded onto ‘terminal equipment’ (e.g. your computer or smartphone) when you (or someone else) access a website using that device. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit – and they are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

Some cookies are needed for the sole purpose of transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network – others may be necessary for providing a service over the internet, in which case they must be used.

Other cookies may be desirable to improve your experience, in which case we will ask you for your consent to use them.

Should you wish to amend your cookie preferences, you may click on the banner at the bottom of this page.

What cookies do we use?

The cookies we use are the following:

Other information we may collect for marketing purposes

We also use Meta Pixel, a piece of code on website that is used for marketing purposes and may collect:

• Http Headers – this information may include data like IP addresses, information about the web browser, page location, document, referrer and person using the website.
• Pixel-specific Data – Includes Pixel ID and the Facebook Cookie.
• Button Click Data – Includes any buttons clicked by site visitors, the labels of those buttons and any pages visited as a result of the button clicks.

How do you change your cookie/pixel settings?

Should you wish to amend your preferences, you may click on the banner at the bottom of this page.

Other passive information which we collect

Apart from the information you provide us with when using our website, other information is passively collected from you (without you actively furnishing such information) when you navigate through the website. We use various technologies and navigational data collection methods to gather such passive information for various reasons, for example to track how many visitors access our website, the date and time of their visit, the length of their stay and which pages they view. The passive information also aids us to determine which web browsers our visitors use and the address from which they accessed our website – for instance if they connect to our website through clicking on one of our banner ads. This technology does not identify you personally.

We need to be clear with you about how we process your personal data. We do this through this Privacy Policy, which we will keep as up to date as possible.

• The right to be informed about how your personal information is being used;

We provide clear information in this Privacy Policy.

• The right to access the personal information we hold about you;

You can access the personal data we hold by requesting a copy.

• The right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you;

We appreciate feedback from you to ensure our records are accurate and up-to-date.

• The right to request that we delete your data, or stop processing it or collecting it;

You can ask us to delete your personal data; however, this is not an absolute right.

In spite of a request for erasure, we may be justified to keep personal data which we need to keep, e.g. (i) to comply with a legal obligation (for instance, we are required by personal data for VAT reporting purposes); and (ii) in relation to the exercise or defence of any legal claims.

When you ask us to delete your personal data, we assume that you do not want to hear from us again.

Other than as described above, we will always comply with your request and do so promptly.

• The right to object to certain processing based on legitimate interest;

You have a right to object to our use of your personal information including where we use it for our legitimate interests or where we use your personal information to carry out profiling using automated means.

• The right to request human intervention if automated processing without human intervention is used to make decisions having legal or similar effects on you;

If the processing involves an automated decision, you have the right to object to that and ask for human re-evaluation.

• The right to withdraw consent for other consent-based processing at any time;

If the processing is based on a consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

• The right to request that we transfer or port elements of your data either to you or another service provider;

You have the right to move, copy or transfer your personal data from one organisation to another. If you do wish to transfer your personal data, we would be happy to help.

If you ask for a data transfer, we will give you a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form (e.g. a CSV file format). We can provide the personal data to you directly or, if you request, to another organisation.

Please note that we are not required to adopt processing systems that are compatible with another organisation, so it may be that the recipient organisation cannot automatically use the personal data we provide.

When making a transfer request, it would be helpful if you could identify exactly what personal data you wish us to transfer.

• The right to complain to your data protection regulator – in Malta – the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC)

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant Data Protection Authority.

If you want to exercise your rights, have a complaint, or just have questions, please contact us here [email protected].

Please appreciate that the rights must be exercised within some limitation – for example, if you ask us for information, we can only give you what relates to you and not what relates to other people. When we receive requests, we may also request that you identify yourself and provide documentation or information for verification (we would not want to disclose information to the wrong person). Unreasonable requests may be subjected to a reasonable fee or refusal to respond.

The security of your personal data is very important to us.

Where it’s appropriate, our website uses HTTPS to help keep information about you secure. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.

We do our best to keep the information you disclose to us secure. Security measures which have implemented to secure information transmitted over our website or stored on our systems include the following:

1. Use of secure servers;
2. Use of firewalls, including web application firewall;
3. Use of encryption;
4. Physical access controls at data centers;
5. Information access controls;
6. Use of back-up systems;

Please understand, however, that no system is perfect or can guarantee that unauthorised access or theft will not occur.

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites which are not controlled by us. We are not responsible for the collection or use of your personal information from these third-party websites.

Therefore, we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

We are always happy to hear from you, whether to make a suggestion, but especially if you feel we can do better.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to make a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us at:

[email protected]

Data Protection Officer
Premier Capital plc, Nineteen Twenty Three,
Valletta Road, Marsa,
MRS 3000.

Your privacy is important to us. This notice applies to personal information we collect from you or from third parties as a bondholder of Premier Capital plc.

For the purposes of this Privacy Notice the Data Controller is Premier Capital plc having registration number C36522 and its registered office at Nineteen Twenty Three Building, Valletta Road, Marsa MRS 3000, Malta.

We may collect and process the following information about you

For bondholders, our main source is the Information that you provide to us for the purposes of acquiring bonds. We may also obtain information from the Malta Stock Exchange which process applications for the acquisition of bonds in Maltese public companies

The main information that is collected is the following:

MSE Number; personal identification number; name; address; bank account number; secondary holder’s name; usufruct name; address and minor’s name (if holding is in the name of a minor) as applicable.

How we use your information

We shall only use your information where we have your consent or where we have another lawful reason for using it. Unless stated otherwise below, we shall only use your personal information in order to manage our relationship with you as a shareholder and/or bondholder. We may use information provided or obtained from third parties to:

• Carry out our obligations from any contracts entered into between you and us;
• Pay out bondholder bond interest.

We also use information to meet our compliance obligations, to comply with other laws and regulations and to share with regulators and other authorities that Hili Ventures Group companies are subject to. The Hili Ventures Group companies are entities of the group to which Premier Capital belongs, as sometimes different entities within our group are responsible for different activities. This includes Premier Capital – related entities and members of the Hili Ventures Group (any of our subsidiaries).

Processing of data for the purpose of fulfilling legal obligations may include using it to help detect or prevent crime (including terrorism financing, money laundering, and other financial crimes). We shall only do this if it is needed to comply with a legal obligation, it is in our legitimate interests and that of others or to prevent or detect unlawful acts.

Our bondholders’ registers are maintained by the MSE and personal data is collected by the MSE when you acquire bonds in Premier Capital plc. We however act as an intermediary between you as the bondholder and the MSE and therefore provide your personal data to the MSE for the purposes of maintaining and updating of the bondholder register.

Who we shall share your information with

We may share your information if we have a legitimate interest in doing so or where we need to in order to satisfy our obligation towards you and our obligations at law (for example, to manage risk, verify your identity, to combat fraud, to send you information on shareholder meetings), or where you have agreed to us doing so.

We may share your information with others including other Hili Ventures Group companies and any of our service providers; anyone who we are under an obligation to disclose information to or where it is in the public interest (for example to prevent or detect fraud).

Please refer to the “Your rights” section above for more information on your data protection rights. Information relating to the security measures we have in place may be found in the “Security of your Personal Data” section above.

How long we shall keep your information

We keep information in line with our data retention policy. For example, we normally retain your information as a bondholder so long as it forms part of our register of bondholders for 10 years after Premier Capital plc has been struck off in line with our legal obligations. We retain information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements or for our legitimate purposes, e.g. to help us respond to queries or complaints, fighting fraud and financial crime, responding to requests from regulators, etc. and may sometimes need to keep it for a longer period; if we do not need to retain it for as long, we may delete, destroy or anonymise it sooner.

Transferring your information overseas

Your information may be transferred to and stored in locations outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including countries that may not have the same level of protection for personal information. When we do this, we will ensure it has an appropriate level of protection and that the transfer is lawful.

More details about your information

You may contact us on [email protected] for further information about your data protection rights.

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time, and you will always be able to find the most recent version on this site.

Your privacy is important to us. This notice applies to personal information we collect from you or from vendors when you act in your capacity as vendor employees or representatives.

For the purposes of this Privacy Notice the Data Controller is Premier Capital plc having registration number C 36522 and its registered office at Nineteen Twenty Three Building, Valletta Road, Marsa MRS 3000, Malta.

Information we may collect from you and other sources

For vendor’s employees and representatives, our main source of information comes from the vendors.

We may collect and process the following information about you: contact information, name, last name, position and title and the company that is a vendor for Premier Capital plc.

How we use your information

We shall only use your information where we have a lawful reason for using it. Unless stated otherwise, we shall only use your personal information to manage our relationship with you as vendor employee/representative.

We may also use information to meet our compliance obligations, to comply with other laws and regulations to which Hili Ventures Group is subject and to share with regulators and other authorities if necessary. The Hili Ventures Group companies are entities of the group to which Premier Capital belongs, as sometimes different entities within our group are responsible for different activities. This includes Premier Capital – related entities and members of the Hili Ventures Group (any of our subsidiaries).

The processing of data for the purposes of fulfilling our legal obligations may include using it to help detect or prevent crime (including money laundering and other financial crimes). We shall only do this if it is needed to comply with a legal obligation, it is in our legitimate interests and that of others or to prevent or detect unlawful acts.

Who we shall share your information with

We may share your information if we have a legitimate interest in doing so or where we need to satisfy our obligation towards you and our obligations at law (for example, to manage risk, verify your identity etc.), or where you have agreed to us doing so.

We may share your information with others including other Hili Ventures Group companies and any of our service providers; anyone who we are under an obligation to disclose information to or where it is in the public interest (for example to prevent or detect fraud or respond to a regulatory query).

Please refer to the “Your rights” section above for more information on your data protection rights. Information relating to the security measures we have in place may be found in the “Security of your Personal Data” section above.

How long we shall keep your information

We keep information in line with our data retention policy. For example, we normally retain your information as a vendor representative so long as it is used for the purposes of maintaining our business relationship with the vendor, during the duration of the contract with the vendor. After contract termination we shall additionally process data for 10 years in line with our legal obligations. We retain information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements or for our legitimate purposes, e.g. to help us respond to business queries or maintain communications, fighting fraud and financial crime, responding to requests from regulators, etc. and may sometimes need to keep it for a longer period; if we do not need to retain it for as long, we may delete, destroy or anonymise it sooner.

Transferring your information overseas

Your information may be transferred to and stored in locations outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including countries that may not have the same level of protection for personal information. When we do this, we will ensure it has an appropriate level of protection and that the transfer is lawful.

More details about your information

You may contact us on [email protected] for further information about your data protection rights.

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time, and you will always be able to find the most recent version on this site.

Your privacy is important to us. Our website includes a section whereby candidates may be re-directed to submit applications to any vacancies we may have. This notice applies to personal information we collect from you as a job candidate for postings at Premier Capital plc.

For the purposes of this Privacy Notice the Data Controller is Premier Capital plc having registration number C 36522 and its registered office at Nineteen Twenty Three Building, Valletta Road, Marsa MRS 3000, Malta.

We are the data controller for the information you provide during the recruitment process unless otherwise stated. For example, if you apply for a job at a different entity within the Hili Ventures group (our mother group), then the entity you are applying to will be the data controller of your personal data. If you have any queries about the process or how we handle your information, please contact us at [email protected].

Information we may collect from you and other sources

For job candidates at Premier Capital, our main source of information is the data subject himself/herself.

For most processes we may collect and process the following information about you: CV, cover letter, reference letter, application letter, application form and interview notes.

Depending on the job requirements, you may also be required to provide proof of your identity and/or proof of your qualifications. We might also ask you to show us your police conduct certificate.

Application stage & short listing

We ask you for your personal details including name and contact details. We will also ask you about your previous experience, education, referees and for answers to questions relevant to the role you have applied for. Our recruitment team will have access to all of this information.

Assessments

We might ask you to participate in further recruitment tests or occupational personality profile questionnaires; and/or to attend an interview – or a combination of these. Information will be generated by you and by us and if so, this information is held by us for the recruitment exercise and perhaps after you are selected.

If we make a conditional offer of employment, we may ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks – which may be required to seek assurance as to trustworthiness, integrity and reliability and the possibility to work in Malta. Further processing of your information would be required if we are to apply for a work permit.

How we use your information

All the information you provide during the process will only be used to progress your application or to fulfil legal or regulatory requirements if needed.

We will use the contact details (such as your contact number) you provide to us to contact you to progress your application.

Who we shall share your information with

We may share your information if we have a legitimate interest in doing so or where we need to satisfy our obligation towards you and our obligations at law (for example, to manage risk, verify your identity), or where you have agreed to us doing so.

We may share your information with others including other Hili Ventures Group companies; anyone who we are under an obligation to disclose information to or where it is in the public interest (for example to comply with regulatory queries).

Please refer to the “Your rights” section above for more information on your data protection rights. Information relating to the security measures we have in place may be found in the “Security of your Personal Data” section above.

How long we shall keep your information

We may ask if you want your details to be retained in our talent pool for six months. If you say yes, we may proactively contact you should any further suitable vacancies arise within that period. You may ask us to cancel this at any time – however, we normally keep information about your application until we decide whether to continue with it. Once it has been decided that your application has been unsuccessful, we will promptly delete your application documents.

If you are employed, we will keep your personal data throughout the employment and for a period after that in accordance with our HR privacy policy.

Transferring your information overseas

We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties or store any of your information outside of the European Economic Area. The information you provide will be held securely by us and/or our data processors whether the information is in electronic or physical format.

More details about your information

You may contact us on [email protected] for further information about your data protection rights.

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time, and you will always be able to find the most recent version on this site.