+ Last Updated: June 24, 2024 +
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+ ++ Mento Protocol Foundation{" "} + (the “Company” or “us”) is a + foundation company created under the laws of the Cayman Islands. +
+ ++ The purpose of this document is to provide you with information on the + Company's use of your personal data in accordance with the Cayman + Islands Data Protection Act, (2021 Revision) and, in respect of EU + data subjects, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (together, + the " + Data Protection Legislation + "). +
+ ++ If you are an individual, this Data Privacy Notice will affect you + directly. If you are an institution or a legal + person/entity/arrangement that provides us with personal data on + individuals in connection with your business with us, this Data + Privacy Notice will be relevant for those individuals and you should + transmit this document to such individuals or otherwise advise them of + its content. +
+ ++ Your personal data will be processed by the Company, and by persons + engaged by the Company. Under the Data Protection Legislation, you + have rights, and the Company has obligations, with respect to your + personal data. The purpose of this notice is to explain how and why + the Company, and persons engaged by the Company, will use, store, + share and otherwise process your personal data. This notice also sets + out your rights under the Data Protection Legislation, and how you may + exercise them. +
+ ++ By virtue of your business with the Company or by virtue of you + otherwise providing us with personal information on individuals + connected with you (for example directors, trustees, employees, + representatives, shareholders, investors, clients, beneficial owners + or agents), you will provide us with certain personal information + which constitutes personal data within the meaning of the Data + Protection Legislation. +
+ ++ You may provide us with personal data in the context of the following: + (i) engaging in transactions with the Company; (ii) in the course of + your provision of services to, or contracts with, the Company (e.g. + contractors, consultants, counterparties); or (iii) any other + circumstances in which you provide the Company with personal + information relating to individuals. +
+ ++ We may also obtain personal data on you from other public accessible + directories and sources. These may include websites; bankruptcy + registers; tax authorities; governmental agencies and departments, and + regulatory authorities, to whom we have regulatory obligations; credit + reference agencies; sanctions screening databases; and fraud + prevention and detection agencies and organisations, including law + enforcement. +
+ ++ This includes information relating to you and/or any individuals + connected otherwise connected with you in relation to your business + with the Company such as: name, residential address, email address, + contact details, corporate contact information, signature, + nationality, place of birth, date of birth, tax identification, credit + history, correspondence records, passport number, bank account + details, and source of funds details. +
+ ++ The Company, as the data controller, may collect, store and use your + personal data for purposes including the following: +
+ ++ The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract, + including: +
+ The processing is necessary for compliance with applicable legal or + regulatory obligations, including: +
+ In pursuance of our legitimate interests, or those of a third party to + whom your personal data are disclosed, including: +
+ We will only process your personal data in pursuance of our legitimate + interests where we have considered that the processing is necessary + and, on balance, our legitimate interests are not overridden by your + legitimate interests, rights or freedoms. +
+ ++ The Company continues to be a data controller even though it may from + time to time engage service providers and other third parties to + perform certain activities on the Company's behalf. +
+ ++ We may share your personal data with our affiliates and delegates. In + certain circumstances we may be legally obliged to share your personal + data and other financial information with respect to your interest in + the Company with relevant regulatory authorities such as the Cayman + Islands Monetary Authority or the Tax Information Authority. They, in + turn, may exchange this information with foreign authorities, + including tax authorities and other applicable regulatory authorities. +
+ ++ The Company's affiliates and delegates may process your personal + data on the Company's behalf, including with our banks, + accountants, auditors and lawyers which may be data controllers in + their own right. The Company's services providers are generally + processors acting on the instructions of the Company. Additionally, a + service provider may use your personal data where this is necessary + for compliance with a legal obligation to which it is directly subject + (for example, to comply with applicable law in the area of anti-money + laundering and counter terrorist financing or where mandated by a + court order or regulatory sanction). The service provider, in respect + of this specific use of personal data, acts as a data controller. +
+ ++ In exceptional circumstances, we will share your personal data with + regulatory, prosecuting and other governmental agencies or + departments, and parties to litigation (whether pending or threatened) + in any country or territory. +
+ ++ Due to the international nature of our business, your personal data + may be transferred to jurisdictions that do not offer equivalent + protection of personal data as under the Data Protection Legislation. + In such cases, we will process personal data or procure that it be + processed in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection + Legislation, which may include having appropriate contractual + undertakings in legal agreements with service providers who process + personal data on our behalf. +
+ ++ We will keep your personal data for as long as it is required by us. + For example, we may require it for our legitimate business purposes, + to perform our contractual obligations, or where law or regulation + obliges us to. We will generally retain your personal data throughout + the lifecycle of your engagement in transactions or business with us. + Some personal data will be retained after your relationship with us + ends. We expect to delete your personal data (at the latest) once + there is no longer any legal or regulatory requirement or legitimate + business purpose for retaining your personal data +
+ ++ We will not take decisions producing legal effects concerning you, or + otherwise significantly affecting you, based solely on automated + processing of your personal data, unless we have considered the + proposed processing in a particular case and concluded in writing that + it meets the applicable requirements under the Data Protection + Legislation. +
+ ++ You have certain data protection rights, including the right to: +
+ We are committed to processing your personal data lawfully and to
+ respecting your data protection rights. Please contact us, if you have
+ any questions about this notice or the personal data we hold about
+ you, marking your communication "Data Protection Enquiry"{" "}
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+ Our contact details are: contact@mento.org .
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