COMPLIANCE WITH DATA PROTECTION ACT

 

Protecting privacy of personal data is of paramount importance to the MSE. The MSE has given due notification under the Data Protection Act [Chapter 440 of the Laws of Malta] and in keeping with the relevant legislation, the Exchange will do its utmost to ensure that data subjects’ personal information is protected at all times.

 

The MSE collects personal information for any or all of the following purposes :

 

• The nature of the MSE’s business is principally that of operating a securities exchange, a central securities depository and other related services. As a data controller, the Exchange collects and processes your personal data to give you superior customer service, to provide you with convenient access to our service and possibly to improve such services available to you in the future and to ensure that legal and regulatory obligations are being met.

 

• The MSE also processes personal data about the holders of shares, bonds and other securities on behalf of listed companies and other issuers. In doing so, the Exchange acts as a data processor for the said issuers that are data controllers in determining the purpose of the personal data processing. For this purpose, the MSE regularly supplies issuers with copies of the personal data collected and processed by the MSE in accordance with their determined purposes as aforesaid.

 

Please take a moment to read the following policy to learn how we handle your personal information, as your use of our services will indicate acceptance of its content.

 

Sharing of personal information

 

As a policy the MSE will not disclose any personal information to anyone other than its employees and any other person authorised by the MSE that needs access to your data for the MSE to provide you with its service. As a holder of securities your data is passed on to the issuer of the securities held by you. Furthermore, as a user of MSE services, your data may have to be disclosed to judicial, administrative or regulatory authorities in accordance with the relevant applicable legislation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safeguarding your personal information

 

The MSE safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic and administrative procedures. Please note that we cannot guarantee that any data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. Accordingly, we encourage you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.

 

Right of access to your personal information

 

You always have access to the information we have about you. To review and update your personal contact information, simply contact the Exchange. You also have the right to have any inaccurate information corrected and where applicable, erased.

 

The MSE’s internal commitment to privacy

 

To make sure your personal information remains confidential we communicate these privacy guidelines to every employee of the MSE.

 

The MSE’s website may, from time to time, contain links to other sites. The MSE does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of any such company.

 

Should the MSE be going to use your personal information differently from that stated at the time of collection, you will be informed accordingly.

 

By having supplied the MSE with your personal data, you have authorised and consented to the use of that data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and approved of such uses as not being a breach of your rights under the Data Protection Act [Chapter 440 of the Laws of Malta].

 

The MSE Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. The MSE encourages you to review its published Privacy Policy regularly for any changes that may be introduced from time to time.

 

 

January 2005