LAST UPDATED: October 30, 2026
Nomura USA, EEA and UK - Privacy Policy for Websites, Office Visits, Events, Clients and Vendors in connection with services described on www.nomuraassetmanagement.com (only the United States, European Economic Area, and United Kingdom region selections)
The following Nomura entities and their subsidiaries in the United States: Nomura Capital Management LLC; Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management Inc.; Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc.; and Nomura Asset Management International Inc. the following Nomura entities in the European Union: Nomura Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG; Nomura Investment Management Europe SA and Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH; and in the United Kingdom: Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd.) (all collectively, Nomura, us, we, our) value the information entrusted to us. As used in this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), the term “Corporate Group Websites” refers to websites with the domain www.nomuraassetmanagement.com (only the United States, European Economic Area, and United Kingdom region selections).
HOWEVER, THIS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO (i) THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF ANY FUND OR PRODUCT SPONSORED BY OR OTHERWISE AFFILIATED WITH NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. OR (ii) THE PRIVACY PRACTICES IN REGIONS OTHER THAN UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND UNITED KINGDOM, WHICH HAVE DISCRETE PRIVACY POLICIES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES, PLEASE CONTACT:
- For US, Luxembourg, Austria and Denmark: Americasprivacy@nomura.com
- For Germany and cross-border EEA distribution services: datenschutz@nomura-asset.eu
- For United Kingdom: dpo@nomura-asset.co.uk
This Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information through (i) our Corporate Group Websites, (ii) visits to our offices, (iii) attendance or registration for our in-person or virtual events, (iv) an existing or contemplated business relationship with our clients (if no other policy is provided), and (v) other online and offline business interactions you have with us in connection with services described on www.nomuraassetmanagement.com (collectively, the “Services”). This Policy does not apply to Nomura employees (current employees or prospective employees) or individual contractors in the Americas, who should instead review the “Employee, Job Applicant, and Contractor Privacy Policy” that may be found on https://www.nomuraholdings.com/policy/privacy.html. Nomura employees in other regions should review the privacy disclosures they received as part of their onboarding or contact HR to obtain a copy.
If you, or an organization you represent, are provided with a separate privacy policy in connection with an event or with the business or professional relationship with us, such policy will control in the event of conflict with this Policy.
By using our Services, you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR EEA AND UK INVESTORS
This Policy covers multiple Nomura entities operating across different jurisdictions. Depending on which services you receive and from which entity, specific sections of this Policy will apply to you:
- If you receive services from Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH (a German investment management company providing cross-border EEA distribution services), please see the "Supplemental Information for Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH" section at the end of this Policy for entity-specific information including German legal framework, BaFin supervision, and cross-border processing details.
- If you receive services from Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. (a UK investment management company), please see the "Supplemental Information for Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd." section at the end of this Policy for entity-specific information including UK GDPR compliance and ICO supervision.
- If you receive services from Nomura Investment Management Europe SA or Nomura Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG (Luxembourg and Austria entities), the general provisions of this Policy apply to you.
How We Use Personal Information
“Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with a particular individual. This section describes how we may use the categories of Personal Information detailed in the “Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information” section below. The details of our collection and disclosure of Personal Information are found in the next sections.
We use Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws:
- In connection with our Corporate Group Websites
- To provide the Corporate Group Websites to you
- To count and recognize visitors to the Corporate Group Websites and analyze how visitors use the Corporate Group Websites
- To engage in analysis and research about the Corporate Group Websites
- In connection with promoting our products and services
- To send you updates, marketing, or other communications about topics that may interest you, or an organization you represent, including about our products and services
- To engage in analysis and research about our products and services, and our communications (including emails) with you, including merging Personal Information with information we may already have or may collect about you
- In connection with providing our products and services
- To fulfill the terms of any agreement that you, or an organization you represent, have with us, or otherwise complete a transaction that you, or an organization you represent, initiate
- To establish and maintain user accounts and authenticate your/user identity
- To fulfill your requests or answer questions from you, or an organization you represent
- To develop, support and improve our existing products and services or create new products and services
- In connection with complying with legal and regulatory obligations and preventing bad acts
- To comply with law, legal process, and internal policies, and exercise and defend legal claims
- To respond to requests from public and government authorities and to cooperate with law enforcement
- To enforce our terms and conditions
- To conduct risk and security control and monitoring, and detect and prevent fraud including conducting Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) verification
- To perform identity verification, accounting, audit, and other internal functions, such as internal investigations and record-keeping
- In connection with events
- To sign you up for in person or virtual events
- To receive your feedback in connection with the events
- Other business purposes
- To conduct research, analytics, and data analysis
- To compile and disclose aggregated information
- To enhance, improve, repair, maintain, or modify our Services, as well as undertaking quality and safety assurance measures
- To identify usage trends, for example, to understand which parts of our Services are of most interest to our clients
- To operate and expand our business activities
How We Use Sensitive Personal Information:
We use Sensitive Personal Information (please see the Sensitive Personal Information and Characteristics of Protected Classifications definition in the next section) for purposes of performing services for our business, providing products or services as requested by you, ensuring security and integrity, countering malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal actions, servicing accounts, providing customer service, verifying client information, processing payments, providing financing, activities relating to quality and safety control or product improvement, and other collection and processing that is not for the purposes of inferring characteristics about an individual. We do not use Sensitive Personal Information beyond these purposes.
Unless we request it, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background, or trade union membership) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.
Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information:
This section explains how the various categories of Personal Information (involved in the respective operational business purposes described in the preceding section) may be collected, processed, and disclosed to third parties both as of the date of this Policy and for the prior twelve months.
Personal Information categories include:
Identifiers and Personal Information (as defined in the California customer records law)
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as name, contact information, addresses, government-issued ID numbers, signature, and username and password
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-10 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1-8 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Biographical Information (including Educational and Professional/Employment-related Information)
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as your employer identity, your professional title and role, and your educational history
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-7, and 10 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1-8 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information Including Device Information
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as your history of browsing and interactions with our Corporate Group Websites. It may also include information regarding your interaction with our communications to you; for example, whether you read or forwarded or clicked on a link in one of our emails
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-4 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1, 2, 4, and 5 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Commercial/Transaction Information
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as your transactions, your financial accounts, and your business engagements with us or our affiliates
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-3, and 5-6 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1-3, 5, 6, and 8 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Audio/Video/Photo Information
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as your likeness captured on video or in photos at our events, information captured by security equipment on our premises, your photo identification, and your voice captured in audio on a business call.
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-5, and 9 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Location Information
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as your region, country, city, and geolocation
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-9 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1-7, and 10 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Sensitive Personal Information and Characteristics of Protected Classifications
Explanation and examples: This category includes information such as account log-in information; social security numbers, driver’s license number, state identification card number, passport number, racial or ethnic origin, citizenship, and immigration status
Sources and Disclosures: See rows 1-3, 5, 6, 7 in the Sources of Personal Information table and rows 1, 2, 3, 7 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
Profile Information from Inferences
Explanation and examples: We may draw inferences from any of the information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences.
Sources and Disclosures: See row 5 in the Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information table in the following “Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information” section
De-identified or aggregated information.
Explanation and examples: We may share, or allow third parties to create and share, de-identified and/or aggregated information from any of the categories above for any lawful purpose, including to provide reports on trends in usage of our Corporate Group Websites or communications.
Sources and Disclosures: N/A due to the de-identified or aggregated nature
We may also use, disclose, or transfer Personal Information to a third party in connection with any proposed or actual reorganization, bankruptcy, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our assets or stock.
Sources and Disclosures of Personal Information
The following two tables describe sources where we may obtain your Personal Information and parties to whom such Personal Information may be disclosed. These tables should be reviewed together with the information in the preceding “Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information” section.
Sources of Personal Information
- From you directly or from someone you authorize when you, or an organization you represent, seek or receive services or reports or research or other information from us, register for our events, or visit our Corporate Group Websites
- From our affiliates when you, or an organization you represent, through our affiliates, seek or receive services or information, register for our or our affiliates’ events, or visit our Corporate Group Websites
- From our business partners when you, or an organization you represent, through our business partners, seek or receive our services or content communications that we put out or sponsor, register for our events, conferences, or webinars that we put on or sponsor, or visit our Corporate Group Websites
- From third party service providers involved in putting on or coordinating events, event recording/photos, event broadcasting, and event registrations
- From you in your communications with us (e.g., your email address, your signature block, and/or other information you include in your communications)
- From third-party service providers engaged for Know Your Customer (KYC) services, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) services, and/or transaction monitoring and screening services in our efforts to comply with laws and regulations and to prevent/investigate bad acts related to our services that you, or an organization you represent, seek or receive
- From government and regulator watch lists and the media as part of our efforts to comply with laws and regulations and to prevent/investigate bad acts related to our services that you, or an organization you represent, seek or receive
- From our or our service providers’ technological tools such as service logs, cookies, or pixel tags that obtain such information from your device’s interactions with our Corporate Group Websites or from our marketing emails to you
- From third party providers of security services for our offices, such as video monitoring or entry/access control
- From third party providers of contact information for prospects who might be interested in our services and/or communications
Recipients of Disclosures of Personal Information
- Our affiliates – for example:
- when you, or an organization you represent, are or wish to be our affiliates’ client;
- when our affiliates are involved in the event, entertainment, or training you seek/receive;
- when you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive services from our affiliates;
- when our affiliates are involved in the services you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive from us;
- when our affiliates are involved in the services that we may promote to you, or to an organization you represent;
- when our affiliates support the Corporate Group Website functionality that you utilize; or
- when our affiliates are involved in research that requires such information
- Our business partners – for example:
- when you, or an organization you represent, are or wish to be our business partners’ client;
- when our business partners are involved in the event, entertainment, or training you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive;
- when you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive services from our business partners through us;
- when our business partners are involved in the services you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive from us; or
- when our business partners are involved in the services we promote to you, or to an organization you represent
- Third party service providers of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) services and transaction monitoring and screening services – for example:
- when such vendors need the information in order to assist our efforts to comply with laws and regulations and to prevent/investigate bad acts related to services that you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive from us
- Third party service providers of event, entertainment, or training services – for example:
- when such vendors need the information in order to assist us in putting on the event, entertainment, or training
- Third party service providers of technology services such as customer relationship management, trade routing/execution, website hosting, website/email delivery and analytics – for example:
- when we utilize third-party software or technology services in providing services or information to you, or an organization you represent;
- when we utilize third-party software or technology services to support Corporate Group Website functionality or security; or
- when the information is needed for website/email analytics
- Public and governmental authorities – for example:
- when such disclosures are obligatory for the services that you, or an organization you represent, seek/receive from us e.g., in submitting trade audit trails to the regulators
- Third party providers of security services – for example:
- when your information is needed by our office/building security personnel
- Third party providers of telephone/other-communication regulatory recording services – for example:
- when you, or an organization you represent, seek our services that must be conducted on a recorded telephone line or via recorded communications
Additional Information for California Residents (European residents please see EEA Privacy Statement Supplement below)
Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”), we are providing the following additional details regarding the Personal Information that we collect, use, and disclose about California residents. Under the CCPA, “Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with a particular California resident or household.
We do not “sell” or “share” your Personal Information, including your Sensitive Personal Information, as defined under the CCPA. We have not engaged in such activities in the 12 months preceding the date this Policy was last updated. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not “sell” or “share” the Personal Information, including the Sensitive Personal Information, of minors under 16 years of age.
Retention Period
We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was collected unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
- The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using our services) and the length of time thereafter during which we may have a legitimate need to reference your Personal Information to address issues that may arise;
- Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them); or
- Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).
Individual Rights and Requests
If you are a California resident, you may make the following requests:
- You may request that we disclose to you the following information:
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you and the categories of sources from which we collected such Personal Information
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting Personal Information about you; and
- The categories of Personal Information about you that we otherwise disclosed, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed such Personal Information (if applicable).
- You may request to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information.
- You may request to have your Personal Information deleted.
- You may request to receive the specific pieces of your Personal Information, including a copy of the Personal Information you provided to us in a portable format.
You have the right to be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights under the CCPA.
To make a request, please contact us at Americasprivacy@nomura.com or (833) 770-4090. We will verify and respond to your request consistent with applicable law, taking into account the type and sensitivity of the Personal Information subject to the request. We may need to request additional Personal Information from you, such as mailing address, telephone number and/or email address, in order to verify your identity and protect against fraudulent requests. If you maintain a password-protected account with us, we may verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account and require you to re-authenticate yourself before disclosing or deleting your Personal Information. If you make a deletion request, we may ask you to verify your request before we delete your Personal Information.
California law also gives residents of California the right, under certain circumstances, to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain categories of Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To request such information, please contact us using the contact information provided in the “Questions and Comments” section, below.
Authorized Agents
If an agent would like to make a request on your behalf as permitted by applicable law, the agent may use the submission methods noted in the section entitled “Individual Rights and Requests.” As part of our verification process, we may request that the agent provide, as applicable, proof concerning their status as an authorized agent. In addition, we may require that you verify your identity as described in the section entitled “Individual Rights and Requests” or confirm that you provided the agent permission to submit the request.
De-Identified Information
Where we maintain or use de-identified information, we will continue to maintain and use the de-identified information only in a de-identified fashion and will not attempt to re-identify the information.
Security
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Questions or Comments” section below.
Cookies and Third Party Analytics
Details regarding our use of cookies and third party analytics can be found at https://nomuraassetmanagement.com/cookies-policy
We may work with certain third parties to collect Personal Information and to engage in analytics, auditing, research, and reporting. These third parties may use tracking mechanisms such as web logs and pixel tags, and they may set and access cookies on your computer or device. In particular, our site uses Google Analytics to collect and analyze certain information about the website’s visitors. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps, and online services. Information regarding Google’s practices with Google Analytics can be found in Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners and choices for opting out are described at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Email Marketing Choices
You have choices regarding marketing-related communications. Where required by applicable law, we will ask for your prior opt-in consent. If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt out by following the unsubscribe instructions in any such message or by contacting us by email at Americasprivacy@nomura.com. We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if you opt out of receiving marketing from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, from which you cannot opt out.
Jurisdiction and Cross-Border Transfer
We are located in the United States and in countries where we have affiliates and subsidiaries (see Group Companies | Who We Are | NOMURA). We may store and process your Personal Information in any country or region where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. By using our Services, you understand that your information will be transferred to countries outside of your country or region of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country or region. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, or security authorities in those other countries or regions may be entitled to access your Personal Information.
Some countries outside of the EEA are recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection according to EEA standards. For transfers from the EEA to countries not considered adequate by the European Commission, we have put in place adequate measures, such as the standard contractual clauses adopted by the relevant authority, to protect your Personal Information. You may obtain a copy of these measures by contacting us in accordance with the “Questions or Comments” section below.
Third-Party Services
This Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating a website or service to which the Services link. The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates. In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our Services.
Children’s Privacy
Our Corporate Group Websites and other services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under 13.
EEA Privacy Statement Supplement
General Rights and Requests
If you would like to request to access, review, correct, update, suppress, delete, object to, restrict, or opt out of the processing of your Personal Information, withdraw your consent where relied upon for processing (which will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to the withdrawal), issue a complaint about our processing of your Personal Information, or if you would like to request to receive an electronic copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another company (to the extent that these rights are provided to you by applicable law), please feel free to contact us in accordance with the “Questions or Comments” section below. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database, or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information. For your protection, we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion. Further, certain Personal Information may be exempt from requests pursuant to applicable data protection laws or other laws and regulations.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may also lodge a complaint with a data protection authority for your country or region, or where an alleged infringement of applicable data protection law occurs. For example, a list of EEA data protection authorities is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
We process Personal Information based on the following legal bases:
Administering the Services: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or to comply with a legal obligation.
Operations and general business: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to comply with a legal obligation, and/or based on our legitimate interest, such as maintaining and improving our Services.
Conferences, visits, and other events: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or based on our legitimate interest, such as improving the quality of our events and responding to complaints and concerns relating to an event.
Marketing: Where required under applicable law, we obtain your consent to send you direct marketing communications. Where permitted by applicable law, we also engage in marketing activities based on our legitimate interest, such as to promote our Services.
Personalizing our Services: Where required under applicable law, we obtain your consent to provide personalized Services. Where permitted by applicable law, we also personalize the Services based on our legitimate interest, such as providing tailored Services based on your preferences.
Improving and developing Services that we may provide to you: We engage in these activities based on our legitimate interests, such as developing new Services, and with your consent to the extent required by applicable law.
Relationship building and engagement: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to comply with a legal obligation, and/or based on our legitimate interest, such as improving our Services.
Aggregation and/or anonymization: We engage in these activities based on our legitimate interest, such as to generate anonymized data for our own business purposes which does not identify you or another individual.
Security and fraud prevention: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to comply with a legal obligation, and/or based on our legitimate interest, such as identifying and preventing fraudulent transactions and cyberattacks.
Legal and compliance: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to comply with a legal obligation, and/or based on our legitimate interest, such as our interest in enforcing our terms and conditions and bringing and defending legal claims.
Emergency and incident response: We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to protect individuals’ vital interests, to comply with a legal obligation, and/or based on our legitimate interest, such as ensuring the safety of our premises.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT EUROPE KVG mbH
This supplemental section provides additional information specific to personal data processing by Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH ("NAM EU"). If you are an investor or prospective investor receiving distribution services from NAM EU across the European Economic Area, this information applies to you.
1. Data Controller and Contact Information
Registered address:
Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH
Große Gallusstraße 14
60315 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)69 1530 93 020
Data Protection Officer:
Nicole Voltz
Email: datenschutz@nomura-asset.eu
2. Legal Framework
Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH processes personal data in conformity with the legal requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, "BDSG"), and the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz).
3. Retention Periods
Personal data is only stored for as long as it takes to fulfil the purpose for which it was entrusted to us. Data no longer needed to fulfil the purpose is erased on a regular basis unless there are other requirements to retain the data for a longer (limited) period of time. As a German investment management company, NAM EU is subject to German legal retention requirements under the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch, "HGB") and German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung, "AO"). These laws require retention of certain records for 2-10 years. Limitation periods under German civil law may be as long as 30 years, but generally amount to 3 years.
4. Data Subject Rights
You have the following rights regarding the use of your personal data by NAM EU (subject to applicable exemptions and qualifications):
- Right of access (Article 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
- Right to withdraw consent (where consent is the legal basis)
The right of access and right to erasure are subject to the qualifications defined in §§ 34 and 35 BDSG.
5. Disclosure of Personal Data and International Data Transfers
At Nomura Asset Management Europe KVG mbH your data is received by those bodies who need it to fulfil the purpose of data processing. Employees are bound by non-disclosure agreements that adequately safeguard your interests with respect to data processing. Data is not shared with third parties except where permitted by law and where it serves the fulfillment of one of the purposes for which it was collected. Thus, your personal data may be transferred to service providers, insofar as this is necessary. Our service providers are companies in the categories of IT services, telecommunications, auditors, and consulting and advisory services. We have contractual arrangements with all service providers and processors to protect the data to be processed.
In addition, we may transfer data to other companies within the Nomura Group to the extent that this is necessary for customer service or the fulfillment of obligations arising from contracts with our customers, investors and other business partners and service providers, as well as for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the organization and execution of events and the processing of invoices.
Furthermore, data is transferred to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation. Under this condition, recipients of personal data may be, for example, public bodies and institutions (e.g. Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, financial authorities, law enforcement authorities) if a legal or official obligation exists.
Other data recipients may be those entities for which you have given us your consent to transfer data.
NAM EU may transfer personal data to other companies within the Nomura Group (including entities in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom) and to third-party service providers located outside the European Economic Area.
A transfer to third countries is permissible if the bodies have provided suitable guarantees within the meaning of the GDPR (e.g., through the agreement of EU standard contractual clauses) for compliance with the level of data protection in the European Union and enforceable rights and effective remedies are available. For third countries for which there is an adequate level of protection of personal data in Europe by order of the EU Commission (Article 45 GDPR) or if you have given express consent, additional written agreements are not necessary.
You can request more details on the recipients of your data as well as information on the protective measures in place in individual cases that NAM EU has taken with regard to the transfer of your personal data to third countries via: datenschutz@nomura-asset.eu
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT U.K. LTD.
This supplemental section provides additional information specific to personal data processing by Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. ("NAM UK"). If you are an investor or prospective investor receiving services from NAM UK, this information applies to you.
1. Data Controller and Contact Information
Registered address:
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd
4/F, 1 Angel Lane,
London EC4R 3AB, England
Data Protection Officer:
Email: dpo@nomura-asset.co.uk
2. Legal Framework
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. processes personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
3. Disclosure of Personal Data and International Data Transfers
Personal data may be transferred to NAM UK’s group companies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, benefit and pension providers, healthcare providers and other companies engaged in contractual or legal activities on NAM UK’s behalf.
NAM UK will not share personal data unless there is a lawful reason or obligation for doing so. Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. conducts its business activities on a global basis. Personal data will only be transferred outside of the UK where the Company is satisfied that the third party receiving the information has sufficient security measures in place to collect, handle and process the personal data securely.
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. will only transfer data internationally where it has an agreement in place with the other party that states that they protect personal data in accordance with UK GDPR standards.
Changes to This Policy
The “Last Updated” legend at the top of this Policy indicates when this Policy was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Policy at https://www.nomuraassetmanagement.com/privacy-statement
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices or this Policy, please contact us:
- For US, Luxembourg, Austria, and Denmark: Americasprivacy@nomura.com or by mail at: c/o The Office of the General Counsel, Nomura Holding America Inc., 309 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10019
- For Germany and cross-border EEA distribution services: datenschutz@nomura-asset.eu
- For United Kingdom: dpo@nomura-asset.co.uk