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Weiss Asset Management LP and its affiliated entities (the “Weiss Asset Management Group,” “we” or “us”) respects your (“you,” “your” or “User”) concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect on www.weissasset.com (the “Site”), how we may use the information and the purposes for which we may use it, with whom we may share it and the choices available to you. We also describe the measures we take to safeguard the information and tell you how to contact us about our privacy practices. This Privacy Policy covers only information collected through the Site. By visiting or submitting information to the Site, you are accepting and consenting to the provisions set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site. This Privacy Policy may be changed at any time. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand what we do with your information.
How We Collect and Use Information
Information You Provide Us
We may collect personal information that you provide us through your use of the Site, including identifiers, such as your name, address, email address and telephone number, information that you provide in the course of applying for a job with us, such as education information, professional employment information, such as work and military history, legal work eligibility status, and other information about you, and other personal information you voluntarily provide to us, such as your preferences or data provided through online forms. We may also collect internet or other electronic network activity information about your visit, such as the IP address and domain name used, the type of browser and operating system you use, and the date, time and duration for which you visit the Site, the number of times you have visited the Site, and where you come from.
Information We Collect Automatically
For purposes of collecting some of the above information, we may use tracking tools on the Site, such as cookies and other similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you use the website and allows us to improve it. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. For example, cookies can be used to collect information about your use of the website during your current session and over time (including the webpages you view and the files you download), your operating system and browser type, your internet service provider, your domain name and IP address, the website that you visited before our website, and the link that you use to leave our website. If you are concerned about having cookies on your computer, you can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being set, allowing you to decide whether to accept it. You can also delete cookies from your computer. However, if you choose to block or delete cookies, certain features of the website may not operate correctly. For more information see www.allaboutcookies.org. This website uses Google Analytics tracking software to help us better understand our visitors and how they use the website. For more information, please visit Google’s “Privacy & Terms” website. We do not currently recognize or respond to browser initiated Do Not Track signals.
How We Use Information
We may use this data to communicate with you, manage career opportunities within the Weiss Asset Management Group; remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it; track and understand how you use and interact with the Site; personalize your visit to the Site; measure the usability of the Site and the effectiveness of our communications; maintain and enhance the safety and security of the Site and prevent misuse; identify, protect against and prevent fraud and other liabilities; comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and policies; and otherwise manage and enhance the Site.
How We Disclose Information
The Weiss Asset Management Group will not disclose your personal information to anyone except as follows: We share your personal information with our affiliates for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy. We also share your personal information with agents and service providers. We do not authorize these agents or service providers to use or disclose the personal information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.
We also may disclose personal information about you (1) if we are required to do so by law or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena); (2) in response to requests by government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities; (3) to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights; (4) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical or other harm or financial loss; (5) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; (6) otherwise with your consent; or (7) in an aggregated and anonymized format for use in, for example, website and customer usage trend reports. We do not sell your personal information, and have not done so in the past 12 months.
Site Not Directed to Children Under 13
The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13). Consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals who are under 13.
Third Party Links
For your convenience and information, the Site may contain links to other online services, and may include third-party features such as apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins. These online services and third-party features operate independently of the Weiss Asset Management Group. The privacy practices of these third parties, including details on the information they may collect about you, is subject to their own privacy policies or notices, which we strongly suggest you review. We are not responsible for the content of any online services that are not affiliated with the Weiss Asset Management Group, any use of those services, or the privacy practices of those services.
The providers of third-party apps, tools, and plug-ins on the Site also may use automated means to collect information regarding your interactions with these features. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites. This information is collected directly by the providers of the features and is subject to the privacy policies or notices of these providers. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible for these providers’ information practices.
Privacy Rights
Individuals in Andorra, Argentina, Australia, California, Canada, Europe, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Israel, Isle of Man, Japan, Jersey, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and certain other jurisdictions may have certain data subject rights. These rights vary, but they may include the right to: (i) request access to and rectification or erasure of their personal data; (ii) restrict or object to the processing of their personal data; and (iii) obtain a copy of their personal data in a portable format. Individuals may also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of personal data with a data protection authority.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights please email info(at)weissasset.com with the phrase “Data Subject Rights” in the subject line. We will review your requests and respond accordingly. The rights described herein are not absolute and we reserve all of our rights available to us at law in this regard. Additionally, if we retain your Personal Information only in de-identified form, we will not attempt to re-identify your data in response to a Data Subject Rights request.
If you make a request related to Personal Information about you, we will need to verify your identity. To do so, we will request that you match specific pieces of information you have provided us previously, as well as, in some instances, provide a signed declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request. If it is necessary to collect additional information from you, we will use the information only for verification purposes and will delete it as soon as practicable after complying the request. For requests related to particularly sensitive information, we may require additional proof of identification.
If you make a Data Subject Rights request through an authorized agent, we will require written proof that the agent is authorized to act on your behalf.
We will process your request within the time provided by applicable law. We do not discriminate against you, for example, by offering a different level of service, for exercising any of these rights.
Additional California Privacy Rights
California’s “Shine the Light” law permits California residents to annually request and obtain information free of charge about what personal information is disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent for their direct marketing.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our information practices and applicable law. We suggest that you periodically review the Privacy Policy for amendments.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info(at)weissasset.com
Each person using the Weiss Asset Management (including Weiss Asset Management LP and its affiliated entities, the “Weiss Asset Management Group” or “we” or “us”) website (“Site”) (a “User” or “you”) expressly agrees to the following Terms of Use. These Terms, together with the Site Privacy Policy (collectively, the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are referred to as “Terms”) govern, as a condition to accessing and using this Site, any content, functionality or services offered on or through this Site, as well as all information about you collected by this Site whether such information is collected automatically, through the use of cookies and equivalent technology, or if provided by you. Please read the Terms carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree to the Terms, you must not access the Site.
This Site is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States or any of its territories or possessions. The owner of the Site is based in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. We provide this Site for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
The Weiss Asset Management Group may revise and update these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Site thereafter. Users’ continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. Users are expected to check this page each time you access this Site so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding. The Weiss Asset Management Group reserves the right to withdraw or amend this Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. The Weiss Asset Management Group will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, the Weiss Asset Management Group may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to Users.
The Site and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Weiss Asset Management Group, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. These terms permit you to use the Site for your personal or internal business use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Site, except as follows:
You must not:
No User may use the Site at any time for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited and shall comply with any applicable local, state, national, or international laws or regulations when using this Site.
The Weiss Asset Management Group and the logos and marks included on the Site that identify Weiss Asset Management Group services and products are proprietary materials. The use of such terms and logos and marks without the express written consent of the Weiss Asset Management Group is strictly prohibited. Copyright in the pages and in the screens of the Site, and in the information and material therein, is proprietary material owned by the Weiss Asset Management Group unless otherwise indicated. The unauthorized use of any material on the Site may violate numerous statutes, regulations and laws, including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark, trade secret or patent laws.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms, we may restrict your right to use the Site and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Weiss Asset Management Group. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation on Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
All matters relating to the Site and these Terms and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction). You and the Weiss Asset Management Group agree that all claims or disputes concerning the Site shall proceed solely on an individual and not class action or representative basis in binding arbitration before and subject to the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
No waiver by the Weiss Asset Management Group of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Weiss Asset Management Group to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.
Nothing on the Site is or should be construed as an offer to sell securities, commodities or other investments or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, commodities or other investments. Nothing on the Site constitutes advice regarding, or a recommendation of, the purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other investment or any other transaction. The Weiss Asset Management Group offers products and services designed specifically for various categories of investors in various countries and regions. Not all products will be available to all investors. These products or services are only offered to such investors, in those countries and regions, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Investment Advisor does not imply any level of skill or training.
Last revised: November 15, 2019