At qsif (“the Fund”) / quant Money Managers Limited (“AMC”, “we” “us” “our”, etc.)
/ quant Capital Trustee Limited (“Trustee Company”), we recognize the importance of
securing the Personal Information (as defined below) we collect about our investors/clients
and website users (“you”, “your” etc.). We understand that you are concerned about the privacy
and security of your Personal Information. AMC has established policies and procedures concerning
the handling and dealing of your Personal Information which will help protect your privacy.
This Privacy Policy (as amended from time to time) describes how we handle and deal
with Personal Information that we may collect and retain (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy
Policy applies to all Personal Information collected and received, on http://www.qsif.com website
(“Site”) and all Personal Information collected and received by us vide the physical scheme application
form or any transactional document etc. Please note that Personal Information collected by us in the
physical form and through the Site may be converted and stored in an electronic form at our sole
discretion for the purposes as mentioned hereinunder. This Privacy Policy shall be read with and
subject to the Disclaimer notified on the Site.
We use the Personal Information collected about you only as permitted in this
Privacy Policy. However please note that you are no longer covered by terms of this Privacy Policy,
if you access other websites using links from our Site.
By entering this Site and providing information to us when subscribing, sending inquiries,
you expressly agree to this Privacy Policy. By entering this Site, you will be treated as
having given your consent for the processing of your Personal Information as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information
The personal information which we collect about you may include information that is of a confidential
nature (all such information being "Personal Information"). Personal Information shall mean and include
any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, is capable of
identifying you. The type of Personal Information collected from you and covered within this Privacy
Policy may include your full name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and any other information
as defined in Rule 3 of the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and
sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011, as may be required by us from time to time in order
to provide services to you. You will have the right to approach us and modify your Personal Information with us.
Collection of Personal Information
We may collect/ receive your Personal Information from several sources. You may provide Personal Information
as part of the application or enrollment process (whether in writing or electronically). Additionally,
we may obtain Personal Information about you from third parties. Also, we obtain Personal Information about
you through call recordings at our call centers, Internet technology, including our Site. You agree and
understand that your Personal Information shall be collected, processed, stored and used by us, and passed to,
transmitted to and processed by our subsidiaries and/or affiliates and other data processors, agents or service
providers acting under a contract with us for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy.
Security Standards and measures
We adopt reasonable security practices and procedures and will protect your Personal Information
by reasonable security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information,
consistent with generally accepted standards of commercial business practice, which includes,
technical, operational, managerial and physical security controls in order to protect your
Personal Information from unauthorized access, or disclosure while it is under our control.
You agree and understand that when we use trusted third parties to act on our behalf for performing
certain functions such as processing transactions, issuing account statements, payment gateway services,
customer services etc., contractual or other means are used to ensure reasonable security safeguards appropriate
to the sensitivity of the Personal Information, consistent with generally accepted standards of commercial
business practice. Any account statement containing financial information pertaining to the investor,
if it is to be sent over the internet to such investor, distributors or any other entity as indicated
above will be sent only through a secure means and/or through encrypted electronic mail.
Use and disclosure of Personal Information
You expressly agree and understand the following:
1. We may use your Personal Information for the purposes of providing you with the services
to which you subscribe and any service-related activities such as processing instructions, responding
to service requests, resolve any grievances etc. The same may also be used to contact you whenever
required and also to seek your feedback in relation to the offered services.
2. Your contact information (emails, postal address, phone numbers etc.)
may be used by us to send periodic information (through emails, posts, SMSs, couriers, telephone etc.)
on the services or upcoming events or announcements.
3. We may use your Personal Information to generate statistics and aggregate reports for internal
use and for sharing with affiliates, subsidiaries, intermediaries, successors, vendors, service providers
and advertisers. These statistics and aggregate reports will not contain any Personal Information that
could identify you personally. You agree and understand that we may also disclose your Personal
Information in order to: Comply with any statutory or legal requirement or process; Protect and
defend the fund (qsif), AMC, Trustee company, Trustees, their directors, officers, employees or
affiliates’ rights, interests or property; Enforce our legal rights or provisions of offer
documents of Strategies/Schemes of the Fund (qsif)/ Portfolio Management Services / any other facilities
/ services offered
Sharing of Personal Information with third parties
To the extent required or permitted under law, we may share your Personal Information for
the uses mentioned herein with the following third parties: Registrar and transfer agent/s,
call centers, Banks, custodians, depositories and / or authorized external third parties who are
involved in transaction processing, dispatches, etc., of investors’ investment with us; Distributors
or Sub-brokers through whom applications of investors are received for the investments; or
Any other organization for verifying the identity of investors for complying with anti-money
laundering requirements; Any Regulatory bodies including but not limited to the Reserve Bank
of India or the Securities and Exchange Board of India. We may share your investment account
and transaction details and other Personal Information with the intermediaries, whose ARN
stamp appears on the application forms / transaction slips. We may share certain Personal
Information with third parties such as post office, local and international couriers and other
intermediaries for correspondence with the investor and for making payments to the investor by
cheques, drafts, warrants, through Electronic Clearing Services (ECS), NEFT etc. Personal
Information will not be transferred to the aforesaid third parties, unless reasonable and appropriate
steps have been taken to maintain the required level of data protection. Personal Information shall
be communicated to third persons only for reasons consistent with the purposes for which the data
were originally collected or other purposes authorized by law.
Direct Marketing
We will not use or share, any Personal Information collected on this Site or in the physical
scheme application form etc. with a third party for their direct marketing purposes without
your express permission. However, we or our service providers may use the Personal Information
such as your e-mail address, for direct marketing of our Strategies/schemes / services / facilities.
Information Incidental to Website, Email and Electronic Communications: IP addresses, browser-supplied
information and site session information (for example, the sequence of pages visited during a
visit to the Service, the average time spent, information searched for, access times) may be
recorded as part of the normal operation of the service for purposes of usage analysis and
security monitoring. The amount of information recorded depends on the settings you have
on your web browser; please refer to your browser if you want to learn about what information
it sends. Tracking cookies (both session and persistent) may be used to implement certain features.
This will cause your browser to save certain information about your activities. Most browsers can
disable tracking cookies at the user's option, but this may limit your use of certain services.
Cookies, ensures that you do not need to re-enter your details every time you visit it. You can
erase or choose to block this information from your computer if you want to. All such incidental
information will be used only to assist us in providing an effective service on this Site.
We may from time to time supply this information to the owners or operators of third party websites
from which it is possible to link to our Site with information relating to the number of users
linking to our Site from such third party websites. You will not be identified from this information.
Retention of Personal Information
We may retain your Personal Information for as long as required to provide you with services,
or otherwise if required under any law. Breach of Internet Security Despite our best efforts,
if unauthorized persons breach our security control measures resulting in the Site being hacked
or presenting inaccurate information etc., the Fund (qsif), AMC, Trustee Company, their directors,
officers, employees or affiliates’ will not be responsible. Grievance Redressal Any grievances
relating to your Personal Information may be addressed to our Client Service Department at the email
address given below: Email: contact@qsif.com