PERSONAL DATAPROTECTION POLICY
Client Personal Data Processing by TMF Group
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL NOTICE

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1.

INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE

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DEFINITIONS

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3.

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED BY TMF

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4.

USE OF PERSONAL DATA75.

SUBPROCESSING

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CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY

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CO-OPERATING WITH REQUESTS OF THE CLIENT

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DELETION OR RETURN OF CLIENT PERSONAL DATA

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INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF CLIENT PERSONAL DATA

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LIABILITY

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CONTACT US

12REFERENCE TO ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS

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REVISION HISTORY AND RECORDS

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GENERAL NOTICEThis document falls under TMF Group Governance control. The following
applies to this document:This document is controlled as part of TMF Group Governance, governance control.
No changes to this document are permitted without formal approval from the document
owner.
This document is classified, version controlled and regularly reviewed.
Any questions regarding this document should be raised to the owner.
Distribution, modifications and access must be addressed based on TMF Group’s
information classification.
The version of this document can be found on the cover page.
Revision details are described below.
This document may be available in various languages; however the version in the English
language will prevail.

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PublicSTAKEHOLDERS
Owner

Chief Privacy Officer

ApproverRisk and Compliance Committee

Sponsor

General Counsel / Head of Group Governance

CONTACT POINT
Contact

dataprotection@tmf-group.com

REVIEW

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PeriodAnnualLast review

April 2019

StatusFinal

Approval on

4 July 2019

Effective date

5 July 2019

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1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE
This Personal Data Protection Policy ("Policy") describes the privacy practices of TMF
regarding the Processing of Personal Data of the directors, officers and employees and – tothe extent applicable – the customers of the Client and/or the relevant Client Affiliates, aspart of the provision of TMF Services to its Clients. This Personal Data can be stored on
TMF systems, Client systems or third-party systems to which TMF is provided access to forthe provision of Services. Where TMF provides Services to its Clients, TMF will be acting as
Processor and the Client will be acting as Controller.
This Policy applies globally to any and all Services provided by TMF to its Clients under theService Agreements, executed on or after the effective date of this Policy.
TMF Processes Personal Data on behalf of the Client in accordance with Data Protection
Laws. Insofar necessary, the Service Agreement will be supplemented with an Addendum toset out any additional matters that are specific to the Client and cannot be regulated in thisPolicy.
This Policy does not apply to the collection of Personal Data through our website or throughcookies with respect to which Personal Data TMF can be considered Controller; we refer toour separate Website Privacy Statement and Cookies Policy for more information in thisregard.
This Policy is available through the TMF Group website at the following link: https://www.tmfgroup.com/en/legal/data-protection/. TMF reserves the right to update this Policy without
consulting or pre-informing its Clients.

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2. DEFINITIONS
The capitalized terms listed below have the follow meaning in this Policy:
a. “Client” means the counterparty to the Service Agreement with TMF;
b. “Client Affiliate” means any legal entity affiliated to the Client;c. “Client Data Subjects” shall mean the former and current directors, officers andemployees and customers of the Client and Client Affiliates;d. “Controller” shall mean the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or otherbody which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of theProcessing of Personal Data;e. “Data Protection Laws” means in relation to any Personal Data which is Processedin the performance of the Service Agreement, the General Data Protection
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") together with all implementing laws and anyother applicable data protection, privacy laws or privacy regulations;f. “Personal Data” means any information through which a Client Data Subject can be
identified directly or indirectly;
g. “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon
Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automated means,such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation oralteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination orotherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or
destruction;h. “Processor” shall mean the party, which Processes Personal Data on behalf of theController;
i. “Services” means services TMF provides to the Client under the Service Agreement;
j. “Service Agreement” means any written contract, any written statement of work, or
any other written binding agreement, including any annexes thereto, between TMF
and the Client;k. “Subprocessor” means any data processor appointed by Processor to process
Personal Data on behalf of the Controller;
l. “TMF” means the TMF Affiliate that is the contracting entity to the Service
Agreement;
m. “TMF Affiliate” means with respect to any specified person or entity, any otherperson or entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct orindirect common control with such specified person or entity. For the purpose of thisdefinition, “control”, when used with respect of any specified person or entity means
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
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controlling TMF Group B.V.

3. PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED BY TMF
The details of the Personal Data that will be Processed by TMF on behalf of the Client,including the duration, purpose and types and categories of Personal Data, as well as
Subprocessors, if any, will be set out in (the Addendum to) the Service Agreement.

4. USE OF PERSONAL DATATMF shall not process, transfer, modify, amend or alter the Personal Data or disclose or
permit the disclosure of the Personal Data to any third party other than:as necessary to process Personal Data to provide the Services and/or otherwise inaccordance with the documented instructions of Client, or
as required to comply with Data Protection Laws or other laws to which TMF is subject, inwhich case TMF shall (to the extent permitted by law) inform Client of that legal
requirement before processing the Personal Data.
In addition, TMF is allowed to use aggregated data – to the extent this can no longer beconsidered Personal Data - for analysing purposes, for website and for internal operations,
including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, for statistical purposes and for
improving the quality of its Services.

5. SUBPROCESSINGTMF may be required to appoint certain third parties to provide part of the Services to the
Client or assist with providing technical support, such as IT service providers or othersuppliers. By signing the Service Agreement, the Client authorises TMF to subcontract theProcessing of Personal Data to Subprocessors. Subprocessors are in each case subject to7

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out in this Policy and the Service Agreement. TMF will inform the Client of the details of such
Subprocessor(s) upon written request from the Client. TMF will inform the Client in advanceof any intended changes concerning the addition or replacement of Subprocessors andthereby give the Client the opportunity to object to such changes. If the Client does not
object in writing within five (5) days of receipt of the notice, the Client is deemed to haveaccepted the new Subprocessor. If the Client does object in writing within five (5) days ofreceipt of the notice, TMF and the Client will discuss possible resolutions.

6. CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY
TMF shall keep the Personal Data confidential and will ensure its staff and Subprocessors
are bound by the same confidentiality obligation. TMF shall implement appropriate technicaland organisational measures to ensure a level of security of the Personal Data appropriate
to the risk required pursuant to applicable Data Protection Laws and, where the Processing
concerns personal data of EU residents, shall take all measures required pursuant to article
32 GDPR. In assessing the appropriate level of security, TMF shall take account in particularof the risks that are presented by Processing, in particular from accidental or unlawfuldestruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to Personal Datatransmitted, stored or otherwise processed. The security measures are further described andspecified in the document "Statement of Continuity", which is published on the TMF Groupwebsite (https://www.tmf-group.com/en/legal/data-protection/) and forms an integral part ofthis Policy.

7. CO-OPERATING WITH REQUESTS OF
THE CLIENTTMF shall, upon request and to the extent required under Data Protection Laws, co-operatewith requests of the Client that relate to the Processing of Personal Data. In particular, TMF
shall co-operate with requests that relate to Client Data Subject rights, Data Protection
Impact Assessments and audit rights as described below.
Client Data Subject rights: TMF shall co-operate as requested by the Client to enable the
Client to comply with any exercise of rights by a Client Data Subject in respect of Personal
Data and comply with any assessment, enquiry, notice or investigation under Data
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costs (including for internal resources and any third party costs) reasonably incurred by TMF
performing its obligation under this section.
Data Protection Impact Assessment: TMF shall provide reasonable assistance to the
Client with any data protection impact assessments which are required under Article 35
GDPR and with any prior consultations to any Supervisory Authority of the Client which arerequired under Article 36 GDPR, in each case in relation to Processing of Personal Data by
TMF on behalf of the Client and taking into account the nature of the processing andinformation available to TMF.
Audit rights: On reasonable request and notice, TMF will co-operate in the conduct of any
audit or inspection, reasonably necessary to demonstrate TMF's compliance with theprocessor obligations laid down in Data Protection Laws and this Policy related to theService Agreement, provided always that this requirement will not oblige TMF to provide or
permit access to information concerning: (i) TMF internal pricing information; (ii) information
relating to TMF's other Clients; (iii) any of TMF non-public external reports, or (iv) any
internal reports prepared by TMF's internal audit function. The Client shall avoid causing any
damage, injury or disruption to TMF's equipment, personnel and business in the course ofsuch audit or inspection. A maximum of one Data Protection Laws compliance audit orreview may be activated under this section in any twelve (12) month period, unless the audit
is following upon a Personal Data breach caused by TMF in the same period. Any further
Data Protection Laws audits shall be at the Client’s expense.
The Client’s requests provided in this section 7 will be fulfilled in close co-operation with andunder supervision of TMF's Chief Information Security Officer, TMF’s Chief Privacy Officer,
or similar TMF local officials.

8. DELETION OR RETURN OF CLIENTPERSONAL DATA
TMF will, at the choice of the Client, delete or return the Personal Data at the end of theprovision of the Services relating to Processing, unless (i) Data Protection Laws, (ii) any law,statute, order, regulation, rule, requirement, practice and guidelines of any government,
regulatory authority or self-regulating organization that applies to the Services in the country
where those Services are being provided, or (iii) competent court, supervisory or regulatory
body, require the retention of such Personal Data by TMF.

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9. INCIDENT MANAGEMENTTMF shall notify the Client without undue delay after becoming aware of a Personal Databreach, providing the Client with sufficient information which allows the Client to meet any
obligations to report a Personal Data breach under Data Protection Laws. Upon request by
the Client, TMF shall fully co-operate with the Client and take such reasonable steps as are
directed by the Client to assist in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each
Personal Data breach, in order to enable the Client to (i) perform a thorough investigation
into the Personal Data breach and provide incident details as required under Data Protection
Laws such as Article 33 (3) GDPR, (ii) formulate a correct response and (iii) take suitable
further steps in respect of the Personal Data breach in order to meet any requirement under
the Data Protection Laws (“Remediation Measures”). If and to the extent costs incurred by
TMF related to the Remediation Measures as directed by the Client are related to the
Personal Data breach caused by the Client, the Client shall compensate reasonable costs of
the Remediation Measures taken by TMF. The Remediation Measures shall: (i) start without
undue delay, (ii) be completed within a reasonable period after TMF has become aware of a
Personal Data breach, and (iii) be carried out within the regular business hours of the local
office where the Remediation Measures are required to be taken.

10. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF
CLIENT PERSONAL DATA
Always subject to section 4 of this Policy and in the event the Services require internationaltransfers of Personal Data between TMF, TMF Affiliate(s) and/or any Subprocessor(s), thefollowing shall apply (insofar relevant):
a. Transfer to TMF Affiliates in or from EU. The Personal Data may be transferred to(i) one or more of TMF's Affiliates in either one or more Member States of theEuropean Economic Area ("EEA") or Switzerland on the basis of Data Protection
Laws, or to (ii) one or more of the TMF's Affiliates in one or more third countries on
the basis of the Binding Corporate Rules, which are published on the website of TMF
Group (https://www.tmf-group.com/en/legal/data-protection/). The Client or the
relevant TMF Affiliate shall upon request of the Client Data Subject, provide the
Client Data Subject with a copy of such Binding Corporate Rules and this Policy(without any business sensitive or confidential information). Where permitted by Data
Protection Laws, TMF shall obtain all relevant authorizations or permits for such

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Protection Laws do not allow TMF to obtain such authorization or permit for itself, theClient shall in a timely manner issue a required authorisation to the relevant TMF
Affiliate.
b. Transfer to Subprocessors in or from EU. The Personal Data may be transferred(i) to one or more Subprocessors (other than TMF's Affiliates) in one or more
Member States of the EEA or Switzerland on the basis of Data Protection Laws
pursuant to the Clients permission ex section 5 of this Policy, or (ii) to one or moresuch Subprocessors in one or more third countries on the basis of an exception
under Data Protection Laws, or (iii) on the basis of adequate safeguards added
either, insofar as allowed under Data Protection Laws, by TMF to ensure theprotection of the Personal Data, or by the Client, in which case TMF shall cooperatewith the Client to seek an adequate basis for the cross-border transfer of Personal
Data to such Subprocessor. At the Client's request, TMF shall inform the Client of theapplicable basis for the cross-transfer of the Personal Data.
c. Other transfers. Where the data protection or privacy law of any country outside the
EEA or Switzerland applies to the Personal Data, the Client shall ensure that any
cross-border transfer of Personal Data from TMF to a Subprocessor shall be allowed,
by implementing additional safeguards pursuant to Data Protection Laws or asotherwise permitted by Data Protection Laws.

11. LIABILITYThe Client warrants that all Personal Data processed by TMF on behalf of the Client has
been and shall be Processed by the Client in accordance with Data Protection Laws
including without limitation: (a) ensuring that all notifications to and approvals from regulators
which are required by Data Protection Laws are made and maintained by the Client; and (b)ensuring that all Personal Data is Processed fairly and lawfully, is accurate and up to date
and that a fair notice is provided to Client Data Subjects which described the processing to
be undertaken by TMF pursuant to the Services agreed upon in the Service Agreement.
TMF shall be liable for the damage caused by Processing only where it has not compliedwith obligations of Data Protection Laws specifically directed to processors or where it has
acted outside or contrary to lawful instructions of the Client as indicated in the Service
Agreement. Client shall be liable for the damage caused by Processing by Client which
infringes Data Protection Laws. Client or Processor shall be exempt from liability under this11

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Where more than one Controller or Processor, or both a Controller and a Processor, areinvolved in the same processing and where they are, under the Service Agreement,
responsible for any damage caused to Client Data Subject by Processing, each Controller orProcessor shall be held liable for the entire damage in order to ensure effective
compensation of the Client Data Subject(s). Where a Controller or Processor has paid fullcompensation for the damage suffered, that Controller or Processor shall be entitled to claim
back from the other Controller(s) or Processor(s) involved in the same Processing that partof the compensation corresponding to their part of responsibility for the damage, in
accordance with the conditions set out in the previous paragraph.
Save for this section 11 third paragraph, the indemnities, liabilities and exclusions orlimitations thereof set out in the Service Agreement, shall also apply to the obligations of theparties pursuant to this Policy and the Service Agreement, and in case of any conflict will
prevail.

12. CONTACT US
If you have any queries about this Policy or about the privacy practices of TMF Group,
please send an email to dataprotection@tmf-group.com and be sure to indicate the nature ofyour query.

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REFERENCE TO ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Statement of Continuity

Latest version available on the website of TMF Group

Binding Corporate Rules

Latest version available on the website of TMF GroupREVISION HISTORY AND RECORDS
VERSIONDATE

AUTHORDETAILS

1.0

01-03-2018

Chief Privacy Officer

First version approved.

2.0

29-04-2019

Chief Privacy Officer

Sections 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 revised to clarify TMF
Group Personal Data Processing role and duties.

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