Privacy Policy | Universal Venture Capital

Universal Asset Management Limited (we, us, Universal Venture Capital) is the controller of your personal data. We are established in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and process personal data in accordance with the DIFC Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 and its regulations.

The data we collect

Contact and identity data you give us when you register, apply, request materials or contact us: name, email, phone, company and role.
Founder application data: information about your company, team and product submitted through the portal.
Investor onboarding data: classification, KYC, source-of-funds and sanctions-screening data required by the DFSA rules, handled on the investor platform.
Technical data: IP address, device and browser information, and, with your consent, analytics about how you use the site.

How we use it, and our legal bases

To operate the platform, assess applications and run the Deal Room: performance of a contract and our legitimate interests.
To meet our regulatory obligations, including anti-money-laundering, KYC and client classification: compliance with a legal obligation.
To communicate with you about your account and, where you have consented, to send marketing: consent and legitimate interests.
To secure the platform and maintain an audit trail: legitimate interests and legal obligation.

Sharing

We share personal data with service providers who help us operate (cloud hosting, email delivery, identity, KYC and sanctions screening), with our regulator and other authorities where required, and with professional advisers. We require processors to protect your data and to act only on our instructions.

International transfers

Some providers are located outside the DIFC. Where we transfer personal data internationally we rely on an adequate level of protection or appropriate safeguards as permitted by the DIFC Data Protection Law.

Retention

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes above and to meet regulatory record-keeping requirements, after which it is deleted or anonymised.

Your rights

Subject to the DIFC Data Protection Law you may request access to your data, correction, erasure, restriction or portability, and you may object to certain processing. To exercise a right, or to raise a concern, contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@u-am.ae. You may also complain to the DIFC Commissioner of Data Protection.

Contact

Universal Asset Management Limited, Gate Avenue, Level 1, South Zone, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Data Protection Officer: dpo@u-am.ae.

This policy is a draft prepared for review and sign-off by the Data Protection Officer and counsel before publication.