Privacy statement

This document sets out the privacy statement of hsbcprivatebank.com (the “Site“). This Site is operated by HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited, which is part of a world-wide group of businesses within the HSBC Group known as HSBC Private Bank and is ultimately owned by HSBC Holdings plc. By accessing this Site, you agree to be bound by the Terms. Before using this Site, you should read the Terms carefully, as well as our Cookie Policy.

HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited is incorporated as a limited company in England, under Company Register Number 499482, with its Registered Office at 78, St James’s Street, London, SW1A 1E5; and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority being listed with the Registration Number 124781.

We know that you are concerned with how your personal and financial information is dealt with. This privacy statement sets out our current policies and demonstrates our commitment to your financial privacy. We may change the content or services found on our Site at any time without notice, and consequently our privacy policy may change at any time in the future.

HSBC Private Bank provides financial products and services through its affiliated companies and branches located worldwide. Privacy and personal data protection principles vary from one country to another. When you access or link to any other website, please read the privacy and data protection statements or agreements issued by such other website to determine the policies that apply to information or data maintained by that website.

In these provisions:

‘Content’ means all pages, screens, information and materials included in or accessible through this Site (including any content available on any email or SMS services)
‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yours’ means you, the person(s) accessing this Site and the party on whose behalf you are doing so
‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ means HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited
‘HSBC Group’ means HSBC Holdings plc, its subsidiaries and associated companies from time to time

Data protection
Please note that pursuant to any applicable data protection laws in each jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the European Data Protection Directive 1995 (the "Directive") and any national laws implementing the Directive), we are obliged to inform you that any personal information (for the purposes of the Directive this shall mean "Personal Data" as that term is defined in the Directive) (hereinafter "Personal Data") may be disclosed, processed and transferred by us and other members of the HSBC Group on a worldwide basis for the purposes of providing services to the customers whom you represent and/or for servicing our relationship with them or you.

We will not disclose or transfer Personal Data to third parties for the purposes of marketing. However, Personal Data may be disclosed or transferred to agents or third parties authorised to act on our behalf or other members of the HSBC Group or to third parties for the purposes of providing the designated services.

If you are in the European Economic Area (“EEA“), please note that we may also in connection with the above purposes transfer your Personal Data to the entities authorised above in countries outside of the EEA, which may not provide the same level of protection for Personal Data as within the EEA. However, all Personal Data wherever it is held in the HSBC Group will be afforded a high level of protection against any unauthorised or accidental disclosure, access or deletion.

Cookies
Please read our Cookie Policy to find out more about how HSBC and our trusted partners use cookies, which is relevant to your online security: we use cookies to make our website more secure and easier to use.