Privacy

Notice

Last updated: May 10, 2021


Bardin Hill Investment Partners LP (together with its affiliates, “Bardin Hill”) is committed to keeping your non-public personal information secure and confidential. This notice is intended to help you understand how we fulfill this commitment. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.


Within this Privacy Notice, the meaning of “Personal Data” is that given in the European General Data Protection Regulation unless otherwise stated. Personal Data includes any information relating to an identifiable individual (e.g., name, address, date of birth, or economic information).


Details of how this Privacy Notice applies to individual residents in the European Economic Area “EEA” and California can be found under the sections headed European General Data Protection Regulation and Notice for California Consumers, below.


This Privacy Notice applies to the ways we interact with individuals connected to our business, including:


  • directors, officers, employees, and other representatives of portfolio companies in which Bardin Hill has made an investment or is considering making an investment
  • individual representatives of third-party sellers, placement agents, finders, investment bankers, consultants, lawyers, accountants, advisers, and other service providers, whether or not engaged by Bardin Hill
  • employees, partners, officers, and other representatives of Bardin Hill
  • individuals applying for or enquiring about employment with Bardin Hill and
  • individuals considering investing or investing with Bardin Hill and their representative agents with whom we interact during the normal course of business.

We respect the privacy of individuals, with respect to collecting, holding, storing, using, and processing your Personal Data, we:


  • process the data lawfully, fairly, and transparently
  • obtain data only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and will not use it in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
  • collect data relevant to the purposes we have told you about and only those purposes
  • take reasonable steps to ensure that the data is accurate and kept up to date
  • keep data in line with applicable legal and other requirements and
  • use appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure appropriate security of the data.

Please note that Bardin Hill will update this Privacy Notice from time to time and in response to regulatory changes. We may also provide additional privacy notices or similar disclosures in respect of certain categories of individuals (e.g., certain investors or prospective investors in a fund managed or advised by Bardin Hill, or certain former or existing employees associated with Bardin Hill), as well as certain geographies and jurisdictions.


Data We Collect


In connection with our business, we collect various types of Personal Data, depending on the relationship and circumstance, including:


  • identification information: name, ID card and passport numbers, nationality, place and date of birth, gender, picture, and IP address
  • contact information: postal address, email address, and phone number
  • family situation: marital status and number of children
  • tax status: tax ID and tax residence
  • education and employment information: level of education, employment, employer’s name, and remuneration
  • financial data: bank account details, credit card number, money transfers, assets, investor profile, credit history, debts, and expenses and
  • other background data: information on criminal history or any unlawful conduct

We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)) from anyone under the age of 18.


Sharing Personal Data


We may share your Personal Data with certain parties, including:


  • administrators and their affiliates and other sub-processors
  • advisers and service providers (e.g., auditors, legal counsel, tax advisers, and employment service vendors)
  • affiliates, including their officers, directors, partners, or employees

We and the parties outlined above will process your Personal Data in order to:


  • provide administration or employment services
  • carry out money laundering, background, and criminal record checks
  • administer investments
  • market our products and services
  • improve relationships with you
  • exercise rights at law or under contract and
  • aid the prevention of money laundering and financial crime.

Bardin Hill and the parties outlined above will collect and process your Personal Data where necessary or appropriate. Where we share your Personal Data with a third party, we require the recipients to implement adequate measures to protect it.


Your Personal Data may also be shared with law enforcement agencies, regulatory or tax authorities, and other governmental or public agencies or authorities in order to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations or at their request in furtherance of their objectives.


Bardin Hill will not be able to accept your subscription to the Fund without processing your Personal Data for the purposes identified within the “Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Data section” below.


Collecting Personal Data


We collect this Personal Data in various ways, including:


  • directly from the Data Subject (e.g., when you voluntarily submit information on a face-to-face basis or remotely via email or other written correspondence) and
  • indirectly from other sources (e.g., from public records or from a counterparty in possession of the data).

The Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Data


We use your Personal Data for a variety of reasonable and legitimate business purposes, including:

  • complying with legal or regulatory obligations, such as our obligations regarding know-your-client, anti-money laundering, criminal record, and other background checks
  • performing the terms of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, including to:
  • provide you with information regarding products or services offered by Bardin Hill and its service providers
  • assist you and answer your requests and
  • evaluate whether we can offer you a product or service and under what conditions.

We also use your Personal Data for other purposes, such as:


  • communicating with individuals
  • performing activities relating to client management, financial management, and administration
  • creating, improving, and developing our products and services
  • conducting market research, surveys, and similar inquiries to help us understand trends, clients, and the needs of visitors to our offices
  • reviewing and resolving disputes and security issues
  • monitoring and auditing compliance with internal policies and procedures and legal obligations and to meet requirements and orders of regulatory authorities and
  • processing and considering applications for employment, including evaluating and confirming suitability for the position and accuracy of information submitted.

We will not use your Personal Data for purposes inconsistent with this Privacy Notice without your permission.


Retaining Personal Data


We will keep Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which we collect it. The precise period will depend on the purpose for which we hold your information. In addition, as a regulated financial services institution, certain laws and regulations require Personal Data be retained for minimum periods.


Keeping Your Personal Data Current


We endeavor to keep your Personal Data accurate and up to date. However, you are responsible for, and we kindly request that you inform us of, any changes to your Personal Data, including changes in your contact details.


European General Data Protection Regulation


Certain information contained within this Privacy Notice applies to individual residents (“Data Subjects”) in the European Economic Area and is provided in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and secondary or domestic laws implementing the foregoing (together, “Data Protection Legislation”). The Data Protection Legislation prescribes the way companies, funds, and/or their agents and service providers (including Administrators) may collect, retain, and handle personal information.


Pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Bardin Hill has appointed European Data Protection Office (EDPO) as its GDPR Representative in the EU. You can contact EDPO regarding matters pertaining to the GDPR:


Pursuant to Article 27 of the UK GDPR, Bardin Hill has appointed EDPO UK Ltd as its UK GDPR representative in the UK. You can contact EDPO UK regarding matters pertaining to the UK GDPR:


Transferring Your Personal Data Outside of Europe


Bardin Hill transfers your information to entities within countries that provide a different level of data protection from the United Kingdom, including the United States. In such circumstances, we have processes designed to protect your information.


Processing Your Personal Data: Your Rights


European Data Subjects have various rights under the Data Protection Legislation in relation to the Personal Data Bardin Hill collects about you and processes, including:


  • the right to request access to your Personal Data
  • the right to have your Personal Data rectified
  • the right to have your Personal Data erased in certain circumstances
  • the right to request that your Personal Data is only used for restricted purposes;
  • the right to object to your Personal Data being processed
  • the right, in some circumstances, to require certain of your Personal Data to be transferred to you or a third party and
  • the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data regulator in your jurisdiction.

With regards to the rights afforded to European Data Subjects, if you object to your Personal Data being used to contact you in respect of prospective products and services, please contact a representative of Bardin Hill known to you or email us at privacy@bardinhill.com. As a European Data Subject you may also have the right to file a complaint about the processing of your Personal Data with your local data protection authority in the EU.


With regards to the rights afforded to European Data Subjects, you will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data or to exercise any of the other rights. However, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is manifestly unfounded or excessive.


Notice for California Consumers


This section of the Privacy Notice applies to Data Subjects resident in California. It contains disclosures required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and applies to the collection and use of Personal Information subject to the CCPA. Californian Personal Information includes any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.


The CCPA provides a California consumer the following rights, subject to certain exceptions and limitations:


  • The right to request (a) the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you, (b) the categories of sources from which we collected your Personal Information, (c) our purposes for collecting or selling your Personal Information, (d) the categories of your Personal Information (if any) that we have either sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and (e) the categories of third parties with which we have shared Personal Information;
  • For certain categories of Personal Information, the right to request a list of what Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the past 12 months and the names and addresses of those third parties;
  • The right to request that we delete the Personal Information we have collected from you or maintain about you;
  • The right to opt out of our sale(s) (if any) of your Personal Information; and
  • The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.

In the past 12 months, we have not sold any Personal Information we collect to third parties.


If you wish to exercise any of the rights afforded to California consumers described above, you may email us at privacy@bardinhill.com or phone to speak with a member of the Legal & Compliance team on +1 212-303-9400.


Questions


If you have questions or complaints regarding Bardin Hill collecting or processing your Personal Data please contact us at privacy@bardinhill.com.