Oxford Innovation Finance Privacy Policy
This Privacy Notice provides information required under UK General Data Protection Regulations and Data Protection Act 2018 (‘Data Protection Legislation’). After reading the general part of this Privacy Notice, use the links at the bottom of this page to obtain more detailed information about how we use your personal data. When we refer to ‘personal information’, ‘information’ or ‘data’ this has the same meaning as ‘personal data’ as defined under Data Protection Legislation’. This policy was last updated on 20th January 2025.
Who we are
Oxford Innovation Finance (‘we’ or ‘us’) is the home of OION, one of the oldest and largest Angel Investment Networks in the UK, and the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund. Oxford Innovation Finance and OION are trading names of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network Limited (‘OION Ltd’), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 564525).
Our Registered office is at Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1BY.
When processing your personal data we are defined as the ‘Controller’ under the Data Protection Legislation and are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office, number ZA035468.
Information we collect
Personal data are any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person – you – such as names, surnames, location data, home address, identification card number, e-mail address, internet protocol (IP) address, financial information, etc. It includes any data that could be linked to you and used to contact, locate, or track you.
We collect personal data directly from yourself or from third parties. The personal data that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal data.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, e-mail address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
Your data protection rights
You have the right to contact us and request the following:
- To be informed about our collection and use of your personal data;
- To ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data are held);
- To rectify any of your personal data held by us that are inaccurate or incomplete;
- To restrict our use of your personal data;
- Data portability i.e. the ability to ask for a copy of your personal data in a format that can be reused or transferred to another service or business;
- To object to processing your data;
- To request that we remove or delete your personal data from our processing.
We will respond to your requests as soon as possible and, in any case, not more than one month of receiving it. In some cases we may need more time to complete your request, however, we will keep you informed if this is the case.
Your right to withdraw consent
If we have your consent to process your data, this may be withdrawn at any time by using the contact details in the ‘Key Contacts’ section below or through the ‘unsubscribe’ option on all of our emails.
Receiving marketing from us
From time-to-time we may inform you of our services. If that’s not something you want, then let us know by using the contact details in the ‘Key Contacts’ section below.
Key Contacts
To exercise any of your data rights or if you have any questions regarding the processing of your data you can contact our Data Protection Officer directly: dpo@sqwgroup.com, by telephone on 01865 261480, or by post at Oxford Innovation Finance, Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1BY.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk
Automatic decision-making and online profiling
We do not carry out automated processing and profiling as detailed under the Data Protection Legislation.
Cookies
In line with the practice of many websites, we use tools to understand where our site visitors have come from, their characteristics and their online behaviour by virtue of you accessing our site. This helps us to determine how best to offer services and products to website visitors and clients. You can read more about this in our cookies notice.
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