Online Privacy Policy

This online privacy policy (the “Online Privacy Policy”) describes the policies and procedures followed by MSA Advisors, LLC and its affiliates (“MSA”, “we”, “us” or “our”) regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information when you visit our website or otherwise interact with MSA. In our use of personal information, MSA is characterized as a “business” or “data controller” (i.e., the company responsible for, and which controls the processing of, your personal information) under various legal regimes. MSA’s affiliates and delegates may act as “data processors” or “service providers.”  This Online Privacy Policy applies to all natural persons who are not subject to either our Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) investor privacy notice or our employee privacy notice.

Personal Information We May Collect About You. When you contact us, any personal information you provide to us (e.g., your name or email address) may be collected and processed by us. You are not under any obligation to provide any of this information. However, if you withhold the requested information, we may not be able to contact you or provide certain services to you.

We automatically collect basic technical information from all visitors to our website through our automatic data collection tools, which may include cookies and other commonly used technologies (see the section on Cookies below). These tools collect certain standard information that your browser sends to our website, such as your browser type and language, access times, and the address of the site from which you came to our website.  The data collection tools may also collect information about your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address or clickstream data within our website (i.e., the actions taken in connection with our website).  This information helps us improve the functionality of our website.

Use of Your Personal Information. We may use the personal information you give us to carry out the following business purposes:

Purpose: To contact you and to respond to your requests and inquiries

Lawful Basis: We have a legitimate interest in responding to your requests and inquiries for ongoing business administration

Purpose: To deliver services to you

Lawful Basis: To manage and perform our agreement to provide services to you

Purpose: For recruitment purposes

Lawful Basis: We have a legitimate interest in considering an applicant for a role or vacancy in accordance with our recruitment process

Purpose: For business administration, including statistical analysis

Lawful Basis: We have a legitimate interest in managing and administering our relationship with you properly and ensuring that we are   effective and efficient

Purpose: To personalize your visit to our website and to assist you while you use our website

Lawful Basis: We have a legitimate interest in managing and administering our relationship with you properly and ensuring that we are effective and efficient

Purpose: To improve our website by helping us understand who uses our website

Lawful Basis: We have a legitimate interest in managing and administering our relationship with you properly and ensuring that we are   effective and efficient

Purpose: For fraud prevention and detection and to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or codes of practice

Lawful Basis: To comply with our legal obligations

Please note that individuals in certain jurisdictions may have a right to object to the processing of their personal information.

Sharing Your Personal Information. We may use third parties as service providers, including companies that provide us with technical support and assistance in connection with the operation of our website, accountants, auditors, lawyers, or other outside professional advisors to MSA. All service providers are permitted to use data only for the purpose of performing services on our behalf in compliance with the privacy practices and policies of MSA. Our affiliates, acting as service providers, may also have access to personal information provided to us by you, including through or in connection with our website, for the purposes set out in this Online Privacy Policy. Similarly, we may share your personal information as required or permitted by law to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process or governmental request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is legally required or otherwise necessary to protect our rights and property or the rights, property or safety of others, including to advisers, law enforcement agencies, and judicial or regulatory authorities. We may also transfer your personal information to a third party that acquires all or part of our assets or shares or that succeeds us in carrying on all or a part of our business, whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization, or otherwise.

We do not sell any personal information and have not sold any personal information in the past 12 months.            

Cookies. This website uses “cookies,” which may automatically collect certain information and data. “Cookies” are small pieces of data sent to your computer browser from our web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. The data identifies you as a unique user and facilitates your ongoing access to and use of our website. We believe our use of cookies is limited to only what is necessary to operate our website.  Cookies also help us diagnose problems with our server and our website. If you do not want us to use cookies when you use our website, you can adjust your internet browser settings not to accept cookies. Your web browser’s help function should tell you how to do this. Please visit the relevant link below for the internet browser which you use:

·         Chrome

·         Firefox

·         Safari

·         Microsoft Edge

Below is a list of cookies that may be used on the website:

Cookie Name: ss_cid

Duration: Two years

Description of Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Cookie Name: ss_cpvisit

Duration: Two years

Description of Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Cookie Name: ss_cvisit

Duration: 30 minutes

Description of Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Cookie Name: ss_cvr

Duration: Two years

Description of Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Cookie Name: ss_cvt

Duration: 30 minutes

Description of Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Cookie Name: ss_cid

Duration: Two years

Description of Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

Alternatively, to find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit the website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org and https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-The-cookies-Squarespace-uses. These websites also explain how you can delete cookies that are already stored on your device. However, without these identifier files, you may not have access to many features that may make your website browsing smoother, and some of our services may not function properly.

Links to Other Websites. Our website may contain links to other websites. MSA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. This Online Privacy Policy applies only to the information we collect through our website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all of the destination websites which you visit.

Security and Retention. MSA uses various appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access. While these methods are considered effective, MSA does not guarantee the protection of your personal information as no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely confidential or 100% secure. You use our website and provide all such personal information at your own risk.

MSA retains personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which such personal information was collected or to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce agreements. The criteria used to determine the retention periods include: (i) how long personal information is needed to provide services and operate our business; (ii) the type of personal information collected; and (iii) whether MSA is subject to a legal, contractual or similar obligation to retain the data (e.g., mandatory data retention laws, government orders to preserve data relevant to an investigation, or data that must be retained for the purposes of litigation or disputes).

Revisions to Our Online Privacy Policy. We evaluate our privacy policies and procedures to implement improvements and refinements from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Online Privacy Policy, we will notify you by means of a prominent notice on the website prior to the change becoming effective. We will also post an updated version on our website. Please check our website periodically for updates.

Your Rights. Individuals in Andorra, Argentina, Australia, California, U.S., Canada, Cayman Islands, Europe, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Israel, Isle of Man, Japan, Jersey, Mexico, New York, U.S., New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and certain other jurisdictions may have specific data subject rights. These rights vary, but they may include the right for individuals to: (i) request access to and rectification or erasure of their personal data; (ii) restrict or object to the processing of their personal data; and (iii) obtain a copy of their personal data in a portable format. Individuals may also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of personal data with a data protection authority.

California’s “Shine the Light” law permits California residents to annually request and obtain information free of charge about what personal information is disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not distribute your personal information to outside parties for their direct marketing to you without your consent.

Exercising Your Rights. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may also be entitled to direct any complaints in relation to our processing of your personal information to your national or local data protection supervisory authority.

If you are making a request for access, we may not be able to provide specific pieces of personal information if the disclosure creates a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of your personal information, your account with us, or our systems or networks.

Individuals who submit requests for access or erasure of personal information will be required to verify their identity by answering certain questions. We will not disclose or delete any information until such an individual’s identity is verified.

If you are making a request for erasure, we will ask that you confirm that you would like us to delete your personal information again before your request is submitted. In certain circumstances, we may not erase all personal information, as permitted by applicable law, regulation, court order, or similar obligation to retain the data (e.g., government orders to preserve data relevant to an investigation or data that must be retained for the purposes of litigation or disputes).

You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf by providing that agent with your written permission. If an agent makes a request on your behalf, we may still ask that you verify your identity directly with us before we can honor the request.

Agents who make requests on behalf of individuals will be required to verify the request by submitting written authorization from the individual. We will not honor any requests from agents until authorization is verified.

Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you based on the exercise of your privacy rights.

Questions and Comments. If you have any questions or comments about our Online Privacy Policy or want to exercise your data subject rights, please contact us at (310) 778-2220.