Privacy policy

At Autonomous Research LLP we understand our obligation to keep information about you both confidential and secure at all times. We maintain policies for the collecting, using, securing, and sharing of personal and/or non-public information ("Customer Information"). In keeping with our principle of "ethics we can all be proud of", you can be assured that we are committed to protecting your privacy at all times. Specifically:

  • We will not sell or disclose any non-public personal information about you to anyone except as required by law.
  • We will not provide customer information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
  • Since we will never engage in any investment banking or proprietary trading activities, you can be assured that your customer information can never be used to our unfair advantage.
  • Our commitment to privacy will remain in place for former clients and also applies to prospective clients.

Information we may collect

In the normal course of our business, we may collect and use various types of information which we consider essential for operating our business and providing you with the best possible client service. Such information may include:

  • Information regarding your usage of our website (including via online data gathering tools), research offerings and other services which we may provide you with (including specialist sales);
  • Information we receive from you – in either written or verbal format – regarding your relationship, client agreement and/or transactions with us or others;
  • Other general information we obtain about you that is not assembled for the purpose of a client relationship or offering certain products or services that you may request, such as demographic information.

Information security

We are committed to preventing others from accessing your customer information, and we maintain procedures and technology designed for this purpose. In particular, we restrict access to information about you to those partners and employees who need to know that information in order to provide you with the best possible products and services.

All information which we hold on you is covered by the United Kingdom's Data Protection Act 1998.