Solas Financial is committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information. This privacy policy does not purport to be a legal interpretation of the provisions of the data protection legislation, but rather to inform you of how Solas Financial proposes to protect your personal information.

Collection and Use of Information

Solas Financial will not collect any personal information about you without your consent. The data which we will collect will be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which it is obtained.

We will let you know precisely what we intend doing with your information before collecting it, so that you can decide whether or not to furnish that information to us. Any information that is provided by you will be treated in accordance with data protection legislation, in particular the Data Protection Act, 1988 and any regulations or amending legislation made thereafter.

If at any time after giving us personal information, you decide that you no longer wish us to hold or use this information, or in the case that the information becomes out of date, you are free to notify us, and we will remove or rectify the information as soon as possible. We will also monitor the information we hold on computer to ensure that it remains accurate and up-to-date. This data will not be retained any longer than is necessary for the purpose or purposes for which it was collected.

You agree that in order to assist you, we may disclose personal information relating to you to the following third parties:

• Clients of Solas Financial, their agents, joint agents or sub agents;
• Developers and builders of property, or their subcontractors;
• Legal professionals;
• Arbitrators;
• Financiers of Developer;
• Appointed Mortgage Broker;
• Credit Reference Checks in respect of commercial property transactions;
• Professional Advisors related to the transaction; and
• Other Tenants/Purchasers in commercial development project;

In most cases where information is provided to such persons or categories of persons, it will be in summary form where no personal details are revealed, in some instances some personal information such as names and contact details will be disclosed as required to complete transactions, provide clients with information on activities on their properties/developments or for further contact on behalf of the client.

Solas Financial will send you information on similar properties, which it considers will be of interest to you. Additionally, those making enquiries on commercial properties will receive regular updates of our research and experience of the commercial property market. By accepting this privacy policy, you are giving your consent to the use of your personal information in this manner.

In addition, where disclosure is required by or under any enactment or rule of law, Solas Financial may disclose such information without further recourse to you.

Website Usage

As you browse through our web site, our web server collects information about your visit, not about you personally. This information is anonymous and no attempt will be made to identify visitors. We gather data using cookies and monitor statistics such as:

• The number of visitors
• The date and time of visits
• The number of pages viewed
• The time spent on the site

Cookies are files which are transferred to your computer's hard disk by a website. Cookies can store information about your preferences and other information which you need when you visit a website. The technical information obtained will be used only by Solas Financial, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes.

Security

Solas Financial will take appropriate security measures to guard against unauthorised access to your personal data or against their alteration, disclosure or destruction and also against loss or destruction occurring accidentally. In deciding what level of security is appropriate, Solas Financial will have regard to the nature of the personal data in question, and the harm that might result from its unauthorised use, disclosure or loss.

Access to Your Personal Data

You are entitled to be supplied with a copy of any personal data relating to you on making a request in writing to Solas Financial. This right is subject to the exceptions as set out in the data protection legislation and to you satisfying Solas Financial that you are the data subject concerned and you supplying whatever information is reasonably required to locate the data.

You will be supplied with the personal data relating to you (if Solas Financial holds any such data) within 40 days of complying with the requirements in the preceding paragraph.

Disclaimer

Save insofar as doing so is legally impermissible, Solas Financial, its directors, employees, servants and agents, affiliates or other representatives and subsidiary companies, hereby excludes any liability in respect of any claims, emergencies, demands, causes of action, damages, losses, expenses, including without limitation, reasonable legal fees and costs of proceedings arising out of or in connection with the use and/or dissemination of personal information or data relating to you in accordance with this privacy policy and your consents.

Where you link to another website from the Solas Financial website, Solas Financial takes no responsibility for the privacy practices, the content or effect of visiting such websites.

Amendments

Solas Financial reserves the right to amend this privacy statement at any time. Should these amendments relate to any consents you may have given, such as the categories of persons to whom your personal information may be released, Solas Financial will contact you in order to obtain your consent to these amendments.