Privacy Policy

 

Introduction

Your privacy is very important to us. This notice (this “Privacy Notice”) is provided by Bayview Fund Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”) and the various investment funds and accounts sponsored by the Investment Manager (such investment funds and accounts, the “Bayview Funds”, and together with the Investment Manager, “we” or “us”), and sets forth our policies for the collection, use, storage, sharing, disclosure (collectively, “processing”) and protection of personal data relating to current, prospective and former investors in the Bayview Funds, as applicable.

References to “you” or an “investor” in this Privacy Notice mean any investor who is an individual, or any individual connected with an investor who is a legal person, as applicable.

 

Who to Contact About This Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice is being provided in accordance with the applicable requirements under the privacy and data protection laws that apply in the jurisdictions where we operate (collectively, the “Data Protection Laws”). The Bayview Funds and the Investment Manager are considered to be data controllers in respect of any personal information we hold about you for the purposes of certain Data Protection Laws. This means that each of the Bayview Funds and the Investment Manager (alone or jointly, as applicable) determines the purposes and the means of the processing of your personal information.

Please contact us at 305-854-8880 with any questions about this Privacy Notice or requests with regards to the personal data we hold.

Please note that the administrators, prime brokers and custodians of the Bayview Funds (collectively, the “Bayview Fund Counterparties”) work under a range of professional and legal obligations that require them to process personal data (e.g., anti-money laundering legislation). In order to meet the requirements of such obligations, they, from time to time, would not be acting on our instructions but instead in accordance with their own respective professional or legal obligations and therefore as data controllers in their own right with respect to such processing. For more specific information or requests in relation to the processing of personal data by the Bayview Fund Counterparties or any other service provider of the Bayview Funds, you may also contact us for the contact information of the relevant Bayview Fund Counterparty.

 

The Types of Personal Data We May Hold

The categories of personal data we may collect include names, residential or business addresses, or other contact details, signature, nationality, tax identification or passport number, date of birth, place of birth, photographs, copies of identification documents, bank account details, information about assets or net worth, credit history, information on investment activities, or other personal information, such as certain special categories of personal data (including, where relevant, 2 information on political affiliations, ethnic origin, or criminal convictions), as specified under the applicable Data Protection Laws, that may be contained in the relevant materials, documents, or obtained through background searches.

 

How We Collect Personal Data

We may collect personal data about you through: (i) information provided directly to us by you, or another person on your behalf; or (ii) information that we obtain in relation to any transactions between you and us.

We also may receive your personal information from third parties or other sources, such as our affiliates, the relevant Bayview Fund administrator, publicly accessible databases or registers, tax authorities, governmental agencies and supervisory authorities, credit agencies, fraud prevention and detection agencies, or other publicly accessible sources, such as the Internet.

 

How We May Use Personal Information

We may process your personal data for the purposes of administering the relationship between you and us (including subscription acceptance, communications and reporting), marketing of our products and services, monitoring and analyzing our activities, and complying with applicable legal or regulatory requirements (including anti-money laundering, fraud prevention, tax reporting, sanctions compliance, or responding to requests for information from supervisory authorities, or law enforcement agencies).

We will use one of the permitted grounds under the applicable Data Protection Laws to process your personal information. Such grounds include, for example, circumstances where:

(i) processing is necessary to perform our obligations under the relevant fund documents;

(ii) we are required to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation applicable to us; or

(iii) we, or a third party on our behalf, have determined that it is necessary for our legitimate interests to collect and use your personal information, such as if we believe that you have a reasonable expectation for us or a third party to collect or use your personal information for such purpose.

 

What Are the Consequences of Failing to Provide Personal Information

Where personal data is required to satisfy a statutory obligation (including compliance with applicable anti-money laundering or sanctions requirements) or a contractual requirement, failure to provide such information may result in your subscription in the applicable Bayview Fund being rejected, compulsorily redeemed or withdrawn, as applicable. Where there is suspicion of unlawful activity, failure to provide personal data may result in the submission of a report to the relevant law enforcement agency or supervisory authority.

 

How We May Share Personal Data

We may disclose information about you to our affiliates, service providers (including the administrator of the relevant Bayview Fund), or other third parties to accept your subscription, administer and maintain your account(s), or otherwise perform our contractual obligations. We may also need to share your personal information with regulatory, tax or law enforcement authorities comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements, respond to court orders, or in the context of regulatory requests for information, administrative proceedings, or investigations. We will also release information about you if you direct us to do so.

It may also be necessary, under anti-money laundering and similar laws, to disclose information about you to facilitate the establishment of trading relationships for the Bayview Funds with the prime brokers, custodians, executing brokers or other trading counterparties, where relevant.

We may also disclose information about you, or your transactions and experiences with us, to our affiliates or service providers for our everyday business purposes, such as administration of our business, record-keeping, maintaining security of our information technology systems, reporting and monitoring of our activities, investor relations activities, and compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

 

Retention Periods and Security Measures

We will not retain personal data for longer than is necessary in relation to the purpose for which it is collected, subject to the applicable Data Protection Laws. Personal data will be retained for the duration of your investment in the applicable Bayview Fund and for a minimum of five years after a redemption or withdrawal, as applicable, of your investment, or liquidation of the applicable Bayview Fund. We may retain personal data for a longer period for the purpose of marketing our products and services or compliance with applicable law. From time to time, we will review the purpose for which personal data has been collected and decide whether to retain it or to delete if it no longer serves any purpose to us.

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we apply organizational and technical security measures in accordance with applicable Data Protection Laws. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

We will notify you of any material personal data breaches affecting you in accordance with the requirements of applicable Data Protection Laws.

 

Additional Information under the U.S. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 1999 (Reg S-P) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (Reg S-AM)

For purposes of U.S. federal law, this Privacy Notice applies to current and former investors who are individuals or Individual Retirement Accounts. We are providing this additional information under U.S. federal law.

We may disclose information about our investors, prospective investors or former investors to affiliates (i.e., financial and non-financial companies related by common ownership or control) or non-affiliates (i.e., financial or non-financial companies not related by common ownership or 4 control) for our everyday business purposes, such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s) or respond to court orders and legal investigations. Thus, it may be necessary or appropriate, under anti-money laundering and similar laws, to disclose information about the Bayview Funds’ investors in order to accept subscriptions from them. We will also release information about you if you direct us to do so.

We may share your information with our affiliates for direct marketing purposes, such as offers of products and services to you by us or our affiliates. You may prevent this type of sharing by contacting us at 305-854-8880. If you are a new investor, we can begin sharing your information with our affiliates for direct marketing purposes 30 days from the date you are sent this Privacy Notice. When you are no longer our investor, we may continue to share your information with our affiliates for such purposes.

You may contact us at any time to limit our sharing of your personal information. If you limit sharing for an account you hold jointly with someone else, your choices will apply to everyone on your account. U.S. state laws may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

We may disclose information you provide to us to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf, such as any placement agent retained by the Bayview Funds, if applicable.

 

Additional Information under the Cayman Islands Data Protection Law 2017 (“DPL”)

For Investors in Bayview Funds Domiciled in the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Bayview Funds”): The Cayman Bayview Funds may share your personal information with its services providers, including the Investment Manager, the Bayview Fund Counterparties or others who are located outside the Cayman Islands. It may also be necessary to share your information with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority or the Tax Information Authority, which may, in turn, exchange this information with foreign tax authorities, regulatory or law enforcement agencies. Any transfer of your personal data by us, our affiliates or service providers outside the Cayman Islands will be carried out in accordance with the DPL.

If you are an investor in a Cayman Bayview Fund, you have certain rights under the DPL, including: (i) the right to be informed; (ii) the right of access; (iii) the right to rectification; (iv) the right to stop or restrict processing; (v) the right to stop direct marketing; (vi) rights in relation to automated decision making; (vii) the right to seek compensation; and (viii) the right to complain to the supervisory authority. A complaint in respect of an applicable Cayman Bayview Fund may be lodged with the Office of the Ombudsman in the Cayman Islands. Please use the contact details under Who to Contact About This Privacy Notice if you wish to exercise these rights.

 

Privacy Notice for California Consumers

This notice contains disclosures required by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). Terms defined in the CPRA have the same meaning when used in this notice. This notice is only relevant to California residents (“consumers” or “you”).

 

Information We Collect. In the past 12 months, we have collected and shared for a business purpose the following categories of sensitive personal information or other personal information (“Personal Information”):

 

Category Examples Collected Shared for Business Purpose
A. Identifiers A real name, alias, email address, postal address, Internet Protocol (IP) address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar personal identifiers. YES YES
B. Other personal information categories, as listed in the California Customer Records Statute A signature, physical characteristics or description, telephone number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. YES YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law Age (40 years or older), race, citizenship, marital status, sex, veteran or military status. NO NO
D. Commercial information Account activity, records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. NO NO
E. Biometric information Fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints, and iris or retina scans. NO NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. NO NO
G. Geolocation data Physical location or movements. NO NO
H. Sensory data Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. NO NO
I. Professional or employment-related information Current or past job history or performance evaluations. NO NO
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf. NO NO
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. NO NO
L. Sensitive personal information A consumer’s SS, driver’s license, state ID card, or passport number; account log-in or debit/credit card number in combination with any access code, password, or account credentials; precise geolocation; racial/ethnic origin, religious/philosophical beliefs, or union membership; contents of mail, email, and text messages; genetic data; biometric information; PHI; or sex life or sexual orientation. YES YES

 

Personal Information does not include information that is publicly available, de-identified/aggregated, or subject to HIPAA or GLBA.

We collect Personal Information from the following categories of sources:

  • Your communications with us;
  • Service providers, including, but not limited to: administrators, lenders, banks, brokers, auditors, law firms, consultants, placement agents, employment agencies, credit bureaus; and
  • Government entities.

We do not knowingly collect, solicit or sell Personal Information from anyone under the age of 16 without the prior consent of a parent or guardian.

 

Purpose for Collection and Use of Personal Information. We may collect or use Personal Information for one or more of the following purposes:

  • Providing you with information about our products and services;
  • Providing you with performance and other updates;
  • One or more of the following business purposes:
    • Performing services (for us or our service provider or contractor) such as account servicing, processing orders and payments, and analytics;
    • Legal compliance;
    • Detecting and protecting against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;
    • Debugging;
    • Internal research for technological improvement;
    • Internal operations;
    • Activities to maintain and improve our services; and
    • Short-term, transient use, such that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about you.

 

Sharing Personal Information. We may disclose Personal Information to:

  • Service providers, including but not limited to: administrators, lenders, banks, brokers, auditors, law firms, consultants, placement agents, credit bureaus;
  • Affiliates;
  • Business partners;
  • Legal or government regulatory authorities as required by applicable law;
  • In connection with a potential business transfer; and
  • Third parties to whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose such information in connection with services we provide to you.

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

 

Length of Time. We will keep your sensitive personal information or any other Personal Information for as long as necessary to comply with our regulatory obligations.

 

Rights of California Consumers. The CPRA 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 about you; (b) the categories of sources from which we collect your Personal Information; (c) our business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling or sharing your Personal Information; (d) the categories of Personal Information disclosed for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom it was disclosed; (e) the categories of your Personal Information (if any) that we have either sold, shared, or disclosed.
  • For certain categories of Personal Information, the right to request a list of what 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 your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to opt out of our sale(s) (if any) of your Personal Information.
  • The right to request we correct any inaccurate Personal Information maintained about you.
  • The right to limit our use of your sensitive personal information to only use that is necessary to perform the services expected or provide the goods reasonably expected.
  • The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your CPRA rights.

 

You may submit requests relating to your exercise of CPRA rights to us via:

By Telephone:

305-854-8880;

or

By Email:

ir@bayview.com.

 

You may only make a verifiable request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. All verifiable requests must provide (1) enough information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative, and (2) sufficient detail that allows us to properly evaluate and respond to it.

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

 

Questions

If you have questions regarding this Notice, please contact us at ir@bayview.com.

 

Last updated: April 2023