Privacy Policy.
How Bratton Richards handles personal information in connection with this website and its business activities.
Last updated: 8 October 2026
The public Site is intended to collect only the information reasonably necessary to operate securely, respond to professional enquiries and administer appropriate business relationships.
Scope & Responsibility
Bratton Richards is committed to respecting and protecting personal information processed in connection with this website (the “Site”) and its business activities.
This Privacy Policy explains how Bratton Richards collects, uses, discloses, stores and otherwise processes personal information relating to visitors to the Site, persons who communicate or seek to establish a relationship with Bratton Richards, persons requesting access to restricted information, and contacts associated with existing or prospective business relationships.
For the purposes of applicable data protection law, Bratton Richards is responsible for the processing described in this Privacy Policy unless otherwise stated.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us, including when you correspond with us by email, telephone or otherwise, submit an access request, make an enquiry, or otherwise establish contact with Bratton Richards.
Such information may include your name, email address, telephone number, country or jurisdiction, organisation and professional position where provided, the nature or purpose of your enquiry or access request, and any additional information you choose to provide.
When you use the Site, certain technical information may also be collected automatically by our hosting, security and infrastructure providers, including Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser and device information, operating system, date and time of access, pages requested, referring information and technical or security-related data. Cookies and similar technologies may also be used as described in our Cookies Policy.
Where relevant to an existing or prospective business relationship, we may receive information about you from professional contacts, counterparties, advisers, publicly available sources, professional databases or service providers used for verification, due diligence, compliance, fraud-prevention or similar legitimate business purposes.
Please do not provide sensitive or special-category personal information unless it is specifically requested and there is a legitimate reason for doing so.
How We Use Personal Information
Personal information may be processed for the purpose of operating, administering and protecting the Site; responding to enquiries and communications; considering and administering requests for restricted access; establishing, developing and managing professional and business relationships; evaluating potential transactions, engagements or opportunities; conducting appropriate due diligence and verification; maintaining business records; protecting Bratton Richards and its counterparties against fraud, misuse, security threats and unlawful activity; complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; and establishing, exercising or defending legal rights.
Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, Bratton Richards relies, as appropriate, upon its legitimate interests in conducting and protecting its business, taking steps at the request of an individual prior to entering into a relationship or arrangement, performing applicable contractual obligations, complying with legal or regulatory obligations, or consent where consent is required.
Where processing is based on consent, consent may be withdrawn at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
Information submitted through any Request Access function is used for the assessment and administration of that request and any resulting communication or relationship. Submission of an access request does not create any client, advisory, investment or other business relationship.
Bratton Richards does not sell personal information. Information submitted through the Site is not used to enrol users in general marketing or newsletter communications unless they have separately requested or agreed to receive such communications.
Business, Relationship & Restricted-Access Information
In the ordinary course of professional relationship development, Bratton Richards may maintain business-contact information, correspondence history, meeting notes, professional role information, organisation details, relationship context, transaction relevance and other records reasonably necessary to understand and manage professional relationships.
Where a person seeks or receives access to restricted information, Bratton Richards may process information reasonably required to assess eligibility, administer permissions, maintain access records, protect restricted materials and investigate suspected misuse. Restricted-access records may be retained for longer than a public website enquiry where this is reasonably necessary to protect confidentiality, evidence access conditions or comply with legal obligations.
Bratton Richards does not use the public Site to request passwords, payment-card details, bank credentials or other authentication secrets. Users should not include such information in website forms or ordinary email correspondence.
Disclosure & International Transfers
Bratton Richards may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to service providers supporting website hosting, domain-name services, cybersecurity, communications, information technology, data storage, professional services and other business infrastructure; professional advisers including legal, accounting and compliance advisers; counterparties where disclosure is legitimately required in connection with a business relationship or transaction; and courts, regulators, governmental authorities or other persons where disclosure is required or permitted by applicable law.
The use of service providers may result in personal information being processed outside Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area. Where applicable law requires safeguards for an international transfer, Bratton Richards seeks to use an appropriate recognised transfer mechanism or other lawful safeguard.
Service providers are engaged only for legitimate purposes and are expected to process personal information consistently with applicable contractual, confidentiality and data-protection requirements.
Retention & Security
Personal information is retained only for so long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including the administration of enquiries and access requests, maintenance of business and relationship records, compliance with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, protection of legitimate business interests and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Information submitted through the public Contact or General Enquiries forms may be retained within the secured administrative environment of the Site and transmitted to the relevant Bratton Richards mailbox for review and response. This provides operational continuity if an email notification is delayed or unavailable and helps ensure that a valid professional enquiry is not lost solely because of a mail-delivery failure.
Retention periods may therefore vary according to the nature of the information, the relationship concerned, applicable legal requirements and the purpose for which the information is held. Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised or otherwise disposed of where reasonably practicable and appropriate.
Bratton Richards applies reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or misuse. No Internet transmission, electronic communication or information system can, however, be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Cookies, Analytics, Security & Third-Party Services
The Site may use cookies and similar technologies necessary for its operation, security and functionality. Further information concerning the cookies and technologies used on the Site and the choices available to visitors is contained in our Cookies Policy.
The public Site is deliberately configured without third-party advertising pixels or behavioural marketing technologies. Bratton Richards may use privacy-preserving, cookie-free analytics for aggregate website and performance measurement. If any future optional technology involves non-essential storage, tracking or profiling, the relevant notices and consent controls will be updated before use where required by applicable law.
The Site may contain links to external websites or services. Bratton Richards is not responsible for the privacy, security or data-processing practices of third parties, and visitors should review the relevant third party's privacy information before providing personal data.
Bratton Richards does not use personal information collected through the Site to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects on individuals.
Website Analytics
Bratton Richards may enable Cloudflare Web Analytics or another privacy-preserving analytics service to understand aggregate Site usage, page performance and technical characteristics. The intended configuration is not designed for behavioural advertising, cross-site profiling or the creation of marketing audiences. Where a service is described as cookie-free, Bratton Richards nevertheless treats the resulting technical information in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.
Infrastructure & Security Logs
Hosting, content-delivery, domain-name and security providers may process technical logs necessary to route traffic, detect abuse, mitigate malicious activity, troubleshoot availability and protect the Site. Such logs may include IP addresses, request information, device or browser characteristics and security-event data.
No Sale of Personal Information
Bratton Richards does not sell personal information obtained through the Site and does not make public website enquiry data available to advertisers for behavioural advertising.
Your Rights
Depending upon the law applicable to you and the circumstances of the processing, you may have rights in relation to your personal information, including rights to request access to information held about you, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of information, restriction of processing, data portability, or objection to particular processing.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. You may object at any time to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.
Requests relating to personal information will be considered in accordance with applicable law. Bratton Richards may need to verify your identity before acting upon a request and may be entitled to restrict or refuse a request in circumstances permitted by law.
You may also have the right to raise a concern with an applicable data-protection authority, including the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) and, where applicable, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or another competent supervisory authority.
Contact
Bratton Richards | Private EquityBahnhofquai 11
8001 Zürich
Switzerland
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Bratton Richards may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in its activities, the Site, applicable law or data-processing practices. The current version will be published on this Site.