This document explains how AESX LIMITED (The Alternative Electronic Stock Exchange) collects information from you when you visit or Register to use our Website and how this information is then used. If you have any questions then please email

Please read this document carefully and review it from time to time to be kept informed of any changes that may have occurred.

Being registered as a data controller in accordance with United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998, we are required to process your personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

This document applies to you whether you are a Registered or any other type of User of the Website or if you have entered into any specific contractual arrangement. If there is any conflict between this document and the terms of any contract you have with the Exchange, the Exchange contract shall prevail.

Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" which store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to the Website.  You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit most of the Website. A cookie will not provide us with any personal information. Therefore, if you have not supplied us with any personal information, you can still browse our site anonymously. 

We do not automatically capture or store personal data from browsers to the site, other than to log your IP address and session information such as the duration of the visit to our site and the nature of the browser used. This information is used only for administration of the site system and in the compilation of statistics used by the Exchange.

Cookies may be required to allow you to access and participate in certain areas of the Website.  We will notify you of this when you attempt to access such an area. Once you have closed your browser, the cookie is deactivated.

The majority of browsers will allow you to alter the settings used for cookies and to disable and enable them as you require.  If you do not want cookies then please refer to the help menu on your browser for instructions on disabling them.  For further general information on cookies and more detailed advice on how to disable and enable them please go to www.allaboutcookies.org . 

This document applies only to information collected by this Website.  The Website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of such other sites and we would advise you to read the privacy statement of any website that collects personal information from you.

Personal information collected when you browse our Website will not be collected or used without your express consent.

When you sign up as a Registered User of our Website or enter into a contract with the Exchange you will be asked to submit personal information. This information may include, for example, your name, address, job title, telephone number, email address and financial information necessary to conclude the contract and enable administration and management of such services or products.  We will only collect information that is necessary for us to ensure that the transaction you have requested is successfully completed. The type of information that we may collect may vary according to the type of transaction that is required.

If for any reason we need to employ the services of a third party we will control and be responsible for the use of your information at all times.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, we are legally obliged to collect, retain and process any personal information that you provide. When you provide us with personal information we would always strive to ensure that we gain your consent and understanding as to why this information is required.

We will hold your personal information securely and will only keep it for as long as is reasonably necessary in the circumstances you are registered to use the Website or for as long as you use the service that you have requested, unless you have provided us with your consent to use the data for any additional purposes.  We take the security of the Website and the information you provide very seriously and we will take all appropriate technical measures using recognized security procedures and tools in accordance with good industry practice to protect your personal information.

Whilst we use all reasonable endeavours to protect your security in the manner described above, we consider that it is only appropriate to advise users that data transmission over the Internet and the World Wide Web cannot always be guaranteed as 100% secure, and therefore that you use the Website at your own risk.