Privacy notice

A8 Innovation Consultancies Co. L.L.C is a limited liability company registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under commercial licence number 1442344. We operate under the names Exit Builders and A8 Advisory. Wherever this notice says "we" or "us", it means the company.

This notice explains what personal information we collect, why we hold it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and what you can ask us to do about it. It applies to:

• People who visit our websites or fill in a form
• People who enquire about our services
• Our clients, and the people who work at them
• Affiliate partners in our referral programme
• People whose details are given to us by someone else

We are governed by UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on Personal Data Protection. If you are located somewhere that gives you additional rights over your personal information, you may exercise those rights by contacting us.

If you visit our websites, we use only the storage needed to make the site work, such as keeping you signed in. We do not use advertising or analytics tracking.

• Professional advisers, where we need advice
• Authorities and regulators, where the law requires it

We do not sell personal information. We do not share it for anyone else's marketing.

Our systems are hosted with reputable providers, and the hosting region is chosen deliberately. Some of our providers may process data outside the United Arab Emirates. Where that happens, we take reasonable steps to ensure the information remains protected to an equivalent standard.

Enquiries that go nowhere

24 months

Referrals that do not become clients

24 months, then deleted except a minimal referral record

Client records

For the engagement, plus the period we are required to keep accounting records

Affiliate partner records

For the agreement, plus the period we are required to keep accounting records

Sign-in and security logs

24 months

You can ask us to:

• Tell you what we hold about you
• Correct anything that is wrong
• Delete what we hold, where we are not required to keep it
• Stop using it for a particular purpose
• Give you a copy in a portable form

Write to the contact address at the top of this notice. We will respond as quickly as we can and in any event within the period the law requires. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the relevant data protection authority.

We protect personal information with access controls, encryption in transit, and restricted permissions so that people only see what they need to.

Bank details receive additional protection. Any change is confirmed by phone on a number we already hold, the previous contact is notified, and new details are held for three working days before any payment.

If personal information is lost or accessed without authorisation, we will act promptly and tell those affected, and any authority we are required to tell, without undue delay.

We will update this notice when what we do changes. The version number and date at the top tell you which version you are reading, and we keep previous versions available on request.

A8 Innovation Consultancies Co. L.L.C, commercial licence 1442344, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.