Legal, privacy and compliance
Website operator information, privacy practices and compliance standards for FNC corporate-service enquiries.
Legal information
The following operator information applies to this website.
Website operator: ICG Commonwealth Law Firm
UK Company # SC529639.
Address: 19 Canning Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 8EG.
FNC is the trade name & website brand used for the corporate services described on this website.
The website provides general service information and an enquiry route. Information published on the website is not legal, tax, investment or regulated financial advice.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, disclosed, retained and protected when a person visits the website, contacts FNC, requests a quotation, submits an order enquiry or proceeds through onboarding.
Privacy enquiries may be sent to info@fncoffshore.com.
A client must not submit another person’s personal information unless the client is authorised to do so and has provided any notices required by applicable law.
Privacy Policy
The information collected depends on the requested service and may include contact details, residential address, date of birth, nationality, identity documents, proof of address, occupation, company information and communication records.
For company formation, acquisition, account preparation or compliance work, information may also include ownership and control details, beneficial-owner information, source-of-funds evidence, source-of-wealth information, business plans, contracts, invoices, expected transactions and supporting commercial records.
Technical website information may include the visitor’s IP address, browser information, device information, referring page, requested pages and security logs.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
Privacy Policy
Information may be used to answer enquiries, prepare quotations, assess service eligibility, verify identity, understand ownership and control, conduct compliance checks, deliver agreed services, maintain records, prevent misuse and protect legal rights.
Depending on the circumstances, processing may be necessary to take steps requested before entering a contract, perform a contract, comply with a legal obligation, protect legitimate business and security interests or act on valid consent.
Where consent is the applicable basis, consent may be withdrawn for future processing. Withdrawal does not invalidate processing already carried out lawfully.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
Privacy Policy
Information may be disclosed where necessary to employees, contractors, professional advisers, registered agents, company registries, notaries, couriers, identity-verification providers, banks, payment institutions, accounting providers, technology providers and public authorities.
A third-party recipient may act as an independent controller or as a processor and may apply its own privacy notice, onboarding rules, retention periods and security requirements.
Where information is processed outside the United Kingdom, appropriate legal safeguards and a transfer-risk assessment will be used where required. No transfer will be represented as risk-free.
Privacy Policy
Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for enquiries, contractual work, statutory records, compliance requirements, dispute management and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration and disclosure. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
The website may use strictly necessary storage for security, navigation and service operation. Any non-essential analytics, advertising or third-party cookies should be activated only after the consent controls required by applicable law have been implemented.
Privacy Policy
Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, an individual may have rights to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection, portability and information about certain automated decisions.
A request may require identity verification. A right may be limited where an exemption applies, information must be retained by law or disclosure would adversely affect another person’s rights.
A person may first contact info@fncoffshore.com with a privacy question or complaint. The person may also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office where entitled to do so.
Compliance Policy
Services are subject to a risk-based onboarding and compliance review. Submission of an enquiry or payment does not guarantee acceptance.
FNC may request information about the client, directors, shareholders, beneficial owners, authorised representatives, business activity, countries involved, customers, suppliers, expected payments and the commercial purpose of the structure.
Identity, address, ownership, source of funds and source of wealth evidence may be requested where relevant to the service, risk level, law or third-party provider requirements.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
This requirement applies where relevant to the service and risk assessment.
Compliance Policy
Clients and connected persons may be screened against applicable sanctions lists, politically exposed person information, adverse-media sources and other compliance databases.
Enhanced due diligence may be requested for higher-risk countries, complex ownership, unusual payment routes, cash-intensive activity, regulated sectors, public functions or other elevated-risk indicators.
A previously accepted relationship may be reviewed again when ownership, management, business activity, countries, payment behaviour or applicable rules change.
Compliance Policy
Services must not be used for money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, fraud, tax evasion, corruption, false invoicing, deceptive ownership, unlawful trading, concealment of proceeds or any other illegal purpose.
A client must provide complete, current and accurate information and must promptly disclose material changes.
FNC may decline activities, countries, structures, products or transaction profiles that fall outside its risk appetite even where the activity is not expressly prohibited by law.
Compliance Policy
FNC does not open bank or payment accounts and does not provide regulated banking, payment, investment or other financial services.
Account-related work is limited to administrative preparation, document organisation, application support, introductions or referral routes. Every bank, payment institution or other provider makes its own independent eligibility and approval decision.
After selecting a provider, the client authorises the relevant corporate and personal information to be submitted for pre-check or onboarding in the client’s name. The client must read and accept the selected provider’s terms, privacy notice, fees and compliance rules.
A special power of attorney, written instruction from the ultimate beneficial owner or other authorisation may be requested where required by law or by the selected institution’s internal rules.
Where available, FNC may provide a referral link, referral code or discount code. Such a referral does not guarantee acceptance or alter the provider’s independent obligations.
Compliance Policy
FNC may refuse, pause or terminate work where information is missing, inconsistent, unverifiable, misleading, outside risk appetite or connected with a legal or compliance concern.
Payments may be held, returned or applied to completed work and non-refundable external costs in accordance with the applicable service terms and legal obligations.
Where law requires confidentiality concerning a review, report or authority request, FNC may be unable to explain the reason for a delay, refusal or termination.
Information may be preserved or disclosed to a competent authority where required or permitted by applicable law.
Next step
Use the contact form for questions about privacy, onboarding or these published policies.
