HR+2 01+F6+-Form+of+Declaration+of+Secrecy (Mercy)
HR+2 01+F6+-Form+of+Declaration+of+Secrecy (Mercy)
HR+2 01+F6+-Form+of+Declaration+of+Secrecy (Mercy)
1. I, the undersigned, make this declaration in my capacity as an employee of HDPI, and as a condition
of being assigned by HDPI to perform certain services for HSBC Holdings plc and any of its direct or
indirect subsidiaries (individually a “Data Controller” and together the “Data Controllers”).
2. I hereby and solemnly undertake that I will at all times maintain strict confidentiality with regard
to, and will not for my own or anyone else’s use (whether for profit or not) make copies of or notes about,
any and all matters of a confidential nature concerning any of the Data Controllers, their customers, the
state of their accounts or any other matter relating to the affairs of a Data Controller and its customers
except where required by law to disclose such information or with the prior written permission of the
Data Controller or the person to whom any duty of confidentiality is owed. Should I be required by law to
make such a disclosure, I shall so far as lawful promptly inform the HDPI of such a requirement.
3. I undertake to deliver up to HDPI all and any records in any medium which I may hold at the end of
my assignment in performing services for any of the Data Controllers.
4. I hereby confirm that I have read or viewed, and will confirm during the period of my assignment in
performing services for any of the Data Controllers with, the following rules or requirements (as the same
may be amended from time to time):
(a) HSBC Group policies and standards concerning Information Technology and Information Technology
Security. In this respect I understand that the loading or use of software not supplied and authorized
by HSBC Group on HDPI’s computer systems and/or the loading or use of HSBC Group's software on any
other equipment is strictly forbidden;
(b) guidance notes setting out the requirements of any data protection legislation (including the U.K.
Data Protection Act 1998) and/or regulations applicable to HDPI performing the services for any of
the Data Controllers and such other guidance notes as may be supplied to me from time to time;
(c) HSBC Group staff training video on data protection;
(d) Security procedures specific to the building where I am to carry out my assignment; and
(e) HDPI staff handbook.
5. I also confirm that I shall read or view, and will confirm during the period of my assignment in
performing services for any of the Data Controllers with, any other rules or requirements (whether in
relation to the data protection legislation referred to in paragraph 4(b) above or otherwise) advised to me
by HDPI.
6. I hereby confirm that:
(a) I have never been convicted of a criminal offence involving fraud or dishonesty; and
(b) I have never been declared bankrupt.
Signed ____________________________________________________________________
Name ___________________________________________________________________
Date ___________________________________________________________________