Fundsmith SICAV – Fundsmith Equity Fund
€66.84 T Class Acc, 13 Dec 24

1. INTRODUCTION

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We may collect information from your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration purposes and to enable us to monitor the effectiveness of our Website so as to ensure that we are continuing to provide useful, relevant and informative content. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

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  1. to estimate our audience size and to track user trends and usage patterns;
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4. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

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5. CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests for further information regarding this policy are welcomed and should be sent to us by email at ir@fundsmith.co.uk.

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