BACKED LLP: PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
Thank you for visiting the Backed website. We are Backed LLP, with registered office at 68 Hanbury Street, London England E1 5JL (“Backed”/”we”/”us”/”our”).
By registering to use our Services, you consent to us processing your personal information in accordance with this Privacy and Cookie Policy (the “Policy”). You may withdraw such consent at any time by letting us know at andre@backed.vc. Your withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out by us prior to such withdrawal.
We want you to obtain personalised experiences anytime, anywhere, on any device. This requires us to collect personal information from you. However, we want to put you in control of that personal information. We want you to be aware at all times where and how your personal information is being used. This is of paramount importance to us.
So, let’s describe what this Policy tells you. It explains:
- what information we may collect about you;
- what we may do with the information we collect about you;
- whether we share your information with anyone else;
- the types of cookies we use and how you can reject these cookies;
- where we store your information; how we keep your information secure;
- and your rights in relation to your information.
At Backed we take your privacy seriously. We operate on the principle that your personal information belongs to you and only you can decide who you want to share it with and why. This is fundamental to the way we work and we’re committed to providing a secure environment for you to store your personal information and share it with others when you want to.
When does this policy apply?
This Policy applies to your use of the Website and to any information you send to us about yourself or your business in any media.
Here is the information we may collect about you
1. INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE
If you contact us (by phone, email, or through the website), we may keep a record of that correspondence for as long as we require it to maintain interactions with you or two years, in case we need to contact you in relation to the issue for which you contacted us, for operational performance improvement and/or nuisance caller management. We will not use it for marketing purposes.
The information you give may include your name, address, telephone number, employment details, educational history, email address and any other information on a CV or business plan.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR DEVICE
When you use the website, we may use technology such as that provided by Google Analytics to collect information about your visit. This enables us to analyse how you and others interact with our website The information we collect may include:
Your IP address;
the type of browser you use; the number of sessions per browser on each device;
the type of device (eg Samsung) and operating system (eg Android) you are using;
referrer information;
time zone user preferences;
and which pages you visited.
This is what we do with the information we collect about you
We use the information you provide to us to:
enable us to assess your application for our services and to provide our services;
ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device to achieve the most user-friendly navigation experience;
provide you with marketing information about us and our services (you may opt out from receiving such information at any time);
notify you about changes to the website and our services;
carry out our obligations under applicable laws and regulations and our internal policies; and/or defend our servers against malicious attacks.
Where we propose using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for the use of your personal information for purposes other than those listed above.
OUR USE OF AGGREGATED AND ANONYMISED INFORMATION
We may share anonymised usage data which does not identify you specifically with third parties. We may combine your data with those of other users of our website and share this information in aggregated and anonymised form with third parties to help us improve the design and delivery of our software tools, increasing the effectiveness for all users.
THIS IS WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
We will only share your information with other organisations where we have your permission to do so in accordance with this Policy or where we believe it is necessary for a legitimate reason connected with the website our Services.
We work with analytics providers such as Google Analytics and we may receive information about you from them.
In addition, we may disclose your personal information to third parties:
if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or request;
to enforce or apply the terms of any agreements between us or to investigate potential breaches;
and/or to protect the rights, property or safety of our website and our users.
OUR USE OF COOKIES, PIXELS AND LOCAL STORAGE
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device. Pixels are small blocks of code on web pages that do things like allow another server to measure viewing of a Web page and are often used in connection with cookies. HTML5 Local Storage is a small database located inside your browser which web pages can use to store data to speed up their processing. We may use all three technologies from time to time, to help improve your browsing experience.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of our website. Cookies make the interaction between you and our website faster and easier. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the website and also allows us to improve the website and our services. Cookies and other things like local storage also help us authenticate you to deliver personalised content to you.
Please refer to your device’s help material to learn what controls you can use to remove or block cookies. Please remember that if you do this, it may affect your ability to use the website.
THIS IS WHERE WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION
The information that we collect from you may be processed outside the European Economic Area (EEA), but we have ensured that there is an adequate level of protection for such information. KEEPING INFORMATION SECURE All information you provide to us is stored on servers owned and operated by Google and Amazon Web Services, Inc.
HERE ARE YOUR RIGHTS
We think it is important that you are able to control your personal information. You have the right to ask us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing at any time by contacting us at andre@backed.vc.
The law gives you the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. We first require you to prove your identity with 2 pieces of approved identification. We will supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files. In addition, you may request rectification or erasure of personal information as well as the restriction of processing of your personal information. We will comply with your requests in accordance with the applicable law.
If you wish to complain about the processing of your personal information then please contact us first, but if we do not satisfactorily deal with your complaint, then you may contact the Information Commissioner (www.ico.org.uk).
THIRD PARTY PROPERTIES ACCESSED FROM THE WEBSITE EG OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to and from the online properties of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these online properties, please note that these online properties have their own privacy policies which will govern use of any personal information that they process. Please check these policies carefully before you click on any links and/or submit any personal information to these online properties.
CHANGE OF CONTROL
If the ownership of our business changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner so they can continue to operate the website . The new owner will be obliged to comply with this Policy.
CHANGES TO OUR POLICY
Any changes we may make to this Policy will be posted on this page. Where it makes sense because the changes are material, we will notify you by e-mail or in another appropriate manner such as when you next interact with the website.
CONTACTING US IS EASY AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
We really do welcome any questions, comments and requests you may have regarding this Policy. You can contact us by emailing us at andre@backed.vc
