Privacy Policy
Spring Ventures Online Privacy Policy
Spring Ventures Ltd. (“Spring Ventures”) is committed to respecting the privacy of the personal information it collects. Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand what information Spring Ventures collects and how it uses and shares that information with others. This privacy policy applies only to this website (springv.com) and to other websites as designated by Spring Ventures that link to this privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use that govern your use of this Site. A link to our Terms of Use is provided here and at the bottom of each page of this Site.
Website Visitors
What Information Do We Collect?
Spring Ventures and third parties working on our behalf collect personal information that you provide on this Website or on third parties’ websites as designated by Spring Ventures that link to this privacy policy, such as through forms you choose to submit to contact us to obtain more information about or register for an event. Personal information may include, but is not limited to:
• Contact information and other identifiers (names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and other data you may provide us so that we can contact you).
• Internet activity information (“cookies,” web server logs, web beacons, and other electronic tools to collect statistical information about your use of this Website and other websites). For more information about how we collect and process such information, please see “Cookie Policy” below.
Do not submit any information or other materials that you consider to be confidential or proprietary. Because of the large number of business plans and related materials that Spring Ventures reviews, and the similarity of many such plans and materials, Spring Ventures does not accept responsibility for protecting against misuse or disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information or other materials.
How Do We Use and Share Your Personal Information and Other Information?
Spring Ventures and third parties working on our behalf use the information we have about you for internal business purposes, as well as to communicate with you, respond to your requests, enhance our services to you, compile aggregate statistics, and improve this Website. Spring Ventures and third parties working on our behalf may also use your information to provide you with information about this Website and its services, and about Spring Ventures. To assist us with our use and sharing of your information, information covered by this privacy policy, including information about your use of this Website, may be combined with or enhanced by other information that we have from other online or offline sources.
Spring Ventures has a legitimate interest in using the information we collect for the purposes outlined above. Specifically, Spring Ventures has a legitimate interest in ensuring that its website continues to function efficiently and effectively, and to enhance the functionality of its website in response to how visitors use the website and collects data to that end. When you submit contact information to receive our newsletters or other communications, we use that data to fulfill your request. We also have a legitimate interest in using data about the individuals who visit this website and the companies for which they work to cultivate business relationships that may benefit Spring Ventures, our related companies or our portfolio companies. For some processing activities, such as communicating with you about opportunities to learn from or work with Spring Ventures, we seek your consent to process that data.
We may also share your information with third parties as permitted or required by law, including: (a) with service providers that assist in operating our business; (b) to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (c) to produce relevant documents or information in connection with litigation, arbitration, mediation, adjudication, government or internal investigations, or other legal or administrative proceedings; (d) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Spring Ventures or others; (e) to enforce any terms of service or other legal disclosures on or related to this Website; (f) in connection with a sale or other transfer of all or some of the assets of Spring Ventures and/or in connection with a sale or merger of Spring Ventures or any division of Spring Ventures; (g) to provide you with the services or products requested by you, and to perform other activities related to such services and products; (h) to operate Spring Ventures’s systems properly; or (i) any other sharing with your consent.
How Do We Use and Share Your Personal Data?
Spring Ventures and third-parties working on our behalf use the information collected via your use of the Service to:
• Monitor and improve the Service;
• Monitor compliance with applicable non-discrimination and anti-bias laws and requirements; and
• Communicate with you solely in connection with your use of the Service.
Spring Ventures has a legitimate business interest in performing these limited processing activities to ensure that the Service continues to perform as expected by Spring Ventures and the Employers. To the extent that certain processing activities, or the processing of certain data, requires us to seek your consent, we have done so — for example, with respect to the sensitive information mentioned above.
Spring Ventures may also process or share your information in connection with a sale or other transfer of all or some of the assets of Spring Ventures and/or in connection with a sale or merger of Spring Ventures or any division of Spring Ventures, or to operate Spring Ventures’s systems properly. Spring Ventures has a legitimate interest in such processing activities.
Lastly, Spring Ventures may share your information with third parties as permitted or required by law, including: (a) to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (b) to produce relevant documents or information in connection with litigation, arbitration, mediation, adjudication, government or internal investigations, or other legal or administrative proceedings; (c) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Spring Ventures or others; or (d) to enforce any terms of service or other legal disclosures on or related to the test. To the extent any of this processing takes place, Spring Ventures will only perform such processing to the extent necessary for compliance with applicable legal requirements.
Cookie Policy
As described above, Spring Ventures, third parties working on our behalf, and our partners, including social networking sites, may also place, view, and/or use cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and other electronic tools to collect statistical information about your use of this Website and other websites. Such information may include your device’s IP address, browser type, operating system, computer platform, web pages viewed, the date and time of your visit, the links you click within this Website, the websites used prior to visiting this Website, and whether you have been to this Website before. Spring Ventures or such third parties may use such information either on behalf of Spring Ventures or for the other parties’ own purposes, including research and analysis, to enhance your experience with this Website, to provide you with certain functions on this Website, to create aggregate and anonymize information about usage of this Website and other websites, etc. Spring Ventures may also combine such information with information we collect from other sources — such as company websites and social media — to identify potential opportunities for partnership with other companies. Spring Ventures has a legitimate interest in cultivating and building the business-to-business relationships made possible by such data processing.
The collection, use, and disclosure of the information by third parties is governed by their own privacy policies and is not the responsibility of Spring Ventures.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to disable cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The help function on most browsers contains instructions on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies, disable cookies entirely, or how to disable the collection of geo-location data. You need to set each browser, on each device you use to surf the Web. Similarly, if you connect to the Web from multiple devices (e.g., work and home), you need to set each browser on each device. You may also opt out of our third party partners’ cookies by following the instructions provided by DAA AdChoices – http://optout.aboutads.info/#!/. However, if you disable cookies or refuse to accept a request to place a cookie, it is possible that some parts of this Website will not function properly.
Note that your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. There is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, Spring Ventures currently does not alter its practices when it receives a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” you may wish to visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Security
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use reasonable measures.
Links to Third-Party Websites
This Website may contain links to third-party websites, including portfolio companies websites, social networking websites or any other website. Since we do not take and responsibility, do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for any information collected, or provided by you on such websites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those websites before providing any of your information on such websites.
Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information
To review, rectify, or delete your name, e-mail address, phone number, or physical address, or your business name, business e-mail address, business address, or business phone number Spring Ventures has collected about you that is subject to this policy, please contact us at contact@springv.com. Please include the following information in all requests: first name, last name, and e-mail address. While Spring Ventures will make reasonable efforts to fulfill your request, we also reserve the right to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such requests.
Consent to Transfer of Personal Information to Other Countries
Some of the uses and disclosures mentioned in this privacy policy may involve the transfer of your personal information to various countries around the world that may have different levels of privacy protection than your country. By submitting your personal information through this Website, you consent to such transfers and to the processing of your personal information in such countries for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
Users Outside the United States / Israel
You consent to your data being transferred to the United States and Israel, which has different data protection laws than other countries.
Modifications to this Privacy Policy
Spring Ventures reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time by posting the revised version on this Website. Such changes will be effective upon posting. We encourage you to check this Website frequently to see the current privacy policy in effect and any changes that have been made to it.
Questions Regarding this Privacy Policy
If you have additional questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at contact@springv.com.
