The VC Factory

The VC Accelerator

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is https://thevcfactory.com.

The VC Factory offers content on Venture Capital and entrepreneurship, as well as online and live training sessions. Our mission is to educate and support Venture Capitalists, Investors, and Entrepreneurs through high-quality content and training programs.

For any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us through this form.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We collect various types of personal data to enhance user experience and provide our services effectively:

We collect and retain this data based on user consent and our legitimate interest in providing a better service.

Comments and reviews

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

We collect reviews on a voluntary basis. When visitors leave reviews on the site, we collect the data shown in the review form, including the reviewer’s name, location, and the content of the review. This information is used to display testimonials and improve our services.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact form

We collect personal data such as your name, email address, address, and phone number when you submit a contact form. This information is kept for customer service and internal marketing purposes.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. The cookies we use include:

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze web traffic. Google Analytics collects data such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages visited to help us understand how visitors use our website. This data is anonymized and used to improve our services.

Users can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information, please refer to the Google Analytics privacy policy.

Who we share your data with

We share your data with third-party service providers to facilitate our services:

We also use services such as WhatsApp Business to send messages. Please refer to WhatsApp Privacy Policy for more details.

These providers help us deliver and improve our services, ensuring the protection and confidentiality of your personal data.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Reviews and associated personal data are retained indefinitely for testimonial purposes unless the user requests deletion. This allows us to display feedback and improve our services based on user input.

For users registering on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Transactional Data is retained for five years to comply with legal obligations and manage memberships.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we correct or erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the form mentioned above.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may be transferred outside the European Union and safeguarded by agreements such as Privacy Shield or model clauses.

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