Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Granite Asia and our affiliates and subsidiaries (“Granite Asia,” 
“we”, “us” or “our”) processes personal information that we collect through our digital or 
online properties or services that link to this Privacy Policy (including as applicable, our website, social media pages, marketing activities, live events and other activities described 
in this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Service”). Granite Asia may provide additional or supplemental privacy policies to individuals for specific products or services that we offer at the time 
we collect personal information.

 

Index

Personal Information We Collect

How We Use Your Personal Information

 

Personal Information We Collect

Information you provide to us. Personal information you may provide to us through the Service or otherwise includes:

  • Contact data, such as your first and last name, email address, mailing addresses, professional title and company name, phone number and other contact details.
  • Account data, such as the username and password that you may set to establish an online account on the Service, biographical details, photograph or picture, links to your profiles on social networks, interests, preferences, and any other information that you add to your account profile.
  • Company data, such as any information about you, your colleagues or your company that you share with us in relation to investments or potential investments in your company by the funds we manage, such as your and colleagues’ professional and educational backgrounds.
  • Communications data, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us.
  • Marketing data, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, events, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications.
  • Event registration data, such as information you provide and/or we collect when you register for or attend in-person or online events that we host or co-host (e.g., photographs).
  • Survey data, such as the information you provide to as part of Security4Startups assessments.
  • Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Third-party sources. We may combine personal information we receive from you with personal information we obtain from other sources, such as:

  • Business contacts who send us information about entrepreneurs or candidates for jobs with our portfolio companies.
  • Public sources, such as government agencies, public records, social media platforms, and other publicly available sources.

Automatic data collection. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Service, our communications and other online services, such as:

  • Device data, such as your computer or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
  • Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to the Service, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times and duration of access, and whether you have opened our emails or clicked links within them.
  • Communication interaction data such as your interactions with our email, text or other communications (e.g., whether you open and/or forward emails), which we collect through pixel tags (also known as clear GIFs) in our emails.

Cookies and similar technologies. Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by the following technologies:

  • Cookies, which are text files that websites store on a visitor’s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, helping us understand user activity and patterns, and facilitating analytics and online advertising.
  • Local storage technologies, like HTML5 and Flash, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
  • Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.

Referrals. Users of the Service may have the opportunity to nominate or refer other contacts to us. Please do not refer someone to us or share their contact details with us unless you have their permission to do so

 

How We use Your Personal Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described 
at the time of collection:

To operate the Service. We use your personal information to:

  • provide, operate and improve the Service.
  • provide information about our products and services.
  • establish and maintain your user profile on the Service.
  • explore business opportunities and execute transactions, including our investments in companies and investments in the funds we manage.
  • communicate with you about the Service, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
  • communicate with you about events or surveys in which you participate.
  • understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Service and our communications.
  • help our portfolio companies explore business opportunities and recruit and evaluate job candidates.
  • provide support and maintenance for the Service.
  • respond to your requests, questions and feedback.

For research and development. We analyze use of the Service to analyze and improve the Service and to develop new products and services, including by studying user demographics and use of the Service.

To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may send you Granite Asia-related marketing communications as permitted by law. You will have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications as described in the Opt-out of marketing section below.

To comply with law. We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.

For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

To create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data. We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and promote our business.

Cookies and similar technologies. In addition to the other uses included in this section, we may use the Cookies and similar technologies described above for the following purposes:

  • Technical operation. To allow the technical operation of the Service.
  • Functionality. To enhance the performance and functionality of our services.

 

How to Contact Us

 

Statutory category/personal 
information we collect

Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the personal information for a business purpose

Identifiers

  • Contact data

  • Account data

  • Company data

  • Communications data 

  • Marketing data

  • Event registration data 

  • Survey data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

  • Portfolio companies

  • Investors

Identifiers (online)

  • Account data

  • Device data

  • Communication interaction data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

California Customer Records (as defined in California Civil Code §1798.80)

  • Contact data

  • Account data

  • Company data

  • Communications data 

  • Marketing data

  • Event registration data

  • Survey data 

  • Communication interaction data

  • Device data

  • Communication interaction data

  • Communication interaction data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

  • Portfolio companies

  • Investors

Commercial Information

  • Contact data

  • Account data

  • Company data

  • Communications data 

  • Marketing data Event 
registration data 

  • Survey data 

  • Online activity data

  • Communication interaction data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

  • Portfolio companies

  • Investors

Internet or Network Information

  • Device data

  • Online activity data

  • Communication interaction data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

Professional or Employment Information

  • Company data

  • Survey data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

  • Portfolio companies

  • Investors

Education Information

  • Company data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

  • Portfolio companies

  • Investors

Inferences

  • May be derived from:

  • Contact data

  • Company data

  • Event registration data

  • Online activity data

  • Survey data

  • Affiliates

  • Service providers

  • Portfolio companies

  • Investors