Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

This Privacy Policy and the terms of use (together “Privacy Policy”) demonstrate our commitment to ensure your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal data when you use our websites or communicate with us. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand what information we may gather when you visit our website, how we may use it, what we do to protect it, and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our website. When accessing our website or communicating with us via the contact form on our website, via email or other channels, you consent to this Privacy Policy. In case you do not agree to any part of this Privacy Policy, you must inform us and discontinue using our website and our services. If you disclose data to us or share data with us about other individuals, such as family members, co-workers, etc., we assume that you are authorized to do so and that the relevant data is accurate. When you share data about others with us, you confirm that. Please make sure that these individuals have been informed about this Privacy Notice.

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Unless otherwise indicated below, this Privacy Policy applies to any website the Hummingbird Capital Partners that references this privacy policy, as well as any data we may collect across partnered and unaffiliated sites, if any. For purposes of this Agreement, “Service” refers to our service which can be accessed by visiting our website and our other services as requested by you.

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Consent

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By accessing our Service, you accept our privacy policy, and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of information as described in this privacy policy. In addition, by using our Service, or services across partnered and unaffiliated sites, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this privacy policy. Each time you visit our website, or use the Service, and any time you voluntarily provide us with information, you agree that you are consenting to our collection, use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and you are consenting to receive emails or otherwise be contacted, as described in this privacy policy. Whether or not you register or create any kind of account with us, this privacy policy applies to all users of our website and of the Service.

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What kind of Information can be collected if you visit our websites or if you contact us?

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Our websites may collect information, non-personal information, which includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and your mouse clicks. We may also track information provided to us by your browser or by any mobile application when you view or use the Service, such as the website you came from, known as the “referring URL”, the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.  We use this information for, among other things, the operation of the Service, to maintain the quality of the Service and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Service. We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from the servers of our website host and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect non-personal information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our Services, both on a singular and aggregate basis.  Both persistent and session cookies may be used; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable cookies, some areas of the Service may not work properly.

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“Personal information” is collected only if you submit such personal information in any contact form on our website or provide such information to us otherwise. “Personal information” includes information that can reasonably be used to personally identify you.  We regularly receive personal data as part of our professional activities. We may collect your personal information as part of our client or vendor onboarding procedure and/or when your organisation or you

• seek advice from us, offer or provide services to us as vendor or seek employment with us,

• when you browse or interact with our websites or when you email us or provide such data to us in other circumstances.
   

Usually, you will have provided any such data to us. But in some cases, we may collect data about you from a third-party source, such as government or credit reporting agencies, an information or service provider or from public records. Personal information that we may collect and use may include:

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• Basic information, such as your name, your employer, your title or position;

• Contact information, such as your physical address, e-mail address and phone number(s);

• Financial information, such as bank account details;

• Technical information, such as your IP address and other information collected from your visits to our website or in relation to materials and communications we send to you electronically;

• Information you provide to us for the purpose of attending meetings and events;

• Identification and background information provided by you or collected by us as part of our customer onboarding process;

• Personal information provided to us by or on behalf of our customers or employees or generated by us in the course of providing services and employment, which may include special categories of data;

• Details of your visits to our office; and any other information which you may provide to us.

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Personal Information

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We only use your personal information in connection with our ordinary professional activities, including the fulfilment of our legal or regulatory obligations. We process the personal information you provide to us when communicating with us such as the name, email and postal address, phone number, language preference, job title, business affiliations, and content of the communication. The personal information may relate to you as well as to your employees and agents. In some instances, we will supplement the personal information by information we retrieve from public sources, such as online media or employer websites, for the purpose of confirming your current professional position or obtaining further information to enable us to effectively communicate with you. We use Personal Information for the purposes of providing advice or other services and managing our relationship with you, as well as communicating with you, whether in connection with the provision or procurement of goods and services or as your employer or former employer, including processing payments, accounting, auditing, billing and collection and related support services, to send you newsletters and invitations, to maintain our list of contacts or to provide you with other information you may request from us. Personal Information will only be used by us and our technology suppliers (who are obliged to protect your Personal Information to the same extent as we are).

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We do not sell or otherwise transfer your Personal Information to third parties (except as we may be required under applicable law). We may also need to transfer personal data to third parties, including third parties based outside Switzerland or the EU, for example (but not limited to) subcontractors, other counsel and accountants and third parties involved in your matters.

Personal information will be saved until it is no longer reasonably required for the permitted uses or you withdraw your consent, if we are not legally required or otherwise permitted to continue to hold such data. In particular, we may retain your Personal Information for an additional period of time to the extent that deletion would require us to overwrite our automated disaster recovery backup systems or to the extent that we deem it necessary to assert or defend legal claims during any relevant retention period. 

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Non-personal information: in general, we use non-personal information to help us improve the service and customise the user experience. We also aggregate non-personal information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns of the service. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of non-personal information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our technology suppliers at our sole discretion.

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How we protect information

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We restrict the use and access to your personal information to those who have an absolute need-to-know. We implement reasonable precautions and follow best practices in order to protect your personal information and ensure that such personal information is not accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.  However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such precautions. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

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Our website is hosted by Hostpoint AG, Neue Jonastrasse 60, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland (“Hostpoint”) with UID number
CHE-101.974.997.  Your information, including personal information, if provided by you through our website, may be stored through Hostpoint’s servers. 

By using the Service, you consent to Hostpoint’s collection, disclosure, storage, and use of your personal information in accordance with Hostpoint’s privacy policy available at www.hostpoint.ch/en/hostpoint/contact-gtc.html#datenschutz 

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Links to other websites

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As part of the Service, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link via our Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

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Age of consent

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By using the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.  

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

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We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy and our terms of use at any time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how it is used. Any such modifications become effective upon your continued access to or use of the Service seven days after we first post the changes on the website or otherwise provide you with notice of such modifications. It is your sole responsibility to check this website from time to time to view any such changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any changes, if and when such changes may be made to this Privacy Policy, you must cease access to our websites.

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Your rights regarding our use of your personal information

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When processing personal information for the purposes described herein, we rely on your consent to this Privacy Policy, our legitimate interests in communicating with you, as a business contact, about our operations, our performance of a contract, or another ground for lawful processing of your Personal Information under the applicable laws and regulations.

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You have the right to restrict our processing of your personal information as well as the right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authorities regarding the processing of your personal information. You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out, we may continue to send you administrative emails. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, or wish to withdraw your consent for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us by sending an email to info(at)hcpartners-group.com 

Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 1st, 2023.

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