Privacy Policy

Plus VC Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Plus VC Management Limited’s privacy notice.

This privacy notice provides information on how Plus VC Management Limited collects and processes your personal data when you visit our website to sign up for a newsletter or complete a funding application to become part of the +VC community.

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with our website terms and conditions.

1. Important information and who we are

Plus VC Management Limited is the controller and responsible for your personal data. We are registered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) under company number 4314 and have our registered office at DD-14-116-019, 14 Floor, WeWork Hub71, Al Khatem Tower, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island, United Arab Emirates.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data protection practices, please contact us.

CONTACT DETAILS

Our full details are:

Full name of legal entity: Plus VC Management Limited

Email address: hello@plus.vc

Postal address: DD-14-116-019, 14 Floor, WeWork Hub71, Al Khatem Tower, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island, United Arab Emirates

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Third-party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

1. The data we collect about you

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you. Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
  • Contact Data includes address, email address and telephone numbers.
  • Transaction Data includes details about and from the application you have submitted to us.
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, your preferences, feedback and website responses.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
2. How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data where need to comply with a legal obligation or otherwise for the purpose for which we collected it which include the following:

  • To register you as a member of the +VC community.
  • To process and deliver your application for funding.
  • To manage your relationship with us.
  • To improve our website, products/services, marketing or customer relationships.

Marketing

We may use your identity, contact, technical, usage and profile data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

Cookies

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

1. How we share your personal data

We may share your personal data within the +VC Group and with external third parties including service providers, professional advisors and regulators and other authorise in the ADGM or the United Arab Emirates as required.

We may also share your personal data with third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

By accepting these terms and conditions you consent to us transferring your data outside of the ADGM and United Arab Emirates.

2. Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

3. Data retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

4. Your legal rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data including the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and the right to make a complaint at any time to the ADGM Commissioner of Data Protection.

5. Further details

If you are looking for more information on how we process your personal data including on data security and data retention, please contact us.