Privacy Policy

Climate Insiders attaches great importance to the protection of your privacy and the security of your personal data.

The purpose of this document is to provide you with detailed information regarding the protection of your personal data by Climate Insiders ("we"). We are the data controller except in cases provided for by legislation (Subcontractor, Joint Data Controllers, Data Controller to Data Controller).

The purpose of this document is to inform you of how we use and protect your personal data, as well as why we process this data.

By registering on our site, we will store and process the information you provide in order to offer you the best possible service.

We are permitted to process data in this context by law (Article 6(1b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679). We will delete your information once your request has been processed.

We are responsible for processing your personal data in the context of our activities. The purpose of this page is to inform you of the personal data (hereinafter referred to as "personal data") that we use, the reasons for which we use them, the duration of their retention, and the methods of exercising your rights relating to this data.

The information provided on our site is confidential and reserved for Climate Insiders' internal use. The user may have access to personal data. Thus, in application of Articles 32, 38, 39, and 40 of the law of January 6, 1978, relating to the protection of personal data, as amended, it is specified that the information collected by Climate Insiders will not be used and will not be distributed to third-party entities, except for the sole purposes of the execution of these terms or to meet legal and regulatory obligations.

The user can have access to various personal data concerning, in particular, startups seeking financing. They undertake to keep this personal data confidential, not to transfer it, nor to make any use of it that is not directly intended herein. They will ensure that access to this personal data is protected.

The user can obtain the communication of personal data concerning them, if necessary, to demand their rectification and to oppose, for legitimate reasons, their being the subject of processing or their use for purposes other than those mentioned above. This request must be sent to:

Climate Insiders OÜ

Ahtri 12, Attn E-Residency Hub OÜ, 10151, Tallinn, Estonia

Email: support@climateinsiders.com

1. Information we collect

We may collect and process the following personal data:

1.1 Information you send to us directly

This information includes the following personal data:

  • Data required to register for the service we provide on our site. This data includes your first and last name, date of birth, email address, and a password. This information is mandatory. Otherwise, Climate Insiders will not be able to provide you with the services offered, and you will not be authorized to create an account on our site.
  • Your postal address.
  • Your responses to our emails, your feedback regarding startups, and your investment intentions.
  • Details of your visits to our site and the content you accessed.
  • Details of financial or accounting operations carried out on our site or by any other means, including information relating to your membership and your investments.

1.2 Data we collect automatically

During each of your visits, we may collect, in accordance with applicable legislation and with your consent, where applicable, information relating to the devices on which you use our services or the networks from which you access our services. This includes, but is not limited to, your IP addresses, connection data, types and versions of internet browsers used, types and versions of plugins of your browser, operating systems and platforms, data concerning your navigation course on our site, in particular your course on the different URL pages on our site, the content you access or view, download errors, length of time you view certain pages, interactions with the page, and any telephone number used to contact us. Among the technologies used to collect this information, we notably use cookies.

We also collect information about your use of our site, such as the number of visits to startup files, your online requests, and your registration date.

1.3 Duration of retention of your data

1.3.1. With the exception of the categories of personal data referred to in articles 1.3.2. and 1.3.3. below, your personal data is archived at the end of the following periods:

  • 5 years after your last use of our site, if you have not closed your account.
  • 1 year after closing your account, unless you have received a report, in which case your personal data is kept for 2 years following the last report received if this period is longer.

1.3.2. Financial data (e.g. payments, reimbursements, etc.) will be retained for the period required by applicable tax and accounting laws.

1.3.3. In the event that your account has been suspended or blocked, we retain your personal data for a period varying from 2 to 10 years from the suspension in order to avoid any circumvention on your part of the rules in force on our site.

1.3.4. Personal data relating to a prospect, not a customer, may be kept for a period of 3 years from their collection or the last contact from the prospect.

At the end of this 3-year period, we may contact you again to find out if you wish to continue to receive commercial solicitations.

2. How do we use your personal data that we collect?

We use the personal data we collect in order to:

  • Execute contracts entered into between you and us and provide you with the information and services requested;
  • Provide you with access and enable you to use our site;
  • Send you information about our services (such as, for example, the presentation of new startups, fundraising news from startups presented on our site, get your opinions, etc.) by email or any other means of communication;
  • Pre-select startups that meet your investment criteria: sectors, maturity, management team, etc.;
  • Help us preserve a healthy and secure environment on our site;
  • Inform you of changes to our services;
  • Allow you to personalize your profile on our site;
  • Manage our site and carry out internal technical operations for problem-solving, data analysis, testing, research, analyses, studies, and surveys;
  • Improve and optimize our site, in particular to ensure that the display of our content is adapted to your device.

3. Where do we store your personal data?

As a general rule, we keep personal data in our database, this is particularly the case for your information provided during registration and your activity on our site.

However, to the extent that, for example, some of our service providers (in particular: Brevo for emailing campaigns, Kapital, Notion, or Stripe for online payment) are located in countries outside the European Union ("third countries"), we transfer some of your personal data to third countries.

This may particularly be the case for third countries for which the European Commission has not taken an "adequate protection" decision. In such a case, we ensure that this transfer is carried out in compliance with the applicable regulations and guarantees a sufficient level of protection of the privacy and fundamental rights of individuals (in particular by the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission).

What are your rights and how can you exercise them?

In accordance with the applicable regulations, you have various rights, namely:

  • Right of access: you can obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data as well as a copy of this personal data.
  • Right to rectification: if you believe that your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you can request that this personal data be amended accordingly.
  • Right to restriction of processing: you can request the limitation of the processing of your personal data.
  • Right to erasure: you can request the erasure of your personal data.
  • Right to object: you can object to the processing of your personal data, for reasons related to your particular situation. You have the absolute right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, including direct marketing-related profiling.
  • Right to withdraw your consent: if you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
  • Right to data portability: when this right is applicable, you have the right to have the personal data you have provided to us returned to you or, where technically possible, to transfer it to a third party.

4. Security

Climate Insiders is committed to doing everything in its power to guarantee the security of your personal data.

We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed, or unauthorized access authorized to such data.

You should, however, keep in mind that the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that no unauthorized third party will ever be able to circumvent these measures or use your personal data for inappropriate purposes.

Climate Insiders may contain links to third-party websites. Climate Insiders is not responsible for the content of these sites, nor for the privacy standards and practices of that third party. We recommend that you read and understand the appropriate privacy policies of these third parties and their websites before accepting their cookies and visiting their site to ensure that your personal data is sufficiently protected.

5. How to contact us?

You can exercise your rights by sending us a registered letter to:

Climate Insiders OÜ

Ahtri 12, Attn E-Residency Hub OÜ, 10151, Tallinn, Estonia

Email: support@climateinsiders.com