Privacy Policy
Last Updated June 15, 2024
Welcome to the Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) of Pershing Ventures, and its related, affiliated or subsidiary companies (“Pershing Ventures”). The purpose of this Policy is to inform you how we collect, use, and share your information when you provide such information or use Pershing Ventures’ website available at https://www.pershingventures.com/ (the “Site”), as well as other related Pershing Ventures’ webpages, applications and products or services accessible through the Site (collectively the “Services”).
When we refer to “you” or “your” in this Policy we mean any individual who interacts or uses our Services. By using the Services, you represent that you understand and agree to this Policy, and consent to the collection, use, and sharing of information as described in this Policy. If you do not consent to our practices, you can choose not to use the Services.
Privacy Policy Changes. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time without notice. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Services after changes are posted constitutes your acknowledgement of the modified privacy policy and agreement to abide and be bound by that privacy policy. For reference, the effective date of this Policy is posted at the top of this page. Therefore, it is important that you periodically check this page for changes made to this Policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information You Voluntarily Provide
Pershing Ventures collects information about you when you interact with our Services including, information that you voluntarily provide when you use the Services; register and create an account for any of the Services; add or update your account information; sign any of our Royalty Agreements, Debt and Debt-like Instruments, Equity and Equity-like instruments, and/or other contractual terms governing our Services; complete Pershing Ventures Website Initial Qualification Survey, Pershing Ventures Initial Due Diligence Survey, or other questionnaire, application or form of information request from Pershing Ventures; share your experience with Pershing Ventures on our homepage portal; sign up to Pershing Ventures’ community to receive our newsletter; submit an inquiry by getting in touch via email or booking a call with us; log into the Site or use the Services from one or more of your devices or otherwise interact with the Services. Information that we collect may depend on how you interact with Pershing Ventures and use the Services. A description of the types of information we may collect is described in detail below.
- Profile Data such as email, password, and user settings.
- Identifiers such as name, title and email address of individual acting on behalf of the company, driver’s license number and a copy of it or other government-issued ID, email address, telephone number and postal address.
- Management & Board of Directors Data, including name, title, and contact information of C-Suite employees, board members and any shareholders above 10% ownership, and any institutional investors and notable non-institutional investors.
- Financial Information such as your personal and business credit or debit card information, bank account information, payment details, or other payment information, basic financial data, financial reporting and analytics, and capital formation and strategy data.
- Usage Data, includes information about how you use our Site and Services, such as statistics regarding the opening and clicking on emails, and other activities on the Site, referring/exit pages, and clickstream data.
- Marketing and Communications Information such as marketing campaign data, click-throughs, your preferences and consent to receiving marketing from us and third parties, your communication preferences, email, phone calls, and text communications.
- Audio and Visual Information such as photographs, video and audio recordings.
- Biometric Information such as a faceprint (i.e. your face geometry). See Biometric Information Policy below for additional details.
Information We Collect When You Use the Services
Google Analytics. As you navigate around the Site and/or use the Services, we collect certain information using third party cookies provided by Google Analytics to assist us in better understanding our Site’s visitors and help us personalize your Pershing Ventures’ experience. These cookies collect IP address and usage data, such as the length of time a user spends on a page, the pages a user visits, and the websites a user visits before and after visiting our Site. In addition to reporting usage statistics, Google Analytics can also be used to help show more relevant ads on Google properties (like Google Search) and across the web. For more information on Google Analytics, visit Google’s Privacy and Terms.
Information You Provide to A Third Party
We may receive information about you from third parties. We may associate this information with the other information we have collected about you as described in this Policy. The collection, use, and disclosure of information received from third parties may be governed by the third parties’ privacy policies. Please carefully review these third-party privacy policies before submitting your information to a third-party application or otherwise interacting with it to understand how your information may be collected, used, and disclosed by these third parties. We have no control over, and cannot and do not assume responsibility for the data collection and privacy practices employed by any of these third parties or their services.
BIOMETRIC INFORMATION POLICY
Pershing Ventures, uses third-party technology through its vendors to collect, store, and use biometric and other personal information, such as a faceprint, a selfie, and government-issued identification.
By using our Site, you consent to Pershing Ventures, our identity verification vendor, and each of our contracted service providers, collecting, storing, and using your biometric information for the purposes identified below.
Purpose for Collection of Biometric Information
Pershing Ventures and its vendor may use biometric information for the following purposes:
- To verify your identity
- To prevent fraud
- To improve products and services
- To comply with legal obligations
Data Retention
Biometric information will be securely deleted no later than 3 years after your last interaction with our vendor.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Our primary purpose for collecting your information is to provide you with the services you request. We may also use your information for the following purposes:
- Provide you with our Services and to operate our business.
- Verify your identity and account information in connection with our Services you request.
- Provide you with required notices, updates about our products and services as well as other important information.
- Provide you with recommendations for products and services that we believe would be of interest to you.
- Assist you with setting up and managing your account with us.
- Resolve disputes and/or questions about our Services.
- Problem troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting data.
- Enforce our Royalty Agreements, Equity and Equity-like instruments, and/or other contractual terms governing our Services and the terms of this Policy.
- Customize, measure and improve our Services and content, including by training our underlying software programs, algorithms, machine learning and/or artificial intelligence tools.
- For our own internal business purposes.
- Communicate with you about products, services, updates, promotional offers, research, insights, and other information that may be of interest to you from us and our trusted partners.
- Protect our interests, including establishing, exercising and defending legal rights and claims.
- As necessary to comply with legal requirements, to prevent fraud, to co-operate with law enforcement and regulatory authorities, and to stop other prohibited, illegal, or harmful activities.
- For purposes disclosed at the time you provide/we request your information or as otherwise set forth in this Policy.
INFORMATION WE SHARE
Service Providers
We may use third-party service providers to perform certain business services and may disclose your information to such service providers as needed for them to perform these business services. Service providers are only allowed to use, disclose, or retain this information to provide these services. Business services provided include, but are not limited to, hosting services; account authentication, user and business verification services, sanctions list and background checks services; financial due diligence services; billing and accounting services; payment processors services; marketing and promotional services; customer and technical support services; quality assurance testing, and back-office support for the Services.
Internal Third Parties
We may share your information with our affiliated entities, successors, predecessors, assigns, licensees, or business partners, including enterprises associated with us in strategical joint venture collaborations, and others who may use the information for the purposes described above.
Business Transactions
We may do business 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 your information may be transferred to the new owners who may use your information in the same way as set out in this Policy.
Legal Process
Subject to applicable law, we may disclose information about you i) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process, such as a subpoena; ii) in response to requests by government entities, such as law enforcement authorities; iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical, financial, or other harm, injury, or loss; or iv) for the purposes of cooperation with law enforcement agencies’ and/or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual unlawful activity.
User disclosures
Some personal information is disclosed as a matter of course as a result of your use of our Services. Any personal information shared via any shared or public forum using our Services, such as, when sharing you experience with Pershing Ventures on our homepage portal, or on another website (such as LinkedIn) may become public information. You should exercise caution when disclosing information in these areas, especially your location data, and be careful how you disclose your personal information. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF PRIVACY OR OTHER HARM RESULTING FROM YOUR OWN VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IN SHARED AND PUBLIC FORUMS.
COMMUNICATIONS AND OPT-OUT
While we value our communications with you, if you do not want Pershing Ventures or its representatives to contact you for marketing purposes, you may opt-out of this preference at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the email. This opt-out will not apply to operational or informational emails related to your account or other administrative purposes. You may continue to receive promotional email messages for a short period while we process your request.
CHILDREN
The Services are intended for users aged eighteen (18) and older. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you are not authorized to provide us with any personally identifying information, nor access or use our Services in any manner whatsoever. By using the Services, you represent that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older.
USE OF THE SERVICES
By accessing and using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that we control and operate the Services from our offices in the United States of America and that the Services are intended for use by users located in the United States of America. Unless expressly stated to the contrary, we make no representation that the Services are appropriate or will be available for use in other locations.
NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
Your California Privacy Rights. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents who have provided personally identifiable information to us or our third-party advertisers and marketing partners, if any, to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personally identifiable information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Requests should be submitted via email to admin@pershingventures.com and should include CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS in the subject line. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the requirements of Section 1798.83 and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year.
Your ‘Do Not Track’ Browser Setting. Some web browsers incorporate a Do Not Track (“DNT”) feature that signals to the websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. At this time, our Site does not respond to DNT signals. Pershing Ventures may allow certain third-party advertising partners to place tracking technology, such as cookies and pixels on our Services. This technology allows us and/or third-parties to collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different websites.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Policy, please contact us at:
Email address: admin@pershingventures.com