Privacy
Effective as of May 20, 2024
Ara Partners is fully committed to protecting the privacy interests of individuals who provide us with their personal data.
This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of Ara Partners in connection with the arapartners.com website, and the rights and choices available to the individuals with respect to their personal information.
If you decide to give us personal information while using our website, you consent to the collection, use, transfer and other processing of that information in accordance with this notice and applicable laws. Please note that this notice and the procedures described in it may be amended or superseded from time to time. We will post any updates to this notice on our website.
You do not need to take any action as a result of this Privacy Policy, but if you are located in the European Union (“EU”), European Economic Area (“EEA”) and United Kingdom (“UK”), you should also refer to Notice to European and UK Users below, and if you are a resident of California please refer to our Notice to California Users Rights below for additional rights specific to California residents.
1) What does this policy cover?
This privacy policy applies only to your use of this website. This site may contain links to other websites. Please note that Ara Partners has no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and advises you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
2) Your rights
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users. Users who are located within the EU, EEA or UK can find additional information in the Notice to European and UK Users. Users who are located within California can find additional information in the Notice to Califiornia Users Rights.
- The right to be informed about Ara Partners collection and use of personal data;
- The right of access to the personal data Ara Partners holds about you;
- The right to rectification if any personal data it holds about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Ara Partners using the details below);
3) What data does Ara Partners collect? And How do we use it?
Depending upon your use of Ara Partners’ site, we may collect some or all of the following personal (and non-personal) data:
- name
- business/company name
- contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers
- IP address
- web browser type and version
- operating system
- a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on this site, and the site you exit to
All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.
Ara Partners’ use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for its performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to its use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to the Ara Partners newsletter), or because it is in Ara Partners’ legitimate interests. Specifically, Ara Partners may use your data for the following purposes:
- Providing and managing your access to the site
- Personalising and tailoring your experience on the site
- Replying to emails or queries from you
- Supplying you with emails that you have opted in to you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any emails Ara Partners sends you
- Analysing your use of the site to enable Ara Partners to continually improve its site and your user experience
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, Ara Partners may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone or post with information, news and offers on its services.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to Ara Partners using your personal data at any time, and to request that Ara Partners deletes it. If you wish to review, revise, or unsubscribe, you can do so by sending an email to compliance@arapartners.com
Ara Partners does not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
IP Address, geographical and non-personally identifiable data is stored for a maximum of 2 years.
4) How and where does Ara Partners store your data?
Ara Partners keeps your personal data for as long as it needs to in order to use it as described above, and for as long as it has your permission to keep it. We are headquartered in the United States and have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.Data security is very important to Ara Partners, and to protect your data it has taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through this site.
All non-personally identifiable data is stored with Google and is collected in cookies outlined below.
5) Does Ara Partners share your data?
Ara Partners will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes other than outlined in Section 4.
It may compile statistics about the use of its site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. It may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates and partners. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
6) Your right to withhold information
You may access certain areas of the site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on the site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
You may restrict the use of cookies. For more information, see below.
7) Ara Partners use of cookies
Ara Partners’ site may place and access certain first party cookies on your computer or device. First party cookies are those placed directly by Ara Partners and are used only by Ara Partners. It uses cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of the site and to provide and improve its services. Ara Partners has carefully chosen these cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
All cookies used by and on Ara Partners’ site are used in accordance with current cookie law.
Before cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a Ara Partners cookie notice requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies you are enabling Ara Partners to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of cookies; however certain features of the site may not function fully or as intended.
Certain features depend on cookies to function. Cookie law deems these cookies to be “strictly necessary”. Ara Partners has taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
This site uses analytics services provided by Google. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Ara Partners to better understand how the site is used. This, in turn, enables Ara Partners to improve the site and the services offered through it. You do not have to allow Ara Partners to use these cookies, however whilst its use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of the site, it does enable Ara Partners to continually improve the site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
With respect to the Google Analytics cookies, please note that Ara Partners has entered into a data processing agreement with Google that ensures that the last octet of your IP address is masked when Ara Partners provides information to Google, that it does not use any other Google services in combination with Google Analytics cookies and that it does not share any data with Google for advertisement purposes. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
8) Notice to European and UK Users
The information provided in this “Notice to European and UK Users” section applies only if your provision, or our collection, of your personal information under this Notice to European and UK Users is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “EU GDPR”) and the UK equivalent of the EU GDPR (the “UK GDPR”) (the “EU-UK Privacy Laws”).
If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal information, or this Notice to European and UK Users, please contact us at compliance@arapartners.com.
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the UK’s data protection legislation, which this policy and Ara Partners’ use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
The right to be informed about Ara Partners’ collection and use of personal data;
The right of access to the personal data Ara Partners’ holds about you;
The right to rectification if any personal data it holds about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Ara Partners’ using the details below);
The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Ara Partners to delete any personal data it holds about you (it only holds your personal data for a limited time, as explained below but if you would like it to delete it sooner, please contact Ara Partners using the details below);
The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
The right to object to Ara Partners using your personal data for particular purposes; and
Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
If you have any cause for complaint about Ara Partners’ use of your personal data, please contact the company using the details provided in section 10 and it will do its best to solve the problem for you. If it is unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
Personal information we collect and how we use it. Please refer to section 3 in the Privacy Policy above for further details regarding the personal information we collect about you and how we collect it.
Marketing. With your permission and/or where permitted by law, Ara Partners may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone or post with information, news and offers on its services. It will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that it fully protects your rights and complies with its obligations under the UK’s data protection legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
Cross-border data transfer. Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using the site and submitting information to Ara Partners. If it does store data outside the EEA, it will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Act 1998.
9) Notice to California Users
This notice to California Users supplements the Privacy Policy set forth above with respect to specific rights granted under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to California residents.
As a data subject, you have the following rights to know and see what personal data have collected about you over the past 12 months, including:
The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
The business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information;
The categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information; and
The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
Rights to Delete. You have the right to ask Ara Partners to delete any personal data it holds about you, subject to certain exceptions, including, but not limited to, our compliance with a U.S, state, local, and non-U.S. laws, rules, and regulations.
We Do Not Discriminate. We will noy discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA, including by denying service, or suggesting that you will receive different rates for services, level or quality of service.
How to Exercise Your Rights. To exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, please submit a request on your behalf using any of the methods below.
If you would like to contact us by telephone, please submit your request and telephone number by email to the email address below, and we will call you during business hours.
Email us at compliance@arapartners.com
We will contact you to confirm receipt of your request under the CCPA and request any additional information necessary to verify your request. We verify requests by matching information provided in connection with your request to information contained in our records. Depending on the sensitivity of the request and the varying levels of risk in responding to such requests (for example, the risk of responding to fraudulent or malicious requests), we may request your investor portal access credentials in order to verify your request. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf, provided that you provide a signed agreement verifying such authorized agent’s authority to make requests on your behalf, and we may verify such authorized person’s identity using the procedures above. If we request you verify your request and we do not receive your response, we will pause processing your request until such verification is received.
We will inform you in writing if we cannot meet that timeline. Please contact us through any of the methods listed above with any questions or concerns about this California Privacy Policy.
10) Contacting Ara Partners
If you have any questions about this site or this privacy policy, please contact Ara Partners by email at compliance@arapartners.com. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data Ara Partners holds about you.
11) Changes to this privacy policy
Ara Partners may change this privacy policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on the site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the site following the alterations. Ara Partners recommends that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
