Our Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

ASIL Ventures knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to the website(s) and mobile applications (together, the “Sites”) provided by ASIL Ventures, a company headquartered in South Holland, Illinois, USA (“ASIL Ventures”, “we”, “us”) who act as data controllers[1] with respect to the personal data you share with ASIL Ventures under this Policy.

The Sites include www.asilventures.com and additional websites or mobile applications produced and managed by ASIL Ventures that link to this Policy.

ASIL Ventures knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data[2] (i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

ASIL Ventures reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to alter and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We therefore invite you to review the current version of the Privacy Policy each time you return to our Sites.

Some terms are defined throughout this Policy. Simply click on the terms in bold to obtain their definition or refer to the definitions at the bottom of this Policy.

Information we collect and how we use it

ASIL Ventures might collect personal data from you such as your name, contact details, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to ASIL Ventures, reason for contacting ASIL Ventures, topics you are interested in and any other information you choose to share. By browsing our Sites or sending us information, you explicitly consent to ASIL Ventures processing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. ASIL Ventures might use your personal data to fulfil your request, send you marketing communications, or process your job application.


ASIL Ventures collects personal data from you when you request information from ASIL Ventures and/or supply, information through the Sites, such as when you fill out a subscription form or consulting expertise inquiry, opt in to receive emails from ASIL Ventures, agree to participate in surveys, or apply for a role at ASIL Ventures.

Personal data we collect might include your name, e-mail address, title, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to ASIL Ventures, reason for contacting ASIL Ventures, topics you are interested in, any other background information provided with an application and any other information contained in messages you send us.

By browsing our Sites and submitting this information to us, you explicitly agree to ASIL Ventures using your personal data for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any information you do not wish ASIL Ventures to use.

ASIL Ventures will use your personal data to fulfil your request, provide you with the information you requested and/or send you marketing communications. If you have applied for a job at ASIL Ventures, your data will be processed for the purpose of evaluating and processing your application and candidacy for the position to which you have applied. We may also use your information to analyze and improve our recruiting and onboarding processes as well as to communicate with you about ASIL Ventures events and to send you publications that we think may be of interest to you.

ASIL Ventures may collect personal data and may disclose such information to third party service providers in aggregate for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you.

You do not have to provide us with any personal data.  However, if you do not, we may be unable to handle your request or to provide you with the services you are requesting.

ASIL Ventures will keep your personal data for as long as needed to handle your request or for as long as we have a relationship with you. If you have applied for a role with ASIL Ventures, ASIL Ventures will keep your personal data associated with your application for a period of up to five years.

Please note that ASIL Ventures is not responsible for any information you may disclose publicly in any chat rooms, message boards, or similar web pages, including those hosted on or linked to our Sites. You should keep in mind that, whenever you publicly disclose information about yourself online (for example, via message boards or chat rooms), such information could be collected and used by people whom you do not know. In addition, certain message boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses along with the message poster’s name and message. ASIL Ventures bears no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any information users may disclose on the message boards, chat areas or other user forums, if any, on the Sites.

Use of cookies on the Sites

We may use cookies or other technology (“cookies”) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our Sites.

Who we share your personal data with

We may share your personal data with other companies affiliated with ASIL Ventures, as well as with other third parties that might be located in a different country than your country of residence. ASIL Ventures will not share or sell your data to any third party for their own use.


We may share your personal data with others, such as:

  • carefully selected third party service providers, such as marketing service providers (if you have subscribed to our marketing communications), IT systems providers, recruitment service providers, background check providers, data cleansing providers or event organizers, so they can provide services to ASIL Ventures;
  • our advisors;
  • law enforcement authorities or other government bodies when we are required to do so.

 Third parties, other than law enforcement authorities or government bodies, will only handle your personal data on behalf of ASIL Ventures for the purposes described in this Policy. ASIL Ventures will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with such third parties for their own use without your consent.

Affiliate companies of ASIL Ventures and other third parties we share your information with may be located in other countries, including countries that do not offer the same protection to your personal data as the country in which you reside. Where that is the case, ASIL Ventures ensures that your personal data is protected by using appropriate legal mechanisms.

Links to other websites

Our Sites may contain links to third party websites that are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. ASIL Ventures does not bear any liability and responsibility for the content or your use of these websites.


The Sites may contain links to third party websites, including social network sites. Such websites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies, which you should review before browsing or submitting information to them. ASIL Ventures is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. In addition, a link to a third party website does not mean that ASIL Ventures endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such website. ASIL Ventures shall not bear any liability and responsibility for such content or for your use of these websites.

Security of your personal data

ASIL Ventures has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.


ASIL Ventures has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Such measures include anonymizing [4] or pseudonymizing[5] data where possible. Authorized ASIL Ventures personnel and third parties mentioned above will only have access to your personal data to the extent they need it to do their job or provide their services. Despite these precautions, however, ASIL Ventures cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your information.

Your Rights

Depending on where you reside you might have the right to request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data and to object to or ask for the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You might also have the right to withdraw your consent and request that we stop processing or delete your personal data.

To exercise your rights, please submit your request to privacy@asilventures.com.

Depending on where you reside, you may be entitled to certain rights regarding the personal data ASIL Ventures holds about you. For instance, you may have the right to request access to your information, obtain a copy of it as well as information about how we use it. You have the right to request that we correct incorrect, inaccurate or out-of-date information about you. You may also have the right to request that we stop processing your information and/or withdraw your consent to such processing and to ask us to delete your information.

In the event that ASIL Ventures holds personal data about you and you no longer wish for this data to be processed as described in this Policy, or if you wish to access, rectify, cancel or oppose such processing, please submit your request to privacy@asilventures.com.

If you receive marketing communications from ASIL Ventures, you can opt out of receiving future emails from ASIL Ventures or unsubscribe from participating in our programs through the “preferences” page, which is accessible in every marketing email you receive from ASIL Ventures. You can also submit an opt-out request to privacy@asilventures.com.

If you think we are handling your information unlawfully, we encourage you to get in touch with us. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority.

Please note that we will take reasonable steps to check your identity before handling your request.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how ASIL Ventures handles your personal data, please contact privacy@asilventures.com.

Definitions

  1. The data controller is the person or company that, together or jointly with others, determines the purposes (why) and means (how) of the processing of personal data.
  2. Personal datais any information that relates to an individual who is identified or identifiable, for instance by reference to a name, an identification number or an online identifier.
  3. Standard Contractual Clausesare an agreement that can be entered into by companies for transfers of personal data outside of the European Union. They are a mechanism approved by the European Commission to ensure adequate safeguards to personal data when it is transferred outside of the European Union.
  4. Anonymizingmeans transforming data in such a way that it is no longer identifiable, i.e. the data can no longer be linked to an individual, even if combined with other information. Anonymous data is not considered “personal data”.
  5. Pseudonymizingmeans transforming data in such a way that it is no longer identifiable without the use of additional information. Pseudonymous data is still considered “personal data”.