Privacy policy
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This policy explains how VentureScope Pte. Ltd. ("VentureScope", "we", "us") collects, uses, shares and protects personal data when you visit venturescope.xyz, contact us, book a call, or work with us as a client or as a reseller, distributor or other channel partner.
VentureScope is a company registered in Singapore (UEN 202318396M) and is responsible for the personal data described here. We comply with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) and, where they apply to our dealings with people in the United Kingdom and the European Union, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).
Contact and data protection officer
Our data protection officer is Elliot LaCour. Contact him at elliot@venturescope.xyz or write to VentureScope Pte. Ltd., 10 Anson Road, #33-03 International Plaza, Singapore 079903.
Personal data we collect
- Visits to this website. Our hosting provider, Netlify, processes the technical data every web request carries, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, to deliver the site and keep it secure.
- Enquiries and bookings. Your name and email address, the email addresses of any guests you add, anything you share to help prepare for the call, the time of the call, and what you tell us by email or on the call, such as your company and role.
- Calls. Calls are held on Google Meet. We take written notes. We do not record calls.
- Businesses we contact. When we contact a business that may want our services or may become a channel partner, we use business contact details (name, role, company, business email address and phone number) from public sources such as company websites and LinkedIn, from introductions, and from business contact data providers such as Apollo.
- Clients and channel partners. During an engagement we hold the contact details of the people we work with at our client and at the resellers, distributors and other partners involved, our correspondence and meeting notes, the terms under negotiation and signed agreements, and the details needed to invoice and be paid.
We do not ask for sensitive personal data, such as health information or political opinions, and ask you not to send it.
How we use personal data
| Purpose | Legal basis under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR |
|---|---|
| Replying to enquiries and arranging calls | Our legitimate interest in responding to business enquiries, and steps you ask us to take before entering into a contract |
| Delivering the pilot and channel advisory, including assessing, contacting and negotiating with resellers and other channel partners and preparing agreements | Performance of our contract with the client, and our legitimate interest in contacting partners on the client's behalf |
| Contacting businesses that may want our services or may become channel partners | Our legitimate interest in business-to-business marketing. You can object at any time and we will stop. |
| Invoicing, accounting and tax | Legal obligation and performance of contract |
| Keeping the website and our accounts secure | Our legitimate interest in security |
| Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims | Our legitimate interest in protecting our rights |
Under the PDPA, we use personal data with your consent, including consent deemed given when you provide your details for a purpose, or under an exception the PDPA allows, such as legitimate interests. The PDPA's main obligations do not apply to business contact information provided solely for business purposes.
We do not sell personal data. We do not make decisions about you by automated means that have legal or similarly significant effects.
Who we share personal data with
- Service providers that process data on our instructions: Google (Google Workspace: email, documents, calendar and Google Meet video calls), Calendly (call booking), HubSpot (contact and engagement records), Apollo (business contact data) and Netlify (website hosting).
- Clients and channel partners, as part of an engagement: we share the business contact details and information each side needs, only for that engagement.
- Professional advisers, such as lawyers, accountants and translators engaged for local-language agreements.
- Authorities, where the law requires it.
- A buyer or successor, if VentureScope's business is sold or restructured.
International transfers
VentureScope is based in Singapore, and our service providers process data in other countries, including the United States. When we transfer personal data out of Singapore, we make sure the recipient protects it to a standard comparable to the PDPA, through contractual terms or other means the PDPA recognises. Where the UK GDPR or EU GDPR applies, we rely on the safeguards they recognise, such as adequacy decisions, including for providers certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and its UK Extension, or standard contractual clauses with the UK Addendum where needed. Contact us for details of the safeguard that applies.
How long we keep personal data
We keep personal data only as long as we need it for the purposes above, including any period in which legal claims can be brought and any period for which company or tax law requires us to keep records. If you ask us not to contact you, we keep a record of that request so that we do not contact you again.
How we protect personal data
Access to personal data is limited to the people who need it for the purposes above, and our service providers are bound by contractual security and confidentiality obligations. If a data breach occurs, we notify the relevant regulators and the people affected where the law requires.
Your rights
Under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR, you can ask us to give you a copy of your personal data, correct it, erase it, restrict how we use it, or transfer it to you or another organisation. You can object to our use of it based on legitimate interests, and you can object to direct marketing at any time. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it.
Under the PDPA, you can ask for access to your personal data and how it has been used or disclosed in the past year, ask us to correct it, and withdraw your consent.
To make a request, email elliot@venturescope.xyz. We may ask you to confirm your identity. We reply within one month under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR. Under the PDPA we reply as soon as reasonably possible and tell you if we need more than 30 days. Requests are usually free.
Complaints
If you have a concern about how we handle your personal data, contact us first at elliot@venturescope.xyz. We acknowledge complaints within 30 days and respond without undue delay. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK (ico.org.uk), the Personal Data Protection Commission in Singapore (pdpc.gov.sg) or, in the European Union, the data protection authority in the country where you live.
Other websites
This site links to other websites, including Calendly, LinkedIn and the sources cited on our market and Insights pages. Their own privacy policies apply when you visit them.
Changes to this policy
We update this policy when our practices change and show the date of the latest version at the top.
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