Privacy Policy - European Investors Network

Last updated on 27th of February, 2025.

Introduction

Privacy is very important to European Investors Network, and we appreciate the trust you place in us when you use our services. European Investors Network has a mission to foster safe, secure, and trustworthy services on its platform, ensuring users have access to reliable tools and resources. Doing so requires a commitment to the privacy of our community.

This Privacy Policy applies to information that is unique to you and may be used to identify you (“Personal Information”). It describes the policies and procedures of European Investors Network (“us,” “we”) regarding the collection, use, processing, storage, and transfer of Personal Information concerning individuals who (i) visit the European Investors Network website at https://www.european-investor-network.com/ (the “Site”), as well as the software, applications, and other functionality and services available on the Site (collectively, the “Services”), (ii) obtain any products or services from us, or (iii) otherwise interact with us.

Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to our processing of information about job applicants, employees or contractors.

Please note that certain aspects of this Privacy Policy may vary depending on whether you interact with us directly as an investor, through an intermediary, or if we provide Services to your employer, advisor, or fund or trust manager. Additionally, some of our Services may have a separate or additional privacy policy, which will be made available to you if you choose to use those Services. If you are using the Services on behalf of an organization or client (such as a fund, holding company, trust, or joint account you manage or advise), this Privacy Policy remains personal to you as an individual and does not apply to that organization, entity, or client or any information related to them.

We will post any updates to this Privacy Policy on this page. From time to time, you may need to provide us with additional information, including Personal Information, in connection with the Site and the provision of the Services. Failure to provide such information may result in your inability to use the Site or Services. If at any time you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue your use of the Site or Services.

The information we collect and how we collect it

In the course of operating the Services, European Investors Network collects or receives the following types of information, which may include personal information:

Identity Data which includes name (first name, middle name, if applicable, last name).
Contact Data which includes business address, business phone, business email, and business title. If you choose to provide private address, phone, or email, such information will be voluntarily disclosed by you.
Profile Data which includes information such as username, password, and other log-in information, as well as any preferences for Services that you share with us and any other information or data you share when using the Services.

Usage Data which includes information about how you use the Services (including the Site) and your history, as well as records of your communications with European Investors Network and customer service requests. When you use the Services, we provide information about your availability and offers, in anonymized form except as described below, unless you agree otherwise.
Information requested or required by regulatory or governmental authorities or law enforcement bodies.
Marketing and Communications Data which includes behavioral and marketing information such as your interests, and your public social media presence.
Technical Data which includes information we automatically collect from your computer, browser, phone, or other devices and software used to access the Services using cookies, server logs, and other tracking technologies, and log this information in log files. This information includes, among other things, your device ID, ISP, IP address, user IDs and access tokens for third-party sites such as, but not limited to AngelList, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, information you have authorized a third party to share, and any information you have made public on those services, as well as browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operation system and platform, request data/time, user agent string, links clicked. For more information about how we use cookies and other tracking technologies see Section 3 below.

We may collect information by asking you to enter information (including Personal Information) into forms, by observing your account activity and usage of the Services, by logging your access and activity on the Site, by your uploading of documents, and via third-party information providers that, among other things, provide background checks to verify your identity, creditworthiness, and your eligibility and suitability to use the Services. Third-party information providers include, among others: credit reporting agencies, social media sites, our affiliated entities, fund administration partners, advertising and marketing platforms, data brokers, and other data sources, and compliance service providers.

If you register or use the Services through a third-party site or application such as AngelList, Facebook, Google or LinkedIn, or link your European Investors Network account to those sites and applications, we may collect Personal Information from them. We may also collect Personal Information by direct communication with you and others by telephone, in person, and by online or electronic messaging means both on-Site and through off-Site services.

Cookies and similar technologies

When you access the Site or Services, we and certain information providers may place cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, page tags, or other data-gathering and transmitting tools or files (collectively, “Cookies”) on your device. These Cookies help us give you the best experience, perform analytics, analyze traffic, recognize you as a user, customize and personalize the Services, study and improve our offerings, collect information about your device and software in order to improve Site performance or prevent fraud. The information collected through Cookies may include your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, device type/model/manufacturer, operating system, date and time stamp, and a unique ID that allows us to identify your browser or your account (including, for example, a persistent device identifier or an Ad ID), and other similar information.

We also work with third-party partners to employ Cookies and analytical tools, including the application of statistical modeling tools, that permit us to recognize and contact you across multiple devices, this includes the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave our services, the pages you visit, the links you click, whether you open emails or click the links contained in emails, whether you access the Services from multiple devices, and other actions you take on the Services. We may collect this analytics data using third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics. To learn more about the use of Cookies by Google for analytics and to exercise choice regarding those technologies, please visit the Google Analytics opt-out page or, if you are an individual located in the UK or EEA, via Cookies Settings.

Why we collect personal information

We collect Personal Information from and about you to:

Create a user account to use parts of our Services, maintain your user profiles, and otherwise enable and facilitate your usage of European Investors Network’s Services or as necessary for your use of the Site and the provision of the Services.
Analyze and improve our operations.
Correspond with you, including fulfilling your requests, providing you with information that you request, or otherwise responding to your inquiry.

Verify your identity, your status as a professional investor, an accredited investor or qualified purchaser (or other qualifications), if applicable, process diligence checks, and establish your eligibility and suitability for being a member of the European Investors Network community.
If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, organization, or client, verify your affiliation and that you are authorized to do so.
Facilitate your and our compliance with various laws, regulations, and industry oversight pertaining, among other things, to financial information, money laundering, terrorism, and “know your customer” rules promulgated by applicable government and regulatory bodies.
Personalize your experience and customize content relevant to your interests, including but not limited to advertising and marketing on the Services, through email, social media channels, third-party sites, or on other devices you may use.
Send you important information regarding the Services, such as certain changes to our terms, conditions, policies, and/or other administrative information. Because this information may be material to your use of the Services, you may not opt out of receiving such communications.
Inform you of programs, services, and offers that we believe may be of interest to you, including, without limitation, sending you our newsletters.
Provide you with information about, and solicit your further participation in, the Services (which may include research and development purposes, direct marketing activities, and/or the transfer of your Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes).
Study, test, and improve the Services, and the overall user experience using the Services.
Help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our service, technology assets, and operations.
Detect, prevent, and address technical issues with the Services.
Offer customer support, technical support, maintenance, and product development.
Respond to law enforcement requests and as permitted by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations, enforce our corporate reporting obligations and our Terms of Use, or comply with applicable laws.
Protect against fraud, Site misuse, privacy and security breaches, and other legal and regulatory violations, and fulfill and enforce agreements reached with you and others.
For purposes disclosed at the time you provide your personal information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy.

In an ongoing effort to better understand our Services, we might analyze your information in aggregate or de-identified form in a manner such that the end-product does not uniquely identify you or any other user of the Services. As a result, aggregate and de-identified information is not Personal Information subject to terms of this Privacy Policy.

Onward transfer of personal information

We may share Personal Information that we have collected for the purposes described above with our affiliates and the following third parties (whether located within or outside your jurisdiction):

The other party or parties to a prospective or actual engagement through the Services.
Intermediate entities such as funds and “special purpose vehicles” that handle financial pools, as well as the organizers, managers, and advisers of these entities or other parties, in order to facilitate, administer, and enforce the terms of an engagement or contemplated engagement.
If you enter into an engagement with a third-party organization, that organization will have Personal Information about you and, subject to their own privacy policy, may be required to disclose that information to their own investors, board, officers, and stakeholders.
In the event of a reorganization, restructure, transfer of operations, asset transfer, merger with another entity, public or private offering of assets, creation of a subsidiary or parent entity, formation of a trust or other affiliated entity, or other structural changes affecting European Investors Network, or our entry into negotiations to do the same, we may share your information (which may include Personal Information) with other parties to those transactions and their advisors and representatives on a need-to-know basis under assurances of confidentiality. Personal Information may also be disclosed in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.

We may create, acquire, or otherwise partner with parent, subsidiary, or affiliate entities, trusts, or other related organizations for purposes of offering the Services, facilitating engagements, and servicing any related activities, who may use the Personal Information under and consistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
If we are under a subpoena, court order, investigation, audit, reporting requirement, or other legal or regulatory obligation, we may be required to disclose Personal Information as a matter of legal or regulatory process to any local or foreign regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement, or other agencies or authorities for the purposes of complying with any law, rule, regulation, or guideline.
Any affiliate, adviser, contractor, agent, or third-party service provider (including but not limited to financial institutions and payment providers) who provide us with services relating to administration, telecommunications, payment, clearing, audit, accounting, risk management, credit, legal, compliance, operations, marketing, relationship management, information technology, records and data storage, performance measurement, and data analysis in connection with our provision of the Site and Services and our operations.
Our service providers who provide us with security, fraud prevention, advertising and marketing technology, information technology, site analytics, site maintenance, software development, electronic signatures, identity verification, and other Site and service features, provided that all such parties will be under confidentiality obligations to protect and not share any Personal Information we give them.
To any other third parties or with the public at your direction or instruction, or with your approval.
Any other person under a duty of confidentiality to European Investors Network or its affiliated entities that have undertaken to keep such Personal Information confidential.

Online Privacy Choices

Online Advertising

We permit our trusted business partners and third-party advertising companies (including ad servers, ad agencies, technology vendors, or providers of sponsored content, collectively “ad partners”) to collect your browsing information and numerical identifiers associated with your browser or device to provide ads on our behalf that are tailored to your interests. These ads may appear on our Services and on other third-party websites. Using cookies, our ad partners collect data from a particular browser or device about a user’s web viewing behaviors over time, across unrelated websites, and in some cases combine such data with data collected from other browsers or devices associated with the same user or household and use such data to predict user preferences and to deliver advertisements to that user which are calculated to target that user’s predicted preferences across devices. If you take steps to block advertising cookies or opt out of interest-based advertising, note that this does not mean that you will no longer receive ads from European Investors Network, as these ads are only one form of digital advertising. Throughout our online advertising practices we support the self-regulatory principles of the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”).

Privacy Preferences

You have some choices regarding how we use your Personal Information. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to do the following:

Accessing, Correcting and Updating Your Information: When you set up an account as a Site Member, you can access and update your Personal Information by signing in on our Services, and changing your choices and settings. If you have questions about reviewing, changing, or deleting your information, you can contact us directly using the contact information below. We may not be able to change or delete your information in all circumstances.
Update Communications Preferences: To opt out from direct marketing emails at any time and without charge via the “unsubscribe” links on any marketing message sent to you, via your account settings if you are a Site Member, or by contacting us directly. You will not be able opt-out of service-related communications (e.g., account verification, transactional communications, changes/updates to features of the services, technical and security notices).
Non-Affiliate Data Sharing: You may prevent us from sharing the Personal Information we have collected about you with non-affiliated third parties in certain circumstances. You may opt out of our sharing of the Personal Information that we have obtained from third parties, such as your credit reports, with our affiliates. You may also opt out of our sharing of Personal Information about you to non- affiliates so that they can market to you. You may not, however, limit our sharing of Personal Information for the purposes of providing the Service, our everyday business purposes, our own marketing, or for joint marketing efforts with other financial companies. To opt out, you can contact us directly using the contact information below.
Cookies and Online Advertising: Most browsers accept Cookies automatically, but you can block or delete Cookies at any time to prevent the collection of your browsing information for purposes of delivering interest-based ads and tracking visitor behavior. You can block or opt out of Cookies by adjusting settings within your device or browser. For instructions, check your browser’s technical information. If you are an individual located in the UK or EEA, you can opt out of our cookies via Cookie Settings. Please note that blocking or deleting Cookies could affect your ability to fully use the Site and Services.

Record retention

We may retain or delete your Personal Information according to our internal data retention policies as permitted by applicable laws and regulations, even after you no longer use the Site and Services or terminate or deactivate your account or your relationship with European Investors Network. This may be done for purposes such as backup, archival, contract enforcement, dispute resolution, auditing, and regulatory compliance.

Additionally, certain laws and regulations may require us to maintain archival or recordkeeping copies of some or all of your Personal Information and to provide such information to regulatory authorities. As a result, removing, deleting, erasing, suspending processing of, or withdrawing consent with respect to your Personal Information may affect our ability to continue providing you with the Services.

Age restrictions

The Site and Services are directed at and intended solely for adults according to the age of majority and other laws of their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under the age of 18 or allow them to use the Site or Services. If you learn that we may have inadvertently collected any such information, please contact us immediately for a resolution.

Other sites and services

European Investors Network may refer you to third parties, via links from its Site or Services, communications from European Investors Network, or otherwise. These include among others any banks, payment processors, electronic signature services, brokerages, educational and informational sites, and transfer agents. European Investors Network is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices, performance, or terms of use and other contracts offered by these third parties, and does not endorse, provide, or provide any warranties with respect to any content or services they offer you. Please remember that when you go to another website or other service, that service may have its own privacy policy that applies in place of or in addition to ours.

How we protect your personal information

European Investors Network has developed security controls designed to maintain the confidentiality, accuracy, and security of the European Investors Network community’s Personal Information, to honor our clients’ integrity, respect the trust the European Investors Network community places in us, and for purposes of compliance.

We protect Personal Information by using software, physical safeguards, and internal procedures, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This includes using secure servers, encryption, and locked facilities as applicable. We maintain access policies designed to limit access to Personal Information to those who need to know as part of the Services, and education and training for employees on the importance of confidentiality. We have a policy designed to require companies that work with us to protect Personal Information as well.

We ask you to help by taking reasonable precautions to protect your own files, use secure passwords, and generally exercise due care with any sensitive information about yourself or other people.

No security system is completely security or without risk. If you become aware that any Personal Information we have appears to be inaccurate, and you are unable to correct it yourself from your user account, you may contact us as described below. You may also contact us anytime if you have questions regarding your Personal Information, the Services, or any other matter.

Contact us

European Investors Network is the contact for all matters related to this Privacy Policy, including without limitation, any complaints or requests for access to and correction of your Personal Information.

You may contact European Investors Network in e-mail member@european-investors-network.com.

If you believe we have not adequately responded to any request or resolved any complaint, you may have the right to contact your local governmental or regulatory body to file a complaint.

Policy changes

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time at any time. For the purposes of any such amendments, our posting of a revised version of the Privacy Policy, with an updated version date, is to be considered adequate notice to you of the amendment. Any revised version will be effective as of the time posted to the Site, or otherwise notified to you. Therefore, you should review this Privacy Policy periodically. We may require you to affirmatively assent to any revised version of this Privacy Policy as a condition for continued use of the Site or Services or as required by relevant laws or regulations.

Transfer of personal information between jurisdictions

Our collection, holding, processing or use of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy may (whether in whole or in part): (i) take place outside of the jurisdiction in which you reside, or (ii) be controlled by a party whose principal place of business is located outside of your current jurisdiction, where there may not be in force any data protection law which is substantially similar to, or serves the same purposes as, the data protection laws in your current jurisdiction.