2.1 User Information :
To provide you the Services, we must collect Personal Information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Personal Information”). We collect Personal Information you provide us, from your use of the Services, and from other sources. Here are the types of Personal Information we collect about you:
Information you provide us. When you register for our Services, sign up for any events, subscribe to our blog(s) or newsletter(s), use any of our Services; and/or when you contact us directly by any communication channel (e.g., support tickets, chats, emails), you may provide us Personal Information, such as name, email address, phone number, payment information (for Users with Paid Services), information you include in your communications with us and with other users on our platform, and Personal Information contained in scanned identification documents (such as an ID card, driver’s license, passport, or official company registration documents).
Information we collect when you use the Services. When you use any of our Services, we may collect aggregated usage Personal Information, such as Visitors’ and Users’ browsing and ‘click-stream’ activity on the Services, session heatmaps and scrolls, non-identifying Personal Information regarding the Visitor’s or User’s device, operating system, internet browser, screen resolution, language and keyboard settings, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, etc.
Information we collect from other sources. We may receive Personal Information about you from third-party sources, such as i) security providers , fraud detection and prevention providers for example to help us screen out users associated with fraud, ii) social media platforms, when you log-in or sign-up using your social media account, we may receive Personal Information from that service (e.g., your username, basic profile Personal Information) and in some cases, we may collect Personal Information from lead enhancement companies which help us to improve our service offering; iii) advertising and marketing partners in order to monitor, manage and measure our ad campaigns.
2.2 Users of users ‘Personal Information’
We may also collect Personal Information pertaining to visitors and users of our User’s services (“Users-of-Users”), solely for and on our Users’ behalf (as further described in Section 6 below).
2.3 Jobs applicant information
We also collect information that is provided to us by EggsInvest jobs candidates (“Applicants”), when they apply to any of our open positions (as further described in our Privacy Policy for Job Applicants).
We use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
4.1. Third Party Service Providers:
We have partnered with a number of selected service providers, whose services and solutions complement, facilitate and enhance our own (collectively, “Third Party Service Provider(s)”).
4.2. Law Enforcement, Legal Requests and Duties
We may disclose or otherwise allow access to any categories of your Personal Information described in this Privacy Policy pursuant to a legal request, such as a subpoena, legal proceedings, search warrant or court order, or in compliance with applicable laws, if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so, with or without notice to you.
4.3 Protecting Rights and Safety
We may share any categories of your Personal Information described in this Privacy Policy if we believe in good faith that this will help protect the rights, property or personal safety of ourselves, any of our Users, any Users-of-Users, or any member of the general public, with or without notice to you.
4.4 Subsidiaries and Affiliated Companies
We may share your Personal Information internally within our family of companies, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. For example, we may share your Personal Information with our US-based subsidiary, in the course of facilitating and providing you (and your Users-of-Users) with our Services.
Sharing Personal Information by our subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the European Union, the United Kingdom and Switzerland with our subsidiaries located outside these regions will only take place under an approved transfer mechanism, such as the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses
4.5 Upon Your Further Direction
We enable you, through different techniques, to engage and procure various third party services, products and tools (collectively, “Third Party Services”). If you choose to engage with such Third Party Services, they may have access to and process Personal Information of your Users-of-Users collected through your web or mobile sites. For example:
5.1
We process data about individuals across the world and may transfer your Personal Information outside of your country. Your security, privacy and confidentiality are our top priority and that’s why we conduct a vetting process that includes an assessment of the privacy laws in those countries to validate they have strong data protection laws.
5.2
User’s personal information is controlled by Eggs Invez Limited, in England, United Kingdom, which the European Commission considers as a country offering an adequate level of protection for the Personal Information of E.U. Member State residents.
5.3
If you are in Europe, the U.K., or Switzerland, when we transfer your Personal Information to a location outside of Europe, we will make sure that (i) there is a level of protection deemed adequate by the European Commission or (ii) that the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses are in place (i.e., the applicable module of the Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to Regulation (E.U.) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council from June 4, 2021, as available here, and the ICO’s International Data Transfer Addendum to the E.U. Commission Standard Contractual Clauses version B1.0, in force from 21 March 2022, as it is revised under Section 18 of its Mandatory Clauses).
When we transfer E.U. Personal Information to a third country that the European Commission did not find will adequately protect your information, we ensure that it has taken additional measures to comply with the European data protection laws.
We may Collect, store and process certain Personal Information of Users-of-Users (“Users-of-Users Information”), solely on our Users’ behalf and at their direction. For example, each of our Users is able to import their email contacts from third-party services like Gmail, or otherwise collect and manage alike aspects. Such contacts are then stored with us, on the User’s behalf.
For such purposes, we serve and shall be considered as a “Processor” and not as the “Controller” (as both such capitalized terms are defined in the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)) of such Users-of-Users Information
The Users controlling and operating such information shall be considered as the “Controllers” of such Users-of-Users Information, and are responsible for complying with all laws and regulations that may apply to the collection and control of such Users-of-Users Information, including all privacy and data protection laws of all relevant jurisdictions.
The Processing of the Users-of-users’ Personal Information shall take place within the territory of the European Union, England or a third country, territory or one or more specified sectors within that third country of which the European Commission has decided that it ensures an adequate level of protection and such processing and transfer will be in accordance to the Data Processing Addendum – Users (“DPA”). Any transfer to and Processing in a third country outside the European Union that does not ensure an adequate level of protection according to the European Commission, shall be conducted under an approved transfer mechanism, as detailed in the DPA.
Your are responsible for the security, integrity and authorized usage of Personal Information about Users-of-Users’, and for obtaining consents, permissions and providing any required data subject rights and fair processing notices required for the collection and usage of such Personal Information.
We cannot provide legal advice to Users or their Users-of-Users, however we do recommend that all Users publish and maintain clear and comprehensive privacy policies on their own provisions and services in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations, and that all Users-of-Users carefully read those policies and make sure that they understand and, to the extent required by applicable law, consent to them.
For more information on how Users-of-Users Personal Information may be handled by us (which may be relevant for any specific notice you provide to and/or consent you obtain from your Users-of-Users), please see Sections 4, 12 and 13.
If you are a visitor, user or customer of any of our Users, please read the following: We have no direct relationship with Users-of-Users whose Personal Information it processes. If you are a visitor, user or customer of any of our Users, and would like to make any requests or queries regarding your Personal Information, please contact such User(s) directly. For example, if you wish to request to access, correct, amend, or delete inaccurate Personal Information processed by EggsInvest on behalf of its Users, please direct your query to the relevant User (who is the “Controller” of such data). If we are requested by our Users to remove any Users-of-Users’ Personal Information, we will respond to such requests in a timely manner upon verification and in accordance with applicable law (for example, thirty (30) days under the GDPR). Unless otherwise instructed by our User, we will retain their Users-of-Users’ Personal Information for the period set forth in Section 12 below.
8.1 Promotional messages
We may use your Personal Information to send you promotional content and messages by e-mail, text messages, notifications within our platform, marketing calls and similar forms of communication from us or our partners (acting on our behalf) through such means.
If you do not wish to receive such promotional messages or calls, you may notify us at any time or follow the “unsubscribe” or STOP instructions contained in the promotional communications you receive.
8.2 Service and billing messages
We may also contact you with important information regarding our Services, or your use thereof. For example, we may send you a notice (through any of the means available to us) if a certain Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance; reply to your support ticket or e-mail; send you reminders or warnings regarding upcoming or late payments for your current or upcoming subscriptions; forward abuse complaints regarding any of Users’ services; or notify you of material changes in our Services.
It is important that you are always able to receive such messages. For this reason, you are unable to opt-out of receiving such Service and Billing Messages unless you are no longer an EggsInvest User (which can be done by deactivating your account).
We may also contact you with service and billing-related messages and content. You will not be able to opt-out of receiving such messages.
EggsInvest believes that it is imperative that all EggsInvest users have control over their Personal Information. Therefore, depending on the way you use the EggsInvest Services, you may have the right to request access to, receive a copy of, update, amend or delete, port certain Personal Information to another service, restrict, or object to certain uses of your Personal Information (for example, for direct marketing purposes). Further, when we rely on your consent for processing of your Personal Information (for instance, for direct marketing) you can withdraw your consent at any time, and such withdrawal will take effect from thereon.
EggsInvest will not charge you more if you exercise any of these rights and will continue to provide you with the same level of service.
If you are a EggsInvest user, you can access and correct a lot of your Personal Information directly through your account, or via online forms EggsInvest makes available to you (as detailed below). You can also exercise your rights by sending your request to pr*****@********st.com, mailing it to Eggs Invest, 124 City Road, City of London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX, or reaching out to our customer care department.
When we receive your right request, we may take steps to verify your identity before complying with the request to protect your privacy and security.
Before fulfilling your request, we may ask you for additional information in order to confirm your identity and for security purposes. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law (e.g. if your request is unfounded or excessive).
You have the right to file a complaint with your local supervisory authority for data protection (but we still recommend that you contact us first).
If you are an EggsInvest User, and you wish to receive a copy, access and/or request us to make corrections to the Personal Information that you have stored with us (either yours or your Users-of-Users’), or wish to request a list of what Personal Information (if any) pertaining to you we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes, you can mail your request to Eggs Invest, 124 City Road, City of London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX. We will make reasonable efforts to honor your request promptly (unless we require further information from you in order to fulfil your request), subject to legal and other permissible considerations
Please note that permanently deleting your EggsInvest account erases all of your Personal Information from our databases. After completing this process, you can no longer use any of our Services, your account and all its data will be removed permanently, and EggsInvest will not be able to restore your account or retrieve your data in the future. If you contact our support channels in the future, the system will not recognize your account and support agents will not be able to locate the deleted account.
If you have any questions or concerns about our collection, use or disclosure of Personal Information, or if you believe that we have not complied with this Privacy Policy or applicable data protection laws, please contact us – our details are set out at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Our Data Protection Officer team will investigate the complaint and determine whether a breach has occurred and what action, if any, to take. We take every privacy complaint seriously and will make all reasonable efforts to resolve your complaint promptly and in accordance with applicable law.
You can file a complaint with your local supervisory authority for data protection at any time, however we recommend that you contact us first so we can try to resolve it.
We may retain your Personal Information (as well as your Users-of-Users’ Personal Information) for as long as your User Account is active, as indicated in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise needed to provide you with our Services.
We may continue to retain your Personal Information after you deactivate your User Account and/or cease to use any particular Services, as reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes regarding our Users or their Users-of-Users, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our agreements and/or protect our legitimate interests.
To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of such data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of such data, the purposes for which we process it, and the applicable legal requirements.
EggsInvest has implemented security measures designed to protect the Personal Information you share with us, including physical, electronic and procedural measures. Among other things, we offer HTTPS secure access to most areas on our Services and the transmission of sensitive payment information (such as a credit card number) through our designated purchase forms is protected by an industry standard SSL/TLS encrypted connection. We also regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and regularly seek new ways and Third Party Services for further enhancing the security of our Services and protection of our Visitors’ and Users’ privacy.
Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by EggsInvest, we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of your Personal Information, your Users-of-Users’ Personal Information or any other information you upload, publish or otherwise share with EggsInvest or anyone else. We encourage you to set strong passwords for your User Account, and avoid providing us or anyone with any sensitive Personal Information of which you believe its disclosure could cause you substantial or irreparable harm.
Furthermore, because certain areas on our Services are less secure than others (for example, if you set your forum message to be publicly-visible, or if you browse to a non-SSL page), and since e-mail and instant messaging are not recognized as secure forms of communications, we request and encourage you not to share any Personal Information on any of these areas or via any of these methods.
If you have any questions regarding the security of our Services, you are welcome to contact us at in**@********st.com.
We offer as part of our Services publicly accessible blogs, communities and support forums. Please be aware that any Personal Information you provide in any such areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your Personal Information from our blogs, communities or forums, feel free to contact us. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information from such areas. For example, if you use a third party application to post a comment (e.g., the Facebook social plugin application) while logged in to your related profile with such third party, you must login into such application or contact its provider if you want to remove the Personal Information you posted on that platform.
In any event, we advise against posting any Personal Information (via any means) you don’t wish to publicize.
If you upload any user content to your User Account or post it on your provisions or services and provide it in any other way as part of the use of any Service, you do so at your own risk.
We have put adequate security measures in place to protect your Personal Information. However, we cannot control the actions of other Users or members of the public who may access your content, and are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures you or we may have placed on your provisions or services. You understand and acknowledge that, even after its removal by you or us, copies of such content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if any third parties (including any of your Users-of-Users) have copied or stored such content. To clarify, we advise against uploading or posting any information you do not wish to be public
We may update this Privacy Policy as required by applicable law, and to reflect changes to our Personal Information collection, usage and storage practices. If we make any changes that we deem as “material” (in our sole good faith discretion), we will notify you prior to the change becoming effective. In relation to any updated Privacy Policy, we will, as required by applicable law, notify you, seek your consent and/or take any other measures. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest Information on our privacy practices. Unless stated otherwise, our most current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your Users-of-Users, with respect to our Website, Mobile Apps and other Services.
This Privacy Policy was written in English, and may be translated into other languages for your convenience. You may access and view other language versions by changing your website language settings. If a translated (non-English) version of this Privacy Policy conflicts in any way with its English version, the provisions of the English version shall prevail
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights as described in Sections 9 or 10 please refer to those sections or contact the Data Protection Officer team. We will attempt to resolve any complaints regarding the use of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
You may also contact us by mail at:
Eggs Invest, 124 City Road, City of London, United Kingdom EC1V 2NX