Privacy Policy
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
Funding Tribe Ltd. collect personal information about you in the following ways:
- Directly from your verbal or written input (such as by consenting to receiving marketing emails or indirectly through third parties with whom we work closely (see below “Information We Receive From Other Sources”)
- Automatically through Funding Tribe Ltd’s website technologies including tracking online, such as by Web cookies (which are small text files created by websites that are stored on your computer), by smart devices, by combining data sets, by collecting data from a browser or device for use on a different computer or device, or by using algorithms to analyze a variety of data such as records of purchases, online behavioral data, or location data
- By closed-circuit television (if visiting our premises).
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE
The types of information that Funding Tribe Ltd. collects directly from you or through your use of our websites and services may include the following depending on how you interact with Funding Tribe Ltd.:
- Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address, username, and telephone number
- Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses used to connect your computer to the Internet
- Educational and professional interests
- Tracking codes such as cookies
- Usernames and passwords
- Payment information, such as a credit or debit card number
- Comments, feedback, posts and other content you provide to Funding Tribe Ltd. (including through a Funding Tribe Ltd. website)
- Communication preferences
- Purchase and search history
- Location-aware services, the physical location of your device in order to provide you with more relevant content for your location
- Information about your personal preferences, and interests
- Communications with other users of Funding Tribe Ltd.’s services
In order to access certain content and to make use of additional functionality and features of Funding Tribe Ltd.’s websites and services, we may ask you to register for an account by completing and submitting a registration form, which may request additional information.
INFORMATION WE RECIEVE FROM OTHER SOURCES
Funding Tribe Ltd. may receive information about you if you use any of the websites we operate or the other services we provide. We also work closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners and sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services; advertising networks; data and analytics providers; academic institutions; journal owners, societies and similar organizations; search information providers, and credit reference agencies) from whom Funding Tribe Ltd. may receive information about you.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Depending on how you interact with Funding Tribe Ltd., Funding Tribe Ltd. may use your personal information in the performance of any contract or transaction we enter into with you, to comply with legal obligations, or where Funding Tribe Ltd. has a legitimate business interest. Legitimate business purposes include but are not limited to one or all of the following: providing direct marketing and assessing the effectiveness of promotions and advertising; modifying, improving or personalizing our services, products and communications; detecting fraud; investigating suspicious activity (e.g., violations of our Terms of Service, which can be found here) and otherwise keeping our site safe and secure; and conducting data analytics.
In addition, with your prior, explicit consent (where required), we may use your information in the following ways:
- To provide you with information about products and services that you request from us
- To provide you with information about other products, events and services we offer that are either (i) similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, or (ii) entirely new products, events and services
- For internal business and research purposes to help enhance, evaluate, develop, and create Funding Tribe Ltd. websites (including usage statistics, such as “page views” on Funding Tribe Ltd.’s websites and the products therein), products, and services
- To notify you about changes or updates to our websites, products, or services/li>
- To provide, activate, and/or manage our services
- For internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, machine learning, testing, statistical, and survey purposes
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service
- CFor any other purpose that we may notify you of from time to time
Personal information will not be kept longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. This means that, unless information must be retained for legal or archival purposes, personal information will be securely destroyed, put beyond use or erased from Funding Tribe Ltd.’s systems when it is no longer required or, where applicable, following a request from you to destroy or erase your personal information.
DISCLOSURE AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION
Funding Tribe Ltd. will not disclose to or share your personal information with any unaffiliated third party except as follows:
- Where necessary in connection with services provided by third parties (i) who provide us with a wide range of office, administrative, information technology, website and platform hosting, editing, production, payment, business management, analytics, content management, indexing, archiving, or marketing services; and (ii) who are required to comply with applicable privacy laws;
- Where you voluntarily provide information in response to an advertisement from a third party;
- Where third party such as an academic institution, school, employer, business or other entity has provided you with access to a Funding Tribe Ltd. product or service through an integration or access code, information may be shared regarding your engagement with the service or product, results of assessments taken and other information you input into the product or service;
- Where you participate in a program in which we partner with third parties, we may share your information with those third-party partners;
- Where Funding Tribe Ltd. is required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities and government agencies, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; to comply with a subpoena or other legal process; when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, to enforce our Terms of Service, or to protect the rights, property or safety of our services, users or others; and to investigate fraud;
- Where all or substantially all of the business or assets of Funding Tribe Ltd. relating to our services are sold, assigned, or transferred to another entity;
- Where Funding Tribe Ltd.’s rights to publish, market and/or distribute a specific journal or other publication are transferred to another entity, and you have subscribed to or requested to receive electronic alerts related to that journal or publication;
- Where you have subscribed to journals, elected to receive electronic alerts about journals or your contribution to one of our journals has been accepted for publication, we may share your information with the journal owner or a society or organization associated with the journal; or
- Where you have attended an event, webinar, or conference, we may share your information with the sponsor of the activity; or
- Where, even if not described above, you have consented to such disclosure or Funding Tribe Ltd. has a legitimate interest in making the disclosure.
Funding Tribe Ltd. also may disclose navigational and transactional information in the form of anonymous, aggregate usage statistics and demographic information that does not reveal your identity or personal information.