User Privacy Policy – March 2021
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PLATFORM
1. Who are we?
1.1 Company
Alphaswap Ltd, a private limited company registered in England and Wales (CRN: 11027546).
Our registered office is: C/O Bcs, Windsor House Station Court, Station Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom CB22 5NE.
1.2 Your Data
For more information on who we share your data with, please see section 5.
You have a suite of rights you can exercise over your data, please see section 6.
We welcome your privacy questions, please direct them to: info@alphaswap.io
2. We collect
2.1 From Idea Generators and Idea Voters (together "Users")
2.1.1. Upon Registration
Your name, age/date of birth, telephone number, email address, job title, a form of ID and payment details when you sign up as a User.
We collect this to take steps to enter in to or to perform the contract in place between us by registering you as a User on our platform, as well as under our legitimate interest to connect you with other Users and Idea Experts. Where you use your LinkedIn, Google or other such profile to sign up, we may also collect personal data that you have uploaded on to such profiles.
2.1.2. When Issuing Virtual Dollars and MakingDiscretionary Bonus Payments
Your name, ideas and financial payment details in connection with issuing you VirtualDollars and our discretionary bonus scheme.
We will process any personal data contained in your ideas uploaded to ourplatform to connect you with other Users and Idea Experts. We will also trackthe number of ideas you upload to the platform as well as the consistency ofyour performance. We do this so that we can establish our top performers on oursite and during the early stage AlphaSwap growth phase, issue bonuses as setout in our terms.
2.1.3 When You Choose to Be Added to Our Job Applicant Pool Which We Show to Institutional Investors
Your name, telephone number, email address, employment history and other data set out on your CV, if provided. This could be provided to us by a recruitment agent.
We may also include information related to your employment history and other data set out on your CV, if this is provided (this is often provided to us by your recruitment agent). We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to assess job applicants, and to take steps necessary to enter into a contract with you. We also collect it because we are under a legal obligation to ensure applicants have the right to work.
Feedback about you from our staff and comments on social media.
We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to ensure potential job applicants will succeed in the role.
2.1.4 When Interacting via Social Media
If you contact us over social media or email (including via the ‘contact us’ link on our site), we also collect Login information, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, platform, IP addresses, MAC addresses & social media handles.
We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to understand how our clients interact with us.
2.1.5 When Interacting at Industry Events
When we interact with you at our own events or third party industry events – we may collect your name, address, email address, phone number. We do this under our legitimate interest to promote our business and/ or assist you in signing up to our platform.
2.1.6 When Appearing on any of Our Social Media
If you agree to be a guest one of our formats, including but not limited to podcasts and videocasts, on any social media, we collect your name, email address, job title and employment history.
2.2. From Idea Experts
2.2.1 Upon Registration
Your name, telephone number, email address, job title, a form of ID, employment history and professional accreditations.
We collect this to take steps to enter in to or to perform the contract in place between us by registering you as an Idea Expert on our platform, as well as our legitimate interest to connect you with Users in need of your support and to build our database of Idea Experts.
2.2.2 When Interacting via Social Media
If you contact us over social media or email (including via the ‘contact us’ link on our site), we also collect Login information, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, platform, IP addresses, MAC addresses & social media handles.
We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to understand how our clients interact with us.
2.2.3 When Interacting at Industry Events
When we interact with you at our own events or third party industry events – we may collect your name, address, email address, phone number. We do this under our legitimate interest to promote our business and/ or assist you in signing up to our platform.
2.2.4. When Appearing on any of Our Social Media
If you agree to be a guest one of our formats, including but not limited to podcasts and videocasts, on any social media, we collect your name, email address, job title and employment history.
2.3. From Applicants for a Job at AlphaSwap Ltd
2.3.1. Your name, telephone number, email address, employment history and other data set out on your CV, if provided. This is often provided to us by your recruitment agent.
We may also include information related to your employment history and other data set out on your CV, if this is provided (this is often provided to us by your recruitment agent). We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to assess job applicants, and to take steps necessary to enter into a contract with you. We also collect it because we are under a legal obligation to ensure applicants have the right to work.
Feedback about you from our staff and comments on social media.
We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to ensure potential job applicants will succeed in the role.
If you contact us over social media or email, we also collect Login information, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, platform, IP addresses, MAC addresses & social media handles. We collect this on the basis of our legitimate interest to understand how people interact with us.
When we interact with you at our own events or third party industry events – we may collect your name, address, email address, phone number. We do this under our legitimate interest to promote our business and/ or assist you in signing up to our platform.
3. RETENTION PERIOD
We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the commercial use and purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For more information please contact us at info@alphaswap.io.
4.HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION?
From the emails and telephone calls we have.
From our website when you sign up to AlphaSwap.
Online forms, this is usually when we are running events, or if you use our website form to contact us with an enquiry.
From the organisation or individual who recommended us to you whether to ensure your suitability as an Idea Expert or as a candidate for a vacancy in the Alphaswap team.
Using the cookies on our website and pixels in our emails.
From our own research and data brokers where we are looking to reach out to new businesses who may be interested in working with us.
Analytics and search engine providers to assist us with the improvement and optimisation of our site.
5. WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
Business partners, group companies, Idea Generators, Idea Voters, Idea Experts, suppliers and sub contractors for the performance of the contract we enter into with them or you.
Our customers as part of the Data-as-a-service solutions we sell to them.
Analytics and search engine providers to assist us with the improvement and optimisation of our site.
Credit reference agencies to assess your credit where that is a condition of us entering into a contract with you.
Promotional events and marketing organisations, we do not sell data for marketing purposes, but may share your data with an event organiser. We will always tell you before (usually on the event registration form) and you will be given the chance to opt-out before we do this.
Prospective buyers of our business.
Regulators/ Authorities/ Enforcement Agencies if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Alphaswap.io our clients, our experts or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection.
6. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?
You have various rights under data protection law. If you wish to exercise these rights or have any questions, the easiest way for you to do this is likely to be by contacting us at privacy@alphaswap.io.
ACCESS: You have the right to access your personal data and obtain a copy of it;
RECTIFICATION: You can correct incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you;
ERASURE: You can ask us to erase the personal data we hold about you;
RESTRICT: You can ask us to restrict our handling of your personal data;
PORTABILITY: You can ask us to transfer your personal data to a third party;
OBJECT: You can object to how we are using your personal data; and
COMPLAIN: You always have the right to lodge a complaint with us or the Information Commissioner's Office, the supervisory authority for data protection issues in England and Wales.
If you are based outside of England and Wales, you can find your relevant supervisory authority here.
Privacy Law is complicated these rights will not always be available to you all of the time.
Alphaswap Ltd. is based in the United Kingdom and all personal data is stored on our servers in the United Kingdom.
7. CHANGE OF PURPOSE
Where we intend to use your personal data for purposes other than those listed in this policy, unless we reasonably consider that additional use is similar to the original purpose, we will notify you and seek your consent beforehand.