Privacy policy
Last Updated: 12 October 2023
This Privacy Policy explains how information about you is collected, used, and disclosed by Sponsor Driven Ltd. ("Sponsor Driven" or “we”). This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you use our websites and online services (collectively, the “Services”) or when you otherwise interact with us.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.
Collection of Information
Information You Provide to Us
We collect the information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you create an account, participate in any interactive features of the Services, fill out a form, make a payment, request customer support or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, payment method information and any other information you choose to provide.
Information We Collect Automatically
When You Use the Services When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about you, including:
Log Information: We collect log information about your use of the Services, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use various technologies to collect information, including cookies, local storage and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits. Local Storage similarly enables our Services to store data (like login tokens) securely in your browser and unlike cookies, it's not sent to the server on every request. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies, and how to disable them, please see "Your Choices" below.
Information We Collect From Other Sources
We may also obtain information from other sources. For example, if you connect your account with an account you have with a third-party service, we will have access to certain information from that service, such as your profile information, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by that service. Additionally, we may collect information about you from third-party sources that help us to learn more about you, like for example your profile picture or social media handles.
Use of Information
We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:
Provide, maintain and improve our Services, and develop new products and services;
Provide and deliver the products and services you request,
Send you notices, updates, and support and administrative messages;
Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards, and events offered by Sponsor Driven and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
Monitor and analyse trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Sponsor Driven and others;
Personalise and improve the Services and provide, content or features that match user profiles or interests;
Facilitate contests, sweepstakes and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards;
Link or combine with information we collect about you; and
Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.
Sharing of Information
We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
With admins of a competitor page, if you are a contributor
With vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf. If you submit a request to us, we will provide you with a list of the third-party service providers with which we have shared information about you for the 12 months prior to your request;
In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process;
If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of Sponsor Driven or others;
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Sponsor Driven assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another Sponsor Driven;
With your consent or at your direction.
We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
Social Sharing Features
The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools, which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
Analytics Services Provided by Others
We engage other companies to provide analytics services via the Services. These companies may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked and conversion information. This information may be used by Sponsor Driven and others to, among other things, analyse and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand how our services are being used.
Security
Sponsor Driven takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries
Sponsor Driven Ltd. is based in the United Kingdom and the information we collect is governed by UK law. By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer and storage of information in and to the UK and other countries, where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law.
Your Choices
Account Information
You may update the profile information you provide by logging into your online account.
Cookies
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
Promotional Communications
You may opt out of receiving promotional or notification emails from Sponsor Driven by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you important non-promotional (aka transactional) emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
GDPR
Sponsor Driven is GDPR compliant. We are not in the business of selling data to any 3rd party. Our business model is to collect a platform fee on transactions (like most other crowdfunding platforms). Companies or individuals that are financial contributors don't get access to private information of the recipient profile. Only the admins of the competitor page get access to your email address. We don't store credit card information on our servers (we only store a token if you have decided to save it to your profile). We don’t store any passwords. Since our entire code base is open source, anyone can easily audit it.
Data Removal
This functionality is under development. Please contact us to remove your profile(s).
If you haven't made any transactions, you can easily delete your profile account on Sponsor Driven from the settings. If your profile has any transactions, we can't delete them since we need to keep the integrity of our ledger and accounting system.
For individual/organisations profiles: please contact us and please request for your personal information to be removed and the transaction(s) anonymised.
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