Ethical Capital Partners Pty Limited Privacy Policy

Ethical Capital Partners Pty Limited (“Ethical Capital Partners”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Policy describes Ethical Capital Partners policies for collecting, using and disclosing your personal data. By using any of Ethical Capital Partners Products and Services (“Products”) including its internet-based content you expressly consent on an informed basis owing to the disclosure of, and availability herein, to collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy.

Your and You means your interaction with Ethical Capital Partners Products whether this is done on or through devices that belong to or are under your direct or indirect control. You indemnify Ethical Capital Partners from your use and misuse of other parties’ devices. You indemnify Ethical Capital Partners for any costs incurred by or awarded against Ethical Capital Partners in relation to same.

By using, engaging with, perusing and otherwise interacting with Ethical Capital Partners’ internet-based content that you understand and expressly accept our practices regarding your personal data and how we shall and do treat it. Let us know if you have any questions.

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of (regardless of means of access) any of the of Products from Ethical Capital Partners, collectively referred to as Ethical Capital Partners Products, such as the Ethical Capital Partners website, Ethical Capital Partners LinkedIn page and those of its affiliate employees and directors, the Ethical Capital Partners Twitter feed and Retweets, the Ethical Capital Partners cloud and virtual machine systems. Not all Ethical Capital Partners Products are owned and provided by Ethical Capital Partners Pty Limited. You shall inform yourself of the respective policies governing third party sites and hold harmless Ethical Capital Partners from your use and misuse therein.

Where you access, download or use Ethical Capital Partners Products, through applications on Devices, through APIs, and through third parties. A Device is any computer used to access Ethical Capital Partners Products, including without limitation a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, or other consumer or non-consumer electronic Device.

Ethical Capital Partners Products might enable you to sync information from your devices to other devices that you own.

1) Information we collect from you

All of the different forms of data, content, and information, including that which can be used to identify an individual, as described below are collectively referred to as Information. We collect Information to provide better services to all of our users from figuring out basic stuff like which language you speak, to more complex things like how to provide the best user experience for using Ethical Capital Partners Products on your particular Device.

We collect Information in two ways:

A) Information you give us: In the course of you using Ethical Capital Partners Products, we may collect Information with your consent that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Information”).

When you use Ethical Capital Partners products, we may collect Personal Information such as your name, email address, phone number, and ancillary demographic information so that we can assess your usage and interactions.

When you interact with Ethical Capital Partners, we may collect some Personal Information such as your email address, or social networking information if you give us access to your account on social network connection services, or your phone number. You may be asked to choose login Information, such as your email address and a password, which will be used to access your account.

B) Information we get from your use of Ethical Capital Partners Products: We (or our service providers acting on our behalf or that we have otherwise permitted) may collect Information about the Ethical Capital Partners Products that you use and how you use them. This information includes information that may identify you as well as statistical information such as Google Analytics. This may identify you and may be correlated with your Personal Information. Usage Information may include:

a) Device Information: We may collect Device-specific Information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, unique Device identifiers and mobile network Information including phone number). We may associate your Device identifiers or phone number with your Ethical Capital Partners Account.

b) Log Information: When you use Ethical Capital Partners Products, we may automatically record or log Information from your Device, its software, and your activity using the Ethical Capital Partners Products. This may include:

• The Device’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address;
• Identification numbers (e.g. “MAC Addresses”) associated with your Devices;
• Device event Information such as crashes, system activity and hardware settings;
• Locale preferences;
• Application activity such as app upload, app download, app installation, app uninstallation, app start, app play duration, app stop, app crashes, app network activity and app resource consumption;
• Date and time stamps associated with transactions;
• System configuration Information; and
• Other interactions with the Ethical Capital Partners Products and third-party advertisements.

The Ethical Capital Partners Products that include websites may also use the following cookies:

• A cookie which recognizes a user’s browser type, browser language, the date and time of a user’s request and referral URL;
• A cookie which identifies the web page visited before you came to our website; and
• A cookie which logs information you search for on our website.

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are pieces of information that are stored on the hard drive of your computer and are used for record-keeping purposes. Use of cookies facilitates web surfing by performing certain functions.

You may refuse to accept cookies when you are alerted to their existence by us or by activating the setting on your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website.

Location Information: When you use a location-enabled app, we may collect, process and retain Information about your actual location. We may also use various technologies to determine location, such as sensor data from your Device that may, for example, provide Information on nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell towers. The location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by us to provide and improve location based products and services. By using a location-enabled app, you consent to us processing Information about your actual location.

Third Party App Information: When you download and install Third Party Apps, or when you permit them to be updated, we may record Information about the source, such as the name of the app store or app market, its IP address, the application version number, or any unique application identification number associated with them.

Local storage: We may collect Information about storage consumed on your Device by Android apps and their app-specific data.

2) Children’s Information

We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with Personal Information, we take steps to remove such Personal Information and terminate the child’s account unless parental or guardian consent is given.

3) How We Use Personal Information and Your Choices

A) Personal Information: Personal Information is or may be used: (i) to provide and improve our Ethical Capital Partners Products; (ii) to administer your use of the Ethical Capital Partners Products; (iii) to personalize and improve your experience; (iv) to provide software updates; (v) to provide you with products, information or services that you request from us or which are related to such requests and we feel may interest you; and (vi) to notify you about changes to Ethical Capital Partners Products and services.

B) You may choose not to receive marketing email communications from us by clicking on the unsubscribe or communication preferences link in the marketing emails or by adjusting your email preferences using the online account you may establish on our sites. If you no longer wish to receive promotional emails or text messages from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of those communications.

C) Geo-Location Information: We may use geo-location Information to the greatest extent permitted by law. Some Devices allow applications to access real-time location-based Information (for example, GPS). By using a location-enabled app, you consent to us processing Information about your actual location.

D) Google Analytics: We use the Information to grow our business, to improve or develop our products, to monitor and analyse use of the Ethical Capital Partners Products, for the Ethical Capital Partners Products’ technical administration, to increase the Ethical Capital Partners Products’ functionality and user-friendliness, and to verify users have the authorization needed for the Ethical Capital Partners Products to process their requests. To learn more about the privacy policy of Google Analytics, visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html. To block the Google Analytics cookie, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

4) Information Sharing and Disclosure

A) Your Consent: We may share or disclose your Information to third parties with your consent, for example if you use a third party application to access your account (see below). Through certain features of the Ethical Capital Partners Products, you may also have the ability to make some of your Information public. Public Information may be broadly and quickly disseminated.

B) Ethical Capital Partners Products Providers, Business Partners and Others: We may use certain trusted third-party companies and individuals to help us provide, analyse, and improve the Ethical Capital Partners Products (including but not limited to data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and payment processing). These third parties may have access to your Information only for purposes of performing these tasks on our behalf and under obligations to adequately safeguard the Information.

C) Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement Requests; Protection of Ethical Capital Partners Rights: We may disclose Information about you that we collect when we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with a law, regulation or compulsory legal request; (b) protect the safety of any person from death or serious bodily injury; (c) prevent fraud or abuse of Ethical Capital Partners or its users; or (d) protect Ethical Capital Partners property rights.

D) Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Information may be transferred as part of that transaction, but we will notify you (for example, via email and/or a prominent notice on our website) of any change in control or use of your Personal Information, or if it becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

E) Non-private or Non-Personal Information: We may disclose your non-private, aggregated, or otherwise non-Personal Information, such as usage statistics of our Ethical Capital Partners Products.

5) Third Parties

We will not share your Personal Information with our affiliated companies or with third parties who may use it for their marketing purposes without your prior permission.

6) Data Retention

We will retain your Information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with services or as required by law (whichever is longest). If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your Information to provide you with services, you may delete your account by notifying us. We may retain and use your Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

7) Ethical Capital Partners Community

Ethical Capital Partners Products offer publicly accessible community services such as blogs and forums. You should be aware that any Information you provide in these areas might be read, collected and used by others who access them. Your posts may remain even after you cancel your account.

8) Security

We follow generally accepted standards to protect the Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we do not guarantee its security.

9) Accessing Your Information

You may access your account Information to update or delete it or to manage your preferences by emailing [email protected]. Please keep your Information up to date and accurate.

10) Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]

11) Changes to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, may provide a more prominent notice (including, for example, email notification of Privacy Policy changes). By continuing to use Ethical Capital Partners Products after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by any revised Privacy Policy.

12) Severability

If any provisions of this Privacy Policy are found to be void or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed and all other provisions shall remain in force.

13) Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 14 September 2024.