The purpose of this document is to provide information to you about the use of your personal data by Furthr VC. At Furthr VC we respect your right to privacy and we handle your personal data in accordance with our obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (“the Act”) (together “Data Protection Law”).

This document outlines what personal data we, as data controller, collect and process in our dealings with you, how and why we process those personal data and what your rights are in respect of your personal data.

The statement has been written to provide you with clear and transparent information in an easy to understand format. To help with this, the statement is split into three sections:

(i) PART A “SPECIFIC INFORMATION”: This contains different sections for each type of individual whose personal data we process, with each section providing information on how we process personal data specifically belonging to that type of individual. So to understand how we process your personal data, go to the section(s) that relates to you.

(ii) PART B “GENERAL INFORMATION”: This contains information about processing that is relevant to ALL individuals.

(iii) PART C “YOUR RIGHTS”: This contains information about your rights under Data Protection Legislation. 

If you have any questions about our privacy statement, your rights, or how we use your information, please do not hesitate to contact us here at Furthr VC:

Post: Furthr VC, Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylors Lane, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 W3Y8

Tel: 01 671 3111

Email: hello@furthrvc.ie

We will update this Privacy Statement from time to time. Any changes will be made available on our website and, where appropriate, notified to you by written notice or e-mail.

Please see below.

Where you have applied for a job with Furthr VC, this section relates to you.

Information about you, including your personal data, is gathered when you apply for a job with us either directly or indirectly via employment agencies or online job websites such as Jobbio or LinkedIn. We also may obtain personal data indirectly from referees you nominate to us or from your professional social media profile link you provide to us as part of the job application.

Furthr VC will process and use all personal data included in your CV, job application correspondence and collected as part of the application process, including:
• IDENTITY DATA, including your
 first name, surname, salutation;
 date of birth (if included on your CV);
 photographic identification, where your photograph is included on your CV;
• CONTACT DATA, including your email address, home address, telephone number(s);
• PREFERENCES, in respect of the job you are applying for with us;
• OCCUPATIONAL, including
 the name of your employer, your job title and department;
 your employment and education history and any other information contained in a CV provided to us as part of a job application;
• STATEMENTS ABOUT YOU, including
 references we obtain from your nominated referees as part of a job application;
  notes we make in relation to your suitability;
  o statements made as part of the interview and evaluation process when you apply for a job with us;

We process your personal data for the purpose of recruiting staff. This includes the following, which we deem necessary for the purposes of entering into an employment contract with you (i.e. assess your suitability to enter into the contract):

• Identifying you and processing your job application;

• Verifying the information you provided and assessing your suitability for the role;

• Making a decision on whether to offer you a job and the provision of feedback to you in relation to your application; We may also need to use your personal data for the purpose of satisfying our employment law obligations, in particular in relation to equality.

Your personal data will be shared to relevant staff within Furthr VC but also to a limited number of third parties where it is necessary to do so, including:

(i) To your nominated referees;
(ii) To third party companies or individuals who are providing recruitment services to us;
(iii) To third parties who are providing services to us to enable us to manage the relationship with you, including our consultants, software providers, IT support providers and financial statement auditors;
(iv) To statutory, regulatory, government or law enforcement bodies as required by law;

Where we enter into agreements with third parties to process your personal data on our behalf, we will ensure that appropriate contractual protections are in place to protect the security of the data.

You are not under any obligation to provide your personal data to us. However, we do need some personal data in order to consider a job application from you and failure to provide this information may result in us not being able to consider you for the position or role.

Personal data is kept in a form, which permits data subject identification only for as long as is permitted while following fair and lawful processing. No personal data will be kept for a period longer than necessary. For example, for Companies who have applied for investment and or part Furthr VC’s  investment portfolio, we retain the information for 7 years after the date upon which the relationship ceased.

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You may also choose to provide personal data directly to us by way of contacting us via our “Contact Form” on our website. This Contact Form is formatted as an application form for investment enquires – please see the relevant section below on how we handle all personal data of investment enquires. 

The communications via the Contact Form are kept private by being sent directly to our email, which we then use to manage and respond accordingly. The personal data is only shared with the third parties who supply software to enable us to receive, manage and respond to these communications. This inbound communication management is in line with our legitimate interests to run our business.

We process and use all personal data included in the application process and related correspondence, plus any additional information collected during the enquiry process. This includes:
• IDENTITY DATA, including your first name and surname;
• CONTACT DATA, being your email address;

We only process your personal data where it is lawful and necessary to do so. Your personal data are processed:

• Our legitimate interests to provide relevant marketing material to you where you have been added to the mailing list by us (unless you have objected to us using your personal data for this purpose);

• To enable us to comply with our legal, statutory and regulatory obligations;

Your personal data will be shared to a limited number of third parties where it is necessary to do so, including:
(i) To third parties who are providing services to us to enable us to manage the relationship with you, including our investment team, software providers (mailing list software), IT support providers and financial statement auditors
(ii) To statutory, regulatory, government or law enforcement bodies as required by law;
Where we enter into agreements with third parties to process your personal data on our behalf, we will ensure that appropriate contractual protections are in place to protect the security of the data.

You are not under any obligation to provide your personal data to us. However, please note that without your email address, we will be unable to add you to our mailing list which may include updated and important fund information. 

Personal data is kept in a form, which permits data subject identification only for as long as is permitted while following fair and lawful processing. No personal data will be kept for a period longer than necessary. You will remain on our mailing list until such time when you unsubscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking here, by clicking the “unsubscribe” button within our emails, or by emailing us at hello@furthrvc.ie.

Information about you, including your personal data, is gathered:

(i) Directly from you. Examples include when you:
a. Interact directly with us via telephone, email, post, fax and/or in person;
b. Submitted an application via our website or email;
c. Provided information as part of an  online application form, agreement or feedback document;

(ii) From third parties, such as introducers or common business associates who may pass on your details to us (such as the Furthr VC investment team.)

We process and use all personal data included in the online application form and related correspondence, plus any additional information collected during the application process. This includes:
• IDENTITY DATA, including your first name, surname, salutation, business name, photograph, gender, nationality, signature;
• CONTACT DATA, including your email address, home address, business address, telephone number(s);
• OCCUPATIONAL, being all of the business information you provide to us when applying for investment and as part of the ongoing investment process interactions, including:
  o Your business concept, idea, rationale, stage, milestones, business plan, pitch, overview, previous programme and support details.
  o your employment and education history and any other information contained in documentation provided;
• FINANCIAL DATA, including any financial information submitted such as shareholding, investment and salary/other income details;
• STATEMENTS ABOUT YOU, including notes we make in relation to your eligibility for funding and decisions made about investment;
• PREFERENCES, including the assistance required from Furthr VC and your marketing preferences;
• LOCATION, being where you and/or the Company are located.

We only process your personal data where it is lawful and necessary to do so. Your personal data are processed:
• Where we receive your personal data as part of a Furthr VC inquiry or referral from a third party, we process your personal data in accordance with our legitimate interests to find suitable funding opportunities for Furthr VC. 

• Where we have collected your personal data as part of the Furthr VC application process or where the Company is a client, we process your personal data for the purposes of entering into and performing an investment opportunity, including

  o Establishing the Company’s eligibility;

  o Processing the application and related forms;

  o Conducting due diligence and reviews;

  o Contacting you on matters relating to the application and agreement;

  o Performing the terms of the investment agreement.

• To enable us to comply with our legal, statutory and regulatory obligations;

• To manage our everyday business needs in line with our legitimate interests, such as risk management, accounting, business continuity, complaint management, troubleshooting, technical support, protection of our assets and information, and to establish, exercise and safeguard our rights.

• Where you have provided us with consent to use your personal data for marketing.

Your personal data will be shared to a limited number of third parties where it is necessary to do so, including:

(i) To third parties who are providing services to us to enable us to manage the relationship with you, including our consultants, software providers, IT support providers and financial statement auditors.
(ii) To connected third party organisations (e.g. Enterprise Ireland) where we believe that the Company may be suitable for another program run by such third parties and we have informed you about the referral;
(iii) To our clients and prospective clients where you have provided us with consent to do so;
(iv) To statutory, regulatory, government or law enforcement bodies as required by law;

Where we enter into agreements with third parties to process your personal data on our behalf, we will ensure that appropriate contractual protections are in place to protect the security of the data.

You are not under any obligation to provide your personal data to us. However, we do need some personal data in order to accept/consider the Company for any investment opportunities and failure to provide this information may result in us not being able to establish the Company’s eligibility for investment and therefore not being able to enter such an agreement.

Personal data is kept in a form, which permits data subject identification only for as long as is permitted while following fair and lawful processing. No personal data will be kept for a period longer than necessary. For example, for Companies who in the Furthr VC investment portfolio, we retain the information for 7 years after the date upon which the relationship ceased.

We collect your personal data:

(i) Directly from you. Examples include when you:
a. Interact directly with us via telephone, email, social media and/or in person;
b. Submit inquiries and information via our website, email or social media;
c. Provide information as part of an event registration or ticket purchase;

(ii) From third parties, such as:
a. Our event registration, ticketing, payment processing and event mobile application software providers;
b. Our photographer/videographer imagery of the event.

The personal data processed is limited to those necessary to establish a relationship with you and facilitate your attendance at one of our events, including:
• IDENTITY DATA, including your first name, surname, business name (sole trader), photo and/or video imagery;
• CONTACT DATA, including your email address, billing address;
• OCCUPATIONAL, including the name and sector of the company you represent and any occupational information available in your email signature (e.g. job title);
• PREFERENCES, including the sectors of interest to you and your marketing preferences;
• FINANCIAL, including debit/credit card details used for ticket purchase;
• ONLINE DATA, including IP address (incl. location), device type, operating system, browser and cookies used by our third party event registration and ticketing software;

We will only process your personal data where it is lawful and necessary to do so. Your personal data are processed:

• For the purposes of entering into and performing an event attendance agreement, including:

  o Processing the registration and, where applicable, corresponding ticket purchase;

  o Managing your attendance at the event.

• To enable us to comply with our legal, statutory and regulatory obligations. For example, the preparation and audit of financial statements in compliance with company law or reporting and responding to requests from regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, the courts or otherwise where required to do so;
• Our legitimate interests to (i) share your details with our event networking mobile application provider and (ii) use general event imagery and video footage for marketing purposes (unless you have objected to us using your personal data for this purpose);

• To manage our everyday business needs in line with our legitimate interests, such as risk management, accounting, business continuity, complaint management, troubleshooting, technical support, protection of our assets and information, and to establish, exercise and safeguard our rights.

• Our legitimate interests to provide relevant marketing material to you (unless you have objected to us using your personal data for this purpose).

We do not share your personal data with third parties unless it is necessary. Sharing occurs with a limited set of individuals and organisations and in limited circumstances. Examples of when sharing may occur and the third parties to whom we share your personal data are as follows:

(i) To third parties who are providing services to us to enable us to manage the relationship with you, including our consultants, our software providers (e.g. email and file storage, ticketing, payment processing, event networking mobile application provider), our event photographer(s)/videographer(s), our delegate badge printers, our IT support providers and our financial statement auditors.
(ii) To the general public via our website, social media or other marketing mediums where you are visible in our event photography and/or video footage (unless you have objected to us using your personal data in this way.
(iii) To statutory, regulatory, government or law enforcement bodies as required by law.

You are not under any obligation to provide your personal data to us. However, we do need some personal data in order to facilitate your attendance at one of our events (e.g. debit/credit card details to complete a ticket purchase) and failure to provide this information may result in us not being able to facilitate such attendance.

Personal data is kept in a form, which permits data subject identification only for as long as is permitted while following fair and lawful processing. No personal data will be kept for a period longer than necessary. Generally, we retain personal data relating to an event attendance agreement for 7 years after the date upon which the relationship with the attendee cease.

Where you (“Featured Guest”) are involved in speaking, presenting or being part of a discussion panel at one of Furthr VC events, this section relates to you.

We collect your personal data:

(iii) Directly from you. Examples include when you:
a. Interact directly with us via telephone, email, social media and/or in person;
b. Submit inquiries and information via our website, email or social media;
c. Provide information as part of an event registration or ticket purchase;

(iv) From third parties, such as:
a. Via referral from our consultants or business partners;
b. Our event registration, ticketing and event mobile application software providers;
c. Our photographer/videographer imagery of the event.

The personal data processed is limited to those necessary to establish a relationship with you and facilitate your attendance at one of our events, including:
• IDENTITY DATA, including your first name, surname, business name (sole trader), photo and/or video imagery;
• CONTACT DATA, including your email address, billing address;
• OCCUPATIONAL, including the name of the company you represent, your role, your work and educational biographical information and any other occupational that may be used in the promotion of you as a Featured Guest;
• PREFERENCES, including the sectors of interest to you and your marketing preferences;
• ONLINE DATA, including IP address, device type, operating system, browser and cookies used by our third party event registration and ticketing software;

We will only process your personal data where it is lawful and necessary to do so. Your personal data are processed:

• In accordance with our legitimate interests to

  o identify, approach, respond to inquiries from and develop relationships with prospective Featured Guests;

  o Processing your attendance registration and, where applicable, corresponding ticket purchase;

  o Managing your attendance at the event and your involvement as a Featured Guest;

  o Use your personal data to promote and market the event;

• To enable us to comply with our legal, statutory and regulatory obligations where required to do so;

• To manage our everyday business needs in line with our legitimate interests, such as risk management, accounting, business continuity, complaint management, troubleshooting, technical support, protection of our assets and information, and to establish, exercise and safeguard our rights.

We do not share your personal data with third parties unless it is necessary. Sharing occurs with a limited set of individuals and organisations and in limited circumstances. Examples of when sharing may occur and the third parties to whom we share your personal data are as follows:

(i) To third parties who are providing services to us to enable us to manage the relationship with you, including our investment team, our software providers (e.g. email and file storage, ticketing, payment processing), our event photographer(s)/videographer(s), our delegate badge printers, our IT support providers and our financial statement auditors.
(ii) To the general public via our website, social media or other marketing mediums where you are visible in our event photography and/or video footage (unless you have objected to us using your personal data in this way);
(iii) To statutory, regulatory, government or law enforcement bodies as required by law;

You are not under any legal or contractual obligation to provide your personal data to us. However, please note that without some basic personal data (e.g. name and company name), we may be unable to involve you as a Featured Guest at one of our events.

Personal data is kept in a form, which permits data subject identification only for as long as is permitted while following fair and lawful processing. No personal data will be kept for a period longer than necessary.

Please see below.

Appropriate security measures are implemented in order to protect your personal data.
Security measures refer to physical security in the office (e.g. securely locked filing cabinets etc.) as well as implementing appropriate technology and cyber security measures across our systems and networks in order to prevent any accidental or unauthorised access, interference, damage, loss or disclosure of personal data.

In the event of certain types of personal data breaches, we are legally obliged to notify the Data Protection Commission and affected individuals to whom the personal data belong. We have implemented internal procedures to manage personal data security breaches in accordance with our legal obligations.

In connection with the above purposes we occasionally, and only where necessary, transfer your personal data to third parties outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). If and to the extent that we do so, we will ensure that appropriate measures are in place to comply with our obligations under applicable law governing such transfers, which may include:

(i) to a jurisdiction which has been subject to an “Adequacy” decision from the European Commission, meaning the jurisdiction is recognised as providing for an equivalent level of protection for personal data as is provided for in the European Union;
(ii) entering into a contract governing the transfer which contains the “standard contractual clauses” approved for this purpose by the European Commission; or
(iii) in respect of transfers to the United States of America, ensuring that the transfer is covered by the EU-US Privacy Shield framework.

You have a number of rights in respect to your personal data. These are:

(i) The right to access your personal data, which includes receiving confirmation on whether the personal data are being processed and if so, receiving the personal data and related information about why they are being processed, the categories of personal data involved, to whom the personal data have been or will be shared and how long the data will be kept for. We will accede to any such valid requests within one month of the receipt of a valid request in writing

(ii) The right to request that we rectify inaccurate data or update incomplete data. You may also request that we restrict the processing of the personal data until the rectification or updating has been completed, although please be aware that we may have to suspend the operation of your account or the products or services that we provide.

(iii) The right to request that we erase your data under certain circumstances, including where you want to withdraw the consent you previously gave to us, where you object to Furthr VC processing the data for its own legitimate interests or where Furthr VC processing of the data is unlawful. In the case of unlawful processing, you can also request that this processing is restricted rather than the personal data being erased. Please be aware that we may have to suspend the operation of your account or the products or services that we provide where data processing is restricted.

(iv) The right to object to the processing of your personal data, where such processing is being conducted for the purpose of:
a. Direct marketing;
b. Establishing, exercising or defending ourselves or others from legal claims; or
c. Our legitimate interests, unless we can demonstrate that our interests override your interests and rights. You may request that we restrict the processing of the personal data until this analysis of legitimate interests has been concluded, although please be aware that we may have to suspend the operation of your account or the products or services that we provide where data processing is restricted.

(v) The right to receive your data in a portable format or, subject to it being technically feasible, have us transfer it directly to a third party. This applies where you have provided us with consent for the processing or where the processing is necessary for entering a contract with us.

(vi) The right, at any time, to withdraw consent you have provided to us to process your personal data.

(vii) The right to lodge a complaint to the Data Protection Commission or another supervisory authority. The Office of the Data Protection Commission can be contacted at:

Email: info@dataprotection.ie

Telephone: +353 (0) 761 104 800

Postal Address: Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28

If you wish to raise a complaint in relation to how we processed your personal data, please contact us. We take your privacy and data protection very seriously in FKM Group and we endeavour to address your complaint as expediently and as thoroughly as we can in order to find a satisfactory resolution for you.