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Privacy Policy

EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 29, 2022

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Pear VC (“we,” “our,” “us”) collects, uses, and discloses certain personal information obtained through our website (“Site”), which is located at https://www.pear.vc/. By visiting our Site and/or using the features made available to you on the Site (the “Services”), you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy.

This Policy applies only to information collected through the Site and therefore does not apply to data we collect in other contexts.

What information we collect and maintain about you

We collect personal and other information from you directly when you provide it to us through the Site. We may also automatically collect certain information about you and your computer, smartphone, or other device when you use, access, or interact with our Site. 

Job applicants 

If you apply for a job through the Site, we may collect your personal information related to processing your application. This information may include:

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • LinkedIn Profile
  • Current employment information
  • Any other information you provide on your resume 

Other personal information collected through the Site. You can visit the Site without submitting any information that we can use to identify you personally. However, if you use certain features on the Site, such as sign up for our newsletter or for our events, you will be required to provide personal information. Such information could include, for example, your name and email address. 

Server logs. Server logs automatically record information and details about your online interactions with us. For example, server logs may record information about your visit to our Sites on a particular time and day and collect information such as your device ID or IP address. 

Cookies. We also use cookies on the Site. Cookies are small files that are stored on your mobile device through the Site. A cookie allows the Sites to recognize whether you have visited before and may store user preferences and other information. For example, cookies can be used to collect or store information about your use of the Site during your current session and over time (including the pages you view and the files you download), your device’s operating system, your device ID, IP address, and your general geographic location. 

Pixel tags. A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon, clear GIF, pixel, or tag) is an image or a small string of code that may be placed in an advertisement or email. It allows companies to set or read cookies or transfer information to their servers when you load a webpage or interact with online content. For example, we or our service providers may use pixel tags to determine whether you have interacted with a specific part of our Services, viewed a particular advertisement, or opened a specific email. 

SDKs and mobile advertising IDs. Our Services may include third-party software development kits (“SDKs”) that allow us and our service providers to collect information about your activity. In addition, some mobile devices come with a resettable advertising ID (such as Apple’s IDFA and Google’s Advertising ID) that, like cookies and pixel tags, allow us and our service providers to identify your mobile device over time for advertising purposes.

Third-party plugins. Our Site may include plugins from other companies, including social media companies (e.g., the Facebook “Like” button). These plugins may collect information, such as information about the pages you visit, and share it with the company that created the plugin even if you do not click on the plugin. These third-party plugins are governed by the privacy policies and terms of the companies that created them. 

Third-party online tracking and behavioral advertising. We also may partner with certain third parties to collect, analyze, and use some of the personal and other information described in this section. For example, we may allow third parties to set cookies or use web beacons on the Site or in email communications from us. This information may be used for a variety of purposes, including online interest-based advertising, as discussed below (see the section entitled “With whom we share your information”).

Aggregated and de-identified information. From time to time, Pear VC may also collect and share aggregated or de-identified information about Site users, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Site. Such aggregated information will not identify you personally.

How We Use and Process Your Information

The purposes for which we may use your information include to:  

  • Provide you with our Services;
  • Respond to your questions or requests concerning the Services; 
  • Fulfill the terms of any agreement you have with us; 
  • Fulfill your requests for our Services or otherwise complete a transaction that you initiate; 8
  • Send you information about our Services and other topics that are likely to be of interest to you, including newsletters, updates, or other communications, including promotional emails; 
  • Improve your user experience and the quality of our products and Services; 
  • Comply with legal and/or regulatory requirements; 
  • Aggregate and deidentify information; 
  • Serve advertisements;  
  • Analyze how visitors use the Services and various Services features, including to count and recognize visitors to the Services; 
  • Create new products and Services; and 
  • Manage our business.

Pear VC may link information gathered through the Site with information that we collect in other contexts. But in that event, we will handle the combined information in a manner consistent with this Policy.

With Whom and Why We Share Your Information 

We share your information with other parties for a variety of purposes, as described below.

Other third-party service providers. Pear VC uses other third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, including web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, and analytics providers. These service providers may collect and/or use your information, including information that identifies you personally, to assist us in achieving the purposes discussed above.

We may share your information with other third parties when necessary to fulfill your requests for services; to complete a transaction that you initiate; to meet the terms of any agreement that you have with us or our partners; or to manage our business. Examples of third-party sharing necessary for our business purposes includes sharing your information with our network of university and industry contacts, including potential hires, customers, investors, and partners.

Analytics. We partner with certain third parties to obtain the automatically collected information discussed above and to engage in analysis, auditing, research, and reporting. These third parties may use web logs or web beacons, and they may set and access cookies on your computer or other device. In particular, the Site uses Google Analytics to help collect and analyze certain information for the purposes discussed above. You may opt out of the use of cookies by Google Analytics here. 

Legal purposes. We also may use or share your information with third parties when we believe, in our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary:

  • To comply with applicable law or a court order, subpoena, or other legal process; 
  • To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations of our terms and conditions, or situations involving threats to our property or the property or physical safety of any person or third party; 
  • To establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; or  
  • To facilitate the financing, securitization, insuring, sale, assignment, bankruptcy, or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets. 

Your Choices

If you would like to opt out of marketing emails you receive from us, follow the opt-out instructions in the emails you receive. 

If you want to learn more about the personal information that Pear VC has about you, or you would like to update, change, or delete that information, please contact us by email at info@pear.vc.

External Links

This Site may contain links to third-party websites. If you use these links, you will leave the Site. We have not reviewed these third-party sites and do not control and are not responsible for any of these sites, their content, or their privacy policy. Thus, we do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites listed on our website, you do so at your own risk.

Data Security

We employ physical, technical, and administrative procedures to safeguard the personal information we collect online. However, no website is 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to the Site or to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

Data Retention

We retain personal information about you necessary to fulfill the purpose for which that information was collected or as required or permitted by law. We do not retain personal information longer than is necessary for us to achieve the purposes for which we collected it. When we destroy your personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.

International Transfers

The information that we collect through or in connection with the Site is transferred to and processed in the United States for the purposes described above. Pear VC also may subcontract the processing of your data to, or otherwise share your data with, affiliates or third parties in the United States or countries other than your country of residence. The data-protection laws in these countries may be different from, and less stringent than, those in your country of residence. By using the Site or by providing any personal or other information to us, you expressly consent to such transfer and processing.

Children

Content on this Site is directed at individuals over the age of 18 and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.

Changes to this Policy

Pear VC may make changes to the Site in the future and as a consequence will need to revise this Policy to reflect those changes. Pear VC will post all such changes on the Site, so you should review this page periodically. If we make a material change to the Policy, you will be provided with appropriate notice. 

How to Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, you can contact us at info@pear.vc.