Privacy Policy

 

Last updated: 6 July, 2021.

Beta-i operates the site www.beta-i.com. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Any questions or clarifications about this Privacy Policy may be asked by e-mail to data.protection@beta-i.com, or by letter addressed to:

Privacy Responsible

Wildtriumphs Lda, Avenida Duque de Loulé 12 / 6º, 1050-090 Lisbon, Portugal.

1. Scope

Wildtriumphs Lda, (“Beta-i”, “we”, “us”, “our”), a collaborative innovation consultancy, is the entity responsible (controller) for collecting and processing your personal data, and also acts as a processor for some of the purposes referred to in this Privacy Policy, in strict compliance with applicable law. We are committed to protecting your personal information and invite you to read this Privacy Policy, which explains the types of information collected about you, how and why we use such information, who we share it with and your legal rights. This Privacy Policy relates to any personal information we collect or use in relation to our services (collectively, the “Services”), including:

2. What is personal data?

Personal data is any information, of whatever nature and whatever its medium, including sound and image, concerning an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”).

An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to other factors specific to his/her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

3. Information we collect

When we provide the Services, we collect and receive information in several different ways. In many cases, you choose what information to provide, although some information is required for us to provide you the Services.

3.1 Directly from you

3.2 From your browser or device

We automatically collect certain information from your browser or device when you use certain Services or read a message from us. For example, we collect:

Information may be recorded by cookies and similar technologies when you use the Services. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. You may consult our Cookies Policy here

3.3 From others

This is information we receive that you do not directly provide when you use the Services. We get it from other users of the Services, third-party services we use to provide the Services, from information we collect and from our partners and vendors. We collect this information through:

4. Purposes and Legal bases for processing your information

We use your information in order to provide, operate, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services.

As a Controller, Beta-i processes your data for the following purposes and on the following legal grounds:

  1. when we have a legitimate interest. This is applicable when the interest is not overridden by your data protection interests;
  2. Communicating with you – We use your personal information to contact you regarding your registration to a Program, to present new opportunities that might be relevant for you, to notify you of any changes to our policies and practices, for commercial, sales or investment purposes, and to respond to any requests or inquiries you may submit to us.
  3. Provide, develop and improve the Services- We process your information as necessary to pursue our legitimate interests in improving the Program and our other Services, such as our Program websites. For example, we may use your information to conduct data analysis across our Services.
  4. Market the Services. We process your information in accordance with our legitimate interests of marketing the Services to you. For example, we use your information to market future Programs to you and to exhibit attending companies.
  5. Website management – we use your personal information for website management, in accordance with our Cookie Policy
  6. when necessary to provide you with the Services (performance of a contract);
  7. Providing and improving the requested Services – We use your personal information as necessary to run our Services, such as to register program attendees, facilitate information sharing with partners with whom you have consented for us to share information, and provide you with relevant connections and content based on this information. In this context, we can also act as a Processor, acting on behalf of our Clients.
  8. where you have consented to the processing, which you may withdraw at any time;
  9. Marketing – If you opt-in to receiving marketing communications from us, we will use your personal information for outreach and marketing, such as to send you information about our future Programs. You can opt-out of these communications by using the unsubscribe links in our communications. We may also use your information in order to market the Program. For example, we sometimes use your image in our published list of Program attendees. If you want to object to this use, please contact us here at data.protection@beta-i.com.
  10. We may also use your image in our marketing materials in order to highlight the attendees participating in the Program. We also use photos and audio-visual footage from past Programs which may contain your image or voice. If you want to exercise your right to object to any of these uses, please email us at data.protection@beta-i.com
  11. when necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation such as:
    1. Management of tender procedures;
    2. Document archiving;
    3. Compulsory insurance contracting;
    4. Mandatory communications to public authorities;
    5. Compliance with other legal or regulatory obligations.

5. Sharing with third parties

We share information with Program attendees, service providers, partners, and other third parties where it is necessary to provide the Services, and for other purposes described in this Privacy Policy, such as:

When Beta-i uses subcontractors in the situations described above, technical and organisational measures are adopted in order to ensure that these entities offer the highest guarantees, which are duly established and contractually provided for.

6. Data retention

Your information will be stored until (A) you send us a written objection to us, (B) 10 (ten) years from the date of collection or more if a specific legal requirement is applicable, or (C) 2 (two) years from the date of collection when the data is collected under a human resources application through our Site.

Whenever there is no specific legal requirement, the data will be stored and kept only for the minimum period necessary for the purposes that motivated their collection or their subsequent processing, after which they will be deleted.

7. Data transfers

We collect information globally and primarily store that information in the United States on our own servers and that of our service providers as part of providing the Services. User data processing may involve disclosure to third parties or information storage in countries outside the territory of the European Union which may have different data privacy standards and protections than those which apply to your home country. We transfer your personal information in accordance with law, and take steps to ensure that your information is appropriately protected.

Data transfers outside the European Economic Area will be subject to appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable law, with Beta-i committing itself to carry out only necessary transfers and to entities that guarantee the adoption of adequate technical and organisational measures.

8. Your rights

Personal data subjects have the following rights:

9 Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. Beta-i incorporates in its processes, in a logic of continuous improvement, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the personal data processed, guarantying that all appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk were implemented. Despite these measures, the Internet is not a fully secure environment and we cannot guarantee that your personal information won’t be intercepted or improperly accessed, in certain situations external to our control.

10. How can you stop the use of Personal data belonging to you for direct marketing?

You can stop direct marketing communications from by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link in any email communication that we send you, or by emailing us at: data.protection@beta-i.com. We will then stop any further emails. Please note that you may continue to receive communications for a short period after changing your preferences while our systems are fully updated.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time so please review it occasionally. If we make material changes, we will take steps to notify you. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on the top of this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices generally, or if you would like to exercise your statutory rights, you can contact us