Last Updated: June 14, 2016
Venture Synthesis (“we”, “us” and “our”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users. We created this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit the www.venturesynthesis.com website located within the venturesynthesis.com domain (“Website”) and use the Venture Synthesis services (the “Services”) provided through the Website, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. Your use of the Website and the Services is governed by this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.
This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data. This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Website and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Website (whether through an advertisement, service, or content link) or any website of Venture Synthesis’ partners, each of which may have data collection, storage, and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy.
While you may access and make use of Venture Synthesis without registration, the information we collect will be Non-Personal Information through the use of Cookies. If you choose to submit an entry through the form of our Website, we require you to submit certain Personal Information, which is information that personally identifies you, including, your first and last name, e-mail address and company if applicable. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personal Information you submit to Venture Synthesis. Inaccurate information will affect our ability to contact you as described in this Privacy Policy.
Even if you do not submit a form entry with Venture Synthesis, we collect Non-Personal information about your use of our Website.
We use “cookies” to customize your experience on the Website. “Cookies” are small computer files that are transferred to your computer’s hard drive that contain information such as your user ID, user preferences, the pages you’ve visited and the activities you’ve performed while using the Website. We do not link the information stored in cookies to any of your Personal Information you submit while on the Website. You may block cookies or delete cookies from your hard drive; however, by disabling cookies, you may not have access to all the features of the Website. Our privacy policy does not cover the use of third-party cookies.
We automatically track and collect the following categories of information when you visit our Website: (1) IP addresses; (2) domain servers; (3) types of computers accessing the Website; (4) types of web browsers used to access the Website; (5) referring source which may have sent you to the Website; and (6) other information associated with the interaction of your browser and the Website (collectively “Traffic Data”). We do not link Non-Personal Information from Traffic Data to Personal Information without your permission.
In order for you to submit a contact request through the Website we require you to provide us with certain Personal Information. Personal Information includes Contact Data (such as your first name, last name and e-mail address). We use the Personal Information that you provide to respond to your questions, provide you the specific Services and send you emails about Website and service updates. You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information. In such case, you can still access and use the Website; however, you will not be able to use the form of the Website that requires your Personal Information.
Inquiries: Subject to the Privacy Policy, if you contact Venture Synthesis, we may use any of the information you submit in connection with your inquiry, or any Personal Information and Non-Personal Information when responding to your inquiries.
We may use your contact data to send you information to contact you when necessary, including identity verification emails, and in conjunction with your request of certain Services. In some cases, when you click on a link in an email, your browser may be momentarily directed to the website of a third party which, acting on behalf of Venture Synthesis (see Section 5 below), notes or “counts” your response to the email before redirecting your browser to your selected destination; this redirection process may not be apparent to you.
From time to time the Venture Synthesis market research department, or its operations contractors acting on its behalf, may conduct online research in order to gather feedback about our site through email invitations, pop-up surveys and online focus groups. When participating in a survey, we may ask you to submit Personal Information. This Personal Information is used for research purposes and is not directly used for sales solicitations. Personal Information collected through market research will be used only by Venture Synthesis or as otherwise permitted by this Privacy Policy. We will not knowingly accept survey responses from or conduct interviews with any person under the age of 18. In addition to collecting survey responses from our members, cookies may be used to authenticate respondents or to help you pick up where you left off in a survey. If you have cookies disabled you may not be able to participate in some studies. Cookies may be used to connect survey data with Venture Synthesis site usage characteristics. You will be notified when we would like to use cookies in this way and your consent will be requested for these cookies.
We may use your contact data to send you information about Venture Synthesis or our products or Services, to contact you when necessary and in conjunction with your interest in certain Services. We may use your Traffic Data to customize and tailor your experience on the Website, in emails and in other communications, displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences.
The Website contains links to third party websites to which Venture Synthesis has no affiliation. Venture Synthesis does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. Some websites may have the look and feel of our Website. Please be aware that you may be on a different site and that this Privacy Policy only covers our Website. Should you decide to visit one of these third-party websites, we suggest that you read its privacy policy.
We share certain categories of information we collect from you in the ways described in this Privacy Policy. We share Personal Information and Traffic Data with our business partners who assist us by performing core services (such as website hosting, data storage and security) related to our operation of the Website and/or by making certain Services available to our users. Those business partners shall be bound to uphold the same standards of security and confidentiality that we have promised to you in this Privacy Policy, and they will only use your Contact Data and other Personal Information to carry out their specific business obligations to and to provide you with Website related services.
Last, we may transfer information about you to another company in connection with a merger, sale, or acquisition by or of Venture Synthesis. In this event, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Venture Synthesis does not share, sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information with any third parties for their promotional purposes.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Website.
If you no longer wish to receive emails, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each email, or by emailing us at info@venturesynthesis.com.
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy so please review it frequently. If we do, then we will notify you here, and may also post notice on our Website and/or by emailing you. In all cases, use of information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected.
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Venture Synthesis is an interdisciplinary venture research and development firm; a hybrid of strategy consultancy, innovation agency and venture builder. We drive innovation from the bottom up, providing clients with commercial strategy and R&D innovation services focused on customer-centric products alongside pipeline planning, competition and market access strategies. The firm is fuelled by a team of diverse profiles, each from STEM and design research backgrounds. Venture Synthesis consultants help companies see their landscape differently through a human-centred and impact-first approach. Taking data-driven decisions to transform innovation intelligence into competitive advantage. An entrepreneurial spirit, results oriented mindset and disciplined operational approach are the most central characteristics of Venture Synthesis.