Last updated: March 2024

This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected and used by Verrus, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Verrus," "we," "our," or "us") when you visit our websites or use Verrus’s services (including services provided on all websites, emails, distributions, and any mobile apps of Verrus) (collectively “website”).

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Verrus

Verrus collects personal information that you provide directly to Verrus, including through its website, when you contact Verrus with respect to programs or initiatives, or during the course of Verrus’ business dealings with you or your employer. “Personal information” is information that either alone or in combination with other information can directly or indirectly identify you. This may include your name, email address, phone number, online profile, log information, geography, demographic information, employer/company, job title, identification numbers (such as a passport number or other government issued ID), your opinions and preferences, resume and other job application information, and any other information you choose to provide. We may also collect personal data such as any data about religious, ideological, political or trade union views or activities, your health, private life, the intimate sphere, racial origin, or social security measures (“Sensitive Personal Data”). If you do not provide information requested by us from time to time, we may not be able to provide services to you or your employer, or otherwise fulfill the purpose for which we have requested the information.

Information Provided by Third Parties or Publicly Available Sources

Verrus may also collect your personal information from third party sources, including from companies for whom you work, other organizations with whom you have dealings, contractors who provide us with services, advisors, government agencies, a credit reporting agency, a recruitment agency, an information or service provider or from a publicly available record.

Information Verrus Collects Automatically

When you use a Verrus website, Verrus may automatically collect information including personal information, such as:

Log Information: Verrus may collect log information about your use of our website, including the type of browser and device you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, links clicked, and conversion information and the page you visited before navigating to a Verrus website.

Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: Verrus may use various technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help Verrus improve its website and your experience, see which areas and features of its websites are popular, and count visits. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in a website or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. This information is used to improve website performance and for Verrus’ business purposes. You may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information about types of cookies, how they are used, and how you manage your cookie preferences, and how to delete cookies. The cookies will remain in the cookies file of your browser after the closing of the browser, and will become active again when the site is reopened, until removed.

In connection with the use of our websites and services, Verrus may allow others to provide analytics services. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our website, including log information. This information may be used by Verrus and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your online activity.

Use of Your Information

To the extent that you provide Verrus with, or Verrus otherwise collects, any personal information, Verrus may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • Provide and improve websites and services, and to develop new services;
  • Produce aggregate data to share with the public and other stakeholders;
  • Evaluate your job application and consider you for employment or another opportunity at Verrus;
  • Evaluate you or your company for the provision of services or other partnership;
  • Respond to your comments, questions, or requests;
  • Communicate with you about news, information and events Verrus thinks will be of interest to you, including newsletters or other marketing or promotional materials, and improve our services and communications to you;
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the use of the website;
  • Administer the security of the website and protect other users, the public, and Verrus;
  • Evaluate whether to accept an investment or prospective investment from a prospective investment;
  • Evaluate an investment or a prospective investment;
  • Process your requests of, and applications, to us;
  • To share contact details and other information to facilitate introductions with our affiliates and other business contacts that we think are relevant;
  • Compliance with local laws and regulations or where it is reasonably necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal or equitable claim, or for the purposes of a confidential alternative dispute resolution process;
  • Analysis of your personal data internally;
  • Insurance purposes;
  • Send you invoices or reminder notices; and
  • Any other purpose for which this information was provided to us or for any purpose related or ancillary to any of the above.

Sensitive Personal Data may be held for statistical analysis and reporting.

Verrus collects, processes, and uses such information only:

  • where you have given your consent to such processing (which you may withdraw at any time);
  • for various legal reasons, including to protect its legitimate interests;
  • for contractual necessity (including to provide you or your employer services that you or your employer have requested); and
  • for our legitimate commercial interests or those of any third party recipients that receive your personal information.

Sharing of Information

Verrus uses reasonable measures to keep your personal information safe. Verrus may share your personal information with affiliates and other contractors that collect, use and process your personal information on Verrus’ behalf, including professional advisors, recruitment firms, consultants, service providers, and data hosting providers, and in some instances, placement agents and other administrators. These contractors may use your personal information only to perform the functions they carry out on Verrus’ behalf, in compliance with appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Verrus requires that such third parties enter into agreements with Verrus and protect your personal information at the same high level as Verrus does and use your personal information exclusively for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Verrus reserves the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, when Verrus believes that disclosure is reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, defend or otherwise protect its rights (including in any legal or equitable claim) and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, request from a regulator, national security agency, for the purposes of public importance or any other legal or investigatory process involving Verrus, including any confidential alternative dispute resolution process. Should Verrus, or any of its affiliated entities, be the subject of a takeover, divestment, or acquisition Verrus may disclose your personal information to the new owner of the relevant business and their advisors.

Transfer of Information to Other Countries

Your personal information may be held or transferred outside of the jurisdiction of your residence or of your use of Verrus’ products and services, where it will be subject to foreign laws. To the extent that UK or EU data protection legislation applies to the transfer of your personal information, including transfers of personal information to countries outside of the UK or EEA (as applicable), such transfers will only be conducted in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Security and Retention of Personal Information

Verrus is committed to protecting the personal information you entrust to it. Verrus adopts robust and appropriate technologies and policies, so the information it has about you is protected to the extent possible from unauthorized access and improper use. In addition, Verrus limits access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know, are subject to a duty of confidentiality, and will only process your personal data on Verrus’ instructions. Your personal information may be retained on Verrus’ or its contractor’s information technology systems or in paper files for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required by law.

Marketing

Verrus may send you direct marketing communications to keep you informed of our business and operations in which you might be interested, subject to any applicable required prior consent, based on Verrus’ legitimate business interests where it has an existing relationship with you and wishes to contact you about similar products or services in which you may be interested. You may opt-out of such marketing communications if you do not wish to receive them.

Capacity

This website is only intended for individuals who are at least 13 years of age. Verrus does not knowingly encourage or solicit visitors to this site who are under the age of 13 or knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent.

Your Access and Concession Rights

You may access, correct, and control your personal information that Verrus processes, in each case to the extent provided by applicable law. To the extent Verrus processes any of your personal information that is not subject to EU data protection legislation, you can request access to such personal information by contacting legal@verrusdata.com. Verrus will promptly respond to your request unless we are prohibited to do so by law, in which case Verrus will justify its refusal. To the extent Verrus processes any of your personal information that is subject to EU data protection legislation, you have the right to access and control, in the ways set forth below, your personal information that Verrus holds. To exercise these rights, please contact legal@verrusdata.com.

Access: You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information that Verrus holds about you free of charge, though Verrus may charge a ‘reasonable fee,’ if it thinks that your request is excessive, to help it cover the costs of locating the information you have requested.

Correction: You may notify Verrus of changes to your personal information if it is inaccurate or it needs to be updated.

Deletion: If you think that Verrus should not be holding or processing your personal information any more, you may request that Verrus delete it. Please note that this may not always be possible due to legal obligations.

Restrictions on use: You may request that Verrus stop processing your personal information (other than storing it), if: (i) you contest the accuracy of it (until the accuracy is verified); (ii) you believe the processing is against the law; (iii) you believe that Verrus no longer needs your data for the purposes for which it was collected, but you still need your data to establish or defend a legal claim; or (iv) you object to the processing, and Verrus is verifying whether our legitimate grounds to process your personal information, override your own rights.

Object: You have the right to object to processing, including: (i) for direct marketing; (ii) for research or statistical purposes; or (iii) where processing is based on legitimate interests.

Portability: If you wish to transfer your personal information to another organization (and certain conditions are satisfied), you may ask Verrus to do so, and Verrus will send it directly if we have the technical means.

Withdrawal of consent: If you previously gave Verrus your consent (by a clear affirmative action) to allow Verrus to process your personal information for a particular purpose, but you no longer wish to consent to Verrus doing so, you can contact Verrus to let it know that you withdraw that consent.

Verrus may need to request specific information from you to help it confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. Verrus may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up its response.

Notification of Changes

Verrus reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this Privacy Policy. If Verrus decides to change this Privacy Policy, Verrus will post those changes so users are always aware of what information Verrus collects, how it is used, and under what circumstances, if any, Verrus discloses it. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

Should you wish to lodge a complaint with regards to how your personal information has been processed by Verrus, please contact us using the information below and we will investigate the matter. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe that we are not processing your personal information in accordance with the law, you can escalate your complaint to the data protection authority in your jurisdiction, details of which can be found online.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Verrus at legal@verrusdata.com, 10 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.