Privacy and Cookie Statement

2. What personal data do we process and why?

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When you visit our website, by contacting us, or because you want to participate or are participating already, we collect personal data: data you provide yourself and data that is automatically collected during your visit to the website.

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Apple Tree Capital Partners B.V. has various reasons for processing personal data. In the following, we explain per purpose we process personal data for what personal data we record, why we record personal data, and for how long we keep such data.

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In case you contact us

When you contact us about information about a fund or our services, for instance, or to make an appointment with us, or you respond on or via our social media platforms, it may be that you are voluntarily providing us with information that we process to be able to communicate with you, such as your first and last name, address, business name, phone number, e-mail information and/or your social media profile. By providing such information, you grant us permission to process and use the same to reach out to you or to stay in contact. Your data is removed no later than 2 years after the last contact, unless there is a legal obligation to keep such longer. In that case, we will keep the data for as long as is required to comply with the legal obligation.

 

In case you register to receive information (e-mails)

You can register to receive various types of periodic or one-time bulletins, for example to remain posted on our provision of services, or to receive information such as newsletters or the monthly Fund Insights. In such case, you give your consent to receive information via e-mail or downloads, for example, with the type of information you have registered for.

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We will always ask for your permission first, before sending you e-mails with information or marketing communication about our provision of services. For this purpose, we process your first and/or last name and e-mail address after you have granted permission. We need this information to be able to send you e-mails.

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At the bottom of each e-mail with information you can find a link via which you can unsubscribe. After unsubscribing, you will no longer receive any e-mails with information and your data will be removed 1 year later at the latest, unless there is a legal obligation to retain it. In such case, we will keep the data for as long as is required to comply with the legal obligation.

 

If you pose questions via the contact form on our website

You can submit questions to us via our contact form. To be able to respond, we process your first and last name and e-mail address. We keep this data for as long as is necessary for the complete processing of your question and will remove your data at the latest within 1 year after processing.

 

When you visit our website

When you visit our website, cookies are placed automatically so that we are able to track certain information based on your IP-address. Thereby, we may process the following data: your IP-address, your operating system, browser type and version, your geolocation, which pages of our website you visit, how often you do so, the date and hour of your visit, and mobile information.

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We process this data – depending on your cookie settings – to let our website function optimally and to be able to analyze information about visits to our website with the aid of software such as Google Analytics.

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See below for more information about our cookie policy.

 

In case you participate or want to participate in a fund we manage

We process personal data to enter into and to implement agreements for funds we manage, in accordance with our duty of care and legal obligations, and to maintain relations that flow therefrom. By the latter we mean that we want to be able to reach clients or interested parties if this is necessary – for example to transmit legally mandatory information about a fund, to forward personal investment reports, or to transmit changes to the services – and we need their contact details for the purpose. We can also use the personal data to send marketing communications to existing clients about similar products or services of Apple Tree Capital Partners B.V. (except in case you have unsubscribed).

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To participate in a fund, you need to fill out a registration form, and a mutation form in case of later changes. As a part of registration, various personal data must be provided, such as name, address, place of residence, e-mail address, and phone number. In addition, the origins of the capital to be invested will be inquired after, as well as a copy of the bank account from where the money for the participation will be transferred, and a copy of your passport, and a few fiscal control questions will be asked. The information requested for is primarily directed at compliance with relevant legislation and regulations, for example with respect to the prevention of money laundering.

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Both in case of registration and of mutation forms, your explicit permission is requested to be allowed to process the data provided, for the purpose of the conclusion or modification of the agreement. This privacy statement, to the extent relevant for the entry into or the modification of an agreement, is also provided as an appendix to those forms.

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In case not all personal data requested in the relevant forms is filled out, this may entail the impossibility of participating in a fund.

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If a participant sells her or his participation, the personal data are removed at the latest 5 years after the sale of the participation. This retention period flows from the requirements in legislation. If a legal obligation pertains, otherwise than stated above, to retain data for any longer, we will keep such for as longs as is required to comply with the legal obligation.

 

To comply with legislation and regulations

Offering investment funds is subject to legislation and regulations, for example to protect participants, but also, e.g., to prevent money laundering. It is possible we use your personal data to comply with legislation and regulations.

 

Website visitors below 16 years of age

We do not have the intention to collect information from website visitors younger than 16, unless they have permission from parents or custodian. We cannot check, however, whether a visitor is older than 16. We therefore advise parents to be involved in the on-line activities of their children, so as to prevent that information is collected on children without parental consent. If you believe that we have collected personal data about a minor without this permission, please contact us via info@appletreecp.com, and we will remove this information.