Privacy Policy

Scope

FinVentures’ Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and share information from visitors to our website https://finventures.ca/ (the “Site”) and the services (“Services”) available through our Site such as our data acquisition tool (the “Tool”).

Changes to this Policy

FinVentures may change any of the terms and conditions in this Policy at any time for any reason. A notice of material change will be posted on the Site, and you are responsible for reviewing the changes. If you do not agree with them, you must cease using the Site and the Services, uninstall the Tool and our apps, and refrain from using our data.

Your Consent

By visiting our Site and/or using any of our Services, you agree to have your personal information handled according to this Policy. FinVentures collects information about you directly from you, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Site and/or Services.

Registration & Accounts

You may use our Site without registering for our Services, which would not provide us with any direct information. When registering for our Services, you must provide a valid email address and agree to our End User Licence Agreement.

Cookies

The Site may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by the web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

FinVentures uses session cookies for users who have logged into our Services. These cookies only serve to maintain your logged-in status, are not tracked beyond the use of our website, and expire after 24 hours of logging out.

Tool & Public Information

Information gathered through the Tool comprises exclusively public information. FinVentures will not remove public information from the Tool without a legal reason to do so.

Login & Usage Tracking

FinVentures uses technology to collect information about your use of our Site and Services when you login through a login cookie. These may include your domain name, your device ID, your operating system, your browser type, web pages you view on our website, links you click, your IP address, the length of time you use our Site and/or use our Services.

Information We Collect

We collect data directly (e.g., email during registration), indirectly (from third parties), and automatically (usage, device, session).

How We Use Information

FINVENTURES USES YOUR INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

• To provide Services to you.
• To communicate with you.
• To respond to your questions and support tickets.
• To understand how users use our Site and Services.

How We Share Information

FINVENTURES MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

• We may disclose the information we collect from you to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf.
• We may disclose the information we collect from you to comply with the law, a court order, or other legal process.
• We may disclose the information we collect from you where we believe it is necessary to investigate or prevent illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• We may share aggregate information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes.

Third-Party Links

Parts of the Site, the Services, and the Tool may direct or link you to third-party websites. Access to and use of linked websites is governed by those third-party websites’ privacy policies. FinVentures is not responsible for their information practices.

Data Sources & API Services

The Site, the Services, and the Tool may use API services of third parties. Unless specific access is requested at time of use (i.e., to validate your identity), we are only gathering publicly available data from each of the API services and are not accessing or providing private data.

When private data is granted upon request, we are not storing such private data and are only using it for the purposes of validation of identity. If you do not wish to provide private data to validate your identity, you must cease using the Site and the Services, uninstall the Tool and our apps, and refrain from using our data.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our Policy, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us at https://finventures.ca/contact/.