Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: July 23, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Bessemer Investors processes personal information that may be collected through our public website (www.bessemerinvestors.com) (the “Site”) and via any related or linked applications, tools, or platforms (collectively, the “Applications”).
“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with an identified or identifiable natural person. Personal information does not include publicly available information or information that is de-identified or aggregate consumer information.
Parts of this Privacy Policy may apply depending on how you interact with us or where you live:
Last Updated: July 23, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Bessemer Investors processes personal information that may be collected through our public website (www.bessemerinvestors.com) (the “Site”) and via any related or linked applications, tools, or platforms (collectively, the “Applications”).
“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with an identified or identifiable natural person. Personal information does not include publicly available information or information that is de-identified or aggregate consumer information.
Parts of this Privacy Policy may apply depending on how you interact with us or where you live:
- California Residents: You may have rights under the California Privacy Rights Act as described in our Notice of Collection of Personal Information and Privacy Policy (“CPRA Privacy Notice”). Please see the CPRA Privacy Notice for additional information.
By using the Site and any Applications, you consent to the privacy practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information We May Collect
When you access or use the Site and any Applications, or otherwise interact with us, we may collect certain categories of personal information about you from a variety of sources.
Personal Information We May Collect
When you access or use the Site and any Applications, or otherwise interact with us, we may collect certain categories of personal information about you from a variety of sources.
Information You Provide to Us. Personal information you may provide to us through the Site and Applications or otherwise, including:
- Contact Data: Your name, date of birth, nationality, email address, mailing addresses, professional title and company name, phone number, and other contact details.
- Company Data: Any information about your company or your colleagues that you share with us, such as your and colleagues’ professional and educational backgrounds.
- Communications Data: Any information you provide in communications with us using the Site and Applications.
- Other Data: Information not specifically listed here, which we may use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise described at the time of collection.
Automatic Data Collection. We and our service providers may automatically log information about you, your computer, or mobile device, and your interactions with the Site and Applications, including:
- Technical: Browser type, IP address, cookies, and operating system, and similar information.
- Usage: Pages visited, search terms entered, frequency of visits, and other usage information obtained through third-party software.
Our Business Reasons for Collecting Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information or share it with third-party advertising vendors to target you with advertising based on tracking your online activity across different websites. We may use your personal information for legitimate business purposes, including:
We do not sell your personal information or share it with third-party advertising vendors to target you with advertising based on tracking your online activity across different websites. We may use your personal information for legitimate business purposes, including:
- to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries;
- to provide you with information regarding our business;
- to analyze and improve the functionality and effectiveness of our Site;
- to determine the general geographic regions where visitors to our Site are located;
- to protect the security of our Site;
- to prevent, detect and investigate fraud;
- to fulfill any purpose for which you provided us with your personal information;
- to comply with our legal obligations;
- to improve our business; and
- to further our other legitimate interests, including to make available and highlight content and opportunities that are relevant to you and other visitors to our Site.
Cookies and “Do Not Track” Requests
We may use “cookies” or similar technologies to analyze your visits to the Site and to improve and customize your browsing experience. Some cookies may be necessary for the Site to function properly. By accessing or using our Site, you consent to our use of all cookies and similar technologies. You are free to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may interfere with your ability to use the Site. We may also use Google Analytics or a similar service that uses cookies to help us analyze site usage.Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” option that allows you to try to opt out of the collection of your information when you visit websites. This Site, like many others, does not recognize “Do Not Track” browser settings. As noted above, however, we do not sell your personal information to third parties or share your personal information for purposes of targeting you with ads based on your online activity at other websites. For more information about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
How and When We May Disclose Your Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties—but we may share your personal information for lawful business reasons with the following recipients and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection.
We may use “cookies” or similar technologies to analyze your visits to the Site and to improve and customize your browsing experience. Some cookies may be necessary for the Site to function properly. By accessing or using our Site, you consent to our use of all cookies and similar technologies. You are free to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may interfere with your ability to use the Site. We may also use Google Analytics or a similar service that uses cookies to help us analyze site usage.Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” option that allows you to try to opt out of the collection of your information when you visit websites. This Site, like many others, does not recognize “Do Not Track” browser settings. As noted above, however, we do not sell your personal information to third parties or share your personal information for purposes of targeting you with ads based on your online activity at other websites. For more information about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
How and When We May Disclose Your Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties—but we may share your personal information for lawful business reasons with the following recipients and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection.
- Affiliates: Our parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates, for any purpose consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Service Providers: Third-party companies or individuals who help us operate the Site and our Applications or our business, such as web-hosting platforms and technology, website analytics, and platform providers.
- Partner Companies: Our partner companies and their affiliates, as we find appropriate to support their business activities.
- Professional Advisors: Our lawyers, accountants, auditors, bankers, insurers, and other professional advisors, as we find appropriate in connection with the services they provide to us.
- Authorities and Others: Law enforcement agencies, government authorities, and private parties, as we find necessary in our sole discretion to comply with any applicable law, rule, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, to protect ourselves from fraudulent or illegal activity, exercise our legal rights, and defend against legal claims.
- Business Transferees: Acquirers, investors, advisors, and other relevant participants in business transactions (including negotiations and due diligence) involving a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale, or other disposition of all or part of the business, assets, or equity interests in Bessemer Investors, our affiliates, and our partner companies (including, in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
Security and Storage of Personal Information
The Site and Applications are controlled and operated by Bessemer Investors in the United States. If you access the Site and Applications from outside the United States, you acknowledge that you are transferring your information, possibly including personal information, from your home region to the United States for storage and processing so that we can make the Site and Applications available to you.
We retain your personal information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it or to comply with the law, prevent fraud, facilitate an investigation, defend against legal claims, or exercise our legal rights.
We maintain reasonable measures designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and security of personal information. But no security measures are impenetrable, and we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
Your Options
You have choices about how we use your personal information to communicate with you and send you marketing information. You can opt out of future marketing communications from us at any time by:
The Site and Applications are controlled and operated by Bessemer Investors in the United States. If you access the Site and Applications from outside the United States, you acknowledge that you are transferring your information, possibly including personal information, from your home region to the United States for storage and processing so that we can make the Site and Applications available to you.
We retain your personal information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it or to comply with the law, prevent fraud, facilitate an investigation, defend against legal claims, or exercise our legal rights.
We maintain reasonable measures designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and security of personal information. But no security measures are impenetrable, and we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
Your Options
You have choices about how we use your personal information to communicate with you and send you marketing information. You can opt out of future marketing communications from us at any time by:
- Using the “unsubscribe” function in the email or marketing information you receive from us; or
- Contacting us as described below.
Through the device or browser you use to access the Site, you have options about cookies and other settings. For information about privacy settings on your browser, see, for example, Google Chrome. You may also change the settings on your mobile device, which lets you choose how and whether your approximate geographic location is shared with us. See, for example, Apple.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect or maintain information from persons under 18 years of age and no part of the Site or Applications is directed to children. If you are under 18 years of age, then please do not use or access the Site or Applications. If we learn that information has been collected through the Site or Applications from children and without verifiable parental consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete that information. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us using the contact information below to request that we delete that information from our systems.
Third-Party Websites and Applications
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or applications. We have no control over how third-party websites or applications may collect your information and we have no liability for their practices, policies, security measures, or content. You should read the privacy notices on those other websites before submitting any information through them.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or our use of your personal information, please email us at BIprivacy@bessemer.com. You may also call (877) 404-3111 or mail us at:
Bessemer Securities Corporation
Attention: Legal
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect or maintain information from persons under 18 years of age and no part of the Site or Applications is directed to children. If you are under 18 years of age, then please do not use or access the Site or Applications. If we learn that information has been collected through the Site or Applications from children and without verifiable parental consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete that information. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us using the contact information below to request that we delete that information from our systems.
Third-Party Websites and Applications
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or applications. We have no control over how third-party websites or applications may collect your information and we have no liability for their practices, policies, security measures, or content. You should read the privacy notices on those other websites before submitting any information through them.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or our use of your personal information, please email us at BIprivacy@bessemer.com. You may also call (877) 404-3111 or mail us at:
Bessemer Securities Corporation
Attention: Legal
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States
NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY POLICY UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS ACT
Last Updated: July 23, 2024
This Notice of Collection of Personal Information and Privacy Policy (“CPRA Privacy Notice” or “Notice”) applies to the collection of personal information from California residents on and after January 1, 2023. This Notice supplements our Privacy Policy to provide California residents with additional information about their privacy rights under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) and applies only to California residents who are considered “consumers” from whom we collect “personal information” as defined by the CPRA. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in this Notice mean the same as in the Terms and Privacy Policy.
This Notice further describes the types and categories of personal information we may collect, with specific reference to the CPRA, and gives notice of your personal information rights under the CPRA. We do not sell your personal information or share your personal information with third-party advertisers for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined by the CPRA. That is, we do not target you with advertising based on personal information obtained across businesses, websites, applications, or services other than our Site.
For purposes of this Notice, we refer to “personal information” as defined by the CPRA: information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household. “Personal information” does not include publicly available information, information that is de-identified or aggregate consumer information, or information or rights that are outside the scope of the CPRA.
By using our Site, viewing our content, or submitting your personal information to us, you consent to the collection, processing, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Notice, as it may be updated from time to time.
Personal Information We May Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information and may retain them for the following periods:
Last Updated: July 23, 2024
This Notice of Collection of Personal Information and Privacy Policy (“CPRA Privacy Notice” or “Notice”) applies to the collection of personal information from California residents on and after January 1, 2023. This Notice supplements our Privacy Policy to provide California residents with additional information about their privacy rights under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) and applies only to California residents who are considered “consumers” from whom we collect “personal information” as defined by the CPRA. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in this Notice mean the same as in the Terms and Privacy Policy.
This Notice further describes the types and categories of personal information we may collect, with specific reference to the CPRA, and gives notice of your personal information rights under the CPRA. We do not sell your personal information or share your personal information with third-party advertisers for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined by the CPRA. That is, we do not target you with advertising based on personal information obtained across businesses, websites, applications, or services other than our Site.
For purposes of this Notice, we refer to “personal information” as defined by the CPRA: information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household. “Personal information” does not include publicly available information, information that is de-identified or aggregate consumer information, or information or rights that are outside the scope of the CPRA.
By using our Site, viewing our content, or submitting your personal information to us, you consent to the collection, processing, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Notice, as it may be updated from time to time.
Personal Information We May Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information and may retain them for the following periods:
| Category | Description | Retention Period |
| A. Identifiers | Your name and contact details (including mailing addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, IP addresses, browser or device identifier, and other identifying information you provide to us). For example, we may collect your name and email address when you request information about our business. | For as long as you maintain an ongoing relationship with us or as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. |
| B. Customer Information under California Civil Code §1798.80(e) | Information that identifies, relates to, describes or is reasonably capable of being associated with you or your household in our business records. Some personal information in this category may overlap with other categories. | For as long as you maintain an ongoing relationship with us or as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. |
| C. Commercial Information | Information concerning the aspects of our business you requested information about | For as long as you maintain an ongoing relationship with us or as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. |
| D. Internet and other electronic history | Electronic information concerning your use of the Site. This information may include information we automatically collect as you browse the Site, including your IP address, device type/identifier, browser type/identifier, pages visited, and other similar electronic information. We may use services provided by outside organizations, including Google Analytics, concerning your website activity to monitor your usage. We may collect information concerning your website usage through cookies and other technologies. | For as long as you maintain an ongoing relationship with us or as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. |
We do not collect sensitive personal information for purposes of inferring characteristics.
In the past twelve (12) months, we have not shared the categories of personal information collected in Categories A–D with third parties.
In the past twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the categories of personal information collected in Categories A–D with the following organizations or entities who are not service providers or contractors providing services on our behalf: other Bessemer Investors affiliates or as required by applicable law.
Your Privacy Rights Under the CPRA
California residents have the following rights under the CPRA:
In the past twelve (12) months, we have not shared the categories of personal information collected in Categories A–D with third parties.
In the past twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the categories of personal information collected in Categories A–D with the following organizations or entities who are not service providers or contractors providing services on our behalf: other Bessemer Investors affiliates or as required by applicable law.
Your Privacy Rights Under the CPRA
California residents have the following rights under the CPRA:
- Right to know. You can request information about the categories of personal information we have collected; the sources from which we have collected personal information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting, sharing, or selling personal information; the categories of any personal information that we have sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and the categories of any third parties to whom personal information was sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose.
- Right to access. You can request a copy of certain personal information that we have collected about you.
- Right to correction. You can ask us to correct inaccurate personal information we have collected about you.
- Right to deletion. You can ask us to delete personal information we have collected.
- Nondiscrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated or retaliated against for exercising any of these rights.
- Opt out. You have the right to know what information is shared with third parties, including the identity of the recipients, and to opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising.
If you have any questions about this Policy or our use of your personal information, please email us at BIprivacy@bessemer.com. You may also call (877) 404-3111 or mail us at:
Bessemer Securities Corporation
Attention: Legal
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States
The rights described above are not absolute. In certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law or if you do not provide sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond.
We may need to verify your identity to process requests to exercise your rights, and we reserve the right to confirm your California residency. We may use reasonable methods to do so as permitted by law, including requiring you to confirm the email address or phone number associated with the request or to provide government-issued identification, a declaration under penalty of perjury, or identifiers we can match against information we may have collected from you.
If you wish to use an authorized agent to exercise your rights, you will need to provide us either with a power of attorney or other signed authorization and confirm directly that you have given the agent permission to submit the request.
Bessemer Securities Corporation
Attention: Legal
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States
The rights described above are not absolute. In certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law or if you do not provide sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond.
We may need to verify your identity to process requests to exercise your rights, and we reserve the right to confirm your California residency. We may use reasonable methods to do so as permitted by law, including requiring you to confirm the email address or phone number associated with the request or to provide government-issued identification, a declaration under penalty of perjury, or identifiers we can match against information we may have collected from you.
If you wish to use an authorized agent to exercise your rights, you will need to provide us either with a power of attorney or other signed authorization and confirm directly that you have given the agent permission to submit the request.