Privacy PolicyAs of 30 May 2019

Purpose and Scope

This Privacy Policy describes how the IDK Foundation Ltd. (the “IDK Foundation,” “we” or “us”) collects and processes personal information about you, how this information is protected, and your rights in relation to it. 

The Digital Services are owned and operated by the IDK Foundation. Unless this Privacy Policy states otherwise in this Privacy Policy, the terms "us," "we," or "our" refer to the IDK Foundation.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the information collected on the Digital Services. 

You are deemed to have accepted this Privacy Policy when you provide us with personal data or otherwise sign up for, access, or use any of our Services.

1. Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is current as of the effective date set forth above. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes and modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting of the changes and modifications on the Digital Services. You should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Privacy Policy. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will notify you of the changes by updating the effective date at the top of this Privacy Policy and, if required by applicable laws, provide by other means, such as email or notice within the Digital Services. If at any time you choose not to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Digital Services.

2. Collection of Information

Personal information We Collect Directly from You

We collect personal information from you when you use the Digital Services. The type of information that we collect from you depends on your particular interaction with the Digital Services. We require you to register with the Digital Services to access certain features. When we do, we may collect the following information from you during the registration process: your name, country of residence, address, phone number, company name, investor type, email address, your marketing and communications preferences and a password that you select.


Personal information We Collect Automatically

We and any third party service providers we use, may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about you automatically as you use our Digital Services. Examples of this type of information include, but are not limited to, the dates and times of your use of the Digital Services and the route by which you choose to access them, including your IP (Internet Protocol) address, your browser type, your operating system, or domain name, and your use of any hyperlinks or downloadable content available on the Digital Services. We may combine this information with other information that we collect about you. For additional information about our use of these technologies, please see "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies" below and our Cookie Policy.


Personal Information We Collect From Third Parties.

We also collect information about you from third party sources such as: suppliers that help us prevent money laundering and fraud; marketing agencies; identity verification services; and analytics providers.

The categories of information that we may collect about you from other sources include:

  • where permissible under applicable law, personal details (e.g., name, date of birth);
  • contact details (e.g., phone number, email address, postal address or mobile number); and
  • employer name.

Please note that we may be required by law to collect and use certain personal information about you. And we may need to collect and use personal information to enter into or fulfill a contract with you. Failure to provide this information may prevent or delay the fulfillment of our obligations in these circumstances.

3. Use of Your Information

We primarily use your personal information to provide our services to you and to respond to your inquiries. We also may use your personal information as follows:

  • To communicate with you, including to respond to your comments or requests for information, to request feedback, and to notify you about any changes or updates regarding the Foundation or IDK.
  • To help us understand our users, to tailor and enhance our offerings, anticipate and resolve problems with any products or services supplied to you, create products or services that may meet your needs.
  • To provide access to restricted pages or contents of the Digital Services.
  • To comply with all applicable legal and/or regulatory requirements and cooperate with regulators and law enforcement bodies.
  • To facilitate your activity and to identify you when you log into your account on our Digital Services.
  • To send you any marketing communications in line with your communications preferences and, where permitted by applicable law, about products and services that we believe would be of interest to you, including products and services offered by third parties.
  • To evaluate the success of any advertising campaigns, to improve our products and services, and to assess patterns of use.
  • To protect our rights, your rights, and the rights of others.

4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and other technologies to automatically collect information when you access the Digital Services. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.

5. Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Data

We may share your personal information with the following persons/entities and in the following circumstances:

Third Party Service Providers: To enable us to more efficiently provide the products and services you have requested from us, we may share your personal information with selected third parties that act on our behalf as our agents, suppliers, or providers, or these third parties may collect your personal information on our behalf. These third parties may provide services such as marketing support, technical assistance, data hosting, payment processing and user service support. We also may engage third-party analytics providers to help us understand how users engage with the Digital Services. These third parties may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Digital Services as well as information about your use of other websites over time.

Legal Compliance and the Protection of Our Rights: We will share information with regulators, government authorities, and third parties where we believe it is necessary to comply applicable laws, regulations, rules, orders, instructions and requests from any authorities, including any regulatory, governmental, tax and law enforcement authorities. We may disclose information when we believe in good faith that such disclosures will help protect our rights; support our detection of, prevention of, or response to fraud or intellectual property infringement; help protect your safety or security; or protect the safety and security of the Digital Services, our services, or any individual.

Additional Sharing: From time to time we may share your information with our attorneys, banks, auditors and other professional service providers and advisors in connection with the purposes described above.

6. Your Choices

If you wish to stop receiving information from us, or if you wish to withdraw any consents that you have provided, please contact us via email at info@idkfoundation.org to notify us of your choices.

7. Your Rights in Relation to Your Personal Information

Subject to local law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include, depending on the circumstances, the rights to: access your personal information; rectify the personal information we hold about you; erase your personal information; restrict our use of your personal information; object to our use of your personal information; receive your personal information in a usable electronic format and transmit it to a third party (also known as the right of data portability); lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority; and withdraw any consent you have given to use your personal information. If you would like to discuss or exercise the rights you may have, feel free to contact us via email at info@idkfoundation.org.

If you are a registered user of the Digital Services, you may access your personal account information online and make changes by logging into your account.

8. Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as we have a relationship with you and for a period after the relationship has ended. When determining how long to keep your personal information after our relationship with you has ended, we take into account how long we need to retain the information to fulfil the purposes described above and to comply with our legal obligations, including regulatory obligations. We may also retain personal information to investigate or defend against potential legal claims in accordance with the limitation periods of countries where legal action may be brought.

9. Your Security Obligations

Your online access to certain of your personal information may be protected with a password you select. We will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication (such as letters, phone calls or email messages). You have an obligation to keep your user ID, password and personal information secure.

10. Other Sites

Our Digital Services may contain links to other sites or products that we do not own or operate. Also, links to the Digital Services may be featured on third party websites on which we advertise. Except as provided herein, we will not provide any of your personal information to these third parties without your consent. We provide links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. These links are not intended as an endorsement of or referral to the linked websites. We recommend you read carefully the privacy statements, notices and terms of use of any linked websites. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore we have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose, secure and otherwise treat your personal information.

11. Contact Us

We take your privacy concerns seriously. For any questions or notice regarding your personal data, you may write to info@idkfoundation.org.