Privacy Notice | Ampersand

We at Ampersand Capital Partners, along with our subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Ampersand“, “we”, “us”, “our”), care about your privacy and the trust you place in us by providing personal data and we want to be transparent about how we use it and how we protect it.

This privacy notice (“Privacy Notice”) explains how we collect, use, share, store and otherwise process your personal data when you use this website https://ampersandcapital.com/ (the “Website”) or we otherwise receive your personal data in connection with our relationship with you or the business you work for. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data.

Ampersand is the controller of your personal data. The controller decides how personal data about you is processed.

We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review and will make updates or changes to this Privacy Notice, from time to time.

Information we collect from you and how we use it

We regularly collect personal data in the context of our business activities. The types of personal data relating to you that we may collect, and the purposes for which we process this data, depends on the nature of your interaction with us.

We collect personal data that you provide to us in the following ways:

When you communicate with us through the Website or other Ampersand platforms: we collect personal data when you provide it to us through communications via the Website (including where you have contacted us through the “Contact” page), such as your name, email address, telephone number, other information you provide as part of your inquiry.
When you communicate with us directly or visit our offices: we collect personal data when you voluntarily submit information to us directly such as via postal, telephone and/or email communications. We may receive personal data from you in connection with an Ampersand product or service which you are interested in. We collect and maintain certain non-public information we receive from you as set forth in your subscription agreement, investor questionnaire or similar forms, such as your name, address and social security or tax identification number. We may also receive information about your transactions with us or our affiliates, such as your participation in an Ampersand fund, your capital account balance, bank account information, contributions and distributions. If you visit our offices, to secure our premises, we use CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) in certain global locations which records visitors who attend our premises.
Automated technologies and/or interactions: as you interact with the Website, we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns; for example, your internet protocol address and other similar identifiers, browsing history, search history, information on your interaction with the Website. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. See our Cookie Policy for more information.
When you provide services to us: when you enter into a contractual agreement with us to provide us with a service, we may collect certain details in respect of you or other representatives of your business, such as name, business, contact details, job role.
Events: when we arrange or attend events, we may collect your personal data when you attend the event and exchange your details with us (for example, by providing your business card).
Newsletter: if you sign up to our Newsletter, we will collect your email. For further details please see the “Marketing” section below.
Careers: we may collect personal data from you when you enquire or apply for a vacancy with us, such as your name, contact details, curriculum vitae (such as, qualifications, previous employment history and profession activities), results of background checks (such as, references, qualifications, and to the extent permitted by law, criminal background checks (unspent convictions)).
Why we collect your personal data

The purposes we process your personal data include the following:

To enable us to carry out our obligations arising from our engagement with you. We use this information to perform a contract with you, or to take steps to enter into contract with you. For example, to the extent you are an investor in an Ampersand fund, we may use your personal data to distribute capital call notices and ongoing reporting of such Ampersand fund; and to the extent you are a prospective investor in an Ampersand fund, we may collect your personal information for purposes of providing you with information regarding Ampersand products or services and evaluating whether Ampersand can offer you an investment product and under what conditions.
To communicate with you and respond to your requests and queries. We use your personal data to communicate with you about updates and changes to our products and services or to respond and resolve your queries. The personal data we process when doing so includes your correspondence with us and your contact details. We use this information to perform our contract with you or when it is in our legitimate business interests to do so.
To measure performance of our services. When it is in our legitimate interests to do so, we use your personal data that we automatically collect about you or that is generated about you when you use the services for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used, such as analyzing data about your visits to the Website to improve the quality of our communications and to customize your relationship with us.
To protect the security of and managing access to our premises, IT and communication systems, online platforms, the Website and other systems, preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal or malicious activities. It is in our legitimate interests to improve our services and to keep the Website safe and secure.
To comply with our legal obligations and to enforce our terms and policies, to ensure the integrity of our services and to defend ourselves against legal claims or disputes, we will use the personal data relevant to such a case. Some processing may also be necessary to comply with a legal obligation placed on Ampersand, for example, to fulfill Ampersand’s obligations regarding know-your-client and anti-money laundering due diligence, to keep records of transactions, or as requested by any judicial process or national and international regulatory bodies. In these circumstances, we will process your personal data to either perform our contract with you, to comply with a legal obligation or when it is in our legitimate business interests.
To comply with court orders and to exercise and/or defend our legal rights. We will process your personal data to either perform our contract with you, to comply with a legal obligation or when it is in our legitimate business interests.
To send you event invitations, business updates, or other marketing materials, and ensuring the efficient management of events and to promote our business and relationships. We rely on your consent to send you marketing communications or when it is in our legitimate interests to do so.
For our recruitment, when you apply for a job role with us. Ensuring potential recruits of any kind are appropriately qualified for positions at the firm. We may use information collected throughout the recruitment process to review Ampersand equal opportunities profile in accordance with applicable laws. We may also need to review your right to work in line with applicable laws. We use this information to perform a contract with you, or to take steps to enter into contract with you, to comply with our legal obligations or when it is in our legitimate business interests to do so.
Cookies

Please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Marketing

We may use your personal data to develop, manage and market products and services to meet your needs and to provide you with information on our products, services, events that you request from us or which we feel may interest you.

We may contact you by email unless you have told us that you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us. Where we are required by applicable laws as well as our privacy policy, we will obtain your prior consent before contacting you. We will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with third parties, other than as stated within this Privacy Notice.

You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing at any time by following the information in each communication on how to unsubscribe or by writing to us at: info@ampersandcapital.com.

How we share your personal data

We share your personal data as follows:

Ampersand group companies: As Ampersand is part of a wider group, which all collaborate and partially share customer services and systems including website-related services and systems, we may need to transfer your personal data to, or otherwise allow access to such data by other companies within the Ampersand group for the purposes including, for example, addressing your queries, ensuring the security of the Website and your personal data, informing you about our services and promotions.
Third party service providers: Third parties who provide services to us have access to your personal data, for example, we engage providers for website analytics, hosting and cloud computing services and other IT services, talent management and recruitment services, marketing services, facility agent and security agent services, in addition to other administrative services.
Event co-hosts. We may share limited personal data (name, title, employer) with co-hosts of events we host or otherwise sponsor in order to administer the event and provide a list of attendees.
Administrative and legal reasons. We may disclose personal data as we deem necessary and appropriate under applicable laws, such as to comply with a subpoena, bankruptcy proceedings, or similar legal process; in response to lawful requests by public, governmental and regulatory authorities.
Business transfers. We may disclose and transfer your information and data to a third party: (a) if we assign our rights regarding any of the information to a third party or (b) in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, sale of certain of our ownership interests, assets, or both, or other corporate change, including without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process.
Data transfers

Ampersand operates on a global basis, and your personal data may be transferred, accessed and stored globally as necessary for the uses stated in this Privacy Notice, including within the Ampersand group or through the use of third parties as set out above.

Ampersand will take all necessary measures to ensure that your personal data is securely transferred, stored and used after transfer, as required by applicable law. This includes implementing approved contractual protections (for example, European Commission approved standard contractual clauses) for the transfer of your personal data. For further details you can contact us at: info@ampersandcapital.com.

Retaining your personal data

We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and processed, in accordance with our retention policies, and in accordance with applicable laws or until you withdraw your consent (where applicable). To determine the appropriate retention period for your personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we use your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case it is no longer personal data.

Protecting your personal data

We use a variety of technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, your personal data, in accordance with our internal security procedures and applicable law. Personal data may be stored on our own technology systems or those of our service providers or in paper files.

What are your rights?

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have a number of rights in relation to the personal data that we hold about you. We are committed to address these rights where required under applicable law. These can be summarized as follows.

Know and access. Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to know and access what data/personal data we collect about you and request a copy of the personal data. Upon request, we will provide this information to you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Rectification. If you believe that personal data we maintain about you is inaccurate, subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request that we correct or amend the data.
Deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete personal data that we process about you, except we are not obligated to do so if we need to retain such data in order to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Restriction. You may have the right to restrict our processing of your personal data where you believe such data to be inaccurate, our processing is unlawful or that we no longer need to process such data for a particular purpose, but where we are not able to delete the data due to a legal or other obligation or because you do not wish for us to delete it.
Portability. You may have the right to obtain personal data we hold about you, in a structured, electronic format, and to transmit such data to another controller, where this is (a) personal data which you have provided to us, and (b) if we are processing that data on the basis of your consent (such as for direct marketing communications) or to perform a contract with you (such as to administer your account).
Objection. Where the legal justification for our processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest, you may have the right to object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will abide by your request unless we have compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests and rights, or if we need to continue to process the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim.
Withdrawing consent. In certain jurisdictions, when we process personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent in whole or in part at any time, free of charge. This includes cases where you wish to opt out from marketing messages that you receive from us. When unsubscribing from our marketing communications, note that because emails are planned in advance, you may still receive mailings while we process your request.
Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority: Depending on where you are based, if you have a concern about our privacy practices, including the way we handled your personal data, you can report it to your local data protection authority. We hope you will be able to address any concerns with us directly in the first instance so we are able to respond to them.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You may exercise your rights by contacting us as indicated under the ‘How to Contact Us’ section below. California residents can empower an “authorized agent” to submit requests on their behalf. We will require authorized agents to confirm their identity and authority, in accordance with applicable laws. You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination.

Amendments to this Privacy Notice

We may revise this Privacy Notice over time. The most recent version of the Privacy Notice will govern Ampersand’s use of your personal data. We may make changes to this Privacy Notice in our sole discretion.

Links to Other Websites

The Website may contain links to other websites run by other organizations. This Privacy Notice applies only to the Website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from the Website.

In addition, if you linked to the Website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

Children

We are concerned with protecting the privacy of children aged 18 or under. If you are aged 18 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal data.

How To Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about how we treat your personal data, or you wish to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact the Ampersand at:

For United States:

Telephone: +1 781-239-0700

Email: info@ampersandcapital.com

Address: 55 William St. Wellesley, MA 0248

For the Netherlands:

Telephone: +31 20-767-1773

Email: info@ampersandcapital.com

Address: Gustav Mahlerplain 105-115, 26^th floor, 1082 MS Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Last updated: November 13, 2024