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# Code of Conduct

#### Overview
The PitchedIt Code of Conduct is one of the ways we put our values into practice. It’s built around the recognition that everything we do in connection with our work at PitchedIt and the members of our community will be, and should be, measured against the highest possible standards of ethical business conduct.

This Code of Conduct also reflects the agreed standards of behavior for members of the PitchedIt community. The community acts according to the standards written down in this Code of Conduct and will defend these standards for the benefit of the community. The basic social ingredients that hold our community together include:
- Be considerate
- Be respectful
- Be collaborative
- Be pragmatic
- Support others in the community
- Get support from others in the community


We expect all our community members and service providers to understand and comply with our Code of Conduct, the laws, and regulations that apply to our operations. While PitchedIt members are expected to self-monitor and demonstrate their compliance to the Code of Conduct, PitchedIt may audit members' behaviour to confirm compliance. PitchedIt members are expected to treat each other with respect. We take a zero-tolerance stance on harassment or discrimination of any kind on the PitchedIt platform

#### Our Standards
Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
- Showing empathy towards other community members


Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
- The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment
- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
- Promotion of or the attempt to sell/advertise goods or services is strictly prohibited on the Launchpad (newsfeed) or an individuals profile
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

#### Our Responsibilities
With the support of our team, we are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
PitchedIt has the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, pitches, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

#### Enforcement
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting our team. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. Our staff are obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.



# PRIVACY POLICY

##### 1. OVERVIEW
This is a privacy policy that governs your use of our website https://pitchedit.co. This privacy policy should be read together with our Terms of Use any other such terms or notices relevant to the use of our site.

##### 2. WHO WE ARE
https://pitchedit.co is a site operated by PitchedIt Limited (“we” “us” “our”). We are registered in Ireland under company number 697037 having our registered office at 39 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4. 

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

##### 3. PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website.

##### 4. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES
We keep our privacy policy under regular review.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

##### 5. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE LINKS
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

##### 6. DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

**Identity Data**, including first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.

**Contact Data**, including billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.

**Financial Data**, including bank account and payment card details.

**Transaction Data**, including details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.

**Technical Data**, including internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website. 

**Profile Data**, including your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.  

**Usage Data**, including information about how you use our website, products and services. 

**Marketing and Communications Data**, including your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

We also may collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

##### 7. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time. 

##### 8. HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us through our website, by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
1. apply for our products or services;
2. create an account on our website;
3. subscribe to our service or publications; 
4. request marketing to be sent to you;
5. enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
6. give us feedback or contact us. 

Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.

Third parties or publicly available sources: We will receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below.

Technical Data from the following parties:
1. analytics providers; 
2. advertising networks; and
3. search information providers.

Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services.

Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators.

Identity and Contact Data from publicly available sources.

##### 9. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
1. Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
2. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
3. Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us. 

##### 10. MARKETING
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.

##### 11. PROMOTIONAL OFFERS FROM US 
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing). 
You may receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

##### 12. THIRD-PARTY MARKETING 
We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes. 

##### 13. OPTING OUT
You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at any time on support@pitchedit.co. 

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.

##### 14. CHANGE OF PURPOSE 
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. 
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

##### 15. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may share your personal data with our affiliates, business partners or third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy. 

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

##### 16. DATA SECURITY
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. 

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

##### 17. DATA RETENTION
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

##### 18. FEES
We may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

##### 19. WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

##### 20. TIME LIMIT TO RESPOND
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. 


# RISK WARNING
 
All forms of investments carry a degree of risk, particularly those involving start-up companies. Before investing in any companies through our platform, the following should be considered:

##### 1. LOSS OF CAPITAL
Most start-up companies fail. This means that if you invest in any company through our platform, it is more likely that you will lose all of your investment than it is that you will see a return of capital or a profit. You should not invest amounts that you can afford to lose without altering your standard of living.

##### 2. ILLIQUIDITY
Any investment that you make through our platform will be highly illiquid. This means that it may be difficult to transfer or convert shares in investee companies into cash or otherwise.

##### 3. RARITY OF DIVIDENDS
Start-up companies rarely pay dividends. This means that if you invest in a company through our platform, you are unlikely to see any return of capital or profit until you are able to sell your shares in the investee company. This is unlikely to occur for a considerable period of time from when you make your investment, if at all.

##### 4. DILUTION
The shares, subject to an investment that you make through our platform, are likely to be subject to dilution. This means that if the investee company raises additional capital in a later investment round, it will issue new shares to new investors, and the percentage of the company that you own will reduce. These new shares may also have preferential rights over the class of shares that you hold, for example in respect to pay outs of profits or on a winding up of the company. Dilution may also arise, for example, as a result of the grant of options to employees or other parties engaged by the company.

##### 5. DIVERSIFICATION
Investing in start-up companies should only be done as part of a diversified portfolio. This means that you should invest smaller amounts in a larger number of companies rather than larger amounts in a smaller number of companies. Investing in start-up companies should be seen as relatively risky with the majority of your portfolio invested in relatively safer, more liquid assets.

##### 6. TAX TREATMENT
Tax reliefs are not guaranteed and depend on an investee company maintaining its qualifying status, which may also be withdrawn at any time by the Revenue Commissioner, or other such authority.

##### 7. PAST PERFORMANCE, FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS
Past performance, forward looking statements and forecasts are not a reliable indicator of future results.


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