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Araneo GmbH
Karolingerstrasse 30
52070 Aachen, Germany

Represented by

Dr. Christiane Schmelter (Managing Director)

Contact

E-Mail: info@araneo.online
Website: www.araneo.online

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Register Number: HRB201399
Register Court: Amtsgericht Aachen

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Disclaimer

Accountability for content
The contents of our pages have been created with the utmost care. However, we cannot guarantee the contents’ accuracy, completeness or topicality. According to statutory provisions, we are furthermore responsible for our own content on these web pages. In this context, please note that we are accordingly not obliged to monitor merely the transmitted or saved information of third parties, or investigate circumstances pointing to illegal activity. Our obligations to remove or block the use of information under generally applicable laws remain unaffected by this as per §§ 8 to 10 of the Telemedia Act (TMG).

Accountability for links
Responsibility for the content of external links (to web pages of third parties) lies solely with the operators of the linked pages. No violations were evident to us at the time of linking. Should any legal infringement become known to us, we will remove the respective link immediately.

Copyright
Our web pages and their contents are subject to German copyright law. Unless expressly permitted by law (§ 44a et seq. of the copyright law), every form of utilizing, reproducing or processing works subject to copyright protection on our web pages requires the prior consent of the respective owner of the rights. Individual reproductions of a work are allowed only for private use, so must not serve either directly or indirectly for earnings. Unauthorized utilization of copyrighted works is punishable (§ 106 of the copyright law).

Araneo operates a community for co-investment and other cooperation among its investor and provider contacts. Araneo does not provide investment consulting services. Araneo will not give any advice or guidance on investments. Araneo does not do any verification of information provided by investment providers, other contacts of Araneo or any external third party. Each investor that is part of the Araneo network is responsible to do his/her/its own due diligence. The given investment options shall not be considered as recommendations neither by Araneo nor by Araneo members. It shall be known that all investments involve a high degree of risk with the potential to a total loss. The interpretation of information provided by Araneo and subsequent (investment) actions is up to each individual investor.

Araneo makes no offer to the public of any financial securities and does not act on behalf of any provider, issuer or seller for that purpose, except that an offer to the public may be made at any time under the following exemptions under the European Commission Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU): (i) to legal entities which are qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Directive; (ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons per member state (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive); or (iii) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of financial securities shall result in a requirement for Araneo to publish a prospectus pursuant to the Directive, of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.

Privacy

1. WHY ARE YOU SEEING THIS NOTICE?
 
Araneo GmbH (“Araneo“) may process personal data of its contacts (“you“). Where this notice says “we“, “us” or “our“, we are referring to Araneo GmbH.

This Data Privacy Notice explains how and why your personal data is processed by Araneo GmbH.
This Data Privacy Notice also contains information about your rights in relation to your personal data.

2. WHO IS PROVIDING THIS NOTICE AND WHO IS “CONTROLLER”?

We act as a “controller” in respect of your personal data. In simple terms, this means that we “control” the personal data that you provide – including making sure that it is kept secure.

3. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

We may collect and process the following information about you:

  • Information that you give us:This is information about you that you give to us by providing your business card to us or filling in forms on our website (or other forms that we ask you to complete), giving us a business card (or similar) or corresponding with us by telephone, post, email or otherwise. It may include, for example, your name, company, business and/or private address, email address and telephone numbers; information about your business relationship with Araneo GmbH; and information about your professional role, background and interests.
  • We may also collect some information from other sources. For example:
    • If we have a business relationship with the organisation that you represent, your colleagues or other business contacts may give us information about you such as your contact details or details of your role in the relationship.

4. WHAT WILL WE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We may use your information for the following reasons: to operate, manage, develop and promote our business and, in particular, our relationship with the organisation you represent (if any) and related transactions

5. WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH

Your personal data may be shared with:

  • our internal organisation and affiliated companies;
  • your colleagues within the organisation that you represent;
  • other business partners of us where we believe it would be in your interest to share your contact details, e.g. to make introductions;
  • our external advisors of us e.g. in connection with fundraisings, the establishment and management of funds or investments;
  • to service providers who host our website or other information technology systems or otherwise hold or process your information on our behalf, under strict conditions of confidentiality and security;
  • in exceptional circumstances: to competent regulatory, prosecuting and other governmental agencies, or litigation counterparties, in any country or territory; or
  • where we are required by law to disclose.

6. THE USE OF COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITE

Araneo GmbH uses so-called “cookies” on the website, i.e. Text files which are stored on your access device. Cookies are smaller files with text information which are stored on your hard drive during retrieval of the offer. We use cookies to make the navigation and use of our website as user-friendly as possible. After your successful login to the protected area, we require the cookies to identify and authorise you for the entire duration of your visit. We are not able to draw any references to customers with the cookies. You can deactivate the option to store these cookies at any time in the system preferences of your browser and delete any existing cookies. Every user can also view the offer without cookies. However, if you do not accept any cookies, this may lead to a functional restriction of the website.

7. THE USE OF TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

The use of Google Analytics:

  • Our Website uses Google Analytics; web analysis services of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics use so-called “Cookies”; text files which are stored on your computer/smartphone and which enable analysis of your use of our Website and Web-App. The information generated by the Cookie about your use of our Website and Web-App is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, within member states of the European Union or in other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, your IP address will be previously shortened by Google on our Website and Web-App.
  • Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this Website/App to evaluate your use of the Website, in order to compile reports about the Website activities and to render further services to the Website operator connected with the Website use and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
  • You can prevent the storage of Cookies by configuring your browser software accordingly; however, we hereby point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our Website fully. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the Cookie related to your use of our Website (incl. IP address) by Google as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
  • You can find more detailed information about this at: http://google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html

8. ON WHAT BASIS DO WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We are processing your personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest in accordance with point (f) of Article 6(1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We believe that our business relationship with you and/or your company provides for a legitimate interest to process your personal data as set out herein.

 9. RETENTION AND DELETION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will delete the information that we hold about you when we no longer need it. We will process your personal data throughout our business relationship with you.
However, we may retain some limited information about you even when we know that you have left the organisation that you represent, so that we can maintain a continuous relationship with you if and when we are in contact with you again, representing a different organisation.

 10. YOUR RIGHTS

Subject to applicable data privacy laws, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data:

  • You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed and, where this is the case, access to the personal data and information (Article 15 GDPR).
  • You have the right to rectification of personal data concerning you (Article 16 GDPR).
  • You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you in accordance with Article 17 GDPR (“right to be forgotten”).
  • You have the right to obtain restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR).
  • You have the right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 GDPR.
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 21 GDPR).

You have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you (Article 21 GDPR). For details, please see below.

Information regarding the right to object, Article 21 GDPR

  1. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Article 6 (1) e GDPR (data processing for purposes of public interest) or Article 6 (1) f GDPR (data processing for purposes of prevailing legitimate interests pursued by us). This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
  2. If you object, we shall no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of you, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If you would like to object, please contact us at info@araneo.online

 11. CONCERNS OR QUERIES

We take your concerns very seriously. We encourage you to bring it to our attention if you have any concerns about our processing your personal data.

This Data Privacy Notice was drafted with simplicity and clarity in mind. We are, of course, happy to provide any further information or explanation needed. Our contact details are below.

If you want to make a complaint, you can also contact the body regulating data protection in your country, where you live or work, or the location where the data protection issue arose. A list of the EU data protection authorities is available by clicking this link: http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=612080.

 12. CONTACT US

Please contact us if you have any questions about this Data Privacy Notice or the information we hold about you.

Contact us by email at info@araneo.online

Contact us in writing using the following address: Karolingerstraße 30, 52070 Aachen

This Data Privacy Notice was last updated on May 24th, 2018.