LAST UPDATED:  February 5, 2025

Embracing Emergence Privacy Policy

Embracing Emergence LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose information.  This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information that we collect through:

  • Our website at https://www.embracingemergence.com/

  • Our pitch deck review and advisory services

  • Communication channels including email and video calls

  • Materials you submit for review

 

Collectively, we refer to the website(s), app(s), social media pages, and emails as the “Services.”

 

Personal Information WE COLLECT

“Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. 

 

We collect the following types of information:

  • Name and contact info

  • Business information

  • Payment information

  • Communications with us

  • Email address

  • Materials submitted for review (e.g., pitch decks, quarterly updates)

  • Video call recordings and feedback

  • Usage data from our website and services

 

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION

We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:

  • Directly from you when you submit materials or purchase services

  • Through communications regarding our services

  • Automatically through your use of our website

  • From video calls and recorded feedback sessions

 

We need to collect Personal Information in order to provide the requested Services to you.  If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide the Services.  If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Use of Personal Information

We use Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • Provide our advisory services

  • Process payments and transactions

  • Deliver feedback and recommendations

  • Communicate about our services

  • Improve our services

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Protect our legal rights and prevent misuse

 

Disclosure of Personal Information

We share Personal Information with:

 

  • Service providers who assist in providing our services (e.g., video conferencing, payment processing)

  • Professional advisors (e.g., lawyers, accountants) as necessary

  • As required by law or to protect our rights

 

We do NOT:

 

  • Sell personal information

  • Share information for marketing purposes

  • Use information for targeted advertising

  • Make automated decisions about you

 

CONFIDENTIALITY AND security

we seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal Information. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contact Us” section below.

COOKIES AND TRACKING

Our website uses essential cookies to function properly. These may include:

  • Session cookies to operate our service

  • Security cookies to identify and prevent security risks

  • Essential preference cookies to remember your basic settings

We use basic analytics to understand website usage but do not engage in detailed tracking or profiling. You can control cookies through your browser settings, though blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site.

use of THE Services by MINORS

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of sixteen (16), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under 16.

Jurisdiction and CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER

We are located in the United States.  We may store and process your Personal Information in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers.  By using the Services, you understand that your information will be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country. 

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Unless we request it, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., Social Security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, or criminal background) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT SERVICE

The Services may provide functionality allowing you to make payments using a third-party payment service with which you have created your own account.  When you use such a service to make a payment to us, your Personal Information will be collected by such third party and not by us and will be subject to the third party’s privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy.  We have no control over, and are not responsible for, any such third party’s collection, use, or disclosure of your Personal Information.

 

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The “Last Updated” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.  Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at .  Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.

Contact us at:

benedikt@embracingemergence.com
Embracing Emergence LLC