Privacy Policy | Wingwomen

My dear Wingwo(man), we're happy to see that you care about privacy as much as we do!

On this page we explain to you which personal data we collect, why, for how long and what we do to keep your data safe.

A final point before we dive in: Wingwomen and all our products are part of Vala Ventures Ltd., company number 12740638, registered at 10 Prestwich Place, Oxford, OX2 0ED, UK. That's why we refer to Vala Ventures Ltd. below.

Let's dive in.

What data do we collect?

When you subscribe for waitlists, email list, updates or events, we ask for:

your name,
your email address

When you buy a product, we ask for:

your name,
your email address,
your postal address,
your phone number

When you apply for a program, course, coaching or training through your organisation, we ask for:

your name,
your email address,
your postal address,
your phone number,
additional data that your organisation deemed relevant to select participants, such as your team or involvment in other programs

When you start your program, course, coaching or training, we ask you for:

your name,
the country you work in
background information about your current job
background information about why you're here and what you want to learn

At the end of your program, course, coaching or training, we might ask you for:

your name,
feedback on the program

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Vala Venture Ltd. with most of your data by submitting it on our website.

We collect data and process data when you:

register online or place an order for any of our products or services
submit your information in a form on our website or a form form third-party providers like Stripe (our payment processing platform) or Calendly (our calendar scheduling system).
send your information via email
use or view our website via your browser´s cookies
leave anonymous, aggregated user data when you visit our website, which we collect with the extremely privacy-friendly tool Plausible, which operates without cookies

How will we use your data?
Vala Venture Ltd. collects your data so that we can:

process your order and manage your account
provide the product you paid or signed up for
e-mail you with updates on helpful information, other products and services we think you might like

How do we store your data?
We save your information in several offline and cloud-based databases, and we always use strict safety measures, such as two-factor authentication and tools that use transport-layer security (TLS) technology.

Your information is saved in the United Kingdom and we additionally follow the EU's GPDR, which is one of the strictest privacy regulation frameworks in the world.

How long do we store your data?

you have participated in one of our programs, courses, coachings or trainings, you get access to our alumni network and we store your data until you ask us to leave the alumni network
if you have subscribed to a waitlists, email list or for updates, we store your data until you unsubscribe

Who accesses your data?

Our wonderful team members that consist of employees, freelancers and consultants have access to data that we collect. We pass on your information to other parties only when and to the extent that this is necessary for providing you our services. For example partners that help us do business, such as delivery partners and administration office tasks.

What are your data protection rights?
The right to access: You have the right to request Vala Venture Ltd. for copies of your
personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that Vala Venture Ltd. correct any
information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Vala Venture Ltd.
to complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure: You have the right to request that Vala Venture Ltd. erase your
personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that Vala Venture Ltd.
restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to Vala Venture Ltd.´s
processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that Vala Venture Ltd. transfer
the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain
conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise
any of these rights, please contact us at office@wingwomen.org

How do we use cookies?
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information
and visitor behaviour information. We use as few cookies as possible and only where we need them to provide you a great service and experience on our websitem, for example:

keeping you signed in
understanding how you use our website and how we could make it easier for you to find what you need

So, when you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

What types of cookies do we use?
We use as few cookies as possible to make our website as privacy protected as possible! Our website might use:

Functionality cookies: Vala Venture Ltd. might use these cookies that are essential to make the website work. They can include displaying videos on your device or keeping you logged in. Our third-party tools might use cookies, though we always look into third-party tools that are particularly privacy friendly and minimise/don't use additional cookies.
Advertising cookies: Vala Venture Ltd. might use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed or information about your browser and device - so that we can optimise our products for you.

How can you manage cookies on your side?
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to
remove cookies from your browser. Visit allaboutcookies.org. for more information. However, remember that disabling certain cookies will impact your experience on our website and some website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites
The Vala Venture Ltd. website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so of you click on a link to another website, please check out their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy
Vala Venture Ltd. keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 01.08.2024.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Vala Venture Ltd.´s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protections rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at office@wingwomen.org