Privacy policy

Brightmind Partners ("Brightmind," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit www.brightmindpartners.com (the "Site") or otherwise interact with us. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of personal information.

Information you provide directly. When you complete a contact form, submit a pitch, subscribe to communications, or otherwise reach out to us, we collect the information you submit — typically your name, email address, company affiliation, role or title, phone number (if provided), and the content of your message or submission.

Information collected automatically. When you visit the Site, we and our service providers automatically collect technical and usage information, including your IP address, device type, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and approximate geographic location derived from your IP address. This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and similar technologies.

Information from third parties. We may receive information about you from analytics providers, identity-resolution and data-enrichment services (including ZoomInfo and similar business intelligence providers), advertising and marketing platforms, and publicly available sources such as LinkedIn and company websites. This information may include business contact details, professional history, company size and industry, and engagement signals associated with your visit.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate the Site, understand how visitors use it, and improve our outreach. The categories of tools currently in use include strictly necessary cookies required for the Site to function, analytics cookies including Google Analytics 4, identity-resolution and visitor-intelligence pixels including ZoomInfo and similar B2B identification services, and marketing and advertising tags that allow us to measure the effectiveness of our outreach.

You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Disabling cookies may affect Site functionality. For Google Analytics specifically, you may opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

How We Use Personal Information

We use the personal information described above to respond to inquiries, evaluate investment opportunities, and communicate with founders, limited partners, and other counterparties; to operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site; to analyze Site usage and understand the audience interacting with our content; to conduct business development outreach to companies and individuals whose work is relevant to our investment focus; to send communications about our portfolio, programs (including the CISO Network), and firm updates, where permitted; and to comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect the rights, property, or safety of Brightmind, our portfolio companies, and others.

How We Share Personal Information

We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We may share personal information with service providers that support our operations (including hosting, analytics, identity resolution, CRM, email, and security providers) under contractual obligations to use information only for the services they provide to us; with portfolio companies and co-investors where you have submitted information relevant to a potential investment, partnership, or advisory engagement; with professional advisors, including legal, accounting, and compliance counsel; with authorities and regulators where required by law, legal process, or to protect legal rights; and with successors in interest in connection with a corporate transaction such as a merger, financing, or sale of assets.

Some of the analytics and advertising technologies used on the Site may constitute "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes under California law. See the California section below for your rights and how to exercise them.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods vary by data category and use case.

Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is fully secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act: the right to know what categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of that information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom it has been shared; the right to delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions; the right to correct inaccurate personal information; the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising; the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information; and the right to non-discrimination for exercising any of the above rights.

Categories collected in the past twelve months. Identifiers (name, email, IP address), commercial information (services inquired about), internet or other electronic network activity (browsing and interaction data), geolocation data (approximate, from IP), professional or employment-related information (role, company, title), and inferences drawn from the above.

Categories sold or shared. We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We may share personal information with advertising and analytics partners in ways that constitute "sharing" under California law for cross-context behavioral advertising. Categories shared include identifiers and internet activity information.

How to exercise your rights. To exercise your California privacy rights, email privacy@brightmindpartners.com with the subject line "California Privacy Request." We will verify your identity before fulfilling the request. You may also authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf. We will respond within the timeframes required by California law.

Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including portfolio company sites and external resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice on the Site.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: privacy@brightmindpartners.com