Privacy Policy for Why Now Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

1. Introduction:
Why Now Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy informs you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Data Controller:
The data controller responsible for your personal data is Why Now Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (referred to as "we", "us", or "our" in this privacy policy).

3. 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 includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
- Contact Data includes email address.
- Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, 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.
- Usage Data includes information about how you use our website.
- Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

4. How is Your Personal Data Collected?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through direct interactions and automated technologies or interactions.

5. 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:
- Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
- Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
- Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

6. Data Security:
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed.

7. Data Retention:
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Your Legal Rights:
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, to object to processing, to portability of data and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent.

9. Contact Us:
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at max@whynow.vc.