Privacy Policy

Introduction

This is the Privacy Statement (“Privacy Statement”) for Bridge Carbon (“Bridge Carbon “, “BC” “we”, “us”, or “our”). This Privacy Statement was last updated in August 2024.

At BC, we understand the importance of your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you provide when accessing and using materials on BridgeCarbon.com or other BC websites, including subscription pages and apps linked to this Privacy Statement (collectively, the “Site”). Any information you submit to BC in response to an email request or other outreach will also be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

BC may periodically update this Privacy Statement at its discretion. To keep you informed, any material changes will be posted here.

Personal information that we collect, and how we use it

What information do we collect?

BC collects information from you when you create register for certain pages for the Site, such as subscribing for email newsletters, seeking additional information regarding our services, and for marketing communications (via emails, social media platforms) from BC based on your consent where required.

Personal information that we collect includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, employment information that may identify you (such as company, job title, or position), IP address, geo location, subject areas of interest and/or demographic information.

How do we use personal information?

The purposes and uses of your personal information depend on how you interact with the Site and the information you provide. We process your personal information to safeguard BC’s legitimate business interests, including:

Communicating with you and managing your requests related to BRIDGE CARBON newsletters and events.
Tailoring your experience on the Site with relevant BRIDGE CARBON materials.
Understanding our user population, identifying areas of interest, and ensuring the Site is optimized for the majority of visitors’ settings.
Measuring and improving the effectiveness of BRIDGE CARBON’s marketing programs across various channels.
Enhancing our web content and navigation.
Informing you about service updates and notifying you of other BRIDGE CARBON products, services and events that may interest you, while tracking email engagement for internal use only.
Processing your information based on your consent, where required. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
Ensuring compliance with legal obligations, including anti-fraud, anti-money laundering measures, and tax and social security requirements.

How we might disclose your personal information

The third parties with whom we may need to disclose personal information to help us provide services and products to you and to run our Site include:

Our subsidiaries or affiliates
Our advisors
Our third-party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations including email distribution, IT services, the Site security and marketing and events services
The third parties listed in our cookie policies. To view a detailed list of such third parties and cookies used on BRIDGECARBON.com, click here and for connect.
Law enforcement bodies to comply with any legal obligation or court order.
BRIDGE CARBON may disclose your contact information in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information that you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to BRIDGE CARBON.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties in the event of any reorganization, financing, merger, sale, joint venture, partnership, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or part of our business, assets, or stock, including in connection with bankruptcy or similar proceedings.

As a global organization, BRIDGE CARBON may need to transfer personal information collected on the Site or through other means, as described in this Privacy Statement, across the BRIDGE CARBON group of companies or to third parties to help operate our business efficiently.

This may involve transferring your personal information to third parties in various countries, including those outside Singapore, Switzerland, and the UK. These arrangements may place your personal information in jurisdictions with different privacy laws. However, access to this information is restricted to authorized individuals or vendors bound by privacy requirements, and we ensure that adequate protections are in place to safeguard your data.

Additionally, the Site may be accessed from anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have laws regulating the use and transfer of personal information.

Retention of your personal information

BRIDGE CARBON retains your personal information for so long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

The duration of our ongoing relationship with you, including the time we provide services or send communications (e.g., newsletters) and the period afterward during which we may need to reference your personal information to address potential issues.
Any legal obligations we are subject to (e.g., laws requiring us to retain records of your transactions for a specific period before they can be deleted).
Whether retention is advisable given our legal position (e.g., concerning applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

Marketing

If, at any time, you prefer not to receive further marketing communications from us in any or all forms you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by means of a link provided in every email that is sent to you by us.

Cookies and Other tracking technologies

BRIDGE CARBON may use cookies on this Site and in our communications with you to keep track of your visit to our Site and our communications with you. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website activity to allow us to collect information about how you use our Site and our services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer.

Please refer to your browser instructions or you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which will give you more information.

Once you have given your consent to use cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete our cookies using your web browser settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies. We do not currently respond to browser do-not-track signals.

To view a detailed list of cookies used on BRIDGE CARBON.com, click here and for connect.

Security processes

BRIDGE CARBON has implemented appropriate technological and operational security measures to protect your personal information. Access to your personal information is restricted to authorized employees and contractors, and only on a need-to-know basis. Each individual with access is obligated to maintain the confidentiality of your data.

While we take industry-standard steps to safeguard your personal information, BRIDGE CARBON cannot guarantee that it will not be accessed by unauthorized persons. We cannot be held responsible for any actions resulting from a security breach when personal information is transmitted over the internet or any public network.

Compliance with law

BRIDGE CARBON may be compelled to surrender personal information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state, or other applicable jurisdiction.

Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through the Site, we may disclose personal information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.

Your rights

Depending on where you reside, you may have certain rights under applicable data privacy laws. These rights include the ability to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and details on how we use it. If any of your personal information is incorrect or outdated, you have the right to amend or rectify it. You may also request that we erase your personal information, stop or restrict its processing, or provide it in a portable format. If our processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent, though this may not apply if there are other legal grounds to continue processing. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority.

To exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact the appropriate point of contact listed in the “Contact Us” section of this Privacy Statement. Please note that we may require verification of your identity, including additional information, before processing your request.

Children

BRIDGE CARBON understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This Site is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger.

Contact Us

For further questions, or to exercise any of your data protection rights, you may contact the appropriate data protection point of contact:

By email: info@bridgecarbon.com