This Privacy Policy describes how Hashmeet ("Hashmeet", "we", "us", "our") collects, uses, discloses and safeguards personal data in connection with our website, events, demo days and related services (the "Services"). We are committed to handling personal data in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) of Hong Kong and, where applicable, other data protection laws including the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation.
1. Personal Data We Collect
- Information you provide: name, email address, company, role, project details, pitch materials and any other information submitted when you book a call, register for an event or apply to a demo day.
- Event information: attendance records, photographs and audiovisual recordings taken at our events.
- Usage information: limited technical information about how our website is used, as described in Section 5.
2. Purposes of Use
We use personal data to: (a) provide, operate and improve the Services; (b) evaluate applications and facilitate introductions to investors, partners and customers; (c) organise and promote events; (d) communicate with you regarding the Services; (e) comply with legal and regulatory obligations; and (f) protect our rights and the rights of others. Where required by law, we rely on your consent, the performance of a contract, our legitimate interests or compliance with a legal obligation as our lawful basis.
3. Disclosure of Personal Data
We do not sell personal data. We may disclose personal data to: (a) investors, ecosystem partners and other participants where you have requested or consented to an introduction; (b) service providers who process data on our behalf under appropriate contractual safeguards; (c) professional advisers; and (d) competent authorities where required by law or to protect our legal rights.
4. Third-Party Services
When you click "Work with us", a scheduling widget provided by Calendly, LLC is displayed on our website. Information you enter there is collected and processed by Calendly in accordance with its own privacy policy and shared with us so that we can arrange the meeting. Our website also links to our profile on X (formerly Twitter); X's own privacy policy applies when you visit that platform.
5. Website Analytics
Our website is hosted on Lovable, which provides visitor analytics. Lovable's analytics uses no cookies, stores nothing on your device, does not keep IP addresses and does not identify individual visitors. It records the pages visited, where visitors came from, their country, browser, operating system and device type, how long they stay, how fast pages load, and errors. Detailed data is kept for 90 days and daily summaries for one year. Lovable collects this data for us. Lovable's privacy policy explains how it handles it. This data is recorded for every visitor, as our website does not display a cookie banner.
6. International Transfers
As we operate across multiple geographies, personal data may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions outside Hong Kong. Where such transfers occur, we take reasonable steps to ensure the data receives a level of protection comparable to that required under applicable law.
7. Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting or reporting requirements, after which it is securely deleted or anonymised.
8. Security
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use. No method of transmission over the internet is entirely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data, to object to or restrict its processing, to request its deletion or portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. You may also opt out of direct marketing communications at any time. To exercise these rights, please contact us as set out below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong, or your local supervisory authority.
10. Children
The Services are not directed to individuals under eighteen (18) years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
11. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date, and your continued use of the Services constitutes acknowledgement of the revised policy.
12. Contact
For any enquiry or request concerning this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us via @HashmeetHQ on X.