How we use your personal data
| Purpose | Data processed | Lawful basis for processing | Retention period |
| Responding to your queries and interest in investing. |
| Legitimate interests. | Completion of enquiry plus 12 months. |
| Processing your Investor Registration form to become a member of our Angel Investor Network. |
| Contract performance. | 12 months from when you last expressed interest in our services. |
| Enabling a presenting company to contact you, where you have requested an introduction at a Showcase event. |
| Contract performance. | 12 months from when you last expressed interest in our services. |
| Checking basic investor eligibility prior to accessing web-based Fund documents. |
| Contract performance. | 12 months from when you last expressed interest in our services. |
| Checking investor appropriateness upon receiving your application form and, assuming you pass, also processing your Fund investment application. |
| Legal Obligation. | For the duration of the Fund plus 5 years. |
| Undertaking investor due diligence during the application stage (including anti-money laundering checks). |
| Legal obligation. | For the duration of the Fund plus 5 years. |
| Record retention as required by governmental and/or regulatory bodies. |
| Legal obligation. | For the duration of the Fund plus 5 years. |
| Providing Fund update reports on six-monthly basis. |
| Contract performance. | For the duration of the Fund plus 12 months. |
| Sending you monies. |
| Contract performance. | For the duration of the Fund plus 12 months. |
| Sending information about our services that may be of interest to you. |
| Legitimate interests. | Three years from when you last expressed interest in our services. |
| Analysing your use of our website to improve user experience. |
| Legitimate interests. | Per Google Analytics data retention terms |
We require your personal data for the purposes listed above (excluding analysing your use of our website). If you do not provide the required information and if the information is not supplied to us by a third-party then you will not be able to invest with us.
Data sharing
To meet the Purposes stated above, we share your personal data with:
- Kin Capital Partners LLP for the purpose of proving Oxford Innovation Finance with Fund Administration services
- Kin Nominees Limited for the purpose of providing Oxford Innovation Finance with Nominee services
- SQW Group Ltd and its subsidiaries for the purpose of providing support services to Oxford Innovation Finance
- Governmental and regulatory bodies for the purpose of complying with our legal obligations
- Third-party service providers, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing.
We may compile statistics about the use of our website including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data that can be used to identify you.
Your personal data may have been shared with us by the following organisations:
| Data type | Source |
| Investment status, name and contact details (phone number and/or email address) | Oxford Angels Network, our partner organisation who have combined with OION (Oxford Innovation Finance's own angel network) |
| Investment status | Kin Capital Partners LLP |
| Investment status, nationality | Kin Nominees Limited |
Transferring personal data overseas
For us to perform the normal functions of our company and in providing you with services and information, some of your personal data will be transferred overseas. We have the following safeguards in place to protect your data:
| International organisation | Safeguards in place to protect your personal data | How you can obtain a copy of the safeguards |
| Eventbrite, USA | Standard Contractual Clauses | Eventbrite data protection details |
| Mailchimp, USA | Standard Contractual Clauses | Mailchimp data protection details |
| Microsoft SharePoint, EU | Standard Contractual Clauses | Microsoft data protection details |
