Privacy Policy

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We prepared this Privacy Policy to answer the most important questions about how Florence Technologies, MB collects, uses, and stores information relating to you. We follow the requirements of the applicable data protection laws protecting information about you at Florence Technologies. For more information, please carefully read this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your privacy, please contact us at info@florence.lt.

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Why do you collect information about me?

We are always looking for ways of helping prospective startups and founders take off. Therefore, we encourage them to apply via our platform. When you submit a start-up application with Florence Technologies or otherwise communicate with us in relation to cooperation and investment opportunities, such application or communication may contain some limited amount of personal data of the company’s founders, management, employees, representatives, or persons related to the company which we will process for the purposes of handling your application or communication. Recruitment: We are always looking for bright minds, and if you are one, we encourage you to contact us and join our awesome team. When you apply to open positions at Florence Technologies, your publicly available professional background is suitable for us, or someone you know refers you to us, we process your personal data for recruitment purposes to assess your application and your suitability to enter into an employment contract and suggest a job offer for you. Marketing & events: We also provide an opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter, updates, and other information related to business and investment opportunities, services, and events of Florence Technologies

 

What information do you collect and use?

We collect, use, and store the following information on persons related to the company that is necessary for the purpose of handling your start-up application: name, surname, position, e-mail address, information about your company, and non-disclosure agreements, application, references, and other information provided by you. Recruitment: We collect, use, and store the following information which is necessary for recruitment purposes as described above: Name and surname, E-mail address, Age, Telephone number, Address, Education, Languages proficiency, Certifications, Recommendations, Additional training, CV, Attachments to your CV, Cover letter, Employment history, Current workplace, Non-disclosure agreement, LinkedIn URL, GitHub URL, Personal website URL, Tasks performed by you, Interview notes about you, Desired salary, other information submitted by you. When applying, please do not include information on your personal identification numbers in the submitted documents and any other sensitive personal information (such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation), information on family relations, or similar information that is not necessary for the recruitment process. Marketing & events:  If you register for events, subscribe to the newsletter and other information, use our Contact Form, or interact with us in relation to our products, services, and events, we will process the name and email address you have provided, as well as the information about your position, company you represent, the field of work, preferences, and events you have registered to, participate at or are interested in, communication with you, other information you provide us with.  

 

What is the legal basis for the processing of the data?

If you provide us with your personal data, you give us your consent to collect, use, and store that data for the above purposes. In case the start-up application contains personal data of persons other than the one submitting the application, it is the sole responsibility of you as the applicant to inform those persons about the provision of their personal data to Florence Technologies. In the latter case, we will collect, use and store such information based on our legitimate interest in processing the start-up application you submitted. Recruitment:  We have the intention to enter into a contract with you – when you apply for a particular job position and we assess your suitability for the role; You have given consent to the processing of your personal data  – when you permit Florence Technologies to contact you about future job opportunities; We have a legitimate interest to gather and process your personal data from legitimate sources  – when we find your publicly available professional background suitable for us or someone you know refers you to us. We base data collection from social media profiles on our legitimate interest to assess specific qualities for specific job functions; We never ask for special categories of data (e.g., health data) as mandatory during the recruitment process. If you nevertheless provide us with such data, the legal basis for processing is your consent. Marketing & events: You have given consent to the processing of your personal data  – when you subscribe to our newsletters, updates, and other information about our products, services, and events, as well as register for events. We have a customer relationship with you – where you have purchased our products, and services and registered for events in the past.  We have a legitimate interest in providing you with information on our products, services, and events  – in other cases where you may be interested in receiving such information or our said interests are not otherwise overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.  

 

Is there a requirement to provide the data?

We collect personal data if you use the website or voluntarily transfer them to us by contacting us, for example, via a subscription, Start-up application, Job application form, or email. We will only collect your personal data with your consent or as permissible under applicable data protection law. You have to provide us with the information only in cases where we need to assess your start-up or job application and your suitability to enter into a start-up cooperation arrangement or an employment contract and suggest a job offer for you. You are not legally obliged to provide us with your personal information under the statutory requirement. However, in case you do not provide us with this information, we will not be able to assess your start-up or job application and your suitability to enter into an employment contract and suggest a job offer for you, as well as other arrangements.  

 

Where do you get my information from?

Generally, we collect the information directly from you. However, some of the information we obtain from the following parties for the purposes of recruitment or processing start-up applications: Florence Technologies, related and affiliated companies and their employees (referrals); job portals; tech schools and academies business-related social media sources, and/or collaboration platforms. If we collect any information from your social media profiles, we make sure that it is relevant to the job position at our company.  We may also collect personal data related to your professional life from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers, colleagues, or someone you know.  

 

Who do you share my information with?

• We share the information about you with the following entities only where necessary and permitted by applicable laws and only for the above purposes.

• We use various service providers for the processing of your personal data, such as email service providers, web hosting service providers, other information technology infrastructure service providers, and others. They might have access to your personal data, but only to the extent necessary for us to receive their services. In any case, we make sure they protect personal data according to applicable legal requirements;

• Florence Technologies related and affiliated companies;

• Job portal administrators;

• LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (Ireland), LinkedIn Corporation (USA) (service provider providing social media account to the Company) (data are transferred and protected in accordance with EU Standard Contractual Clauses);

• Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Ireland)., Meta Platforms Inc. (USA) (social media and marketing service provider) (data are transferred and protected in accordance with EU Standard Contractual Clauses);

• Google Ireland Ltd. (Ireland), Google LLC (USA) (service provider providing cloud computing services) (data are transferred and protected in accordance with EU Standard Contractual Clauses);

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How long do you store information about me?

5 (five) years unless you and other persons related to the company consent to longer data storage periods.  Recruitment: 5 (five) years. If you become an employee, we will save your information within the employee file. Marketing & events: 10 (ten) years unless you consent to longer data storage periods.   

 

 

What rights do I have?

Applicable laws provide you with certain rights, procedures for implementation, and exceptions to these rights. When allowed by law, you have the following privacy-related rights that you can implement by contacting us at info@florence.lt:

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Automated decision-making, including profiling

We do not make decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.  

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Cookies categories and similar technologies

Florence Technologies uses cookies on this website for it to work properly and to provide the most relevant services to our site visitors. A cookie is a small file placed onto your device upon your visit to the website. Cookies enable us or another website that can recognize the cookie to develop a record of the user’s online activity. Cookies on this site may be delivered in a first-party (set by the Florence Technologies website) or third-party (set by another website) context. Please note that we do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites you visit, even if you are directed to them from our website. Cookies help us enhance your experience when using the website. They also help us understand how people use our site, such as which pages are most popular so that we can better serve our site users. The following table has more information on cookies used on the website and mentioned above:

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For more details about cookies visit Cookies Policy.

   

How can I refuse cookies and similar technologies?

Many web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. Visitors may, at their discretion, block or delete cookies and similar unique identifiers if the settings of their browser or device enable them to do so. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser function. The collection of visitor data from our analytics cookies can be deleted. If cookies are deleted, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used. However, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience.  

 

Can this Privacy Policy change?

This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time. We will inform website visitors about updates by placing the latest version of the policy on our website. – Last updated: February 2023