At Markd, we take your privacy seriously. This privacy notice explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.

Introduction

Markd VC LLC (“Markd,” “we,” “us,” or “Company”) is strongly committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Please carefully read the following Privacy Notice (“Notice”). To ensure your privacy, the information we collect from visitors to this Website (the “Site”) is used only in the manner and for the purposes described in this Notice.

The purpose of this Notice is to explain how we  collect, use, and disclose personal information about you and your data privacy rights. ”Personal Information” is sometimes also referred to as personal data, personally identifiable information or other like terms to mean any information that directly or indirectly identifies you or is reasonably capable of being associated with you.

Anyone who provides Personal Information or any other information to the Company consents to the collection, use, and disclosure of such information under the terms of this Notice. This Notice applies to Personal Information we collect online, such as when you use our Site (https://www.markd.vc/#what), contact us, conduct business dealings with us, or otherwise interact with us, such as through our customer service channels (collectively, our “Services”).

Please note that our Services are only intended for individuals in the United States that are interacting with us in the commercial and/or business-to-business (“b2b”) context. By using our Services or otherwise providing any information to Markd, you acknowledge that you are engaging in our Services in the commercial or b2b context.

Information we collect from visitors to our site

We may collect information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.

Personal Information You Provide to Us

When you fill out the webform or email us, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, company information, and any other information you share with us.

Personal Information We Collect Automatically

When you access markd.vc, we may automatically collect certain Personal Information about your interactions with us or our Services, including your IP address, browser type and version, device information, and details about your browsing behavior on our Site. We also collect information about your activity on our site, such as access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.

This data is gathered using technologies like third-party cookies, which are small text files stored on your device, and non-cookie technologies such as tracking pixels or device identifiers. The data we collect helps us analyze website performance, improve user experience, and deliver content tailored to your interests. It also allows us to monitor and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activity, ensuring the safety and reliability of our services.

You have the right to manage how your Personal Information is collected through these tracking technologies. To limit or decline data collection via third-party cookies, you can adjust your browser's settings to block or disable third-party cookies entirely. On mobile devices, you can reset the advertiser identifier through the privacy settings to reduce or eliminate personalized tracking. Please note that disabling certain tracking technologies may affect the functionality and features of our Site.

Website links

Internet sites that you link to from our Site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of our Privacy Notice. To ensure your privacy is protected, we recommend that you review the privacy statements of other Internet sites you visit.

How we use the information we obtain

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiry or otherwise communicate with you to provide additional information related to your initial information request.

·     To provide, maintain, improve, and enhance our Site.

·     To conduct business dealings with our partners, service providers or vendors.

·     To personalize your experience on our Site.

·     To understand and analyze how you use our Site and develop new products, services, features, and functionality.

·     To facilitate transactions and send you related information.

·     To detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protect the rights and property of Markd and others.

·     To debug to identify and repair errors in our Site.

·     To comply with our legal and financial obligations, including enforcing our legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency.

·     To carry out other purposes described to you at the time the information is collected.

We will only use your Personal Information for the purposes articulated herein, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your Personal Information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Information we disclose

We may disclose Personal Information in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Notice:

·     To Our Affiliates. We may disclose your Personal Information to individuals and/or entities not affiliated with Markd in furtherance of providing services to you in response to your contact with us;

·     Our Vendors and Service Providers: We may disclose your Personal Information to vendors and service providers who provide services to us, such as customer relationship management, website hosting, marketing, payment processing, communications and other technical services.

·     Legal Disclosures: We may disclose your Personal Information when required to do so by judicial or regulatory process. We may also share Personal Information if we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, if we believe that you have violated the law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of Markd, our users, the public, or others.

·     Our Advisors and Lawyers: We may disclose your Personal Information to our lawyers and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.

·     During Change of Ownership: We may disclose your Personal Information in connection with, or during negotiations concerning, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

·     With Your Consent and As Otherwise Permitted. We may disclose your Personal Information when we are otherwise permitted to do so in accordance with the parameters of applicable federal and/or state privacy regulations, or when you have authorized us to share information.

In addition, we may disclose deidentified or aggregated information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you. When doing so, we publicly commit to maintain and use the information in an aggregated or de-identified form and not attempt to re-identify the information, unless permitted or required by law.

The disclosure of your information for processing and/or transmittal by Markd in furtherance of your relationship with us shall be deemed as having been automatically authorized by you with respect to the corresponding nonaffiliated third-party service provider. We will not disclose or transfer Personal Information to third parties for the purposes of marketing.

Retention of personal information

We store Personal Information for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations. Specifically, we will retain your Personal Information while we have an ongoing relationship with you. We may also need to retain your Personal Information after your relationship with us ends if we are subject to a legal obligation to keep the information or if we need to maintain the information for business, tax, or accounting purposes.

Analytics

We allow others to provide analytics services on our behalf across the web. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by us and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your online activity.

Your choices

·     Cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of ourServices.

·     Communications Preferences. You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from Markd by following the instructions in those communications or emailing us at hello@markd.vc. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

Children's privacy

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Information from children under 18 years of age, and no part of our Services are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with Personal Information in violation of this Notice, please alert us by email at hello@markd.vc.

Updates

This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our information handling practices. We will post the updated version on the Site and indicate when it was most recently updated. We may also provide you with an additional notice (such as by sending you an email), in connection with making material changes to this Notice. We urge you to check this Site periodically to review the most recent Privacy Notice. Your continued use of the Site following any changes to this Privacy Notice will constitute your acceptance of the changes.

Contact information

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, please contact us at hello@markd.vc.