Privacy Policy | Kingscrowd Pro

Introduction

Kingscrowd, Inc. ("Company", "us", "our" or "we") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website kingscrowd.com or ir.kingscrowd.com (collectively, our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

On this Website.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party; or
Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website.

International Use

Our Website is intended for residents of the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you understand and agree that your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States.

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at:

Kingscrowd, Inc.
30 Wall St Ste 26-34
Binghamton, NY 13901-2718
help@kingscrowd.com

California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, phone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("personal information").
That is about you but individually does not identify you.
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Forms and Tools on Our Website: Information that you provide by filling in forms and tools on our Website, such as: Details you provide when registering to use our Website or subscribing to our services.
Correspondence: Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Transactions: Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website.
Search Queries: Your search queries on the Website.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk.

Additional Information Related to the IR Portal

If you use our Investor Relations (IR) Portal at ir.kingscrowd.com, we may also collect:

Information you provide as a verified founder, including name, title, short bio, LinkedIn URL, and any documents or materials uploaded to your company's IR page (e.g., pitch decks, financials).
Contact information for your investors, which you may provide individually or in bulk via CSV, including email address and optional fields such as investment amount, share count, or investment platform.
Viewing and access behavior from investors who access IR pages via secure "magic link" access.

We do not collect date of birth, government IDs, or financial account information from founders or investors in the IR Portal.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to our Website, including communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically may include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies): A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies include local storage and session storage information about your interaction with and use of our Website.
Third Party Tools: We may use various third party tools for tracking anonymous and aggregate data relating to your use of our Website, such as Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Hotjar, and other similar third party tools.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

In the case of the IR Portal:

Founders may use their provided investor data solely to post investor updates – online and via email – and share documents related to their company raise, funding history, progress, new product launches, and other business updates.
Investors may receive only transactional messages (e.g., "new update available").
All investor data remains private to the founder who uploaded it, the investor, and authorized Kingscrowd personnel.

Security

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards — such as encryption in transit (TLS/HTTPS), role-based access controls, and routine security monitoring. We do not store plaintext passwords; all credentials are hashed using industry-standard algorithms.

Data Retention & Deletion

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Live-system data is purged or anonymized within a reasonable period after account closure or user request.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates, including raisepapers, a Kingscrowd company, and Kingscrowd Advisory, Inc. (dba CrowdCheck).
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets.
With trusted business partners when we jointly offer products or services — for example, a co-hosted webinar or event.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For other purposes that we disclose at the time of collection and that you expressly authorize.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our terms of use or terms of sale and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others.

For clarity, we do not share personal Kingscrowd portfolio data, transaction history, or payment details with any non-affiliate partners; such information is exchanged only within the Kingscrowd corporate family.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of the Website may be inaccessible or not function properly.
Interest-Based Advertising by Third Parties: We do not control third-party collection or use of your information for interest-based advertising. Those third parties may offer you ways to opt out of such collection or use. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative at the NAI opt-out page.
IR Portal Investor Preferences: Investors may opt out of IR email updates from individual companies.
Deletion Requests: You may request that we delete personal information (such as your name, email, or portfolio data) by emailing help@kingscrowd.com. We will honor verified deletion requests except where retention is required by law.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: