This Privacy Policy explains how LDV Invest collects, uses and protects the personal data you share with us when visiting our website or contacting us about our investment offering.
1. Data Controller
The entity responsible for the processing of your personal data under this Privacy Policy is:
2. What data we collect
We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us when you complete the contact form on our website, request information about our investment offering, or otherwise communicate with us. This includes:
- Identification data: full name.
- Contact data: email address, phone number.
- Investor profile data: investor type (individual, family office, advisor, institutional) and indicative investment range, where you choose to share these.
- Free-text content: any message you include with your enquiry.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, device type, referring URL and pages visited, collected automatically through cookies and server logs.
3. Why we process your data
We process your personal data for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6) |
|---|---|
| Responding to your enquiry and providing investment information | Performance of pre-contractual measures at your request (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Communicating with you about your investor onboarding | Performance of pre-contractual measures / contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Compliance with KYC, AML and tax reporting obligations | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
| Improving and securing our website | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Sending investor updates (where you have opted in) | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
4. Who has access to your data
Your personal data may be shared with:
- Authorised personnel of LDV Invest and affiliated companies involved in evaluating your enquiry.
- Trusted third-party service providers acting as data processors on our behalf (e.g. email infrastructure, form-submission services such as Formsubmit, hosting providers).
- Professional advisors (legal, tax, audit) where strictly necessary.
- Competent authorities, where required by law.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties under any circumstances.
5. International transfers
Some of our service providers may process your data outside the European Economic Area. Where this is the case, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as European Commission adequacy decisions or Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).
6. How long we keep your data
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:
- Enquiry data: up to 24 months after the last contact, unless you become an investor.
- Investor data: for the duration of the relationship and a minimum of 10 years thereafter, in line with applicable AML and tax-record retention rules under Portuguese law.
- Website / cookie data: see our Cookie Policy.
7. Your rights
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten"), subject to legal retention obligations.
- Restrict or object to certain processing activities.
- Receive your data in a portable format.
- Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.
- Lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD — www.cnpd.pt).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at invest@ldvinvest.com. We will respond within one month.
8. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure. These include encrypted data transmission, access controls, and regular review of our security practices.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
10. Contact
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please write to invest@ldvinvest.com or to our registered address above.