Last Updated: March 2025
G Squared Equity Management LP and our affiliates (together, “our”, “us,” “we”, “company” or “G Squared”) are committed to respecting the privacy of all users of our Website. This Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information collected by us, how we use, share, and protect it, and the choices available to you regarding how we use the information. The Privacy Notice also describes how you can contact us about our privacy practices. We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will post changes to this Privacy Notice on the Website. We will indicate at the top of the notice when the Privacy Notice was last updated.
INFORMATION WE COLLECTInformation You Provide To Us
We collect your personal information when you decide to interact with us and submit personal information to us using the contact options provided on the Website. You can also provide us with personal information via email, post and telephone / mobile. The types of personal information we may collect include:
- Contact information, such as your name, email address, address, title, job title, position, telephone / mobile number and IP address;
- Device information and data about your interactions with our Website, as described in the “Information we collect by automated means” section below;
- Any other information you submit through our Website or interactions with us, such as through contact forms, signing up for our mailing list or newsletter, registration pages, emails, calls, comments, and other features and pages on the Website;
- In addition to this Privacy Notice, different privacy notices may apply to you depending on your location or relationship with us.
Information We Collect By Automated Means
When you interact with our Website, we obtain certain information by automated means, such as through cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and other technologies. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies and may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server.
We use these automated technologies to collect information about your device, browsing actions, and usage patterns. The information we obtain in this manner may include your device IP address, identifiers associated with your devices, types of devices connected to our services, web browser characteristics, device characteristics, language preferences, referring/exit pages, clickstream data, and dates and times of visits to our Website. These technologies help us (1) remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it; (2) track and understand how you use and interact with our products and services; (3) tailor the products and services around your preferences; (4) measure the usability of our products and services and the effectiveness of our communications; and (5) otherwise manage and enhance our products and services.
Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies which are necessary for the proper functioning of our Website, you may not be able to use all of the features of our Website.
Information Provided By Third Parties Or Publicly Available Sources
We collect personal information about you from third parties including from our affiliates, our portfolio companies, job posting websites and recruiting firms, and companies that we are evaluating in connection with a potential investment or business opportunity.
How We Use Information Collected
We may use the personal information we obtain for various purposes, including the following:
| PURPOSE | LEGAL BASIS |
|---|---|
| To provide you with the services or financial products you have requested, e.g., responding to any inquiry, providing support services, managing your account and profile, hosting events, and managing the contractual relationship. | Contractual necessity and legitimate interest |
| For our administration, research, database development and business operation purposes. | Legitimate interest |
| To keep a record of your relationship with us. | Legitimate interest |
| To verify your identity. | Legal requirement and legitimate interest |
| To process your inquiries about and other materials related to employment opportunities at our company and our portfolio companies. | Legitimate interest or pre-contractual necessity |
| To conduct due diligence activities in connection with an actual or prospective corporate transaction or investment with respect to which we are a party. | Legitimate interest |
| To perform analytics (including market research, trend analysis, financial analysis). | Legitimate interest |
| Litigation management and conducting internal audits and investigations; and to comply with applicable legal requirements, industry standards, and our policies. | Legal requirement and legitimate interest |
| To protect against, identify, and prevent fraud, abuse and other criminal activity, claims and other liabilities. | Legal requirement and legitimate interest |
| To administer and protect our business and the Website. | Legitimate interest |
| To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you; to the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent to send you electronic marketing communications. | Legitimate interest or consent |
Note that we may process your personal data on more than one legal basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your personal information.
When we process personal information for our legitimate interests, we take appropriate measures to ensure that the interests we pursue are balanced with your interests, rights and freedoms, about which we will provide more information upon request.
We may use the information we collect to comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements to which we are subject, and for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in administrative or out-of-court procedures.
We also may use the information we collect about you in other ways for which we will provide specific notice at the time of collection and obtain your consent if required by applicable law.
Third-Party Analytics
We may use third party web analytics services on our Website, such as Google Analytics. The service providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web beacons, web server logs, session replay and screen capture technology, and similar automated technologies to help us analyze how visitors use our Website. The information we obtain through our Website may be disclosed to or collected directly by these services. To learn more about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Marketing
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent to send you direct marketing communications to keep you informed of our services in which you might be interested. You can click on the “opt-out” link provided in all our marketing emails or opt out of such communications here. You also may opt in to certain kinds of marketing at any time by emailing us directly at ir@gsquared.com.
Information Sharing
Your personal information may be shared with and processed by:
- our affiliates and portfolio companies;
- certain service providers as necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, including professional advisors, recruitment firms, consultants and data hosting providers.
Telephone / mobile information will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All categories set forth herein exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
In accordance with applicable law, we enter into legally binding agreements with our service providers requiring them to use or disclose personal data only as necessary to perform services on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice or to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to third parties in order to comply with law or legal process, such as to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, request from a regulator, national security, for the purposes of public importance or any other legal or investigatory process involving us; when we believe that disclosure is necessary to enforce or protect our rights in or otherwise with respect to, or the safety of, our Website, or to protect the safety or rights of other users of our Website and/or when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical or other harm or financial loss; in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; or otherwise with your consent. We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we, or any of our affiliated entities, sell or transfer all or a portion of our (or their) business or assets (including in the event of a takeover, merger, joint venture, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation divestiture or acquisition or similar transaction).
Other Third-Party Services And Features
Please keep in mind that our products, services, or Website may allow you to link to online services managed by third parties in order to provide certain features or experiences.
In addition, the Website may provide links to other online services (such as social media platforms) for your convenience and information, and may include third-party features such as apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins. These third-party services and features may operate independently from us. The privacy practices of the relevant third parties, including details on the information they may collect about you, are subject to the privacy statements of these parties, which we strongly suggest that you review. To the extent any linked online services or third-party features are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for these third parties’ information practices.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
We are committed to protecting the personal information you entrust to us. We implement appropriate administrative, technical and physical measures, and technologies designed to protect the security of your personal information on our systems.
Retention Of Personal Information
We will keep your personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required by law. We will not keep more information than we need for those purposes. For further information about how long we will keep your personal information, please contact ir@gsquared.com.
Capacity
The Website are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or such other age as may be directed by applicable law) without parental consent. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from an individual under the age of 13, we will delete that information.
Global Privacy Control (GPC)
This website recognizes and respects the Global Privacy Control (GPC) standard, which allows users to communicate their privacy preferences to websites that may process their personal information. If you have enabled a GPC signal on your browser or device, we will process it for your browser, but it will not apply outside of that browser to your device, account, or offline sales or sharing. After using the GPC, if you clear your cookies in your browser, you will need to use the GPC again for us to process your opt-out request for that browser. For more information about the GPC, please visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, please see our California Consumer Privacy Statement below for more information about our privacy practices and your rights and choices. If you have any comments or questions about our privacy practices or your experience with the Website, please do not hesitate to contact us at ir@gsquared.com.
CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY STATEMENTLast Updated: March 2025This California Consumer Privacy Statement (this “Statement”) supplements the Privacy Notice and applies solely to California consumers, including but not limited to, individuals who visit our websites and representatives of our institutional investors, vendors, business partners, including portfolio companies, and job applicants (“consumers”, “you” or “your”).
This Statement does not apply to (i) G Squared personnel or (ii) information collected, processed, sold or disclosed pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and its implementing regulations or the California Financial Information Privacy Act.
This California Consumer Privacy Statement uses certain terms that have the meaning given to them in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “CCPA”).
NOTICE OF COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATIONWe may collect (and may have collected during the period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Consumer Privacy Statement) the following categories of personal information about you online or offline:
- Identifiers: identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier (such as a device identifier; cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifiers and similar technology; customer number, unique pseudonym, or user alias; telephone number and other forms of persistent or probabilistic identifiers), online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, date of birth, preferred name, travel preferences and other similar identifiers
- Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80: signature, physical characteristics or description, state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, and other financial information, medical information, and health insurance information
- Protected Classifications: characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, genetic information, disability, citizenship status, and military and veteran status
- Commercial Information: commercial or investment information, including records of personal property, financial products or investment services purchased, obtained, or considered, and other investing or consuming histories or tendencies
- Online Activity: Internet and other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with websites, applications or advertisements
- Geolocation data
- Sensory Information: audio, electronic, visual, and similar information
- Professional or Employment-Related Information: professional or employment-related information, including pre-employment screening and background check information, and, for event participants, employer and assistant information and information related to dietary requirements/special requests/accommodations
- Education Information: education information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99)
- Inferences: inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
We may use (and may have used during the period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Consumer Privacy Statement) the categories of personal information listed above for the purposes described in the How We Use Information Collected section of our Privacy Policy and for certain the following business purposes:
- Performing services, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytics services, providing storage, or providing similar services;
- Providing advertising and marketing services;
- Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance;
- Short-term, transient use, such as nonpersonalized advertising shown as part of your current interaction with us;
- Helping to ensure security and integrity;
- Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our services or devices and to improve, upgrade, or enhance them;
- Debugging to identify and repair errors;
- Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration; and
- Managing our relationships with current or prospective corporate customers, current or prospective investors, vendors and other business partners.
We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for purposes of inferring characteristics about consumers.
With respect to job applicants and executive search candidates, we may also use the personal information for the purpose of processing job applications, evaluating candidates for employment, and/or carrying out and supporting HR functions and activities, including as described above.
To the extent we process deidentified information, we will maintain and use the information in deidentified form and will not attempt to reidentify the information unless permitted by applicable law.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATIONWe will retain your personal information as described in the Retention of Personal Information section of our Privacy Policy.
SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATIONWe may have obtained personal information about you from various sources, as described below.
- Directly from you, such as when you provide information through surveys, emails, calls, forms, and other features on our website, including via the job application pages, or when you provide information to us in person or otherwise during registration for or participation in G Squared meetings, conferences or events
- From your devices, such as when you visit our website
- Our affiliates
- Our portfolio companies
- Businesses that we are evaluating in connection with a potential investment or business opportunity
- Recruiting agencies, social networks or other third-party websites
- Online advertising companies
- Individuals or entities that provide information about you when you apply for a job or in the context of an executive search, for example, your references; public databases; government entities; data brokers, such as background check services
- Other vendors who provide services on our behalf
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATIONDuring the period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Consumer Privacy Statement, we may have disclosed your personal information with certain categories of third parties for a business purpose, as described below.
| CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION |
CATEGORIES OF THIRD PARTIES |
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| Identifiers |
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| Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80 |
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| Protected Classifications |
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| Commercial Information |
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| Commercial Information |
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| Geolocation Data |
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| Geolocation Data |
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| Employment Information |
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| Protected Classifications |
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| Inferences |
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In addition to the categories of third parties identified above, during the period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Consumer Privacy Statement, we may have disclosed personal information about you to government entities and third parties in connection with corporate transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions or divestitures.
SALE OR SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATIONWe may share your personal information with certain third parties (such as certain advertising services) or otherwise allow them to collect your personal information via automated technologies on our site for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes in exchange for non-monetary consideration (such as an enhanced ability to serve you content and advertisements that may be of interest to you). This kind of sharing may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under California law when the personal information is exchanged for non- monetary consideration. You have the right to opt out of this disclosure of your information, as detailed below.
We may sell or share for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes (and may have sold or shared during the period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Consumer Privacy Statement) the following categories of personal information to online advertising services:
- Identifiers
- Internet and other electronic network activity information
- Inferences
We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.
CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTSYou have certain choices regarding your personal information, as described below.
Access: You may have the right to request, twice in a 12-month period, that we disclose to you the personal information we have collected, used, disclosed and sold about you.
Correction: You have the right to request that we correct the personal information we maintain about you, if that information is inaccurate.
Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete certain personal information we have collected from you.
Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information or the sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes.
Shine the Light Request: You also may have the right to request that we provide you with (1) a list of certain categories of personal information we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year and (2) the identity of those third parties.
Verifying Requests: To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal information or complying with your request. If you have an account with us, we may verify your identity by requiring you to sign in to your account. If you do not have an account with us and you request access to or correction or deletion of your personal information, we may require you to provide additional information, including submitting a code that has been sent via email to the email address you provided. In addition, if you do not have an account and you ask us to provide you with specific pieces of personal information, we will require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request. If you designate an authorized agent to make an access, correction, deletion or opt- out of sale request on your behalf (1) we may require you to provide the authorized agent written permission to do so, and (2) for access and deletion requests, we may require you to verify your own identity directly with us (as described above).
Additional Information: If you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, you have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by us. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request. This Statement is available in alternative formats upon request. Please contact ir@gsquared.com if you have any questions about this Statement or our information practices, or to request this Statement in an alternative format.
Please use this form if you would like to make a request on your own behalf. If you would like to submit a request as an authorized agent on behalf of another individual, please email ir@gsquared.com or call us at +1 (312) 552-7160.