VEST PRIVACY POLICY

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Last Updated: August 19, 2026

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VEST Her Inc., d/b/a VEST ("VEST," "we," "us," or "our"), respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information.

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This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect through the VEST website, mobile application, membership application and onboarding process, VEST membership, events and programming, coaching and other services, communications, and other interactions with VEST (collectively, the **"Services"**).

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This Privacy Policy explains the personal information we collect, how we use and disclose it, how we handle sensitive information, the choices and rights that may be available to you, and how to contact us about our privacy practices.

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1. Personal Information We Collect

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The information we collect depends on how you interact with VEST.

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Information You Provide to Us. 

 

We may collect information you provide directly to us, including:

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Contact information, such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, and date of birth when relevant.

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Account and profile information, such as your username, password, profile photograph, biography, interests, preferences, and information you choose to include in your VEST member profile.

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Membership application and registration information, such as information submitted when applying for VEST membership, reasons for applying or joining, professional and personal development goals, membership interests and priorities, and event or program registration information.

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Professional information, such as your employer or company, job title, role, industry, professional experience, leadership responsibilities, board service, business ownership, professional skills or credentials, and other information about your career or business.

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Demographic information, which may include information you voluntarily provide about race or ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or accessibility needs, family or household information, and other demographic characteristics.

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Some demographic information may be considered sensitive personal information under applicable law. Additional information about how we handle this information appears below.

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Payment and transaction information, such as billing information, membership payment status, transaction history, and information related to purchases or paid services.

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Payment card information is generally collected and processed directly by our third-party payment processor. VEST does not typically receive or store your complete payment card number.

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Communications, including information you provide when you contact VEST, communicate with our team, submit feedback, complete a survey, report a concern, participate in an evaluation or interview, or communicate through VEST Services.

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Content you provide, including posts, comments, messages, photographs, videos, audio, files, and other information you upload or submit through the Services.

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Marketing preferences, including newsletter subscriptions, event interests, communication preferences, and information about how you interact with our communications.

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Accessibility information you choose to provide when requesting an accommodation for a VEST event, program, or activity.

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We may also collect other information you voluntarily provide to us.

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2. Information We Collect From Other Sources

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We may receive information about you from sources other than you.

 

Member Nominations and Referrals. Members may nominate, refer, or introduce other individuals to VEST. Members should only provide another person's contact information when they have a reasonable basis to believe that person would welcome being contacted by VEST.

 

Public Sources. We may obtain professional or publicly available information from sources such as company websites, professional directories, public social media profiles, public business records, and other publicly available sources.

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Partners. We may receive information from organizations with which we collaborate, including event partners, sponsors, program partners, corporate membership sponsors, and community organizations.

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Information received from partners will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy and, when applicable, additional terms associated with the particular program or relationship.

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3. Information Collected Automatically

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When you interact with our website, App, emails, or other digital Services, we and service providers acting on our behalf may automatically collect certain information.

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This may include:

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Device and technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, device or online identifiers, and general geographic location derived from an IP address.

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Usage information, such as pages or screens viewed, links clicked, features used, dates and times of access, time spent using the Services, navigation paths, referring websites, and interactions with emails or communications.

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We may use cookies and similar technologies as described below to collect some of this information.

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4. Demographic and Sensitive Information

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VEST is intentionally designed to support women from different backgrounds, identities, experiences, industries, and communities.

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We may invite applicants and members to voluntarily provide demographic information, including information such as race or ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or accessibility needs, and other demographic characteristics.

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We use this information for internal purposes such as:

• Understanding whom our community reaches.

• Evaluating whether programs are reaching the populations they are intended to serve.

• Identifying potential barriers to participation.

• Improving program and community design.

• Evaluating our equity and inclusion efforts.

• Meeting legitimate reporting requirements.

• Conducting research and program evaluation.

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Unless we clearly state otherwise at the point of collection, providing demographic information is voluntary.

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Demographic and sensitive information is not displayed in member-facing profiles or directories unless a member separately chooses to make that information public.

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When VEST reports demographic information to funders, partners, sponsors, or other stakeholders, we generally provide it only in aggregated or de-identified form and do not identify individual members unless we have an appropriate legal basis or the individual's consent.

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Access to sensitive demographic information is limited internally to individuals who reasonably need it for legitimate business, program, reporting, or compliance purposes.

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We do not use sensitive demographic information for targeted advertising.

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We do not sell sensitive demographic information for monetary consideration.

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Where applicable law requires consent or provides additional rights regarding sensitive personal information, we will process that information in accordance with those requirements.

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Additional information about VEST's approach to equity and inclusion is available in the VEST Equity & Inclusion Policy.

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5. How We Use Personal Information

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We may use personal information for the following purposes:

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Membership and Services

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We may use information to:

• Process membership applications.

• Determine eligibility for membership or particular programs.

• Establish and maintain member accounts.

• Administer memberships and renewals.

• Process payments and transactions.

• Provide events, programming, coaching, and other Services.

• Personalize member experiences.

• Facilitate introductions and connections.

• Provide member support.

• Manage registrations and attendance.

• Respond to requests and questions.

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Community Experience

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We may use information to:

• Maintain member profiles and directories.

• Facilitate member-to-member connections.

• Recommend relevant programming, resources, or opportunities.

• Understand member interests and needs.

• Support community engagement.

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Communications

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We may use information to:

• Send administrative and membership communications.

• Provide renewal and payment notices.

• Send event reminders.

• Provide account or security notices.

• Respond to inquiries.

• Share information about VEST programs, opportunities, and Services.

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Marketing

 

Subject to applicable law, we may send newsletters, program announcements, event invitations, and other communications about VEST.

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You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in the communication.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not prevent us from sending necessary administrative, transactional, or membership-related communications.

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Research, Evaluation, and Improvement

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We may use information to evaluate programs, analyze engagement, conduct surveys and research, understand community needs, improve our Services, and develop new programs, features, or resources. We may create aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify an individual and use that information for research, reporting, evaluation, program development, and other lawful purposes.

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Safety, Integrity, and Policy Enforcement

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We may use information to:

• Protect members, staff, VEST, and others.

• Receive and review reported concerns.

• Investigate potential violations of community standards.

• Enforce the VEST Membership Agreement, Community Guidelines & Code of Conduct, Terms of Use, and other applicable policies.

• Prevent or respond to fraud, abuse, harassment, threats, security incidents, or unlawful activity.

• Maintain the safety, trust, and integrity of the VEST community.

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Legal and Compliance Purposes

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We may use information to:

• Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations.

• Respond to lawful requests and legal process.

• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

• Protect our rights and property and those of others.

• Meet contractual, financial, tax, accounting, or reporting obligations.

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With Your Consent. We may use personal information for another purpose when you have provided consent or when we otherwise disclose the purpose at the time the information is collected. For example, we may request permission to use a testimonial or endorsement.

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6. How We Disclose Personal Information

 

We do not disclose personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy, at your direction, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

 

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients.

 

Service Providers

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We use third-party providers to help operate VEST.

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These providers may support functions such as:

• Website and App hosting.

• Cloud storage.

• Member and customer relationship management.

• Email and communications.

• Payment processing.

• Customer and member support.

• Analytics.

• Event management.

• Scheduling.

• Surveys and forms.

• Marketing communications.

• Security and fraud prevention.

• Other business operations.

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These providers may process personal information as necessary to provide services to VEST and are subject to applicable contractual and legal obligations.

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Other VEST Members

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Certain information in your member profile may be visible to other members.

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Information or content you voluntarily share through community spaces, chats, groups, directories, events, or other member interactions may also be visible to people participating in those spaces.

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Please use care when deciding what information to share with other community members.

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The VEST Community Guidelines & Code of Conduct requires members to respect confidential and sensitive information, but VEST cannot guarantee how another individual will use information you voluntarily disclose to them.

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Partners and Event Collaborators

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If you register for or participate in a program, event, or opportunity offered with a partner, sponsor, or other organization, we may disclose information reasonably necessary to administer that activity.

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Where appropriate, we will provide additional notice before disclosing information for purposes that are not reasonably apparent from the activity.

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Payment Processors

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Payment information may be transmitted directly to third-party payment processors to process membership fees and other transactions.

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Payment processors process information according to their own privacy practices and applicable contractual and legal requirements.

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Professional Advisors

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We may disclose information to attorneys, accountants, auditors, insurers, consultants, and other professional advisors when reasonably necessary to obtain their services or protect our legal and business interests.

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Legal, Safety, and Compliance

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We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law.

• Respond to lawful legal process.

• Protect the rights, property, or safety of VEST, our members, staff, or others.

• Investigate or respond to fraud, security issues, harassment, threats, or other misconduct.

• Enforce our agreements and policies.

• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

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Business Transactions

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Personal information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with a proposed or completed merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, sale of assets, corporate transaction, bankruptcy, or similar proceeding.

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7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

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VEST and third parties that provide services to us may use cookies, pixels, tags, SDKs, and similar technologies in connection with our website, App, emails, and other digital Services.

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These technologies may be used to:

• Operate and secure the Services.

• Maintain account sessions.

• Remember preferences.

• Understand how visitors and members use our Services.

• Measure website and App performance.

• Analyze engagement with communications.

• Measure the effectiveness of marketing and outreach.

• Improve our Services and user experience.

• Support advertising and audience measurement.

• Prevent fraud and enhance security.

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Some of these technologies may collect information about your device, browser, IP address, online activity, interactions with our Services, and interactions with advertisements or communications.

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Depending on the technology and applicable law, certain uses of these technologies may be considered a "sale," "sharing," or use of personal information for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising.

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Where required by law, VEST will provide appropriate notice, consent mechanisms, opt-out tools, or other privacy choices.

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You may also be able to control cookies and similar technologies through your browser settings, device settings, or any privacy-preference tools we make available.

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Disabling certain technologies may affect the functionality of the Services.

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8. Sale, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising

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VEST does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

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We may use analytics, advertising, audience measurement, and similar technologies that involve disclosures of certain online identifiers or activity information to third parties.

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Under some privacy laws, certain disclosures for advertising, analytics, or cross-context behavioral advertising may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information even where no money is exchanged.

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To the extent our practices constitute a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under applicable law, eligible individuals may have the right to opt out.

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Where required by law, VEST will:

• Provide an appropriate opt-out mechanism.

• Honor qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control.

• Obtain consent where required.

• Provide additional disclosures regarding the categories of information involved and the purposes of the processing.

• VEST does not use sensitive demographic information for targeted advertising.

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9. Privacy Controls and Browser Signals

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You may have several ways to control online tracking and advertising technologies.

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Browser and Device Settings. Most browsers allow you to block, delete, or limit cookies and similar technologies. Your device settings may also allow you to limit certain forms of tracking or advertising.

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Cookie and Privacy Preference Tools. Where required or appropriate, VEST may provide a consent or preference-management tool that allows you to control certain categories of cookies, pixels, or similar technologies.

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Global Privacy Control. Where required by applicable law, VEST will recognize qualifying Global Privacy Control signals as a request to opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information.

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Do Not Track. Some browsers provide a "Do Not Track" setting.

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Because there is not a universally accepted standard governing how websites should respond to Do Not Track signals, our Services may not respond to those signals unless required by law.

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Your privacy choices may depend on your browser, device, jurisdiction, and the particular technologies in use.

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10. Your Choices

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Account and Profile Information

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If you have a VEST account, you may be able to review or update certain information through your account or profile settings.

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You may also contact us at info@vesther.co

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Marketing Communications. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the message. You may still receive non-marketing communications necessary to administer your membership, account, payments, transactions, events, or other Services.

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Cookies and Tracking Technologies. You may be able to control certain cookies and tracking technologies through browser settings, device settings, or privacy-preference tools made available through our Services.

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11. Your Privacy Rights

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Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

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These may include the right to:

• Know whether we process your personal information.

• Request information about personal information we maintain about you.

• Access your personal information.

• Correct inaccurate personal information.

• Request deletion of personal information.

• Obtain a portable copy of certain information.

• Opt out of certain sales, sharing, targeted advertising, or profiling.

• Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information.

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

• Appeal certain decisions regarding a privacy request where applicable.

• Exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination or retaliation.

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These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and may not apply in every circumstance.

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To submit a privacy request, contact: info@vesther.co

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Please include enough information for us to understand your request.

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We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests and will request only information reasonably necessary for verification.

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Where permitted by law, an authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf. We may request appropriate documentation confirming the agent's authority.

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We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

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12. California Privacy Rights

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This section applies to California residents to the extent VEST is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended ("CCPA").

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The CCPA may provide California residents with rights to:

• Know the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected.

• Know the categories of sources from which information was collected.

• Know the purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing information.

• Know the categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed.

• Access personal information.

• Correct inaccurate personal information.

• Request deletion of personal information, subject to applicable exceptions.

• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.

• Limit certain uses and disclosures of sensitive personal information where applicable.

• Exercise these rights without unlawful discrimination.

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California privacy law recognizes "sharing" to include certain disclosures for cross-context behavioral advertising even where no money is exchanged.

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VEST does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

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To the extent VEST uses technologies or disclosures that constitute "sharing" or targeted advertising under applicable law, VEST will provide the legally required opt-out mechanisms and honor qualifying preference signals where required.

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California residents may submit applicable privacy requests by contacting: info@vesther.co

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13. Data Retention

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We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for legitimate business and legal purposes.

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In determining appropriate retention periods, we may consider:

• The nature and sensitivity of the information.

• The purpose for which it was collected.

• The duration of your relationship with VEST.

• Legal, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations.

• Contractual obligations.

• Security and fraud prevention.

• Dispute resolution.

• Enforcement of agreements.

• Community safety and incident documentation.

• Applicable statutes of limitation.

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When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or de-identify it in accordance with our practices and applicable law.​