Website Privacy Notice
Last Updated: October 7, 2024
Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC and our affiliates (together, “our”, “we”, “company” or “Vista”) are committed to respecting the privacy of all users of our websites, including at www.vistaequitypartners.com and www.vistastrategiclending.com (the “Sites”). 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.
Vista may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will post changes to this Privacy Notice on the Sites. We will indicate at the top of the notice when the Privacy Notice was last updated.
Table of Contents
- Information We Collect
- How We Use Information Collected
- Marketing
- Information Sharing
- Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EEA, Switzerland or the UK
- Other Third-Party Services and Features
- How We Protect Your Personal Information
- Retention of Personal Information
- Capacity
- Your California Privacy Rights
- Your Privacy Rights in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK
Information We Collect
Information 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 Sites. You can also provide us with personal information via email, post and telephone. The types of personal information we may collect include:
- Contact information, such as your name, email address, address, title, job title, position, telephone number and IP address;
- Device information and data about your interactions with our Sites, as described in the “Information we collect by automated means” section below;
- Any other information you submit through our Sites or interactions with us, such as through contact forms, signing up for our mailing list, registration pages, emails, calls, comments, and other features and pages on the Sites;
- In addition to this Privacy Notice, different privacy notices may apply to you depending on your location or relationship with Vista.
See below for further information on “How We Use Information Collected”.
Information we collect by automated means
When you interact with our Sites, 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 Sites. 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 Sites, you may not be able to use all of the features of our Sites.
Additional information about our cookie practices and how to change your cookie settings is available in our Cookie Notice. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before using cookies or similar tools.
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 other sources in connection with the provision of executive search services (e.g., references), 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 Vista 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 |
| To protect against, identify, and prevent fraud, abuse and other criminal activity, claims and other liabilities. | Legal requirement and legitimate interest |
| Litigation management and conducting internal audits and investigations; and to comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, and our policies and terms. | Legal requirement and legitimate interest |
| To administer and protect our business and this 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 use third party web analytics services on our Sites, 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 Sites. The information we obtain through our Sites may be disclosed to or collected directly by these services. To learn more about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Interest-Based Advertising
On our Sites, we may obtain information about your online activities to provide you with advertising about services tailored to your interests. This section of our Privacy Notice provides details and explains how to exercise your choices.
You may see our ads on other websites because we use third-party advertising services. Through such advertising services, we can target our messaging to users considering demographic data, users’ inferred interests, and browsing context. These services track your online activities over time and across multiple websites by collecting information through automated means, including through the use of cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and other similar technologies. The advertising services use this information to show you ads that may be tailored to your individual interests. The information that advertising services may collect includes data about your visits to websites that serve our advertisements, such as the pages or ads you view and the actions you take on the websites. This data collection takes place both on our Sites and on third-party websites that participate in these advertising services. This process also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
Our Sites are not designed to respond to “do not track” signals from browsers.
To learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising in the U.S., please visit www.aboutads.info/choices or https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. In the EU or UK, please visit www.youronlinechoices.eu. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before using your information for interest-based advertising purposes.
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: https://info.vistaequitypartners.com/UnsubscribePage. You also may opt in to certain kinds of marketing at any time by emailing us directly at [email protected].
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.
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 Sites, or to protect the safety or rights of other users of our Sites 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).
Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EEA, Switzerland or the UK
Your personal information will be hosted in the U.S. and will therefore be transferred and stored outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), Switzerland or UK, if it was collected in those jurisdictions. Such transfers will be made in accordance with applicable EU data privacy laws. For further information about the safeguards used, please contact [email protected].
Other Third-Party Services and Features
Please keep in mind that our products, services, or websites may allow you to link to online services managed by third parties in order to provide certain features or experiences.
In addition, the Sites 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 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 [email protected].
Capacity
The Sites 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 for more information about our privacy practices and your rights and choices.
Your Privacy Rights in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK
For the purposes of applicable EEA, Swiss or UK laws, Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC will be a data controller of any personal data collected by us within scope of this notice. If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal data, or this Privacy Notice, please contact Vista Equity Partners at +1 (888) 716-6408 or at [email protected].
To the extent that EEA, Swiss or UK data protection laws apply to the processing of your personal information, or to the extent that you are located in those jurisdictions, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information, as outlined below.
You may have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, and there are a number of ways you may be able to control the way in which, and what information, we store and process about you. To seek to exercise these rights and controls, please contact [email protected].
- Access: You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information that we hold about you free of charge, however we may charge a ‘reasonable fee’ if we think that your request is excessive, to help us cover the costs of locating the information you have requested.
- Correction: You may notify us of changes to your personal information if it is inaccurate or it needs to be updated.
- Deletion: If you think that we shouldn’t be holding or processing your personal information anymore, you may request that we delete it, under certain circumstances. Please note that there are exceptions that may apply and that this may otherwise not always be possible due to legal obligations.
- Restrictions on use: You may request that we stop processing your personal information (other than storing it), if: (i) you contest the accuracy of it (until the accuracy is verified); (ii) you believe the processing is against the law; (iii) you believe that we no longer need your data for the purposes for which it was collected, but you still need your data to establish or defend a legal claim; or (iv) you object to the processing, and we are verifying whether our legitimate grounds to process your personal information, override your own rights.
- Object: You have the right to object to processing, including: (i) for direct marketing; (ii) for research or statistical purposes; or (iii) where processing is based on legitimate interests.
- Portability: If you wish to transfer your personal information to another organization (and certain conditions are satisfied), you may ask us to do so, and we will send it directly if we have the technical means.
- Withdrawal of consent: If you previously gave us your consent (by a clear affirmative action) to allow us to process your personal information for a particular purpose, but you no longer wish to consent to us doing so, you can contact us to let us know that you withdraw that consent.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
Should you wish to lodge a complaint with regards to how your personal information has been processed by us, please contact your local supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can find details for your relevant EEA or Swiss national data protection authority here.
How to Submit a Request
To submit an access, correction or deletion request, to opt-out of the sale of your personal information or the sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes, or to exercise other applicable data protection rights click here or contact us at [email protected]. We fulfill requests according to applicable law(s).
Questions and Comments
If you have any comments or questions about our privacy practices or your experience with the Sites, please do not hesitate to contact Vista Equity Partners at [email protected].
California Consumer Privacy Statement
Last Updated: October 7, 2024
This California Consumer Privacy 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) Vista 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 Information
We may collect (and may have collected during the 12-month 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 12-month 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 Information
We will retain your personal information as described in the Retention of Personal Information section of our Privacy Policy.
Sources of Personal Information
We 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 Vista 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 Information
During the 12-month 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 |
| 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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| Online Activity |
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| Geolocation Data |
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| Sensory Information |
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| Employment Information |
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| Education Information |
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| Inferences |
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In addition to the categories of third parties identified above, during the 12-month 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 Information
We 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 12-month 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 Rights
You 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] or call us at +1 (888) 716-6408.
Vista Equity Partners Cookies Notice
Last Updated: October 7, 2024
Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC and our affiliates (together “Vista”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respect your privacy. This Cookie Notice describes how Vista uses cookies on www.vistaequitypartners.com and www.vistastrategiclending.com (collectively, the “Sites”). When you visit the Sites, we and our third-party partners obtain certain information by automated means, such as cookies, web beacons (including pixels and tags), web server logs, analytics and other technologies (collectively “cookies”). In this Notice we explain the types of cookies that we use on the Sites, their purposes, and your choices in relation to those cookies. Our use of cookies may involve the processing of personal information. For further information on the way we use personal information collected about you in relation to your visit to the Sites, please view our Online Privacy Notice.
Cookies and Tracking
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 may be used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. Cookies may store information such as your 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 Sites. 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. Certain cookies, as described below, are necessary for the Sites to function. We use both first-party and third-party cookies on the Sites. First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies are set by a domain which is different to the website you are visiting. Cookies may either be session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies are cookies which are deleted when you close your internet browser. Persistent cookies are cookies which stay in place after you have closed your browser, for example, a cookie which tracks whether you are a new or return visitor to the Sites.
How We Use Cookies
Necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Sites to function and cannot be switched off. They may include cookies that remember your preferences and settings, and that remember information you enter so that you do not have to re-enter it, or that allow you to log into restricted parts of the Sites. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Sites will not work if you do so.
Performance-related cookies: These cookies collect information on how visitors use the Sites. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how users arrive at the Sites, browse or use the Sites and highlight areas where we can improve the Sites visitor’s experience, such as with respect to navigation and user interface. The information stored by these technologies never includes information that can directly identify you. View further information on Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the Sites to provide enhanced functionality and user experience. These cookies collect information about your choices and remember your preferences so we can show you relevant content and personalize the Sites. For example, they allow us to remember the pages you have browsed, region, language or pages you have viewed so that we can improve your browsing experience during a browsing session. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. Functional cookies are deleted when you end your browsing session or within a short period of time thereafter. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Targeting Cookies: We may partner with one or more third parties to use advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are relevant to you and your interests. Our third-party partners use Cookies to gather information about your activities on our Sites and other websites and apps that participate in these services to provide you with targeted advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. We also use such cookies to track how many users have seen or clicked on an advertisement, which allows us to learn which advertising campaigns are most effective and to help limit the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement. They do not store directly identifying information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience advertising that is less targeted to your interests.
Your Choices
Managing Cookies on Your Device: If you wish, you can also choose how web browser cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings. Some devices allow you to control this through your device settings. If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, certain parts of the Sites will not function properly, and certain services will not be available to you. Every browser or device is different, so check the settings menu of the browser or device to learn how to change your settings and cookie preferences. Learn how to change your cookie setting on any browser here. In addition to the browser-based controls, you can manage third party Cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ or www.youronlinechoices.eu/. For mobile devices, you can manage how your device and browser share certain device data by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device.
UK and EU Visitors: If you are located in the UK or the EU, when you first visit the Sites, you will be presented with a Cookie Banner, which offers you a choice of whether to accept or reject cookies that are not strictly necessary for the Sites to function. Cookies will not be used unless you accept them.
Do Not Track: Our Sites are not designed to respond to “do not track” (“DNT”) signals received from browsers.
How to Contact Us: If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, please email us at [email protected].
Privacy Notice for Vista Equity Partners Events
Last Updated: October 7, 2024
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
This Privacy Notice applies to the information that Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”) may collect from you when you register for and attend Vista meetings, conferences or events (“Events”).
Information We Collect
In connection with your registration for an Event, we may collect your [legal name, preferred name, address, email address, telephone number, travel preferences, credit card information, employer and assistant information, and information related to other special requests/accommodations].
We also may collect information regarding your dietary requirements, and information that relates to your health (such as information relating to disabilities).
When you attend an Event, we may collect your image and/or audio if the Event is being photographed or recorded, but we will inform you in advance of the Event if we intend to do so. When you attend an event, we may also collect location data.
Please do not provide personal information that you do not want us to have. However, some of the information we collect is necessary for you to register for and attend an Event, and if you do not provide that information you may not be able to attend. We indicate any information that is required when you register for an Event with an asterisk, and this generally includes your first name, last name, title, employer name, mobile number, email address, and emergency contact information.
How We Use the Information We Collect
When you provide information to us for Event registration and attendance purposes, the information is used to register you to attend the Event and to facilitate your attendance at the Event. In addition, we will use the information to send you relevant event invitations, agendas, newsletters and other related materials and, if applicable, to accommodate any special requests you may have made.
If we photograph or record an Event and your image and/or audio is captured, such image and/or audio may be used on Vista’s websites, social media pages, and in other promotional material.
We process personal information relating to your health when it is necessary for us to (i) protect the health and safety of Vista staff and other Event attendees (e.g., in a medical emergency), or (ii) to make reasonable accommodations for you, such as with regard to dietary requirements or access.
We also may use the information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
How We Share the Personal Information We Collect
We may share your personal information with affiliates of Vista for the purposes described in this Notice.
We may share personal information with service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as event management vendors, IT storage and support, marketing, and security vendors.
We may also share your personal information with other third parties that provide services to us related to the Event, such as event management vendors, sponsors, venues, hotels, accommodations, and travel providers.
In addition, we may disclose personal information about you (a) if we are required or permitted to do so by law or legal process, for example due to a court order or a request from a law enforcement agency, (b) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, (c) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or other illegal activity, or (d) in connection with (i) the making, management or disposition of any of our investments or (ii) business continuity, or (e) in connection with a prospective or actual sale, merger, transfer or other reorganization of all or parts of our business or assets (including in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or liquidation).
Data Transfers
We may hold Events inside or outside the U.S., including in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or the UK. Typically, you provide your information to us directly in order to register for or otherwise participate in an Event, but in limited circumstances, it may be Vista’s service providers that collect your information and send it to Vista in the U.S. (the location of Vista’s primary offices/global headquarters) for processing. We comply with applicable legal requirements providing adequate protection for transfers of personal information when we receive your information outside of the US. If you are located in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland and we transfer your personal information to recipients in countries outside of the EEA, UK and Switzerland, your personal information will be transferred only if:
- The country to which the personal information will be transferred has been recognized as providing an adequate level of protection for personal information under applicable EU, UK and Swiss law; or
- Appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer, e.g., the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, have been put in place.
You may request a copy of the safeguards that we have put in place in respect of transfers of personal information by contacting us as described in the “How to Contact Us About Privacy Matters” section below.
Information Security
We maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information against loss or accidental, unlawful or unauthorized, alteration, access, disclosure or use.
How Long We Keep Information
The time period for which we keep personal information depends on the purposes for which we collected it. In all cases we keep it for as long as necessary to fulfil those purposes. We will then delete this personal information unless we are required to retain it to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject, if its retention is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, otherwise in connection with litigation, investigations and proceedings, or if a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law.
Information for California Residents
If you are located in California, please review our California Consumer Privacy Statement for additional information regarding your personal information and the rights you may have in relation to that data.
Information for EEA, UK and Swiss Residents
Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC is the data controller in respect of personal information collected in connection with your registration.
We process your personal information for the purposes described above on the basis that it is necessary for our legitimate interests in administering Vista conferences and events, or you have provided your consent for us to do so. We may use your personal information to send direct marketing only where you have provided your consent or otherwise when we are permitted by applicable law to do so.
Subject to applicable law, you may have the following rights in relation to personal information that we hold about you:
- To request confirmation of whether we process personal information relating to you and, if so, to request a copy of that personal information;
- To request that we rectify or update your personal information that is inaccurate, incomplete or outdated;
- To request that we erase your personal information in certain circumstances, such as where we collected personal information on the basis of your consent and you withdraw your consent;
- To request that we restrict the use of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as while we consider another request that you have submitted, for example a request that we update your personal information;
- Where you have given us consent to process your personal information, to withdraw your consent; and
- To request that we provide a copy of your personal information to you in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format in certain circumstances.
- To object to certain of our data processing, such as for direct marketing purposes.
If you are located in the EEA, UK or Switzerland and you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights or if you consider that we have processed your personal information in violation of applicable law, please contact us as detailed in the “How to Contact Us About Privacy Matters” section below. If you consider that we have processed your personal information in violation of applicable law and failed to remedy such violation to your reasonable satisfaction, you may also lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country.
Updates to Our Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a notice on our sites to notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Notice and indicate at the top of the Privacy Notice when it was most recently updated.
How to Contact Us About Privacy Matters
For additional information about our privacy practices or to submit a privacy rights request, please visit our Online Privacy Notice. If you would like to contact us for any reason concerning our privacy practices, or in the event that you would like to discontinue receiving event invitations, agendas, newsletters or other related materials, please email us at [email protected].
Global Job Applicant & Recruitment Privacy Notice
Last Updated: October 7, 2024
This Global Job Applicant & Recruitment Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes how Vista collects and uses the personal data of job applicants in connection with recruitment by Vista, including but not limited to individuals that apply through the Careers section of our website located at www.vistaequitypartners.com/careers/open-positions/ (“Applicants”).
Personal Data We Collect
We collect and use personal data about Applicants, including information which is provided by you to us or one of our affiliates, and information about you that we collect from third parties or generate ourselves. This includes the following:
- Personal details and characteristics, including your name, alias, contact information (address, telephone number, and email), date of birth, passport number and country of issuance, nationality, place of birth, veteran status, national ID numbers (including, for example, UK national insurance number, U.S. Social Security number), unique personal identifiers including online identifiers, historical compensation details, previous employment details, and information received in connection with pre-employment screening and background checks and references which are provided by you to us, your former employers, recruitment agents, and/or third party background screening providers.
- Information contained in your CV, including occupational details, current job title, current job description, previous employment details, current salary, and education details.
- Other information that is generated by us during the recruitment process, including commentary and evaluation of your qualifications and interviews, responses given in the context of psychometric and aptitude testing and inferences about your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities and aptitudes drawn from that testing, and any other information you choose to provide such as through communications with us.
- Communications information such as the contents of any electronic communications with Vista including messaging platforms, and online activity data.
- Sensitive or special category personal data, including health or medical information, diversity-related personal data (such as gender, race or ethnicity or sexual orientation), and information relating to criminal background checks.
You are required to provide certain personal data to Vista so that we may consider your application in light of our business needs, and so that we may comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; and, if your application is successful, so that we can enter into an employment contract with you. If you fail to provide any personal data that we request, we may be unable to continue evaluating your application, comply with our legal and regulatory obligations or, ultimately, offer you employment.
How We Use Your Personal Data
We use the personal data that we collect, subject to applicable law, including for the following purposes:
- Recruitment: managing and administering the recruitment process, communicating with Applicants and retaining records of those communications, performing background checks, conducting due diligence, determining suitability for employment, determining physical and/or mental fitness for work, carrying out psychometric and aptitude tests, accommodating a disability or illness, reviewing and evaluating applications, making travel arrangements, making offers to successful Applicants, maintaining records of applicants to assess suitability for other roles at Vista or its portfolio companies and contacting applicants in respect of such roles, determining compensation levels (including salary and other forms of compensation), providing and communicating with references, reimbursing expenses, securing immigration status, reviewing hiring decisions, providing access to facilities, and for onboarding purposes. We process personal data for these purposes on the basis that it is necessary for our legitimate interests in managing and administering our business and recruiting staff. In some cases, we may also be obligated to do certain of these activities by law or regulation and/or pursuant to pre-contractual/contractual obligations.
- Legal and compliance: compliance with legal, regulatory, and other requirements such as immigration, record-keeping, tax and reporting obligations, reviewing HR processes, responding to legal process such as subpoenas and court orders, pursuing legal rights and remedies, defending litigation and managing any internal complaints or claims, conducting audits and investigations (including auditing compliance), ensuring that Applicants meet any applicable regulatory standards for their prospective role, managing and resolving health and safety matters, complying with requests from government or other public authorities, and complying with internal policies and procedures. We process personal data for these purposes on the basis that we are required to do so by law or to discharge our regulatory obligations, or it is necessary for us to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
- Communications, facilities and emergencies: facilitating communications with you, protecting the health and safety of anyone visiting our premises or otherwise protecting the health and safety of our personnel and others, and safeguarding office equipment, facilities, and other property. We process personal data for these purposes on the basis that it is necessary for our legitimate interests in managing and administering our business, business continuity, detecting or preventing theft or fraud, or attempted theft or fraud, and otherwise administering, maintaining, and ensuring the security of our IT systems and premises.
- Operations and management: operating and managing our IT, communications systems and facilities, and monitoring the use of these resources, performing data analytics, internal research, improving our services, allocating and managing company assets and human resources, strategic planning, project management, compiling audit trails and other reporting tools, maintaining records relating to business activities, budgeting, and financial management, managing mergers, acquisitions, sales, reorganizations or dispositions and integration with business partners.
- Performing services: performing services including maintaining or servicing accounts, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying Applicants’ information, processing payments, providing analytics services, providing storage, providing advertising and marketing services, or providing similar services.
- Special category personal data: We process health or medical information for accessibility and ‘fit for work’ purposes and diversity-related personal data (such as gender, race, or ethnicity or sexual orientation) for diversity monitoring and related purposes. We do not process your special category personal data unless we are required or permitted to do so by applicable law or regulations, or you have, in accordance with applicable law, provided your explicit consent to the collection and processing of your special category personal data.
Data Sharing
We may share your personal data our affiliates and portfolio companies for the purposes described in this Notice, and subject to the “Data Transfers” section below.
We may share personal data with service providers that perform services on our behalf such as recruitment services providers, background check providers, business communications archiving providers, data analytics providers and hosting providers. 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 Notice, or to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements. We may also share personal data with professional services organizations, such as auditors and law firms, in connection with the recruitment process.
In addition, we may disclose personal data about you (a) if we are required or permitted to do so (i) by law or legal process, for example due to a court order or a request from a law enforcement agency or (ii) to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights, or (iii) by our regulator(s) or any applicable regulations, (b) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, (c) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or other illegal activity, or (d) in connection with (i) fundraising, (ii) the making, management, or disposition of any of our investments, or (iii) business continuity purposes.
Data Transfers
We may transfer the personal data that we collect about you to recipients in countries other than the country in which the personal data originally was collected. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the personal data. When we transfer your personal data to recipients in other countries (such as the U.S.), we will protect that personal data in a way that is consistent with this Notice.
We comply with applicable legal requirements providing adequate protection for the transfer of personal data to recipients in countries outside of the EEA/UK. In all such cases, we will only transfer your personal data if:
- The country to which the personal data will be transferred has been granted an adequacy decision under EEA/UK law (as applicable); or
- We have put in place appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer, for example, the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“EU SCCs”) and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum to the EU SCCs, or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (as applicable).
You may request a copy of the safeguards that we have put in place in respect of transfers of personal data by contacting us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below.
Data Security
We maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal data against loss or accidental, unlawful or unauthorized, alteration, access, disclosure, or use.
Data Retention
Your personal data is retained for the period reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes outlined in this Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law, taking into account relevant statutes of limitations and Vista’s records retention requirements.
Your Rights and Choices
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right, in certain circumstances, to request:
- confirmation of whether we process personal data relating to you and, if so, to request a copy of that personal data;
- that we rectify or update your personal data that is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated;
- that we erase your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where we collected personal data on the basis of your consent, and you withdraw that consent;
- that we restrict the use of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as while we consider another request that you have submitted, for example a request that we update your personal data;
- withdrawal of your consent where you have given us consent to process your personal data; and
- in certain circumstances. that we provide you with a copy of your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and/or that we transmit that data to a third party (where this is technically feasible).
If you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights or if you consider that we have processed your personal data in violation of applicable law, please contact us using either of the methods detailed in the “How to Contact Us” section below. If you consider that we have processed your personal data in violation of applicable law and failed to remedy such violation to your reasonable satisfaction, you may also lodge a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority. For California Applicants, please click here to view additional details about the processing of your data.
Updates to This Notice
We may change or update portions of this Notice at any time. Please check our website, www.vistaequitypartners.com, from time to time so you are aware of any changes or updates to this Notice. The revision date appearing on the first page of this Notice underneath the title will identify the date of the last update or revision.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Notice, or you would like to exercise any of your rights, please let us know by contacting us using any of the methods below:
By email at: [email protected]