Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Harkster Limited is the data controller for the Alpha Capture website. Harkster Limited is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14661786. Our registered office is 5 Providence Court, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon, England, EX2 5JL.

2. What data we collect

This website collects four categories of personal data:

• Data you volunteer when signing up for AlphaCapture updates: your name, email address and role, your company and LinkedIn profile if you give them, who introduced you if supplied, and evidence of when and how you consented to updates.
• Operational information created while administering participation and introductions: professional-verification status and reason, useful engagements, qualified introductions, introduction codes, and merchandise unlock or fulfilment status.
• Data you volunteer by emailing us at hello@harkster.com or another @harkster.com address: your name and email address, your organisation if you give it, and the content of your message or any attachments.
• Standard server and hosting logs generated automatically when you visit any page: IP address, browser and device type, pages requested, and timestamps. These are used for site security and operation, including rate limiting.

This site does not use analytics or any non-essential tracking technology. Signing up does not create a member account or login.

3. How we use it

We use signup and participation data to send the product updates and early-access news you requested, assess professional relevance, invite suitable people to research or testing, record useful contributions and introductions, and administer merchandise recognition. We use enquiry data to respond to you and log data to operate and secure the website. We do not add ordinary enquiries to the AlphaCapture update list.

4. Lawful basis

We rely on your consent to send AlphaCapture product updates and early-access news. You can withdraw that consent at any time by replying to an update or emailing hello@harkster.com. We rely on legitimate interests to assess professional relevance, administer participation and merchandise recognition, respond to enquiries, and keep the website secure and operating correctly. Where a conversation progresses toward access to Alpha Capture, the relevant basis may instead be steps necessary to enter into, or perform, a contract.

5. Cookies

When you use the Get involved form, the site uses a strictly necessary antiforgery cookie to protect the submission from cross-site request forgery. A short-lived protected cookie also carries the one-time success message and introduction code across the form redirect. We do not use analytics cookies or any other non-essential tracking technology on this website today. If that changes, we will update this policy first.

6. Third parties and processors

Our website hosting service processes server log data and signup submissions. We use Microsoft 365 for email, including messages sent to @harkster.com addresses. These services process data on our behalf. We do not sell personal data, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

7. International transfers

Where any of the processors described above operate outside the United Kingdom, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, consistent with UK GDPR requirements for international transfers.

8. Retention

We keep signup and participation records for up to 24 months after registration or your last meaningful participation, whichever is later. Sending you an update does not extend that period. We review records monthly and delete those no longer needed.

If you unsubscribe, we stop product updates and remove profile information we no longer need. We retain only the email address and consent or withdrawal evidence needed to respect your choice and answer related enquiries, for up to 24 months after withdrawal.

We normally keep enquiry correspondence for up to 24 months after the last exchange, and routine server logs for up to 30 days. Where a specific legal obligation, complaint or security investigation requires us to keep information longer, we retain only what is needed, review that need monthly and delete it when the reason ends.

9. Your rights under UK GDPR

You have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• have inaccurate data corrected;
• have your data erased, in certain circumstances;
• restrict or object to our processing of your data, in certain circumstances; and
• receive your data in a portable format, where applicable.

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@harkster.com.

10. Complaints

We would welcome the chance to address any concerns directly, so please contact us first. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.

11. Children

This website is directed at institutional investment professionals and is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page always reflects the current version.

13. Contact

For any question about this policy or your data, contact: