Understanding Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Apeiron VC (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website or interact with our services. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.

If you have any questions about this Policy, you can contact us at hello@apeiron.vc.

1. Data We Collect

We do not directly collect personal data through our website forms. However, we make use of third-party services that may collect limited personal data when you interact with them:

• Typeform – when you submit information through embedded forms.
• Substack – when you subscribe to our newsletter.
• Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager – which collects anonymized usage data for statistical and performance analysis.

These services may collect information such as your name, email address, IP address, browser type, device identifiers, and interaction data.

2. Purposes of Processing

We process (or allow third-party services to process) data for the following purposes:

• To provide you with communication and subscription services (via Substack).
• To collect responses and feedback (via Typeform).
• To measure and analyze website performance and improve user experience (via Google Analytics / Tag Manager).

3. Third-Party Services

Personal data may be processed by trusted third-party providers strictly for the purposes described above. These include:

• Hosting: Our website is hosted on servers located in the European Union (via Top.Host).
• Analytics: Google Analytics (Google LLC, USA).
• Forms: Typeform S.L. (Spain/EU).
• Email Newsletters: Substack Inc. (USA).

Whenever personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), such as to the United States, we rely on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or other approved mechanisms to ensure adequate protection.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal grounds for processing your personal data:

• Consent: when you submit a Typeform or subscribe via Substack.
• Legitimate interest: for analytics and website performance improvement.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

• Analytics data may be retained by Google for up to 26 months (default setting).
• Newsletter subscription data remains until you unsubscribe.
• Typeform responses are generally retained for up to 12 months, unless you request earlier deletion.

6. Your GDPR Rights

As a user in the EU/EEA, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access – request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification – request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure – request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Right to restriction of processing – request limitations on how we process your data.
• Right to data portability – receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object – object to processing based on legitimate interest.
• Right to withdraw consent – withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@apeiron.vc.

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience and analyze traffic. For more information, please see our Cookies Policy.

8. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal, technical, or business requirements. The latest version will always be available on this page.

10. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, you can contact us at:

Apeiron VC
Email: hello@apeiron.vc

Last updated: 26 September 2025