Privacy Policy

Scimita builds its marketing database through informed permission, uses contact information within that permission and promptly respects requests to stop. This policy covers electronic marketing sent by Scimita, including webinar invitations, newsletters, promotional reminders, recording promotions and business development campaigns.

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What information we collect and how we use it

We record your email address and name, where provided, together with the source, date, method, wording and scope of your consent. We also retain evidence of permission, your subscription status and any withdrawal requests. We use these records to send communications you have agreed to receive, manage your preferences and prevent unwanted marketing.

Your consent and communication choices

Scimita requires documented express consent before adding you to its email marketing audience. Consent must identify Scimita and explain the communications you agree to receive. Subscription choices are separate, optional and unticked at signup, with access to a privacy notice.

The proposed choices are:

  • Scimita Insights & News: a monthly digest of deep tech insights, selected case studies, company news and upcoming activities.

  • Webinars & Events: relevant invitations and associated recordings, with one consolidated invitation per week while a series is running.

  • Thought Leadership Pieces: monthly papers on deep tech innovation, the ecosystem and attracting capital to long-term opportunities.

  • Collaboration & Innovation Opportunities: occasional, relevant opportunities involving research, technology development, industry challenges or Foundry initiatives.

Optional topic preferences cover commercialisation, Foundry and investment; process modelling and technology development; circular economy and resource recovery; and critical minerals and mineral processing. You may select multiple topics or all topics. Topic selections help tailor relevance and do not create duplicate emails. A monthly-digest-only preference will also be available.

Webinar registration

Registering for a webinar permits communications needed for that event, including confirmation, joining instructions, changes, necessary attendance reminders and any recording promised at registration. It does not automatically subscribe you to future webinars or general marketing.

If you unsubscribe from marketing, necessary communications for an event you requested may continue, limited to that event and without added promotion.

Who we may contact

Existing subscribers may receive marketing only where retained consent covers the content. A client relationship, business card, LinkedIn connection, partner’s address book, conference list or public directory does not by itself qualify someone for marketing. Purchased, scraped or harvested lists are prohibited. Contacts without established consent are excluded, and previously unsubscribed contacts require fresh, recorded permission.

Email standards and unsubscribing

Marketing emails will identify Scimita, provide accurate business contact details and a monitored reply address, explain why you are receiving the message, and include a prominent, working unsubscribe facility. Content will remain within your consent.

You may manage your preferences or unsubscribe from all Scimita email marketing. Requests made by reply, telephone or through a team member follow the same process. Automated suppression is immediate; manual requests are actioned within one working day. A general withdrawal applies across all Scimita email marketing lists and systems.

Records and responsibility

Consent evidence is retained while Scimita relies on it. We maintain the minimum suppression record needed to prevent accidental re-subscription, with restricted access and a documented retention review.

Website Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace and Google Analytics, our website analytics providers, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Email Subscriptions

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Mailchimp, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Form Submissions

When you submit forms on this website, we may collect information like your:

  • Details relating to your form submission (for example, enquiry, nature of business)

  • Email address

  • Name

  • Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

This site may auto-complete your details by sharing what you type with the Google APIs and returning suggestions to you to improve your experience.