LEGAL
Last Updated: 18/10/2026
At Acevista, we understand that business relationships depend on trust. That includes how personal information is collected, used, stored, and shared.
This Privacy Policy explains how Acevista handles personal information when you visit our website, book a strategy call, contact us, engage our services, or interact with our business communications.
It also describes how we may process business contact information as part of our outbound prospecting and lead generation services.
Our aim is to use information responsibly, transparently, and only for legitimate business purposes, subject to applicable law.
1. Who We Are
Acevista provides outbound prospecting and lead generation services for M&A advisory firms, investment banks, private equity firms, holding companies, acquirers, and other businesses.
Depending on the context, Acevista may process personal information relating to:
Website visitors.
Prospective and existing clients.
Client representatives and employees.
Business owners and founders.
Professional advisors, including accountants, attorneys, brokers, and wealth advisors.
Business contacts who receive or respond to outreach.
Individuals who communicate with us through email, forms, or scheduling tools.
For privacy-related questions, contact us using the details at the end of this policy.
Legal entity: [Insert Registered Legal Entity Name]
Privacy contact: [Insert Privacy Contact Email]
Registered address: [Insert Registered Address]
2. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Acevista.
2.1 Information You Provide Directly
When you contact us, book a call, complete a form, or engage our services, we may collect:
Name and job title.
Business email address.
Business telephone number.
Company name and website.
Industry and professional role.
Business requirements and campaign objectives.
Acquisition criteria, mandate details, or buy-box information.
Information you include in messages or correspondence.
Meeting details and scheduling preferences.
Contractual, billing, and payment-related information.
Feedback and information supplied during an engagement.
We may also retain relevant business correspondence and records necessary to manage our relationship with you.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is necessary, appropriate, and requested through a suitable channel.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we or our service providers may collect certain technical information, depending on the website configuration and your privacy choices.
This may include:
IP address.
Browser type and version.
Device and operating system information.
Pages visited and interactions with the website.
Referring website or source.
Approximate location derived from technical information.
Date, time, and duration of visits.
Website performance and diagnostic information.
Some information may be collected through cookies or similar technologies.
The exact information collected depends on the analytics, hosting, security, and other technologies enabled on the website.
2.3 Business Contact Information Used for Prospecting
As part of our services, Acevista may research and process professional contact information relating to business owners, founders, company representatives, and relevant professional advisors.
This information may include:
Name and professional title.
Business name and website.
Industry and company characteristics.
Professional email address.
Publicly available business contact details.
Relevant professional affiliations.
Business-related information used to assess potential relevance to a client's mandate.
Outreach history, responses, and communication preferences.
Information relating to a prospect's stated business interests or transaction intentions.
We seek to focus our prospecting on relevant professional and business contexts.
We do not intend to collect sensitive personal information for prospecting purposes.
The fact that information is publicly available does not automatically mean it can be collected, used, or shared without restrictions. We assess the intended use against applicable legal requirements.
3. How We Collect Information
We may obtain information from the following sources:
Directly from You
When you submit a website form, book a call, email us, enter into an agreement, or otherwise communicate with us.
From Publicly Available Sources
When researching companies, business owners, and professional advisors, we may use company websites, professional directories, business publications, public registries, and other publicly available business sources.
From Client-Supplied Information
A client may provide target company lists, mandate criteria, acquisition requirements, or information about existing business relationships.
Clients are responsible for ensuring that they have an appropriate basis to provide such information to us.
From Service Providers
We may receive information from scheduling platforms, CRM systems, analytics tools, payment providers, and other services used to operate our business
Through Business Communications
We may receive information when individuals respond to outreach, request additional information, decline an opportunity, or ask not to be contacted again.
4. How We Use Information
We use personal information for purposes that may include the following.
4.1 Operating Our Website
To maintain the website, improve its performance, identify technical problems, protect against misuse, and understand how visitors interact with our pages.
4.2 Responding to Inquiries
To respond to questions, schedule strategy calls, assess potential engagements, and communicate with prospective clients.
4.3 Delivering Our Services
To research prospects, build target lists, develop outreach campaigns, manage responses, assess qualification criteria, and hand relevant conversations over to clients.
4.4 Managing Client Relationships
To administer agreements, manage billing, provide campaign updates, maintain records, and respond to client requests.
4.5 Improving Our Services
To evaluate campaign performance, identify operational issues, improve prospecting methods, and develop more effective service processes.
Where possible, we may use aggregated or de-identified information for analysis.
4.6 Security and Fraud Prevention
To protect our systems, investigate suspected misuse, enforce agreements, and maintain the security of our business operations.
4.7 Legal and Regulatory Compliance
To comply with applicable laws, respond to lawful requests, maintain required records, and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
4.8 Business Communications
To send relevant service updates, respond to requests, or provide other communications permitted by law.
Where consent is required for marketing communications, we will seek it as required. You can opt out of non-essential marketing communications at any time.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
The legal basis for processing personal information depends on the applicable law, the type of information, and the purpose of the processing.
Where required, we will identify and rely on an appropriate legal basis, which may include:
Consent.
Steps necessary to enter into or perform a contract.
Compliance with a legal obligation.
Legitimate interests, where recognized by applicable law and subject to relevant safeguards.
Other lawful grounds available under applicable legislation.
For example, we may process prospective client information to respond to an inquiry or information required to deliver an agreed service.
Where consent is the applicable legal basis, individuals may withdraw consent as permitted by law. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing conducted before withdrawal.
We will not rely on a legal basis that is unavailable under the law applicable to the processing activity.
6. Outbound Outreach and Business Communications
Acevista's services involve contacting business owners and professional advisors to initiate relevant business conversations.
Where we conduct outreach, we aim to:
Focus on professional relevance.
Use information relevant to the recipient's business role or company.
Keep communications reasonably concise and relevant.
Avoid misleading claims about the sender or purpose of the communication.
Respect applicable communication and marketing requirements.
Maintain and honor appropriate suppression records.
Avoid further outreach where a valid objection or opt-out must be honored.
Recipients may ask us to stop contacting them.
Where an individual opts out, we will take reasonable steps to suppress further outreach covered by that request, subject to applicable law.
In limited circumstances, we may retain the minimum information necessary to record and honor the opt-out, prevent future unwanted contact, or demonstrate compliance.
A business email address or publicly available contact detail is not, by itself, permission to send any type or volume of marketing communication. We assess outreach practices against the rules applicable to the recipient, sender, channel, and jurisdiction.
7. How We Share Information
We do not treat personal information as a commodity to be sold.
We may share information in the following circumstances.
7.1 With Clients
When Acevista provides prospecting and lead generation services, relevant business contact information, outreach responses, and qualification context may be shared with the client for whom the campaign is being conducted.
The information shared should be relevant to the agreed service and handled according to applicable law and contractual requirements.
7.2 With Service Providers
We may share information with service providers that help us operate our business, including:
Website hosting and infrastructure providers.
Email and communication service providers.
Prospect research and data providers.
Customer relationship management systems.
Scheduling and calendar tools.
Analytics and website performance providers.
Billing and payment providers.
Security and technical support providers.
These providers may process information on our behalf or under their own terms, depending on their role.
Where required, we will establish appropriate contractual and security safeguards.
7.3 For Legal and Security Reasons
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to a lawful request, protect rights and safety, investigate fraud, or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7.4 Business Transfers
If Acevista undergoes a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of business assets, relevant information may be transferred as part of the transaction, subject to applicable law and appropriate safeguards.
7.5 With Your Direction or Consent
We may share information for additional purposes where you direct us to do so or where the required permission has been obtained.
8. International Data Transfers
Acevista may work with clients, prospects, and service providers located in different countries.
As a result, information may be processed or stored outside the country in which it was originally collected.
Where international transfers are subject to legal restrictions, we will take steps to use an appropriate transfer mechanism or safeguard as required by applicable law.
The protections available to personal information may differ between jurisdictions.
If you require details about a particular international transfer, you may contact us using the information provided below.
9. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Retention periods may depend on:
The nature of the information.
Whether an engagement or business relationship remains active.
The duration of a contractual obligation.
The need to maintain financial or business records.
Applicable limitation periods.
Security, fraud prevention, or compliance requirements.
Whether an individual has requested that we stop contacting them.
When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or otherwise dispose of it securely, subject to applicable law and legitimate retention requirements.
Some records may remain in backups or archives for a limited period before being removed through ordinary retention procedures.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
Depending on the nature of the information and our operational requirements, these measures may include:
Access controls.
Restricted permissions.
Secure authentication practices.
Appropriate vendor selection.
System monitoring.
Confidentiality obligations.
Secure data handling and deletion procedures.
No internet transmission, electronic storage system, or third-party platform can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Although we take reasonable precautions, we cannot promise that unauthorized access or security incidents will never occur.
Where applicable law requires notification of a personal data breach, we will follow the relevant legal requirements.
11. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to support essential functionality, remember preferences, measure performance, or understand visitor interactions.
The categories used may include:
Essential technologies: Necessary for website functionality, security, or requested features.
Analytics technologies: Used to understand website traffic, engagement, and performance.
Preference technologies: Used to remember choices or settings.
Marketing technologies: Used only if enabled and permitted under the applicable requirements.
The actual technologies used depend on the website's configuration.
Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies or similar technologies should not be activated before the required consent is obtained.
You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or the website's consent interface.
Disabling certain technologies may affect website functionality.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and the laws that apply, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include the right to:
Request access to personal information held about you.
Request correction of inaccurate information.
Request deletion of information in certain circumstances.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Object to certain processing activities.
Request restrictions on certain processing.
Request a copy of information in a portable format where applicable.
Opt out of certain marketing communications.
Request information about how your data is used or shared.
Lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
These rights are subject to applicable law and may not apply in every circumstance.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a privacy request, contact us at:
Email: [Insert Privacy Contact Email]
Please describe the request and provide enough information for us to understand and verify it.
We may need to verify your identity or authority before responding. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.
If a request cannot be fulfilled, we will explain the reason where legally required.
13. Children's Privacy
Acevista's services are intended for business and professional use and are not directed at children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect children's personal information for our business prospecting activities.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can assess the situation and take appropriate action.
14. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website or communications may contain links to third-party websites, scheduling tools, or other services.
Those services may operate under their own privacy policies and terms.
Acevista does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties. We encourage users to review the applicable privacy information before providing personal information to those services.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, data practices, technology, or legal requirements.
The updated version will be published on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
Where required, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
16. Contact Us
For privacy questions, data requests, or concerns about how information is handled, contact:
Acevista
Email: [Insert Privacy Contact Email]
Address: [Insert Registered Business Address]
If you are a business contact who has received outreach from Acevista and would like to ask about your information or opt out of future communications, please contact us using the details above.