Thomson Financial Private Equity - Privacy Statement

Introduction

This Privacy Statement is designed to help you understand how Thomson Financial (“Thomson Financial” or “we”) uses and safeguards the personal information that we collect for inclusion in our VentureXpert and LPXpert products, and related venture capital information services. This Statement also tells you how you can check the accuracy of your data, and how you can request that we update or cease using it.

Scope

This Privacy Statement applies to the collection of personal information by Thomson Financial for inclusion in our VentureXpert, LPXpert and related services for the venture capital industry. The Statement also applies to the use of the information to market Thomson Financial’s products and services, and covers the sharing of personal information with selected Thomson Financial business partners.

Personal Information We Collect

Thomson Financial collects the personal information of private equity professionals, and executives in the companies they finance, in their professional capacities only, for inclusion in our VentureXpert and LPXpert services. Personal information we collect may include: name, place-of-work contact information, job type and title, and professional biographical data. The personal information is collected by Thomson Financial specialists from individuals themselves, their employers and public sources.

How We Use and Share Your Information

Use of Personal Information in Products and Services: Thomson Financial includes personal information in our VentureXpert and LPXpert services and related products. We market these products worldwide to financial institutions and other companies. Customers’ use of the data is governed by their contracts with Thomson Financial. Inclusion in Thomson Financial services is widely regarded as beneficial to professionals as it facilitates communication among financial markets participants.

Use of Personal Information for Marketing: Thomson Financial may also use personal information collected for our VentureXpert and LPXpert services to contact you, by e-mail, telephone, post or other means, to inform you about Thomson group products and services that may be of interest to your organization.

Sharing of Personal Information with Business Partners: Thomson Financial may share the personal information we collect with our survey partners, including national and regional venture capital associations. These partners may contact you with information about their organization and services.

Your Choices

You may exercise these choices by contacting us at the addresses given in the Contact Us section of this Privacy Statement:

• Check the accuracy of your personal information, and ask us to correct or update it.
• Request that we cease using your personal information in our products and services, for marketing communications, and cease sharing it with our business partners.

Changes to the Policy

From time to time, we may change our privacy policies. If we make a change, it will not affect the choices you have made about any personal information you gave us before that change. Any changes will be reflected in our privacy statements.

Security

We take reasonable steps to maintain the security of the personal information that we collect, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers and installing database security systems that are designed to guard against unauthorized electronic access.

Complaints

We are committed to working with you to resolve, quickly and fairly, any complaints you may have about the protection of your personal information. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us through one of the methods given in the “Contact Us” section below.

Identification

This Privacy Statement has been provided by Thomson Financial, a division of the Thomson Corporation.

Contact Us

At any time you may ask us to:

• Send you a copy of your personal information.
• Correct or update the personal information that we hold for you.
• Cease using your personal information in our products and services and for marketing communications, and cease sharing it with our business partners.

To do so, please write to us at: