Last Updated October 2024

WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC, (D.B.A, WorldQuant Foundry) values our relationship with you and your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we handle information collected on our website, associated sites, from advertising campaigns, apps, and various channels, online and offline, collectively called our “Site”.

By using our Site, you acknowledge and accept this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect information about you directly from you and from third parties, as well as automatically through your use of our website, worldquantfoundry.com.

Information We Collect Directly from You

The information we collect from you depends on how you use our Site. When you register to download a paper, for example, we collect your name and/or user name, email address and any additional information you choose to give us. If you contact us for information generally, we collect your name, email address, phone number, job title and company affiliation (if applicable) and any information you provide to us in your questions or comments. If you apply for or inquire about jobs with us through the Site, we collect any information you send in connection with such communications, including your resume or CV.

Use of Information

We use your information for a variety of purposes, including:

• Research and development We use your information for research and development purposes, including improving our Site, and visitor experience; and for other research and analytical purposes.
• Other Uses We may also use your information for other internal purposes, including (i) detecting and protecting against fraud and other unlawful conduct on the Site, (ii) protecting the integrity and security of the Site and our rights with respect to the Site and related services, (iii) Site administration, maintenance, improvement and trouble-shooting; (iv) responding to inquiries or complaints you make to us regarding the Site or our services; and (v) complying with lawful requests through subpoenas and court orders.
• ‍Sharing of Information We may share your information with our company affiliates, service providers and others in the following ways:
• ‍Affiliates and service providers We share your information with our affiliates and with service providers we engage to help us operate the Site and related services. Our affiliates are subject to this Privacy Policy and we require our service providers to use information provided by us only as required to render their services to us.
• ‍Business transfers We may share your information with another entity if we or any of our current or future corporate relatives are acquired by or merged with another legal entity, if substantially all of our assets are sold or transferred to another legal entity, as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, or as part of a similar transfer of assets or reorganization.‍
• Compliance with legal process and protection of our rights We may also share your information in response to lawful government or court orders or other legal process, such as subpoenas, as otherwise required to comply with applicable laws and with our professional advisors (such as legal counsel) in order to protect our rights under applicable law.

Clear GIFs, Related Technologies and Analytics on our Site

• Clear GIFs, Pixel Tags and Other Technologies. Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in functionality to cookies, which are embedded invisibly on web pages. We or our service providers may use clear GIFs (also known as web beacons, web bugs, pixel tags, or action tags, among other names), in connection with our Site to perform functions like tracking the activities of visitors to our Site, helping us manage content, and compiling statistics about usage of and visits to our Site. We, or our service providers, may also use clear GIFs in emails to help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded.
• Embedded Scripts We use embedded scripts, which is code designed to collect information about how visitors interact with a website, such as the website which linked them to our Sit
• Do Not Track Our Site does not respond to Do Not Track signals, but we do not track your activities once you leave our Site.

Notice to California Residents

The notice below is provided to California residents who are job applicants or contractors who inquire about business opportunities through the “contact us” feature. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as replaced by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”), contractors qualify as “Consumers.” As described in this Privacy Policy in more detail, when using our Website to inquire about business opportunities, we may collect personal information as defined under the CCPA, for the reasons set forth above.

In particular, we may collect the following category of personal information from Consumers who use our Website:

We collect and use this personal information for the business and commercial purposes set out in the “How We Use Your Information” section above. We disclose this personal information to the categories of persons set out in the “How We Share Your Information” section above. For the criteria used to determine the period of time information will be retained, see the Data Retention section above.

We do not sell your personal information as that term is traditionally understood. However, some of our disclosures of personal information may be considered a “sale” or “share” as that term is defined under the CCPA. A “sale” is broadly defined under the CCPA to include a disclosure for something of value, and a “share” is broadly defined under the CPRA to include a disclosure for cross-context behavioral advertising. We may collect, share, or sell the following categories of personal information for commercial purposes: identifiers, characteristics, commercial or transactions information, internet activity, non-precise geolocation data, and inferences drawn. The categories of third parties to whom we may sell or share your personal information include, where applicable, vendors and other parties involved in providing services to us. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of minors under 16 years old who are California residents. For details on your rights regarding sales and shares, please see the Right to Opt-Out of Sales and Shares section below.

Some of the personal information we collect may be considered sensitive information under the CPRA. We collect, use, and disclose such sensitive personal information only for the permissible business purposes for sensitive personal information under the CCPA or without the purpose of inferring characteristics about consumers. We do not sell or share sensitive personal information.

Subject to certain limitations, under the CCPA, if you are a Consumer, you have the right to know certain details about our data practices. In particular, you may request the following from us:

1. The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
2. The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
3. The categories of personal information about you we disclosed for a business purpose or sold or shared;
4. The categories of persons to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose or sold or shared;
5. The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling or sharing the personal information; and
6. The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

You also have the right to delete or correct the personal information we have collected from you.

If you would like to make a request and exercise your rights described above, please reach out to info@worldquantfoundry.com. Please note these rights are subject to exceptions. In the request, please specify which right you are seeking to exercise and the scope of the request. We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 business days. We may require specific information from you to

help us verify your identity and process your request. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your request.

In addition, you have the following rights:

1. Right to Opt-Out of Sales or Shares. To the extent we sell or share your personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA, you have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information by us. You may exercise this right by emailing us at info@worldquantfoundry.com and specifying you wish to opt-out.
2. Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of Your Privacy Rights. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of your privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.
3. Authorized Agent. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. Requests must be submitted through the designated methods listed above. Except for opt-out requests, we will require written proof of the agent’s permission to do so and may verify your identity directly.

Notice to Residents of the European Union and United Kingdom

Additional Rights of EU and UK Data Subjects

If you reside in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you may have rights to access data, as well as rights for data to be erased, corrected, used for only limited purposes, not used at all, or transferred to you or a third party.

You may have the following rights under EU and UK data protection laws:

• ‍Right of access to your personal data: The right to make a written request for details of personal data about you held by us and a copy of that personal data.
• ‍Right to rectification: The right to have inaccurate information about you rectified.
• ‍Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’): The right to have certain personal data about you erased.
• ‍Right to restriction of processing: The right to request that your personal data is only used for restricted purposes.
• ‍Right to object: The right to object to the use of personal data.
• ‍Right to data portability: The right to ask for personal data you have made available to us to be transferred to you or a third party in machine-readable formats.
• ‍Right to withdraw consent: The right to withdraw any consent you have previously given us to handle your personal data. If you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal data prior to the withdrawal of your consent.

These rights are not absolute and exemptions may be applicable depending on the circumstances. We may, in response to a request ask you to verify your identity and to provide information that

helps us to understand your request better. If we do not comply with your request, we will explain why.

To exercise any of these rights, or if you have any other questions about our use of your information, please email us at: info@worldquantfoundry.com.

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your information you have a right to complain to your local data protection regulator.

Consent to Transfer of Personal Information to Jurisdictions Outside the EU and UK

Personal information collected on our Site is processed in the United States. By providing your personal information to us in your use of the Site you are consenting to the transfer of such information to us in the United States for uses in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer for Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to non-wqfoundry.com websites and applications. Any access to and use of such non-worldquantfoundry.com websites and applications are not governed by this privacy policy, and we cannot control the data practices of such third party sites and applications. You should consult the privacy policies posted on such links.

Security and Retention of Data

We take reasonable measures to protect the security of personal information we collect pursuant to this Privacy Policy. However, Internet-based systems are not perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information on our or our service providers’ systems.

We retain information we collect on the Site for as long as we need it for any of the uses described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required or permitted under applicable law.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by one of the methods below:

By email: info@worldquantfoundry.com

By mail:

WorldQuant Foundry

1700 E Putnam Ave

Ste 307

Old Greenwich, CT 06870

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