Your information and how we use it.

Effective October 5, 2026

This policy explains how The Shores Fund ("we," "us," or "our") handles personal information submitted through this website and The Pacific, our private member network. It applies to community registrations, newsletter signups, event RSVPs, investor eligibility questionnaires, member accounts, and related communications.

Information we collect

We may collect your name, email address, institution or company, community role, professional affiliation, referral source, event RSVPs, and communications with us. If you request investor materials, we also collect how you would invest (and any entity name and your title), your state and country of residence, the accredited-investor category you select, who introduced you and when your relationship with the fund began, your written acknowledgments and typed signature, and the date, time, IP address, and browser of your submission. Please do not submit account numbers, government identification numbers, tax documents, or other sensitive financial records through this website.

Newsletter list and community members

Newsletter subscribers are kept on a general communications list. Subscribing does not create an account or a login and does not provide access to The Pacific or to investor materials. Community members who register through the website or an event RSVP are kept on a separate member list. Our partners review each registration individually and may invite a member to The Pacific; an invitation is never automatic.

The Pacific accounts

The Pacific uses one-time sign-in links sent by email; we do not ask you to create a password. When you sign in, we store your email address, an account identifier, and a secure session cookie needed to keep you signed in. If you are approved to receive investor materials, we record each time you view or download them, including the date, time, IP address, and browser.

How we use information

We use information to respond to requests, manage community and event communications, deliver newsletters, evaluate eligibility for investor materials, document compliance reviews, prevent misuse, maintain security, and satisfy legal or regulatory obligations. Newsletter subscribers remain in the general communications audience and do not receive access to private investor materials solely by subscribing.

Investor-material requests

Submitting an eligibility questionnaire does not grant access to offering materials and does not create an investor relationship. Every request is subject to individualized human review by a partner. We may contact you for additional information and may decline a request.

Compliance records

Questionnaires, the acknowledgments you accepted (including the exact wording and version shown to you), partner review decisions and notes, and investor-material access logs are kept as permanent compliance records. They cannot be edited after submission, and we retain them for as long as required by applicable securities, tax, and recordkeeping obligations, even if you later close your account or unsubscribe. A deletion request may therefore be limited to information that is not part of these records.

How we share information

We do not sell personal information. We may share it with service providers that support website hosting, email delivery, security, recordkeeping, or professional advice, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations. We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights or safety, or in connection with a reorganization or transfer of the fund's operations.

Retention and security

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes above, including applicable legal, tax, and compliance retention periods. We use administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information, but no online system is completely secure.

Your choices and rights

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link in those messages. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or a copy of personal information, and to receive information about disclosures. We do not discriminate against anyone for exercising an applicable privacy right. Legal or compliance obligations may limit some requests.

Cookies and external services

The site uses essential cookies to keep Pacific members signed in and may use other essential browser storage required for security and basic operation. We use service providers for database hosting (Supabase) and email delivery (Resend). Links to LinkedIn, Substack, Eventbrite, or other third-party services are governed by those services' own privacy policies. We will update this policy before introducing materially different tracking or advertising practices.

Contact and updates

To make a privacy request, email hello@theshoresfund.com with "Privacy request" in the subject line. We may update this policy as our practices or legal obligations change; the effective date above identifies the latest version.

No university affiliation

The Shores Fund is an independent organization. Not affiliated with UC San Diego or the University of California - Cal. Ed. Code § 92000 & UC San Diego PPM 510-10.