Additionally, natural disasters or other catastrophic events may also cause damage or disruption to our operations, international commerce and the global economy and could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Our business operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters, fire, power shortages, and other events beyond our control. In addition, our global operations expose us to risks associated with public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Further, acts of terrorism, labor activism, or unrest and other geopolitical unrest could cause disruptions in our business or the global economy as a whole. In the event of a natural disaster, including a major earthquake, blizzard, hurricane, or a catastrophic event such as a fire, power loss or telecommunications failure, we may be unable to continue our operations and may endure system interruptions, reputational and brand harm, delays in development, lengthy interruptions in service, breaches of data security and loss of critical data, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Natural catastrophic events and man-made problems such as power disruptions, computer viruses, global pandemics, data security breaches and terrorism may disrupt our business.
We rely heavily on our network infrastructure and IT systems for our business operations. An online attack, damage as a result of civil unrest, earthquake, fire, terrorist attack, power loss, global pandemics, telecommunications failure or other similar catastrophic events could cause system interruptions, delays in accessing our service, reputational harm and loss of critical data. Such events could prevent clients and members from accessing our platform and programs. A catastrophic event that results in the destruction or disruption of our data centers, or our network infrastructure or IT systems, including any errors, defects, or failures in third-party hardware, could affect our ability to conduct normal business operations and adversely affect our results of operations.
In addition, as computer malware, viruses, computer hacking, fraudulent use attempts, and phishing attacks have become more prevalent, we face increased risk from these activities. These activities threaten the performance, reliability, security, and availability of our platform and programs. Any computer malware, viruses, computer hacking, fraudulent use attempts, phishing attacks, or other data security breaches to our systems could, among other things, harm our reputation and our ability to retain existing clients and attract new clients.
Our corporate headquarters are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, which has experienced both severe earthquakes and wildfires. We do not carry earthquake insurance. Furthermore, integral parties in our supply chain are similarly vulnerable to natural disasters or other sudden, unforeseen, and severe adverse events. If such an event were to affect our supply chain, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our insurance strategy may not be adequate to protect us from all business risks.
In the ordinary course of business, we may be subject to losses resulting from general liability, consumer actions, accidents, acts of God and other claims against us, for which we may have no insurance coverage. While we currently carry commercial general liability, excess liability, workers’ compensation, employment practices liability, cyber security, and directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, we may not maintain as much insurance coverage as other competitors do, and in some cases, we may not maintain any at all. Additionally, the policies that we do have may include significant deductibles, and we cannot be certain that our insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover all future claims against us. A loss that is uninsured or exceeds policy limits may require us to pay substantial amounts, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our management has limited experience in operating a public company.
Certain of our executive officers have limited, or no, experience in the management of a publicly traded company. Our management team may not successfully or effectively manage our transition to a public company
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