Privacy Policy

Introduction

RaiseMyStartup is the owner of this site and wishes to express that your privacy is of the utmost concern to us. We guarantee to treat any information received from you with the highest level of respect. This Privacy Policy describes RaiseMyStartup’s policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the services, websites, and applications offered by us (the “Services”) and constitutes a legal agreement between You, as the user of the Website, and RaiseMyStartup, as the owner of the Website. This Policy does not apply to third-party websites that are connected via links to the Website. By using the Services, you consent to our use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Any information received is necessary to provide a level of certainty of intent and to maximize credibility. It may also be used to provide backup that may be helpful in your desire to seek capital and/or to invest. It is also needed in order to aid with the continual improvement of the site and to generally improve the services offered to you. We will not use or share your confidential information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources.

Collection of Information

RaiseMyStartup will use the information provided by You only in accordance with the purposes described in the Policy. During Your use of Our Website, We may collect information from You in following ways:

Information that You provide to Us by filling in forms on the Website.
Information relating to Your business that may be used by Us on the Website or otherwise as agreed to.
Information that You provide when You write directly to Us.
Information that You provide to Us over telephone.
Information that You provide to Us by completing surveys.
When You use the Website.

How We Use your Information

We may use the information provided by You in the following ways:

monitor, improve and administer Our Website.
conduct research and analysis.
analyze how the Website is used, diagnose service or technical problems, maintain security.
remember information to help You efficiently access the Website.
to confirm Your identity in order to ensure that You are eligible to Use the Website.
to ensure that content from Our Website is presented in the most effective manner based upon Your interests.
to contact You to ensure user satisfaction with respect to Your use of the Website.
to provide You with information that You request from Us, where You have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
to notify You about changes on Our Website.
to enable Us to comply with Our legal and regulatory obligations.
analyze how the Services are used.

How We Share Your Information

We will share your confidential information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share the data with certain third parties without further notice to you as described in this policy.

Your Information Privacy

You may, of course, decline to submit sensitive Information through the Services, in which case we may not be able to provide certain services to you. In addition, you may update or correct your account information at any time by logging in to your account. Also, you can use your account’s privacy settings to protect your confidential data from publicly accessible. If you would like us to remove your confidential Information from our database, please send a request to [email protected].

We are not responsible for revising or removing your information obtained by any third party who has previously been provided your information by us in accordance with this policy or any third party to whom you have provided such information.

How We Protect Your Information

RaiseMyStartup uses industry-standard physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to RaiseMyStartup or guarantee that your information on the Services may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our physical, managerial, or technical safeguards.In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of such a breach of security, RaiseMyStartup will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised.

Payment Information

In case of services requiring payment, we request credit card or other payment account information, which will be used solely for processing payments. Your financial information will not be stored by us except for the name and address of the card holder, the expiry date and the last four digits of the Credit Card number. Subject to your prior consent and where necessary for processing future payments, your financial information will be stored in encrypted form on secure servers of our reputed Payment Gateway Service Provider who is beholden to treating your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement

Links to Other Web Sites

This Privacy Policy applies only to our Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by us. The inclusion of a link does not imply any endorsement by Us of the third party website, the website's provider, or the information on the third party website. If You follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites may be governed by their own privacy policies and our Privacy Policy will no longer be in effect. Such third parties may use their own cookies or other methods to collect information about you.

Cookies

Cookies are small bits of data that can be sent to your computer which then may be stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. They cannot be used to retrieve data from your hard drive, email addresses or personally identifying information about you in any way. Most web browsers have features that can notify you when you receive a cookie or prevent cookies from being sent. When you register as a Startup or Investor with www.raisemystartup.com, cookies are used to recognize you on subsequent visits and to make your online experience more user-friendly.

External widgets

We provide the users third party widgets such as Facebook and Twitter buttons on the website that allow users to share articles and other information on different platforms. These widgets may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the widgets to function properly. These widgets do not collect or store any Personal Information from users on the website and simply act as a bridge for your convenience in sharing information. Your interactions with these widgets are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to this page. You should review this Privacy Policy regularly for changes. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy means you consent to such changes.