Privacy Policy for StartupsInAsia.in

Last Updated: 17/10/2025

1. Introduction

StartupsInAsia.in (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website StartupsInAsia.in

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the Site.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

a. Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and company details, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site, subscribe to our newsletter, participate in forum discussions, or contact us. This information is used to identify you.

b. Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

c. Financial Data
If you make a purchase or transaction on our Site (e.g., for a premium report), financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) may be collected and stored by our third-party payment processors. We do not store sensitive financial data on our servers.

d. Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

  • Create and manage your account.
  • Email you regarding your account or order.
  • Deliver newsletters, reports, and other updates about the Asian startup ecosystem.
  • Enable user-to-user communications (e.g., in forum discussions).
  • Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Site more personalized.
  • Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
  • Notify you of updates to the Site.
  • Offer new products, services, and/or recommendations to you.
  • Perform other business activities as needed.
  • Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
  • Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Site.
  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
  • Respond to product and customer service requests.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (For GDPR Compliance)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your information depends on the information and the context in which we collect it. We rely on the following bases:

  • Performance of a Contract: Your data is necessary to provide the Services (e.g., to create your account).
  • Legitimate Interests: The processing is in our legitimate interests to operate and improve our Site, send you relevant content, and ensure network security. It is not overridden by your rights.
  • Consent: You have given us explicit consent for processing your data for a specific purpose (e.g., sending you our newsletter).

5. Sharing Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

a. By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

b. Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

c. Marketing Communications
With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

d. Affiliates
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

e. Business Partners
We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

f. Other Third Parties
We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

6. Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

a. Cookies and Web Beacons
We may use cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Site. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site. We may also use web beacons (also known as “pixel tags”) to access cookies and count users who visit our Site.

b. Website Analytics
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: [Your Contact Email].

9. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

10. International Transfers

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

11. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us immediately.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: contact@startupsinasia.in
Website: https://startupsinasia.in

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