Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information necessary to provide our service:

• Newsletter subscribers: email address (provided voluntarily when you subscribe).
• Contact form submissions: name, email, subject, and message content.
• Analytics: standard anonymized analytics data via Google Analytics — pages visited, referrer source, approximate location (country/city level), device type, and time on page. IP addresses are anonymized.
• Server logs: standard HTTP request logs (IP, user-agent, URL, timestamp), retained for 30 days for security and operational purposes.

We do not collect financial information, government identifiers, biometrics, or sensitive personal information.

2. How We Use Your Data

• To deliver the StartupFox Brief newsletter to subscribers who have opted in.
• To respond to contact form inquiries.
• To understand aggregated traffic patterns and improve content (via Google Analytics).
• To detect and prevent abuse, spam, and security threats.

3. What We Don't Do

• We do not sell your email address or personal information to any third party.
• We do not share your data with advertisers for targeting or profiling.
• We do not use your data to train AI models or sell to AI training providers.
• We do not track you across other websites.

4. Cookies

We use the following cookies:

• Essential cookies for basic site functionality (e.g., remembering your dismissal of the newsletter popup).
• Analytics cookies set by Google Analytics. You can disable these via your browser's cookie settings or by using a browser-level opt-out extension.

We do not use advertising cookies, social-media tracking cookies, or cross-site tracking technologies.

5. Data Retention

• Newsletter subscriber emails: retained until you unsubscribe.
• Contact form submissions: retained for 24 months for context on ongoing correspondence, then deleted.
• Server logs: 30 days.
• Analytics data: per Google Analytics' default 14-month retention.

6. Your Rights

Under applicable laws (DPDP Act 2023 in India, GDPR in the EU), you have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you.
• Correct any inaccurate information.
• Delete your personal information (subject to legal retention obligations).
• Withdraw consent for newsletter subscription at any time via the unsubscribe link in any newsletter, or by contacting us directly.
• Object to processing for specific purposes.
• Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.

To exercise any of these rights, email editorial@startupfox.in. We process all requests within 30 days.

7. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process limited reader data:

• Google Analytics — anonymized analytics. Their privacy policy.
• Google Fonts — for typography. Loaded from fonts.googleapis.com. Their privacy policy.
• Hostinger — our infrastructure provider. Their privacy policy.

8. Children's Privacy

StartupFox is not directed at users under 18 and we do not knowingly collect information from children. If we discover we have collected information from someone under 18, we will delete it.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. We will update the "Last updated" date at the top. Material changes will be communicated to newsletter subscribers via email.

10. Contact

For any privacy-related queries or to exercise your rights under this policy, contact us at editorial@startupfox.in or via our contact page.