Privacy Policy
Effective date: May 13, 2024.
Your privacy is important to us at StudentVentures. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website www.startstudentventures.com and use our web platform services. Please read this policy carefully.
1. Information We Collect
We collect "voluntarily provided" personal information that you knowingly provide to us, such as your full name, email address, location (country and city), educational background, and interests.
We also automatically collect certain "automatically collected" information about how you use our platform, such as when you logged in, how long you used the platform, and anonymized data about how many people viewed certain projects published on our platform.
2. Use of Your Personal Information
- To provide and operate our web platform services
- To communicate with you about your account and provide customer support
- To analyze usage of our platform to improve our services
- For internal research, analytics and improving our platform
3. Disclosure to Third Parties
We use Google Analytics, a third-party web analytics service, which may collect and process some automatically collected data from our platform's users.
Other than Google Analytics, we do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to any other third parties.
4. International Data Transfers
Your personal information is stored and processed on our cloud servers located in Frankfurt, Germany, operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as needed for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
6. Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
7. Your Privacy Rights
You may have certain rights to access, update, delete or obtain a copy of the personal information we have collected about you, subject to applicable law. Please contact us to exercise any applicable rights.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website.
9. Google user data
Our platform offers the convenience of OAuth 2.0 registration and login using your Google account. By authorizing our app, you grant us permission to collect your email address, OpenID, and public profile information from Google. We gather this information to enhance your user experience and simplify the login and registration processes. As a GDPR-compliant platform, we prioritize your data privacy and security. You have the right to request the removal of all your personal data from our servers at any time. We value transparency and strive to handle your information responsibly. If you have any concerns or questions regarding our data practices, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at privacy@startstudentventures.com.