Privacy Policy

This policy applies to todaysstartupnews.com, its user accounts, newsletters, company and funding databases, and related services operated under the Today's Startup News name (“TSN”, “we”, “us”). For questions or privacy requests, contact todaystartupnews@gmail.com.

• Account and profile data: name, username, email address, hashed password, Google account identifier and profile image when you choose Google sign-in, and optional profile details you provide.
• Newsletter and communications: email address, optional name, subscription status, and information included in messages, corrections or enquiries you send us.
• Session and security data: IP address, approximate location derived from IP, browser, operating system, device information, login times and session activity.
• Usage and attribution data: pages viewed, clicks, scrolling and interaction events, referral URL, UTM campaign parameters, approximate location, browser and device information.
• Public company information: professional details about companies, founders, executives, investors, funding events, acquisitions and jobs gathered from public or supplied business sources.

Do not send us sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for your request.

• Provide accounts, maintain authenticated sessions and respond to support requests.
• Send requested newsletters and service messages and maintain subscription preferences.
• Secure the service, prevent abuse, diagnose failures and enforce our terms.
• Measure readership, referral sources and site performance; improve navigation and content.
• Publish and maintain news coverage and sourced company intelligence.
• Display, measure and manage advertising and sponsored placements.
• Meet legal obligations and establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where a law requires a legal basis, processing may rely on your consent, performance of a service you requested, our legitimate interests in operating a secure publication, compliance with law, or another basis permitted by applicable law.

We use Google Analytics to measure site usage, Microsoft Clarity to understand interactions such as clicks, scrolling and page rendering, and Google AdSense to serve and measure advertising. These providers may use cookies or similar identifiers and process device, usage and approximate-location data under their own terms.

Google sign-in may provide your name, email address and profile picture after you approve the sign-in flow. Cloudinary may host profile and publication media. We also use infrastructure, database, email and security providers as necessary to operate the service.

Review Google's Privacy Policy, Microsoft's Privacy Statement, and Cloudinary's Privacy Policy.

We may disclose information to service providers acting for us; to advertising and analytics providers as described above; when you direct us to share it; in connection with a reorganization or transfer of the service; or when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights and safety, investigate abuse, or respond to lawful process.

We do not sell personal information for money. Some privacy laws may define personalised advertising or the use of third-party advertising identifiers as “selling”, “sharing” or targeted advertising. Where those laws apply, you may have additional opt-out rights.

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here. Account information is generally retained while an account remains active and for a limited period afterward where needed for security, legal or record-keeping purposes. Newsletter data is retained until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Authentication sessions currently expire after seven days unless ended earlier.

Provider-controlled analytics and advertising retention periods may differ. Public-interest reporting and correction records may be retained to preserve the integrity of the publication. Residual copies can remain temporarily in backups and security logs.

We use administrative and technical safeguards designed to reduce risks such as unauthorized access, alteration and loss. No internet service is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our providers may process information in India, the United States, the European Economic Area and other countries. Where required, transfers are handled using contractual or other legally recognized safeguards.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, a copy or summary of your data, restriction or objection, withdrawal of consent, or information about disclosures. You may also have the right to opt out of certain targeted advertising and to complain to a competent authority.

• Update available profile details through your account.
• Unsubscribe through a newsletter link or contact us.
• Manage Google advertising choices through Google Ads Settings.
• Delete browser storage and control cookies through your browser. See our Cookie Policy.

We may verify your identity before fulfilling a request. Legal exceptions may permit or require us to retain certain information.

TSN accounts and personalized services are intended for people aged 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect account data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact us so we can review and take appropriate action.

We may update this policy when our practices, providers or legal obligations change. We will post the revised policy here, change the “Last updated” date, and provide additional notice when required.