Privacy
Last updated 17 August 2026
Short version: we store your email address so we can email you, plus a coarse country so we know where readers are. We don't sell anything, and unsubscribing removes you from every future send instantly.
What we collect
Your email address
Given by you, confirmed by you clicking a link. That click is recorded with a timestamp — it's our proof you actually opted in.
Approximate location
Country, region and city, resolved at the network edge when you sign up. Used only for an aggregate view of where readers are.
A one-way hash of your IP address
We never store the address itself. The hash is keyed with a secret, used only to rate-limit the forms, and is not reversible back to an IP.
How you found us
The referring page and any campaign tags in the link you clicked.
Email engagement
Whether a message was delivered, bounced, opened, or had a link clicked. Bounce and complaint data isn't optional — providers require senders to act on it.
Anything you send us through a form
If you write to us or send a project request, we keep what you typed — your name, your message, and whichever of phone, company, social handles, budget and timeline you chose to fill in. We keep it as a record of who approached us and when.
What we don't
No third-party analytics, no advertising pixels, no cookies on the public pages, no cross-site tracking, and no selling or renting the list to anyone, ever. The only cookie this site sets is an admin session cookie, and only for us.
Who else sees it
Three providers, acting on our instructions and under contract: one delivers the email and therefore handles your address, one hosts the site, and one runs the database. None of them may use your data for their own purposes. That's the entire list — nobody else receives it, and we don't share it with advertisers, data brokers or partners.
We name the categories rather than the companies so we can change a supplier without rewriting this page. If you want to know exactly who they are before you subscribe, ask — we'll tell you.
How long we keep it
Until you unsubscribe, plus a suppression record afterwards so we can prove we stopped mailing you and never accidentally re-add you. Signups that are never confirmed are deleted after 72 hours. Messages you send us are kept until you ask us to remove them.
Getting rid of it
Click unsubscribe in any email — it works on the first click, with no confirmation step. For full deletion including the suppression record, email team@startupsventures.coand we'll action it. If you're in the UK or EU you can also request a copy of what we hold; same address.