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Privacy Policy

In a technology-fueled global economy, our mission is to support forward-looking cities to catalyze their own startup ecosystems to fully participate in it.

Startup Genome LLC and its affiliates (“Startup Genome”, “we” or “us”) are committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals who (“you”):

visit any websites or mobile sites offered by Startup Genome, including without limitation startupgenome.com and including all subdomains thereof, present and future (the “Websites”);
obtain, purchase, inquire about, or view our reports or white papers regarding startups, biotechnology and technology, and startup and tech ecosystems (collectively, the “Reports”);
post information, material, or commentary to our Websites or other publicly accessible online sites configured to accept any information or subject matter in any medium (the “Uploads”); and
are or have registered with us to receive information, including Reports, newsletters, or any other information, on the Websites, or with a Startup Genome representative by email, at an event, web seminar, telephone or other in-person meeting (the “Registrations”).

To make this policy easier to read, we call the Website, the Surveys, the Reports, the Uploads, and the Registrations together, the "Offerings". When we talk about “Personal Information”, we mean information relating to you or other identifiable individuals, and which may include but is not limited to your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, business facsimile number, and credit card information; except that Personal Information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated, nor does it include certain business contact information used for the purpose of communicating or facilitating communication with you, as an individual, in relation to your employment, business or profession and which cannot be used to identify you outside of such employment, business or profession. For example, a business email comprising of your name may be considered Personal Information, whereas a telephone number for contacting a place of business may not be. Please note that for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, anonymized or aggregated information will include any information that cannot be used to alone or in combination with other information about you that we collect from you via the Offerings to uniquely identify you.

It is Startup Genome’s policy to respect your privacy and the privacy of all users of the Offerings. This privacy policy respecting our treatment of Personal Information collected by Startup Genome (the “Privacy Policy”) has been established to help you understand our commitment to protecting your privacy and personal data, and the steps we take to ensure it.

Startup Genome reserves the right, at any time, to modify or replace the Privacy Policy. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is available at startupgenome.com/legal/privacy. Please check the Privacy Policy periodically for changes, though we will also notify you via email or other direct electronic communication method of any changes that materially impact your use of the Offerings or the treatment of your Personal Information. While we will endeavor to re-obtain your consent after any such changes, we will, subject to your exercising your right to correct or delete your Personal Information (see below) as well as our Storage Policy (see below), maintain your Personal Information for the purposes of contacting you for the purposes of obtaining such consent upon any such changes.