LAUNCHASTARTUP.COM PRIVACY POLICY

1. Introduction

Thank you for visiting LaunchAStartup.com and, if applicable, choosing to use our Service. This Privacy Policy, like our Terms of Service, is an integral part of using our service, and you must completely agree to it in order to use our Site and Service.

2. Definitions

Throughout this Privacy Policy, we may use certain words or phrases, and it is important that you understand the meaning of them. The list is not all-encompassing and no definition should be considered binding to the point that it renders this Privacy Policy nonsensical:

“Agreement” means these Terms of Service;
“Buyer” refers to a person purchasing the goods or services of a Seller through our Site;
“LaunchAStartup” refers to the sole proprietorship which owns this website (Jonathan Soriano), our Site, or our Service, depending on the context of the usage;
“Seller” refers to a person selling goods or services to a Buyer through our Site;
“Service” refers to the services that we provide through our Site;
“Site” refers to our website, www.launchastartup.com;
“User” refers to you, Buyers, Sellers, and general visitors to our Site;
“You” refers to you, the person who is entering into this Agreement with LaunchAStartup.

3. Information Collected

Identifying Information Collected by Us

We collect certain personal information from you when you purchase our Services that can be used to identify you, such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address, date of birth, Social Security Number, credit card information, telephone number, bank account information, and IRS Form W-9 and/or 1099 information. This information is disclosed only in accordance with our Terms of Service and/or this Privacy Policy.

Some of this information—particularly credit card payment information—may be transmitted to the third party payment processor that we use,www.bancbox.com , to enable us to process your payments, or you may be required to submit your information to www.bancbox.com directly. BancBox has its own Privacy Policy and other conditions of use, and we recommend that you read their documents carefully in order to understand your rights on that website.

Non-Identifying Information

Whenever you visit our Site, we may collect non-identifying information from you, such as your IP address, referring URL, browser, operating system, cookie information, and Internet Service Provider. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, this information alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

4.1 Use of Your Information

We may use your information:

To enhance or improve Users’ experiences, our Site, or Service.
To process transactions.
To sell, exchange, or transfer with a third party with your consent. You hereby grant us consent to such sale, exchange, and transfer, and agree that we require no further consent to engage in this activity.
To send e-mails about our Site or respond to inquiries.
To send e-mails about the Site and other products, news, or updates for LaunchAStartup, or other businesses, websites, or services owned or operated by us.
To send e-mails about third party products or services.

4.2 Sharing of Your Information with Other Users

Information sharing is essential for our Service. We may, and you agree that we may:

Post your user or organization profile to our Site for others to see.
Display and disseminate any job or organization information that you submit to us.
Use your information to market you to other Users.
Share additional information between parties who enter into an agreement for the provision of goods or services.
Do anything else which we deem to improve the function of LaunchAStartup.

Additionally, in the event that a User contacts us regarding a dispute they are having with you, you agree that we may disclose all or some of your information to them in order to permit them to identify you and serve you with legal documents relevant to the dispute. You agree that we may do this voluntarily (i.e. without a subpoena).

5. Accessing, Editing, and Removing Your Information

Users may in some cases be able to review and edit the personal information they have provided to us by logging into their account on the Site and editing their account. Although most changes may occur immediately, information may still be stored in a web browser’s cache. We take no responsibility for stored information in your cache, or in other devices that may store information, and disclaim all liability of such. In addition, we may, from time to time, retain residual information about you in our backup and/or database.

6. Cookies

We use cookies to save your preferences, keep track of advertisements, and remember your shopping carts preferences. For this reason, you must have cookies enabled in your browser to use our Site and Services.

Additionally, we use Google AdSense on our Site, which uses the DoubleClick cookie. To disable the DoubleClick cookie, you may visit Google.com’s “Advertising privacy FAQ” at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/ for further instructions.

7. Third Parties

7.1 Third Party Websites

LaunchAStartup or its Users may post links to third party websites on its Site, which may include information that we have no control over. Whether you access third party websites through a link on our Site, or as a consequence of using our Service, you acknowledge that you are aware that these third party websites are not screened for privacy or security issues by us, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.

Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties. LaunchAStartup bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links or through our Service.

7.2 Purchases

You will be required to provide your financial information to Stripe when paying LaunchAStartup or its Users for goods or services provided. It is your responsibility to ensure the security of your payment details when making purchases through this third party, and we recommend that you conduct routine credit bureau checks to protect your identity.

7.3 Affiliate Links

We use affiliate links on our Site. In other words, we may promote a product or service that is sold by a third party. When you purchase these products or services from the third party, LaunchAStartup is not privy to the transaction, and we have no control over how your information is collected or stored. Therefore, we recommend that you thoroughly review such websites as much as we recommend that you do so under Section 7.1 of this Privacy Policy.

8. Third Party Access to Your Information

Although you are entering into an Agreement with LaunchAStartup to disclose your information to us, we do use third party individuals and organizations to assist us, including contractors, web hosts, and others.

Throughout the course of our provision of our Services to you, we may delegate our authority to collect, access, use, and disseminate your information. For example, our web host stores the information that you provide us, and we may hire third parties to assist us in maintaining, repairing, improving, or otherwise assisting us with our Site and Services.

It is therefore necessary that you grant the third parties we may use in the course of our business the same rights that you afford us under this Privacy Policy. For this reason, you hereby agree that for every authorization which you grant to us in this Privacy Policy, you also grant to any third party that we may hire, contract, or otherwise retain the services of for the purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, or otherwise improving or preserving our website or its underlying files or systems. You agree not to hold us liable for the actions of any of these third parties, even if we would normally be held vicariously liable for their actions, and that you must take legal action against them directly should they commit any tort or other actionable wrong against you.

9. Law Enforcement

You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you and release your information without receiving any request to third parties where we believe that it is proper to do so for legal reasons, such as instances where we believe your publications violate any law of the United States or any other country having jurisdiction over us, our Site, Services, or our Terms of Service. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants. We may release your information under the conditions listed in this paragraph whether it is to individuals or entities in the State of Nevada, the rest of the United States, or elsewhere.

10. Commercial and Non-Commercial Communications

By providing information to the Site that forms the basis of communication with you, such as contact information, you waive all rights to file complaints concerning unsolicited email from us since, by providing such information, you agree to receive communication from us other anyone else covered under this Privacy Policy. However, you may unsubscribe from certain communications by notifying LaunchAStartup that you no longer wish to receive solicitations or information and we will endeavor to remove you from our database where you have the right to request this under our Agreement, Privacy Policy, or applicable law, or where we voluntarily decide to grant the request.

11. Security Measures

We take certain measures to enhance the security of our Site and Services, including using SSL Certificates, Vulnerability Scanning, and PCI DSS-compliant hosting. However, we make no representations as to the security or privacy of your information. It is in our interest to keep our website secure, but we recommend that you use anti-virus software, routine credit checks, firewalls, and other precautions to protect yourself from security and privacy threats.

12. Your California Privacy Rights

LaunchAStartup permits residents of the State of California to use its Service, and complies with the California Business and Professions Code §§ 22575-22579. If you are a California resident you may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Various provisions throughout this Privacy Policy address requirements of the Californian privacy statutes. In summary, you must presume that we collect electronic information from all visitors. You may contact us at support@launchastartup.com with any questions.

13. International Transfer

Your information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, LaunchAStartup may transfer personal information to the United States or elsewhere and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

14. Amendments

Like our Terms of Service, we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will place a note on our Site as to when the Privacy Policy was last modified. You must agree to the amendments as a condition of your continued use of our Site and Service. If you do not agree, you must immediately cease using our Site and Service and notify us of your refusal to agree by e-mailing us at support@launchastartup.com .