Your Privacy, Our Promise

We get that privacy is a big deal. This page explains how we handle your information at Cornerstone Startup Advisors. We keep it simple and straightforward, just like our business advice.

Effective Date: 28th May 2024

Who We Are

We are Cornerstone Startup Advisors. Our office is at 112 Oxford Rd, Reading RG1 7LL, UK. We help UK startups find product-market fit and get ready for investment. When we say "we," "us," or "our," that's who we mean.

What Information We Collect About You

When you get in touch with us, we collect a few bits of information:

  • Stuff you tell us directly: This includes your name, email address, phone number, and any details you share about your startup when you fill out our contact form, send us an email, or chat with us.
  • Website usage stuff: We might gather basic, general info about how you use our website. This can include your IP address, which pages you visit, and how long you stay. This helps us make our site better for everyone. We don't use this to identify you personally.

How We Use Your Information

We only use your information for sensible and clear reasons:

  • To talk to you about our services, if you've asked us to.
  • To understand your startup's needs and see how we can best help you.
  • To improve our website and the services we offer.
  • To meet any legal requirements or duties we have to follow here in the UK.

Sharing Your Information

Let's be clear: we don't sell your personal details to anyone. Full stop.

We might share your information in very specific circumstances:

  • For our business operations: We might use trusted third-party services, like an email provider or a company that hosts our website. These partners only get access to the information they need to do their job for us, and they are required to keep it safe and secure.
  • When the law says so: If we are legally required to share information, for instance, by a court order or to a government agency, we will.

Keeping Your Information Safe

We do our best to protect your information. We use reasonable security measures to try and stop it from being lost, used wrongly, or accessed by people who shouldn't see it. No system is 100% foolproof, but we put in a good effort to keep things secure.

Your Rights

You have rights regarding your own personal information. You can:

  • Ask to see it: You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you.
  • Ask us to fix it: If you think something is wrong or out of date, tell us, and we'll correct it.
  • Ask us to delete it: In some cases, you can ask us to get rid of your information.
  • Say no to marketing: While we don't really do mass marketing, if we ever sent you something you didn't want, you can tell us to stop.

To do any of these things, just email us at [email protected].

Cookies

Our website uses small files called 'cookies.' These help the website work properly and let us see how people generally use our site (like what pages are popular). You can usually turn off cookies in your web browser settings if you don't want them. Just be aware that some parts of our website might not work quite as smoothly without them.

Changes to This Policy

We might update this privacy policy from time to time. If we do, we'll put the new version right here on this page and update the "last updated" date at the bottom. It's a good idea to check back now and then to see if anything's changed.

Get In Touch

If you've got any questions about this privacy policy, or anything else about your data, just give us a shout:

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