Privacy Policy

1.Information We Collect

When you register for or use Cofounders Matrimony, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

1.1Account and Contact Information

Depending on how you use our Services, this may include:

• Full name
• Email address
• Mobile phone number
• Date of birth or age, where required
• City, state, country, or general location
• Profile photograph
• Login and account information

1.2Professional and Founder Profile Information

Because Cofounders Matrimony is a platform designed to help individuals discover and connect with potential cofounders, we may collect information such as:

• Educational background
• Professional experience
• Current or previous roles
• Industry or domain expertise
• Technical and non-technical skills
• Areas of interest
• Startup or business experience
• Founder experience
• Business ideas or areas of interest
• Preferred cofounder characteristics
• Expectations from a cofounder
• Availability and commitment preferences
• Professional goals
• Location preferences
• Other information you voluntarily provide in your profile

This information may be used to help identify potential cofounder matches based on the preferences and information provided by you.

1.3Information You Provide During Interactions

We may collect information you provide when you:

• Contact us
• Submit forms
• Participate in surveys
• Apply for events or programs
• Communicate with our team
• Participate in communities
• Request an introduction to another user
• Participate in meetings or networking activities
• Provide feedback or report an issue

1.4Payment Information

If you purchase a paid product, subscription, event ticket, or other service through Cofounders Matrimony, payment information may be processed by third-party payment service providers.

We may receive limited transaction information such as payment status, transaction reference number, amount, and related information necessary to confirm your transaction.

We do not intend to store complete credit or debit card details on our own servers.

1.5Information Collected Automatically

When you access our website or application, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate location derived from technical information
• Pages visited
• Time spent on the platform
• Referring URLs
• Usage and interaction information
• Device and technical identifiers

We use this information to operate, secure, maintain, and improve our Services.

2.How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

2.1Providing Our Services

We may use your information to:

• Create and maintain your account
• Create and display your founder profile
• Facilitate cofounder discovery and introductions
• Identify potential matches based on information you provide
• Enable communication between users where permitted
• Provide customer support
• Organise events and networking opportunities
• Provide services you request from us

2.2Improving Matching and Recommendations

Information in your profile may be processed to help us identify potential cofounder matches. For example, we may consider information such as:

• Skills
• Industry
• Experience
• Location
• Interests
• Startup goals
• Founder preferences
• Professional background

We may also use aggregated or anonymised information to analyse the effectiveness of our matching system and improve our Services.

2.3Communications

We may use your contact information to send:

• Account-related communications
• Verification messages
• Service notifications
• Match or introduction notifications
• Event information
• Important updates relating to our Services

Where required, we will seek your consent before sending promotional or marketing communications. You may opt out of promotional communications at any time.

2.4Security and Fraud Prevention

We may process information to:

• Protect user accounts
• Detect suspicious activity
• Prevent fraud, abuse, or misuse
• Investigate security incidents
• Enforce our Terms & Conditions
• Protect the rights and safety of users and our platform

2.5Legal and Regulatory Compliance

We may process or disclose information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or lawful requests from government authorities.

3.Consent

Where consent is required under applicable law, we will request your consent before processing your personal data for the relevant purpose.

By providing personal information when creating an account, completing your profile, requesting an introduction, purchasing a service, registering for an event, or otherwise using our Services, you acknowledge that your information may be processed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and the relevant notice provided to you.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent, subject to applicable law and any consequences that may result from such withdrawal.

Withdrawal of consent will not affect processing that was lawfully carried out before the withdrawal.

4.Your Cofounder Profile

Cofounders Matrimony is designed around professional and founder discovery.

Certain information that you choose to include in your profile may be visible to other registered users or shared with potential matches as part of the Services.

You should therefore avoid including information in your public or matching profile that you do not want other users to see.

You are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide to us is accurate, current, and does not unlawfully disclose another person's personal information.

We may provide profile visibility, matching, or introduction controls that allow you to manage how your information is presented to other users.

5.Disclosure of Information

We do not sell your personal information for money.

We may share personal information where reasonably necessary for providing and operating our Services, including with:

5.1Service Providers

We may use trusted third-party service providers for services such as:

• Cloud hosting
• Database management
• Authentication and verification
• Communication and messaging
• Analytics
• Customer support
• Payment processing
• Email and SMS delivery
• Security
• Website and application infrastructure

These providers may process information on our behalf and are expected to handle information in accordance with applicable contractual and legal requirements.

5.2Other Platform Users

Where you choose to participate in our matching services, certain information from your profile may be made available to other registered users or potential cofounder matches.

The extent of information shared may depend on your profile settings, the nature of the service, and the particular interaction.

5.3Legal Requirements

We may disclose information where required or permitted by applicable law, including in response to lawful requests, legal proceedings, regulatory requirements, or to protect our rights, users, property, or safety.

5.4Business Transfers

If Cofounders Matrimony is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, investment, financing, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

6.Third-Party Services and Links

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications, payment gateways, social media platforms, or other services.

Third-party services operate under their own privacy policies and terms.

Once you leave our website or application and access a third-party service, that service's privacy policy may apply instead of this Privacy Policy.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing them with personal information.

7.Payment Information

Payments made through Cofounders Matrimony may be processed through third-party payment gateway providers.

Payment providers may collect and process payment information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable security standards.

We do not intentionally store complete credit card, debit card, CVV, or banking credentials on our own servers.

Transaction-related information may be retained where necessary for accounting, legal, fraud prevention, customer support, or other legitimate business purposes.

8.Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Maintain login sessions
• Remember preferences
• Understand how users interact with our Services
• Improve website performance
• Maintain security
• Analyse usage and traffic
• Improve our Services

Cookies may contain technical information and are not necessarily used to directly identify you.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our Services.

9.Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, loss, or destruction.

These measures may include appropriate access controls, authentication mechanisms, encryption where appropriate, secure infrastructure, monitoring, and other security practices.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are also responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and should notify us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised.

10.Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to:

• Provide our Services
• Maintain your account
• Facilitate requested introductions
• Meet legal or regulatory requirements
• Resolve disputes
• Prevent fraud or abuse
• Enforce our agreements
• Maintain business and transaction records

When personal information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymise, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law and our internal retention practices.

11.Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the ability to:

• Request information about the personal data we process about you
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion of personal information where applicable
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Request assistance in exercising applicable data rights
• Raise a grievance regarding our processing of your personal information

Requests may be submitted using the contact details provided in Contact Us at the end of this Privacy Policy. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

12.Children's Privacy

Cofounders Matrimony is intended for individuals who are legally permitted to use our Services.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without the required consent, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

13.International Data Transfers

Some of our technology, hosting, analytics, communication, payment, or other service providers may process information from locations outside India.

Where personal information is transferred or processed outside India, we will take appropriate measures as required by applicable law.

14.Data Breaches and Security Incidents

If we become aware of a personal data breach affecting your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to investigate, contain, and remediate the incident.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide notifications to affected individuals and/or relevant authorities within the prescribed timelines.

15.Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• Our Services
• Our data practices
• Applicable laws or regulations
• Technology
• Security practices

When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Where required, we may provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

16.Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, withdraw consent, request correction or deletion of your information, or submit a privacy-related complaint, please contact us.

We will review and respond to privacy-related requests in accordance with applicable law.