Effective Date: 19/04/2026
Last Updated: 30/06/2026
STARTIONS LLP (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of students, parents, guardians, mentors, partners, website visitors, and all other users who interact with our website, programs, platforms, products, services, CRM systems, communication channels, and startup participation models. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, process, share, protect, and delete personal data in connection with our educational, entrepreneurial, mentorship, internship, teammate, cofounder, founder, and startup-enablement services.
By accessing our website, applying to our programs, subscribing to our services, enrolling in any startup participation model, or otherwise sharing personal data with us, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Where the user is below 18 years of age, such access, enrollment, participation, and data processing shall be subject to consent of the parent or lawful guardian, wherever applicable under law.
1. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected or processed by STARTIONS LLP through:
- our website, forms, landing pages, and registration portals;
- online and offline enrollment processes;
- CRM platforms including Bitrix24 and similar business tools;
- email, phone, WhatsApp, chat, video calls, and other communication channels;
- mentorship, startup incubation, investor interaction, training, assessment, and collaboration systems;
- subscription purchases, renewals, refunds, and payment processing systems;
- internal business operations, support systems, and security processes.
This Privacy Policy applies to students participating as Interns, Teammates, Co-Founders, and Founders, as well as their parents or guardians where relevant.
2. About Our Services
STARTIONS LLP provides educational and entrepreneurial opportunities through real-market startup participation. Students may subscribe annually and participate in ready-made digital or SaaS startup models operated with our support. Depending on educational stage, age, and eligibility, participants may be onboarded in different roles, including Intern, Teammate, Co-Founder, or Founder.
Participants may receive access to digital startup kits, CRM systems, workspaces, mentorship, training, startup operations support, investor exposure, incubator interaction, communication systems, and related business resources.
3. Categories of Personal Data We Collect
We may collect, store, and process the following categories of personal data, to the extent reasonably necessary for our services, legal obligations, safety requirements, and operational purposes:
3.1 Identity Information
- full name;
- date of birth;
- age;
- gender;
- photograph or profile image;
- student status;
- school, college, or university details;
- role designation such as Intern, Teammate, Co-Founder, or Founder;
- identity verification information where required by law or operational necessity.
3.2 Contact Information
- mobile number;
- email address;
- postal address;
- parent or guardian name and contact details;
- emergency contact details.
3.3 Educational and Participation Information
- class, standard, course, semester, or qualification details;
- onboarding information;
- application details;
- startup assignment details;
- team allocation;
- mentorship allocation;
- performance records;
- attendance or participation records;
- communication records related to tasks, goals, and startup operations.
3.4 Technical and Usage Information
- IP address;
- browser type;
- device information;
- login details;
- access timestamps;
- CRM activity logs;
- usage history on our systems;
- communication metadata;
- website and portal interaction records.
3.5 Payment and Transaction Information
- subscription status;
- billing details;
- invoices;
- payment confirmations;
- refund records;
- transaction references.
3.6 Content and Submission Information
- forms submitted by users;
- assignments;
- startup documents;
- business ideas, reports, decks, and presentations;
- support queries;
- feedback;
- communications with our teams, mentors, or systems.
4. How We Collect Personal Data
We may collect personal data through:
- direct registration, application, and enrollment forms;
- subscriptions and purchase processes;
- website use and digital interactions;
- communications over email, calls, chat, or messaging platforms;
- CRM and onboarding systems;
- mentor, incubator, and partner interactions;
- documents submitted by students or parents;
- internal records created during participation in our programs and startups.
5. Purposes of Data Processing
We process personal data only for lawful, legitimate, specific, and necessary purposes, including:
- evaluating applications and eligibility;
- creating and managing user accounts;
- onboarding students into programs and startup roles;
- delivering startup, training, mentoring, and educational services;
- granting access to CRM tools, dashboards, and business systems;
- facilitating collaboration between participants, mentors, advisors, and partners;
- enabling startup execution, communication, project tracking, and operational workflows;
- managing subscriptions, invoicing, payments, and refunds;
- responding to queries, grievances, and support requests;
- ensuring safety, supervision, discipline, and lawful conduct;
- monitoring service usage for security, fraud prevention, and misuse detection;
- maintaining internal records and compliance documentation;
- improving our services, systems, and user experience;
- complying with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, and enforcement obligations.
6. Lawful Basis and Consent
Where required, we rely on the consent of the user or, in the case of minors, the consent of the parent or lawful guardian, for collection and processing of personal data. By submitting information to us, the user confirms that the information provided is true, accurate, and lawfully shared.
For participants below 18 years of age, STARTIONS LLP may require verifiable parental or guardian consent before collecting, using, sharing, or processing the child’s personal data. We may use reasonable verification methods for such consent, including signed forms, OTP verification, email confirmation, phone verification, platform-based consent capture, or documentary confirmation.
Where consent is withdrawn, we may discontinue some or all services that depend on such data processing. Withdrawal of consent shall not affect processing already undertaken lawfully prior to such withdrawal, and we may retain limited data where required for legal, security, audit, recordkeeping, or dispute-resolution purposes.
7. Participant Categories and Age-Based Protections
STARTIONS LLP recognizes that different participant categories require different levels of privacy and supervision.
7.1 Interns
Interns are typically school-level students, including minors. For such participants, parent or guardian contact may be maintained as the primary or parallel communication channel. Their access to systems, communications, and startup activities may be restricted, supervised, and purpose-limited.
7.2 Teammates
Teammates may include senior students and college-level participants. Where a Teammate is a minor, parental safeguards may continue to apply. Access to startup tools and systems may be monitored and supervised.
7.3 Co-Founders and Founders
Co-Founders and Founders are typically adult participants and may be given broader operational access, subject to confidentiality, business controls, lawful use, and internal supervision requirements.
For all minors, we aim to apply enhanced care, limited sharing, monitored access, and age-appropriate handling of personal data.
8. Sharing of Personal Data
We may share personal data only to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
8.1 Internal Sharing
We may share data within STARTIONS LLP with authorized personnel, administrators, support teams, operations teams, finance teams, HR support teams, and management personnel on a need-to-know basis.
8.2 Service Providers and Vendors
We may share personal data with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our services, including:
- CRM providers such as Bitrix24;
- cloud hosting and storage providers;
- communication and collaboration platforms;
- payment processors;
- email and notification service providers;
- analytics, security, and support vendors;
- document management and workflow providers.
Such service providers may process personal data only as necessary for service delivery, operational support, compliance, and security purposes.
8.3 Mentors, Advisors, Investors, and Incubators
Where relevant to the program, startup participation, mentoring, introductions, evaluation, collaboration, incubation, business development, or professional exposure, we may share limited necessary participant information with mentors, advisors, investors, incubators, startup ecosystem partners, and related third parties.
For minors, such sharing shall be restricted, supervised, and limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
8.4 Legal and Regulatory Sharing
We may disclose personal data where required to do so by law, court order, lawful government request, regulatory direction, legal process, enforcement requirement, or to protect rights, safety, property, users, or the Company.
8.5 Business Transfers
If STARTIONS LLP undergoes merger, acquisition, restructuring, investment transaction, asset transfer, or similar business transition, personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction subject to applicable law.
9. No Sale of Personal Data
We do not sell personal data as part of our ordinary business operations. We do not knowingly permit unrelated third parties to use student personal data for independent advertising, unrelated commercial exploitation, or unauthorized profiling.
10. Cookies, Tracking, and Technical Tools
Our website and platforms may use cookies, session tools, analytics tools, server logs, pixels, and similar technologies to support functionality, security, login continuity, performance monitoring, and service improvement.
Users may manage certain browser-based cookie preferences through their browser settings. However, disabling some technical tools may affect functionality of the website or services.
11. Data Accuracy
Users, students, and where applicable parents or guardians, are responsible for providing accurate and updated information. STARTIONS LLP may rely on information submitted by users unless we are notified of corrections. Users should promptly inform us of any change in contact details, guardian details, educational status, or other relevant data.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or for longer where required for legal, regulatory, contractual, accounting, audit, security, dispute-resolution, fraud-prevention, or operational recordkeeping purposes.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the data, the participant’s role, the duration of program participation, the status of the subscription, pending grievances, legal obligations, and security needs.
After retention is no longer necessary, we may delete, anonymize, archive, or securely restrict access to the data, as appropriate.
13. Data Security
STARTIONS LLP uses reasonable technical, administrative, organizational, and contractual safeguards to protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, destruction, or loss.
Such safeguards may include:
- role-based access restrictions;
- password controls;
- secure access management;
- data access limitation on a need-to-know basis;
- monitoring and logging of system activity;
- vendor oversight;
- internal confidentiality obligations;
- secure storage and communication practices;
- periodic review of access and controls.
While we take reasonable steps to protect personal data, no system, platform, network, or method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users acknowledge the inherent risks of internet-based services and third-party digital platforms.
14. Children’s Privacy
Where participants are below 18 years of age, STARTIONS LLP may process their personal data only in accordance with applicable law and appropriate consent requirements. Parents or lawful guardians may be required to review, authorize, supervise, or communicate in relation to the minor’s participation.
We do not knowingly process children’s personal data for unrelated marketing, unlawful profiling, or inappropriate commercial purposes. We seek to limit collection, sharing, and access for minors to what is necessary for enrollment, program delivery, supervision, safety, communication, and startup participation.
15. User Rights
Subject to applicable law and verification of identity, users and, where applicable, parents or lawful guardians, may have the right to:
- request access to personal data;
- request correction or updating of inaccurate or incomplete data;
- request deletion or erasure of personal data, where applicable;
- withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent;
- request information regarding sharing of personal data;
- raise grievances or complaints regarding data handling.
We may refuse, limit, or defer such requests where permitted or required by law, or where retention is necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, business protection, operational continuity, or dispute resolution.
16. Grievance Redressal and Contact
For any privacy-related questions, concerns, requests, or grievances, users may contact:
STARTIONS LLP
Mrs Nehha Dalal (Founder & M.D)
Email: founder@startions.com
Website: https://startions.com
Address: Oberoi Enigma, Mulund West, Mumbai – 400080
Phone: +91 9119 42 9119
We may require reasonable verification before acting on requests related to personal data.
17. Third-Party Platforms and External Links
Our website, CRM tools, communication systems, or program materials may include links to or integrations with third-party websites, software, platforms, tools, or services. STARTIONS LLP is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or independent policies of such third parties. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of those third-party services separately.
18. Cross-Border Processing
Some service providers, platforms, or technical systems used by STARTIONS LLP may store or process personal data outside India or across multiple jurisdictions. By using our services and submitting personal data, users consent to such transfer, storage, and processing, subject to applicable law and reasonable safeguards adopted by us.
19. Policy Updates
STARTIONS LLP may revise, amend, or update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, services, operations, or compliance requirements. The updated version shall become effective when posted on our website unless otherwise stated.
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of our website, services, or programs after an update shall constitute acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.
20. Acceptance of This Policy
By accessing our website, enrolling in our services, subscribing to our programs, or participating in any STARTIONS LLP offering, the user acknowledges that they have read, understood, and accepted this Privacy Policy. Where the participant is a minor, such acknowledgment and acceptance shall be deemed to include the parent’s or lawful guardian’s involvement wherever required by applicable law.
21. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any disputes arising in relation to this Privacy Policy shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts having jurisdiction over STARTIONS LLP.
22. Contact and Official Notice
All official privacy notices, legal communications, grievances, correction requests, consent withdrawal requests, and related correspondence may be sent to:
STARTIONS LLP
Email: hub@startions.com
Address: Oberoi Enigma, Mulund West, Mumbai- 400080
Phone: +91 9119 42 9119
Website: https://startions.com
We may require reasonable verification before acting on requests related to personal data.
