Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 10/03/2025

1. Introduction

ModelsForStartUps (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you register on our website [www.modelsforstartups.com] (“Site”). It also outlines your rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Information We Collect

When you register on our Site, we may collect the following types of personal data:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, postal address, date of birth, and other contact details.
  • Login Information: Username, password, and any other login credentials.
  • Financial Information: Payment details (where applicable) for transactions made on our Site.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our Site, products, and services.

3. How We Use Your Data

We may use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Create and Manage Your Account: To process your registration and manage your account on our Site.
  • To Communicate with You: To send you service-related communications, including account verification, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
  • To Improve Our Services: To analyse your usage of the Site and enhance our services based on user experience and feedback.
  • To Process Payments: To handle transactions, including payment processing, invoicing, and fraud prevention.
  • For Marketing Purposes: To send you promotional materials, newsletters, and other information that may be of interest to you (you can opt-out at any time).
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: To ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:

  • Consent: Where you have provided your consent to receive marketing communications.
  • Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as creating and managing your account or processing payments.
  • Legal Obligation: Where we are required to process your data to comply with legal obligations.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services or preventing fraud, provided these interests do not override your rights.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal data with third parties under the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services (e.g., payment processors, hosting providers).
  • Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, or legal process.
  • Business Transfers: If we undergo a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction.

6. Payment Privacy Notice

When you make a payment on our Site, we use secure third-party payment processors to handle your financial transactions. These payment processors adhere to the highest security standards to protect your financial data. We do not store or have access to your full payment card details. The information we collect for processing payments may include:

  • Payment Method Details: Card type, last four digits of the card number, billing address, and expiry date.
  • Transaction Details: Transaction amount, date, and time.

All payment transactions are encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Our payment processors are PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant, ensuring your financial information is handled securely.

We use this information to process your payment, manage any refunds, and to prevent fraudulent transactions.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When your data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it.

8. Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data.
  • Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data (subject to certain conditions).
  • Restriction: You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Data Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your data to another service provider.
  • Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Withdraw Consent: Where you have provided consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at Admin@ModelsForStartUps.com.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. International Transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the UK that do not have the same level of data protection laws. When we transfer your data internationally, we will ensure that it is protected by appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

ModelsForStartUps

Email: Orders@ModelsForStartUps.com

13. Complaints

If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to file a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.

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