Privacy Policy
Information We Collect
We collect information that alone or together with other information in our possession could identify you (“Personal Information”).
Personal Information You Provide: When you fill in forms, subscribe to newsletters, apply to startup programmes or events, register for events, submit feedback or contact us, we may collect:
- Your name, email address, phone number, university/student ID (if applicable), academic background or company/startup information (e.g., business name, description, team details)
- Your address, country, city, date of birth, or other demographic details when required
- Your responses or submissions to application forms, surveys or questionnaires
Information Automatically Collected: When you visit and use the Site, we may receive certain information automatically:
- Log data: browser type, IP address, date/time of request, and how you interacted with the Site
- Cookies and similar technologies: session cookies, persistent cookies, tracking identifiers, device identifiers
- Device and usage information: device type, operating system, browser version, pages visited, referral site, time spent, clicks and other user behaviour metrics
Information from Third-Parties / Social Media: If you engage with our social media pages or use social login/embedded services, we may collect additional information such as your social media profile (if you allow it), or public information from the social networks.
Use of Information
We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
- To provide, manage and administer the Services (including processing applications, registrations, attendance tracking)
- To communicate with you: send confirmations, newsletters, updates about our programmes, events, or changes to Policies
- To improve, customise and enhance our Site and Services: perform analytics, monitor user trends, improve design and content, investigate technical issues or misuse
- To ensure the security of the Site, detect fraud or abuse, and enforce our legal rights and Policies
- To comply with applicable laws, regulations or institutional obligations (within Bangladesh or internationally)
We may also use aggregated (non-identifiable) information for research, reporting, benchmarking and to publish general statistics about our programmes.
Disclosure of Information
We may disclose Personal Information to:
- NSUSN affiliates and partners
- Startup founders and companies participating in our programs
- Vendors and service providers supporting our operations
- Regulatory authorities as required by law
We DO NOT sell or share personal information for advertising purposes.
Data Retention and Security
Data Retention: We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law or NSU institutional policy.
Security: We implement organisational, technical and administrative measures designed to protect your Personal Information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Despite our efforts, no system can guarantee absolute security, and you accept that transmissions over the internet are inherently insecure.
Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and administer the Site, gather usage data, improve user experience, and perform analytics.
- Cookies: small data files placed on your device. Some expire at the end of your session (“session cookies”), others remain until a defined expiry date (“persistent cookies”).
- Tracking technologies: may include analytics tools (such as Google Analytics), social media plugins, embedded content, which may collect data about your browsing across sites.
- Your choices: you can modify your browser settings to block or alert you to incoming cookies. However, blocking cookies may restrict your access to some parts of the Site or degrade certain functionalities.
Your Rights
Depending on applicable law and institutional policy, you may have the right to:
- Request access to the Personal Information we hold about you
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information
- Request deletion of your Personal Information (subject to legal or institutional retention obligations)
- Opt-out of receiving marketing or notification communications from us
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at nsu.sn@northsouth.edu. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law and institutional policy.
Children’s Privacy
- Services are not directed to children under the age of 13.
- NSUSN does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. Contact us if you believe we unintentionally did so.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal/regulatory developments or institutional policy updates. We will post the updated Policy on this page and update the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the Site after the revised Policy is posted constitutes your acceptance of the changed terms.
