Privacy Policy
Effective Date: [Insert Date]
Introduction
Next Bharat Ventures (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a venture fund established by Suzuki Corporation, Japan, operating in India. Our primary mission is to invest in early-stage, impact-focused startups through both direct investment and a residency program developed by the fund. We are committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of our website visitors, investors, partners, and participants in our residency program.
This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or engage with our services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
- Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and postal address.
- Professional Information: Company name, job title, business address, and related professional details.
- Financial Information: Bank account details and investment-related information.
- Technical Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technical details when you visit our website.
- Usage Information: Information about your use of our website and services, including your interactions with our residency program.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
- To Provide Our Services: Facilitating your participation in our investment opportunities and residency program.
- To Communicate with You: Sending you updates, newsletters, and information about our services and investments.
- For Administrative Purposes: Processing payments, managing our records, and fulfilling our legal and regulatory obligations.
- To Improve Our Services: Analyzing website usage, improving user experience, and developing new services.
- For Security: Protecting our website, services, and your information from unauthorized access, breaches, and other security risks.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal data with third parties under the following circumstances:
- With Our Affiliates and Partners: Including Suzuki Corporation and other entities involved in the operation of Next Bharat Ventures.
- With Service Providers: Third-party vendors who provide services on our behalf, such as IT services, payment processing, and marketing.
- For Legal Reasons: To comply with legal obligations, protect our rights, or respond to lawful requests from public authorities.
- In Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: The right to request access to your personal data.
- Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure: The right to request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Objection: The right to object to the processing of your data for specific purposes.
- Data Portability: The right to request the transfer of your data to another organization.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Information].
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Next Bharat Ventures
FF 42, Pragya Accelerator, Block15, Zone 1, GIFT SEZ, GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382355
Email: udit@nextbharat.ventures
Phone: (+91) 9974398600
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://nextbharat.ventures.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.