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Privacy Policy

StartingBloc NFP ("StartingBloc") is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to its web site (the "Site").

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit the Site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to manage and edit, the information. This Privacy Policy applies to the Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other web sites to which we link.

Information Collection
We collect personal information when you wish to use certain features of the Site, such as registering for our mailing list, applying to StartingBloc programs or sending feedback to us. When you choose to use these features, we ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address and other personal information. We use the information that you provide for the following general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain services offered through the Site, to contact you, and to provide our corporate and graduate school sponsors with access to your user profile.

Through the Site, we may automatically gather certain information about the use of the Site, such as how frequently certain areas of the Site are visited including through the use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies.

Disclosure
Other than providing our corporate and graduate school sponsors with access to your user profile and other information you provide, we do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. We also may permit certain trusted partners to access your information in connection with their performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site. We do not otherwise disclose any personal information that you provide to us or any information about your individual visits to our site except when we believe in good faith (i) that the law requires such disclosure or (ii) that such disclosure is necessary to protect the rights and property of StartingBloc or others.

We use non-personally identifiable information in the aggregate, so that we can improve the Site and for business and administrative purposes. We also may use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally identifiable information.

Updating Personal Information and Preferences
If you have signed up to be on our mailing list and would like to update your contact information or cancel your subscription, you may do so by clicking on the unsubscribe link in e-mails that you receive from StartingBloc or by replying to such e-mail and placing the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line.

Children
We do not solicit any personal information from children under the age of 13. We encourage families to obtain additional information about safe use of the Internet at the FTC's site.

Privacy Policy Changes
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy for the Site, we will post the revised Privacy Policy here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us at:

StartingBloc NFP
1 East 53rd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10022