Expop Privacy Policy (United Kingdom)
Last updated: August 15th, 2025
Contents
Introduction:
We are Expop (“Expop”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy describes how we protect your information when you use the Expop website, platform (“Platform”) and compete in The Start-Up Challenge (the “Challenge”) (collectively the “Services”).
Please read this Policy carefully to understand how we protect your information. This Policy may change from time to time, so please check the Policy for updates.
For more detail about how we use your information, please contact us at support@expop.io.
Children under the age of 13:
Our Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13, please do not use our Services. If you believe we might have any information about a child under 13 accessing or utilizing our Platform, Challenge, or Services, please contact us at support@expop.io so that we may appropriately address the issue.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It:
We may collect information about you, including (but not limited to):
Who you are: Your name, date of birth and age, usernames, account names, school or affiliation, education level, and country of residence
How to contact you: Your email address, telephone number, and address
Communications you send us: If you contact us, search queries on the Platform, or report a problem, the nature of the query
Your Challenge progress: Project submissions, pitch decks, business idea descriptions, survey responses, public contributions on the Platform, or other materials you create, including in Challenge sessions, workshops, presentations, or events which may capture your image, likeness or voice
Tracking Technologies: When you use our Platform, certain “Tracking Technologies” (including, but not limited to, cookies) allow us (or third parties) to recognise and store information about you. This could include:
What pages you visit on the Platform and for how long
Your location from your IP address (this is like a home address for your computer)
What device you are using (e.g. mobile, desktop, tablet)
What website browser you are using (e.g. Google Chrome)
How you engage with our content (e.g. clicks, scrolls, session duration, form submission actions, purchases)
Parent or guardian information: Their name, credit card information, expiration dates, billing addresses, and contact information (email address, telephone number, and address). This information may also be collected by a third party payment processor, such as Stripe.
Tracking Technology Removal and More Information:
You may be able to limit the Tracking Technologies used by our website and Platform by adjusting your browser settings, using private browsing modes, or installing ad blockers. For more information, please visit:
How We Use Your Information:
Our Activity
Your Information
Why we use your information for our activity
Working out if you are eligible for our Services
Who you are
Communications you send us
Parent or guardian information
Because we’re required to by law
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Making the Platform work for you and making it better
Who you are
How to contact you
Communications you send us
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Providing the Challenge for you
Who you are
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Discussing how we can help you
Who you are
Communications you send us
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Reviewing how you interact with our Services
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Tracking Technologies
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Advertising things we think you might be interested in
Tracking Technologies
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Promoting our Services
Your Challenge Progress
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Keeping our Platform safe
Who you are
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Parent or guardian information
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Sharing Your Information:
We will not sell your information to third parties. We may share your information where necessary (or with your consent) with the following:
To other companies that are part of our group
To other companies who provide services to us
To public bodies for legal reasons
To third parties (e.g. posting winner names and schools on our website) which will be done in accordance with our Terms.
To your school or teacher(s) to advise them of your progress, participation, and engagement with the Platform and Challenge (e.g. to notify them of upcoming submission deadlines, webinars, etc. in order to encourage participation in the Challenge).
If you live in the UK/EU, we may transfer your information outside of the UK/EU. If we do, we make sure it is protected as needed under the law.
How We Store, Retain and Secure Your Information:
We only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil our legal obligations or to provide our Services to you.
We are committed to protecting your information and use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.
Your Rights:
Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights. To exercise any of these rights or to check what applies to you, please email us at support@expop.io.
Right
Description
UK/EU
Information
A right to be told about the information we hold about you
☑️
Access
A right to access the information we hold about you
☑️
Update
A right to tell us to update any information we hold about you that is wrong
☑️
Deletion
A right to ask us to delete the information we hold about you (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Use
A right to stop us using the information we hold about you. (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Delivery
A right to receive the information you have given us (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Objection
A right to object to our use of the information we hold about you (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Technology Decisions
A right for you not to be affected by technology decisions alone
☑️
Withdrawal
A right to withdraw your consent, for us to use your information (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Contact Us:
Please send any questions, comments, and requests about this Policy to:
Data Privacy Officer
Ascendance Us Inc.
169 Madison Ave STE 11804, New York, NY 10016
Or
Countries Outside of the United Kingdom
To view our Privacy Policy for individuals outside of the United Kingdom, click here.
Expop Privacy Policy (United Kingdom)
Last updated: August 15th, 2025
Contents
Introduction:
We are Expop (“Expop”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy describes how we protect your information when you use the Expop website, platform (“Platform”) and compete in The Start-Up Challenge (the “Challenge”) (collectively the “Services”).
Please read this Policy carefully to understand how we protect your information. This Policy may change from time to time, so please check the Policy for updates.
For more detail about how we use your information, please contact us at support@expop.io.
Children under the age of 13:
Our Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13, please do not use our Services. If you believe we might have any information about a child under 13 accessing or utilizing our Platform, Challenge, or Services, please contact us at support@expop.io so that we may appropriately address the issue.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It:
We may collect information about you, including (but not limited to):
Who you are: Your name, date of birth and age, usernames, account names, school or affiliation, education level, and country of residence
How to contact you: Your email address, telephone number, and address
Communications you send us: If you contact us, search queries on the Platform, or report a problem, the nature of the query
Your Challenge progress: Project submissions, pitch decks, business idea descriptions, survey responses, public contributions on the Platform, or other materials you create, including in Challenge sessions, workshops, presentations, or events which may capture your image, likeness or voice
Tracking Technologies: When you use our Platform, certain “Tracking Technologies” (including, but not limited to, cookies) allow us (or third parties) to recognise and store information about you. This could include:
What pages you visit on the Platform and for how long
Your location from your IP address (this is like a home address for your computer)
What device you are using (e.g. mobile, desktop, tablet)
What website browser you are using (e.g. Google Chrome)
How you engage with our content (e.g. clicks, scrolls, session duration, form submission actions, purchases)
Parent or guardian information: Their name, credit card information, expiration dates, billing addresses, and contact information (email address, telephone number, and address). This information may also be collected by a third party payment processor, such as Stripe.
Tracking Technology Removal and More Information:
You may be able to limit the Tracking Technologies used by our website and Platform by adjusting your browser settings, using private browsing modes, or installing ad blockers. For more information, please visit:
How We Use Your Information:
Our Activity
Your Information
Why we use your information for our activity
Working out if you are eligible for our Services
Who you are
Communications you send us
Parent or guardian information
Because we’re required to by law
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Making the Platform work for you and making it better
Who you are
How to contact you
Communications you send us
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Providing the Challenge for you
Who you are
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Discussing how we can help you
Who you are
Communications you send us
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Reviewing how you interact with our Services
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Tracking Technologies
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Advertising things we think you might be interested in
Tracking Technologies
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Promoting our Services
Your Challenge Progress
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Keeping our Platform safe
Who you are
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Parent or guardian information
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Sharing Your Information:
We will not sell your information to third parties. We may share your information where necessary (or with your consent) with the following:
To other companies that are part of our group
To other companies who provide services to us
To public bodies for legal reasons
To third parties (e.g. posting winner names and schools on our website) which will be done in accordance with our Terms.
To your school or teacher(s) to advise them of your progress, participation, and engagement with the Platform and Challenge (e.g. to notify them of upcoming submission deadlines, webinars, etc. in order to encourage participation in the Challenge).
If you live in the UK/EU, we may transfer your information outside of the UK/EU. If we do, we make sure it is protected as needed under the law.
How We Store, Retain and Secure Your Information:
We only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil our legal obligations or to provide our Services to you.
We are committed to protecting your information and use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.
Your Rights:
Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights. To exercise any of these rights or to check what applies to you, please email us at support@expop.io.
Right
Description
UK/EU
Information
A right to be told about the information we hold about you
☑️
Access
A right to access the information we hold about you
☑️
Update
A right to tell us to update any information we hold about you that is wrong
☑️
Deletion
A right to ask us to delete the information we hold about you (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Use
A right to stop us using the information we hold about you. (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Delivery
A right to receive the information you have given us (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Objection
A right to object to our use of the information we hold about you (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Technology Decisions
A right for you not to be affected by technology decisions alone
☑️
Withdrawal
A right to withdraw your consent, for us to use your information (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Contact Us:
Please send any questions, comments, and requests about this Policy to:
Data Privacy Officer
Ascendance Us Inc.
169 Madison Ave STE 11804, New York, NY 10016
Or
Countries Outside of the United Kingdom
To view our Privacy Policy for individuals outside of the United Kingdom, click here.
Expop Privacy Policy (United Kingdom)
Last updated: August 15th, 2025
Contents
Introduction:
We are Expop (“Expop”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy describes how we protect your information when you use the Expop website, platform (“Platform”) and compete in The Start-Up Challenge (the “Challenge”) (collectively the “Services”).
Please read this Policy carefully to understand how we protect your information. This Policy may change from time to time, so please check the Policy for updates.
For more detail about how we use your information, please contact us at support@expop.io.
Children under the age of 13:
Our Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13, please do not use our Services. If you believe we might have any information about a child under 13 accessing or utilizing our Platform, Challenge, or Services, please contact us at support@expop.io so that we may appropriately address the issue.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It:
We may collect information about you, including (but not limited to):
Who you are: Your name, date of birth and age, usernames, account names, school or affiliation, education level, and country of residence
How to contact you: Your email address, telephone number, and address
Communications you send us: If you contact us, search queries on the Platform, or report a problem, the nature of the query
Your Challenge progress: Project submissions, pitch decks, business idea descriptions, survey responses, public contributions on the Platform, or other materials you create, including in Challenge sessions, workshops, presentations, or events which may capture your image, likeness or voice
Tracking Technologies: When you use our Platform, certain “Tracking Technologies” (including, but not limited to, cookies) allow us (or third parties) to recognise and store information about you. This could include:
What pages you visit on the Platform and for how long
Your location from your IP address (this is like a home address for your computer)
What device you are using (e.g. mobile, desktop, tablet)
What website browser you are using (e.g. Google Chrome)
How you engage with our content (e.g. clicks, scrolls, session duration, form submission actions, purchases)
Parent or guardian information: Their name, credit card information, expiration dates, billing addresses, and contact information (email address, telephone number, and address). This information may also be collected by a third party payment processor, such as Stripe.
Tracking Technology Removal and More Information:
You may be able to limit the Tracking Technologies used by our website and Platform by adjusting your browser settings, using private browsing modes, or installing ad blockers. For more information, please visit:
How We Use Your Information:
Our Activity
Your Information
Why we use your information for our activity
Working out if you are eligible for our Services
Who you are
Communications you send us
Parent or guardian information
Because we’re required to by law
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Making the Platform work for you and making it better
Who you are
How to contact you
Communications you send us
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Providing the Challenge for you
Who you are
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Discussing how we can help you
Who you are
Communications you send us
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Reviewing how you interact with our Services
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Tracking Technologies
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Advertising things we think you might be interested in
Tracking Technologies
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Promoting our Services
Your Challenge Progress
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Keeping our Platform safe
Who you are
Communications you send us
Your Challenge Progress
Parent or guardian information
Because we’ve agreed to in our contract with you
Because it helps our business without disadvantaging you
Sharing Your Information:
We will not sell your information to third parties. We may share your information where necessary (or with your consent) with the following:
To other companies that are part of our group
To other companies who provide services to us
To public bodies for legal reasons
To third parties (e.g. posting winner names and schools on our website) which will be done in accordance with our Terms.
To your school or teacher(s) to advise them of your progress, participation, and engagement with the Platform and Challenge (e.g. to notify them of upcoming submission deadlines, webinars, etc. in order to encourage participation in the Challenge).
If you live in the UK/EU, we may transfer your information outside of the UK/EU. If we do, we make sure it is protected as needed under the law.
How We Store, Retain and Secure Your Information:
We only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil our legal obligations or to provide our Services to you.
We are committed to protecting your information and use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.
Your Rights:
Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights. To exercise any of these rights or to check what applies to you, please email us at support@expop.io.
Right
Description
UK/EU
Information
A right to be told about the information we hold about you
☑️
Access
A right to access the information we hold about you
☑️
Update
A right to tell us to update any information we hold about you that is wrong
☑️
Deletion
A right to ask us to delete the information we hold about you (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Use
A right to stop us using the information we hold about you. (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Delivery
A right to receive the information you have given us (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Objection
A right to object to our use of the information we hold about you (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Technology Decisions
A right for you not to be affected by technology decisions alone
☑️
Withdrawal
A right to withdraw your consent, for us to use your information (where we are able to do so)
☑️
Contact Us:
Please send any questions, comments, and requests about this Policy to:
Data Privacy Officer
Ascendance Us Inc.
169 Madison Ave STE 11804, New York, NY 10016
Or
Countries Outside of the United Kingdom
To view our Privacy Policy for individuals outside of the United Kingdom, click here.