Privacy Policy

Who we are

Startup Unicorns is a card game about startups and founders created by Steven de Salas.

This a creative project brought to life by 175 people through a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter which was funded successfully on Jan 2025.

The website you are browsing is used as a fulfillment tool that makes it possible to ship copies of the game to our backers.

It also allows existing backers or their friends and family to purchase extra copies.

Use of your data

Our backers will be receiving an email inviting them to “Ship their Reward”. In other words to provide their shipping address information and pay for delivery so they can receive a copy of the game they’ve helped to create.

The data being collected from backers is their email, name and physical address information, their IP address and browser user agent. 

These will be used to fulfill the crowfunding campaign.

Cookies

This website makes use of cookies to keep a session open.

In other words, to remember information (particularly a coupon code and number of units being ordered) if a backer leaves without completing the fulfillment process.

Who we share your data with

If you provide us with your name and a physical address, we will give this information to the shipping company so you can receive a copy of the game that you helped to create.

If you make a card payment, our payment processor (Stripe) will collect your payment information directly from our website. We are not involved in card processing.

If you give us your email address we will use this to send transactional information that helps you confirm and track your order. This email will be shared with a third-party email provider, that will enable the email to be sent and for you to receive it.

How long we retain your data

We will retain personal information provided by backers but only that which is strictly necessary and for as long as we need to ensure that the fulfillment of the campaign has been carried out successfully.

This means that physical address information provided by backers will be stored for around 6 months to 1 year. Long enough to handle missing shipments, refunds and returns. After which we will delete it.

The name and email information provided will be retained as long we are permitted, this is so we can send promotional follow-up information related to the campaign. Particularly if a sequel to the game is created.

What rights you have over your data

You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, at any time.

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.

Communicating privacy concerns

If you have provided us with personal infomation at any point you will be receiving an email from us.

Please reply to this email if you have any privacy concerns and we will be happy to address them.