Privacy Policy

This notice applies to all information collected from or submitted to https://www.thetopvoices.com, hereinafter also referred to as “thetopvoices.com,” “we,” and “site.” This privacy policy supports our commitment in serving you and covers thetopvoices.com’s treatment of information collected.

Our site may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. thetopvoices.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of such third-party sites.

1.1 What Information Do We Collect?

We collect your information when you fill out a form on our site. When providing information to us, we may ask you to enter your name and email address.We may keep a record of your email, contact information, and correspondence if you contact us via email.When provided, we may use such information to respond to you.You must be at least 18 years of age to use our site.

We may also automatically collect technical data such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and the pages you visit on our site, using standard web server logs or similar technologies.

For authors or contributors, we may collect additional information, such as professional details (e.g., your occupation, Linkedin, company, or expertise) and any content or materials you submit, including metadata associated with those submissions.

1.2 What Do We Use Your Information For?

Any information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• Delivers value: provide actionable takeaways, unique insights, or new frameworks that readers can apply directly to their work.
• Tells your experience: share your experiences and lessons learned, both successes and failures, in a narrative style.
• Highlights trends: discuss emerging technologies, market shifts, and opportunities in the startup ecosystem.
• Focuses on expertise: bring your deep knowledge of specific industries, challenges, or solutions to the table.

We help experts craft quality content for media, aligned with editorial norms and public.

1.3 Do We Disclose Any Information to Outside Parties?

We may share your information with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. By using our site, you hereby acknowledge and consent to our sharing of your information with our trusted third-party partners.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies or protect our or other’s rights, property or safety.

1.4 International Visitors and Members

To visitors, members, and users of our site who reside outside of United Kingdom, please note that any anonymous or personal information collected from you will be transferred to United Kingdom and processed/stored under the England and Wales privacy and other standards. You agree that by using our site and any services provided by us, you are consenting to such transfer to and processing in United Kingdom.

1.5 Third Party Links

Our site includes third-party/affiliate advertisements. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

1.6 Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to this privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page and/or update the privacy policy modification date specified/shown at the top of this privacy policy. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the last modified date.

1.7 Legal Bases for Processing Under the GDPR

Consent – For example, when you subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a contact form, or voluntarily submit personal information or content (e.g., as an author without a formal contract). By providing this content, you consent to its publication and to the processing of any personal data you include.

Legitimate Interests – For example, we gather website analytics data (e.g., IP address, browser information, pages visited) to improve our service. We may also store limited personal information to respond to inquiries. In cases where authors submit content voluntarily, we may rely on legitimate interest if it is necessary for the proper functioning of the site and does not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Legal Obligation – If we must keep certain data to comply with applicable laws or regulations (e.g., any mandatory record-keeping for financial or tax purposes), we will process data on this basis.

Whenever we process your data based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

2. We respect your privacy

Thetopvoices.com respects your right to privacy and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers and website visitors. This policy sets out how we collect and treat your personal information.We adhere to privacy principles in United Kingdom and to the extent applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).“Personal information” is information we hold which is identifiable as being about you. This includes information such as your name, email address, identification number, or any other type of information that can reasonably identify an individual, either directly or indirectly.

3. What personal information is collected

Thetopvoices.com will, from time to time, receive and store personal information you submit to our website, provided to us directly or given to us in other forms.You may provide basic information such as your name, phone number, address and email address to enable us to send you information, provide updates and process your product or service order.We may collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, when you provide information about your personal or business affairs, change your content or email preference, respond to surveys and/or promotions, provide financial or credit card information, or communicate with our customer support.Additionally, we may also collect any other information you provide while interacting with us.

4. How we collect your personal information

Thetopvoices.com collects personal information from you in a variety of ways, including when you interact with us electronically or in person, when you access our website and when we engage in business activities with you. We may receive personal information from third parties. If we do, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.By providing us with personal information, you consent to the supply of that information subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

5. How we use your personal information

Thetopvoices.com may use personal information collected from you to provide you with information about our products or services. We may also make you aware of new and additional products, services and opportunities available to you.

Thetopvoices.com will use personal information only for the purposes that you consent to. This may include to:

• provide you with products and services during the usual course of our business activities;
• administer our business activities;
• manage, research and develop our products and services;
• provide you with information about our products and services;
• communicate with you by a variety of measures including, but not limited to, by telephone, email, sms or mail;
• investigate any complaints;

If you withhold your personal information, it may not be possible for us to provide you with our products and services or for you to fully access our website. We may disclose your personal information to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant, legal proceedings or in response to a law enforcement agency request.

If there is a change of control in our business or a sale or transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer to the extent permissible at law our user databases, together with any personal information and non-personal information contained in those databases.

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Contact information provided for newsletters will be retained until you withdraw your consent by unsubscribing or opting out of communications. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in our emails or by contacting us directly.

6. Disclosure of your personal information

Thetopvoices.com may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.If we do disclose your personal information to a third party, we will protect it in accordance with this privacy policy.

7. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the European Union (EU)

Thetopvoices.com will comply with the principles of data protection set out in the GDPR for the purpose of fairness, transparency and lawful data collection and use.

We process your personal information as a Processor and/or to the extent that we are a Controller as defined in the GDPR.

We must establish a lawful basis for processing your personal information. The legal basis for which we collect your personal information depends on the data that we collect and how we use it.

We will only collect your personal information with your express consent for a specific purpose and any data collected will be to the extent necessary and not excessive for its purpose. We will keep your data safe and secure.We will also process your personal information if it is necessary for our legitimate interests, or to fulfil a contractual or legal obligation.

We process your personal information if it is necessary to protect your life or in a medical situation, it is necessary to carry out a public function, a task of public interest or if the function has a clear basis in law.

We do not collect or process any personal information from you that is considered “Sensitive Personal Information” under the GDPR, such as personal information relating to your sexual orientation or ethnic origin unless we have obtained your explicit consent, or if it is being collected subject to and in accordance with the GDPR.

You must not provide us with your personal information if you are under the age of 16 without the consent of your parent or someone who has parental authority for you. We do not knowingly collect or process the personal information of children.

8. Your rights under the GDPR

If you are an individual residing in the EU, you have certain rights as to how your personal information is obtained and used. Thetopvoices.com complies with your rights under the GDPR as to how your personal information is used and controlled if you are an individual residing in the EU.

Except as otherwise provided in the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• to be informed how your personal information is being used;
• access your personal information (we will provide you with a free copy of it);
• to correct your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
• to delete your personal information (also known as “the right to be forgotten”);
• to restrict processing of your personal information;to retain and reuse your personal information for your own purposes;
• to object to your personal information being used; andto object against automated decision making and profiling.

Please contact us at any time to exercise your rights under the GDPR at the contact details in this Privacy Policy.We may ask you to verify your identity before acting on any of your requests

9. Security of your personal information

Thetopvoices.com is committed to ensuring that the information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information and protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.Where we employ data processors to process personal information on our behalf, we only do so on the basis that such data processors comply with the requirements under the GDPR and that have adequate technical measures in place to protect personal information against unauthorised use, loss and theft.

The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. We cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personal information that we collect will not be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

In the unlikely event of a data breach that affects your personal data, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authority (such as the UK Information Commissioner’s Office) within 72 hours, as required by law. We will also take immediate steps to mitigate the breach and prevent future occurrences.

10. International Data Transfers

We primarily store and process data in the United Kingdom. However, we may engage third-party services and cloud providers that operate globally, which means your personal data could be transferred and processed in countries outside your country of residence, including those that may have different data protection standards.

1. For EU/EEA Users
The European Commission has deemed the UK to provide an adequate level of data protection, so no additional safeguards are generally required for transferring personal data from the EEA to the UK.

2. Other Transfers
In cases where personal data is transferred to countries without an adequacy decision by the European Commission or the UK government, we rely on appropriate safeguards to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

By using our Site and services, you acknowledge that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions with different data protection rules. We take reasonable measures to ensure your personal data is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and relevant regulations.

11. Access to your personal information

You may request details of personal information that we hold about you and to the extent applicable in accordance with the EU GDPR. If you would like a copy of the information which we hold about you or believe that any information we hold on you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please email us at info@thetopvoices.com

We reserve the right to refuse to provide you with information that we hold about you, in certain circumstances set out any other applicable law.

12. Complaints about privacy

If you have any complaints about our privacy practices, please feel free to send in details of your complaints to info@thetopvoices.com. We take complaints very seriously and will respond shortly after receiving written notice of your complaint.

13. Changes to Privacy Policy

Please be aware that we may change this Privacy Policy in the future. We may modify this Policy at any time, in our sole discretion and all modifications will be effective immediately upon our posting of the modifications on our website or notice board. Please check back from time to time to review our Privacy Policy.

14. Website

When you visit our website: When you come to our website (www.thetopvoices.com), we may collect certain information such as browser type, operating system, website visited immediately before coming to our site, etc. This information is used in an aggregated manner to analyse how people use our site, such that we can improve our service.

Third party sites: Our site may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by us. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites. Please be aware that thetopvoices.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. We encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal identifiable information.

Our website does not use cookies or tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity. Any information we collect is provided directly by you through forms or interactions on our site. If this changes in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and implement necessary consent mechanisms to comply with applicable laws.

15. Cookie Policy

Please read this cookie policy ("cookie policy", "policy") carefully before using the https://www.thetopvoices.com website ("website", "service").

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information, such as a unique identifier, website’s domain name, and some digits and numbers.

16. Data Controller Information

This website, “TheTopVoices” (the “Site”), is operated by Svetlana Glygalo, sole trader (registered address: London (W1W 5PF) Office 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor London, W1W 5PF). For the purpose of data protection and privacy regulations, including the GDPR, she acts as the “data controller.”

If you have any questions about how we handle your personal data or wish to exercise any of your rights (such as access or deletion), please contact us at info@thetopvoices.com.