Privacy policy
Effective Date: Sept 1, 2025
Woman Up Holdings (“Woman Up,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit our website, subscribe to our content, join our community, submit a brand or founder profile, register for an event, purchase a product or service, or otherwise interact with us.
By using our website or services, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Information you provide directly, such as your name, email address, phone number, business name, title, company information, social media handles, website links, payment information, event registration details, survey responses, profile submissions, and any other information you choose to share with us.
Community and submission information, such as founder stories, brand descriptions, images, product details, interview responses, directory submissions, comments, nominations, and other content submitted to Woman Up.
Payment and transaction information, such as purchase history, subscription status, billing details, and payment confirmation. Payment details may be processed by third-party payment providers, and we may not store full payment card information.
Website and usage information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, links clicked, referral source, approximate location, and other analytics data.
Marketing and communication information, such as email engagement, preferences, event participation, and interactions with our newsletters, social media, and community content.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the Woman Up website, community, directory, Substack, events, and related offerings
- Process subscriptions, purchases, registrations, applications, and submissions
- Communicate with you about content, events, community updates, founder features, partnerships, and opportunities
- Review and publish brand, founder, or directory submissions
- Send newsletters, marketing emails, and promotional content
- Personalize your experience and recommend relevant content or opportunities
- Analyze website traffic, community engagement, and audience interests
- Manage partnerships, sponsorships, giveaways, and collaborations
- Protect the security and integrity of our website and services
- Comply with legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations
- Enforce our terms, policies, and agreements
3. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense.
We may share information with:
Service providers, including website hosting providers, email platforms, payment processors, analytics providers, event platforms, community tools, CRM systems, contractors, and other vendors who help us operate Woman Up.
Publishing and community platforms, such as Substack or other tools we use to manage newsletters, memberships, paid content, and community communications.
Partners or sponsors, if you participate in a sponsored event, giveaway, collaboration, promotion, or partner-related opportunity.
Directory users or the public, when you submit information intended for publication, such as a founder profile, brand listing, interview, product description, website link, social media handle, or image.
Legal or regulatory authorities, if required by law, court order, subpoena, legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, and property of Woman Up, our users, or others.
Business transfers, if Woman Up is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, restructuring, financing, or similar transaction.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies to understand website usage, improve our services, measure marketing performance, and personalize content.
These tools may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent on the site, referral source, and interactions with emails or ads.
You can usually adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Some parts of the website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
5. Email and Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter, join our community, register for an event, download a resource, or otherwise opt in, we may send you emails about Woman Up content, events, community updates, founder features, partnerships, products, and promotions.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or contacting us directly. We may still send non-marketing messages related to transactions, account access, policy updates, or administrative matters.
6. User-Submitted Content
If you submit content to Woman Up, including brand information, founder stories, interviews, comments, nominations, testimonials, images, or other materials, you understand that we may review, edit, publish, promote, or share that content in connection with Woman Up, the WUP List, our website, newsletters, social media, events, or other editorial and promotional channels.
Please do not submit information you do not want made public.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate our services, maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and support legitimate business purposes.
We may retain published content, directory listings, interview materials, and related records unless removal is required by law or agreed to by Woman Up.
8. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information. However, no website, platform, email system, or online transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of personal information
- Opt out of certain marketing communications
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Request a copy of your information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of certain sharing or targeted advertising, where applicable
To make a privacy request, contact us at: hello@womanupco.com
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
10. California Privacy Notice
If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under California privacy laws, depending on whether those laws apply to Woman Up. These rights may include the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, or share; the right to request deletion or correction; the right to opt out of certain sharing or selling of personal information; and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
To submit a California privacy request, contact us at: hello@womanupco.com
Woman Up does not knowingly sell personal information for money. If we use advertising or analytics technologies that may be considered “sharing” under California law, we will provide applicable choices where required.
11. International Users
If you access our website from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. These countries may have privacy laws that differ from those in your location.
By using our website or services, you understand that your information may be transferred, stored, or processed outside your country of residence.
12. Children’s Privacy
Woman Up is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
13. Third-Party Links
Our website, newsletters, directory, and community content may link to third-party websites, platforms, brands, products, services, or social media pages. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, policies, or content of third parties.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and may provide additional notice where appropriate.
Your continued use of our website or services after any update means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
15. Contact Us
For questions or requests related to this Privacy Policy, contact:
Woman Up Holdings
Email: hello@womanupco.com