CareerVillage.org (hereinafter referred to as “CareerVillage,” “us,” “we,” “our,” or “Company”) created this Privacy Policy to apply to personal information collected through this website (careervillage.org) and all digital assets contained or offered therein (“Website”) and through any offline activities (collectively, our “Services”), except as described below. Our service, Coach, is covered by a separate privacy policy.
CareerVillage’s mission is to democratize access to career advice and information for underserved youth. The CareerVillage.org Network is a set of internet sites and applications designed to support that mission. Without users like you, pursuing our mission would not be possible, and it’s for that reason that we want you to feel confident and comfortable with how we are protecting and using your personal information.
This Privacy Policy describes, among other things, the types of personal information we collect from users when you use our Services, how we use it, and how you can access your personal information. This Privacy Policy is integrated into and supplements our Terms of Use (“Terms”).
By using the Services and providing us with your Personal Information (defined below in Section I), you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and Terms referenced above and to any updates to these policies posted here from time to time.
If you are coming to our Services from the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), or United Kingdom (UK), or certain U.S. States, you may be entitled to certain individual rights under applicable Data Protection Laws. Please see the Notice to Certain Residents of Data Subject Rights for more information.
There are a number of different types of users who may access and/or use our Services:
This Privacy Policy applies to any Personal Information collected as it relates to Students, Professionals and/or Educators.
We may collect the following types of personal information about you which are described in more detail below: (A) information you provide to us, (B) information we may automatically collect, and (C) information we may receive from third parties.
The information covered herein is referred to collectively as “Personal Information,” and may include “Personal Information” or “Personal Data” as those terms are defined under applicable law. Specifically, Personal Information includes any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, who could be identified either directly or indirectly by reference to an identifier such as name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
In using our Services, you may provide us with Personal Information, including, without limitation:
Sensitive Personal Information. We may need to collect or process Personal Information that is deemed “sensitive information” or “sensitive data” under certain laws. We may process the following categories of sensitive Personal information when you use our Services:
When required by applicable law, CareerVillage will collect consent prior to processing certain categories of sensitive Personal Information.
Our Services may automatically collect certain Personal Information about you. This Personal Information may be used by CareerVillage for the operation of the Services, to maintain quality of the Services, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Services.
This Personal Information may include:
We and/or certain service providers operating on our behalf may collect information about your activity, or activity on devices associated with you over time, on our sites and applications, and across non-affiliated websites or online applications. We may collect this Personal Information by using certain technologies, such as cookies, web beacons, and other technologies. Third-party service providers, advertisers, and/or partners may also view, edit, or set their own cookies or place web beacons.
Our use of online tracking technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under certain laws. To the extent that disclosing information to these online tracking technologies is deemed to be a “sale” or “sharing” under certain laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by broadcasting an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Controls (GPC). Please note that some features of our website may not be available to you as a result of these choices. We do not intentionally sell or share your Personal Information.
You can control cookies and tracking technologies. If you choose to block cookies and other trackers, certain features of the Services may not work. Blocking or rejecting cookies will not stop all of the tracking described in this Privacy Policy. These features and options are browser and device specific and are not uniform. You can usually find these settings in the options or preferences menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links for commonly used browsers may be helpful, or you can use the help option in your browser for more details (PLEASE NOTE: These third party links are provided below for your convenience, and we may not actively monitor the content of these links).
We may collect additional Personal Information about you from third-party websites, social media platforms, such as, but not limited, to LinkedIn and Facebook (“Social Media Platforms”), and/or sources providing publicly available information (e.g., from the U.S. postal service) to help us provide services to you, help prevent fraud, and for marketing and advertising purposes. Personal Information we may access about you, with your consent, may include, but is not limited to, your basic Social Media Platform information, your location data, your list of contacts, friends or followers and certain information about your activities on the Social Media Platform. Please keep in mind that when you provide Personal Information to us on a third-party website or platform (for example, via a survey or application), the Personal Information you provide may be separately collected by the third-party website or the Social Media Platform.
The Personal Information we collect is covered by this Privacy Policy, and the Personal Information the third-party website or Social Media Platform collects is subject to the third-party website or platform’s privacy practices. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Services and to read the privacy policies of other sites that may collect your Personal Information. You should contact such third parties directly to determine their respective privacy policies. Links to any other websites or content do not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by us of the linked website, Social Media Platform, and/or content.
We use and process your Personal Information for things that may include, but are not limited to, the following:
We may also use Personal Information that has been de-identified, anonymized, and/or aggregated for purposes not otherwise listed above.
Any information you voluntarily post to public areas of our site (for example in optional profile fields or in the form of your User Content) will be available publicly. If our Services provide you with the option to post content anonymously, we will not include any Personal Information with the content and the content will not show up in your profile page.
We may also share your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy and in the following circumstances:
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “sell,” “sold,” or “sale” means the disclosure of Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration but does not include, for example, the transfer of Information as an asset that is part of a merger, bankruptcy, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business. “Sharing” means disclosing or making available Personal Information to a third-party for purposes of cross-contextual behavioral or targeted advertising. While we do not disclose information to third parties in exchange for monetary compensation, we disclose identifiers and Internet and network activity information to third-party advertising networks and analytics providers for purposes of marketing and advertising, and to improve and measure our ad campaigns. Such disclosures may be considered “sales” or “sharing” of Information under applicable laws. We do not sell or share your Personal Information.
We do not collect, use, or disclose sensitive Personal Information beyond the purposes authorized by applicable law. Accordingly, we only use and disclose sensitive Personal Information as reasonably necessary and proportionate: (i) to perform our services requested by you; (ii) to help ensure security and integrity, including to prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents; (iii) to detect, prevent and respond to malicious, fraudulent, deceptive, or illegal conduct; (iv) to verify or maintain the quality and safety of our services; (v) for compliance with our legal obligations; (vi) with our service providers who perform services on our behalf; and (vii) for purposes other than inferring characteristics about you.
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites that are subject to their own terms of service and privacy policy. If you submit Personal Information to any of those websites, applications or Social Media Platforms, your Personal Information is governed by their privacy policies. We have no control over, do not necessarily endorse, and are not responsible for, the content, advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from these websites or for any information that you may submit on that site. Links to any other websites or content do not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by us of the linked website, Social Media Platform, and/or content.
We use commercially reasonable measures to provide our Services. However, you should assume that no data transmitted over the Internet or stored or maintained by us or our third-party service providers can be 100% secure. Therefore, although we believe the measures implemented by us reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved, we do not promise or guarantee, and you should not expect, that your Information or private communications will always remain private or secure. We do not guarantee that your Information will not be misused by third parties. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security features. To the extent permissible under applicable law, you agree that we will not have any liability for misuse, access, acquisition, deletion, or disclosure of your Information. If you believe that your Information has been accessed or acquired by an unauthorized person, you shall promptly contact us (see How to Contact Us below) so that necessary measures can quickly be taken.
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as needed to provide you Services. We will retain and may continue to process your Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. In accordance with our routine record keeping, we may delete certain records that contain Information you have submitted to us. We are under no obligation to store such Information indefinitely and disclaim any liability arising out of, or related to, the destruction of such Information. If you would like to learn more about data retention for your Personal Information, please contact us.
If you do not want to receive marketing and promotional emails from us, you may click on the “unsubscribe” link in the email to unsubscribe and opt-out of marketing email communications or see How to Contact Us below for more information.
To exercise choices regarding the marketing information you receive, you may also review the following links:
Residents of certain U.S. states may have rights and choices regarding their Personal Information. These rights may apply in the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
To the extent any data protection law applies to our collection of your Personal Information, this supplemental section of our Privacy Policy outlines the individual rights you may be entitled to and how to exercise those rights.
Depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights.
To learn more about whether you are guaranteed certain rights, or to submit a request to exercise your rights, please contact us using any of the methods in the How to Contact Us section.
This section applies only to individuals coming to our Services from within the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), and the United Kingdom (UK), and only if we collect through the Services any Personal Information from you that is considered “Personal Data,” as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018.
Unless otherwise stated, we are the Data Controller for the Information we process.
1. Identity and Contact Details of Controller and EU Representative
Our EU Representative:
Under Article 27 of the GDPR, we have appointed an EU Representative to act as our data protection agent. Our nominated EU Representative is:
Instant EU GDPR Representative Ltd.
Adam Brogden [email protected]
Tel +35315549700
Office 2, 12A Lower Main Street, Lucan Co. Dublin, K78 X5P8, Ireland
Our UK Representative:
Under Article 27 of the UK Data Privacy Act, we have appointed a UK Representative to act as our data protection agent. Our nominated UK Representative is:
GDPR Local Ltd.
Adam Brogden [email protected]
Tel +44 1772 217800
1st Floor Front Suite, 27-29 North Street, Brighton, England
2. Your Data Protection Rights
To the extent the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 apply, and we hold your Personal Data in our capacity as a Data Controller as defined under those laws, you may request that we:
You may also revoke your consent for processing of your Personal Data. If you wish to object to the use and processing of your Information or withdraw consent to this Privacy Policy, you can contact us using the information in the Contact Us section. The requests above will be considered and responded to in the time-period stated by applicable law. Note, certain Information may be exempt from such requests. We may require additional Information from you to confirm your identity in responding to such requests.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authorities applicable to you and your situation, although we invite you to contact us with any concern as we are happy to try and resolve it directly. Please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section.
3. Lawful Basis for Processing Your Information
Depending on what Personal Data we collect from you and how we collect it, we may rely on various grounds for processing your Personal Data, including the following reasons:
If the processing of your Information is based on your consent, the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 also allow users the right to access, revoke, or modify your consent at any time. Please see the How to Contact Us section, below, to review or modify your consents.
4. Consent to Transfer
We are operated in the United States, and we may use service providers based in the United States to operate our business and our relationship with you. Please be aware that Personal Data that we collect will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, a jurisdiction in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside and/or are a citizen. We maintain measures to address the transfer of your Personal Data between our group companies and between us and our third-party providers in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations, including the use of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, when applicable.
5. Retention
We will retain your Personal Data for as long as needed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. More specifically, the time we maintain your Information depends on the following factors:
Regardless of our reason for retaining your information, we delete all Information in accordance with our routine record keeping policies.
To exercise any of the rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us via the methods described below. The verifiable consumer request must:
To help protect your privacy and maintain security, if you request access to or deletion of your Information, we will take steps and may require you to provide certain information to verify your identity before granting you access to your Information or complying with your request. In addition, if you ask us to provide you with specific pieces of Information, we may require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose Information is the subject of the request.
If permitted by the applicable data protection law, you may use an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf provided that the authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity that you have authorized to act on your behalf. If you use an authorized agent, we will require: (1) proof of written permission for the authorized agent to make requests on your behalf, and identity verification from you; or (2) proof of power of attorney pursuant under applicable law. Only you or your authorized agent may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Information. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proper verification proof.
In registering on the Network as a Student (also referred to on the Network as a “Learner”, “Scholar”, or “Mentee”), you represent that you are an individual (i.e., not a corporate entity) at least 13 years of age. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on the Network (including, for example, a name, address, telephone number or email address).
Our Services are provided from locations within the United States. As such, the Services collect Personal Information and process and store that Personal Information in databases located in the United States. If you are visiting the Services from a country outside the United States, you should be aware that you may transfer Personal Information about yourself to the United States, and that the data protection laws of the United States may not be as comprehensive as those in your own country. By visiting the Services and submitting any Personal Information, you consent to the transfer of such personally identifiable Information to the United States.
Individuals with disabilities who are unable to usefully access our Privacy Policy online may contact us to inquire how they can obtain a copy of our policy in another, more easily readable format.
We do not support “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable “Do Not Track” by visiting the “Preferences” or “Settings” page of your web browser. Do Not Track is different from Global Privacy Controls (“GPC”), which may notify websites of consumers’ privacy preferences regarding the sale or sharing of personal Information, or the use of sensitive personal Information.
We reserve the right to change, modify, or amend this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our products and service offerings, accommodate new technologies, regulatory requirements, or other purposes. If we modify our Privacy Policy, we will update the “Effective Date” and such changes will be effective upon posting. It is your obligation to check our current Privacy Policy for any changes.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Information we have collected about you, please contact us at the following: