Privacy Policy
Learn how Guiding Academics collects, uses, protects, and handles your personal information, resumes, and assessment data.
1. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you provide to us when registering for an account, expressing interest in opportunities, submitting resumes, or taking skill assessments. This includes:
- Identity Data: Full name, email address, mobile number, and college name.
- Academic & Resume Data: Degrees, graduation year, branches, projects, uploaded PDF resumes, and GitHub/LinkedIn profiles.
- Assessment Data: Test scores, percentile rankings, programming languages evaluated, and contest logs.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following legitimate academic and recruitment purposes:
- Facilitating job and internship applications to verified partner companies.
- Issuing official assessment certificates and verifiable rank badges.
- Sending notifications regarding upcoming contests, webinars, and mentor bookings.
- Enhancing platform security and preventing fraudulent assessment attempts.
3. Data Sharing with Recruiters & Mentors
When you apply for a job or register for a hiring contest (such as CIT 2026), your resume and verified assessment scores are securely shared with authorized recruitment partners for evaluation and shortlisting.
4. Data Security & Storage
We implement robust technical and organizational security measures, including 256-bit encryption in transit and at rest, to safeguard your sensitive information from unauthorized access.
5. Your Privacy Rights
You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, request corrections to inaccurate information, or request account deletion by emailing our privacy team at privacy@guidingacademics.com.
