Privacy Policy

1. About Global Scholar AI

Global Scholar AI is an opportunity-discovery platform designed to help students, researchers, professionals, and other users discover scholarships, fellowships, grants, research funding, internships, academic opportunities, and related programs.

2. Information we collect

When you use Global Scholar AI, we may collect information that you provide directly to us, including your email address, account information, profile details, educational background, interests, preferences, saved opportunities, and other information you choose to provide.

We may also collect technical information associated with your use of the service, such as browser type, device information, pages visited, interactions with features, and diagnostic or security information where such functionality is enabled.

3. How we use information

We use information to operate and improve Global Scholar AI, provide account features, personalize opportunity discovery, maintain saved opportunities and preferences, protect the security of the service, troubleshoot problems, and understand how the platform is used.

4. Authentication and service providers

Global Scholar AI may rely on third-party infrastructure and service providers for functions such as authentication, database hosting, website hosting, analytics, communications, and security. These providers may process information as necessary to provide their services to us.

5. Opportunity providers and external websites

Global Scholar AI provides information and links relating to opportunities offered by universities, governments, funding agencies, foundations, companies, research institutions, and other third parties.

When you follow a link to an external website, that website is governed by its own privacy practices and policies. Global Scholar AI does not control how third-party websites collect or use your information.

6. Information sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with service providers that help us operate Global Scholar AI, when necessary to protect the service or its users, when required by law, or in connection with a legitimate business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, or transfer of the service.

7. Data security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information associated with Global Scholar AI. However, no online service or method of electronic storage can guarantee absolute security.

8. Data retention

We may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain legitimate business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and protect the security and integrity of the platform.

9. Your choices

You may choose not to provide optional profile information. Depending on the features available on the service, you may also update certain account or profile information from your account. You may contact Global Scholar AI regarding requests concerning your personal information.

10. Children

Global Scholar AI is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If we learn that personal information has been collected in a manner that requires parental consent and such consent was not obtained, we may take appropriate steps to remove it.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as Global Scholar AI evolves. When we make changes, we may update the effective date shown on this page and provide additional notice when appropriate.

12. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information may be directed to Global Scholar AI using the contact information made available through the service.