Privacy Policy

Welcome to TalkColleges ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information across our website.

1. Information We Collect

TalkColleges operates as a lean, peer-to-peer mentoring platform. We aim to collect as little personal data as possible. We gather information in the following minimal ways:

• Verification and Booking Names: When you book an advisor session on our site, we ask you to type your full legal name into our confirmation modal to verify your agreement to our terms. This data is handled temporarily on your browser interface to route you to our scheduler.
• Advisor Application Data: If you apply to become an advisor via our application links, you are voluntarily submitting information (such as your name, email, college, major, and acceptance history) through Google Forms.

2. Third-Party Service Providers

We do not store or process your sensitive scheduling transactions or backend data on our own database servers. Instead, we use highly trusted, compliant third-party tools to handle these systems:

• Calendly: All appointment bookings, scheduling selections, email collection for sessions, and calendar event distributions are handled directly by Calendly. By booking a session, you agree to comply with Calendly's Privacy Policy.
• Google Forms: Our advisor onboarding and recruitment questionnaires are processed directly via Google infrastructure. You can review Google's Privacy Policy for information on their data security practices.

3. Cookies and Analytics

Our website code does not set custom advertising or tracking cookies directly. However, third-party embedded features (such as scheduling links or external forms) may deploy functional tracking scripts or cookies necessary to make their scheduling widgets and components load safely on your browser.

4. Privacy Protection of Advisors

TalkColleges takes the personal safety, privacy, and intellectual properties of our student advisors extremely seriously. Recording, distributing, or scraping any video, audio, text logs, or profile details from sessions or website card profiles without explicit written authorization is strictly prohibited and may result in applicable legal actions.

5. Children's Privacy

Our services are intended for high school and college students seeking peer advisory guidelines. We do not knowingly target or harvest personal data from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child under 13 has submitted information to us, please contact us immediately.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may modify or refresh this Privacy Policy from time to time to accommodate adjustments to our third-party tools or student services. Any updates will be posted to this page with an amended "Last updated" timeline stamp.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy or your data usage, please reach out to us via email at:

Email: support@talkcolleges.com