Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to Scholad’s website and describes how Scholad collects and uses the personal information the user (here forth referred to as "you") provide. It also describes the choices available to you regarding your access to and use of your personal information. It further enlists how you can, if needed, update and correct your personal information.

At Scholad, we understand that privacy matters to you, and that is why, we don’t sell, rent, or share your personal data with non-affiliated companies or other individuals. We may, however, offer you personalized services from time to time depending on your preferences and profile, with your consent.

This Privacy Policy applies to the data we use or collect on the Scholad website:

Data That We Gather Directly From You

Scholad gathers only the data that you decide to provide to us through our website. This incorporates:

  • Registration data like your name, date of birth, gender, marital status, ethnicity, mobile number, e-mail address, permanent or temporary, along with password and username.
  • Profile building data like citizenship status, educational history, health information, career objectives, interests, and additional personal data, which Scholad utilizes to increase the effectiveness of scholarship matching on our website.
  • Optional data for participation in contests or surveys.

Data Automatically Generated About You When You Use Scholad

Scholad collects certain data automatically when you visit the website. This data is collected passively, and Scholad utilizes it for inward objectives including, but not restricted to, improving user experience, refining the scholarship matching process, and building user base.

This data might involve the following (without any limitations):

  • Configuration and browser type
  • IP address
  • Device ID, and your activity on Scholad (which sections you visit on our website, how you interact with any part of our website, and for how long you stay on any page of our website)

How We Utilize Data

We utilize the data we gather to contact you, improve our website, offer our services, and encourage an optimistic user experience.

By registering with Scholad, by handling your profile, or by picking when given alternatives, you have allowed us to utilize your data in the following ways:

  • Assisting you to look for scholarships
  • Making a Scholad account for you
  • Helping you to apply for scholarships
  • Helping you to reach out to us and for us to communicate with you
  • Offering targeted, personalized, or location-based services and content
  • Sending you e-mails about updates on our site, notices, and free knowledgeable pamphlets relating to subjects that might be of unique interest to you including admissions tips, financial aid, scholarship advice and opportunities.
  • Generating internal reports and organizing analytics about the utilization of our website.
  • Monitoring which scholarships you explore, search for, and apply to.
  • Investigating and preventing fraudulent or malicious activity.
  • Improving your overall experience at our site.

If the user wishes and requests, Scholad will provide them with information about whether Scholad holds any of their personal information and for what purpose. Users may update or change the personal profile information that they have provided at our website at any time by logging in. It is the responsibility of the user to make sure that their profile is up-to-date and current.

Users can also contact us to request access to the information they have submitted to us. To safeguard the integrity of user information and to keep it secure, we take utmost steps to verify all new profiles before providing them access to the information given on our website

How We Share Data

Scholad will not intentionally share, sell, rent, or even transfer your data other than as per the terms set out in this Privacy Policy.
During the process of registration, and at specific points from there on, Scholad might ask you if your data might be transferred to third parties who possess services, products, and opportunities that might be beneficial for you. Only if you grant permission will such data be shared, within the terms prescribed in this policy, to associated third-parties. Thus, Scholad does not send any data that can be traced back to you without your consent.

Scholad provides users the opportunity to unsubscribe and opt-out from receiving email messages from us. A user may exercise this choice by following the unsubscribe instructions mentioned in the email messages they receive from us, or by clicking here. If you no longer wish to be a registered user of Scholad.com, you may have your profile removed by clicking here
Regardless of your choice with regard to the sharing of your personal data, Scholad might share extensive aggregate demographic information and related usage data with its business partners.

While Scholad endeavors to secure its users’ personal data, we might reveal personal data to third-parties if an administrative entity demands Scholad to do as such, or if Scholad believes in compliance with decency that such a step is important to:

  • Comply with lawful procedures.
  • Secure the property or rights of Scholad.
  • Protect the security of the users.
  • Avoid a crime or secure public security.

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019 (CPA)

Scholad works in full cooperation to the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA). If you have reviewed Scholad’s Privacy Policy, you know you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

#1 Right to Know
You have the 'right to know' whether Scholad has gathered your personal data. You may propose a few access requests directing Scholad to reveal any of the following:

  • The classifications of sources from which Scholad has gathered your data.
  • The classifications or particular pieces of personal data that Scholad has gathered from you.
  • The reasons why Scholad gathers your personal data.
  • The classifications of third parties with which Scholad shares your personal data.


#2 Right to Delete
You have the right to request that Scholad erase any of your personal data that we have gathered from you. Scholad might deny your deletion demand if allowed by law. If we refuse your request, we will let you know why the deletion request was refused. Also, if Scholad can check your request and verify that no exception to erasure applies, we will coordinate with any of our service providers that have gotten your personal information to erase your personal data from their records too.

#3 Right to Exercise your Privacy Rights
Scholad won't differentiate you for practicing your protection rights.

#4 Right to Opt-Out
You have the right to opt-out of the information sharing and terms of usage of their personal information and you can do that by, clicking here.
Among the many benefits of using Scholad is the users’ ability to interact with scholarship providers and financial aid process. As a user, even if you opt to interact with these third-parties, our website never passes your information to them. But when taking your consent to provide such information to them, we direct you to their website or portal where they may or may not provide more information to you about their offerings.
Scholad is not in the business of providing your personal information to advertisers or marketers who might be interested in marketing to you or your demographic in exchange for fees or other consideration.

Safety

The safety of your personal data is crucial to us. Scholad has safety measures set up to help protect against the misuse, loss, or unapproved changes in the data under our influence. Only you can make changes or update your profile unless you provide your password data to other parties. Eventually, you are answerable for keeping your password and username secret.

Scholad secures personal data by utilizing both offline and online safety methods, for example, passwords, firewalls, limited electronic access to your personal data, and limited physical access to where your personal data is kept. Our team members are prepared to abide by our safety procedures, and our safety methods are often revised and reviewed, if important, by the Privacy Team at Scholad.

Social Media Features

Scholad makes use of certain social media features including Facebook login, Instagram login, and Google login buttons. These features may passively collect some information from you including your IP address, and duration of visit on the site. They may also set cookies to enable proper functioning. Your interactions with these features are not governed by Scholad but the privacy policy of the companies providing these features.

Links To Other Websites

Scholad only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Scholad in the following limited circumstances: To offer complete disclosure and provide multi-faceted information, the Scholad website may contain text and banner links to other websites. We do not exercise control over the products, information, policies, or services provided through these banners on our site.

Acknowledgement Of Changes Or Terms To Privacy Policy

Your utilization of this website manifests your acknowledgment of the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Scholad might alter this Privacy Policy to reflect modifications in its data practices. If we make the material alterations, we will inform you via email (forwarded to the email address provided in your account) where needed, or through a notice on this site before alterations becoming viable. We motivate you to timely check this page for the latest data on our privacy exercises.

Conflict Resolution

If you have got an unresolved data use or privacy concern that we have not redressed to your satisfaction, kindly Contact Us through our website. Alternatively, you may send an email to support@scholad.com.