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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 29, 2024

This page is used to inform mobile app users and website visitors regarding Interstride LLC’s (“Interstride”) policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information in connection with use of the Interstride mobile application or website (the “Service”). Through your interaction with and use of the Service, Interstride may collect Personal Information, which is information that identifies an individual or relates to an identifiable individual.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of Personal Information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not sell or share your information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in Interstride’s Terms of Use. This policy is part of the Terms of Use. By using the Service, you agree to both the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, if you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain Personal Information, including but not limited to Email address, Name (first and last name), Telephone number. Such information may also include demographic information, geolocation information (IP Address), educational information, or commercial information. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

The Service does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Links to privacy policies of third-party service providers used by the Service include but are not limited to:

  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • Crunchbase
  • Wikipedia
  • Indeed
  • U.S. Department of Labor
Personal and Other information

Through your interaction with and use of the Service, Interstride may collect Personal Information, including, but not limited to:

  • Your name and physical address, email addresses, and telephone numbers
  • Traits, skills, knowledge or demographic attributes
  • Information regarding your interests, job search inquiries and networking
  • Webchat data that is captured by the system, encrypted and stored for up to 30 days. Users should not enter sensitive information into the webchat services

Interstride may also collect Other Information through your interaction with and use of the Service and non-Interstride websites, which does not directly reveal your identity. Other Information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Unique IDs such as a cookie placed on your computer, mobile or device IDs
  • Internet Protocol address (“IP address”) and information derived from your IP address such as your geographic location
  • Usage data, such as modules you accessed, webpages clicked, websites and content areas visited, date and time of activities

Interstride uses and shares the Personal Information and Other Information it collects (unless otherwise restricted by applicable law), to:

  • Engage in Transactions. Interstride may use Personal Information to engage in transactions with you.
  • Engage with your University. Interstride may use Personal Information and Other Information to provide insight and statistics to your institution.
  • Provide Support or Other Services. Interstride may use your Personal Information to provide you support, and other similar operational communications and in helping identify potential employment opportunities for you.
  • Tailor Marketing to Your Needs. Interstride may use your Personal Information and Other Information to notify you about new application releases and service developments.
  • Support Student Online Community. Interstride permits you to participate in interactive discussions; post comments, opportunities or other content; communicate directly with another users; or otherwise engage in networking activities. Some of these services are moderated and all may be accessed for technical reasons. Interstride does not control the content that users post to this forum. You should carefully consider whether you wish to submit Personal Information to these forums.
  • Interact with You on Third Party Social Networks. Interstride may use your Personal Information to interact with you on third-party social networks. Interstride’s interactions with you on a third-party social network would be subject to that network’s privacy policies and terms of use.
  • Select Content, Improve Quality and Facilitate Use of the Service. Interstride may use your Personal Information to help create and personalize content on our Service, facilitate your use of the Service, evaluate and improve our Service.

Interstride will only share your personal information under the following circumstances:

  • With your consent. For example, you may choose to make your profile available to employers through the Service. You may choose to apply to a job and share your profile information, resume and transcript with employers. You may choose to make your profile available to students at your institution or with students outside your institution.
  • With your institution — Your institution administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni will be able to access and view personal data uploaded by you.
  • With Vendors. Vendors that are contractually engaged by Interstride to provide services. These companies must comply with confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations with regards to any Personal Information.
  • With Law Enforcement. Interstride may disclose your Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence, for national security and/or law enforcement purposes; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; and (e) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
  • With Professional Services. In the event of a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings), we may transfer the Personal Information we have collected to the relevant third party.
Other Information

We may use, transfer, and disclose Other Information we collect for any purpose, except where applicable law requires otherwise. If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, then we will only use it in the same way that we are permitted to use and disclose Personal Information.

Retention and Deletion

Interstride will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active with the Service; as needed to provide you Service: or as needed for the purposes outlined in this Policy.

FERPA – Family Rights and Privacy Act

Interstride complies with FERPA guidelines and allows students the following rights regarding their educational records:

  • The right to access the student’s educational records to the extent any are stored on the Service.
  • The right to demand the student’s educational records be disclosed only with student consent.
  • The right to amend/modify the student’s educational records and Personal Information, and deactivate their account.
Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the Service we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the application when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that are commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your device internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collection information and to improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Do Not Track Requests

We do not respond to the browser “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal if enabled by the user in their web browser or mobile application. When we set or read cookies on non-Interstride services that have been integrated into our Service and display features, we do so, for example, to provide a personalized search experience to users on our mobile application. We do not share any information about your use of Interstride with those third parties. When third parties that we have integrated into Interstride sites set or read their own third-party cookies, they may or may not respond to the DNT signal.

Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to take necessary actions.

Acquisitions and Other Reorganizations

Information collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy, including Personal Information, may be disclosed to one or more third parties in connection with any change of ownership or control in Interstride’s business (whether by merger, sale, or otherwise), or any other reorganization or joint venture, or assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceeding), and any such information may be used by such third party in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Equally, information collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy, including Personal Information, may be disclosed to one or more third parties in connection with any acquisition or merger carried out by Interstride of such third parties.

Data deletion request

For any requests related to data deletion or removal of personal information, please send us your request by emailing us at [email protected]. We will remove your personal information from our systems at our earliest convenience.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. 

Email: [email protected]

Address: 5127 Meadow Creek Dr. Austin, TX 78745

Interstride’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

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