Last updated September 12, 2023

This privacy notice/statement/policy for Scholarship and Job House (“we,” “us,” or “our“), describes how and why we might collect store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”), such as when your

  • Visit our website at scholarshipjh.com, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice; and
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including commenting and subscribing to our newsletter. 

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy policy will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our website. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

Key Takeaways

This summary provides key points from our privacy policy. You can find out more details about any of these topics by reading this privacy statement in full.

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our website, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us. Learn more about the personal information you disclose to us. Personal information includes data you willingly provide us, such as your email, name, and website domain name when you comment, and data that is not individually recognizable, such as how many times our articles are visited.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.

Do we receive any information from third parties? We may receive information from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our website, and communicate with you to comply with the law, if necessary. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.

How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect access, steal, or modify your information.

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting https://www.scholarshiph.com/contact-us/, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request per applicable data protection laws.

Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the privacy notice in full.

Table of Contents

1. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

Yes. We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information you voluntarily provide us when you register on our website, express an interest in obtaining information about us, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal data voluntarily provided by you

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the choices you make. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • names
  • email addresses
  • mailing addresses
  • phone numbers

Sensitive data

We do not process sensitive information

All personal information you provide us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you may notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Data automatically collected

In Short: Some information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics collected automatically when you visit our website.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. The information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

The data we collect includes:

  • Log and Usage Data: Log and usage data is service-related diagnostic usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our website which we record in the log depending on how you interact with us. This log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in scholarshipjh.com (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage: pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use) device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called “crash dumps”) and hardware settings)
  • Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services, depending on the device used. This device data may include information, such as your IP address (or proxy server) device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider, and/or mobile camera, operating system, and system configuration information.
  • Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device’s location which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access our website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the scholarshipjh.com.

Information collected from other sources

We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.

To enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing offers, and services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, and from other third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR DATA?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with scholarshipjh.com, including:

  • To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order
  • To save or protect an individual’s vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

With your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests, we will only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (e, legal basis) to do so under applicable law.

If you are located in the EU or UK. this section applies to you.

To comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we must disclose the specific legal grounds on which we treat your personal data. Therefore, we may treat your personal information based on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent: We may process your information if you have permitted us (consented) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. 
  • Legal Obligations: We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
  • Vital Interests: We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as in situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

If you are located in Canada. this section applies to you.

If you have given us clear permission (i.e. explicit consent) to use your personal information for a certain purpose, or if that permission may be inferred (i.e. implicit consent), then we may treat your information for that purpose. At any moment, you are free to revoke your agreement.

In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

  • If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way;
  • For inspection of fraud detection and prevention;
  • For business transactions provided certain conditions are met;
  • If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess the process or settle an insurance claim;
  • For identifying injured, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin;
  • If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or maybe a victim of financial abuse;
  • If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is justifiable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a violation of the laws of Canada or a province;
  • If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records;
  • If it was created by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced;
  • If the collection is solely for journalistic artistic, or literary purposes; and
  • If the information is publicly available and is described by the regulations.

4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR DATA?

Information may be shared with the following parties and/or under the circumstances specified in this section. There are a few instances when we may need to disclose your personal data:

  • Business Transfers: We may share your information in connection with or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company
  • Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY SITES?

We are not responsible for the safety of any information you share with third parties we may link to or who advertise our Services but are not affiliated with our website.

The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not associated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not guarantee any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The addition of a link to a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

6. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TOOLS?

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookies Policy.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

We keep your information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as needed for the reasons listed in this privacy notice unless a longer keeping time is required or allowed by law (for example, for tax, accounting, or other legal purposes). We won’t need to keep your personal information for longer than you have an account with us for any of the reasons listed in this notice.

When we no longer have a legitimate business reason to process your personal information, we will either delete it or make it anonymous. If this is not possible (for example, if your personal information is stored in backup archives), we will store it safely and keep it from being used for anything else until it is deleted.

8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA SAFE?

We aim to protect your personal information through organizational systems and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal data we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will be unable to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to safeguard your personal data, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access our website within a secure technological environment.

9. DO WE COLLECT DATA FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18.

By using this website, you represent that you are at least 18, or you are the parent or guardian of such a minor, and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your data. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

In some regions, like the EEA, the UK, and Canada, some rules protect your personal information and give you certain rights. These rights may include: (1) the right to view and get a copy of your personal information; (2) the right to ask that your personal information be changed or deleted; (3) the right to stop your personal information from being used; and (4), if applicable, you have data portability right. You may also have the right to say you don’t want your personal information to be used in certain ways. You can ask for this by getting in touch with us using the information in the “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?” section. We will consider and act upon any request per applicable data protection laws.

If you live in the EEA or UK, and think we are using your personal information wrongly, you can file a complaint with the data protection authority in your Member State or the UK data protection authority.

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Withdrawing your consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you can withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?” below or by updating your preferences. However, please note that this will not impact the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Account information: If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can contact us using the contact information provided. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and data from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our website. You may also opt out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at [email protected]

11. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and mobile operating systems and applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy statement.

12. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Yes, if you are a California resident, you are granted specific rights to access your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light Law, permits our users who are residents of California to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing us using the contact information provided below on the contact page.

If you are under 18, reside in California, and have a registered account with our website, you have the right to request the removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on this website. To request removing such data, contact us using the contact information provided on the contact page or below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will ensure the data is not publicly displayed on our website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc.) and we will not use your data stored in backup storage.

CCPA Privacy Notice

The California Code of Regulations defines a “resident” as:

  1. Any individual who is in the State of California excluding for a temporary or transitory purpose; and
  2. Any individual who considers the State of California as home who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose

All other individuals are defined as “non-residents.”

If this definition of “resident” applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information

What categories of personal information do we collect?

We will use and keep the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for as long as the user has an account with us.

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail.

How do we use and share your personal information?

More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.

You may contact us by email at [email protected], or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt-out we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

Will your information be shared with anyone else?

We may use your personal information for our business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not “selling” your data.

We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share visitors’ personal information in the future belonging to our website’s users.

Your rights concerning your personal information

Right to request deletion of the data – Request to delete

You can ask for your personal information to be taken off the site. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will do so, unless the law says otherwise. This could be because another user is exercising his or her right to free speech because we have to comply with the law, or because we need to protect against illegal activities.

Right to be informed – Request to know

Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:

  • if we collect and use your data;
  • the categories of personal information that we collect,
  • the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
  • If we sell or share your data with third parties;
  • the categories of personal information that we sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
  • the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
  • the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, and
  • the specific pieces of your personal information we collected about you.

We are not required by law to give or remove de-identified consumer information in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to confirm a consumer request.

Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights

We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

We do not process consumer’s sensitive personal information.

Verification process

When we get your request, we’ll have to check your name to make sure you’re the same person we have information about in our system. To make sure you are who you say you are, we need to ask you for information so we can compare it to what you have already provided us. For example, depending on the type of request you make, we may ask you for certain information so that we can match it with the information we already have on file, or we may use a way to contact you (like phone or email) that you have already given us. We may also use other ways to check, depending on the situation.

We will only use the sensitive information you give us in your request to make sure you are who you say you are or that you have permission to make the request. We won’t ask you for more information than we have to unless it’s absolutely necessary. But if we can’t figure out who you are based on the information we already have about you, we may ask you for more information to confirm your identity and keep you safe or stop theft. We’ll get rid of this extra information as soon as we’re done making sure you’re who you say you are.

Other privacy rights

  • You may object to the processing of your personal information;
  • You may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the information;
  • You can designate an authorized agent to request the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf under the CCPA; and
  • You may request to opt out of future selling or sharing of your personal information with third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission.

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at [email protected], or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

13. DO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Yes, if you are a resident of Virginia, you may be granted specific rights about access to and use of your data.

Virginia CDPA Privacy Notice

Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA):

  • “Consumer” means a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context;
  • “Personal data” means any information linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person. “Personal data” does not include de-identified data or publicly available information.
  • “Sale of personal data” means the exchange of personal data for money.

If this definition of “consumer” applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal data.

Your rights concerning your personal data

  • Right to be informed whether or not we are processing your personal data;
  • Right to access your personal data;
  • Right to edit your incorrect personal data;
  • Right to request deletion of your data;
  • Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us; and
  • Right to opt out of the processing of your data if used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (“profiling”).

We have not sold any personal data to third parties for business or commercial purposes. We will not sell personal data in the future belonging to our website visitors and users.

Exercise your rights provided under the Virginia CDPA

More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.

You may contact us by email at [email protected], by visiting https://www.scholarshipjh.com/contact-us/, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.

If you use an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may turn down a request if the authorized agent does not show proof that they have been given permission to act on your behalf.

Verification process

We may ask you for more information that is needed to verify your request and the request of your customer. If you send the request through an approved contact, we may need to get more information to verify your identity before processing your request.

When we get your request, we’ll respond to you as soon as possible, but always within forty-five (45) days. When it seems reasonable to do so, the answer period can be expanded by 45 days one time. If this happens, we will let you know within the first 45 days, along with the reason for the extension.

Right to appeal

If we decline to take action regarding your request, we will let you know why and why we made that choice. If you don’t agree with our decision, you can send us an email at [email protected]. Within sixty (60) days of getting an appeal, we’ll tell you in writing what we did or did not in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is turned down, you can file a complaint with the Attorney General.

14. DO WE UPDATE THIS NOTICE?

Yes, we will update this notice as needed to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date, and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you, either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

15. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have any questions or comments, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us by post at:

Scholarship and Job House

Pool-E-Surkh, Market of Meladul Mahdi 2nd Floor

Kabul, Kabul 1006

 Afghanistan

16. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the data we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit https://www.scholarshipjh.co /contact-us/.