Anupam Global Ventures ("Company", "we", "us", or "our") operates the Seeker Fellowship platform, accessible via our website (the "Platform"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Platform, apply for or participate in the Seeker Fellowship as a candidate ("Candidate"), or access our talent ecosystem as a hiring partner or prospective employer ("Hiring Partner").
By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not access the Platform.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, as well as information automatically collected when you navigate the Platform. Because the Seeker Fellowship serves both elite engineering talent and hiring organizations, the types of data we collect depend on how you interact with us.
A. Information Collected from Candidates
To rigorously assess skills and build your technical dossier (the "Seeker Passport"), we collect:
- Identity and Contact Data: Full name, email address, phone number, LinkedIn profile URL, GitHub handle, and professional portfolio links.
- Professional & Employment History: Current and past employers, job titles, years of experience, primary tech stacks, resume/CV uploads, and core engineering specializations.
- Assessment & Performance Data: Audio/video recordings of technical interviews, code submissions, system design evaluations, technical problem-solving metrics, and detailed scoring performance compiled by our network of evaluators.
B. Information Collected from Hiring Partners (Companies)
To facilitate talent matching and service delivery, we collect:
- Corporate Contact Data: Company name, registered address, website URL, and the names, business email addresses, and phone numbers of authorized company representatives, founders, or CXOs.
- Hiring Criteria & Preferences: Open roles, target technical stacks, compensation bands, and notes/feedback on Candidates introduced via the Platform.
C. Financial and Billing Data (Applicable to Both)
Payment Information: For processing Candidate commitment fees or Hiring Partner recruitment fees, payments are processed securely through our third-party payment gateway, Razorpay. We do not directly store your credit card or bank account details. Razorpay collects and processes your financial data in accordance with its own privacy policy and compliance frameworks.
D. Automatically Collected Data
Technical and Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device characteristics, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits to the Platform.
2. How We Use Your Information
We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our services, and compliance with legal obligations.
A. For Candidates
- To evaluate your technical proficiency, manage your enrollment in a calibration cohort, and conduct 1:1 evaluation loops.
- To generate, host, and maintain your "Seeker Passport" (your verified technical dossier).
- To match you with and introduce you to prospective Hiring Partners seeking elite engineering talent.
- To communicate administrative updates, cohort schedules, and platform notifications.
B. For Hiring Partners
- To verify your organization and provision secure access to vetted Candidate profiles and Seeker Passports.
- To facilitate interviews, hiring connections, and track recruitment outcomes.
- To execute and manage billing, invoicing, and contract compliance under our Recruitment Services Agreement.
3. How Your Information is Shared
We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only under the following strictly defined conditions:
- Candidate-to-Partner Matching: A Candidate's technical dossier, interview evaluations, and performance metrics (the Seeker Passport) are explicitly shared with registered Hiring Partners on the platform to advance career matching. Candidates maintain control over the initial visibility and sharing preferences of their profiles.
- Our Network of Evaluators: Candidate technical assessments are shared with our vetted network of senior engineering evaluators and calibrators for the sole purpose of grading, feedback, and calibration. These evaluators are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We share data with trusted third-party vendors who perform services for us, including backend database management (e.g., Supabase), hosting services, communication tools, and payment processing (Razorpay). These vendors only have access to information necessary to perform their specific tasks.
- Legal & Corporate Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, government mandate, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Anupam Global Ventures, our users, or the public.
4. Data Security
We implement robust administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.
- Access to Candidate evaluation data and corporate accounts is restricted using secure authentication protocols.
- While we employ industry-standard safeguards to secure your data, no electronic transmission over the Internet or data storage technology can be guaranteed 100% secure. You acknowledge that you provide your information at your own risk.
5. Data Retention
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy:
- Candidate Data: Retained for the duration of your relationship with the Seeker Fellowship ecosystem to ensure your Seeker Passport remains accessible for career opportunities, unless you explicitly request deletion.
- Hiring Partner Data: Retained as long as necessary to service your account, maintain recruitment history, and satisfy legal, accounting, or billing requirements.
6. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:
- Access and Portability: The right to request copies of your personal data and technical dossiers held by us.
- Correction/Rectification: The right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion/Erasure: The right to request that we delete your personal data from our active systems, subject to certain legal or operational retention exceptions (such as unresolved billing disputes).
- Withdrawal of Consent: If we are processing your data based on your explicit consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time by contacting us.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below.
7. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our operational, legal, or regulatory requirements. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of how we are protecting your information.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions, comments, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact us at contact@seekerfellowship.com