Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you give us when you create an account, build a digital profile or business card, prepare a CV, describe your skills or ideas, search for opportunities, connect with others, contact us or make a payment. Depending on how you use Diskovalist, this may include your name, contact details, location, education, work history, skills, interests, projects, business details, preferences and content you choose to submit.

We also collect information about how our services are used, such as device and browser details, approximate location derived from your IP address, pages viewed and interactions with features. Where a feature identifies relevant opportunities or publicly available profiles from external sources, we may process information from those sources and identify its source where appropriate.

You choose what to add to your profile. Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information unless a particular feature requests it and explains why it is needed.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use information to create and manage your account; provide profiles, business cards and CV tools; help you discover relevant education, employment and business opportunities; suggest connections; personalise guidance and recommendations; operate AI-assisted features; process subscriptions; provide support; protect the platform; and improve our services.

Recommendations may be generated or assisted by automated systems. They are intended to help you explore options, not to guarantee admission, employment, funding, investment or a business outcome. You can review and update the information you provide, and important decisions made by independent institutions, employers or other parties remain theirs.

We use your information for marketing only as permitted by applicable law and your communication choices.

3. Sharing Your Information

Your profile visibility and sharing choices depend on the feature you use. A digital profile within the Diskovalist ecosystem is distinct from a business card or CV that you choose to share through a link, QR code, download or another channel. Before sharing a feature externally, we aim to make its audience clear.

We may share information with service providers that help us operate Diskovalist, including hosting, payments, communications, analytics, security and AI services. We may also share information with another member, institution, employer, collaborator or partner when you choose to connect, apply, submit or share it with them. We may disclose information when required by law or to protect users and the platform.

Once you follow a link to another website or choose to contact someone through an external platform, that service’s own privacy terms may apply.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use essential technologies to keep the website and your account working. With any consent required by applicable law, we may also use analytics and similar technologies to understand performance, improve the experience and measure communications.

You can manage available choices through our cookie controls and your browser settings. Disabling some technologies may affect how parts of the service work. Our detailed Cookie Notice should identify the tools we actually use and explain how to change your preferences.

5. Data Retention and Security

We keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service and meet legitimate operational, legal, tax, accounting and security requirements. Retention periods may differ for account records, payments, support requests and information shared through particular features. When information is no longer needed, we delete, anonymise or securely retain it only where required or permitted by law.

We use appropriate technical and organisational safeguards to protect information. No online service can promise absolute security, so we also provide ways to report a suspected account or data-security issue.

Subject to applicable law, you may ask to access, correct or delete your information; object to or restrict certain uses; withdraw consent where processing relies on it; or raise a privacy concern. We will explain any lawful reason why a request cannot be fulfilled in full.

6. International Data Transfers

Diskovalist serves people across countries, and its team and service providers may process information outside the country where you live, including South Africa and the United States. When personal information is transferred internationally, we apply safeguards required by relevant law, which may include appropriate contractual protections, an applicable legal basis for the transfer and measures to protect the information.

We may update this overview as Diskovalist develops. When we make a material change, we will update the date above and provide any additional notice required by law.