interning endeavours to ensure the security and privacy of the information of those who use our website interning.app As such, we have put together this privacy policy to explain how we collect, use, and store personal information. 

From time to time, we may update our Privacy Policy to include changes in our policy and relevant law. As such, we advise you and other visitors to our website to revisit this page from time to time to stay on top of the changes that we may have made. 

Take note that when you have provided your personal information to us, you are giving us the consent to process all such personal data in accordance to the policies set out in this Privacy Policy. Likewise, if you continue to use this website even after we have posted revisions to our Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that you accept the revisions we have made.

In order for us to provide our service and as part of our ongoing relationship with you, we may collect either personal and non-personal information in accordance to this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use of our website and service.

Personal Information refers to the information that would reasonably or directly identify you. This includes your name, address, telephone number, email address, company name, among others. 

Non-Personal Information refers to the information that does not reveal your specific identity. This includes Internet protocol address, browser information, information collected through cookies and other similar technologies, statistical and analytical data, and aggregated information.

We collect personal and non-personal information from you through the following methods indicated below:

Registration on Our Website. We make certain features on our website and service subject to registration requirements. In order for you to access those non-publicly available areas, you will have to register on our website where you will be asked to (a.1.) provide certain information about yourself such as your name and email address and (a.2.) create a username and password.

Form. If you intend to employ our service, we will ask you to fill out a form where you will be required to provide certain information such as your name, email address, telephone number, company name, and your position in the company.

Communication. You will find forms and contact details in our website for questions and support. If you communicate with using any of the aforesaid channels, we will collect your email address and any other personal information you provide to us.

Cookies. Our website uses cookies to keep track of how you interact with it and its features. Cookies and other similar technologies automatically collect information from your computer. For more information about this matter, refer to 4.

We use cookies and other similar technologies that get activated when you use or access our website. Cookies are small data that are transferred to a computer’s hard drive through a web browser to remember certain information and record browsing activity. 

On our part, we use cookies to help us understand your preferences based on your activities on our website, and process that information to personalise your experience and enable us to understand features on our website that you and other users frequently use or are interested in. 

Most website browsers warn users when a cookie is being sent by a website they are accessing. They also provide the ability to block, disable, or delete cookies. You may choose to have your browser to perform the aforesaid functions through its settings. To correctly modify the cookie setting of your browser, go over its help menu. Take note, however, that if you disable cookies or block device identifiers, you may not be able to access some features of the website or some of its functionality may be unavailable to you. 

We may use you the information we collect from you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. These include the following:

• To administer services, including responding to your enquiries and complaints, providing you with details regarding our hiring services, fulfilling your requests, processing your application, and delivering support to you when you availed our services.
• To improve our website to better serve your needs and personalise your experience.
• To send you communications in relation to the services we provide to you as well as email notifications you have specifically requested.
• To send you payment reminders, statements and invoices and collect payments from you.
• To send you marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of select third-parties we are acquainted with, that we think may be of interest to you.
• To serve our business purposes, which include data analysis, enhancement of services, identification of usage trends, monitor and prevent fraud, and determine the efficacy of our marketing efforts.

We may disclose your personal and non-personal information to our employees, officers, professional advisers, subcontractors, and other third-parties that assist us in operating our website and delivering our services to you if we see it as reasonably necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.

We may also disclose your information if we are required by law, courts, and government agencies; to enforce the policies of our website and services; and to protect our rights, safety, and property and that of others. Additionally, we may provide your non-personal information to third-parties for marketing and advertising purposes. 

To the extent you submit content to the public areas of our website, that content will be available to the public and to other third-parties (e.g. search engines and other websites). In such case, they may reuse or republish the content you have provided. Likewise, we may use that content at our discretion and according to the purposes in this Privacy Policy. We therefore advice you to submit such content at your own risk.

The information we collect from you may be transferred to and maintained on computers outside of your province, country, and other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws differ from the jurisdiction we operate. We will take the necessary and reasonable steps to make sure that the information we have collected from you is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and that your personal information will not be transferred to any organisation or a country unless adequate controls are in place to ensure the security of the information we have collected from you.

We may decide to buy or sell assets, or we may merge with or get acquired by another entity. In either case, user information including personal information is one of the business assets transferred to or acquired by a third party. We will notify you when such a transaction takes place and before we transfer your personal information and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a data controller of information, both personal and non-personal. As such, we take reasonable precautions to protect that information We have proper safeguards to ensure its privacy and confidentiality and protect it against loss, theft, or unauthorised use or access. These safeguards include the following:

• We have technical measures in place to protect your personal information, which include regular backup of our systems and data. Also, your account with us is password protected.
• We have a secure server which can only be accessed by a number of our employees and sub-contractors. This server is where we store all the information we have collected or were provided to us.
• We only permit your information to be collected, processed, accessed, used, and shared by employees and sub-contractors we have authorised and they are subject under strict confidentiality obligations. 
• If you think that someone else knows your password or is using it, please notify us and change your password. You can change your password through our website.

Although we strive to implement appropriate measures to protect your information, take into consideration that transmission of data over the Internet is not 100% secure. As such, use our website at your own risk.

The website we operate is not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal identification from children under 13 years of age. In such case that we have unknowingly collected or received personal information from a child under the age of 13 without any verification or consent from a parent or guardian, we will immediately delete that information from our website and server. If you believe that we might have a personal information from a child under 13 years of age, please notify us immediately so we can take appropriate actions.

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include links that direct to websites or networked pages operated by third parties. These third part sites have their own, independent Privacy Policy. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the activities and practices of these linked sites, including how they collect, use, and disclose the information of the users accessing their sites. We encourage you to review and understanding their privacy policies and practices before providing your personal information to them. Nonetheless, as we seek to protect the integrity of our website, we welcome any feedback that you may have about these third-party links.

We will retain your information only for as long as necessary for the purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We apply the UK Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in our operations. Under these laws, you have data protection rights over your personal information, including:

• The right to access, update, or delete the personal information we have on you
• The right to object
• The right of rectification
• The right of restriction
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

When exercising your rights concerning the processing of your personal information, you must give us a request in writing, either by email or by post. We may also ask you to verify your identity before we respond to such request.

13. Contacting Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us.