Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 12, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Acceptance of this Privacy Policy, use of the Career Bridge Service, creation of a Career Bridge account, or provision of a mobile telephone number does not, by itself, constitute consent to receive recurring SMS, MMS, or RCS messages. Where consent is required, mobile messaging consent is obtained separately through the applicable opt-in process.

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Service or parts of Our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.
Application means the software program provided by the Company and accessed or downloaded by You on an electronic device, known as Career Bridge.
Company (referred to as either the “Company,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our” in this Privacy Policy) refers to Student-Led Innovations, LLC, doing business as Career Bridge, PO Box 149, Pharr, TX 78577.
Country refers to the United States.
Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, mobile phone, tablet, or other internet-connected device.
Personal Data means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Career Bridge Application, website, platform, and related services provided by the Company.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person or entity that processes data on behalf of the Company. This includes third-party companies or individuals engaged by the Company to facilitate, operate, host, maintain, support, secure, analyze, or provide the Service, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data means data collected automatically, either generated through the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself, such as the duration of a page visit, device information, browser information, IP address, or interaction data.
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, educational institution, organization, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Usage Data
Messaging preferences and notification settings
Mobile messaging opt-in and opt-out status
Messaging consent records, including the date, time, and method of consent where applicable
Message delivery and interaction information

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Information Collected while Using the Application

While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with Your prior permission:

Pictures and other information from your Device's camera and photo library

We use this information to provide features of Our Service, to improve and customize Our Service. The information may be uploaded to the Company's servers and/or a Service Provider's server or it may be simply stored on Your device.

You can enable or disable access to this information at any time, through Your Device settings.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To provide service and operational communications: We may contact You by email, telephone, SMS, MMS, Rich Communication Services (RCS), push notification, or other electronic communication to provide information related to Your use of Career Bridge. These communications may include account notifications, course or project invitations, project updates, milestone and deadline reminders, event reminders, submission and status updates, work-based learning activity notifications, communications from instructors, administrators, project participants or other authorized users, customer support communications, service announcements, and account or security alerts.
These communications are intended to facilitate Your use of the Career Bridge Service and are separate from marketing or promotional communications.
Marketing and promotional communications: We may provide You with news, information, offers, events, or promotional communications regarding Career Bridge products, services, programs, or opportunities where permitted by applicable law and consistent with Your communication preferences. Consent to receive service or educational SMS, MMS, or RCS notifications does not constitute consent to receive marketing or promotional mobile messages. Where separate consent is required for promotional mobile messaging, Career Bridge will obtain such consent before sending those communications. You may change Your marketing communication preferences or opt out of promotional communications at any time.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
Research and Development: We may use aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information for research, statistical, and analytical purposes, including academic research, reports, studies, and publications, provided that no personally identifiable information is disclosed without your consent.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Mobile Messaging Data Limitation: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Privacy Policy, mobile telephone numbers, text messaging originator opt-in data, messaging preferences, and messaging consent are excluded from the information-sharing categories described below and will not be sold, rented, transferred, or shared with third parties, affiliates, business partners, or lead generators for their marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile messaging information may be shared only with aggregators, telecommunications carriers, and Service Providers as necessary to administer, operate, and deliver Career Bridge SMS, MMS, RCS, or similar messaging services, or as otherwise required by law.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share Personal Data with Service Providers that process information on Our behalf to operate, maintain, secure, analyze, support, or provide the Service, including providers that facilitate email, SMS, MMS, RCS, push notifications, or other communications. Mobile messaging information may be provided to messaging service providers and aggregators only as necessary to administer and deliver Career Bridge messaging services and not for those providers' independent marketing or promotional purposes.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer certain Personal Data in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, acquisition, restructuring, or similar transaction, subject to applicable law and this Privacy Policy. Mobile messaging opt-in consent will not be treated as transferable authorization for another entity or sender to send SMS, MMS, RCS, or promotional mobile messages. Where required, the successor entity must obtain appropriate consent before initiating such messaging.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us. This provision does not authorize the sharing of mobile messaging opt-in data or consent with affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.
With business partners: We may share certain Personal Data with Our business partners where appropriate to provide products, services, programs, opportunities, or promotions, subject to applicable law and this Privacy Policy. This does not include mobile telephone numbers, messaging opt-in information, or messaging consent for third-party or affiliate marketing or promotional purposes.
With other users: When You choose to share Personal Data or otherwise interact in public areas of the Service with other users, such information may be viewed by other users and may be publicly distributed. Mobile messaging opt-in information and consent records are not made publicly available through this provision.
With Your consent: We may disclose certain Personal Data for other purposes where You provide appropriate consent, subject to applicable law. This provision does not permit Career Bridge to transfer or share text messaging originator opt-in data or messaging consent with another business, affiliate, or third party for that party's independent marketing or messaging purposes.

Mobile Messaging and RCS Communications:

Career Bridge may offer users the option to receive communications through SMS, MMS, Rich Communication Services (RCS), or similar mobile messaging technologies.

Where You opt in to mobile messaging, We may collect Your mobile telephone number, messaging preferences, consent records, including the date, time, and method of consent where applicable, opt-in and opt-out status, message delivery information, and other information necessary to administer the messaging program.

Career Bridge mobile messages may include account notifications, course and project invitations, project updates, milestone and deadline reminders, event notifications, submission and status updates, work-based learning activity notifications, communications related to Your participation in Career Bridge, customer support communications, service announcements, and account or security alerts.

Consent to receive Career Bridge service, educational, or operational mobile messages is separate from consent to receive marketing or promotional mobile messages. Opting in to service or educational notifications does not authorize Career Bridge to send promotional mobile messages unless You have separately consented to receive those communications where required by applicable law.

Mobile information, including mobile telephone numbers, messaging opt-in data, and consent, will not be sold, rented, transferred, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes. All categories of information sharing described in this Privacy Policy exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent. This information will not be shared with third parties, except aggregators and service providers as necessary to provide the SMS, MMS, RCS, or other mobile messaging services.

Message frequency may vary based upon Your activity, participation, projects, courses, deadlines, notifications, and communication preferences. Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of recurring mobile messages at any time by replying STOP to a message. You may reply HELP for assistance or contact Career Bridge using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We may share or transfer certain Personal Data in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, acquisition, restructuring, or similar transaction, subject to applicable law and this Privacy Policy. Mobile messaging opt-in consent will not be treated as transferable authorization for another entity or sender to send SMS, MMS, RCS, or promotional mobile messages. Where required, the successor entity must obtain appropriate consent before initiating such messaging.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to certain Personal Data as necessary to perform services on Our behalf. These Service Providers may collect, store, use, or process information as necessary to provide their contracted services and subject to applicable privacy and security requirements. Mobile messaging information, including mobile telephone numbers, opt-in data, and consent records, may be processed by messaging aggregators, telecommunications carriers, and Service Providers only as necessary to administer and deliver Career Bridge messaging services and not for their independent marketing or promotional purposes.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Career Bridge does not intentionally provide mobile messaging opt-in data or messaging consent records to Google Analytics for advertising or promotional purposes.

You may opt-out of certain Google Analytics features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: support@career-bridge.com

By visiting this page on our website: http://www.career-bridge.com