Privacy Policy

1. How We Collect Information

Public Data Collection

TalentProfile collects publicly available professional information from sources including:

• • GitHub profiles and repositories
• • LinkedIn public profiles
• • Other publicly accessible developer platforms

Important: We only collect information that you have made publicly available. If you've published your profile on GitHub or LinkedIn, that data is already accessible to anyone on the internet.

Information We Collect

From public sources, we collect:

• • Username and public name
• • Email address (if publicly listed)
• • Technical skills and programming languages
• • Work experience and projects
• • Location (if specified)
• • Bio and professional description

Usage Information

When you interact with our emails, we collect:

• • Email opens and link clicks
• • Job preferences (when you update them)
• • Email frequency preferences

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• • Match you with relevant job opportunities based on your skills
• • Send personalized job alerts to your email
• • Improve our matching algorithm
• • Analyze which types of jobs are most relevant to developers
• • Prevent fraud and ensure service quality

3. No Sign-Up Required

You did not sign up for TalentProfile. We discovered your publicly available profile and identified you as a potential match for tech job opportunities. If you have an email address associated with your public profile, you may receive job alerts from us.

You can manage your preferences or delete your data at any time using the preference link in any email we send you.

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information only in these circumstances:

• • Service providers: With vendors who help operate our platform (email delivery, analytics)
• • Legal requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
• • Business transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

We never share your data with job posters or employers unless you apply to a job directly through their website.

5. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information:

• • Encrypted data transmission (HTTPS/TLS)
• • Secure database storage
• • Access controls and authentication
• • Regular security audits

6. Your Privacy Rights

You have the right to:

• • Access: View what data we have about you (contact us at support@talentprofile.net)
• • Correction: Update your email preferences
• • Deletion: Completely remove all your data from our system (via preferences page)
• • Opt-out: Unsubscribe from email communications at any time
• • Object: Stop us from processing your public data for job matching

To exercise any of these rights, use the preference link in any email from us, or contact support@talentprofile.net

7. Deleting Your Data

You can delete all your data from TalentProfile at any time:

1. Click the preference link in any email from us
2. Scroll down and click "Delete My Data"
3. Confirm the deletion

What happens when you delete:

• • All your personal information is permanently removed
• • You will never receive emails from us again
• • We retain anonymized analytics data (no personal identifiers)
• • The deletion is immediate and cannot be undone

8. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For users in the EU/EEA, our legal basis for processing your data is:

• • Legitimate Interest: Matching qualified candidates with job opportunities
• • Public Data: Information you've made publicly available

You have the right to object to this processing at any time by deleting your data through the preferences page.

9. Children's Privacy

TalentProfile is not intended for users under 16. We do not knowingly collect or process data from children under 16.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes via email. Continued receipt of our emails after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights: