This Privacy Policy describes how and why Effective Thesis ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information. By participating in our programs or events, visiting our website, or using any of our services, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy. For any questions, please contact us at hello@effectivethesis.org.
Personal Information We Collect
We may collect personal information when you fill out a form, apply to a program, or interact with our website. This may include: - Identity & contact — name, email address, institution. - Academic & career information — research interests, thesis topic, career plans. - Community involvement — previous participation in our programs or related communities. - Demographic information — where relevant to program eligibility or impact assessment. - Device & usage data — IP address, browser type, pages visited, to improve our website. - Research tool inputs — text entered into our research question generator, processed via Anthropic (Claude API) and stored in Airtable. We may also receive information about you from third parties (e.g. referrals from partner organisations) or from publicly available sources.Cookies are small text documents which are created when your browser loads a website. We uses cookies on websites we operate. You can learn more about cookies at allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies
Cookies are small text documents which are created when your browser loads a website. We uses cookies on websites we operate. You can learn more about cookies at allaboutcookies.org.
How we use your information
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:We may collect personal information when you fill out a form, apply to a program, or interact with our website. This may include: - To manage applications and run our programs. - To assess your fit for opportunities, collaborations, or events. - To communicate with you about our programs, updates, and relevant resources. - To analyse and improve our services and website.To assess the impact of our work. - To maintain our records and comply with legal obligations. - To assess the impact of the work we do.
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our users use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
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