Privacy
Updated Agust 1,2024
Our privacy obligations
This Privacy Policy is a statement of principles and guidelines concerning the protection of Personal Information of our clients, service providers and other individuals ("you"). This Privacy Policy applies to any Personal Information that we collect, use, and disclose (collectively “process”) about you, including through the websites and mobile applications that are owned and/or operated by Unimmigrate and through telephone, written, and in-person interactions. 'Personal information' means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable. Unimmigrate' Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected and/or held by Freelancer. This Privacy Policy also explains how we process 'personal data' about people in the European Union (EU), as required under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will review this policy regularly, and we may update it from time to time.
1. Assent
You agree that Unimmigrate, its service providers, and its agents may collect, use, and disclose your personal information in compliance with this privacy policy and as needed or permitted by law by giving it to us. Please do not use the products or services in any way, or visit the website or mobile applications, if you do not agree to this privacy statement. Subject to legal and contractual constraints, you may decline or withdraw your permission to any of the objectives outlined in this Privacy Policy at any time by contacting Unimmigrate' Privacy Officer. If you decline or withdraw your consent, we may be unable to provide or continue to supply you with products, services, or information that you may find valuable. If you provide Unimmigrate or our service providers and agents with another individual' Personal Information, you represent that you have all necessary authority and/or consent from such person to allow us to collect, use, and disclose such Personal Information for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Our products, services, and websites are not intended or directed toward children under the age of sixteen. No one under the age of 16 may use our products or services, or give any Personal Information through our websites. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from minors under the age of sixteen. If you believe we may have information from or about a child under 16, please notify us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We will erase that information as soon as feasible. We may also get additional consents and offer more information about our data collection or privacy practices during disclosures about certain products, services, or circumstances, or in some cases, when we acquire Personal Information from you.
2.What Personal Information Do We Process?
Personal information refers to any data that pertains to an individual and enables their identification directly, or indirectly when combined with other data (hereafter referred to as "Personal Information"). This does not include data where all identifiers of the individual have been removed (i.e., anonymous Personal Information). The following categories of information, which may be considered Personal Information, can be collected by us:
- Identity Information : Includes name, date of birth, gender, marital status, job title, profession, social insurance number, tax identification number, government-issued ID documents and numbers (such as driver’s license and passport), demographic details, biometric data, username, and password.
- Contact Information : Includes email, residential and mailing address, postal code, phone numbers, emergency contact details, information about reference letter providers, and guarantor details.
- Product/Services Information : Includes data about products or services previously used, usage dates, fees paid, and preferences or interests in products or services.
- Financial Information : Includes credit/debit card or account details, financial data, bank statements, income, housing status, creditworthiness information, and other necessary data for a lender to make a credit decision, including information from credit bureaus, business partners, affiliates, and other companies.
- Preference Information : Includes data about personal interests, related product and service usage, skills, biographical information (both academic and career goals), reviews of users, products or services, group memberships, and information from social networking sites.
- Technical Information : Includes internet protocol (IP) address, geolocation data, web browser type and version, operating system and/or device information, cookies, and other technologies used on devices accessing this website.
- Internet Activity Information : Includes session details such as page response times, download errors, visit durations on certain pages, page interaction data (like scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and browsing methods used to leave the page.
- Education Information : Includes application details, institution and program information, grades, resume, cover letter, statement of purpose, references, application status, standardized test scores (including GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, SAT, and ACT), and other information and documents added to your profile or otherwise provided.
- Visa Information : Includes application details, legal status, and other information and documents added to your application or otherwise provided.
3. How Do We Collect Your Personal Information?
We may use different methods to collect Personal Information from and about you including through:
Direct interactions. You may give us Personal Information by corresponding with us or by using our products or services, including without limitation our web site’s and mobile application’s features, products and services. This includes Personal Information you may provide if you (or your personal representative):
- sign-up for a user account on our web site or mobile application and update such user account;
- contact us through telephone, mail, email, social networking services, messaging applications (e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram and Messenger) or a chat-box on our web site or mobile application;
- input or upload any Personal Information through one of our web sites or mobile application, including in connection with you applying for, utilizing and purchasing any products or services;
- utilize third party payment providers or otherwise make a payment;
- choose to share or sync your contacts with Passage;
- choose to grant us permission to access your device’s precise geolocation;
- subscribe to our newsletter or marketing materials, respond to a survey, fill out a form, participate in a sweepstakes, or otherwise input or upload information or files through our website or mobile application, by telephone, or in person; and
- posts, comments or direct messages on or through our website or mobile application.
Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our web site or mobile application, we will automatically collect technical information and internet activity information about your equipment and browsing actions and patterns. We collect this information by using cookies, pixels, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive technical information about you if you visit other web sites or mobile applications employing our cookies. Third Party Services. If you use third party services like Facebook, Google or Apple to log in to Passage or if you connect a third party account to your Passage account at any time, then we will collect Personal Information from that third party service. The specific information shared with us will depend on the third party’s privacy practices, agreements we have with the third party and any choices that you may make in sharing your personal information. We may also receive information from data providers and public sources. Indirectly: Authorize us (including our service providers on our behalf) to collect personal information about you from our partners (which may include loyalty partners, referral partners, recruiters, academic institutions, financial institutions, contractors, landlords, employers, registries, governmental agencies (including the Canada Revenue Agency, Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), and debt collectors) and credit bureaus.
4.How we use personal information
The information we request, collect, and process is primarily used to provide users with the product or service they have requested. More specifically, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- to provide the service or product you have requested;
- to facilitate the creation of a User Contract (see Terms of Service for more information);
- to provide technical or other support to you;
- to answer enquiries about our services, or to respond to a complaint;
- to promote our other programs, products or services which may be of interest to you (unless you have opted out from such communications);
- to allow for debugging, testing and otherwise operate our platforms;
- to conduct data analysis, research and otherwise build and improve our platforms;
- to comply with legal and regulatory obligations;
- if otherwise permitted or required by law; or
- for other purposes with your consent, unless you withdraw your consent for these purposes.
5. To Whom Do We Disclose Your Personal Information?
- From time to time, Unimmigrate may disclose your Personal Information to:
- Passage’s subsidiaries and affiliates, as required to provide our products and services;
- service and payment providers, including an organization or individual retained by Unimmigrate to perform functions on its behalf or in connection with our products and services;
- an organization or individual retained by Unimmigrate to evaluate your creditworthiness or to collect debts outstanding on an account;
- a financial institution, investor, donor or lender, on a confidential basis and in connection with the assignment of a right to receive payment, the provision of security or other financing arrangements;
- a financial institution, investor, donor or lender, on a confidential basis and in connection with the assignment of a right to receive payment, the provision of security or other financing arrangements;
- a person who, in the reasonable judgment of Unimmigrate, is providing or seeking the information as your agent;
- to our insurers and to regulatory agencies such as insurers or others in connection with regulatory or other activities relating to the obligations of Unimmigrate;
- to personnel in Unimmigrate, government authorities, insurers, benefits providers, consultants or agents as reasonably required to establish, manage or terminate employment, contractual relationships and partnerships and to facilitate the products and services;
- to professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and insurers in the course of the professional services they render to Unimmigrate;
- to respond to court orders and legal investigations, or as required by applicable law;
- to an acquiring entity in connection with the consummation or proposal of a business transaction (including liquidation, realization, seizure or repossession), concession, merger, business combination or any other type of acquisition, liquidation, transfer, translative contract or financing of Unimmigrate, in whole or in part, or of any property, stock, asset, share or business of Unimmigrate; and
- any third party or parties (including Unimmigrate’s business partners), where you consent to such disclosure or where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
- Based on your settings, content you post on Unimmigrate, such as posts, replies, recommendations, messages and certain of your profile information may be visible to other members, businesses, governments, academic institutions, employers, agencies or the public.
6. To Whom Do We Disclose Your Personal Information?
Subject to certain exemptions, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have the following rights in relation to the Personal Information we hold about you:
- Your right of access. At your written request we will inform you whether we hold Personal Information relating to you and if we do, you have the right to receive a general account of our processing of such Personal Information. If your request is made in writing, subject to applicable laws and the provisions of this Privacy Policy, we will also provide you with access to your Personal Information that is in our possession. A reasonable fee may be levied if you request the transcription, reproduction or transmission of such information and you will have to provide information or documentation to verify your identity. We will inform you of the approximate cost before proceeding to respond to your request. Your rights to access your Personal Information are not absolute. Access can be denied for several different reasons under applicable legislation. If we deny your request for access to your Personal Information, we shall explain why.
- Your right to rectification. If we hold Personal Information about you and you believe that it is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, you can request to have it rectified (or rectify it yourself via your account information page, if available). If we discover that information is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, we will take reasonable steps to rectify it. We will also send any information that has been amended, where appropriate, to any third parties that have access to the information.
- Your right to withdraw consent. If we rely on your implicit or explicit consent as our legal basis for processing your Personal Information, you may have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent. You may not be able to withdraw your consent during the term of certain products and services.
7. How Do We Protect Your Personal Information?
To help protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information, Passage employs physical, administrative and technological safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of your Personal Information. Where Personal Information is sent to a third party for processing, we take reasonable steps, through our contacts with them, that all Personal Information is kept secure. We operate secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free.
8. Contact Us
For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise any of the rights that you have in relation to your Personal Information, please contact:
Unimmigrate.
Attn: Privacy
Email: info@Unimmigrate.com