Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 30, 2026 · Version 2026-09-30

This Privacy Policy explains how Connecting Odds ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, shares and protects personal information when you use our website, mobile experiences and related services (collectively, the "Service"). It applies to visitors, registered members, job seekers, recruiters and company representatives. This page is maintained by Connecting Odds to answer common privacy questions about our product; it is not an independent certification.

1. Who we are

Connecting Odds operates a professional networking platform that lets people build profiles, publish content, message each other, apply to jobs, and let recruiters and companies discover talent. If you have questions about this policy or your data, contact us at privacy@connectingodds.com.

2. Information we collect

2.1 Information you provide directly

• Account details - name, email address, username, password (stored hashed), and, when you choose Google sign-in, your Google profile identifier and basic profile fields.
• Profile content - photo, headline, bio, locations, work experience, education, certifications, skills, resumes, portfolio links, and open-to-work / hiring signals you choose to share.
• Content you post - posts, comments, reactions, group posts, page posts, direct messages, message attachments, and meeting notes.
• Professional actions - connections, follows, job applications, saved jobs, saved searches, feedback and support tickets you submit.
• Consents and preferences - Terms and Privacy acceptance at signup, cookie choices, notification preferences, company-authorization confirmations, and data-subject requests.

2.2 Information collected automatically

• Technical data - IP address, approximate location derived from IP, device type, browser, operating system, and referring URL.
• Usage data - pages viewed, search queries and results, features used, timestamps, error and performance signals.
• Cookies and similar technologies - see our Cookie Policy and manage choices in Cookie Preferences.

2.3 Information from third parties

• Google OAuth - when you sign in with Google, we receive the profile fields you authorise (typically name, email, avatar).
• Company email verification - when you verify a work email, we record the verified domain and timestamp.
• Referrers - if another member invites you, we may receive that reference so we can attribute the invitation.

3. How we use your information

• To create and secure your account and authenticate you.
• To operate core features - feeds, search, messaging, connections, meetings, calls, notifications, job postings and applications.
• To match candidates and roles, surface relevant people, companies and content.
• To send transactional and service emails (verification, security, meeting invitations, application updates, digests you enable).
• To detect, prevent and respond to fraud, abuse, spam and violations of our Terms.
• To measure and improve the Service, including product analytics and reliability.
• To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.

4. Legal bases (EEA/UK users)

• Contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) - to deliver features you request, such as your profile, messages and job applications.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) - to keep the Service secure, prevent abuse, improve product quality, and enable recruiter discovery of visible profiles.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) - for optional cookies, marketing emails you opt into, and sensitive visibility toggles (e.g. open-to-work signals shared with recruiters).
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) - to comply with tax, accounting, and lawful information requests.

5. Visibility and sharing

Connecting Odds is a professional network - some information you provide is designed to be seen by others.

• Other members - your public profile, posts, comments and reactions are visible to other members and, where applicable, to the public web and search engines. You control most visibility from your profile and settings.
• Recruiters and companies - if you opt into open-to-work, apply to a job, or make your profile discoverable, recruiters and the specific company you apply to can view relevant fields (resume, contact info you provided in the application, and profile).
• Service providers (subprocessors) - we use vetted providers for cloud hosting and database, transactional email delivery, error monitoring, and product analytics. These providers process data only on our instructions and under written agreements.
• Legal and safety - we may disclose information to comply with law, enforce our Terms, or protect the rights, safety and property of Connecting Odds, our members, or the public.
• Business transfers - if we're involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, personal data may be transferred, subject to this policy.
• We do not sell your personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.

6. International transfers

Your information may be processed in countries other than your own. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses to protect international transfers.

7. Retention

• We retain your account and profile data while your account is active.
• When you request erasure or delete your account, we anonymise or delete personal data within 30 days, except records we are legally required to retain (e.g. audit logs, tax records, safety records related to reports of abuse).
• Backup copies are purged on our standard rotation.
• Aggregated or de-identified data may be retained for analytics and reliability.

8. Your rights

Subject to your local law (including GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA/CPRA), you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you and receive a copy in a portable format.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Delete your account and personal data (right to erasure).
• Restrict or object to certain processing, including opting out of marketing communications.
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.
• Non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

Exercise most rights directly from Settings → My data & privacy, or submit a request at Data Request. See our Data Processing Addendum for controller/processor terms.

9. Security

We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including encryption in transit (TLS), encryption at rest for our managed database and storage, role-based access, and row-level security policies that restrict access to your data. Passwords are hashed. No system is 100% secure - please use a strong, unique password and enable multi-factor authentication where offered.

10. Children

Connecting Odds is not directed to children under 16 in the EEA, UK and Switzerland, or under 13 elsewhere. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact privacy@connectingodds.com and we will delete it.

11. Cookies and analytics

We use strictly necessary cookies to run the Service, plus optional functional and analytics cookies to improve the product. Manage your choices anytime in Cookie Preferences. Full details are in our Cookie Policy.

12. Automated decision-making

We use ranking and matching algorithms to order feeds, search results and job suggestions. These do not produce legal or similarly significant effects about you. You can request human review of any account action that materially affects you by contacting privacy@connectingodds.com.

13. Third-party links

Profiles, posts and messages may contain links to third-party sites. This policy does not apply to those sites - please review their own privacy notices.

Your rights by region

This is one global policy. Everyone gets the protections above; the laws below add rights depending on where you live. To use any of them, visit Data Request or email privacy@connectingodds.com. We respond within the time the law requires (usually 30 days, 45 days in California) and never treat you differently for using your rights.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR / FADP)

• Legal bases: performing our contract with you (running your account, profile, messages, job applications); legitimate interests (security, fraud prevention, improving and ranking the Service); consent (optional cookies, marketing emails); and legal obligations (tax, law-enforcement requests).
• You can access, correct, delete, restrict or take a copy of your data, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent at any time.
• Optional cookies and marketing emails are off unless you opt in.
• Data transferred outside your region is protected by Standard Contractual Clauses or an equivalent safeguard.
• You can complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).

United States, including California (CCPA / CPRA and other state laws)

• You can ask to know, access, correct and delete the personal information we hold about you.
• We do not sell your personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. You can still record this choice via the "Do not sell or share my info" link in our footer.
• We collect the categories described in section 2, for the purposes in section 3, and keep them as described in our retention section. We do not use sensitive information beyond what is needed to provide the Service.
• An authorised agent may make a request for you; we will verify your identity first.

Canada (PIPEDA)

You can access and correct your information and withdraw consent. Marketing emails are opt-in. Complaints can go to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

India (Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023)

You can access, correct and erase your data, nominate someone to act for you, and withdraw consent. Grievance Officer: privacy@connectingodds.com. If unresolved, you may approach the Data Protection Board of India.

Brazil (LGPD)

You can confirm processing, access, correct, anonymise, port or delete your data and withdraw consent. Complaints can go to the ANPD.

Australia (Privacy Act 1988)

You can access and correct your information. Complaints can go to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Singapore (PDPA)

You can access and correct your data and withdraw consent. Contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@connectingodds.com.

Everywhere else

You can access, correct and delete your data, and opt out of marketing emails at any time.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top and, where appropriate, notify you in-product or by email. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

15. Contact us

Privacy questions or requests: privacy@connectingodds.com. See also our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy.