Privacy notice

Many of our users are under 18. We collect as little personal information as possible and use it only for college counseling at Empathy Schools.

What we collect

• Visitors can browse universities, scholarships and guides without an account. Scores entered in search filters stay in the page address and are not stored.
• Students provide their name and email to create an account, and may add academic information (grade, GPA, test scores) and university preferences.
• Counselors may record appointments and counseling notes about their assigned students.

Who can see it

• Student profiles and academic records are never public.
• Only the student, their assigned counselor and school administrators can see a student’s records. This is enforced by the database, not just the website.
• Counselor notes are visible to students only when a counselor explicitly shares them.
• Uploaded documents are stored in private storage that is not publicly accessible.

Your choices

• You can update your name and academic information at any time.
• To delete your account and data, ask the counseling office; administrators will remove it.
• Changes made by staff to the university database are recorded in an audit log.