Last Updated: October 20, 2025
Welcome to SkillLinker.com. This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which SkillLinker ("Company", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User" or "you") of the SkillLinker.com website and any related services (collectively, the "Service").
By accessing or using our Service, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Service. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Examples: First and last name, email address, phone number, physical address, profile picture, professional qualifications, portfolio items, user-generated content (reviews, messages).
Primary Purpose of Use: To create and manage your account, facilitate service transactions, process payments, and enable communication between users.
Examples: Name, email, profile information from social media platforms (e.g., Google, Facebook) if used for registration/login.
Primary Purpose of Use: To simplify the registration and login process and populate your user profile.
Examples: Details of services purchased or sold, transaction timestamps. Note: Full payment card details are processed directly by our third-party payment processors.
Primary Purpose of Use: To process payments, issue refunds, maintain transaction records, and for tax and accounting purposes.
Examples: IP address, browser type/version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time spent on pages, device identifiers.
Primary Purpose of Use: To monitor the usage of our Service, perform analytics, improve Service functionality, and enhance security.
Examples: Session cookies, preference cookies, security cookies.
Primary Purpose of Use: To operate our Service, remember your preferences and various settings, and for security purposes.
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users' Personal Data to others. We may share your information in the following situations:
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information (e.g., through Standard Contractual Clauses).
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights:
If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information is being collected about you, and the right to request the deletion of your personal information.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details below. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests to protect your information.
Our Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We have the discretion to update this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We may also provide notice to you in other ways, such as through the contact information you have provided. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact our Data Protection Officer at: