Last Updated: September 14, 2026
THANKSCHOLAR (“THANKSCHOLAR,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when you use our website and services.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we protect it, when it may be shared, how cookies and similar technologies may be used, and what rights you have over your personal information.
THANKSCHOLAR is a global information platform that is based majorly on scholarships, education, study-abroad opportunities, visa sponsorship information, remote jobs, and international career opportunities. Because visitors may access our website from different countries, this Privacy Policy is intended to address applicable privacy and data-protection requirements, including relevant provisions of the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the UK GDPR where applicable.
By using THANKSCHOLAR, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires your consent for a particular form of processing, we will request that consent separately.
1. Who We Are
THANKSCHOLAR is an independent education and opportunity information platform.
For privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, you may contact us using the privacy contact information at the end of this privacy policy.
Information We Collect
Depending on how you use the website, we may collect or receive different categories of information.
Information You Provide Directly
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you interact with THANKSCHOLAR, including when you:
- Subscribe to a newsletter or email update
- Contact us through an email address or contact form
- Submit feedback or an enquiry
- Participate in a form, survey, promotion, or similar activity
- Otherwise communicate with us
This information may include your name, email address, message contents, and other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit THANKSCHOLAR, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics services, advertising partners, security services, or other technologies.
This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate location derived from technical information
- Pages visited
- Referring website or page
- Date and time of visits
- General website usage information
- Technical information concerning your interaction with our website
We generally use this information in aggregate or technical form to understand website performance, maintain security, detect abuse, analyze traffic, and improve our services.
3. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for purposes including:
- Providing and maintaining the THANKSCHOLAR website
- Responding to enquiries and communications
- Sending newsletters or updates where you have requested or consented to receive them
- Understanding how visitors use our website
- Improving our content, website structure, and user experience
- Maintaining website security and preventing fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
- Diagnosing technical problems
- Managing advertising and measuring advertising performance
- Complying with legal and regulatory obligations
- Establishing, exercising, or defending legal rights
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal data only where an appropriate legal basis exists.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
Consent
We may process personal data based on your consent, such as when you voluntarily subscribe to certain communications or consent to non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before the withdrawal.
Legitimate Interests
We may process information where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Examples may include maintaining website security, preventing abuse, understanding website performance, improving our services, and managing our business.
Legal Obligations
We may process information when necessary to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Contractual Necessity
Where applicable, we may process information when necessary to take steps at your request or perform an agreement with you.
5. Newsletters and Email Communications
If you voluntarily subscribe to a THANKSCHOLAR newsletter or email service, we may collect your email address and, where provided, your name.
We use this information to send the communications you requested, which may include scholarship updates, job opportunities, educational information, website updates, and other relevant content.
You can unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the relevant email or by contacting us.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
THANKSCHOLAR may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, maintain security, and support advertising or analytics.
Cookies may be categorized as:
- Necessary cookies: These may be required for basic website functionality, security, or technical operations.
- Analytics cookies: These may help us understand how visitors use the website and improve its performance.
- Advertising cookies: These may be used by advertising providers to display or measure relevant advertising.
- Preference cookies: These may remember choices made by visitors where applicable.
Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will seek consent before placing or using those technologies.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
7. Advertising
THANKSCHOLAR may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising networks, including Google or other advertising providers.
Advertising providers may use cookies, device information, IP addresses, or similar technologies to deliver, personalize, measure, or limit advertising, subject to their own policies and applicable law.
Where required, THANKSCHOLAR will provide appropriate consent or privacy controls for applicable advertising technologies.
You should also review the privacy practices of the relevant advertising provider for more information about how it processes personal information.
8. Google Analytics and Website Performance Services
We may use third-party analytics or website performance services to understand traffic patterns, diagnose technical issues, measure website performance, and improve the user experience.
These services may collect information such as device information, browser information, approximate location, pages visited, referring pages, and interaction information.
Where required by applicable law, the use of non-essential analytics technologies will be subject to your consent.
9. Third-Party Links
THANKSCHOLAR frequently links to external websites operated by universities, employers, scholarship providers, government organizations, job platforms, educational institutions, and other third parties.
Once you leave THANKSCHOLAR and visit an external website, that website’s own privacy policy and terms may apply.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or data-processing activities of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every external website before providing personal information or submitting an application.
10. Your Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information simply because you visit THANKSCHOLAR.
However, information may be processed or shared with service providers where reasonably necessary to operate the website and provide our services.
Depending on the services we use, these may include:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers
- Email and newsletter providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising providers
- Website security and performance providers
- Technical service providers
- Professional advisers where necessary
- Government authorities or law-enforcement bodies where legally required
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we aim to use appropriate contractual and technical safeguards consistent with applicable law.
11. International Data Transfers
Because THANKSCHOLAR is intended for a global audience and may use service providers located in different countries, personal information may be processed or stored outside the country in which you live.
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies and personal data is transferred outside the applicable protected region, we will seek to use a lawful transfer mechanism and appropriate safeguards where required.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include an adequacy decision, approved contractual safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses, or another legally recognized transfer mechanism.
You may contact us using the privacy contact details in this Privacy Policy if you require further information about applicable international data transfers.
12. How Long We Keep Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may depend on:
- The nature and purpose of the information
- Whether you continue to use a particular service
- Legal or regulatory requirements
- Security and fraud-prevention requirements
- The need to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
When personal information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal requirements.
13. How We Protect Personal Information
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no website, online service, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, while we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. Your Privacy Rights Under the GDPR
If you are located in the European Economic Area or otherwise protected by the GDPR, you may have a number of rights concerning your personal data, subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
Right to Be Informed
You have the right to receive clear information about how your personal data is collected and used.
Right of Access
You may request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and, where applicable, request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification
You may request that inaccurate or incomplete personal data be corrected or completed.
Right to Erasure
In certain circumstances, you may request that your personal data be deleted. This right is sometimes referred to as the “right to be forgotten.”
Right to Restrict Processing
In certain circumstances, you may request that we restrict the processing of your personal data while retaining the information.
Right to Object
You may have the right to object to certain processing of your personal data, particularly where processing is based on legitimate interests or is carried out for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Data Portability
In certain circumstances, you may request personal data that you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or request that it be transmitted to another organization where legally applicable.
15. How to Exercise Your Data Protection Rights
To exercise an applicable privacy right, contact us at:
Email: privacy@thankscholar.com
Please describe your request clearly and provide enough information for us to understand what you are requesting.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests in order to protect your information from unauthorized disclosure.
Where applicable law establishes a specific response period, we will respond within that period. Under the GDPR, requests are generally handled without undue delay and, where applicable, within one month, subject to lawful extensions or exceptions.
16. Complaints About Data Protection
If you believe that your personal information has been handled unlawfully, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can investigate and attempt to resolve the matter.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country of residence, place of work, or the place where you believe an infringement occurred.
If you are in the United Kingdom, you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) where applicable.
The right to complain to a relevant supervisory authority is an important part of the data-protection framework.
17. Children’s Privacy
THANKSCHOLAR provides information about scholarships, education, careers, jobs, and other opportunities that may be relevant to students and young people.
However, our website is not intentionally designed to collect personal information from children for commercial purposes.
Where applicable law requires parental or guardian consent before personal information is collected from a child, we will take reasonable steps to comply with those requirements.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances where such information should not have been collected, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
18. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
THANKSCHOLAR does not intend to make significant decisions about individuals solely through automated processing or profiling.
If this changes in the future and applicable law requires additional information or safeguards concerning automated decision-making, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.
19. Data Breaches
If we become aware of a personal-data breach affecting information under our control, we will assess the incident and take reasonable steps to contain, investigate, and remediate it.
Where applicable law requires notification to affected individuals, regulators, or other authorities, we will make the required notifications within the applicable legal timeframes.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, legal requirements, or data-processing practices.
When we make significant changes, we may update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this policy and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to remain informed about how we handle personal information.
21. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the way THANKSCHOLAR processes personal information, please contact us.
Website: https://thankscholar.com
Privacy Email: privacy@thankscholar.com
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to legitimate privacy enquiries and data-protection requests in accordance with applicable law.