1.What this policy covers
This Privacy Policy explains how WeLyncu handles personal data when you use the career and education platform: accounts, profiles, the feed, messages, jobs, courses, mentoring, certificates, resumes, and payments.
It is a separate document from the Terms and Conditions. It is written in English, which is the language of signup. If you need this notice in another language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, email us and we will tell you how we can provide it.
In this policy, “personal data” means information that identifies you or can be linked to you. Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you are the Data Principal and WeLyncu is the Data Fiduciary for the data described here. If a data-protection law in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area applies to you, WeLyncu is the controller of that data.
2.Who is responsible
WeLyncu operates the platform you use to connect, learn, mentor, and find work. We decide why and how the personal data in this policy is used.
Privacy requests and grievances go to support@welyncuu.com. Put “Privacy request” in the subject and include the email address on your account. That inbox is the contact for the person authorised to handle privacy rights and grievances.
3.Information you give us
We collect only what the feature you use needs. You can use a basic profile without applying to jobs, publishing a course, or setting up a payout.
- Account: full name, email address, and a password, or the Google account details you choose to share when you use Continue with Google.
- Profile: photo, cover image, headline, country or location, phone, about, experience, education, skills, availability, portfolio, and resume.
- Network and content: posts, comments, stories, messages, connection requests, and the visibility choices in Privacy settings.
- Work and learning: job applications, course enrollments, lesson progress, mentoring requests, and files you upload for those features.
- Earnings: identity and bank details required to withdraw money, as described in the payments section.
- Support: the message and contact details you send when you ask for help.
4.Information collected while you use WeLyncu
When you use the platform we also record technical and activity data needed to run it.
- Sign-in events, the IP address and browser or device type seen by our servers, and error and security logs.
- Actions needed to deliver a feature you used, such as a connection request, an application, a course enrollment, or a notification you receive.
- Cookies and browser storage listed in the Cookies section.
5.Why we use each kind of data
We use personal data for a stated purpose. We do not sell personal data, and we do not use private messages to advertise you to other companies.
| Data | Why we use it |
|---|---|
| Name, email, and password | Create the account, sign you in, and recover access. Passwords are stored in protected form, not as plain text. |
| Email verification codes | Confirm that the email address is yours during signup and password reset. |
| Google account details, if you choose Google sign-in | Name, email, and the account identifier Google shares, so you can sign in without a separate password. |
| Profile details | Photo, headline, location, phone, about, experience, education, skills, availability, portfolio, resume, and open-to-work status, so members and recruiters can find you as your visibility settings allow. |
| Posts, comments, stories, and messages | Show the feed, discussions, and conversations you choose to start. |
| Connections and privacy settings | Build your network and apply the audience you chose for your profile, contact details, messages, and online status. |
| Job posts and applications | Let employers publish roles and let you apply. The recruiter who posted the role receives the application you submit. |
| Courses, progress, certificates, and mentoring bookings | Enroll you, save progress, issue a platform certificate, and run the session you book. |
| Payout and tax identity details | Pay eligible earnings. For India this can include PAN, phone, legal name, and bank account with IFSC. For the United States, Stripe collects payout details on its own form. We store payout status and masked details, not your full card number. |
| Support messages | Answer a request you send to Help and Support. |
| Device and log data | IP address, browser type, dates of sign-in, and security logs, so we can keep the service online and investigate abuse. |
6.The reason we are allowed to use it
Where India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act applies, we process personal data with your consent, or for a legitimate use the Act allows. Those uses include providing a service you asked for, keeping the platform secure, and meeting a legal duty. Consent must be a clear yes. You can withdraw it, as the Withdrawal section explains. Withdrawing consent does not undo processing that was already lawful.
Where UK or EEA law applies, we rely on one of these bases: the contract with you (running the account and the features you request), a legal obligation (tax, accounting, and lawful requests), your consent (for example, optional information you choose to publish, or a future product email you opt into), or our legitimate interests in securing the service and preventing fraud, where those interests do not override your rights.
We send service messages such as verification codes, security alerts, and payment receipts. Those are part of the account, not a marketing list. If we later offer optional product news, we will ask first, and each message will include a way to stop them.
7.Who can see your profile
Privacy settings control the audience for your profile, contact details, sections such as experience, skills, resume, and posts, who can message you, and whether your activity, connection list, or online status is shown.
A public field can be seen by members, and where you choose Everyone, by people who are not signed in. A field set to Only me stays off other people’s views. Messages are shown to the people in that conversation. A job application is shown to the recruiter for that role. Course progress is shown to you and, where needed to deliver the course, to the instructor.
9.Payments, payouts, and identity checks
Checkout shows the price and currency before you pay. The payment provider confirms the charge. We keep a record of the purchase, the amount, and the status so we can deliver the plan, course, or session, and so we can handle a refund or a dispute.
Withdrawals are available only after the identity and bank checks shown in Earnings. India payouts use Razorpay and can require a PAN, a phone number, a legal name, and a bank account. United States payouts use Stripe’s hosted form. We keep the verification result and a masked form of sensitive numbers. We do not ask you to send a PAN, bank account, or government ID in a post, comment, or direct message.
10.Data stored in other countries
WeLyncu and its providers may store or process personal data in India, the United States, or another country where the provider operates. A provider that processes data for us must protect it and use it only on our instructions.
Under India’s Act, personal data may be transferred except to a country the Government of India has restricted. If a restriction applies, we will not transfer your data there. If UK or EEA law applies to you, transfers outside that region use a safeguard the law recognises, such as a contract clause with the provider. Email us if you want the categories of providers that handle your account.
11.How long we keep data
We keep personal data only while we still need it for the purpose we collected it, or for a period the law requires, and then we delete it or remove the details that identify you.
- Account and profile data: while the account is open. After you delete the account, we remove the profile from the product. Copies can remain in backups until those backups are overwritten, and in a message or post another member already received.
- Verification codes: until they expire or you use them, then they are discarded.
- Posts and messages you delete: removed from the product. A message already delivered can remain in the other person’s inbox.
- Payment, payout, and tax records: for the period accounting, tax, and payment-dispute rules require in the country of the transaction, including GST and income-tax record duties for India transactions, and then deleted or de-identified.
- Security logs: for a limited period needed to investigate abuse, fraud, and outages, and then deleted.
- Support messages: while we need them to resolve the request and for a short period afterward in case the same issue returns, unless a longer legal hold applies.
12.How we protect data
We use access controls, encrypted connections, protected password storage, and limited staff access so personal data is not left open. No online service can promise that a breach is impossible.
If a personal-data breach creates a risk to you, we will notify you and, where India’s Act requires it, the Data Protection Board of India, within the time the law sets. You should also tell us at once if you think someone else has signed in as you.
13.Your rights and how to use them
You can use many controls yourself. Profile, Privacy, and Account settings let you correct profile details, change who can see you, and delete the account. For anything you cannot do there, email support@welyncuu.com with the subject Privacy request.
If India’s Act applies, you can ask for a summary of your personal data and how it is used, correct or complete data that is wrong, and ask us to erase data when the purpose is finished, you withdraw consent, or the law says we must. You can also nominate another person to exercise these rights if you die or become unable to do so. Name that person in your email and we will record the nomination. You can raise a grievance with us first. If you are not satisfied, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
If UK or EEA law applies, you can also ask us to restrict processing, to give you a copy of data you provided in a portable form, or to object to processing based on legitimate interests. You can complain to the data-protection authority in your country.
If a US state privacy law applies, you can ask us to confirm, correct, or delete personal data we hold, and to say whether we sell or share it for cross-context advertising. We do not sell personal data, and we do not share it for that kind of advertising. We will not discriminate against you for making a request.
We may need to confirm that the request comes from you. We will not fulfil a request where the law requires us to keep the record, such as a tax invoice or an active fraud investigation.
14.Children
WeLyncu is a career and education network for people who are at least 16. We do not knowingly create an account for a child under 16. If you believe we have data about a child under 16, email us and we will delete the account.
Under India’s Act, a person under 18 is a child. A parent or legal guardian must agree before that person uses WeLyncu. We do not use a child’s personal data for tracking, behavioural monitoring, or targeted advertising. We do not knowingly allow a person under 18 to buy a paid plan, post a job as an employer, or withdraw earnings.
16.Withdrawing consent
You can take consent back as easily as you gave it. Change a visibility setting to Only me, stop a payout setup before you submit it, or delete the account from Account settings. You can also email support@welyncuu.com with the subject Withdraw consent.
If you withdraw consent for data the account needs, such as your email address, we may have to close the account, because we cannot sign you in or protect it without that data. Withdrawal does not erase payment or tax records the law tells us to keep, and it does not undo processing that already happened.
17.Changes to this policy
We update this policy when our data practices or the law change. The date at the top is the date of the current version.
If a change adds a new kind of personal data, a new purpose, or a new type of recipient, we will email the address on your account before the change applies, unless a shorter period is required for security or by law. We will also show a notice in the product. Smaller edits, such as a clarification that does not change what we collect, will appear on this page with a new date.
18.Contact, grievances, and complaints
Email support@welyncuu.com. Use the subject Privacy request for access, correction, deletion, or a nomination. Use the subject Privacy grievance if you believe we have handled your data wrongly.
We will acknowledge the message and aim to resolve a grievance within 30 days. If India’s Act applies and you are not satisfied with the response, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India. If UK or EEA law applies, you can complain to your local data-protection authority. Nothing in this policy waives a complaint right the law does not allow you to waive.
Also read the Terms and Conditions.