Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: [November 16, 2025]

This Privacy Policy describes how the NYC Teen Resume Challenge (“We,” “Us,” or “Our”) collects, uses, and shares personal information when you visit, register for, or participate in the NYC Teen Resume Challenge (the “Service”).

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Service, primarily to facilitate the challenge, conduct the workshops, and verify eligibility.

A. Information You Provide to Us

When you register for the Challenge, attend a webinar, submit a resume, or contact us, you may provide us with the following personal information:

  • Contact and Identification Information: Your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
  • Eligibility Information: Your age, school, grade level, and New York City borough of residence (to confirm eligibility as a teen 19 years old and younger residing in NYC).
  • Parental/Guardian Consent Form: A signed consent form from a parent or legal guardian is a mandatory requirement for eligibility and participation in the Challenge.-
  • Contest Submission Data: The resumes and other documents you submit as part of the competition.
  • Communications: Records and copies of your correspondence with us (e.g., emails).

B. Information We Collect Automatically

As you navigate through the Service, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Usage Details: Information about your use of the website, such as traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data.
  • Technical Information: Your IP address, operating system, browser type, and device information.
  • Cookies and Tracking: We and/or our service providers (e.g., Jottful, the website platform) may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to help analyze user behavior and manage website functionality.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Provide the Service: To register you for the Challenge, verify your eligibility, and provide access to the mandatory workshops and resources.
  • To Administer the Contest: To manage the competition, assign anonymous participant numbers for judging, and contact finalists and winners.
  • Communication: To notify you about workshop dates, updates to the contest, changes to our policies, and to respond to your inquiries.
  • Improvement: To improve the content, organization, and effectiveness of the Service and future challenges.
  • Marketing and Promotion: To promote the Challenge (e.g., by publicly announcing winners, subject to prior consent).

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • With Sponsors: We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information (e.g., number of participants by borough) with our sponsors for reporting and promotional purposes. We will not share your name, contact information, or your submitted resume with sponsors unless we have obtained your specific, opt-in consent.
  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers (e.g., our website host, email service providers, judges, and professional resume coaches) who need access to such information to perform services on our behalf.
  • Legal Requirements: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • Contest Judging: Resumes are reviewed by a panel of professional judges. As stated in the contest rules, submissions are anonymized using assigned participant numbers prior to the initial judging round.

4. Children’s Privacy (COPPA and Minors)

The NYC Teen Resume Challenge is specifically directed at teens 19 years old and younger who are New York City high school students.

  • Teens Under 13: If you are under the age of 13, you must have the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian to register and participate in the Challenge. We strongly encourage a parent or guardian to review and submit the registration on behalf of any participant under 13. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our records.
  • Teens Under 18: We encourage all teens under the age of 18 to review this Privacy Policy with their parent or guardian to ensure they understand their rights and our data collection practices.

5. Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Service.

6. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

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