Skilled.dev Privacy Policy

Effective Aug 5, 2021

This policy covers Skilled.dev, a website from Gitconnected Inc. ("gitconnected")

Thanks for entrusting Skilled.dev with your personal information and interview preparation. Holding onto your private information is a serious responsibility, and we want you to know how we're handling it.

What information Skilled.dev collects and Why

In order to give you the best possible experience using Skilled.dev, we collect information from your interactions with our network. We use common internet technologies, such as cookies and web server logs. We collect this basic information from everybody, whether they have an account or not.

The information we collect about all visitors to our website includes:

  • The visitor’s browser type
  • Referring site
  • The date and time of each visitor request
  • We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

We use this information to:

  • Provide, test, improve, promote and personalize Skilled.dev Services
  • Fight spam and other forms of abuse
  • Generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how people use Skilled.dev Services

In order for you to create an account on Skilled.dev and use our Services, we need to collect and process certain information. Depending on your use of the Services, that may include:

  • Communications you send to us (for example, when you ask for support, send us questions or comments, or report a problem);
  • Information that you submit on or to Skilled.dev in the form of reactions, comments, or messages to other users;
  • The email address associated with your GitHub account, if you choose to sign up using your GitHub credentials. Skilled.dev will also request permission to access additional information (these permissions are governed by GitHub’s privacy policies and can be managed through your GitHub privacy settings). We never post anything to your GitHub without your permission.
  • You also have the option to give us more information if you want to, and this may include “User Personal Information.”

Information Disclosure

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade User Personal Information with third parties for commercial purposes.

We do share certain aggregated, non-personally identifying information with others about how our users, collectively, use Skilled.dev. For example, we may share information pertaining to the popularity of different programming languages for advertising partners.

We may use User Personal Information with your permission, so we can perform services you have authorized. For example, if you indicate you are looking for work, we may contact you with opportunities. We will only use or share information where we believe it will benefit you. For example, opportunities for education, career growth, or mentorship.

We may share User Personal Information with a limited number of third party vendors who process it on our behalf to provide or improve our service, and who have agreed to privacy restrictions similar to our own Privacy Statement. Our third party vendors are listed below.

Third Party Vendors

We may share your account information with third parties in some circumstances, including: (1) with your consent; (2) to a service provider or partner who meets our data protection standards; (3) for survey or research purposes, after aggregation, anonymization, or pseudonomization; (4) when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, such as pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process; (5) when we have a good faith belief that doing so will help prevent imminent harm to someone.

Data Storage Skilled.dev uses third-party vendors and hosting partners for hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology we need to run Skilled.dev. By using Skilled.dev Services, you authorize Skilled.dev to transfer, store, and use your information in the United States and any other country where we operate. All service providers and third-party vendors are required to meet our data protection standards.

Site monitoring Skilled.dev uses a variety of third-party services to diagnose errors and improve the performance of our site. We aim to minimize the amount of personal information shared, but the information may include your IP address or other identifying information. All service providers and third-party vendors are required to meet our data protection standards.

Payment processing Skilled.dev does not process payments directly — we rely on third-party services such as Stripe and ccccccugjkkdjegguvjknbtbgfuilfvvjtgedtceluge to receive payments and store any payment information.

Third-Party Embeds Some of the content that you see displayed on Skilled.dev is not hosted by Skilled.dev. These “embeds” are hosted by a third-party and embedded in Skilled.dev. For example: YouTube videos, Codepens, Twitter tweets, or GitHub code that appear within a Skilled.dev post. These files send data to the hosted site just as if you were visiting that site directly (for example, when you load a Skilled.dev post page with a YouTube video embedded in it, YouTube receives data about your activity). Skilled.dev does not control what data third parties collect in cases like this, or what they will do with it. Third-party embeds on Skilled.dev are not covered by this privacy policy; they are covered by the privacy policy of the third-party service. Be mindful when interacting with these services.

Facebook (visitor action pixel) We use the “visitor action pixels” from Facebook Inc on our website.

This allows user behavior to be tracked after they have been redirected to our website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This enables us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us, i.e. we do not see the personal data of individual users. However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook, which is why we are informing you, based on our knowledge of the situation. Facebook may link this information to your Facebook account and also use it for its own promotional purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s Data Usage Policy. You can object to the collection of your data by Facebook pixel, or to the use of your data for the purpose of displaying Facebook ads by contacting the following address: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Cookies & Tracking We use browser cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you return to our Services. Third-party vendors may also use cookies for various reasons.

Cookies also facilitate the social media login functionality (e.g., via Facebook, Google, or GitHub) on our website. Essential cookies do not include advertising cookies, which are discussed further below.

Skilled.dev uses a specific cookie in order to facilitate the use of Google Universal Analytics for users logged-in to the Applications or the Platforms (“Logged-In User). If you are a Logged-In User, Skilled.dev may use your Skilled.dev user ID in combination with Google Universal Analytics and Google Analytics to track and analyze the pages of the Services you visit. We do this only to better understand how you use the Website and the other Services, with a view to offering improvements for all Skilled.dev users; and to tailor our business and marketing activities accordingly, both generally and specifically to you. Google Analytics cookies do not provide Skilled.dev with any Personal Information. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.

You may opt-out of this feature by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, by setting your web browser to refuse cookies, or by setting your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

We also use Amplitude in a similar manner as Google Analytics. If you are a Logged-In User, Skilled.dev may use your Skilled.dev user ID in combination with Amplitude to track and analyze the pages of the Services you visit and understand how our users interact with the product. We do this only to better understand how you use the Website and the other Services, with a view to offering improvements for all Skilled.dev users; and to tailor our business and marketing activities accordingly, both generally and specifically to you. You can also use tools to prevent Amplitude from recognizing you on return visits.

We may use advertising cookies to market Skilled.dev products or services to you on third-party websites. For example, if you visit the Skilled.dev website, you may then see an advertisement for Skilled.dev products or services on certain third-party websites you visit in the future. We sometimes use cookies delivered by third parties to track the performance of our advertisements. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited our websites. The information provided to third parties does not include personal information. This process helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

Data Security We use encryption (HTTPS/TLS) to protect data transmitted to and from our site. However, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, so we can’t guarantee security. You use the Service at your own risk, and you’re responsible for taking reasonable measures to secure your account.

Administrative Emails from Skilled.dev Sometimes we’ll send you emails about your account, service changes or new policies. You can’t opt out of this type of “transactional” email (unless you delete your account).

When you interact with a transactional email sent from Skilled.dev (such as opening an email or clicking on a particular link in an email), we may receive information about that interaction.

Non-administrative Emails from Skilled.dev Upon creating a Skilled.dev account, you will be opted into the Skilled.dev Newsletter and other non-administrative email. Your email address and user profile information may be stored by a third-party email provider such as SendInBlue, MailChimp, or Sendgrid. You can opt out of non-administrative emails such as digests, newsletters, and activity notifications through your account’s “Settings” page and at the link of the footer in any non-administrative email you receive from us.

When you interact with a non-administrative email sent from Skilled.dev (such as opening an email or clicking on a particular link in an email), we may receive information about that interaction.

Deleting Your Personal Information You may request deletion of your personal information and account by emailing hey@skilled.dev.

To protect information from accidental or malicious destruction, we may maintain residual copies for a brief time period. But, if you delete your account, your information and content will be unrecoverable after that time.

Data Portability If you would like to request a copy of your user data, please email hey@skilled.dev.

Business Transfers If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization or sale of assets such that your information would be transferred or become subject to a different privacy policy, we’ll notify you in advance of any such change.

Changes to this Policy We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. If we change this Privacy Policy in the future, we will post the revised Privacy Policy and update the “Effective Date,” above, to reflect the date of the changes.

Questions We welcome feedback about this policy at hey@skilled.dev.