Slingshot Ahead is a company incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law. It is dedicated to protecting your personal information, privacy and informing you about how we collect/use/share your information. This privacy policy (“Policy”) applies to your use of the Slingshot Ahead services which shall include the use of our website www.slingshotahead.com (“Site”). This Privacy Policy should be read with the Slingshot Ahead Terms of Use (“Terms”). All capitalized proper nouns will have the same definitions and meanings as defined by the Terms of Service. The terms "You," "Your," "Yours" and "User" refer to the entity/person/organisation using our Site and includes both our “Client Partners” as well as “Student Talents” (defined in Clause 3 & Clause 4 respectively of Terms of Use) under the headers marking such distinction. For ease of understanding, this Privacy Policy has been divided into Segment A for “Student Talent” and Segment B for “Client Partners” and Segment C for common policy terms. The terms "We" / "Us" / "Our" / ”Company” individually and collectively refer to Slingshot Ahead and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

We may keep revising this policy for better user experience. If you do not agree with or accept our Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Platform.


Slingshot Ahead respects your privacy and your rights hence we intend to comply with all laws such as California Consumer Privacy Act “CCPA” and the EU Data Protection Directive "GDPR".


If you have any questions, complaints, or comments regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at info@slingshotahead.com

1. Collecting Information

At Slingshot Ahead, we collect your information which either in its sole entirety or conjoined with additional information may define you as an individual. We shall hereinafter refer it as Personal Data. We henceforth explain the variety of ways we collect and process your Personal Data and what amounts to such data (reference to Clause 2 of this Privacy Policy):

1. As a Slingshot Ahead User, you can register yourself by signing up for an account, leaving a comment, participating for a sponsorship, joining us directly on Slingshot Ahead or via Discord. Thereafter any information provided via the aforementioned modes or over any of our Partner Platforms voluntarily by you is stored in our servers up until the lapse of the retention period post your request to permanently delete your records. We also use services including Apollo, LinkedIn, GitHub, Telegram, Facebook, Google, Reddit, DevPost, Kaggle and other high school/teenager-centric organizations to handle email marketing, and your Personal Data may be stored in these systems as well.


2. We collect data related to how you interact with our platform, for example, our use of cookies placed on your device.

2. What data is collected?

If you decide to use or access our Platform or any of our Partner Platforms, we may collect the following Personal Data from you:

1. Name and other contact information which shall include your username, residence address, postal address, e-mail address, telephone/mobile number and other similar contact data.
2. Education, work history, and qualifications – including your education history, employment history if any, work-related skills and experience, professional credentials or licenses/certifications, membership in professional organizations, career interests, preferences, qualifications, information provided by references, and other information provided on your résumé or Curriculum Vitae (CV) submitted to us by you voluntarily.
3. Personal demographic data – including your date of birth/age, citizenship, student identification data from respective school or university and contents of any other identification provided to Slingshot for application/internship/placement purposes.
4. Identification data – Identification similar to social security number as in the United States of America and/or driver’s license, state and country of origin and, social media information.
5. Job-related social media data- This may include information from your published profiles created by you on work-related social media platforms such as Linkedin, Indeed etc.
6. As part of registration and submissions on the Platform or Partner Platform thereafter, you may also choose to voluntarily provide photos, videos, documents and other electronic audio-visual content through the Platform or via our Partner Platform.
7. Information we collect through your use of our website, which is an automatic collection of data, including:
   1. Website Data – We collect User ID, log-in credentials, password and/or other similar data.
   2. Location Data We collect data about your location, GPS data, Internet Service Provider Data and IP address.
   3. Cookies and similar data –We use cookies and other similar technologies to recognize and personalize your experience with Slingshot Ahead.
8. Slingshot Ahead may use this information to generate statistics about our diverse community of users and provide such information to our advertisers. Slingshot Ahead may also use this information for security, system integrity or enforcement purposes also.

3. Sensitive DataWe do not collect sensitive information such as political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, genetic data, biometric data, health data or data related to sexual orientation.

Please do not send, upload, or provide us any sensitive data and contact us using the contact details below if you believe that we might have such information. We have a right to delete any information that we believe might contain sensitive data.

4. Using your Personal Data

1. Personal Data submitted by individuals in documents such as a Student Talent’s resume is not subject to the uses set forth below or to any other practices stated in this Privacy Policy.
2. The Personal Data you provide Slingshot Ahead will allow us to fulfill your customer services and requests; alert you of new services, features, or enhancements; handle/route your student/learner questions or technical support questions or issues; assist us in providing our services to you such as upskilling and feedback; and/or to share with third parties that you have indicated an interest in which maybe employers, organisations, independent research projects etc; and/or notify you of contests, promotions, or special events and offers.
3. Slingshot Ahead may enhance or merge the Personal Data collected with data from third parties. We may use your personal information for internal/external marketing, profiling, or demographic purposes. We do this to better understand and serve our Slingshot talent community.

5. Sharing your personal data

1. Slingshot Ahead may disclose your Personal Data to third party vendors/intermediaries to fulfill any product purchases, process any sponsorship/scholarship/contest prizes, or to process, analyze, and/or store data.
2. Additionally since we are a database of talented individuals from around the world, we shall share your Personal Data with third parties that we believe that you might be interested in such as employers, organisations, independent research projects, startups. It is, therefore, necessary that you grant the third parties we may use in the course of our business the same rights that you afford us under this Privacy Policy.
3. We may share your information with third parties that we use in order to provide and support our Services such as :
   1. Stripe
   2. Analytics - Google Analytics and Hotjar
   3. Discord
   4. Google Drive Backup/Dropbox Backup
4. For this reason, you hereby agree that for every authorization which you grant to us in this Privacy Policy, you also grant to any third party that we may hire, contract, or otherwise retain the services of for the purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, or otherwise improving or preserving our website or its underlying files or systems.
5. You also agree that we may share your information with our client partners who may independently reach out to you owing to your profile on Slingshot Ahead.
6. We shall share your information with the third parties who we work with/client partners in furtherance of specific functions you sign up for on the Platform, such as scholarships, contests, and other programs booked on the Platform (collectively, these business/client partners and third parties are referred to as “Partners”). While their use of your Personal Data is beyond our control, by agreeing to this Policy, you do consent to our Partner’s use of your Personal Data as described above.
7. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data if we believe that you are violating the Terms of Use, or if we believe that you may be causing injury to or interference (intentionally or unintentionally) with Slingshot Ahead rights or property, other users of the Slingshot Ahead site, or anyone else who could be harmed by your activities.
8. Slingshot Ahead may also have chat areas such as Discord, where users exchange ideas and communicate with one another. When posting to a message board or chat area, please be aware that the information is being made publicly available online and the user does so at his or her own risk.

6. Sharing your information with Law Enforcement:

1. We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data to authorities if compelled to by a court order. Additionally, you agree that we may disclose your information if we reasonably believe that you have violated US laws or the terms of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy or if we believe that a third party is at risk of bodily harm. In the event that we receive a subpoena/summon affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena/summon, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either.
2. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also proactively report you and release your information without receiving any request to third parties where we believe that it is proper to do so for legal reasons, where your actions violate any law of the United States or any other country having jurisdiction over us, our Platform, or our Terms of Use. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants. We may release your information under the conditions listed in this paragraph whether it is to individuals or entities and to any state or federal authorities, as required.

7. Your Rights

1. We allow you to control the way that we use your Personal Data with us in cases when you provide us with your personal information, we give an option to decline offers, information about our services, newsletters etc. Further, there is also an option for you to unsubscribe from such mailing lists, newsletters to not receive them in future.
2. Additionally, you may opt out of some communications by using controls in your Slingshot Ahead account dashboard or update your Personal Data by changing information listed in your account. If you wish to opt out of certain communications or information collection, please contact us at info@slingshotahead.com.
3. Please note that even if you opt out of, or choose not to opt in to, marketing and commercial communications including future offers or information about offers, information about our services, newsletters etc, we shall continue to send you communications in furtherance of the services that you are a part of on the Platform and/or Partner Platform, such as communications specific to scholarships/sponsorships or contests.
4. You can also change some of your Personal Data through the account settings provided on the Platform. In addition, if you wish to access, receive a copy of, change or delete the Personal Data we hold about you, you may contact us as described at the end of this Policy. In addition, we encourage you to contact our Partners to access, receive a copy of, change or delete the Personal Data and we agree to work with our Partners in good faith to assist with your request.
5. You may withdraw the consent granted in this Policy for us or our Partners to use the Personal Data described in this Policy by contacting us as described at the end of this Policy. Please note that if you do so, it will not affect the lawfulness of the use of your Personal Data based on your prior consent.
6. In addition, you may contact us as described at the end of this Policy to request that we do not disclose your Personal Data to third parties (other than those that are acting as our agent to perform tasks on our behalf, such as data processors) or to request that your Personal Data not be used for a purpose that is materially different from the purposes for which it was originally collected or for purposes subsequently authorized by you. However, if you choose to exercise such right, some functionality of our services may no longer be available to you.
7. Upon receipt of any of the above request(s), we will use reasonable efforts to reflect any changes you request in our databases to the full extent required by GDPR, Privacy Shield, or other applicable law.

1. Collecting Information

At Slingshot Ahead, we collect your information which either in its sole entirety or conjoined with additional information may define you as an organisation. We shall hereinafter refer it as Organisation Data. We henceforth explain the variety of ways we collect and process your Organisation Data and what amounts to such data (reference to Clause 2 of this Privacy Policy):

1. As a Slingshot Ahead User, you can register yourself by signing up for an account, participating for a sponsorship or emailing us. We also collect such data when you provide it to us directly such as when you contact us, submit an application to recruit from our database, attend a one on one meeting with us, via phone conversations with us, or by contacting us about our services, or during your outsourcing or employment relationship. Thereafter any information provided via the aforementioned modes or over any of our Partner Platforms voluntarily by you is stored in our servers up until the lapse of the retention period post your request to permanently delete your records. We also use services including Apollo, LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Gmail and other platforms home to companies, startups and organizations to handle email marketing, and your Personal Data may be stored in these systems as well.

We collect data related to how you interact with our platform, for example, our use of cookies placed on your device.

2. What data is collected?

If you decide to use or access our Platform or any of our Partner Platforms, we may collect the following Personal Data from you:

1. Name and other contact information which shall include your username, organisation address, postal address, e-mail address, telephone/mobile number and other similar contact data.
2. Data – including information about your company/organisation, registration details, incorporation if any, recognition if any, licenses if any, country of Identification data, state and country of origin, social media information.
3. Social media data- This may include your information from your published profiles created by you on work related social media platforms such as Linkedin, Indeed etc.
4. As part of registration and submissions on the Platform or Partner Platform thereafter, you may also choose to voluntarily provide photos, videos, documents and other electronic audio-visual content through the Platform or via our Partner Platform.
5. Information we collect through your use of our website, which is automatic collection of data, including:
   1. Website Data – We collect User ID, log-in credentials, password and/or other similar data.
   2. Location Data We collect data about your location, GPS data, Internet Service Provider Data and IP address.
   3. Cookies and similar data –We use cookies and other similar technologies to recognize and personalize your experience with Slingshot Ahead.
   Slingshot Ahead may use this information to generate statistics about our diverse community of users and provide such information to our advertisers. Slingshot Ahead may also use this information for security, system integrity or enforcement purposes also.

3. Sensitive Data

We do not collect sensitive information such as political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, genetic data, biometric data, health data or data related to sexual orientation.

Please do not send, upload, or provide us any sensitive data and contact us using the contact details below if you believe that we might have such information. We have a right to delete any information that we believe might contain sensitive data.

4. Using your Personal/Organisation Data

1. Personal/Organisation Data submitted by your organisation in documents such as certificates/licenses is not subject to the uses set forth below or to any other practices stated in this Privacy Policy.
2. The Personal/Organisation Data you provide Slingshot Ahead will allow us to fulfill your customer services and requests; alert you of new services, features, or enhancements; handle/route your questions/answers or technical support questions or issues; assist us in providing our services to you such as feedback; and/or to share with third parties that you have indicated an interest in; and/or notify you of contests, promotions, or special events and offers.
3. Slingshot Ahead may enhance or merge the Personal/Organisation Data collected with data from third parties. We may use your personal information for internal/external marketing, profiling, or demographic purposes. We do this to better understand and serve our Slingshot talent and client community.

5. Sharing your personal data

1. Slingshot Ahead may disclose your Personal/Organisation Data to third party vendors/intermediaries to fulfill any product purchases, process any sponsorship/scholarship/contest prizes, or to process, analyze, and/or store data.
2. Additionally since we are a database of talented individuals from around the world, we shall share your Personal/Organisation Data with third parties that we believe that you might be interested in. It is, therefore, necessary that you grant the third parties we may use in the course of our business the same rights that you afford us under this Privacy Policy.
3. We may share your information with third parties that we use in order to provide and support our Services such as
   1. Stripe
   2. Analytics - Google Analytics and Hotjar
   3. Discord
   4. Google Drive Backup/Dropbox Backup
4. For this reason, you hereby agree that for every authorization which you grant to us in this Privacy Policy, you also grant to any third party that we may hire, contract, or otherwise retain the services of for the purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, or otherwise improving or preserving our website or its underlying files or systems.
5. You also agree that we may share your information with our Student Talent who may independently reach out to you owing to your profile on Slingshot Ahead.
6. We shall share your information with the third parties who we work with/users/Student Talent in furtherance of specific functions you sign up for on the Platform, such as sponsorships, hosting contests, and other programs booked on the Platform. While their use of your Personal Data is beyond our control, by agreeing to this Policy, you do consent to the use of your Personal Data as described above.
7. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data if we believe that you are violating the Terms of Use, or if we believe that you may be causing injury to or interference (intentionally or unintentionally) with Slingshot Ahead rights or property, other users of the Slingshot Ahead site, or anyone else who could be harmed by your activities.
8. Slingshot Ahead may also have chat areas such as Discord, where users can exchange ideas and communicate with one another. When posting to a message board or chat area, please be aware that the information is being made publicly available online and the user does so at his or her own risk.

6. Sharing your information with Law Enforcement:

1. We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Data to authorities if compelled to by a court order. Additionally, you agree that we may disclose your information if we reasonably believe that you have violated US laws or the terms of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy or if we believe that a third party is at risk of bodily harm. In the event that we receive a subpoena/summon affecting your privacy, we may notify you to give you an opportunity to proceed with legal action at your own behest. We shall not be responsible for releasing such information post the lapse of reasonable time from the time of such notification to you.
2. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we shall be able to also report you and release your information without receiving any request to third parties where we believe that it is proper to do so for legal reasons, where your actions violate any law of the United States or any other country having jurisdiction over us, our Platform, or our Terms of Use. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request of Federal or other law enforcement or by court orders.

7. Your Rights:

1. We allow you to control the way that we use your Personal/Organisation Data with us in cases when you provide us with your personal/Organisation information, we give an option to decline offers, information about our services, newsletters etc. Further, there is also an option for you to unsubscribe from such mailing lists, newsletters to not receive them in future.
2. Additionally, you may opt out of some communications by using controls in your Slingshot Ahead account dashboard or update your Personal Data by changing information listed in your account. If you wish to opt out of certain communications or information collection, please contact us at info@slingshotahead.com
3. Please note that even if you opt out of, or choose not to opt in to, marketing and commercial communications including future offers or information about offers, information about our services, newsletters etc, we shall continue to send you communications in furtherance of the services that you are a part of on the Platform and/or Partner Platform, such as communications specific to scholarships/sponsorships or contests.
4. You can also change some of your Personal Data through the account settings provided on the Platform. In addition, if you wish to access, receive a copy of, change or delete the Personal Data we hold about you, you may contact us as described at the end of this Policy. In addition, we encourage you to contact our Partners to access, receive a copy of, change or delete the Personal Data and we agree to work with our Partners in good faith to assist with your request.
5. You may withdraw the consent granted in this Policy for us or our Partners to use the Personal Data described in this Policy by contacting us as described at the end of this Policy. Please note that if you do so, it will not affect the lawfulness of the use of your Personal Data based on your prior consent.
6. In addition, you may contact us as described at the end of this Policy to request that we do not disclose your Personal Data to third parties (other than those that are acting as our agent to perform tasks on our behalf, such as data processors) or to request that your Personal Data not be used for a purpose that is materially different from the purposes for which it was originally collected or for purposes subsequently authorized by you. However, if you choose to exercise such right, some functionality of our services may no longer be available to you.
7. Upon receipt of any of the above request(s), we will use reasonable efforts to reflect any changes you request in our databases to the full extent required by GDPR, Privacy Shield, or other applicable law.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small text file placed onto your user's device that enables your website features and functionality. For example, cookies can enable you to identify your website's user's device and secure access to your website. Cookies also permit you to recognize users and avoid repetitive requests for the same information. This allows us to speed up your future activities, saving the time you would normally spend entering information such as your password or registration.

In addition, Slingshot Ahead may use cookies to retrieve user information for promotional, marketing, or security purposes. If you decide to disable cookies from loading on your Web browser portions of the Platform may not be able to function properly. Please be aware that some cookies loaded onto our Platform may be accessible by third parties.

Legally collecting data:

The legal grounds to collect and use your data for the aforementioned purposes are :

1. The data collected by us has been provided by you by consenting/agreeing to this Policy. However if you wish to stop accessing our platform and withdraw such consent you may write to us at our email info@slingshotahead.com
2. Such data collection and usage is necessary to maintain our contractual relationship and fulfil our contractual obligations.
3. Such data collection and usage is necessary for us to comply with our legal and/or regulatory obligations.
4. Such usage of your information is in our legitimate interest as a service provider and for the use of our Platform.

Retention of Data

We retain your personal information to provide services to you and as otherwise necessary to comply with our legal obligation, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We will retain your personal information not longer than 3 months after you terminate your account, unless we are otherwise required by law or regulations to retain your personal information longer.

If you would like to stop us using your personal information, you shall request that we erase your personal information and close your Account. Please note that even after deletion of your account we may keep some of your information for tax, legal reporting and auditing obligations.

Security of your Data

We have implemented security measures designed to protect the personal information you share with us, including physical, electronic and procedural measures. Among other things, we regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by us, the transmission of information via the internet, email or text message is not completely secure. We do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of your personal information.

We therefore encourage you to avoid providing us or anyone with any sensitive information of which you believe its disclosure could cause you substantial or irreparable harm.

If you have any questions regarding the security of our Site or Services, you are welcome to contact us at privacy@slingshotahead.com.

Age Requirements:

We intend to fully comply with US and international laws respecting children’s privacy including COPPA. Therefore, we do not collect or process any information for any persons under the age of 13. If you are under 13 and using our Platform, please stop immediately and do not submit any information to us. In the event that we have inadvertently collected any information from users under the age of 13 please contact us immediately and we will delete such information.

Application of Policy

This Policy applies only to the services offered by our Company. Our Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals including our Partners/Clients/Business Partners.

Amendments :

Our Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on our Site and, if the changes are significant, we may consider providing a more explicit notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes).

Data Collected from regions other than United States

If you choose to use the Platform from the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your Personal Data outside of those regions to the U.S. for storage and processing. By providing any information, including Personal Data on the Platform, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.

Mergers and Acquisitions

In the case of any Mergers/Acquisition/Corporate Restructuring, your personal data will still remain a part of our business records. Hence, on such an occasion, we may also disclose your Personal Data to a third party if we decide to Merge/Restructure/Reorganise Slingshot Ahead into/with a third party. Similarly, bankruptcy, or other similar event, your personal information may be transferred to a Slingshot Ahead successor or assignee.

Contact and Inquiry Information for Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions or wish to file a complaint, please feel free to email our Data Protection Officer at info@slingshotahead.com

Address : 2425 Boston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21224

Email : info@slingshotahead.com

Phone No. : +1 410 802 2291