Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Beyond Boundaries ("we", "our", or "us"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website (techbound.io) and participate in our mentorship programmes.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing our website or participating in our mentorship programme, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Information You Give Us

We collect personal information only when you choose to submit one of our forms. We do not collect it any other way.

• Mentee application: first and last name, email address, phone number, location, current employer, current role, years of experience, technology area, career goals, current challenges, mentor preferences, availability, commitment level, and any additional information you provide.
• Mentor application: the same fields as above, plus your LinkedIn profile URL, skills, the mentee level you wish to support, prior mentoring experience and style, notable achievements, your motivation for mentoring, time commitment, your response to our diversity commitment question, and your consent to a background check.
• Contact form: first and last name, email address, subject, and your message.
• Partnership enquiry: name, email address, organisation, website, partnership level of interest, and your message.
• Newsletter preference: whether you ticked the optional box to receive programme updates.

We do not ask for and do not knowingly collect special category data such as your age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, health, religion, or political opinions. Please do not include such details in free-text fields.

This website has no user accounts. We never ask you to create a username or password, and we hold no login credentials for you.

Information Collected Automatically

We do not operate analytics, tracking pixels, session recording, or advertising technology, and we set no cookies. We therefore do not build any profile of your browsing.

However, our hosting provider necessarily processes technical connection data such as your IP address, browser user-agent, and the URL requested in order to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. Loading our pages also causes your browser to request fonts and icons from third parties, as described in our Cookies Policy.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information you submit to:

• Assess your application and, where appropriate, match mentors with mentees
• Contact you about your application, enquiry, or partnership proposal
• Introduce you to a matched participant and support the mentorship relationship
• Send you programme updates, if and only if you opted in
• Comply with legal obligations and protect the safety and rights of participants

Our lawful bases for processing are your consent (which you may withdraw at any time), the steps necessary to enter into and perform our arrangement with you, and our legitimate interest in running and safeguarding the programme.

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information or share it for advertising. We share it only as follows:

Programme Participants

If you are matched with a mentor or mentee, we will share the information needed to make the introduction, typically your name, professional background, skills, interests, and contact details. We tell you before we make an introduction.

Service Providers

Every form submission passes through and is stored by the following categories of provider, who act on our behalf and may only use your information to perform their service for us:

• Hosting and database providers — host this website and store your submission securely.
• An email delivery provider — delivers each submission to our team inbox.
• Font and icon providers — serve fonts and icons to your browser; they receive your IP address but none of your form data.

We can tell you which specific providers we use on request. Please email us at [email protected].

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, such as a court or government agency.

Business Transfers

If Beyond Boundaries is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change in control of your personal information.

Data Security

Submissions are sent over an encrypted HTTPS connection and are stored in access-controlled systems operated by the providers named above. Access is limited to the people running the programme.

No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. We will notify affected users and the relevant authorities of any data breach as required by applicable law.

Data Retention

We keep application and enquiry data in our database and team inbox for as long as needed to assess your application, run the mentorship relationship, and keep a record of the programme. Where you ask us to delete your information, we will do so unless we are legally required to keep it.

To request deletion, email us at [email protected].

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You can request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
• Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Objection: You can object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Withdraw consent: You can withdraw consent at any time, including unsubscribing from programme updates.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law. If you are in the UK or EU and are unhappy with our response, you may complain to your local data protection authority.

International Data Transfers

Our service providers operate globally, so your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States. Where this happens, we rely on the safeguards those providers put in place, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect your information.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 16, please contact us immediately.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible and within the timeframe required by applicable law.