Last updated: 01/02/2026

Jurisdiction: United States

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites function properly, improve performance, and provide insights into how services are used.

Career Clutch uses cookies only as necessary to operate and improve the platform in an educational context.

2. How Career Clutch uses cookies

Career Clutch uses a limited number of cookies for the following purposes:

a) Essential cookies (required)

These cookies are necessary for the platform to function and cannot be disabled.

They are used to:

  • Authenticate users
  • Maintain secure sessions
  • Enable core platform functionality
  • Protect against unauthorized access

b) Performance & analytics cookies (limited use)

These cookies help us understand how the platform is used so we can improve reliability and user experience.

They may collect:

  • Pages visited
  • Feature usage
  • Error or performance data

Analytics data is:

  • Aggregated
  • De-identified where possible
  • Used only for service improvement

Career Clutch does not use analytics cookies for advertising or tracking students across websites.

3. Cookies we do not use

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  • Behavioral advertising
  • Targeted marketing
  • Cross-site tracking
  • Profiling students or educators
  • Selling or sharing data with advertisers

4. Student & child privacy

Career Clutch is designed for school-controlled use.

  • Students under 13 access the platform only through their school or district
  • Cookies are used only to support educational functionality
  • No cookies are used for commercial advertising purposes
  • Cookie use aligns with COPPA and FERPA requirements

5. Third-party cookies

Career Clutch may use limited third-party services (such as cloud infrastructure or monitoring tools) that set cookies strictly necessary to support platform functionality or security.

All third-party service providers:

  • Are contractually restricted from using data for their own purposes
  • Are prohibited from advertising use
  • Are bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations

A list of sub-processors is available upon request.

6. Managing cookies

Because Career Clutch relies on essential cookies to function securely, disabling cookies may impact the availability or functionality of the service.

Most web browsers allow you to:

  • View stored cookies
  • Delete cookies
  • Block cookies entirely

Browser settings vary by provider.

7. Changes to this cookie policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through the website or to schools where appropriate.

8. Contact us

Email: privacy@careerclutch.ai
Security: security@careerclutch.ai
Company: Career Clutch, Inc.

9. California privacy rights (CPRA disclosure)

This section applies to California residents, including students and educators, where the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is applicable.

a) Role under CPRA

For purposes of CPRA, Career Clutch acts as a Service Provider when processing personal information on behalf of California schools and districts.

Career Clutch processes personal information solely to provide educational services as directed by the school or district and does not use personal information for any commercial or advertising purposes.

b) Categories of cookies & information collected

Through cookies and similar technologies, Career Clutch may collect limited categories of information, such as:

  • Internet or network activity information (e.g., page views, feature usage)
  • Technical identifiers required for secure authentication and session management

This information is collected only to operate, secure, and improve the platform.

c) No sale or sharing of personal information

Career Clutch does not:

  • Sell personal information
  • Share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising
  • Use cookies for targeted advertising or profiling

Accordingly, Career Clutch does not respond to “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” signals because no such activity occurs.

d) Data minimization & retention

Career Clutch does not use cookies to collect or process Sensitive Personal Information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about users.

Any student-related information is processed strictly in accordance with FERPA and school authorization.

e) Sensitive personal information

Career Clutch adheres to CPRA principles of data minimization:

  • Cookies collect only what is necessary for platform functionality and security
  • Data collected via cookies is retained only as long as needed for operational purposes and then deleted or de-identified

f) Exercising California privacy rights

Requests to access, correct, or delete student personal information should be directed to the school or district, consistent with FERPA.

For other CPRA-related inquiries, California residents may contact:

Email: privacy@careerclutch.ai

g) Children’s data (California)

Career Clutch does not knowingly sell or share the personal information of children under 16.

Students under 13 access Career Clutch only through school-controlled accounts, consistent with COPPA and California student privacy expectations.

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