Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 1, 2026

NilePath is an independent project, currently built and run by a single developer (not a registered company). This policy explains in plain language what we collect and why. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer specializing in Korean or Ethiopian data protection law, and you should have it reviewed before treating it as a complete legal document.

What we collect

When you create an account: your name and email address.

When you complete onboarding or update your profile: education history, field of study, TOPIK and English proficiency, work experience and skills, and career preferences. There's also an optional field for self-reported visa/work-eligibility status — you can select "Prefer not to say" and skip it entirely. If you do share it, it's provided by you, never independently verified, and used only to personalize your career plan. It is not legal confirmation of your immigration status, and NilePath is not an immigration authority.

Documents you upload (CV, cover letter, transcript, certificates) are stored privately and are only ever visible to you, and to mentors or admins if you use the mentorship feature.

If you link your Telegram account for notifications, we store your Telegram user ID and whichever discipline/location preferences you set for alerts — not your Telegram messages or contacts.

We do not collect payment information — NilePath does not charge for any feature at this time.

How we use it

To generate your career readiness diagnosis and plan, match you with relevant opportunities, send you Telegram or in-app notifications you've opted into, and let mentors/admins support you if you engage with those features. We do not sell your data, and we do not share it with employers or third parties without your consent.

Where it's stored

Data is stored with Supabase (Postgres + file storage) and protected by row-level security so that, by default, only you can read your own profile, documents, and application data. Public content — published news posts and opportunities an admin has verified — is intentionally readable by anyone, including visitors who haven't signed up.

AI / LLM providers

Your career diagnosis, weekly plan, agent chat, and CV tools are generated by a third-party AI model (Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini as a fallback). Only the profile fields relevant to career matching are sent to the provider for that request — academic background, TOPIK/English level, skills, experience, and stated career/visa-status category. Your name, email address, and uploaded documents are never included in these requests. Providers process this data to generate a response and, per their own policies, do not use API traffic to train their models. We don't control a third-party provider's infrastructure directly, so treat any AI-generated content — including match scores and visa/immigration information — as a starting point to verify, not a final answer.

Your choices

You can edit or remove most profile information at any time from your account settings. You can also permanently delete your account and all associated data yourself, at any time, from Settings → Delete account — no need to contact us first. This removes your profile, onboarding answers, conversations, saved opportunities, readiness assessments, plans, and uploaded documents, and cannot be undone. To request a copy of your data instead, contact us using the details below.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes in a way that affects how your data is used, we'll update the date above and, for significant changes, try to notify active users directly.

Contact

Questions about your data or this policy: reach us at the phone number listed on the homepage, or by email once a dedicated contact address is set up.