Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

• Contact form submissions and messages sent to the WeldingSchools.com team.
• School inquiry or lead form information submitted for a selected school.
• School admin account and profile information used to manage claimed school profiles.
• School profile edits submitted by school representatives.
• Student account information and profile details, such as name, email, ZIP code, education status, start timeframe, program or process interests, and preferred school type.
• Saved schools or favorites, interest levels, and notes.
• Student activity on WeldingSchools.com, such as profile views, website clicks, phone clicks, directions clicks, and messages sent.
• Basic analytics, usage, technical, security, and anti-abuse information that helps us operate and improve the website.
• Cookies, session data, and similar information, including login sessions that can keep students signed in between visits.

How We Use Information

• To operate student accounts, dashboards, and saved-school features.
• To help students save, compare, and contact schools.
• To connect students and families with schools when they submit inquiry or contact forms.
• To operate school profiles, claim workflows, and school admin tools.
• To provide schools with lead or inquiry information submitted through forms.
• To provide eligible schools with aggregate Student Interest insights.
• To improve the website and understand how visitors use it.
• To prevent abuse, spam, and misuse of WeldingSchools.com.
• To communicate with users, schools, and school representatives.

Student Privacy

Saved schools, interest levels, and notes are part of the student dashboard experience. They help students organize their search and compare options.

Schools may receive information students submit through inquiry or contact forms. Eligible schools may also receive aggregate insights about student interest and engagement on WeldingSchools.com. Those insights are intended to summarize activity, not display individual student notes or raw saved-school records. Some trend breakdowns may only be shown when there is enough activity to support a more privacy-protective summary.

Sharing Information

Inquiry and contact form submissions may be sent to the selected school so the school can respond. Schools may also receive information when users interact with school contact features.

Service providers may help us operate WeldingSchools.com, including hosting, email delivery, analytics, security, storage, and site operations. We may also use or share aggregate or de-identified information to understand site activity, improve WeldingSchools.com, or provide insights to schools.

Students and Minors

Users must be at least 13 to create or submit profile-type information. Users under 18 should use WeldingSchools.com with a parent or guardian.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through WeldingSchools.com, contact us at info@brokenbuggy.com so we can review and delete it if appropriate.

Cookies and Analytics

WeldingSchools.com may use first-party cookies or similar technologies to keep users signed in, prevent abuse, remember basic preferences, and measure site activity such as deduplicated school profile views. These technologies are not used for third-party advertising.

Your Choices

Students can update profile information, change their account email through the verified email-change flow, and remove saved schools from the student dashboard.

You can contact WeldingSchools.com with privacy questions or requests related to information you submitted through the site.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to info@brokenbuggy.com.