RecruitReach Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 15, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how NS Forge LLC, ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your information when you use our platform, RecruitReach (the "Service"). RecruitReach is designed to assist high school students and their families in the United States with academic and athletic recruitment processes.

By accessing or using our Service, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access or use the Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Service, including:

a. Information You Provide to Us

We collect information that you voluntarily provide when you register for an account, create a profile, use the Service, or communicate with us. This may include:

  • Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number, state of residence.

  • Academic Information: High school name, graduation year, GPA, standardized test scores (e.g., SAT, ACT), academic awards, coursework, transcripts.

  • Athletic Information: Sports played, athletic statistics (e.g., game stats, times, distances), team affiliations, coach contacts, athletic achievements, highlight reels, physical characteristics relevant to sports (e.g., height, weight).

  • Payment Information: If you subscribe to paid features, we may collect payment card details or other financial information, which is processed securely by our third-party payment processors.

  • Communications: Information you provide when you contact us for support, send us feedback, or participate in surveys.

  • User Prompts: When you use the Platform you have the ability to provide us information via prompts and requests

b. Information We Collect Automatically

When you access and use the Service, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns. This information helps us understand how our Service is used and to improve your experience. This may include:

  • Device Information: IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, unique device identifiers, mobile network information.

  • Usage Data: Pages or features you view, the time spent on those pages or features, search queries, referral URLs, interaction with content, and other statistics related to your use of the Service.

  • Location Information: General location information derived from your IP address.

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information, remember your preferences, and track your activities on our Service. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide and Maintain the Service: Operate, maintain, and provide all features of the RecruitReach platform.

  • Personalize Your Experience: Tailor content, recommendations, and features to your specific academic and athletic profile and interests.

  • Improve and Develop the Service: Understand user behavior, analyze trends, troubleshoot technical issues, and develop new features and functionalities.

  • Communicate with You: Send you service-related announcements, updates, security alerts, support messages, and administrative information.

  • Marketing and Advertising: Send you promotional materials, newsletters, and information about products, services, and opportunities that may be of interest to you, based on your profile and preferences. This may include personalized advertisements on our Service and third-party platforms.

  • Analytics and Research: Conduct research and analysis to understand our user base, measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, and improve our business operations.

  • Security and Fraud Prevention: Detect, prevent, and address fraudulent or illegal activities, and protect the security and integrity of our Service and users.

  • Legal Compliance: Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and governmental requests.

  • Enforce Our Terms: Enforce our Terms of Service and other policies.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

  • With Other Users (Coaches/Recruiters): With your consent, information you provide in your public profile (academic and athletic performance data) may be visible to and shared with college coaches, recruiters, and other authorized personnel using the RecruitReach platform to facilitate recruitment.

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, customer service, marketing, and security. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.

  • Affiliates and Partners: We may share your information with our current or future affiliates and business partners for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent fraud, act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public, or protect against legal liability.

  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

  • With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

  • Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you with third parties for various purposes, including analytics, research, and marketing.

4. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When you request deletion of your data, we will endeavor to delete or anonymize your personal information, unless retention is required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

5. Your Choices and Rights

You have certain choices and rights regarding your information:

  • Account Information: You can review and update your account information by logging into your account settings.

  • Profile Visibility: You can manage the visibility of certain information on your profile through your account settings.

  • Marketing Communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in those emails or by adjusting your notification settings within the Service. Please note that even if you opt-out of marketing communications, we may still send you non-promotional messages related to your account or our ongoing business relations.

  • Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Service.

  • Access, Correction, and Deletion: Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

6. Children's Privacy

RecruitReach is intended for high school students and their families. While most high school students are 13 years of age or older, we are committed to protecting the privacy of all minors. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at hello@recruitreach.com.

7. Security of Your Information

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Service after any changes signifies your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

9. Other Legitimate Uses

RecruitReach may use or share your information for reasons not explicitly set out in this privacy policy is there’s a legitimate business reason.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

hello@recruitreach.com