WsScholar4U is an independent educational blog that publishes free information about international scholarships, internships, and fellowships. We are not a consultancy, we do not process applications, and we do not sell any service. That shapes how we handle your data too, we simply do not need much of it.
This page explains what information is collected when you visit this website, why it is collected, and what choices you have. If anything here is unclear, you can reach us through our Contact Us page.
Who we are
WsScholar4U (wsscholar4u.com) is run as an independent publishing project. You can read more about the purpose of this website and who maintains it on the About page.
For any privacy-related question, write to [info@wsscholar4u.com].
Information we collect
Information you give us voluntarily
We only receive personal information when you choose to send it:
- Contact form or email — if you write to us, we receive your name, email address, and whatever you include in your message. We use it to reply to you, nothing else.
- Comments — if commenting is enabled on an article, we store the name, email address, and comment text you submit. Your email is not displayed publicly.
- Newsletter — if you subscribe, we store your email address so we can send scholarship updates. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing removes your address from our list.
We never ask for passport numbers, financial details, academic transcripts, or any document related to a scholarship application. If someone claiming to represent WsScholar4U asks you for such documents or for payment, it is not us. Our position on this is explained further in the Disclaimer.
Information collected automatically
Like almost every website, our server and analytics tools record basic technical data when a page loads:
- IP address (usually in a shortened or anonymised form)
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages you viewed and how long you stayed
- The website or search engine that referred you
- Approximate location at country or city level
This is aggregate data. We use it to understand which scholarship guides are actually useful and which ones need rewriting. We do not use it to identify you personally.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. This website uses them for a few practical reasons: remembering your preferences, keeping the site functioning correctly, measuring traffic, and where advertising is displayed, showing relevant ads.
You can block or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Some parts of the site may not work as smoothly afterwards, but you will still be able to read every article.
A fuller breakdown of the specific cookies in use is available on our Cookies page.
Third-party services
We rely on a small number of external services to run this website. Each of these has its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to read.
Google Analytics — used to measure traffic and understand how visitors navigate the site. Google processes this data on our behalf. You can opt out using Google’s browser add-on.
Google AdSense and advertising partners — this website displays advertisements to cover hosting and running costs. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendor cookies at www.aboutads.info.
Hosting and security providers — our host and any security or content-delivery service we use may process server logs, including IP addresses, purely to keep the website online and protected from attacks.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to anyone.
Links to other websites
Almost every guide on this website links out to official scholarship providers, universities, government ministries, and embassy pages. We do this deliberately, so that you always apply through the official source rather than through a middleman.
Once you click such a link, you are on someone else’s website and their privacy policy applies, not ours. We have no control over how those organisations handle your data, and we cannot take responsibility for their practices. Please read their policies before submitting any documents.
How long we keep your data
- Contact messages and emails — kept while the conversation is active and for a reasonable period afterwards, then deleted.
- Comments — stored as long as the article remains published, unless you ask us to remove them.
- Newsletter subscriptions — kept until you unsubscribe.
- Analytics data — retained according to the retention period set inside Google Analytics, in aggregate form.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Ask what personal data we hold about you
- Request a copy of it
- Ask us to correct anything inaccurate
- Ask us to delete it
- Withdraw consent for marketing emails at any time
- Object to your data being processed for analytics or advertising
To exercise any of these, email us at [info@wsscholar4u.com]. We will respond within 30 days. Because we hold very little personal data to begin with, most of these requests are straightforward for us to complete.
Children’s privacy
This website is written for students applying to university programmes and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, contact us and we will delete it.
Some scholarships we cover are open to high school students. Younger applicants should involve a parent or guardian before submitting personal details to any scholarship provider.
Data security
We use HTTPS encryption across the entire website and keep our platform and plugins updated. That said, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please avoid sending sensitive documents such as passports or transcripts through email or contact forms — to us or to anyone who contacts you claiming to represent us.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our tools or legal obligations change. The revision date at the top will always show when it was last modified. Significant changes will be noted on the homepage. Continuing to use the website after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact
Questions about this privacy policy, or about data we may hold:
Email: [info@wsscholar4u.com]
Website: wsscholar4u.com
Contact form: Contact Us
Related pages: About · Terms of Use · Disclaimer · Cookies
