01 — Privacy Policy
Information We Collect
Terran Denizen collects information you provide directly to us when applying for membership, creating a profile, registering for treks, or otherwise interacting with our platform, services, or team. This includes but is not limited to:
- Personal identifiers: full name, email address, phone number, and professional details
- Academic and professional background: institution, degree program, graduation year, employer, and career pathway
- Application materials: personal statements, referral information, and any supporting content submitted during the application process
- Profile content: photos, biographical information, and optional social profile links
- Payment information: processed securely through third-party payment providers; we do not store full payment card details
- Communications: messages, feedback, and correspondence sent to or through Terran Denizen
- Device and usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, features used, and interaction logs collected automatically through our platform
We may also receive information about you from third parties, including referrals from existing members, partner organizations, educational institutions, or publicly available professional profiles.
02 — Privacy Policy
How We Use Your Data
Terran Denizen reserves broad rights to use your data to operate, improve, and grow our platform and services. Specifically, we use the information we collect to:
- Evaluate your membership application and maintain your member profile
- Administer, facilitate, and improve career treks and events
- Communicate with you about your membership, treks, partner opportunities, and platform updates
- Personalize your experience, including matching you with relevant partner firms and trek opportunities
- Analyze aggregate usage patterns to improve our platform, content, and services
- Generate anonymized or de-identified insights about our member community for internal and external reporting
- Share relevant member data with vetted partner organizations for recruitment, talent identification, and commercial purposes — as further described in Section 3
- Market our services, including promoting Terran Denizen across channels using member-generated content and testimonials (with consent where required)
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
By creating an account or applying for membership, you acknowledge that Terran Denizen may use your information in the ways described above for the purposes of operating, expanding, and commercializing the platform.
03 — Privacy Policy
Data Sharing & Partners
Terran Denizen is a partnership-driven platform. We may share your personal and professional information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- Corporate Partners: We may provide partner firms — including but not limited to consulting firms, financial services companies, technology companies, real estate developers, government entities, and other organizations — with member profile information, career data, and application materials for talent identification and recruitment purposes
- Trek Hosts: Organizations hosting or co-hosting career treks may receive attendee information, including professional profiles, for the purposes of event planning and post-trek follow-up
- Sponsoring Organizations: Sponsors and value-in-kind partners may receive aggregated demographic and engagement data about our member community
- Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party vendors (e.g., hosting, analytics, payment processing, communications) who access data only as necessary to perform services on our behalf
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, member data may be transferred to successor entities
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose information where required by law, court order, or governmental authority
Note on Partner Data Use: Terran Denizen maintains flexibility to share member data with existing and prospective partners in order to fulfill our core mission of connecting top MBA talent with leading organizations. We will endeavor to notify members of material new data-sharing arrangements where reasonably practicable, but reserve the right to share data as described above without prior individual notice in all other cases.
We do not sell personal data to third-party data brokers or advertising networks.
04 — Privacy Policy
Data Retention
Terran Denizen retains your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, including maintaining active member records, supporting alumni engagement, and meeting legal obligations.
Even after you cease to be an active member, we may retain your information indefinitely for network, alumni, partner-matching, and historical research purposes, unless you submit a verifiable deletion request as described in Section 5. Anonymized or aggregated data derived from your information may be retained indefinitely.
05 — Privacy Policy
Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal data, which may include the right to access, correct, port, or request deletion of your information. To exercise any such rights, please contact us at the address below.
Please note that certain rights may be limited where we have a legitimate interest in retaining data, where retention is required by law, or where data has been shared with or processed by partner organizations prior to your request. We will respond to verifiable requests within a reasonable timeframe consistent with applicable law.
Deletion of your member profile does not automatically result in deletion of data already shared with partner organizations or incorporated into anonymized reporting.
06 — Privacy Policy
Cookies & Tracking
Our platform uses cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to recognize you, remember your preferences, analyze usage, and improve our services. We may also use third-party analytics providers (such as Google Analytics) to understand how members interact with our platform.
You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect platform functionality. By continuing to use our platform, you consent to our use of cookies as described herein.
07 — Privacy Policy
Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. Terran Denizen cannot guarantee absolute security and disclaims liability for unauthorized access or breaches beyond our reasonable control.
08 — Privacy Policy
Contact Us
For questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact:
Terran Denizen Privacy Team
William Wang, Founder & CEO · HBS MBA 2025