Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 23, 2026 · Effective: Immediately

📋 Plain-English summary: When you create an account, we collect your first name, email, graduation year, state of residence, GPA, and intended major. We also collect your age solely to verify you are 16 or older — this is never shared with anyone. This data is collected primarily to share with education partners (universities, test prep companies, and scholarship organisations) if you give us explicit consent. We never share your data without your explicit consent, which is obtained via a dedicated screen after signup with two equally prominent buttons. You can withdraw consent or delete your account at any time. Admission Chance receives compensation from partner organisations when we share your profile. This is how we keep the calculator free.

🔍 DATA BROKER STATUS DISCLOSURE

Admission Chance may be considered a "data broker" under the laws of certain U.S. states, including California (Civil Code § 1798.99.80), Texas, Vermont, and Oregon, because we collect personal information about individuals with whom we do not have a direct ongoing relationship and may share that information with third parties (partner universities, test preparation and tutoring providers, educational technology platforms, and scholarship organisations) for valuable consideration.

As of the Last Updated date of this policy, Admission Chance is NOT registered as a data broker in any state. Consequently:

We do NOT sell or share personal information of residents from California, Texas, Vermont, Oregon, or Connecticut
If we begin selling leads from these states in the future, we will complete all required registrations before doing so
For residents of all other states, we may share your information only with your explicit, separate consent obtained via a post-signup screen with two equally prominent buttons

If you reside in California, Texas, Vermont, Oregon, or Connecticut, your data will never be sold to third parties regardless of your consent selection.

1. Who We Are

Admission Chance ("we," "us," or "our") is an online college admissions probability tool. Our website is located at admissionchance.com. Admission Chance is currently operated from the State of Ohio, USA. We comply with applicable US privacy laws, including Ohio data breach laws and, where applicable, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA). We intend to relocate our operations to the United Kingdom in late September 2026. Upon that relocation, we will fully comply with UK GDPR.

Data Controller: Admission Chance (Ohio, USA). Upon relocation to the UK in late September 2026, the data controller will become Admission Chance (UK).

Important Note: Admission Chance does not provide legal advice. If you have questions about your legal rights, immigration status, or any legal matter, consult a qualified attorney.

2. Information We Collect

When you create an account, we collect:

First name — to personalise your experience and, with your consent, to share with education partners as part of your academic profile. Legal basis: Contract (Article 6(1)(b)) for account use; Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) for data sharing.
Age — collected solely to verify you are 16 or older and to comply with applicable privacy laws regarding minors. Your age is never shared with education partners. Legal basis: Legal Obligation (Article 6(1)(c)).
Email address — to identify your account and, with your consent, to share with education partners as part of your academic profile so they can contact you directly. Legal basis: Contract (Article 6(1)(b)) for account use; Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) for data sharing.
Graduation year — to identify your academic stage and, with your consent, to share with education partners as part of your academic profile. Legal basis: Contract (Article 6(1)(b)) for account use; Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) for data sharing.
State of residence — to determine in-state vs. out-of-state admission rates in the calculator, to determine your eligibility for data sharing, and with your consent, to share with education partners as part of your academic profile. Legal basis: Contract (Article 6(1)(b)) for the calculator; Legal Obligation (Article 6(1)(c)) for eligibility determination; Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) for data sharing.
GPA — to build your academic profile and, with your consent, to share with education partners including universities, test prep providers, and scholarship programmes. Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a)).
Intended major — to identify relevant programmes and, with your consent, to share with education partners as part of your academic profile. Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a)).
Password — to authenticate your account securely. Stored as a one-way cryptographic hash (bcrypt); we never store or see your raw password. This field is never shared with education partners. Legal basis: Contract (Article 6(1)(b)).
Consent records — to demonstrate compliance with data protection law. Timestamps and confirmations kept for 3 years per UK GDPR Article 7(1). This field is never shared with education partners. Legal basis: Legal Obligation (Article 6(1)(c)).

We also automatically collect standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages visited) for security and analytics purposes. Server logs are retained for up to 6 months and then deleted.

All academic information on Admission Chance is self-reported by users. We are not affiliated with any educational institution's records system and do not access, store, or transmit official education records governed by FERPA.

3. How We Use Your Information

To provide and improve our admission chance calculator — available to all visitors, with or without an account.
To provide your dashboard, where you can save schools, comparisons, and deadlines (account required).
To maintain server logs (IP address, browser type, pages visited) for security and fraud prevention purposes. Server logs are retained for up to 6 months and then deleted.
To share your academic profile (first name, email, graduation year, state of residence, GPA, test scores, and intended major) with partner universities, test preparation and tutoring providers, educational technology platforms, and scholarship organisations only if you explicitly opt in (separate consent required via a post-signup screen with two equally prominent buttons) and only if you do NOT reside in California, Texas, Vermont, Oregon, or Connecticut.
We do not use student data for targeted advertising, to build advertising profiles, or for any purpose unrelated to educational outreach.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)

While operating from Ohio, USA, we process personal data in accordance with applicable US privacy laws. Upon our planned relocation to the United Kingdom in late September 2026, we will process personal data under UK GDPR and will rely on the following legal bases:

Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): For data sharing with education partners and non-essential cookies.
Contract (Article 6(1)(b)): To provide the service you requested (saving favorites, comparisons, chance calculations).
Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f)): To improve our service, prevent fraud, and maintain security.
Legal Obligation (Article 6(1)(c)): To comply with tax and data protection laws.

5. Lead Sharing With Education Partners (Data Sales)

If you consent to data sharing on our post-signup screen, we may provide the following information to verified education partners — including universities and colleges, test preparation and tutoring service providers, educational technology platforms, and scholarship organisations — whose criteria match your academic profile:

Admission Chance receives compensation from partner organisations when we share your profile. This compensation allows us to keep the calculator free for all users. You are not charged for this service, and the amount of compensation does not affect your admission chances or which partners receive your profile.

First name
Email address
Graduation year
State of residence
GPA
Intended major
Admission probability score (pseudonymised — shared alongside other profile data)

Important restrictions on data sales:

Consent is obtained via a separate post-signup screen with two equally prominent buttons ("Yes, share my profile" and "No, don't share my profile"). No checkbox is pre-selected; no default consent is applied.
You may withdraw this consent at any time by unchecking the "Opted In" checkbox at the bottom of your account dashboard, or by emailing admissionchance.contact@gmail.com.
All education partners are required to agree to data processing terms prohibiting resale of your data before receiving any leads.
We do NOT sell data from residents of California, Texas, Vermont, Oregon, or Connecticut because we are not currently registered as a data broker in those states. If you reside in one of these states, your data will never be sold regardless of your consent selection.

6. Your Privacy Rights (Including Deletion)

Yes, you have the right to delete your information. Regardless of where you live, you have the following rights:

✅ Right to Access — You can request a copy of all personal data we hold about you.

✅ Right to Delete — You can request deletion of your personal information and account. We will delete your data within 30 days.

✅ Right to Correct — You can request correction of inaccurate personal information.

✅ Right to Opt Out of Data Sales — If you reside in a state where we sell data (all states except CA, TX, VT, OR, CT), you can opt out. Residents of CA, TX, VT, OR, CT are automatically opted out.

✅ Right to Withdraw Consent — You can withdraw your consent for data sharing at any time.

✅ Right to Non-Discrimination — We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

To exercise any of these rights (including deletion), you can:

Use your account dashboard: Delete your account or opt out of data sharing by unchecking the "Opted In" checkbox at the bottom of your dashboard page.
Email us: Contact admissionchance.contact@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days (or 45 days for complex requests).

7. Children's Privacy (COPPA & UK GDPR)

Our account system is intended for users aged 16 and older. We collect age at the point of account creation to verify eligibility. Users who indicate they are under 16 will not be permitted to create an account. Visitors under 16 are welcome to use our calculator anonymously — no personal data is collected from these sessions, and calculator inputs are stored only in the visitor's browser (see Section 11). If we discover we have collected personal information from a user under 16, we will delete it promptly. Parents or guardians who believe their child has created an account should contact us at admissionchance.contact@gmail.com.

8. International Data Transfers

We currently operate from Ohio, USA. If you are located outside the United States, your data will be transferred to and processed in the United States. Upon our planned relocation to the United Kingdom in late September 2026, your data will then be processed in the UK. For users outside the UK, upon UK relocation we will implement Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as the lawful basis for international data transfers under UK GDPR, replacing any prior consent-based transfer mechanism.

9. Data Retention & Deletion

We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account (or request deletion), we will remove your personal data within 30 days. Consent records are retained for 3 years from the date of consent as required by UK GDPR Article 7(1), even after account deletion — however, retained consent records contain only the timestamp and consent status, and no other personal data. Anonymised aggregate data (with no identifiers) may be kept indefinitely for research and algorithm improvement purposes.

10. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures including:

TLS 1.3 encryption for all data in transit
bcrypt password hashing (cost factor 12)
Regular security updates and monitoring
Access controls and principle of least privilege

Your data is stored with cloud infrastructure providers based in the United States. We will update this section with specific provider details upon UK relocation.

No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. In the event of a data breach involving personal information:

While operating from Ohio, USA: We will notify affected users within 45 days, as required by Ohio Revised Code § 1349.19.
Upon relocation to the United Kingdom: We will notify affected users within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, as required by UK GDPR Article 33.

In either jurisdiction, notifications will be sent to the email address associated with your account and will describe: the nature of the breach, the categories of data affected, the likely consequences, and the measures we have taken or will take to address it. Where notification to individual users is not feasible, we will post a prominent notice on our website.

11. Cookies & Local Storage

We use the following types of cookies and browser storage:

Essential cookies: Session cookie for login (no consent required).
Functional local storage: We store your calculator inputs (SAT/ACT scores, GPA, state of residence, extracurricular profile boosts, and the last university you viewed) in your browser's local storage. This applies whether or not you have an account, and allows your entries to persist across pages and return visits. This data remains entirely on your device — we do not transmit, collect, or access it. No consent is required, and you can clear this data at any time through your browser settings.
Analytics cookies: None currently — we do not use third-party analytics.
Marketing cookies: None — we do not use third-party advertising trackers.

12. Your Rights Under UK GDPR (Effective Upon UK Relocation)

Upon our planned relocation to the United Kingdom in late September 2026, UK GDPR will apply to all users. At that time, you will have the following rights:

Right to Access (Subject Access Request): Obtain confirmation of whether we process your data and request a copy.
Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request deletion of your data (see Section 9).
Right to Restriction of Processing: Limit how we use your data while we verify its accuracy.
Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw any consent you have given at any time.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: File a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

13. Do Not Sell My Personal Information

If you reside in a state where we sell data (all states except CA, TX, VT, OR, CT), you have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information to education partners. To exercise this right:

Uncheck the "Opted In" checkbox at the bottom of your account dashboard, or
Email admissionchance.contact@gmail.com with the subject line "Opt Out of Sale" and include your email address and state of residence

If you reside in California, Texas, Vermont, Oregon, or Connecticut, you are automatically opted out — we never sell your data.

14. FTC Endorsement Disclosure

Any testimonials, reviews, or endorsements displayed on Admission Chance reflect the genuine experiences of individual users. However, these results are not typical and do not guarantee similar outcomes for you.

If any user receives compensation (including free services, discounts, or other incentives) for providing a testimonial or endorsement, that fact will be clearly disclosed alongside the testimonial. We do not write or publish fake reviews. We do not suppress negative reviews or pay for positive reviews in a manner that distorts consumer perception.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Where changes materially affect how we use or share your personal data, we will obtain fresh consent from you before processing your data under the new terms.

16. Contact Information

For privacy questions, deletion requests, or data access requests:
Email: admissionchance.contact@gmail.com
Response time: 30 days

Mailing address: [To be added upon UK relocation — currently operating from Ohio, USA. Physical address available upon request via email.]

For complaints, you may also contact the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/