Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Global Admission Connect, also known as GAC, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how GAC collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you access or use:

• The GAC website at https://gacportal.com;
• The GAC partner portal;
• Our application-processing and admission-support services;
• Our recruitment-partner services;
• Our university-partnership services; and
• Any forms, communication channels, or services operated by GAC.

This policy applies to recruitment partners, agency representatives, institution representatives, students whose information is submitted through the GAC Portal, website visitors, service providers, and other individuals who interact with GAC.

By using the GAC website, portal, or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

2. Personal Information We Collect

The personal information we collect depends on your relationship with GAC and the services being provided.

Recruitment partner and business information

When an agency or organization applies to become a GAC recruitment partner, we may collect:

Student and applicant information

Recruitment partners may submit student information through the GAC Portal for admission-processing purposes. This information may include:

• Full legal name, date of birth, nationality and citizenship
• Contact information and residential address
• Passport and identification documents
• Academic transcripts and certificates, language-test results
• Employment history, résumé or curriculum vitae
• Personal statement or statement of purpose, recommendation letters
• Preferred institution, program, destination, and intake
• Application, admission status, offer letters and enrollment information
• Scholarship information, financial or sponsorship documents, and visa-related documents where applicable

Technical and portal information

When you use the GAC website or portal, we may automatically collect:

• Internet-protocol (IP) address, browser, device info, and operating system
• Login times, portal activity, pages visited, and features used
• Error logs, security logs, approximate location, cookie identifiers, and account-access records

Communication information

We may keep records of communications made through: Email, Telephone, Website forms, Portal messages, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, Social-media pages, and Online meetings.

3. How We Collect Information

GAC may collect personal information from multiple touchpoints:

• Directly from you or through the GAC website/portal;
• From recruitment partners, educational institutions, or authorized student representatives;
• Through application forms, uploaded documents, cookies, and analytics technologies;
• From payment/verification providers or government and immigration authorities; and
• From publicly available business sources.

4. How We Use Personal Information

GAC may use personal information for the following core operations:

• Partner registration and management: Review applications, verify credentials, conduct due diligence, manage accounts/agreements, and provide training.
• Application processing: Create profiles, review documentation completeness, submit student data to institutions, monitor admission status, and manage offers or enrollments.
• Institution and program guidance: Identify suitable programs, compare qualifications with entry requirements, and support recruitment partners in counseling.
• Commission and payment administration: Determine eligibility, calculate metrics, review invoices, and process payments.
• Security and fraud prevention: Verify identities/documents, detect duplicate/suspicious applications, protect portal accounts, and maintain system security.
• Service improvement: Technical troubleshooting, portal upgrades, feature optimization, and aggregated business performance reports.
• Communications and marketing: Program updates, intake alerts, partner training schedules, and special events updates (Users may unsubscribe at any time).

5. Legal Basis for Processing

GAC processes personal information based on the following robust legal foundations:

• Contract: Necessary to execute services or fulfill partner agreements.
• Consent: Given voluntarily by an individual for a specific explicit purpose.
• Legitimate interests: Necessary to operationalize, protect, and optimize GAC's ecosystem.
• Legal obligations: Mandated by statutory regulations, court orders, or state authorities.
• Protection of rights: Necessary to mitigate fraud risk, manage safety, or handle legal claims.

6. How We Share Personal Information

Information sharing is strictly confined to authorized purposes:

• Educational institutions: Universities, colleges, and pathway providers for direct admission processing.
• Recruitment partners: Status updates and document requests shared with the managing agency.
• Government authorities: Embassies, consulates, and visa application centers when required.
• Service providers: Critical vendors providing secure hosting, cloud storage, payment gateways, and identity verification checks.

7. International Data Transfers

Because GAC operates internationally, data may be processed across national borders. To secure these flows, GAC employs recognized protection safeguards: Contractual data-protection clauses, non-disclosure agreements, data-processing agreements (DPAs), and strict organizational security measures.

8. Data Security

We implement strict administrative, technical, and physical safeguards against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. These include strong password security protocols, role-based access tokens, encrypted communication streams, system health logs, and routine automated backups.

9. Data Accuracy

Users and Recruitment Partners are responsible for ensuring that all data, files, and credentials submitted are accurate and up to date. Promptly notify GAC or modify active records if information changes.

10. Data Retention

Personal information is kept only as long as necessary to complete business operations, meet legal or accounting requirements, and resolve underlying tracking disputes. When expired, data is securely deleted or fully anonymized.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website utilizes cookies to deliver functional efficiency:

• Essential cookies: Required for account security and fundamental navigation.
• Functional cookies: Persist dashboard layout settings and localization preferences.
• Analytics cookies: Evaluate systemic speed, features performance, and portal traffic.
• Marketing cookies: Track communication reach and campaign relevance metrics.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on local legal frameworks, you may have the right to request access, correction, limitation, or absolute deletion of your records. To execute these parameters, write to:

13. Recruitment Partner Responsibilities

Agencies utilizing the GAC interface must collect student details lawfully, maintain rigorous account security, manage internal user access controls closely, and report data vulnerabilities immediately.

14. Your Choices

You can seamlessly adjust browser cookie behaviors, manage marketing subscription settings, or update outdated partner profile criteria by logging into your account settings page.

15. Children and Minors

The GAC partner portal is built strictly for enterprise commercial users. If an applicant is a minor, partners must secure parental or legal guardian consent prior to data transmission. Guardians may query minor documentation at admission@gacportal.com.

16. Third-Party Links

Our infrastructure contains links to foreign educational, financial, or embassy domains. GAC does not govern the distinct privacy architectures deployed on external platforms.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

GAC reserves the right to modify this statement to comply with expanding data regulations. Alterations will be signaled transparently via revised policy timestamp parameters.

18. Contact Information

For strategic policy inquiries or standard data requests, reach out directly: