Privacy Policy
Last updated: February 2026
1. Introduction
Students Hub ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services at students-hub.com.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
Account Information: When you register, we collect your name, email address, university, faculty, department, and major. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name and email from Google.
Profile Information: Information you choose to add to your profile, such as your bio, profile picture, and academic details.
Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you use our platform, including pages visited, features used, time spent, and interactions. This data is collected through Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Device Information: Browser type, operating system, device type, screen resolution, and IP address.
User-Generated Content: Any content you voluntarily submit, such as course reviews, doctor ratings, community resources, and housing listings.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our platform and services
- Personalize your experience and deliver relevant content
- Analyze usage patterns to improve our website (via Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity)
- Send you important notifications about your account or our services
- Display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
- Ensure the security and integrity of our platform
- Comply with legal obligations
4. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may collect data:
Google Tag Manager: Manages the loading of analytics and advertising scripts on our website.
Google Analytics (GA4): Collects anonymized usage data to help us understand how visitors interact with our site. Google Analytics may use cookies. For more information, visit Google's Privacy Policy.
Microsoft Clarity: Provides session recordings and heatmaps to help us understand user behavior and improve user experience. Clarity may record mouse movements, clicks, and scrolling. For more information, visit Microsoft's Privacy Statement.
Google AdSense: Displays advertisements on our website. AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.
Google OAuth: Used for secure authentication when signing in with your Google account.
5. How We Use Advertising
Students Hub is a free service for university students. To keep it free and continuously improve it, we display advertisements provided by Google AdSense.
Personalized vs. Non-Personalized Ads: By default, AdSense may show personalized ads based on your prior browsing on Google partner sites. If you do not consent to personalized advertising through our cookie consent banner, we instruct AdSense to serve only non-personalized ads — these rely on contextual signals from the page you are viewing rather than your personal browsing history.
Where Ads Appear: Ads are placed in non-disruptive positions: between content blocks, at the end of articles, or in clearly demarcated sidebar areas. We do not allow pop-ups, full-page interstitials that block content, or auto-playing audio ads. Our goal is for advertising to fund the platform without harming the reading or studying experience.
Your Controls: You can adjust personalization at any time via Google's Ad Settings (adssettings.google.com), opt out of personalized advertising via aboutads.info/choices, or revoke advertising-cookie consent through our cookie consent banner at the bottom of the page.
No Sensitive Targeting: We do not request that ads be targeted based on sensitive categories such as health conditions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or political opinions, in line with Google's publisher policies.
Children's Protection: Because our audience is university students, we apply additional safeguards to limit ad personalization for any visitor whose data suggests they may be under 16, in line with applicable child-protection regulations.
6. Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience. For detailed information about the cookies we use and your choices, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data
- Portability: Request a copy of your data in a portable format
- Objection: Object to the processing of your personal data
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for cookie tracking at any time through our cookie consent settings
9. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
10. Children's Privacy
Our services are intended for university students and are not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at: [email protected]