Last Updated: August 29, 2026
SkillVerified (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Platform”) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting the personal and performance data collected through https://skillverified.org.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, enroll in our programs, request portfolio verification, or otherwise interact with our services.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information necessary to provide, verify, operate, and improve our customer acquisition verification services.
A. Personal Identification Data
This may include:
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Professional title
- Profile picture or avatar uploaded for public portfolio cards
- Account login credentials
- Communication records and support correspondence
B. Campaign & Performance Telemetry Data
This may include:
- Advertising spend amounts
- Sales counts
- Gross revenue logs
- Conversion rates
- Return on ad spend (ROAS) metrics
- Traffic source classifications, such as Meta Ads, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, and YouTube Ads
- Tracking script telemetry logs
- Conversion or API-related tracking tokens
- Merchant offer identifiers
C. Technical & Usage Data
When you access the Platform, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Referring URLs
- Session timestamps
- Cookies and session tokens
This may include functional cookies or identifiers, such as sv_seed, used to support non-repeating portfolio display randomization.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
2.1 Public Portfolio Generation
Creating and displaying your public, shareable verified portfolio page, which may include a URL such as: https://skillverified.org/verified-profile/[your-name]
We may also assign and display an official Record ID in a format such as: SV-CA-XXXXX
2.2 Performance Verification & Auditing
Using relevant performance data to:
- Conduct independent verification processes
- Validate campaign and merchant sales conversions
- Review submitted performance information
- Calculate audited ROAS and other relevant metrics
2.3 Employer Verification Services
Confirming campaign credentials, verification status, and verified performance records when prospective hiring businesses request candidate verification.
2.4 Platform Administration
Processing program enrollments, managing billing, sending technical or administrative notices, providing customer support, and improving the functionality and user experience of the Platform.
2.5 Security & Fraud Prevention
Detecting, investigating, and preventing:
- Fraudulent verification requests
- Manipulated performance data
- Unauthorized scraping
- Unauthorized access
- System abuse and other malicious activity
🔒 Merchant Brand Security
Partner merchant business names associated with verified campaign performance may be obfuscated on public portfolio records under the:
🔒 CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
badge or classification.
3. Data Protection & Merchant Confidentiality
SkillVerified takes reasonable measures to protect personal information and performance data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
We may use administrative, technical, and organizational security measures, including, where applicable:
- SSL/TLS encryption
- Restricted database access
- Access controls
- Secure authentication systems
- Tokenization or other security measures
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage system is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
To protect merchant confidentiality, partner business names associated with verified campaign performance may be hidden or obfuscated on public portfolio records.
4. How We Share Your Information
SkillVerified does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third-party data brokers.
We may share information only under the following circumstances:
A. Public Portfolio Display
Where authorized or necessary for the operation of your public portfolio, we may publicly display information such as:
- Your name
- Profile picture
- Professional title
- Verified offer summary
- Audited campaign metrics
- ROAS
- Sales count
- Advertising spend
- Other verified performance information
This information may appear on your dedicated public portfolio page.
B. Verified Employers and Businesses
Supplementary performance information or additional verification details may be provided to appropriately verified businesses requesting candidate verification, subject to applicable confidentiality requirements and authorization.
C. Third-Party Service Providers
We may share limited information with trusted third-party service providers that help us operate the Platform, including:
- Hosting providers
- Payment processors
- Email delivery services
- Technical infrastructure providers
Such providers may only process information as necessary to provide services to us and are expected to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security protections.
D. Legal Compliance and Protection
We may disclose information where required or permitted by applicable law, including in response to:
- Legal obligations
- Court orders
- Governmental requests
- Regulatory requirements
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, security, or safety of SkillVerified, our users, or others.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
SkillVerified uses cookies and similar technologies to support the operation and functionality of the Platform.
These may include essential and functional cookies used to:
- Maintain active user sessions
- Store session preferences
- Support portfolio directory functionality
- Store session identifiers such as
sv_seed - Deliver non-repeating random directory sorting across pagination pages
- Analyze general website traffic and usage patterns
You may be able to manage or disable certain cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the Platform.
6. Your Data Rights & Choices
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, including laws such as the GDPR or CCPA/CPRA where applicable, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include:
Right to Access
You may request information about the personal data we hold about you and, where applicable, request a copy of that information.
Right to Correction
You may request that inaccurate or incomplete profile details or record metadata be corrected.
Right to Deletion
You may request the deletion or deactivation of certain personal information or your public portfolio record, subject to legal, contractual, verification, recordkeeping, and operational requirements.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent, subject to any applicable legal or contractual limitations.
To exercise any applicable privacy rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
SkillVerified may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal requirements, or data practices.
Any updated version will be posted on the Platform with a revised effective or “Last Updated” date.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions, feedback, or privacy-related requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us here