Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 4 August 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Skycap Consultancy.

Skycap Consultancy is operated by SKYCAP CONSULTANCY LIMITED.

Registered Office: Unit 153385, Courier Point, 13 Freeland Park, Lytchett House, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FA, United Kingdom.

In this Privacy Policy, “Skycap Consultancy,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to SKYCAP CONSULTANCY LIMITED.

Skycap Consultancy is a professional immigration and career evaluation firm specialising in the U.S. EB-2 National Interest Waiver and related professional services, primarily for clients from STEM and other professional fields.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose and protect personal information when you:

• Visit our website;
• Submit an enquiry or evaluation form;
• Contact us by email, telephone, WhatsApp or social media;
• Provide your CV, résumé, LinkedIn profile or professional documents;
• Book a consultation; or
• Use any of our services.

By using our website or voluntarily providing your information, you acknowledge the data-handling practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information.

Personal and Contact Information

This may include:

• Full name;
• Email address;
• Telephone or WhatsApp number;
• City and country of residence; and
• Preferred method of communication.

Professional and Educational Information

This may include:

• CV or résumé;
• LinkedIn profile;
• Educational history;
• Employment and professional experience;
• Professional skills and qualifications;
• Licences and certifications;
• Publications, citations and research work;
• Professional memberships;
• Awards and achievements;
• Projects and contributions; and
• Other information provided for profile evaluation or professional services.

Consultation and Communication Information

We may collect:

• Messages and enquiries;
• Contact-form submissions;
• Emails and WhatsApp conversations;
• Consultation notes;
• Feedback and complaints;
• Records of communications; and
• Information you voluntarily provide during an evaluation or consultation.

Payment and Transaction Information

Where you purchase a service, we may collect limited transaction information, including the service purchased, payment status, invoice details and transaction reference.

Payments may be processed through third-party payment providers. We generally do not directly receive or store complete debit-card or credit-card information.

Website and Technical Information

When you visit our website, we or our service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address;
• Browser type and version;
• Device type;
• Operating system;
• Approximate location based on IP address;
• Referring website or advertisement;
• Pages viewed;
• Time and date of visits;
• Time spent on pages;
• Links or buttons clicked; and
• Cookie and advertising identifiers.

3. How We Collect Information

We may collect information:

• Directly from you when you complete a form, contact us or use our services;
• From documents, profiles or links you provide;
• Automatically through cookies, analytics and similar technologies;
• Through Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp or other social-media platforms when you interact with our pages or advertisements;
• From professional referrals or representatives acting with your permission; and
• From publicly available professional sources where permitted by law.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for the following purposes.

Providing Profile Evaluations

We may review your education, professional experience, qualifications, achievements, research, publications and other relevant information to provide an initial assessment of your professional profile.

Providing Our Services

We may use your information to:

• Deliver requested consultations and services;
• Review documents;
• Prepare evaluation reports;
• Manage your engagement;
• Respond to questions;
• Maintain service records; and
• Provide administrative and customer support.

Communicating With You

We may use your contact details to:

• Respond to enquiries;
• Arrange consultations;
• Share evaluation results;
• Explain our services and fees;
• Send requested information;
• Provide updates relating to your engagement; and
• Follow up on an enquiry.

Improving Our Website and Services

We may analyse website activity and feedback to:

• Improve website functionality;
• Understand which services interest visitors;
• Improve our content and advertisements;
• Identify technical problems;
• Measure website performance; and
• Improve the user experience.

Advertising and Marketing

Where permitted by law, we may use your information to:

• Measure advertising performance;
• Show relevant advertisements;
• Create advertising audiences;
• Contact you about services that may interest you; and
• Understand how users interact with our advertisements and website.

You may withdraw your marketing consent or opt out of promotional communications at any time.

Security and Legal Compliance

We may process information to:

• Protect our website, clients and business;
• Detect or prevent fraud, misuse or security threats;
• Enforce our agreements;
• Maintain required business records;
• Respond to lawful requests; and
• Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting and tax obligations.

5. Legal Bases for Processing

Where UK data-protection law applies, we may process personal information using one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent

We may process information where you have given us clear consent, including for certain marketing communications, advertising technologies or non-essential cookies.

You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Contractual Necessity

We may process information when it is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into an agreement or to provide services under an agreement with you.

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

These interests may include:

• Responding to business enquiries;
• Managing client relationships;
• Improving our services;
• Protecting our systems;
• Preventing fraud;
• Maintaining business records; and
• Promoting our services responsibly.

Legal Obligation

We may process information when necessary to comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, tax or reporting requirements.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device. They may be used to operate the website, remember preferences, measure performance and support advertising.

We may use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for website security, navigation, form operation and other basic functions.

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember choices such as language, region or cookie preferences.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, which pages are viewed and how the website performs.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be used to measure advertisements, limit repeated advertisements, create advertising audiences and show advertisements that may be more relevant to visitors.

Where required by law, non-essential analytics and advertising cookies will not be activated until you provide consent through our cookie banner or consent-management tool.

You can accept, reject or manage cookies through our cookie banner. You may also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect some website functions.

7. Google Analytics, Google Ads and Google AdSense

We may use services provided by Google, including Google Analytics, Google Ads or Google AdSense.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:

• Measure website traffic;
• Understand visitor behaviour;
• Measure advertisement performance;
• Prevent fraud;
• Deliver advertisements; and
• Personalise advertisements where permitted and consented to.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to our website or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Visitors may manage personalised advertising through their Google advertising and privacy settings.

8. Meta Business Tools

We may use Meta Business Tools, including Meta Pixel, Meta Ads, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp business features.

These tools may collect or receive information about website visits, form interactions, advertisements, browsers and devices.

We may use Meta Business Tools to:

• Measure advertisement performance;
• Understand actions taken after viewing an advertisement;
• Create or manage advertising audiences;
• Display relevant advertisements;
• Prevent advertising fraud; and
• Communicate with people who contact us through Meta services.

Meta may process information in accordance with its own privacy policy, terms and settings. You can manage certain advertising preferences through your Facebook or Instagram account settings.

9. How We Share Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share limited information with trusted third parties where reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes.

These third parties may include:

• Website hosting providers;
• Cloud-storage providers;
• Email and communication platforms;
• Customer relationship management systems;
• Payment processors;
• Analytics providers;
• Advertising platforms, including Google and Meta;
• IT and cybersecurity providers;
• Professional consultants and service providers;
• Accountants, auditors and legal advisers; and
• Government bodies or regulatory authorities where legally required.

Service providers may process personal information only for the services they provide to us and are expected to protect it appropriately.

We may also disclose information:

• With your instructions or consent;
• To comply with a legal obligation;
• In response to a lawful court, regulatory or governmental request;
• To investigate suspected fraud or unlawful activity;
• To protect our rights, property, systems, clients or staff; or
• In connection with a merger, restructuring, financing, sale or transfer of all or part of our business.

10. International Data Transfers

Some of our technology, communications, analytics, advertising or cloud-service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom or your country of residence.

Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to ensure that international transfers are subject to appropriate legal safeguards and that personal information receives an adequate level of protection.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

The retention period may depend on:

• The nature of your enquiry;
• Whether you become a client;
• The services provided;
• The sensitivity of the information;
• Legal, accounting or tax requirements;
• The need to resolve disputes; and
• The need to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Enquiry information may be retained for a reasonable follow-up period. Client and transaction records may be retained for longer where required for business, legal, accounting or regulatory purposes.

When information is no longer needed, we may securely delete, anonymise or restrict access to it.

12. Data Security

We use reasonable technical, organisational and administrative measures intended to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorised access;
• Accidental loss;
• Improper use;
• Unauthorised alteration; and
• Unlawful disclosure.

These measures may include access controls, password protection, secure hosting, restricted staff access, confidentiality procedures, backups and secure communication systems.

However, no website, email platform, cloud service or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending highly sensitive documents through unsecured communication channels.

13. Your Data-Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information;
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• Request deletion of your information;
• Request restriction of processing;
• Object to certain processing;
• Request transfer of information you provided;
• Withdraw consent at any time;
• Object to direct marketing; and
• Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data-protection authority.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.

To exercise a privacy right, contact us at:

contact@skycapconsultancy.com

We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before processing a request.

You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office, the United Kingdom’s data-protection supervisory authority.

14. Marketing Communications

We may send marketing or promotional communications where you have consented or where otherwise permitted by law.

You can unsubscribe at any time by:

• Using the unsubscribe option in an email;
• Asking us to stop during a communication; or
• Emailing contact@skycapconsultancy.com.

Opting out of marketing will not prevent us from sending essential messages relating to an active enquiry, consultation, payment or service.

15. Children’s Privacy

Our website and services are intended for adults and professionals.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18 for the purpose of providing our professional services.

If we become aware that a person under 18 has submitted personal information without appropriate authorisation, we will take reasonable steps to delete or restrict that information.

16. Third-Party Websites

Our website may include links to third-party websites, platforms or services.

We do not control and are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any external website before submitting personal information.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our:

• Services;
• Website;
• Technology;
• Advertising tools;
• Data-handling practices; or
• Legal and regulatory obligations.

The updated Privacy Policy will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

18. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, complaints or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or the way we process personal information, contact:

SKYCAP CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Operating as Skycap Consultancy

Registered Office:
Unit 153385, Courier Point
13 Freeland Park, Lytchett House
13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road
Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FA
United Kingdom

Email: contact@skycapconsultancy.com