Privacy Policy
Effective: 21 April 2026
This site collects information from applicants so we can evaluate applications to the ambassador program. This page explains what we collect, why, and what your rights are. If anything is unclear, email pskehan@stanford.edu and we'll answer directly.
Who runs this site
The Cast is a research project by Patrick Skehan, a student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, conducted in collaboration with a faculty supervisor. It is not operated by Stanford University.
What we collect
When you submit an application, we collect:
- Your name, email, and phone number
- Your school and grade
- Your answers to the application questions
- The social platforms you use (optional, only if you choose to share)
When you visit any page on the site, we also collect:
- Your IP address and browser user agent
- Anonymous identifiers set by the Meta Pixel (described below)
- The pages you viewed on this site
How we use it
- To evaluate your application and contact you if you're a fit
- To understand how students discover and engage with the program, which informs the research project
- To measure the effectiveness of ads that brought you here
We do not sell your information, and we don't use it for purposes unrelated to the program.
Who we share it with
Web3Forms processes your application submission and forwards it to us by email. They receive the full form data.
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) receives tracking signals via the Meta Pixel and Conversions API so we can measure ad performance. We have configured these events with Meta's Limited Data Use flag, which restricts how Meta can process this data. We do not send your name, email, or phone number to Meta — only anonymous browser identifiers, your IP address, and user agent.
Cookies and tracking
This site uses the Meta Pixel (cookies named
_fbp and, if you arrived from a Meta ad,
_fbc) to measure page views and application
submissions. These cookies don't personally identify you and are
processed under Meta's Limited Data Use policy.
If you're under 18
We expect most applicants to be 16 and over. If you are under 18, please make sure a parent or guardian has approved your participation before submitting the form. By submitting, you confirm you have that permission. If a parent or guardian wants to review or request deletion of an application on behalf of their child, email pskehan@stanford.edu.
How long we keep your data
We retain application data until the end of the research project or until you request deletion, whichever comes first. Anonymous analytics and tracking data may be retained for longer by Meta according to their own policies.
Your rights
You can, at any time:
- Ask what information we have about you
- Ask us to correct or update it
- Ask us to delete it
- Withdraw from the program
To exercise any of these rights, email pskehan@stanford.edu. We'll respond within 30 days.
Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect your information, including using HTTPS across the site and storing submissions with providers that encrypt data at rest. No online service is perfectly secure, but we design our workflow to collect the minimum information needed for the program.
Changes to this policy
If we make meaningful changes to this policy, we'll update the effective date above and, where reasonable, notify existing applicants by email.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or deletion requests: pskehan@stanford.edu.