Privacy Policy

Comebck Pakistan is an 8-week online AI career accelerator for university students, fresh graduates, and early-career professionals across Pakistan.

This website collects information from applicants, scholarship applicants, volunteers, mentors, university representatives, employer partners, and general visitors.

We collect personal information submitted through the forms on this website. The type of information collected depends on which form you complete.

Applicant information

• Full name
• Email address
• Phone / WhatsApp number
• City
• Province or country (if applicable)
• University or institution
• Field of study and graduation year
• Current status (e.g. student, fresh graduate, working professional)
• Coding experience level
• Applicant type and background
• Motivation answers and availability
• Scholarship request and financial need explanation (if applicable)

Volunteer and mentor information

• Full name, email address, phone / WhatsApp number
• City, current role, and organisation or university
• LinkedIn profile URL
• Instagram or TikTok links (if provided)
• Area of expertise, availability, and reason for joining

Partner inquiry information

• Full name, email address, phone / WhatsApp number
• University or company name, role, city, and country
• Partnership interest and message

Website data

• Basic analytics (pages visited, session duration, traffic sources)
• Device type and browser information
• Referring links
• Cookies or similar technologies, where used

Information collected through our forms may be used to:

• Review applications and contact applicants about cohort selection
• Evaluate scholarship and financial need requests
• Manage student onboarding and program communications
• Organise sessions, mentorship, demo day, and community operations
• Review volunteer, mentor, university, and employer partner inquiries
• Create internal shortlists and selection records
• Improve website content and user experience
• Maintain program safety and integrity
• Comply with legal or administrative requirements

Applicants who request a scholarship may be asked to share information about their financial situation. This information is used solely to evaluate scholarship eligibility.

• Financial need information will not be sold or shared publicly.
• It will be accessible only to relevant program administrators involved in scholarship review.
• Applicants should not submit unnecessary sensitive documents unless specifically requested.

Comebck Pakistan does not sell your personal data. We do not share it for advertising purposes.

Information may be shared with:

• Program administrators and internal team members
• Mentors or reviewers where relevant to their role
• Demo day or hiring partners — only with appropriate participant consent, or where participation in a public-facing event requires visibility
• Service providers used for forms, email, analytics, hosting, databases, or communication tools
• Legal authorities where required by law

Public profiles, leaderboard visibility, open-source contributions, demo day participation, and recruiter-facing profiles may involve public or semi-public display of selected participant information. Participants will be informed before such information is published.

The Comebck Pakistan program may involve contributing to public repositories or public project pages. By participating, you should be aware that:

• Contributions may show names, usernames, commits, pull requests, issues, case studies, demo materials, or leaderboard entries.
• You should not include private or sensitive information in public repositories.
• Public contribution history may remain visible after the program ends, including on GitHub or other platforms.
• You may use your public contributions in your resume, LinkedIn profile, GitHub portfolio, or job applications.

The website may use cookies or analytics tools to understand how visitors use the site and to improve the user experience. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

If analytics tools such as Vercel Analytics, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or LinkedIn Insight Tag are added in future, this section will be updated to reflect that.

Your data may be stored in trusted third-party tools including form databases, email systems, spreadsheets, CRM tools, or hosting platforms. We use reasonable safeguards to protect the data we hold.

No system can be guaranteed 100% secure. If you have concerns about a specific type of data you have submitted, you can contact us at hello@comebck.com.

Application and inquiry data may be retained as long as needed for admissions, program operations, communication, reporting, legal, and administrative purposes.

You may request deletion of your data where applicable by contacting us at hello@comebck.com.

You may contact us to:

• Access the personal data you have submitted
• Correct inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your data
• Withdraw from program communications
• Ask questions about how your data is being used

To make a request, email us at hello@comebck.com. We will respond within a reasonable time.

The Comebck Pakistan program is primarily intended for university students, fresh graduates, and early-career professionals. If an applicant is under 18 years of age, they may be required to obtain parental or guardian consent before participation or before making any payment.

This website may contain links to external services including GitHub, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, partner websites, payment processors, and community platforms. Comebck Pakistan is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

For significant changes, we will make reasonable efforts to notify active participants directly.

For privacy-related questions or data requests, please contact us at: hello@comebck.com