Privacy Policy

DegreeOutlook uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to measure traffic and understand which pages people read. GA4 collects standard analytics data including:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Approximate geographic location (country, region, city)
• Device type, browser, and operating system
• Referring source (which site you came from)
• Anonymized IP address (Google anonymizes IPs by default for EU traffic)

We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or other personally identifying information. We have no user accounts, no logins, and no comment forms.

• No email addresses. We do not have a newsletter or signup form.
• No accounts or logins. The site is fully public; nothing requires registration.
• No personalized advertising. We do not run third-party advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, or ad networks.
• No data sales. We do not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.

The only cookies set by DegreeOutlook are those used by Google Analytics 4 to measure unique visits and sessions. These are first-party cookies set by the GA4 tag. They contain a randomly-generated client ID and do not include personal information.

You can disable Google Analytics tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, by enabling Do Not Track in your browser, or by using a privacy-focused browser extension or ad blocker.

• Google Analytics 4 — analytics provider. See Google's privacy policy.
• Amazon Web Services (S3 + CloudFront) — content hosting and delivery. AWS may log standard web request data (IP, user-agent, request URL) for security and operational purposes. See AWS's privacy notice.

DegreeOutlook links to external sources including the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, academic research publications, and individual school websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Their privacy policies apply when you visit them.

If you are in the European Union, United Kingdom, California, or other jurisdictions with data protection laws (GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA), you have rights regarding your personal data. Because DegreeOutlook collects only anonymous analytics data and does not maintain user records, the practical scope of these rights is limited — we have no account or profile to access, modify, or delete.

If you have a specific request related to data we may hold (for example, server logs from a particular session), please contact us with as much detail as possible so we can investigate.

If we change how we collect or use data, we will update this page and update the “Last updated” date in the header. Material changes — such as adding new tracking technologies or changing what data we collect — will be noted clearly. We do not maintain a mailing list, so changes are visible only on this page.

Questions about this policy or data practices? Reach us at our contact page.