Last updated: March 10, 2026

Summit Education is committed to respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information. By using the Website, or by applying to or participating in any Program, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you should discontinue your use of the Website and refrain from providing Summit Education any personal information.

1. Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• “Summit Education” (or “we,” “us,” or “our” in this Privacy Policy) refers to Athena Education Circle, LLC.

• “You” means the individual using the Website or otherwise providing Personal Data to Summit Education.

• “Website” refers to the Summit Education website, accessible from https://www.summiteducation.org/

• “Program” means any program, course, fellowship, workshop, mentorship initiative, event, or other activity operated by Summit Education. 

• “Service” refers to any products or services offered by Summit Education on or in connection with the Website.

• “Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

• “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

2. Acceptance of Risk

You acknowledge that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure, regardless of the measures taken. Furthermore, you agree and understand that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

3. Your Options

You may make various requests and take various actions regarding your Personal Data, including: 

• You may ask us how your Personal Data is processed

• You may request to access your Personal Data

• You may ask us to update or correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data

• You may ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data

• You may request the deletion of your Personal Data

If you have a request related to your Personal Data, please email info@summiteducation.org. Please note that making one or more of the requests above may limit our ability to provide Services to you. You may also have a right to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission in the United States or the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction. 

4. Data Collected

While using the Website or participating in a Program, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You or another person (e.g., if a parent or legal guardian registers a minor for a Program). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Phone number

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

We do not intend to collect any information that is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). 

5. Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Website. Usage Data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of the Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

6. Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on the Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies may include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze the Website. 

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.

• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited webpages or opened emails or to generate other related website statistics.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. 

7. Use of Your Personal Data

Summit Education may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• Enhancing your overall experience on our platform.

• Keeping you informed about your application and its status.

• Delivering updates and promotional messages, including through email.

• Processing and completing your applications or orders.

• Offering customer support and assistance.

• Notifying you of updates to the Website or related Services.

8. Retention of Your Personal Data

Summit Education will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Summit Education will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

9. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Summit Education’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers or servers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the new Privacy Policy on this page and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

• By email: info@summiteducation.org

• By visiting this page on our website: https://www.summiteducation.org/contact