Privacy

Pidge is a small student-run service. This is everything we do with your data.

What we collect

If you join the waitlist we store the email you give us, what you tell us you want to follow (your selected chips and anything you type in the follow box), your optional answer to “where are you?”, and when you signed up. If you use tailored search, we temporarily store the search you typed, its structured interpretation, and which results were returned so we can improve matching quality.

What we use it for

To email you when Pidge+ opens, and later to send the alerts you asked for, and to improve whether Pidge returns relevant opportunities for a search. Nothing else. We do not sell this data or put it on marketing lists. Our database, email, hosting, and model providers process only what is needed to operate those features on our behalf.

Where it lives

In our database, hosted within the EU. The job postings shown on the site are public information from the colleges' own listings and always link back to the original posting.

Analytics and cookies

We use Analytics to count visits. It is cookieless and does not identify you. Tailored search requires a Pidge account so the daily allowance follows the signed-in user instead of an IP address or anonymous browser token. Repeating the same normalized query does not use another Free search.

How long search data stays

Tailored-search text and result logs are removed after 30 days. Daily allowance counters contain a one-way hash of the account identifier and are removed after 90 days.

Deleting your data

Email hello@pidge.watch and we will delete any data you provided us.

Who we are

Pidge is a small student-run project. It is independent and not affiliated with the University of Oxford or any college.

Last updated 14 August 2026.