This Privacy Policy covers the StateSearchCollege.com
Web site ("We," "Us," or "Our"). Before you
submit any information to Our Web site, please read this Privacy Policy for an
explanation of how
We will handle your information. By
using any part of Our Web site, you agree, without limitation or qualification,
to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy
Policy, please do not use Our Web site.
WHAT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU?
We are sensitive to your privacy concerns, and are committed to letting you
know what Information is being collected on Our Web site, how the Information
is being used and what choices you have regarding the collection and use of the
Information.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. You agree to
this Privacy Policy, and any changes to the same, by visiting this Web site.
Therefore,
We encourage you to review this Web site
from time to time to review changes to Our Privacy Policy.
Do we use 'cookies'?
Yes. We do set a cookie from this website, stored for 30 days from the time of selection, containing schools that you have selected to compare. A cookie is a file, sent by a browser and stored on your device, that contains a small amount of information that allows us to recognize you and remember you.
In this case, we use that data to present the schools that you selected to compare. This will allow you to come back to this website and see the schools you have selected to compare. You may clear this list at any time which will render the cookie blank. You are in full control over this behavior and can clear the cookie at any time you wish. You also have the option to not select any schools to compare, in which case no cookie will be set.
Service Providers
We employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website ("Service Providers"), to provide our Website on our behalf, to perform Website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Website is used. These third-parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND WHY?
We gather personally identifiable information that you expressly provide when
you enter information into a form on Our Web site including, without
limitation, your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and other unique
personal identifiers (e.g., date of birth) ("Personal Information").
If you choose not to provide the requested Personal Information, We may not be
able to offer you personalized services that require such information.
We also collect anonymous
information, which includes any information that is not tied to your Personal
Information, such as your IP address ("Anonymous Information"). You
are not required to register on Our Web site in order for
Us
to collect Anonymous Information about you. In addition,
We
may receive information about you from other sources including, but not limited
to, service providers for tracking and marketing purposes ("Source
Information"). Source Information may consist of referral data or the Web
site you were previously visiting prior to visiting Our Web site; and
information related to the browser and/or platform you are using to access Our
Web site. Personal Information, Anonymous Information, and Source Information
are collectively referred hereinafter as "Information."
In addition to the Information that
you provide to
Us or that We obtain about you, We will
also collect certain information arising out of your use of Our Web site, or
augment the data We collect with other information from other online or offline
sources. We use "cookies" and the Information to enhance your
experience and present you with personalized offers. Likewise,
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve and
track advertisements appearing on Our Web site. Such third-party companies may
employ cookies and action tags to measure advertising effectiveness. To learn
more about "cookies," please see the section below titled
"Cookies and Web Bugs."
We collect Information about you to
(a) provide products, programs, and services that you have requested; (b)
operate and improve the features, offerings and content presented to you by Us
and Our affiliated companies, successors, and assigns; (c) personalize the
content and advertisements provided to you; (d) communicate with you and
respond to your inquiries; (e) conduct research about your use of the features,
offerings and content from Us, Our parent or sister companies and partners; (f)
provide product improvement; (g) "pre-populate" forms; (h) provide
you with advertising targeted to your preferences; and (i) help offer you other
products, programs, or services that may be of interest to you. We also reserve
the right to collect and reuse Information about you for marketing purposes.
We reserve the right to collect
Information about you and store it in connection with other online or offline
information
We may possess or obtain about you. Such
information may include, without limitation, information about the different
sites that you visit on the Internet, the time and
frequency
at which you visit them, and the content that you transmit or post on other Web
sites.
WITH WHOM WILL THE INFORMATION BE SHARED?
We may share Information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies
or for particular purposes including, without limitation, the purposes
described below. In all cases, you may opt-out of sharing your Information with
such providers by choosing not to use or register for that service or content.
Please see "Offering You Choices-Marketing Options" below for
information on how to opt-out of sharing your Information.
- Products or Service Requests - If you submit a request for a product or service on
Our Web site, We will share Information about you contained in the request
form with Our business partners to process and fulfill your request. Our
business partners may contact you by telephone (including, by autodialer, where applicable), e-mail, or mail based
on the Information you provided to Us, even if
you have opted into the National Do Not Call List administered by the
Federal Trade Commission, any state equivalent Do Not Call List, or the Do
Not Call List of a specific company. If one of Our
business partners contacts you by telephone and you wish not to be
contacted again by that business partner with respect to your inquiry,
then you should specifically make a request to that partner not to contact
you again.
- Service Providers
- We may disclose Information about you to companies that host certain
services for Us, such as marketing distribution
or call centers. Our service providers use the Information received from Us solely for the purposes of providing you with the
products you requested. In select circumstances, We
may also share aggregate order information with third parties and business
partners.
- Subsidiaries
Parent,
or Sister Companies: We may share Information about you with Our
subsidiaries, sister companies, parent company, successors, and assigns
unless you opt-out of sharing Information with such parties.
- Non-Affiliated Companies: From time to time, We may sell or share your Personal
Information with non-affiliated third parties..
For example, We share your Personal Information
to provide a product or service that We feel may be of interest to you. We
may also sell your Personal Information to a business partner that will
use your Personal Information for their own marketing purposes.
- Required by Law:
We may also share Information about you as permitted or required by law
including, without limitation, inquires by law enforcement or to comply
with Federal laws including, without limitation, the Controlling the
Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003
("CAN-SPAM Act of 2003").
- Business Transfer:
As with any other business, it is possible that Our Web Site and all
information collected through this Web Site could be merged with or
acquired by another company. If such acquisition, purchase or transfer of
information should occur, the successor company would have access to the
information maintained by Us, including your Personal Information,
customer and business account information, but would continue to be bound
by this Privacy Policy unless you consent otherwise.
DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO OTHER WEB SITES?
Our Web site may contain links to other Web sites. We believe such other Web
sites share a similar commitment to consumer privacy and urge you to review their
privacy policy when visiting their Web sites. We are not responsible for the
privacy policies of other Web sites.
DATA TRANSFER
We may store, process and/or transfer personal data to countries outside of the
United States of America and, by using
Our products
and services, you consent to such transfer. For example, if you elect to submit
your Personal Information to a Canadian school,
We may
transfer your Personal Information across borders to the Canadian schools that
you selected.
A SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING PEOPLE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD
Individuals under the age of eighteen (18) should not send any Information to
Us. Each time you access Our Web site or purchase a product or service from Us,
or provide Information about yourself or anyone else, you are representing to
Us that you are eighteen (18) years or older.
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