Last Update on December 06, 2006
Privacy Policy - Scope
We respect your privacy, security and user experience while visiting our website. It is our sincere hope that your experience will be pleasant at SearchforCollegesUSA.com, and that the information we provide will be complete and accurate.
We also want to make sure you are fully informed as to not only all the multiple services that we provide but the extent and manner in which the information you provide will be used and distributed.
This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected by or submitted to SearchforCollegesUSA.com. It is made accessible to properly explain and inform our users of how we collect, use, share, and protect the information submitted to us. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy indicates what information we may obtain in our normal business operations, how we may share it, how we secure such information, and our liability limitations. The continued use of our website and your submission of any information to us indicate that you have read, understood and agreed to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this policy, please do not use this website. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control. For example, our website may contain links to other third party websites (such as those of our marketing partners or advertisers), which may have privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible for the activities that take place on such websites. Please refer to those sites' own privacy policies to learn how they collect and use information about you.
Privacy Policy Changes- Updates
SearchforCollegesUSA.com may revise this Policy at any time in the future to (a) improve or modify the SearchforCollegesUSA.com Service, (b) reflect future developments in SearchforCollegesUSA.com data information gathering, storing and release practices, (c) comply with applicable laws, and (d) reflect changes in SearchforCollegesUSA.com business structure. Accordingly, you should review these terms and policy from time to time to check for updates. Your continued use of the SearchforCollegesUSA.com website shall evidence your acceptance of any changes.
Collection, Use, Sharing of Information
Non-Personal Information - When you visit our website, our server logs collect anonymous non-personal information from you, including your browser type, IP address, pixel tags, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, cookie information (these cookies are not connected to your personal information) and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer, track the popularity of certain pages of the website, determine the success of our email notifications, and the traffic levels on the website. We analyze aggregate information in order to enhance web site performance.
Personal Information – We collect, store and use Personal Information from you only when you voluntarily provide it to us - for example, in contacting us through the website in accordance with the terms of this Policy. Our registration form requests that you provide certain contact and profile information (like your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone numbers, age range and educational level). By obtaining, sharing and using this information with affiliates, partners, and third party service providers, we can provide you with prompt, relevant and individualized service according to your preferences and interests (for example, providing better newsletter content, advertising or special offers that we think will interest you).
We use all of this 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) to administer sweepstakes and promotions on our Website and to notify winners; (d) personalize the content and advertisements provided to you; (e) communicate with you and respond to your inquiries; (f) conduct research about your use of the features, offerings and content from us, our parent or sister companies and partners; (g) provide product improvement; (h) “pre-populate” forms; (i) provide you with advertising targeted to your preferences; and (j) 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. If SearchforCollegesUSA.com is involved in the sale of a substantial portion of its business assets, Anonymous or Personal Information maybe among the transferred assets.
Products or Service Requests - If you submit a request for a product or service on our website, 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, 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 by that business partner with respect to your inquiry again, you should specifically make a request to that partner not to contact you again.
Third Party Service Providers
We use and work with third parties (Third Party Service Providers) who provide services to complete certain functions on our behalf, including sending direct and electronic mail, removing duplicate information from customer lists, analyzing data, and providing marketing analysis, promotional activities, newsletter services and other administrative services. We may share your Personal Information, with such third parties for the purpose of enabling such third parties to provide such services as requested, related, or as we deem needed in order to perform functions and provide the range of services available through use of the SearchforCollegesUSA.com website.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information that many Web sites use to make online activities easier. We may use cookies to, among other things; determine the path users take through our site and better provide you with a complete range of the services and connection we can make available to you based upon your common usage. We do not use cookies to gather personal information such as a person's name or e-mail address or to retrieve information from your hard drive. These cookies are not connected to the personal information you provide to us. Cookies that store the Session Record Information are known as session cookies. Session cookies store this information in temporary memory. Currently, we use session cookies in order to provide you with interactive features and to validate your connection as you move from page to page within the website. You are always free to decline cookies, but by doing so you may not be able to use certain features of our Website or take full advantage of our offerings. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, erase cookies or notify you when a cookie is set. Each browser is different, so check the Help menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Pixel Tags.
The SearchforCollegesUSA.com website may use so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") to compile aggregate statistics about the website usage and response rates. Pixel Tags allow us, our affiliates partners, and third parties with whom information is shared as explained in this policy, to count users who have visited certain pages of the website, to deliver branded services, and to help determine the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML Page formatted email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and when the email has been opened.
Links
The SearchforCollegesUSA.com website, as well as the electronic messages sent as part of the SearchforCollegesUSA.com Service, may contain links to other sites or services. Please note that different rules may apply to the collection, use or disclosure of your information by third party service providers or vendors or any other sites you encounter on the Internet (even if these sites are branded with our branding or framed by our site). SearchforCollegesUSA.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third party sites. If you have a question about the privacy policy of those other sites, please contact them directly. We encourage you to investigate and ask questions before disclosing information to third parties.
Opt-Out Choice
We provide you the opportunity to “opt-out” of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes. If you no longer wish to receive our promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following this link. All e-mail addresses will be added to the suppression files associated with SearchforCollegesUSA.com within ten to fifteen (10-15) business days of submission. Thereafter, you should not receive any email correspondence directly from SearchforCollegesUSA.com; however, you may likely receive promotional communications from third party partners with whom we have shared your information. SearchforCollegesUSA.com is not responsible for the actions of third party affiliates, but strives to conduct business exclusively with law and industry regulation abiding partners. To cease communications from these third parties please contact them directly and request to “Opt-out” from their offers. Please note when you “Opt-out” from SearchforCollegesUSA.com your information will no longer be made available to our third party partners.
Children / Minors
SearchforCollegesUSA.com recognizes all privacy concerns with regards to children/minors. We are committed to carefully protecting privacy in all cases where children/minors are present. In particular, our intention is to fully comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). With regards to these guidelines, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from people under the age of 13. All parents or guardians aware that a child/minor under the age of 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information is asked to contact SearchforCollegesUSA.com so that we may delete all information from our records. We've also designed the tone and style of the site to be appealing only to people who are eighteen (18) years old or older. No information should be submitted to, or posted at SearchforCollegesUSA.com website by visitors under eighteen (18) years of age without the prior consent of their parents or guardians.
Security
We are committed to doing everything we can by means of technology and professional personnel to ensure the integrity of your information, however flawless security on the Internet or otherwise cannot be guaranteed. The SearchforCollegesUSA.com website has security procedures in place intended to protect the loss, alteration and improper use of the information under our control. Our Facility controlled access hardware infrastructures are specially engineered to bring you a highly secure and reliable means to exchange data. Our Network communication access is protected by a firewall protection system. We protect Information about you over the Internet by using a secure web server, which allows web browser programs (such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer) to interact with our web server via an encrypted session. We employ a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection that provides an encrypted connection between your computer and us. The 128 bit encrypted connection scrambles ordinary text or data into cyphertext to safeguard sensitive information during its journey across the Internet. The information is decrypted, or put back into a readable format, when it reaches its intended destination. Depending on which browser you use, you will know you are in secured area by "https" or by a lock appearing in the lower right hand corner of your browser window. When you visit Our Web site, you may move in and out of secured areas. Again, although we strive to protect your information, SearchforCollegesUSA.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. You acknowledge and assume this risk when communicating with SearchforCollegesUSA.com, its partners and affiliates.
Additional Disclosure
We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that we are required to do so: (a) by law; (b) to comply with legal process or governmental requests; (c) to enforce our Terms of Service; (d) to protect our operations; (f) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of SearchforCollegesUSA.com Web Site, you or others; and (g) to permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
International Users
The SearchforCollegesUSA.com service is available only to users who have a valid postal address in the United States.
Your registration with SearchforCollegesUSA.com constitutes your acceptance of these terms and privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this policy, please do not use this website.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please send correspondence to us via postal mail at: 9369 Sheridan St Suite 603, Cooper City, FL 33024
Please also read SearchforCollegesUSA Terms of Use, which can be found at: http://www.searchforcollegesusa.com/terms.cfm