Effective and updated as of: April 2, 2023
We take your privacy seriously. What follows outlines the kinds of personal information we might collect when you access this site, and how that personal information might be used and shared, among other data practices. This privacy policy covers the personal information of users of our site and any other personal information that we might receive about individuals, whether offline or online.
By using or accessing our site, you agree to the data practices described in this privacy policy, and you are consenting to our processing of your personal information as outlined in this privacy policy now and as amended by us.
When you click away from our site and are directed to another site (e.g., school sites), those sites may collect personal information from you. This privacy policy does not cover the collection of information from other sites.
Your rights and choices: See Controlling Your Privacy below for information on your choices regarding your personal information and information on correcting or deleting your personal information and to exercise other rights as an individual.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to our privacy policy, we will either notify you by means of a notice on our site or via email. Where required by law we will request your approval. We recommend that you review our privacy policy frequently for updates. Your continued use of our site after any change in this privacy policy will be treated as your acceptance.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Categories of personal information
In the last 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:
Identifiers such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number, IP address (internet protocol address), and cookie identifiers
Internet or other similar network activity such as browsing history, information on your interaction with our site, browser type, and referring site
Location data
Professional or employment-related data when you apply for a job with us
Categories of sources
We collect personal information from the following categories of sources:
Information you provide
Personal information that you provide:
when you interact with our site and provide your personal information (e.g., when you provide your information on our Contact Us data form),
when we communicate via email or otherwise, or
when you apply for employment.
Information automatically collected
Personal information that we automatically collect through cookies and similar technologies. Through these technologies we collect information such as IP address (internet protocol address), browser type, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor to our site. We also allow certain third parties to use cookies on our site as well. See Cookies and Similar Technologies.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use personal information:
To respond to your inquiries
To send administrative information to you such as information about our site and changes to our terms and policies
To send you marketing communications
To recognize you when you return to the site
To show you relevant information that may interest you (e.g., based on your IP address we will show you listings sponsored by our partner schools that are located near your identified IP address)
To use in other ways as disclosed to you when you provide your information
To use in other ways as approved by you
For our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing our website, improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns
For other purposes such as: (a) legal requirements; (b) legal process such as subpoenas; (c) responding to requests from public and government authorities; (d) enforcing our terms; (e) protecting our business; (f) protecting the rights of others; and (g) pursuing available remedies or limiting our liability.
We may combine your personal information with other information. We will treat combined information as personal information.
SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your personal information with:
Our corporate affiliates
Our service providers who help us run our business
A company that buys or invests in our business or assets
For other purposes such as (a) legal requirements; (b) legal process such as subpoenas; (c) responding to requests from public and government authorities; (d) enforcing our terms; (e) protecting our business; (f) protecting the rights of others; and (g) pursuing available remedies or limiting our liability
any other party as long as we inform you at the time you provide the information
any other party with your consent
In the preceding 12 months, we have not sold our users’ personal information.
THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND SITES
This privacy policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties. For example, our site may link to other sites operated by third parties (e.g., schools) or a third party may have a widget on our site which directs to their site. The inclusion of a link or a widget on our site does not imply our endorsement of the linked site by us. We may also utilize framing techniques that may make it appear that you are still on the site when you are actually on a third-party website. This framed content is marked “ad” or “advertisement” “sponsored” or a similar designation.
Advertising partners and other third parties may use cookies, scripts, and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site to display advertisements and other useful information when they visit other sites. Such tracking is done directly by third parties through their servers and is subject to their privacy policies.
We are not responsible for these third parties data practices. We recommend that you visit such third parties privacy policies.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies and similar technologies on our site. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your browser or device when you visit a website. Most web pages contain elements from multiple web domains so when you visit our site, your browser or device may receive cookies from several sources. This includes third parties that provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics service providers (e.g., Google Analytics). Regarding the use of cookies by third parties, we do not have access to or control over these cookies.
Third parties may use cookies or similar technologies on our site’s visitors for site analytics provided to us and also to serve interest-based advertisements to such visitors when they visit other websites and mobile applications (e.g., Google Analytics). The collection of information by third parties is governed by their privacy policies.
For additional information on disabling cookies, see Controlling Your Privacy.
We do not respond to browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals at this time.
CONTROLLING YOUR PRIVACY
Disabling cookies
Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms. You have to manage cookies from each browser and each device. Note that when you delete cookies, you are also deleting any opt-out cookies you previously set. You need to re-set any previously selected opt-outs.
Promotional emails
We may send promotional emails to our business users (e.g., people who work for our clients or suppliers). If you ever decide you no longer want to receive these types of emails, you may unsubscribe through the email. We may still send you emails relating to the administration of our business and our working relationship.
Access and deletion requests
You may contact us as indicated under the “Contact Information” section below and request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information or that we delete the personal information that we maintain on our systems. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
European Users: If you are a data subject in the European Economic Area, the UK, or Switzerland, see your additional rights below.
California and Virginia Users: We are currently not subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act or the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. As a result, the additional rights of users under those laws do not apply to our business.
European Data Subjects
Scope: This section applies if you are a data subject in the European Economic Area, the UK, or Switzerland.
Your Rights: If applicable, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
• Right of access: If you ask us, we will confirm whether we are processing your personal data and, if so, provide you with a copy of that personal data along with certain other details. If you require additional copies of the data, we may need to charge a reasonable fee.
• Right to rectification: If your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you are entitled to ask that we correct or complete it.
• Right to erasure: You may ask us to delete or remove your personal data.
• Right to restrict processing: You may ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of the data or object to us processing it.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to obtain your personal data from us. You may reuse it elsewhere.
• Right to object: You may ask us at any time to stop processing your personal data. However, if we are relying on a legitimate interest to process your personal data and we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing we may continue.
• Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling: You have the right to be free from decisions based solely on automated processing of your personal data, including profiling, that produce a significant legal effect on you, unless such profiling is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us or you provide your explicit consent.
• Right to withdraw consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent will not affect any processing of your data before we received notice that you wished to unsubscribe.
• Right to complain to the data protection authority: If you have a concern about our privacy practices, including the way we handled your personal data, you can report it to the data protection authority that is authorized to hear those concerns.
You may exercise your rights by contacting us as indicated under the “Contact Information” section below.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Your personal information may be transferred to us in countries other than the country in which you are resident, including in the United States. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country and may not provide the same level of protection as your country.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the UK, or Switzerland, we will protect your personal information when it is transferred outside of your jurisdiction by (a) processing it in a territory that provides an adequate level of protection based on its data protection laws; or (b) implementing appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information, such as relying on the European standard contractual clauses.
DATA RETENTION
We endeavor to retain personal information only as long as is necessary for the use cases described in this privacy policy.
SECURITY
We use reasonable efforts to apply procedures and practices that are reasonably designed to protect from an accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal information transmitted, stored or otherwise processed by us. Please contact us if you believe that your personal information has been subject to a data breach on our systems.
MINORS
We do not collect information from minors and we ask that you not access our site if you are a minor. Please contact us if you believe that we have collected information about your child.
SENSITIVE INFORMATION
We do not collect sensitive information and we ask that you not send us such information. Sensitive information is defined by applicable law and can include the following: social security number, driver’s license number, credit card number, racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, criminal background, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, and health data.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, You can contact Us:
- By email: [email protected]