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MyEducationSource.com Web Privacy Statement
This privacy policy was last updated on January 31st, 2006
MyEducationSource is committed to protecting
your privacy when you visit our Websites, so we want you to know what
information we collect when you visit one of our sites, how we use that
information, and how you can update it. We reserve the right to append or
otherwise modify this Privacy Statement at any time, so please re-visit this
page occasionally to check for updates.
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information from our visitors so we can adjust our
site to meet our users' needs and expectations. Some of this information is
collected automatically through cookies and other information is collected when
you register for any of our online services or when you request information
from one of our partners.
Information Collected Automatically
The types of information your browser or Internet session automatically sends
us each time you visit one of our sites, which we automatically collect,
includes:
- Your browser, e.g., Internet
Explorer, Netscape Navigator.
- Your Internet domain, e.g.,
AOL, Netcom, Earthlink, etc.
- You computer's operating
system, e.g., Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux.
- Your navigation path, i.e.,
the URLs of where you come to our site from, which of our pages you visit,
and where you go as you leave.
- Your IP address.
This information lets us see how users are
finding our sites, and it tells us which pages are visited the most often so we
can make our Websites more useful.
Information You Provide to Us
In addition to the information automatically collected by your browser, we also
collect information that you provide to us when you request information about a
particular school or educational program.
Our websites provide users the opportunity
to request information from schools, and to learn about various education
opportunities. These information request sites require users to provide us with
contact information (name, address, phone number, email address, gender, age,
work experience, etc.) as well as information about their interest in one of
our educational partners (universities, colleges, test prep companies, etc.) We
collect this information that you provide, and may use it to make your future
requests from our websites easier by pre-populating contact forms with the
information that you have provided. We provide this contact information that
you provide to the educational partner that you requested information from.
Customer interest information is collected to determine what information the
customer wishes to be sent.
How We Use This Information
We use the information we automatically collect to help us better plan our
Website to meet your Internet needs. Information you provide to us is used for
marketing purposes, and may result in follow-up communications.
MyEducationSource may share personally
identifiable information with third party businesses for the purpose of direct
marketing, specifically email marketing. All third parties are bound by the CAN
SPAM Act (s.877) of 2003, and are required to be in full compliance of all
consumer opt-out rules and regulations.
Your Rights Our Obligations
The company respects the privacy of users visiting our sites and will abide by
all applicable laws concerning the release of personal information. On an
occasion we may use certain directory information that we have collected to
send you information about products and services, or updates and other
information we think may be of interest to you. We may share this information
with our educational partners to bring similar information to your attention.
If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis
for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes. Please contact us to
request your name and address be removed from our lists. If you do not want to
receive our e-mail marketing, please submit a request to have your e-mail
address removed by emailing: unsubscribe@MyEducationSource.com.
Other than directory information, data you
provide to us as you use the Website will be held in strict confidence by the
company and will be used for company purposes only.
Our Security Measures
Our Websites have security measures in place to protect against the loss,
misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
Why We Use "Cookies"
When you visit some of our sites, we use cookies to keep track of your
information. This small piece of program code resides on your computer and
stores your contact information for all of our request information sites. We do
this so you are not required to re-enter your contact information as you move
from one site to another.
Links From Our Site To Other Sites Some of our sites
may contain links to other sites external to our sites. When you access these
external Websites, the providers of the sites will have access to certain
information about you. MyEducationSource is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of any Websites which we do not directly control.
Definitions
Cookies
Data created by a Web server that is stored on a user's computer. It provides a
way for the Website to keep track of a user's patterns and preferences and,
with the cooperation of the Web browser, to store them on the user's own hard
disk.
The cookies contain a range of URLs (Web
addresses) for which they are valid. When the browser encounters those URLs
again, it sends those specific cookies to the Web server. For example, if a
user's ID were stored as a cookie, it would save that person from typing in the
same information all over again when accessing that service for the second and
subsequent time during the same browser session.
You can opt out of the use of cookies by
having your browser disable cookies or warn you before accepting a cookie. Look
for the cookie options in your browser in the Options or Preferences menu.
IP (Internet Protocol) Address
This is the address of a computer attached to a TCP/IP network. Every client
and server station must have a unique IP address. Client workstations have
either a permanent address or one that is dynamically assigned for each dial-up
session. IP addresses are written as four sets of numbers separated by periods;
for example, 204.171.64.2.
Browser Session
A browser session is defined as the period of time a browser is in consecutive
use. The session begins when you open the browser and ends when you close it.
When you reopen the browser, you begin a new session.
SSL Encryption (Secure Sockets Layer)
The leading security protocol on the Internet. When an SSL session is started,
the browser sends its public key to the server so that the server can securely
send a secret key to the browser. The browser and server exchange data via
secret key encryption during that session. We also use SSL encryption whenever
we display your personal information (e.g., name and address, scheduled
courses, grades).
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
An Internet address. URLs are used to locate sites on the Internet and to
navigate between sites and pages within sites. The URL for MyEducationSource is
www.MyEducationSource.com.
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