This Privacy Policy governs your use of this web site, located at
www.collegeminer.com (this "Web Site"), which is made available by College
Miner, Inc. ("College Miner" or "we" or "us").
Your privacy is a serious matter to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the type of
Personal Information and other information that is collected through this Web
Site and how that information is used and protected.
Your Consent to this
Privacy Policy
By visiting this Web Site, and/or using the services offered on or through this
Web Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as they may be amended
from time to time. As we update and expand our Web Site Terms of Use, this
Privacy Policy may change so check back to this page from time to time. This
Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and part of, College Miner Web Site Terms of Use which
govern your use of this Web Site in general. This Privacy Policy applies to all
of our on–line customers as well as to visitors of our free Web sites.
We may from time to time ask you for Personal Information, and we may collect
certain information from your computer each time you visit our Web Site.
"Personal Information" means personally identifiable information and includes,
for example, your name; street address; e–mail address; SMS or text message
address; cell phone number; telephone number; credit card and other payment
information; demographic information; year of graduation; academic records; test
scores; other information that you choose to provide regarding your academic and
extracurricular activities and interests; and/or other information that may
identify you as an individual or allow online contact with you.
You have the right to "opt–in" and "opt–out" of certain of our uses of your
Personal Information. For example, on this Web Site, you may be able to elect to
or not to receive correspondence from us or have your Personal Information
shared with other entities for their marketing purposes. You can also send an
e–mail to
support@collegeminer.com.
In this e–mail, please say whether: (i) you would like to opt–out of receiving
all e–mail promotional correspondence from College Miner in general or (ii) if
you would only like to opt–out of certain of College Miner's e–newsletters or
correspondence and if so which ones or (iii) you would like to opt–out of having
your Personal Information shared with third parties. You may also opt–out of
College Miner's promotional e–mails by clicking on an opt–out link within the
e–mail you receive.
Please understand that if you opt–out of receiving promotional correspondence
from us, we may still contact you in connection with your relationship,
activities, transactions and communications with us.
Information Collected
on this Web Site
User–Provided Information
We may collect Personal Information from users, for example, through such user's
activities, transactions and completion of surveys and other online forms on our
Web Site.
Because some of our most useful services are personalized (i.e., different
visitors may have a different experience based on information they provide),
registration for such services may be required (although not all areas of our
Web Site require registration).
You may be able to send information about our Web Site, products and services to
your friends and family members by clicking on an "E–mail to Friend" or similar
button on our Web Site or in one of our e–mails. In some of these cases (unless
you simply forward our e–mail on your own), you may provide the name and e–mail
address of your friend or family member to us, and such information will be
treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
Marketing Lists
From time to time, we obtain lists of people who may be interested in our
products and services from third–party marketing list suppliers. We may use
these lists to send direct marketing promotions by e–mail. If you do not wish to
receive future promotions via e–mail, please follow the instructions in the Right to Opt In and Opt Out section
above.
Web Site Usage Information
Cookies
We may use "cookies" to keep, and sometimes track, information about you, and to
create a personalized Web experience. Cookies are small data files that are
stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies track where you travel on our Web
Site and what you look at and purchase. By using this Web Site, you agree to our
use of cookies in this way.
Most Web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you
and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. Additionally, if you
have a Flash player installed on your computer, your Flash player can be set to
reject or delete Flash cookies. However, refusing a cookie may, in some cases,
preclude you from using, or negatively impact the display or function of, the
Web Site or certain areas or features of the Web Site
Clear GIFs
We may use "clear GIFs" (a/k/a "Web beacons" or "pixel tags") or similar
technologies, on the Web Site and/or in our communications (e.g., in our
HTML–based e–mails) which enable us to know whether you have visited a Web page
or received or opened a message. This allows us to know the effectiveness of our
marketing campaigns.
IP Address and Clickstream Data
Our server may automatically collect data about your server's Internet address
when you visit us. This information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or
IP Address, is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer by your
Internet service provider whenever you're on the Internet. In addition to
logging your IP Address and sometimes your domain name, our server may also
record the referring page that linked you to us (e.g., another Web site or a
search engine); the pages you visit on this Web Site; how long you stay on this
Web Site, the Web site you visit after this Web Site; the ads you see and/or
click on; other information about your computer and its settings; any search
terms you have entered on this Web Site or a referral site; and other Web usage
activity and data.
Matching Web Site Usage Information and Personal Information
Web Site Usage Information may be tracked in both aggregate form and at an
individual user level. We may also match information collected from you through
different means or at different times, including both Personal Information and
Web Site Usage Information, and use such information along with information
obtained from other sources, including third parties. We may also analyze user
behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our Web Site and e–mails, both
on an individual basis and in the aggregate. Any or all of these activities with
regard to Web Site Usage Information may be performed on our behalf by our
services providers.
How Personal
Information is Used
We may use your Personal Information, for example, to respond to your requests
and to provide you with our product and service offerings (for example, to
process your orders and respond to your requests and inquiries). We may also use
your Personal Information to maintain our internal record keeping. In addition,
we may send you e–mail notices and offers and otherwise correspond with you,
about products, services, companies and events, sponsored by us and others, that
we think might interest you. You may opt–out of receiving such notices and
offers from us, at any time, by following the instructions in the Right to Opt In and
Opt Out
section above
Targeted Advertising
Advertisements and other content displayed or transmitted to you on or through
the Web Site may be customized to your interests and preferences, based on your
Personal Information and Web Site Usage Information, including (but not limited
to) non–personally identifying information, which we may obtain from you or from
other sources.
Public Forums
When you contribute to a public area or feature of our Web Site, such as a chat
room, bulletin board, list serve, blog, wiki or other open forum, the
information that you submit will be made available to the general public.
Therefore, we recommend that you do not submit any sensitive information to such
areas of our Web Site, including your full name, home address, phone number,
financial information or any other information that would enable other users to
locate you or contact you.
Third Party Offers
We may provide visitors an opportunity to receive offers from other third
parties who have services, products and offers that we think might be of
interest to you. Unless you instruct us not to do so, we may from time to time
provide your Personal Information to these entities so that they may send you
such offers. If you change your mind and no longer want us to share your
Personal Information with such entities, follow the instructions to opt-out in
the Right to
Opt In and Opt Out section
above.
Schools
College Miner works with schools and institutions to provide programs such as
test preparation and college counseling. Your school, district, or state may
arrange for your participation in these programs and may purchase products on
your behalf. We may share the Personal Information that you provide to us
through your participation in these school programs with your school, district
and your parents. In addition, your school may require us to share your
information with others legally entitled to access your academic records, such
as your state department of education.
Service Providers
We may use third party partners, affiliates and service providers to help
operate our Web Site and deliver our products and services, and we may share
your information with such third parties for such purposes. These third parties
are not authorized by us to use your Personal Information in any other way.
Aggregate Statistics
We may disclose aggregate statistics regarding user behavior as a measure of
interest in, and use of, our Web Site and e–mails to third parties in the form
of aggregate data that do not describe or identify any individual user
Third Party "Linked–To" Web Sites
When you are on our Web Site you may be able to visit or link to other sites not
operated by us. We do not control such sites and we are not responsible for the
information practices of these sites. This Privacy Policy does not address the
information practices of those other Web sites, and we encourage you to read the
posted privacy policies of such sites.
Legally Compelled Disclosures
We may disclose user information when compelled to do so by government
authorities or otherwise as required or permitted by law, such as to respond to
court orders and subpoenas. We also may disclose user information when we have
reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interfering with our
rights or property, other customers or users of the Web Site, or anyone else
that could be harmed by such activities.
Business Transfer
In the event that College Miner or all or a portion of its business, or one or
more of its divisions, is acquired by one or more third parties as a result of
an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation,
Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets.
College Miner will take steps to protect the security and integrity of all
sensitive Personal Information provided to us. However, due to the inherent
nature of the Internet as an open global communications vehicle, we cannot
guarantee that information, during transmission through the Internet or while
stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be safe from intrusion by
others, such as hackers.
If you contact us by e–mail or a "contact us" or similar feature on our Web
Site, your transmission might not be secure. A third party could view
information you send by these methods in transit.
You may be able to access our tools via a Facebook account on our Web Site with
a username and password. If so, you are responsible for protecting your Facebook
account password, and you are responsible for any access to or use of the Web
Site by you or any person or entity using your password, whether or not such
access or use has been authorized by or on behalf of you. See Facebook’s policy
on developer and application access
http://developers.facebook.com/policy/.
In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your Personal
Information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek
to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we would
endeavor to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, to the
extent we have your e–mail address, we may notify you by e–mail. You consent to our use of e–mail as a means
of such notification. If you prefer for us to use another method to notify you
in this situation, please e–mail us at support@collegeminer.com.
Changes to this Privacy
Policy
College Miner reserves the right to change, update or remove this Privacy
Policy, or any other of our policies or practices, at any time, and will notify
users of this Web Site by posting such changed or updated Privacy Policy on this
page. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to this
Web Site. Under certain circumstances, we may also elect to notify you of, or
obtain your consent to, changes or updates to our Privacy Policy by additional
means, such as posting a notice on the front page of our Web Site or sending you
an e–mail.
Consent to Processing
By providing Personal Information to this Web Site, you understand and consent
to the collection, maintenance, processing and transfer of such information in
and to the United States and other countries and territories, in accordance with
United States law.
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices, you may
use our contact form or
at the following address:
College Miner
10 Faxon Ave #1020
Quincy, MA 02169
Effective Date: September 14, 2011