SchoolSoup.com

Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the SchoolSoup.com website (the "Site"). This notice outlines our online information gathering policies and procedures. SchoolSoup.com believes that your privacy is important. Rest assured, these privacy policies will continue to protect your information even after our relationship with you ends.

SchoolSoup.com will collect and store information about you in order to provide you with scholarship information. The types of information we will collect is your name, email address, gender, nationality, date of birth, year in school, GPA, organizations that you and your parents belong to, your expected college major and other information that will help us filter scholarships to match your personal profile. We will not resell, distribute, or share your personal data with third parties without your permission.

SchoolSoup.com will also collect your IP address to analyze user trends, diagnose problems with our servers, administer the Site, track users' movements within the Site, and gather demographic information. Your IP address does not provide us with any personally identifiable information.

SchoolSoup.com may from time to time elect to use cookies on the Site. A cookie is information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive for record keeping purposes. Many websites on the internet use cookies. Cookies in and of themselves do not provide any personal information about you but will identify your computer. You can set your internet browser to not accept cookies however doing so may eliminate some of the services provided on the Site and on other websites as well. Some of our business partners may also elect to use cookies. SchoolSoup.com has no control over cookies used by third parties on the Site.

From time to time we may offer contests or surveys on our Site where we will ask users for personally identifiable information. Participation in these types of activities will be strictly voluntary and you will have the choice to provide this information or to not participate.

SchoolSoup.com may also provide links to schools, scholarship sponsors and other third parties (advertisers). Information that you provide to others on the Site will be governed by the Privacy Policies of the organization sponsoring the link and not SchoolSoup.com.

Information collected by SchoolSoup.com is stored in a highly secure operating environment that is not accessible to the public. If we elect to process credit card information we will use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology so that unauthorized parties cannot read the information you send over the internet. No credit card information will be stored on SchoolSoup.com servers. Credit card information will be passed on to the appropriate financial institution for processing using SSL technology.

Ways In Which We May Use Your Personal Information: We may use your personal information for various purposes, except those which you may request by email for us not to use. For example, we may send you an email offering products or services which we think you may be interested in, or we may ask you to participate in a survey or a contest, etc. We may send you an email regarding special merchandise or services offered and announcements about products or services offered by us or by a third party partner which we think you may be interested in receiving. For example, if you request information regarding financial aid, we may provide the information you have provided us to a third party partner, such as a lender or other financial aid provider so that they can send you the appropriate information. We provide you with the ability to deny us the right to provide such information to a third party by providing to you an "opt-out" option at the appropriate place(s) within this website.

Schoolsoup.com may contain links to other sites whose information practices are different than ours. In all cases, when you go to a website linked to Schoolsoup.com, please review their privacy policy carefully prior to providing any personal information they may ask for. When you provide any personal or confidential information to any third party partner of Schoolsoup.com, it is assumed that you have read and agree with the Privacy Policy of that third party partner or advertising partner.

These third party partners only use the information you provide them as provided for in their own Privacy Policies, or when required by law.

If you ever find that your information is incomplete, inaccurate or not current, please contact us at the Contact Us link provided below and we will promptly update or correct any erroneous information.

Opting Out: If you do not want any of your personal information shared by Schoolsoup.com with their third party partners, please click on the "Opt-out" links provided by Schoolsoup.com within the website. If you choose not to click on the "Opt-out" links provided, it is assumed that you give your consent to Schoolsoup.com to provide such information to third party partners as deemed appropriate and for your benefit.

Schoolsoup.com and our advertising/marketing partners take our role as responsible citizens very seriously, and we insist on the highest standard of conduct for ourselves and our partners. While we advertise online to promote our products and services, we do not and will not knowingly engage in predatory advertising practices such as parasitic software, un-closable pop-ups or spyware. If you find an online advertisement for Schoolsoup.com or one of our partners that does not meet this standard, we want to know about it as soon as possible. Please contact us..

The SchoolSoup.com website is designed for high school and college students, their parents and adults looking for information on post secondary education. If you are a parent and wish to find out if your child is registered on the Site please contact us.. We will not knowingly accept personal information from anyone under 13 years of age.

We reserve the right to change, modify, add to or remove portions from this policy at our discretion and at any time. We will post all changes on the Site when and as they occur. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes will constitute your acceptance of the new policies.

If you would like to remove any or all of the information about yourself that you have provided to us, or if you have any questions regarding this privacy policy and your rights hereunder, please contact us. We assure you that we will do everything possible to remedy any problem or complaint you may have.

Any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, and application of the law of the state of Utah. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policies or the practices of the Site please contact us.