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We collect information on the efficiency and working of our Web site as you surf
through our pages. This information includes the number of times a Web page is accessed,
the browser used, search terms used on our site and also tracks paths taken when
moving through the Web site. We keep this information for an indefinite time to
improve the operation of our site. Additionally, we may use third-party advertising
companies to serve ads on our site, which may employ cookies and action tags (also
known as single pixel gifs or Web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness.
Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is
completely anonymous. If you would like more information about this practice and
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Contact Information
Personal contact information is gathered when you complete a form to request additional
information from an online college. This contact information is stored on our servers
to provide schools with inquiry management features. It is also passed onto the
schools you identify (sometimes through a vendor that is under contract to the school),
so that they may contact you with more information. Personally identifiable contact
Information is not sold to third parties and will not be used for spam. Contact
Information is aggregated to create reports on overall education industry trends,
which may be sold to third parties.
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with usage statistics about our Web site and to help us understand how visitors
found our site. No data is stored in the cookie that identifies you personally.
Schools Contacting You
Different schools have different follow-up methods concerning student information
requests. Some will send you brochures in the mail, others will reply via e-mail
or try to contact you by telephone. By using our service to request information
from schools, you are giving permission to schools (or their partners or vendors)
to contact you using the method of their choice to fulfill your information request;
notwithstanding your possible listing in the National Do-Not-Call Registry.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information
such as name and e-mail address. Out of respect for our user’s privacy we provide
a way to opt-out of these communications. Users who no longer wish to receive the
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Finally, OnlineCollegeGuru.com reserves the right to contact you in the future to
help improve our operations or to introduce new services, such as surveys to ensure
that schools have followed up with your information requests in a timely manner.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about our privacy policy. .