If you have questions or concerns regarding this Statement, you should first contact us through our contact form. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Effective Date: July 3, 2019
At Reach Network, we take online privacy seriously and we respect the concerns of our community of users. The following Privacy Policy governs the online information collection practices of CollegesandDegrees.com (owned by Reach Network, Inc. DBA Optimal). Specifically, it outlines the types of information that CollegesandDegrees.com (the “Site”) gathers about you to help you make informed decisions about how information is used or shared when you visit or use the Site (the “Services”). It also describes the choices available to you regarding the use of, your access to, and how to update and correct your personal information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By visiting the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Because the Internet is an evolving medium, we may need to change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page prior to the change becoming effective so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified.
The information that is collected about you while you are using the Service falls into two general categories:
1. Information You Provide to Us.
The Site may collect and store information, personal or otherwise, that you voluntarily supply while on the Site and/or use the Service. Specifically, but not exclusively, we collect personal information such as your name, address, phone number, email address, and other information relevant to particular products or services that you choose to enter into one of the Service's forms. We use this information to send you product updates, respond to customer service requests, and to administer your query. If you decline to supply or provide the Site with certain information while using the Service, you may not be able to use or participate in some or all of the features offered through the Service or by the Company. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails (see "Opt-Out Policy" below).
2. Log Files.
As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data.
We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, as well as to improve analytics and site functionality.
3. Merging of Information.
Information collected through the Site may be merged with information collected from other sources, including offline sources such as modifications requested via phone or email in order to modify contact information. Similarly, information collected through the Site may be stored with information collected from other sources, including offline sources.
We may share information about you with other people or unaffiliated companies or for various purposes including, without limitation, the purposes described below: (Except as stated in this policy, we do not sell your personal information to third parties). We may disclose your personal information to these third parties with your prior consent.
You may opt-out of the above information sharing as set forth below (see "Opt-Out Policy" below).
In addition to the information that you provide to us or that we obtain about you, we may augment the data we collect with other information from other online or offline sources.
We respect your privacy and your ability to choose whether to share or not share information with the Site or any third party. You may choose to "opt-out" of having us share your personal information in several ways. You can choose to decline to provide personal information on the Site. If you have previously submitted personal information to the Site, you may request that we discontinue sharing such information with third parties, by communicating this preference in writing to us through our contact form. Similarly, if you receive communications from us that you prefer not to receive, you may opt out from receiving these communications by specifically indicating this preference through our contact form or by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the email communications you receive. If you opt-out, we will not contact you after we have processed your opt-out request (up to 3 days) unless otherwise provided in this privacy policy. However, if we shared your information with third parties prior to the processing of your opt-out request, such third parties may continue to contact you. If you receive email correspondence from third parties, you should contact such third parties directly with respect to opting out of such third party communications.
Nevada residents may also submit their opt-out request to the following designated email address: privacy {at} collegesanddegrees {dot} com.
We will retain your information for as long as necessary for the purposes it was retained, such as to enable you to use the Site and to provide services to you. We may also retain and use your information as necessary in order to comply with applicable laws and our legal obligations, resolve disputes with any parties, and otherwise as needed to provide you services. All personal information we retain will be subject to this Privacy Policy and our internal retention guidelines. We respect your control over your information. Upon request and following confirmation of your identity, we will confirm whether we hold or are processing your information. You also have the right to amend or update inaccurate or incomplete personal information, request deletion of your personal information, or request that we no longer use it. If you wish to modify your personal information you may correct, update, amend, delete/deactivate it by sending an email with your name, submission details, and the notice "Profile Update" through our contact form. Under certain circumstances we will not be able to fulfill your request, such as if it interferes with our regulatory obligations, affects legal matters, we cannot verify your identity or it involves disproportionate cost or effort, but in any event we will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and provide you with an explanation. If you wish to request that we no longer use your information to provide you services, you may also contact us through our contact form.
We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at the information at the end of this policy.
This children's policy explains the Site's practices with respect to the online collection and use of personal information from children under the age of thirteen, and provides important information regarding your rights under federal law with respect to such information.
This Service is not directed to children under the age of eighteen and we do NOT knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of eighteen as part of the Service. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a user under the age of eighteen as part of the Service, we will delete such information from our records.
Because we do not collect any personal information from children under the age of eighteen as part of the Service, we also do NOT knowingly distribute such information to third parties. We do NOT knowingly allow children under the age of eighteen to publicly post or otherwise distribute personal contact information through the Service.
Because we do not collect any personal information from children under the age of eighteen as part of the Service, we do NOT condition the participation in the Service's online activities of a child under eighteen on providing personal information.
Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Reach Network Inc. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.
If you use a bulletin board, blog, or chat room on this website, you should be aware that any personal information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us via the information at the end of this policy. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
We offer you the opportunity to post customer reviews on our web site which may contain personal information. If you wish to request the removal of your review from the site you may contact us at the information at the end of this policy.
Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
You can log in to our site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign-up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this Web site to your profile page to share with others within your network.
Technologies such as cookies and similar technologies are used by Reach Network, Inc. and our marketing partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers (e.g. user interaction and marketing analytics). These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use cookies for to remember users’ settings (e.g. language preference) or for authentication. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies or similar technologies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
Please see our California Privacy Policy here.
Please direct all questions pertaining to this statement or the service to us through our contact form.
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