PRIVACY POLICY Data you enter on this site is not made available or distributed to third parties, except with your express consent or at your express direction. We will not give, sell or provide access to your personal information to any company, individual or organization for its use in marketing or commercial solicitation or for any other purpose, except with your express consent, at your direction, as is necessary for the operation of this site, or pursuant to one of the exceptions listed below. We may share aggregate demographic data and website usage information with our sponsors, commercial partners and others. This aggregate information, such as the number of users in a specific grade level, does not contain any information that can be used to identify any individual user. EXCEPTIONS TO THE PRIVACY POLICY There are limited exceptions to our privacy policy. When required by law to comply with any valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, regulation or court order, we will supply such information contained in your account as we reasonably determine, based on the advice of counsel, we are legally required to supply. In addition, we may release specific information relevant to special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others or an attempted breach of security on our site. THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT We may collect personal identifying information from you including, but not limited to, your name, date of birth, address, e-mail address, telephone number, grade level and the test for which you are preparing. REASONS WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION We collect personal information from you for several reasons. The first reason is to customize your test preparation course. The second reason is to allow us to be able to contact you with test preparation content and communications and, when necessary, password information. The third reason is that sponsors and other commercial partners may contact you regarding student loans, other financial aid products, and special offers, discounts and promotions, provided you have consented to such contact by indicating an interest in receiving relevant materials. Any user who does not wish to be contacted by sponsors and business partners can decline to receive such communications. When you log on to our site, your browser will automatically transmit to our server the IP address of your computer and type of browser you are using. Although your browser transmits the IP address of your computer, we do not associate this IP address with any personally identifiable information regarding you. We do not collect any personal information other than what users submit and their browsers transmit. MINIMUM AGE OF 13 REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH AN ACCOUNT We will not collect any information from persons who are not yet 13 years old. If you are under 13 years of age, you are not authorized to create an account with us, but you can utilize those portions of our site that do not involve the collection of personal information from users. If you are 13 years of age or older, you are encouraged to create an account on our site and to utilize all of our test preparation resources, which will help you prepare for the SAT and other standardized tests. WAYS IN WHICH PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED We will use your personal identifying information to personalize your test prep home page and to: Communicate your requests for information or material to sponsors and partners pursuant to your authorization Enable those partners to send a response to you and, if appropriate, to individualize that response Your personal information may also be used for the following purposes: We may use your information to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Aggregate data representing our users may be collected and provided to various entities including sponsors and other commerce partners. However, no personal information is made available as part of this process. Aggregate data may also be used for research purposes, including research directed towards improving our service or reporting on the effectiveness of our test preparation services. Examples of such data are the number of visitors and visits to the site, the percentage of times a particular question is answered correctly, and the functions utilized by students in specified age or grade ranges. WITH WHOM PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED If you elect to receive information from our sponsors and partners, or to receive information regarding products or services, such as student loans, personal information about you may be sent to our sponsors or partners to enable them to respond to your request. When visiting our site, you may link from our site to other websites for a variety of purposes such as visiting another educational website or a website of a sponsor or partner. Our privacy statement does not apply to any other website, including websites to which our site may be linked. Accordingly, we recommend that you read and understand the privacy policy at any website prior to providing personal information on that website. SECURITY MEASURES TO PREVENT MISUSE OF INFORMATION Data residing on our server is password protected, and access is provided only to the account holder who created the password, anyone to whom that account holder entrusted the password, and our employees who may require such access to administer and maintain our system or to provide requested customer support to users. Each employee who has access to the data residing on our server will respect the privacy of all such personal data. COOKIES Our site may use cookies to remember you and personalize your experience by keeping track of your session when logged on to our site. Cookies enable you to maintain continuity as you move from page to page on our site and to avoid the nuisance of being asked to provide the same information repeatedly. Cookies also allow us to make sure that only your browser can exchange information regarding your account with our servers. Cookies cannot be used to steal personal information or to gain access to information that you did not directly provide. . If you do not want cookies, you can set your browser to disable or refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being used. You should note, however, that various services we provide might not function properly when cookies are not utilized. LINKS We may host links to other sites or resources having privacy policies that may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any websites we do not operate or for the conduct of persons operating those websites. We do not endorse external sites and resources over which we do not have control. We shall not be liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. In addition, we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. MODIFYING AND DELETING INFORMATION You may update, otherwise modify or delete from the data stored on our servers any personal information you previously provided. AMENDING THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT We may amend this Privacy Statement from time to time. If we make any substantial changes to this Privacy Statement concerning use of your personal information, we will notify you by posting a message on our homepage for at least thirty days. QUESTIONS If you have any questions about this privacy statement and the privacy practices on this site, you may contact us at info@appriseeducationalservices.com. Copyright © 2006 Apprise Educational Services