Last revised: August 15, 2022

Scholarship & Internship Helper (“we,” “us,” “our”) respects the privacy of its customers and visitors (“you”) and is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of your information including your personal information (collectively, “information”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect about you on our website(s) (“Site”) and through other internet-based mechanisms (e.g., email and social media), our online and mobile applications, and our services generally (collectively, “Services”), how we use and disclose such information, and the safeguards we have in place to reduce the risk of unauthorized access and use of such information. We offer various products and services including Scholarship & Internship Helper and scholarshiphelper.org. How we collect, use, and disclose your information will vary based on your relationship with us, the Site(s) you visit, and the Services you use.

This Privacy Policy also provides information about information we process as a service provider to scholarship providers and other organizations (“Clients”).

By visiting our Site and/or using our Services, you accept our privacy practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is also a part of our Terms of Use.

Table of Contents

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AS A BUSINESS
1. Personal Information
2. Sensitive Personal Information
3. Business Information
4. Usage Data
5. Communication Recording
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION AS A BUSINESS
1. Voluntary Disclosure
2. Third-Party Data Sources
3. Cookies
4. Information from Advertisements and Affiliate Marketers
5. Tracking Pixels and Clear GIFs
6. Social Media Widgets
HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION AS A BUSINESS
1. Generally
2. Testimonials & Submissions
3. Service Providers
4. Third-Party Selling
5. Text Message, Mail, & Email Marketing
SECURITY
BLOGS, FORUMS, TESTIMONIALS
OTHER WEBSITES
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OTHER TRANSFERS
HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR OUR CLIENTS
CONTACT US
ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA CONSUMER RIGHTS
1. Right to Know
2. Right to Deletion
3. Right to Opt-Out from the Sale of Personal Information
4. Authorized Agent
5. Non-Discrimination Notice
6. California “Do Not Track” Disclosure
7. California Site Ownership Disclosure
ADDITIONAL NEVADA CONSUMER RIGHTS

1. PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

This Privacy Policy is subject to change. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently for any revisions or amendments. Such changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on the Site and will be effective immediately upon posting. You will be deemed to have been made aware of and have accepted the changes by your continued use of the Site or Services after the changes have been posted.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AS A BUSINESS

a. Personal Information
We collect information that personally identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with you (“Personal Information”), including:

The types of Personal Information we collect about you may vary based on how you use our Site(s) and/or Services.

Personal Identifiers (e.g., name, date of birth, social security number, email address, mailing address, IP address, login username & password, links to social media profiles)
Personal Characteristics of Protected Classifications (e.g., gender, ethnicity, citizenship, military affiliation)
Education Information (e.g., high school name, college name, grade point average, career goals, field of study, grade level, major, essays, transcripts, recommendation letters)
Commercial Information (e.g., payment method, subscription history, transaction history, scholarship history, donation history)
Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity (e.g., device information such as operating system and browser type, email system data such as inbox and outbox content, affiliate marketing data such as transaction ID and offer ID, device type, other technical information regarding your use of our Site/Services that can be associated with you)
Professional or Employment-Related Information (e.g., occupation)
Audio & Visual Data (e.g., photos, videos)
Approximate Geolocation Data (city)
Inferences drawn from the above categories of Personal Information that relate to your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

Names
Phone numbers
Email addresses
Mailing addresses
Job titles
Usernames
Passwords
Contact preferences
Contact or authentication data
Billing addresses
Debit/credit card numbers
GPA
ACT and/or SAT scores
The college applicants are attending or 5 colleges applicants are considering
Ethnicity
Applicants planned Majors
Courses completed from applicants major
Who is paying for applicants college
If applicants are currently in high school or college
Hobbies and interests
Past work experience
Extra curricular activities applicants were involved in
Application question answer: "What is a challenge you were faced with and how did you overcome it? Most importantly what did you learn from it?"
Application question answer: "Anything else you would like to tell us about yourself?"
Letter of Reccomendation
Information on if applicants are applying for scholarships or internships
Personality type
Profile Picture

b. Sensitive Personal Information

We collect limited amounts of Personal Information that may be deemed “sensitive” under applicable laws and regulations including: ethnicity, citizenship, and the content of messages sent to or received from third parties via our services. We use this sensitive Personal Information to assist in scholarship matching and to provide our Services to you. We may disclose sensitive Personal Information to our Service Providers (described below). We may also sell ethnicity and citizenship information as personal characteristics of protected classifications to the extent described more fully below.

c. Business Information

We also collect information about businesses and their representatives that engage with us such as EIN, TIN, name, address, phone number, email address, bank account information, and employee ID number (collectively, “Business Information”). This information is generally not considered Personal Information because it relates to a business or a business contact.

d. Usage Data

We automatically collect information in connection with the actions you take on a Site and in connection with using the Services (“Usage Data”). For example, each time you use a Site, we automatically collect your IP address, location, hardware settings, browser type and settings, time and duration of your connection, and other device information. We use this information to improve the performance and functionality of our Site(s) and Services, and to better understand how individuals interact with our Site(s) and Services. If this information is capable of being associated with you, directly or indirectly, we treat it as Personal Information. If this information is not capable of being individually associated with you, we treat it as Usage Data.

e. Communication Recording

We and/or our Service Providers (as defined below), may record calls and retain the content of chat conversations or other written/electronic communications between you and us and/or our Service Provider. By communicating with us and/or our Service Provider, you consent to such recording and retention of communications.

3. HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION AS A BUSINESS

a. Voluntary Disclosure

We may ask you to provide us with Personal Information when you register with our Site(s)/Services, purchase a service, complete a scholarship application, claim a scholarship, leave a testimonial, communicate with us (online or offline), and at other times. You are not required to provide us your Personal Information; however, if you choose not to provide the requested information, you may not be able to use some or all of the features of the Site or Services or we may not be able to fulfill your requested interaction.

b. Third-Party Data Sources

We collect Personal Information from third-party data sources such as market research firms, scholarship sponsors or providers, tutoring and essay services, college placement and employment assistance services, social media, and data brokerage companies. This Personal Information may be appended to Personal Information we have already collected from or about you.

c. Cookies

We use cookies (a small text file placed on your device to identify your device and browser) to improve the experience of a Site and Services, such as keeping track of your activities on the Site, recognizing return visitors, and analyzing our promotions and Site traffic. Some third parties who advertise on our Site(s) may also use cookies similar technologies. Many web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Instructions for how to manage cookies in popular browsers are available at: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (iOS), Safari (Mac), and Opera. However, certain features of our Site(s) or Services may not work if you delete or disable cookies.

We use the following types of cookies:

Session Cookies: Session cookies keep track of you or your information as you move from page to page within the Site/Services and are typically deleted once you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies reside on your system and allow us to customize your experience if you leave and later return to the Site/Services. For example, persistent cookies may allow us to remember your preferences.
Strictly Necessary Cookies: Strictly necessary cookies are, as their name suggests, necessary for the operation of the Site and/or Services. These are cookies that facilitate our compliance with laws, allow us to verify your identity before you access restricted areas of the Site/Services, manage our network, or keep track of user input.
Advertising Cookies: Advertising cookies are used to learn more about you and advertise our or another person’s products/services that might interest you.
Analytics Cookies: Analytics cookies help us understand how our Site and Services are working and who is visiting our Site or using our Services. Google Analytics is one tool we use, and you can learn more by reviewing Google’s Privacy Policy.

Depending on the circumstances, we may use cookies to collect Personal Information, Usage Data, or both.

d. Information from Advertisements and Affiliate Marketers

If you arrive at a Site via an advertisement (e.g., banner ad) or an affiliate marketer, we may collect information regarding the advertisement or affiliate marketer with which you interacted and your interactions (e.g., item clicked, date, time, offer ID, affiliate ID).

Some third parties who advertise on our Site(s) may also use cookies and similar technologies. For example, third-party remarketers, including Google, AdRoll, AdSense, HasOffers, and Facebook use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website(s). Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on visits to our Site(s) or other sites on the internet. Information collected by these third-party companies from uses of the Site or Services is governed by their respective privacy policies. You can opt out of Google’s personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Alternately, you can opt out of many other third-party vendors’ use of cookies by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) opt out page at http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices. You may also set your browser to refuse or delete cookies after a period of time. To find out more about how Google uses data it collects please visit Google Privacy & Terms.

e. Tracking Pixels and Clear GIFs

We employ software technology that enables us to track certain aspects of a user's visit to a Site. This technology helps us better manage content on the Site(s) by informing us what content is effective, how consumers engage with the Site(s), and how consumers arrive at and/or depart from the Site(s). The software typically uses two methods to track user activity: (1) "tracking pixels" and (2) "clear gifs." Tracking pixels are pieces of executable code that are embedded in a web page that track usage activity including which pages are viewed, when they are viewed, and how long the pages are viewed. We utilize tracking pixels provided by third-party social media platforms such as Pinterest, Facebook, and TikTok. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with unique identifiers which are embedded in web pages and email messages that track whether or not a user has viewed a particular web page or email message. User activity information may be associated with additional information about a user's session, such as IP addresses and the type of browser used, and Personal Information, if provided by the user.

If you arrive at a Site by "clicking through" from another website, then certain information about you that you provided to that other website, such as the terms you were searching that led you to that Site, may be transmitted to us and we may use it. You should review the Privacy Policy of any website from which you reached a Site to determine what information was collected by that website and for what purpose(s) you agreed that website could use that information. We may retain information about you provided to us by other websites and will only use it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Such information may be associated with other Usage Data or Personal Information.

f. Social Media Widgets

The Site may include social media features, such as the Facebook and Twitter widgets. These features may collect information about your IP address and the pages you visit on our Site(s) as well as other Personal Information. A cookie may be set to ensure that a feature properly functions. Your interactions with social media features and the collection of Personal Information by them is governed by the social media companies’ privacy policies.

4. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION AS A BUSINESS

a. Generally

We use Personal Information for internal purposes, such as to

Provide you with our Site(s) and Services;
Process or complete transactions you requested;
Improve our Site(s) and Services, including customization and personalization;
Market and remarket our products and services and the products and services of select third parties to you;
Communicate with you about our Site(s) and Services
Develop new products and services and enhance existing products and services; and
Compile information and analyses to enhance the customer experience and improve our business.

b. Testimonials & Submissions

If you provide a testimonial or other submission of information, we may post it publicly on our Site(s), via our Services, or in other advertising material. By providing a testimonial or submission, you give us permission to use it in any manner and for any purpose, including in marketing and advertising communications, and to share it with traditional and social media providers.

c. Service Providers

From time to time, we may establish a relationship with other businesses who provide services to us and that we believe are trustworthy and have privacy practices consistent with ours that may include corporate affiliates (“Service Providers”). We contract with Service Providers to provide certain services to us, including:

Online hosting and maintenance;
Mobile and online application development, operation, and maintenance;
Marketing and advertising design, distribution, tracking, and analysis;
Payment processing;
Management of access to services;
Customer service & support;
Information provision and notifications;
Professional services such as legal, accounting, and management professionals;
Data storage and management;
Analysis of the Site and Services for performance, business, technical, and user experience optimization; and
Identity and contact information validation.

We only provide our Service Providers with the information necessary for them to perform these services on our behalf. Each Service Provider is expected to use reasonable security measures appropriate to the nature of the information involved to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Service Providers are prohibited from using Personal Information other than as specified by us. In the past twelve months, we have disclosed each category of Personal Information we collect (listed above) with one or more Service Providers.

d. Third-Party Selling

We sell your Personal Information to third-party companies who may market products or services likely to be of interest to you or who provide services that you request. When you provide Personal Information to us, you agree to be contacted by such third parties including without limitation schools or institutions in which you expressed interest. In the past twelve months we have sold Personal Information with third parties are outlined below:

Category of Third-Party Company

Categories of Personal Information Sold

Scholarship providers

Personal identifiers