At scholarsintel.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Below is a list of what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use scholarsintel.com, how and when it is used, and how we safeguard your information. We never share or sell your personal information to third parties. If you have any concerns, please contact us at privacy[at]scholarsintel.com.
COOKIES
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. We use necessary cookies to ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Analytics Cookies and Log Files
We collect and use data such as IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site, but only for web analytics purposes. We use Google Analytics to track our website analytics and it uses cookies. However, we have set your IP address to be anonymous when you visit our website, that means your full IP address is not recorded. The data associated with your anonymized IP address will be retained in Google Analytics for a period of time deemed necessary for monitoring our website’s analytics, after which the data associated with your usage of the website, will disappear.
Advertising Cookies and Web Beacons
We use third party advertisements to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geo-targeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites). Follow this link to learn more.
DoubleClick DART cookies
We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey). DART uses “non personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting this link.
MANAGING COOKIES
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.
You can manage your cookies preferences when you first visit our website by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the pop-up according to your preferences. Only the necessary cookies are enabled by default unless you accept ALL cookies.
Information Collection And Use
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) may include, but is not limited to:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number