Privacy Policy
We collect information about you as you use Edvisors sites, including:
User Information, which you provide when you register on an Edvisors site, subscribe to an email newsletter, provide us with your contact information, or apply to receive information from a financial service provider through Edvisors. User Information may also include information you provide on an application other than Confidential Application Information described below. User Information includes, for example, your name, address, email address, school, graduation year, grade level, date of birth, and income range.
Technical Information, which we collect automatically from you and your computer about how you use the Edvisors sites. This includes your IP address, the referring URL, browser type, and other usage information, along with information about your use of the Edvisors websites.
Confidential Application Information, which consists of certain information you submit as part of an application. Specifically, this includes your Social Security Number, your driver's license information, your credit information, and the names and contact information of your references. This information is used to process your application and may be shared with financial services companies to provide the services you request, in accordance with that company's privacy policy.
We are not informed of the basis for credit-based loan decisions from financial service providers.
Edvisors uses "cookies" and other technologies to help us learn more about how our users use our sites and to recognize you when you return. Cookies are text files that are placed in your computer's browser, and that can be used to help recognize you as an Edvisors user. Cookies may store user preferences and other information, and can be deleted or blocked by changing the settings on your Web browser.
How Do You Protect My Information?
We take the security of your personal information very seriously, and have implemented policies and procedures designed to safeguard it. We share your information with third parties only in accordance with this policy. We require all third party advertising and marketing partners with whom we share your information to make reasonable efforts to protect it.
How Do You Use My Information?
We use your information to provide you the services your request, to improve Edvisors sites and your experience on our sites, and to personalize the content you receive. Specifically:
We use User Information to provide the services you request, such as newsletters, to customize our sites, and to improve your user experience and our services.
We use Technical Information to operate, administer, and improve our sites, and to customize your experience.
We use Confidential Application Information solely to facilitate your transaction with the financial service provider. We do not use this information for any other purpose.
How Do You Share My Information?
Online Advertising Networks: We may also permit third party advertising networks to place cookies on your computer that enable them to deliver relevant advertising to you when you visit websites in their network. This will not increase the number of advertisements you see when you visit our sites or other websites, but will increase the likelihood that those advertisements you do see on some sites are relevant to you. While these advertising networks may obtain some of your Technical Information, we do not share your name or other information that can personally identify you, or any data from loan application pages.
Other: We also may share your personal information in response to a valid law enforcement request or legal process, to protect our or third party interests or property, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.