The Center for Scholarship Administration Privacy Policy
Introduction
The Center for Scholarship Administration, Inc (“Company”, “Our”, “Us” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our websites (our “Website “) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
On this Website or our online services
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website
When using technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear gifs, use analytics and monitoring to measure
the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, other communications, improve content and services, usability and
functionality of the systems as well as statistically analyze site use and performance.
It does not apply to information collected by:
Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by an affiliated third party or
Any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell, share, or trade your information with any other entity.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your
information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices,
your choice is not to use our Website or our services. By accessing or using this Website,
you agree and consent to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy).
Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the
policy periodically for updates as applicable law and practices change over time.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at scholarships@csascholars.org.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It:
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including information:
By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number,
mobile phone number, birthdate, gender, racial or ethnic origin,
education or academic information, current and future school enrollment information, and involvement in work, school
, and community activities; and/or login information or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information“);
That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details,
IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking.
Any response you take in response to electronic communication that we send to you such as opening a message or clicking on an embedded link.
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer.
You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However,
if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted
your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
To present our website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To provide you with notices about your scholarships or scholarship programs, including deadlines and renewal notices.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you, the scholarship program sponsor and us. To notify you about changes to our website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our website.
For research purposes to improve general student outcomes and evaluate effectiveness of financial aid generally.
For any other purpose that you have specifically granted us consent.
We may also use your information to contact you about your scholarship and related services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please email us. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page.
You may also send us an email at scholarships@csascholars.org to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete your information from the Website, copies of your information may remain viewable in cached and archived pages,
or might have been copied or stored by other Website users.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access,
use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.
All personal information will be encrypted using SSL technology.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you.
Where we have given you or where you have chosen a password for access to certain parts of our
website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your
password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.
Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security
of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.