Privacy Policy
Effective Date: December
14, 2024
Find Your Future, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates (collectively, "we," "our,"
or "us"), provides this Privacy Policy (the "Policy") to inform
you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and
disclosure of personal information we receive via our website (the "Site")
and through the use of any services provided by us through the Site (the "Services").
This Privacy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any
material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. Your use of the
Site and/or any of our Services following any such notice will signify and
constitute your consent to and acceptance of such revised Privacy Policy.
Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, capitalized terms used herein
have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.
1.
Information We Collect. Our primary goals in collecting information are to
provide and improve our Service, to administer your orders, to communicate with
you, and to enable users of the Site to enjoy and easily navigate the Site.
When you wish to contact us, create an account on the Site, edit account
details, purchase products or services via the Site, use any of our Services,
or when you join our mailing lists, we will ask you for certain Personal
Information. When we refer to your "Personal Information" in this
Privacy Policy, we mean information that identifies, describes, relates to,
references or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be
linked, directly or indirectly, to you. We may also collect other information
generated when you use our Site or Services that is not linked or otherwise
associated with you, and such information is not subject to the terms of this
Privacy Policy. Depending on how your use our Site and/or our Services, we may
directly collect the following types of Personal Information from you:
- Your internet service
provider's address, your internet protocol or IP address, device ID, the web
page from which you accessed our Sites, your web browser software, the type of
handheld or mobile device used to link to the web page, and the language settings
on your web browser;
- Records of products or
services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming
histories;
- Data about the webpages
you visit, including without limitation web browser specifications, websites
visited before accessing our Site, and websites visited after leaving our Site;
- A record of your
activity and interactions while visiting or using our Site, including the
existence or types of data you may upload or the terms you search;
- Data about your device
and nearby networks, including internet connection information, computer
equipment information, regional and language settings;
- Data about the
performance of our website or mobile apps;
- "Cookies" or other
common tracking methods of different types to recognize your computer (please
see the Cookies section below for description of what Cookies
are and how they are used); and
- Web beacons, match
scripts, pixel tags, or similar technologies that allow us to know information
such as whether a particular web page was visited, an e-mail opened, links in
the email accessed, if the advertisements on our Sites or other sites were useful
or beneficial to the user(s), or other information that may help us improve
your experience.
We may also collect any personal information that you provide or input on
our Sites, including but not limited to:
- your
name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number;
- any
information you provide in a college survey;
- any
data you provide in the context of a job application with us.
- any
data you provide in the context of your use of our Preferred Partners
- Any
other information you provide to us through our Site.
2.
Information from Social Networking Sites. Our Service may include interfaces that
allow you to connect with social networking sites (each an "SNS"). If
you connect to a SNS through the Site, you authorize us to access, use, and
store the information that you agreed the SNS could provide to us based on your
settings on that SNS. We will access, use, and store that information in
accordance with this Policy. You can revoke our access to the information you
provide in this way at any time by amending the appropriate settings from
within your account settings on the applicable SNS.
3.
Information Automatically Collected. When you visit our Site, some
information is automatically collected. For example, when you visit our Site
your computer's operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times,
browser type and language, and the Site you visited before our Site are logged
automatically ("Usage Information"). We also collect information about
your usage and activity on our Site, including but not limited to the
following:
A.
Cookies
We may automatically
collect information using "cookies." Cookies are small data files stored on
your hard drive by a Site. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Site
and your experience. We use cookies to see which areas and features are popular
and to count visits to our Site. We use two broad categories of cookies: (1)
first party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device,
which are used only by us to recognize your computer or mobile device when it
revisits our Services; and (2) third party cookies, which are served by service
providers on our Services, and can be used by such service providers to
recognize your computer or mobile device when it visits other sites. Further
information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on
your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ and,
if you are in the United Kingdom ("UK") or European Union ("EU"), https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/.
B.
Web Beacons
We may collect information
using Web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on our
Site or in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits,
understand usage, and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon.
C.
Local Shared Objects
We may use local shared
objects, also known as Flash cookies, to store your preferences such as volume
control or to display content based upon what you view on our Site to
personalize your visit. Third party partners provide certain features on our
Site and Services and display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity
using Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are
different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and way in
which data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser usually
will not remove Flash cookies. To limit the websites that can store information
in flash cookies on your device, you can use the Adobe Settings Manager
available at: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html.
D.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a
web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"), to better
assist us in understanding how the Site is used. Google Analytics will place
cookies on your computer that will generate information that we select about
your use of the Site, including your computer's IP address. That information
will be transmitted to and stored by Google. The information will be used for
the purpose of evaluating consumer use of the Site, compiling reports on Site
activity for our use, and providing other services relating to Site activity
and usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where
required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information
on Google's behalf. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the
appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that by doing so, you may not
be able to use the full functionality of the Site. The use of cookies by Google
Analytics is covered by Google's Privacy Policy, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
4.
Information Collected from Other Third Parties. We may receive your
Personal Information from third party business partners, such as social media
sites, ad networks, and analytics providers. We may also receive your Personal
Information from others that refer you to our Sites and/or Services.
5.
Linked Accounts. To the extent that you share your
account or "link" your account with other person or user, you understand that
that you and all persons you invite to join your account shall create their own
usernames and passwords. Those persons with whom you may will be able to view
your following information:
- Your
first name and last name;
- Your
relationship (student, parent, etc.);
- Your
email address;
- Your
college survey results; and
- The
information you shared in your survey responses, including but not limited to,
financial information.
6.
Use of Information. We
use your Personal Information collected for the purposes described in this
Policy. Specifically, we may use your Personal Information to:
- operate
and improve our Site and Services;
- understand
you and your preferences to enhance your experience;
- track,
collate, and analyze your use of our Site and Services;
- process
and deliver contest entries and rewards;
- respond
to your comments and questions and provide customer service;
- provide
and deliver products and Services you request;
- to
send you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical
notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- facilitate
your participation in participate in surveys, promotional offers, contests or
sweepstakes;
- communicate
with you about new contests, promotions, rewards, upcoming events, and other
news about products and Services offered by us and our selected partners;
- link
or combine it with other Personal Information we get from third parties, to
help understand your needs and provide you with better service;
- authorize
the use of debit card and check transactions, order fulfillment, service
promotions; and
- engage
in other services that you expressly request which require us to share your
personal information.
7.
Sharing of Information. We do not share your Personal Information with
third parties except in the following circumstances:
- Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We may share your Personal Information
with our affiliates and subsidiaries with the understanding that they will
treat such information consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Preferred Partners.
We may share your Personal Information with our Preferred Partners with
the understanding that they will treat such information consistent with this
Privacy Policy.
- Third
Party Service Providers. We may share your
Personal Information with our third party vendors,
consultants, and other service providers who work for us and need access to
your information provide you with products, services,
or information that you request. For example, we use Mailchimp (https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/)
to facilitate our email communications.
- Other
Third Parties. We may share your
Personal Information with appropriate third parties if we believe it is
necessary, in our reasonable discretion, to (i)
comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process, including
to respond to requests from public and government authorities to meet national
security or law enforcement requirements; (ii) protect the rights and property
of us, our agents, customers, members, and others including to enforce our
agreements, policies and terms of use; or (iii) in an emergency to protect the
personal safety of us, our customers, or any person.
- Corporate
Restructuring. We may share your
Personal Information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger,
financing, acquisition, or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving
sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business
or assets to another entity.
- With
Your Consent. We may share your Personal Information with third parties
where you have provided consent to such sharing.
We may also share
aggregated anonymous or de-identified information. When we use the term "anonymous
data", we are referring to data and information that does not permit you to
be identified or identifiable, either alone or when combined with any other
information available to a third party. We may create anonymous data from the
Personal Information we receive about you and other individuals whose Personal
Information we collect. Anonymous data might include analytics information and
information collected by us using cookies. We make Personal Information into
anonymous data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data
personally identifiable to you. We use this anonymous data to analyze usage
patterns in order to make improvements to our Services.
8.
Payment Card Information. We do not collect, store, or process any payment
card information. Instead, we rely on Stripe to facilitate any payment card
transactions. For more information about Stripe's privacy practices, please
see: https://stripe.com/us/privacy.
9.
Email Opt-Out and Disabling Cookies.
A. Email Opt-Out
You may opt out of receiving
promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails or
sending a message with your request and the subject line "EMAIL OPT OUT
REQUEST" to privacy@findyourfuture.net.
If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as emails
about your accounts or our ongoing business relations.
B. Disabling Cookies & Other Similar Tracking Technologies
Most Web browsers are set
to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your
browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove
cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of
our Site and Services.
You may also remove
certain tracking technologies and opt-out of online behavioral advertising
messaging by using the opt-out tools available from the Digital Advertising
Alliance at https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools
and the Network Advertising Initiative at https://optout.networkadvertising.org.
10. Third Party Sites and
Links. Our
Site and Services may contain links to third party sites and features. This
Policy does not cover the privacy practices of such third parties. These third
parties have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility
or liability for their sites, features or policies. Please read their privacy
policies before you submit any data to them.
11. Children's
Information.
A. Users under Age 13
Our Site and Services are
not directed children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you may not
access, attempt to access, or use our Site or Services. We do not knowingly
collect or allow the collection of Personal Information via the Site or
Services from persons under the age of 13, pursuant to applicable law and
regulations. If we learn that we have collected the Personal Information of
someone under the age of 13, we will take appropriate steps to delete this
information. If you are a parent or guardian of someone under the age of 13 and
discover that your child has submitted Personal Information to us, you may
contact us at privacy@findyourfuture.net and
ask us to remove your child's Personal Information from our systems.
B. Users under Age 18
Personal
information that has been provided to us through our Site by minors under the
age of 18, can be deleted by sending an email requesting the deletion to privacy@findyourfuture.net. Please note that while we make
reasonable efforts to comply with such requests, deletion of your personal
information does not ensure complete and comprehensive removal of that data
from all systems.
12. Information
Security. We
take reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative steps to help
protect Personal Information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, or
disclosure. Unfortunately, no transmission or storage system can be guaranteed
to be completely secure, and transmission of information via the internet is
not completely secure. As a result, by accessing the Site, any transmission of
data is at your own risk and you agree to assume all risk in connection with
data sent to us or collected by us.
13.
Information Retention.
We retain data only as long as necessary in light of the purpose(s) for which
it was originally collected. Please note that we may retain your data for longer
periods of time as necessary to comply with our legal obligations or respond to
governmental authorities.
14.
Your California Privacy Rights. If you are a California resident, you have
the right to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share
certain categories of personal information with third parties for their direct
marketing purposes, in addition to the rights set forth in this Policy. Under
California law, you have the right to send us a request at the designated
address listed below to receive the following information:
- the
categories of information we disclosed to third parties for their direct
marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year;
- the
names and addresses of the third parties that received the information; and
- if
the nature of the third party's business cannot be determined from their name,
examples of the products or services marketed.
This information may be
provided in a standardized format that is not specific to you. To request
this information, email a request at: privacy@findyourfuture.net.
Additionally, if you are a
California resident, are under the age of 18, and you have posted content or
information to our Site or Services, you can request that we remove content or
information that you have posted to our Site or Services. Note that fulfillment
of the request may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal (e.g., if the
content or information has been reposted by other individual). To make such a
request, email privacy@findyourfuture.net.
Also, please note that we
have not yet developed a response to browser "Do Not Track" signals, and do not
change any of our data collection practices when we receive such signals. We
will continue to evaluate potential responses to "Do Not Track" signals in
light of industry developments or legal changes.
15.
European Users' Rights. If you are located in the EU or Switzerland, you
have certain rights with respect to your Personal Information. The following is
a summary of those rights and additional information applicable to our
collection and use of your Personal Information.
A.
Data Controller
When
you provide us with your Personal Information through the Site and/or our
Services, we serve as a data controller. When we act as a data controller, we
determine how your Personal Information will be utilized, in accordance with
this Policy.
B.
Legal Basis for Processing Information
- If you are located in the EU or Switzerland, we rely on
several legal bases to process your Personal Information. These legal bases
include where:
- The
processing is necessary to perform our contractual obligations, such as to
provide you with our Services;
- You
have given your prior consent, which you may withdraw at any time (such as for
marketing purposes or other purposes we obtain your consent for from time to
time);
- The
processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, a court order or to
exercise or defend legal claims; and
- The
processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, such as
in improving, personalizing, and developing our Site and Services, marketing
new features or products that may be of interest, and promoting safety and
security as described above.
If you have any questions
about or would like further information concerning the legal bases on which we
collect and use your Personal Information, please contact us by emailing privacy@findyourfuture.net.
C.
Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation
If you are located in the
EU or Switzerland, you have the following rights with respect to your Personal
Information that we hold:
- Right
of access. The right to obtain access to your Personal Information.
- Right
to rectification. The right to obtain
rectification of your Personal Information without undue delay where that
Personal Information is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right
to erasure. The right to obtain the erasure of your Personal
Information without undue delay in certain circumstances, such as where the
Personal Information is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for
which it was collected or processed.
- Right
to restriction. The right to obtain the
restriction of the processing undertaken by us on your Personal Information in
certain circumstances, such as where the accuracy of the Personal Information
is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of that
Personal Information.
- Right
to portability. The right to portability
allows you to move, copy, or transfer Personal Information easily from one
organization to another.
- Right
to object. You have a right to object to processing based on
legitimate interests and direct marketing.
If you wish to exercise
one of these rights, please email us at privacy@findyourfuture.net.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint to your local data protection
authority. Further information about how to contact your local data protection
authority is available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
D.
Retention of Personal Information
When
reserve the right to retain any Personal Information as long as it is needed
to: (1) fulfill the purposes for which we collected the Personal Information;
and (2) comply with applicable law.
E.
Transfers of Personal Information
If
you are located in the EU, the personal information we collect may be stored
and processed in any country in which we or our affiliates,
suppliers, third party electronic payment processors, and/or financial
institutions or agents maintain facilities, including, but not limited to, the
United States of America. YOU CONSENT TO ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU
PROVIDE AND SUBMIT VIA THE SITE AND SERVICES BEING SENT TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. The United States of America has not sought nor received a finding of
"adequacy" from the EU under Article 45 of the GDPR. We rely on derogations for
specific situations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR. YOU ARE ALSO
INFORMED THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESENTLY DOES NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE
LEVEL OF PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION AS DETERMINED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S
ADEQUACY DECISION ON OCTOBER 6, 2015 (CASE C-362/14) AND ARTICULATED IN THE
EUROPEAN UNION'S GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION AND HAS NOT RECEIVED A SIMILAR DESIGNATION OF ADEQUACY BY ANY OTHER
FOREIGN DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY. YOU AGREE TO THE TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA AND
PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HOWEVER, TO BE USED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
F.
Obligations to Data Protection Authorities (DPAs)
We
will respond diligently and appropriately to requests from DPAs about this
policy or compliance with applicable data protection privacy laws and
regulations. We will, upon request, provide DPAs with names and contact details
of the individuals designated to handle this process. With regard to transfers
of Personal Information, we will (1) cooperate with inquiries from the DPA
responsible for the entity exporting the data and (2) respect its decisions,
consistent with applicable law and due process rights. With regard to transfers
of data to third parties, we will comply with DPAs' decisions relating to it
and cooperate with all DPAs in accordance with applicable legislation.
G.
Contacting Our Data Protection Officer
To contact our designated
Data Protection Officer, please send an email to: privacy@findyourfuture.net.
16.
Changes to This Policy. We may change this Policy from time to time. If we
make any changes to this Policy, we will change the "Effective Date"
date set forth above. If we make any material change(s) to the Policy, we will
post a notice on our Site prior to such changes(s) taking effect. Your
continued use of the Site and/or any of our Services after the changes have
been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Therefore, please
read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Site
or our Services under the new version of this Privacy Policy, please stop using
the Site and our Services.
17.
Contacting Us. If
you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@findyourfuture.net or write us at:
Find
Your Future, Inc.
Attention:
Legal Department
8 The
Green Suite #11392
Dover,
Delaware 19901