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How CollegePass collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you use our website and services.

Last updated January 21, 2022

Introduction

Empagnie Education Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) believes in connecting students to colleges and different careers by leveraging AI (artificial intelligence) and via a pool of knowledge provided by expert contributors worldwide.

All information is provided to users (hereinafter referred to as “you”) who wish to gain more knowledge about the Company's offerings through its website, www.collegepass.org (the “Website”).

The Website is a platform that facilitates online education and career guidance for students through videos and may also include written material, blogs, audio, or any other mode of communication used by the Company.

We also believe in respecting and protecting your privacy with the highest standards. Keeping that in mind, we have listed our privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”) below.

Important Notice

Kindly read this Privacy Policy carefully.

By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, exit our Website now and do not access or use our Website any further.

This Privacy Policy is a legally binding electronic agreement formed under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Rules made thereunder, including the amended provisions pertaining to electronic documents and records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Our Commitment

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the privacy of all personal information we obtain from you through the Website.

This Privacy Policy is created to inform you about how the Website collects, uses, and shares your personal information, and to inform you about our general rules regarding the management of privacy.

We are available to address any questions and concerns that you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please contact us at support@collegepass.org.

Please note that we may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time to bring about certain changes. You are requested to review this Privacy Policy regularly and to check when it was last updated.

If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you on this webpage, via email, or by means of a notice through the Website. Your continued use of the Website is deemed to be an acceptance of this Privacy Policy and any changes thereto.

You can visit the Website and browse without having to provide Personal Information. During your visit to the Website, you remain anonymous, and at no time can we identify you unless you provide Personal Information to us, such as when downloading documents, or have an account on the Website and log in using your account information.

Types of Information We Collect

We receive and collect information when we provide our services. Sometimes, we may also disclose to third parties certain personal information, including your name, email address, phone number, and other information that we collect, including but not limited to educational information.

As you access and use the Website, we may also collect device information, location information, network carrier information, and related technical information.

The Website may collect Personally Identifiable Information about you, meaning information that identifies your personal identity. Personally Identifiable Information may include:

  • Contact Data: Your name, address, city, state, PIN or ZIP code, and email address.
  • Financial Data: Your credit card number, bank information, expiration date, and verification code, where applicable.
  • Demographic Data: Your PIN or ZIP code, gender, and similar information.
  • Educational Data: The name of your school, degree, educational qualifications, work experience, and similar information.

When you access the Website by creating an account, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself. Some information may be identified as mandatory and some as voluntary.

If you do not provide mandatory information required for a particular purpose, you may not be permitted to engage with the relevant part of the Website.

Once information has been requested and received correctly, the Website may not ask you for it again if it is already stored with us.

We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to resolve disputes, perform administrative actions, contact you, enforce our agreements with you—including our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy—comply with applicable law, and cooperate with law enforcement activities.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

The Company may also collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information. This information may include the Uniform Resource Locator, commonly known as a URL, of websites that you accessed before visiting our Website, the URL of the website you visit after leaving our Website, browser type and version, your Internet Protocol address, commonly known as an IP address, and general or aggregated location data that does not constitute Personally Identifiable Information.

The Website and/or our authorised Trusted Third Parties may automatically collect this information when you visit or use the Website through electronic tools such as cookies, web beacons, or pixel tags, as described in this Privacy Policy.

How We Use and Retain Information

We will keep your Personal Information only for as long as we are required to by law or as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Your Personal Information may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

  1. aTo facilitate your use and personalize your experience of the use of the Website.
  2. bTo record, support, and facilitate the services and activities you select.
  3. cTo respond to your inquiries or fulfil your requests for information about our services.
  4. dTo provide you with information about our services and to send you information and materials from the Company.
  5. eTo send you important information regarding the Website, our Terms and Conditions, Policies, and/or other general business information.
  6. fTo help you address problems with the Website, including addressing any technical or use-based problems.
  7. gTo improve the content of the Website.
  8. hTo help detect and prevent identity theft, fraud, and other potentially illegal acts and protect the integrity of the Website.
  9. iTo provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety.
  10. jTo resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
  11. kIn connection with any investigation or complaint.
  12. lTo provide you with relevant information or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you based on previous interactions, where you have consented to be contacted.

The Company may use Non-Personally Identifiable Information to troubleshoot and administer the Website, analyse trends, gather demographic information, create internal quality standards, generate data analysis reports, comply with applicable law, and cooperate with law enforcement activities, if applicable.

We may also share this information with our authorised Trusted Third Parties to measure the overall effectiveness of our products and services.

Release of Information

We will not sell or share your Personally Identifiable Information with other parties except as provided below.

Remarketing

Remarketing is an effective way for our Company to connect with various people based upon their past interactions with our Website.

To put this into effect, the Company may hire vendors such as marketing companies or individuals to perform remarketing services. As a result, third-party vendors, including Google, may show advertisements for the Company's products or services on the Internet.

Third-party vendors may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's prior visits to the Website. Users may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising policies page.

Acquisition

The Company may merge with or be acquired by another company. If this happens, the successor company may acquire the information we presently maintain, including Personally Identifiable Information, which will remain subject to this Privacy Policy.

Legal Compliance

The Company reserves the right to disclose your Personally Identifiable Information as required by law and when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, comply with a court order or legal process served on us, enforce or apply this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, or other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of the Website.

Advertising

The Company or any of our advertising partners may deliver advertisements appearing on the Website to you. The Company may also use third-party service providers to serve advertisements when you use the Website.

These providers may use Non-Personally Identifiable Information about your visits to and use of the Website, as well as visits to other websites or locations, to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you through the use of network tags.

Our advertising partners may set cookies that allow them to recognise your computer each time they send you an advertisement. In this way, they may compile information about where you, or others using your computer or device, saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements were clicked.

This information may allow an advertising partner to deliver targeted advertisements that it believes will be of most interest to you.

The Company does not have access to or control over cookies that may be placed by third-party advertising servers or advertising partners. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by the Company and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertiser.

Third-Party Websites

The Website may maintain links to other websites. If you choose to visit another website, the Company shall not be responsible for that website's privacy policies or content.

It is your responsibility to review the privacy policies and terms of use of those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their practices and policies.

Data Tracking and Cookies

To enhance your experience of using the Website, we may store cookies on your computer or another similar device through which you access the Website.

A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, mobile device, or tablet for record-keeping purposes and may contain information about you.

The Company uses cookies to save you time while using the Website, remind us who you are, and track and target your interests to provide a customised experience.

Cookies also allow the Company to collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information, such as which pages you visited, which links you clicked, and how you used the Website.

We may use Trusted Third Parties to display advertisements on our Website. They may place separate cookies on your computer or similar devices over which we have no access or control. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by the Website only and does not cover the use of cookies by any third party.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you may be able to modify your browser settings to decline cookies. Please note that if you decline or delete these cookies, some parts of the Website may not work properly.

Privacy Concerns

If, for any reason, you believe that your privacy has been breached through the use of our Website, please contact us immediately at support@collegepass.org.

Trademarks

All trade names, trademarks, logos, and business identifiers listed in this Privacy Policy that are not owned by the Company are owned by their respective owners.

The Company claims no affiliation or partnership with these trademarks or their owners. Any presumption of affiliation, association, partnership, or endorsement shall be entirely at your own risk and cost.