Information We
Collect
We collect various
types of information
from our visitors so
we can adjust our
site to meet our
users' needs and
expectations. Some
of this information
is collected
automatically
through cookies and
other information is
collected when you
register for any of
our online services
or when you request
information from one
of our partners.
Information
Collected
Automatically
The types of
information your
browser or Internet
session
automatically sends
us each time you
visit one of our
sites, which we
automatically
collect, includes:
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Your browser,
e.g., Internet
Explorer,
Netscape
Navigator.
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Your Internet
domain, e.g.,
AOL, Netcom,
My-compass, etc.
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You computer's
operating
system, e.g.,
Windows,
Macintosh, UNIX,
Linux.
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Your navigation
path, i.e., the
URLs of where
you come to our
site from, which
of our pages you
visit, and where
you go as you
leave.
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Your IP address.
This information
lets us see how
users are finding
our sites, and it
tells us which pages
are visited the most
often so we can make
our Websites more
useful.
Information You
Provide to Us
In addition to the
information
automatically
collected by your
browser, we also
collect information
that you provide to
us when you request
information about a
particular school or
educational program.
Our websites provide
users the
opportunity to
request information
from schools, and to
learn about various
education
opportunities. These
information request
sites require users
to provide us with
contact information
(name, address,
phone number, email
address, gender,
age, work
experience, etc.) as
well as information
about their interest
in one of our
educational partners
(universities,
colleges, test prep
companies, etc.) We
collect this
information that you
provide, and may use
it to make your
future requests from
our websites easier
by pre-populating
contact forms with
the information that
you have provided.
We provide this
contact information
that you provide to
the educational
partner that you
requested
information from.
Customer interest
information is
collected to
determine what
information the
customer wishes to
be sent.
How We Use This
Information
We use the
information we
automatically
collect to help us
better plan our
Website to meet your
Internet needs.
Information you
provide to us is
used for marketing
purposes, and may
result in follow-up
communications.
My-compassmay
share personally
identifiable
information with
third party
businesses for the
purpose of direct
marketing,
specifically email
marketing. All third
parties are bound by
the CAN SPAM Act
(s.877) of 2003, and
are required to be
in full compliance
of all consumer
opt-out rules and
regulations.
Your
Rights Our
Obligations
The company respects
the privacy of users
visiting our sites
and will abide by
all applicable laws
concerning the
release of personal
information. On an
occasion we may use
certain directory
information that we
have collected to
send you information
about products and
services, or updates
and other
information we think
may be of interest
to you. We may share
this information
with our educational
partners to bring
similar information
to your attention.
If you tell us that
you do not wish to
have this
information used as
a basis for further
contact with you, we
will respect your
wishes. Please
contact us to
request your name
and address be
removed from our
lists. If you do not
want to receive our
e-mail marketing,
please submit a
request to have your
e-mail address
removed by emailing:
unsubscribe@
my-compass.htm
Other than directory
information, data
you provide to us as
you use the Website
will be held in
strict confidence by
the company and will
be used for company
purposes only.
Our Security
Measures
Our Websites have
security measures in
place to protect
against the loss,
misuse, and
alteration of the
information under
our control.
Why
We Use "Cookies"
When you visit some
of our sites, we use
cookies to keep
track of your
information. This
small piece of
program code resides
on your computer and
stores your contact
information for all
of our request
information sites.
We do this so you
are not required to
re-enter your
contact information
as you move from one
site to another.
Links
From Our Site To
Other Sites
Some of our sites
may contain links to
other sites external
to our sites. When
you access these
external Websites,
the providers of the
sites will have
access to certain
information about
you. my-compass is
not responsible for
the privacy
practices or the
content of any
Websites which we do
not directly
control.
Definitions
Cookies
Data created by a
Web server that is
stored on a user's
computer. It
provides a way for
the Website to keep
track of a user's
patterns and
preferences and,
with the cooperation
of the Web browser,
to store them on the
user's own hard
disk.
The cookies contain
a range of URLs (Web
addresses) for which
they are valid. When
the browser
encounters those
URLs again, it sends
those specific
cookies to the Web
server. For example,
if a user's ID were
stored as a cookie,
it would save that
person from typing
in the same
information all over
again when accessing
that service for the
second and
subsequent time
during the same
browser session.
You can opt out of
the use of cookies
by having your
browser disable
cookies or warn you
before accepting a
cookie. Look for the
cookie options in
your browser in the
Options or
Preferences menu.
IP (Internet
Protocol) Address
This is the address
of a computer
attached to a TCP/IP
network. Every
client and server
station must have a
unique IP address.
Client workstations
have either a
permanent address or
one that is
dynamically assigned
for each dial-up
session. IP
addresses are
written as four sets
of numbers separated
by periods; for
example,
204.171.64.2.
Browser Session
A browser session is
defined as the
period of time a
browser is in
consecutive use. The
session begins when
you open the browser
and ends when you
close it. When you
reopen the browser,
you begin a new
session.
SSL Encryption
(Secure Sockets
Layer)
The leading security
protocol on the
Internet. When an
SSL session is
started, the browser
sends its public key
to the server so
that the server can
securely send a
secret key to the
browser. The browser
and server exchange
data via secret key
encryption during
that session. We
also use SSL
encryption whenever
we display your
personal information
(e.g., name and
address, scheduled
courses, grades).
URL (Uniform
Resource Locator)
An Internet address.
URLs are used to
locate sites on the
Internet and to
navigate between
sites and pages
within sites. The
URL for My-compassis
www.my-compass
