We at DegreeSearchOnline.com “DSO” believe in the importance of fully informing our visitors about the use of their personal information. This privacy policy demonstrates our efforts to that end and to our treatment of said information. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE OR SERVICE. We value the trust you place in us and want you to understand what information we gather about you; how we use it and the safeguard DSO we have in place in order to protect it.
How We Ensure Your Information is Secure
DSO maintains physical, electronic and managerial practices and procedures designed to ensure the security, integrity and confidentiality of customer information. We limit and restrict access to customer information only to those employees who need it to carry out their business functions. We also educate our employees about safeguarding customer information and preventing its unauthorized access, disclosure or use. DSO employees with access to personal information are also bound to adhere to this policy. DSO will monitor and adopt, as appropriate, new technological improvements that are designed to aid in ensuring the accuracy and security of customer information.
Customers utilizing our service are provided access numbers, account numbers and passwords to access their account information on-line. E-mails sent to subscribers are not encrypted and have the same level of protection as general e-mails.
Type of Information Collected
DSO gathers customer information needed to provide superior service, communicate important information about the service or new offerings which we believe will be of interest to you, and to administer to our business. In order to best service you; we may gather information from you in a few instances.
When you visit our site, we may collect non-personally identifiable information from you through the use of computer ‘cookies.’ A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. DSO uses non-identifying cookies to provide easier site navigation and access to forms. You can still use the DSO sites if your browser is set to reject cookies. Our cookies do not generate personal data, do not read personal data from your machine and are never tied to anything that could be used to identify you. Additional information regarding computer cookies and how to disable them is described below.
When you subscribe for service, we will ask you to voluntarily provide certain personally identifiable information, such as; your name, address, telephone number, e-mail addresses, billing information. We need this information in order to fulfill your order and notify you of your account status.
How Personal Information is Used
This Privacy Policy applies to consumers that have signed up on our website or our partners websites. We may sell the personal information that you supply to us and we may work with other third party businesses to bring selected retail opportunities to our members via direct mail and telemarketing. These businesses may include providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation and email marketing. Regardless of any State or Federal Do Not Call Registrations, you the customer expressly consent to be contacted via telephone in reference to this offer. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
Who Owns Information Once It Is Submitted
Once it is received in our database, any information, including your name, e-mail address, and home address becomes the property of DSO. This information may be passed on to fulfillment and marketing parties. Once one of these entities receives this information, it becomes subject to their respective privacy policy, in addition to DSO
We Do Not Intend to Collect Data From Children
The information and services provided by DSO, our affiliates, sponsors and advertisers are not intended to be viewed by children under 18 years of age. No information collected from children is knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside DSO
Help Us Keep Your Personal Information Accurate
If your personal information changes or you would like to review the personal information we may have on file, please e-mail us with the new information or your review request to info@datachamps.com.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a web server may transfer to your computer through your web browser. When this information is stored on your computer our system is able to recognize your browser and in turn customize web page content for you. We will not use any cookies to retrieve data from your hard drive or obtain sensitive information about you. When a cookie is set, your browser will check it for length, an expiration date, and where it originated. Only DSO can access the cookies that we set. You can decide if and how your computer will accept a cookie by configuring your preferences or options in your browser. However; if you choose to reject or disable cookies, you may not be able to use certain of our subscriber services or website features.
How to Disable Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to exercise control over cookie files on your computer by erasing them, blocking them, or notifying you when such a file is stored. Please take a look at your particular browser for instructions on this function. If you do delete the DSO cookie, please note that you may not be able to take full advantage of subscriber services offered by DSO or our product line.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from DSO and/or our marketing partners, at the point where we request information about the visitor. By selecting the unsubscribe option below to remove their information from our database to not receive future promotional communications.
DSO may update this policy from time to time so please check our Privacy Policy section on the website periodically for changes.
