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The College Company, Inc. ("The College Company," "TCC," "we" or "us") is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information of users ("you" or "User"). Since we collect certain types of information about our Users, we want you to understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we collect, how we use it and how to correct and change it. By accessing any website operated by TCC, or using any services offered by TCC, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Your continuing use of this website following the posting of any changes to these terms implies your continuing acceptance of this Privacy Policy as it may be amended or changed from time to time.

We may make content or services from other web sites available to you from links located on the Site. These other web sites are not subject to this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review the privacy policy at each such web site to determine how that site protects your privacy. Any information provided by such third party providers has not been independently authenticated in whole or part by TCC, and TCC does not provide, sell, license, or lease any of such third party material or information other than those specifically identified as being provided by TCC.

Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
We receive and collect personally identifiable information about individual Users of our site (such as name, contact information, etc.):

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From you, on a strictly voluntary basis, by specifically requesting it from you (i) when you register on the site, (ii) when you complete or edit your profile, (iii) when you use certain tools or services on the Site, (iv) when you respond to surveys or questionnaires, and/or (v) when you enter or sign up for promotions or contests

We may also ask you for other information from time to time, which you may choose to provide or not to provide at your sole discretion.

How We Use Personally Identifiable Information Collected
Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we do not disclose, display or share your personal information to or with third parties without your permission.
We use personally identifying information we collect on the Site for the following purposes:

•	To enable you to access and utilize the various tools, features and functionality of the Site, and to optimize the organization of this Site.
•	For administering sweepstakes, contests, surveys, questionnaires, polling activities and other similar events and activities that you choose to participate in, and for other purposes specifically communicated to you when we collect the information.
•	To communicate with you with regard to your use of the Site and its services, to advise you of Site changes or other events or occurrences which may affect your access to or use of the Site, and to contact you about your satisfaction or use of our services or this Site.

With your permission, we may use your e-mail address and other contact information to send you articles, profiles, industry news and other career related information, as well as to notify you of special promotions or additional products and services offered by us or our business partners and advertisers that may be of interest to you. With your permission, we may also share your personal information with our business partners and other third parties to enable them to contact you regarding special promotions, products and services they offer which may be of interest to you. You have the ability to opt-out of these types of communications at any time (see "Opt-in/Opt-out Policy" below).

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you reach TCC by clicking on a link or advertisement on another site, then we also log that information. The information we collect in this manner is used only in the aggregate to generate overall reports on our visitors, but not individual reports that identify you individually.

We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These other companies will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide services to The College Company.

Disclosure of Information
From time to time, we may disclose personally identifiable information when we believe such disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law or a lawful request, to enforce or apply our policies, to initiate, render, bill, or collect amounts owed to us, to protect our rights or property, or to protect our users from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our site or services, or if we reasonably believe that such disclosure is legally required or necessary to protect others' rights or to prevent or mitigate harm. We may also disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of The College Company's business, whether such acquisition is by merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, if The College Company becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, The College Company or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court. We reserve the right to use and disclose any non-personal information in any manner, including information gleaned from cookies or other traffic data. We do not combine personal information with any of the non-personal information gathered on this site.

All Users should be aware that when they voluntarily display or distribute personal information (such as their e-mail address) to others (whether in chat rooms, message boards or discussion forums), that information can be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited messages from third parties, for which The College Company is not responsible.

Updating Account Information
The College Company allows you to change or correct your personal information at any time. To do so, simply log in to your account, go to your profile, and you will find options for editing the information you have submitted.

Opt-In/Opt-Out Policy
When you complete your profile or register on the Site, you will be presented with a series of choices regarding whether you want to receive certain types of communications from us and/or our business partners and advertisers. If you do not wish to receive any or all of such communications, you may opt-out by responding "no" or clicking the appropriate opt-out box. By opting in to receive any and or all communications, you are granting permission to allow The College Company, its business partners and advertisers to send the selected communications. We reserve the right to send you communications regarding the Site and our services, or to advise you of Site changes or other events or occurrences which may affect your access to or use of the Site (such as service announcements, administrative notices and the like) without offering you the opportunity to opt out of them.

If after opting-in to receive communications from us and/or our business partners, you wish to opt-out of from receiving future communications, you may do so at any time. To do so, simply log in to your account, go to your profile, and you will find options for editing your opt-in preferences.

Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses and Aggregated User Data
We collect IP addresses from all Users of the Site, and collect and monitor other data and information about the activities of our Users on the Site collectively. We only use such data anonymously and in the aggregate. This data is not used to track or monitor personally identifiable information of individual Users. We gather and monitor this data to analyze trends, administer the Site, identify Users when they visit the Site, track Users' movements on the site and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We may share this information with our partners so that they too may understand our User base and Site usage patterns, but only on a collective, aggregated basis and in a manner which does not reveal any personally identifiable information about any individual User.

Cookies
Cookies, which are small text files recorded in a User's hard drive, are employed by thousands of sites to enhance users' Web viewing The College Company. Cookies cannot damage user files, nor can they read information from a user's hard drive. Cookies allow sites and advertisers to "remember" users across pages of a site and across multiple visits to a site. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify Users, although they do identify a User's computer. We use cookies for remembering User preferences and current session information. Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster service, more consistent, updated results, and a more personalized site experience.

Children
We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law.

Security
The account containing your registration information and profile is password protected, so only you (or third parties you provide your password to) can access your account. All personally identifiable information we collect about you is stored in limited-access servers. This Site has technical, administrative and physical security measures and safeguards in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While we're committed to placing reasonable and appropriate safeguards to protecting your information against foreseeable risks, no computer system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard, and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to circumvent those safeguards or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Except as described in the following paragraph, when you purchase products or services online at the Site, your credit card information is protected through the use of encryption, which makes it difficult for unauthorized third parties to intercept or steal your credit card information while it is being transmitted. The College Company uses a service company to process its credit card transactions.

Privacy Policy Changes
We may deem it necessary or appropriate from time to time to modify this privacy policy to reflect changes in the way we collect or use information or changes in privacy-related laws, regulations or industry standards.

Accordingly, we reserve the right to change this privacy statement at any time by posting the revised policy on this Site. Information will be handled according to the privacy statement in effect at the time the information is used. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept those changes.

Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or privacy issues relating to the Site, you can contact us online at info@collegecompany.com or mail, phone or fax us at:

The College Company, Inc.
411 Borel Avenue, Suite 430
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: 650-349-2909
Fax: 650-349-0529
Attn: Client Services