Summary

Scholarships360 is an online platform that helps students find advice, tools, and funding opportunities to pay for their education and connects students and professionals with colleges, universities, and skilling providers. 

Data integrity is incredibly important to us and the below Privacy Policy explains how we collect information, what information we collect, how we use and share your information, and how we will protect your data. 

Collecting your information and sharing it with others is inherent when you visit or use the Scholarships360, Inc (“Scholarships360”) website (the “Scholarships360 Site”). By using the Scholarships360 Site you agree to have your information collected, stored, and shared as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want your information to be collected, used, and shared as described by this Policy, then do not use the Scholarships360 Site, do not create an account, and do not post any content. If you have already created an account, and you would like to terminate it, please contact Scholarships360 at [email protected]

How we collect information

Summary: We collect information you provide while using the Services as well as information about your computer or mobile device.

When you visit the Scholarships360 Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. To register for the Scholarships360 Site, you must provide Scholarships360 certain information such as your name, email address, country, and password. We may also request other information from you (e.g., gender, location, etc.) so that we can provide better, more customized services. You acknowledge that this information is personal to you, and by creating an account, you allow others to identify you and to allow Scholarships360 to use your information in accordance with our Terms of Service.

Additionally, as you browse the Scholarships360 Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Scholarships360 Site. This information is collected using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org.
• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Scholarships360 Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Scholarships360 Site.

We may also collect personal information from you that includes your name and email address, and such other information as we may require to provide our services. If you contact us, we will also collect additional information such as your location, and any personal information that you provide in your contact request. We may also receive information about you from other online or offline sources, including third parties from whom we validate consumer self-reported information, and verify information we already have about you. This helps us to update, expand and analyze our records and provide products and services that may be of interest to you.

How we use and share your information

Summary: Scholarships360 connects students with college, university, and other financial opportunities. We share information with these entities and we do not control their use of your information. 

We use your information to provide our services. You can opt-out at any time by providing us notice that you want us to delete and no longer use your information.

We also use information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Scholarships360 Site).

Additionally, Scholarships360 participates in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for Scholarships360 to generate revenue by advertising and linking to those affiliates’ products or services. When such affiliate relationships exist and there is an opportunity for Scholarships360 to be compensated for referring you to the affiliate, Scholarships360 will clearly and conspicuously disclose that to you.

We will share your information with applicable organizations as otherwise necessary to provide the Scholarships360 service to you. By using the Scholarships360 service, you acknowledge, confirm, and consent to: (i) Scholarships360’s generation of revenue from its partnerships with scholarship providers, applicable educational institutions, and other third parties who are necessary for Scholarships360 to provide its services to you, and (ii) Scholarships360’s use of your information and data on Scholarships360’s platform in order to do so. This includes third party processors (“Sub-processors”) which generally refers to technology vendors that need access to and use of your personal information to give us additional personal data about you, and to perform analytics and other work that we may need to outsource. These Sub-processors are bound by law and/or contract to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information. They only process your personal information to provide requested services for us, and only act on our documented instructions.

For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Scholarships360 Site. In addition to Google Analytics, we may share your information with other third parties in an aggregated and anonymous manner to assess the overall trends and information about our customers. This information will not contain any of your personal information and is only shared in an aggregated and anonymized manner.

Sharing your information is inherent in Scholarships360’s services. Scholarships360 will share your information with colleges, universities. and other related educational organizations for various recruitment activities. If you do not want Scholarships360 to share your data with those educational institutions at all, please let us know by contacting [email protected]

Finally, we may also share your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

How we protect your information

Summary: We use standard industry protocols and technology to protect your information, but we cannot make the internet 100% secure.

The security of your information is very important. To help protect your information, we maintain reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personal information to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide services to you. In addition, we train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information.

If you are an international user

The Scholarships360 Site and the Services we offer through it are U.S. based and are controlled, operated and administered by Scholarships360 and its Sub-processors from offices and servers within the United States. The Scholarships360 Site and this Privacy Policy is strictly intended for audiences located in the United States and are provided in accordance with and subject to applicable United States law. If you decide to continue to access the Scholarships360 Site from your location outside the United States, you hereby agree that your use of the Scholarships360 Site or any services we may offer are subject to this Policy and your personal information will be transferred or processed in the United States, and you may have fewer privacy rights and protections than you have in your country of origin.

How we retain your information

Summary: Scholarships360 will retain your information as long as your account is active and we will retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to request that we no longer use your information to provide you services or updates on additional products, contact us at [email protected] Additionally, we will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)

This notice supplements the Scholarships360 privacy policy and provides additional information applicable only to California residents identified as “consumers” regarding their personal information pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). Unless otherwise indicated, terms used in this supplemental notice shall have the meanings ascribed them in the CCPA.

Access, Deletion and Do Not Sell Right

As a Consumer under the CCPA, you have the following right subject to certain limitations described in the CCPA: (1) to request that we disclose to you what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose and sell, including the right to request that we provide you the specific Personal Information we have collected about you in the prior twelve (12) months (the “Right To Know”), and (2) to ask us to delete your Personal Information (the “Right to Delete”). You can opt-out from our potential sale of your Personal Information as described below (“Do Not Sell My Information”).

You can contact us for more information or to make a request regarding your Personal Information at [email protected] To ensure that we do not provide or delete your Personal Information in response to a fraudulent request, we will require verification of your identity prior to proceeding with your request. In the event we are unable to verify your identity, we will not be able to proceed with a Right to Know request, and will proceed with a “Do Not Sell My Information” request in response to a Right to Delete request.

Right to know

We will provide the requested information for no charge up to two times during a 12 month period.

Right to delete

We will also direct our service providers to delete your Personal Information subject to limitations proscribed by the CCPA. This request may be fulfilled by erasing or de-identifying certain information as permitted under the CCPA.

Do Not Sell My Information

If you wish for us to retain your Personal Information, but do not want us to sell your Personal Information, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail using the details provided below.

Changes to our privacy policy

Summary: You should review this privacy policy from time to time as it may change. If you have any questions, you can contact us via the contact information below.

Please review this Privacy Policy from time to time as we may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, any changes that we make to this Policy will be published on the Scholarships360 Site and will become effective upon publication. Your continued use of our services or the Scholarships360 Site will constitute your acceptance of any such.

How to contact us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail using the details provided below:

179 E Franklin St
Unit 1305
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Effective Date: June 20, 2021