Privacy Policy/Terms of Use
GradInsider, Inc. ("GradInsider") recognizes the individual's right to the privacy and security of his personal information. The following information provided in this Privacy Policy is provided to help you, the user, understand how and why we collect the information you provide to us during your use of the GradInsider website and services.
Your use of the service and any personal information you provide throughout the service remain subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
The Information We Collect:
You can browse GradInsider without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Certain features and services on GradInsider require that you register and supply some information that allows us to identify you. This data is used solely by GradInsider and is not shared, traded, or sold to third parties. Any content that you upload onto public aspects of this site, such as Forums, or Reviews, is accessible to both the registered users of the site and to unregistered visitors. Thus, you are encouraged to use judgment when posting public content into the system, for we cannot control who views our site.
We collect some information automatically from your computer while you browse our site. We collect your IP address, computer and connection information, browser type and version, operating system and platform, the URLs you come from and go to next, and a cookie number.
Use:
We use the information we collect to:
operate GradInsider
provide you with information and services you request
customize your experience
communicate with you about administrative issues
measure and improve our sites and services
resolve disputes, address complaints and troubleshoot technical problems
analyze site and user behavior and prepare aggregated reports
Data Security:
While GradInsider owns the rights to all content and information uploaded on the site, we will not distribute nor sell any private information you provide that is not on the public components of the website.
We do maintain the information volunteered by the user, such as survey information and/or site registrations. Upon request we provide site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them.
Child Protection:
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Should we ever do so, we will comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Links to Other Sites:
GradInsider may contain links to other websites. GradInsider is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these sites. If you have concerns about how other websites collect and use information about you, make sure to read that site's own privacy policy.
Changes and Updates:
We reserve the rights to make changes and updates to this website at our discretion. Additionally, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice from time to time. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
TERMS OF USE: REVIEWS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT
We may modify these Terms at any time without notice to you by posting revised Terms on our sites. Your use of our site constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms, including any modifications that we make.
Visitors may post reviews and comments, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, harassing, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. GradInsider reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant GradInsider a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant GradInsider.com and sublicensees the right to use a name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.
You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You shall remain solely liable for the content of any reviews, discussion board content, or other information you upload or transmit to this site. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GradInsider from any claim, action, demand, loss, damages, or costs (including legal fees) made or incurred by any third party arising out of or resulting from content you've supplied, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
GradInsider has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content.
COPYRIGHT
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of GradInsider or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of GradInsider and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of GradInsider or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
Your use of the service and any personal information you provide throughout the service remain subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
The Information We Collect:
You can browse GradInsider without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Certain features and services on GradInsider require that you register and supply some information that allows us to identify you. This data is used solely by GradInsider and is not shared, traded, or sold to third parties. Any content that you upload onto public aspects of this site, such as Forums, or Reviews, is accessible to both the registered users of the site and to unregistered visitors. Thus, you are encouraged to use judgment when posting public content into the system, for we cannot control who views our site.
We collect some information automatically from your computer while you browse our site. We collect your IP address, computer and connection information, browser type and version, operating system and platform, the URLs you come from and go to next, and a cookie number.
Use:
We use the information we collect to:
operate GradInsider
provide you with information and services you request
customize your experience
communicate with you about administrative issues
measure and improve our sites and services
resolve disputes, address complaints and troubleshoot technical problems
analyze site and user behavior and prepare aggregated reports
Data Security:
While GradInsider owns the rights to all content and information uploaded on the site, we will not distribute nor sell any private information you provide that is not on the public components of the website.
We do maintain the information volunteered by the user, such as survey information and/or site registrations. Upon request we provide site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them.
Child Protection:
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. Should we ever do so, we will comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Links to Other Sites:
GradInsider may contain links to other websites. GradInsider is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these sites. If you have concerns about how other websites collect and use information about you, make sure to read that site's own privacy policy.
Changes and Updates:
We reserve the rights to make changes and updates to this website at our discretion. Additionally, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice from time to time. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
TERMS OF USE: REVIEWS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT
We may modify these Terms at any time without notice to you by posting revised Terms on our sites. Your use of our site constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms, including any modifications that we make.
Visitors may post reviews and comments, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, harassing, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. GradInsider reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant GradInsider a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant GradInsider.com and sublicensees the right to use a name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.
You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You shall remain solely liable for the content of any reviews, discussion board content, or other information you upload or transmit to this site. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GradInsider from any claim, action, demand, loss, damages, or costs (including legal fees) made or incurred by any third party arising out of or resulting from content you've supplied, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
GradInsider has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content.
COPYRIGHT
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of GradInsider or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of GradInsider and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of GradInsider or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
