Our Internet Superstore allows you to buy products and services,
sign up for a gift registry, enter contests, receive special discounts,
fill out surveys, and receive newsletters, e-mails or other promotional
information from us. We use the information that we collect about
you to fulfill your product and service purchases and to create a more
personalized online experience. This is just a brief overview, so
please read on for more details about our Privacy Policy. This Policy
may change from time to time, so please check back periodically.
Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document
only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from
you. We encourage you to ask questions and to be very cautious before
you disclose your personal information to others.
- What information does Apply4Admissions.com collect from you?
In order to better provide you with numerous products and services, Apply4Admissions.com collects two types of information
about its visitors: Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and
customized experience while using our site.
Personally Identifiable Information
This refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. Personal information is
requested when you order a product or service, register for a Gift List, enter contests or
sweepstakes, fill out surveys, and send us feedback. This information might include your name,
billing address, shipping address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card or other payment
information, and product details. With this information, Apply4Admissions.com can fill your orders and better
provide you with personalized services.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. We gather certain
information about you based upon where you shop on our site in several ways. This information
is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include
the Web site's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to,
what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. A URL is the global address
of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. An IP address is an identifier for a
computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as
the World Wide Web. Networks like the web use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the
IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web, allowing web servers to locate and
identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the
Internet, browse and shop.
- Where do we collect information from you and how do we use it?
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide Apply4Admissions.com's visitors with a superior
customized online experience. We use the customer contact information to fill orders, contact purchasers
to inform them of their order status, to send promotional information, to enhance the operation of our
site and administer our systems.
Limited demographic data is also collected at our site from our third party advertising server,
who provides us with the zip code and area code associated with a visitor's server, along with
pages viewed on our site. We review the actions of the Apply4Admissions.com visitors on an aggregate basis
to determine customers' preferences. Apply4Admissions.com does research on our visitors' demographics, interests,
and pages viewed based on the information provided to us during ordering, a promotion, from our
server log files, from contests, drawings or surveys. We will use this data to tailor the visitor's
experience at our site, to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze
site use, to improve our product offerings, and to customize our Site's content, layout, and services.
We receive summary, but not individual, reports from our third party ad server, which tells us
how many ads were presented and clicked upon.
We gather information in the following ways:
Shopping
We collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, to gather broad demographic
information, to enable ads to be served on our site, to report Non-Personally Identifiable Information
to our advertisers, and to monitor the level of activity on our site. We collect information from
visitors to our site regarding the URLs they came from, their IP addresses, domain types (e.g. .com
or .org), the browser type used to come to the site, the country, state and telephone area code where
their servers are located, the pages of our site that visitors viewed during their visit, and any
search terms entered on our site.
Ordering
When you order from us, we collect personally identifiable information from you. If you order one
of our products or services, we will collect and maintain your name, e-mail address, billing address,
shipping address, telephone number, product selections, credit card or other payment information,
order number, referring URL, IP address and a password. We collect this, and other information,
as disclosed in this Policy, in order to fill your order, to communicate with you about your order
and to send you promotional materials. Before confirming your order, you will have the opportunity
to review the product order form and make changes and additions to the information it contains and
these changes will be automatically kept for future use.
Gift Registry
If you decide to create a Gift List through our site, you will create an
eAccount, where we
will collect and use your name, e-mail address, credit card or other payment information,
billing and shipping address, phone number, password and product preferences. This information
is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy except as explained here. Others will be able to
search for your Gift List using your e-mail address unless you choose not to make your Gift List
searchable. Those who have access to your Gift List will be able to see your name, e-mail address,
city, state, and may have access to other personal information and product information that you
have entered into the Gift List. If others place orders for items on your Gift List, they may
have access to your address. We will use the product preferences that you include in your Gift
List to inform you about offers that may be of interest to you. If you provide us with the e-mail
addresses of your family and friends, we will use their e-mail addresses to send them your Gift
List if you instruct us to. With your permission, we will send them the Gift List using your
e-mail address. We will not use the e-mail addresses of your family and friends for any other purpose.
Gift Certificates
If you purchase a gift certificate from our site, you will give us the recipient's name and e-mail
address if you wish to send the certificate by e-mail. If you wish to send a certificate by
regular mail, you will give us the name, mailing information and phone number for the recipient.
The recipient information you give us will only be used to send the gift certificate and for no
other purpose.
Online Surveys and Polling
In order to improve our services to you, we ask some of our customers to voluntarily complete
surveys, which may be collected by an independent third party. Individual survey answers are
confidential, although Non-Personally Identifiable Information is collected and disclosed to
third parties. If you do not wish to participate in a survey, simply decline to participate
when asked.
Contests and Sweepstakes
When you enter a contest or other promotion, we may ask you for contact information such
as your name, address and e-mail address in order to administer the contest, to send you
promotional e-mails, notify winners and make the winners' list publicly available pursuant
to certain states' laws. Your consent to such promotional use and disclosure of this
information is a condition of your participation. As a condition of receiving any prize,
you will be required to submit an Affidavit of Eligibility, for us to ensure that you are
eligible to receive the prize according to the Contest Rules.
Newsletters & Promotional E-mails
We offer free newsletters and promotional e-mails as a service to our customers.
We will send you newsletters and e-mails periodically listing current specials and deals.
To stop receiving our newsletter, send an e-mail to us at optout@Apply4Admissions.com.
Cookies
We use cookies in the operation of our site; to find out what cookies are and how we use
them, click here.
Contact Information and Third Party Data
If you contact Apply4Admissions.com or our customer service representatives by telephone, e-mail
or letter, we may keep a record of your
correspondence or comments. If you report a problem with our site, we may collect
such information in a file specific to you. If you contact us through our feedback
area or by calling one of our customer service representatives, we may ask for your
name and e-mail address in order to send you a reply. If other users or third
parties send us correspondence about your activities or purchases on our site,
we may keep the information in a file specific to you. We use a third party to
help us provide customer service. In order to help you most effectively, we provide
them with your order information.
Warranty Information
Our warranty programs are administered by third party warranty companies.
When you purchase a warranty, we pass along your name, address, telephone number,
e-mail address, warranty purchased and product purchased to the warranty company.
Affiliate Program
Our Affiliate Program (Affiliate Connection) is administered by a third party,
on a third party's Web site. Any information collected by them is not governed
by this Policy.
Advertising
In order to keep our prices low, we display advertisements. By knowing a little
about you, Apply4Admissions.com will be able to deliver more relevant advertisements and content
to you in the form of targeted banners and promotions. For example, advertisers
give us an advertisement and tell us the type of audience they want to reach (e.g.,
buyers of Palm Pilots). Apply4Admissions.com takes the advertisement and includes it in a
Apply4Admissions.com e-mail to prior customers meeting that criteria. We may also have our
third-party advertising server display ads linked to certain search terms that you
have entered, or to certain pages that you are viewing. In this process, advertisers
never have access to individual account information; only Apply4Admissions.com has access to
individual's accounts. Additionally, Apply4Admissions.com may share aggregated data with advertisers.
We also track customers' traffic patterns throughout their online session, including
which pages a customer views while using the site. This information is ultimately
stored in the form of store categories, and, in some cases, specific URLs. We use
your IP address to diagnose problems with our servers, software, to administer our
site and to gather demographic information.
We may share aggregated statistics about pages viewed on our site, sales and other
shopping information with third parties.
- Who is collecting your information?
We use a third party ad server to serve ads on our site. They may place their own
"cookie" on your computer to help those ads to run. We do not provide them with
any of your Personally Identifiable Information. For more information about the
information they collect, please see the section "Use of Cookies" below.
We use a third party image serving company to serve the graphics that visitors see on
our site more quickly. They collect a visitor's IP address and the URLs of any graphics
viewed and the date and time of the visit. However, they do not collect and we do not
provide them with any Personally Identifiable Information.
If you purchase travel services from us, we will collect, use and disclose your desired
travel itinerary and Personal Information to airlines, car rental agencies and hotels
selected by you in order to make reservations for you. We use a third party travel
booking company to process your travel purchases. They will have access to your personal
information but only for the purpose of processing your order consistent with standard
travel industry practices.
We use a third party surveyor to run optional surveys for Apply4Admissions.com.
That surveyor collects Non-Personally Identifiable Information for the sole purpose of
providing reports to Apply4Admissions.com about our shoppers' interests and opinions.
- With whom do we share your information?
The information collected by Apply4Admissions.com will be used by our advetizers, sponsorers, to keep you informed about your order status, for statistical purposes, for improving
our site and its performance, and to notify you of products or special offers that may be of
interest to you. We will disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties for any reason whatsoever,
to charge your credit card, fill your order, deliver your order, provide customer service and deliver promotional e-mails
to you from Apply4Admissions.com. For example, we must release your credit card information to the
card-issuing bank to confirm payment; and release your address information to the delivery
service to deliver products that you ordered.
We do sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We also provide
Non-Personally Identifiable Information about our customers' sales, traffic patterns, and
related site information to third party advertisers and these statistics do include
Personally Identifiable Information. We may release account information when we
believe that such release is reasonably necessary to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions
or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Apply4Admissions.com, our users, or others.
Occasionally Apply4Admissions.com may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to
provide Personally Identifiable Information to the appropriate governmental authorities.
We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena,
or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation. Apply4Admissions.com fully cooperates with law enforcement
agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to
report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.
- How can you update or correct your Personally Identifiable Information?
We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the personal information that you
have provided to us. During the online ordering process you can review, change, or delete
the information that you have submitted. You may change any of your personal information
in your eAccount online at any time. We encourage you to promptly update your information
if it changes. You may ask to have the information on your eAccount deleted or removed;
however, because we keep track of past purchases, you cannot delete information associated
with past purchases.
- What are your choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information?
We may from time to time send you e-mail or other communications regarding current promotions,
specials and new additions to the Apply4Admissions.com site. You may "opt-out," or unsubscribe from our
newsletters by following the unsubscribe instructions in any e-mail you receive from us, or
by sending an e-mail to optout@Apply4Admissions.com. After doing so,
Apply4Admissions.com users will not receive future communications or mailings unless they open a new eAccount
or enter a contest.
- What security precautions are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?
At Apply4Admissions.com you can be assured that your personal and account information is secure, consistent
with current industry standards. The importance of security for all Personally Identifiable
Information associated with our customers is of utmost concern to us.
In order to most efficiently serve you, credit card transactions and order fulfillment are
handled by established third party banking, processing agents and distribution institutions.
They receive the information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other payment
information and to process and ship your order.
When you access your account information, the information is kept on a secure server.
All of the customer data we collect is protected against unauthorized access by
physical security means.
- A special note about children's privacy
Our policy is
that we collect, use and disclose Personally Identifiable Information about
visitors under 18 years of age.
- Use of "cookies"
When you use our site we will store cookies on your computer in order to facilitate and
customize your use of our site. A cookie is a small data text file, which a Web site
stores on your computer's hard drive (if your Web browser permits) that can later be
retrieved to identify you to Apply4Admissions.com. Our cookies store randomly assigned user identification
numbers, the country where you are located, and your first name to welcome you back to our site.
The cookies make your use of the site easier, allow you to retrieve an earlier shopping cart,
make the site run more smoothly and help us to maintain a secure site. You will be unable to
shop on our site without your browser set to accept cookies.
We use an outside ad serving company to display banner advertisements on our site. As part
of their service, they place a separate cookie on your computer. Apply4Admissions.com does not provide our
third-party ad server with any of your Personally Identifiable Information or information about
your purchases. Apply4Admissions.com and its third party ad server do collect and use Non-Personally Identifiable
Information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, the server your computer is logged onto,
the area code and zip code associated with your server and whether you responded to a particular ad.
Our third-party ad server will occasionally use outside agents, whose computers will serve ads on
our site in the same manner and under the same conditions as above. In addition, other ad serving
companies or advertisers may place banner ads on our site in the same manner as above, but we
do not disclose to them any Personally Identifiable Information.
- You should carefully review privacy policies of any third party sites accessible from Apply4Admissions.com
Other sites accessible through our web site have their own privacy policies and data collection,
use and disclosure practices. Please consult each site's privacy policy. Apply4Admissions.com is not
responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. Please be aware that this site may
contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. The
information practices of those web sites linked to Apply4Admissions.com are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.
Additionally, other companies which place advertising on our site may collect information about
you when you view or click on their advertising through the use of cookies. We cannot control this
collection of information. You should contact these advertisers directly if you have any questions
about their use of the information that they collect.
- Contacting Apply4Admissions.com about privacy questions or concerns
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with
this site, please contact Apply4Admissions.com by sending a letter to:
Attn: Privacy Compliance Officer
Apply4Admissions.com, Inc.
107 Princess Drive,
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
You may also contact us by e-mail at Privacy@Apply4Admissions.com.
- Privacy Policy changes
This Privacy Policy was last changed on June 1, 2001. If Apply4Admissions.com makes changes
to any terms or conditions of the Privacy Policy, the changes will be posted in this
document so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use
that information and to whom we will disclose it. We may change, modify, add or
remove portions of this Policy at any time.
