Upromise Toolbar Privacy Statement
Toolbar Version 1 and Version 2
Introduction
We understand and respect that you are concerned about your privacy. Protecting your privacy is a top priority at Upromise. We want you to know that if you choose to enable the Personalized Offers feature of the Upromise Toolbar, information about the web sites you visit will automatically be forwarded to Upromise or our service provider. This Upromise Toolbar Privacy Statement is intended to explain to you the type of information being collected and the way that information may be used or shared.
Your Choice
Information about the web sites you visit will only be collected if you make an explicit choice to enable the Personalized Offers feature of the Upromise Toolbar.
During the installation of the Upromise Toolbar you will be asked if you would like to enable or disable the Personalized Offers feature. After installation, you may choose to enable or disable the Personalized Offers feature at any time by selecting "Options" under the Toolbar's "Upromise" menu.
Information Collected
When you enable the Personalized Offers feature, either we or our service provider collects what is known as "Click Stream Data." Click Stream Data is anonymous, and includes information such as your IP address URLs of web pages that you have viewed, and the date that you viewed the web pages.
Infrequently, the Click Stream Data collected may inadvertently contain personal information. Potentially, a name, address, email address, or similar information that you enter into a web page can become part of the Click Stream Data that is transmitted to and stored by our service provider. Our service provider makes every commercially viable effort to purge their databases of any personally identifiable information. Before the Click Stream Data is transmitted to and stored by our service provider a proprietary rules engine is used to search through the Click Stream Data and remove any personally identifiable information. Our service provider is contractually bound not to use the data collected through the Personalized Offers feature for any purpose other than to assist us in the operation of the Upromise Service or the limited use described below under "Sharing with Third Parties."
How Collected Information is Used
We may use the non-personally identifiable information collected through the Personalized Offers feature to help us better target college savings opportunities and other content to you in an effort to create a personally relevant experience. We may also use the non-personally identifiable information collected through the Personalized Offers feature to help us formulate and predict responses to various savings opportunities, and to deliver and help determine the effectiveness of various savings opportunities.
We may also combine the information collected through the Personalized Offers feature with personally identifiable data, such as your transaction information, to assist with targeting savings opportunities to your preferences and to help us formulate, predict responses to, deliver and determine the effectiveness of various savings opportunities.
Sharing with Third Parties
We may share the non-personally identifiable data collected through the Personalized Offers feature on an anonymous and aggregate basis with third parties, including our contributing companies, to formulate, predict responses to, deliver and determine the effectiveness of various savings opportunities. In addition, our service provider may use the non-personally identifiable data collected through the Personalized Offers feature on an anonymous and aggregate basis to provide online consumer research services for others. For more information view our service provider's Privacy Policy.
More Information
The Upromise Toolbar will periodically contact servers at Upromise to download updated configuration files. These files control the advanced features of the toolbar, including the "Specials" menu and the feature that allows you to receive college savings when shopping online at most Upromise partners, even if you forgot to start your online shopping at Upromise.com.
In addition, the Upromise Toolbar will periodically contact servers at our service provider to see if you are running the most current version. If necessary, you will automatically be provided with the latest update to the Upromise Toolbar.
We hope that you find this privacy statement helpful and understand the benefits associated with your use of the Upromise Toolbar's Personalized Offers feature. If you feel that the benefits of using the Personalized Offers feature do not outweigh the information that we collect, you should choose not to enable the Personalized Offers feature.
For more information about Upromise's full privacy policy, click here.
