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Upromise TurboSaver™ Privacy Statement

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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 TurboSaver, information about the web sites you visit will automatically be forwarded to Upromise or our service provider. This Upromise TurboSaver 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 TurboSaver. Enabling Personalized Offers mean that you may 1) see windows slide up on your screen reminding you of relevant Upromise partners or programs, and/or 2) receive notice of special offers or invitations by email.

During the installation of the Upromise TurboSaver, 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 TurboSaver'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 TurboSaver will periodically contact servers at Upromise to download updated configuration files. These files control the advanced features of the tool, 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 TurboSaver 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 TurboSaver.

We hope that you find this privacy statement helpful and understand the benefits associated with your use of the Upromise TurboSaver'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.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

If Upromise materially changes this statement or the information handling practices as described in this statement, we will notify you by email and/or through an update of this statement at least 30 days prior to their implementation.