XYCollege.com is an online open forum that promotes discussion about issues pertaining to college and allows users to set up personal profile to network with contacts. XYCollege members can view each others' profiles and communicate through the inter-messaging system or forum. To introduce our members we display their profile information to other members which allows our users to identify each other and expand their contacts. Members are free to change their profile information at any time.

XY College is very concerned with online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at contact@xycollege.com.

Information Collection and Use by XYCollege.com
XYCollege.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the XYCollege.com service. XYCollege.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes

User Profile information including members' pictures and user names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction within the forum and in order to message a contact. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new contacts to join XYCollege.com and to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting contacts and notifications, a user's email address is not shared. Users can communicate on XYCollege.com with each other through the XYCollege.com service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding contacts on the service, XYollege.com allows users to search for other members using user name and schools where users may attend/have attended.

We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service.

Use of Cookies
XYCollege.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from XYCollege.com in order to use most functions on the site Please note that XYCollege allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies,not the XYCollege Privacy Policy.

Links
XYCollege.com contains links to sites. XYCollege.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on XYCollege.com.

Public Forum
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to a college's Public Forum that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
XYCollege.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing Edit Profile.

Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by XYCollege.com or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by XYCollege.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Security
XYCollege.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords XYCollege.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time

Sharing and Disclosure of Information XYCollege.com Collects