PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE OR APPLICATION
This Policy may have been amended since the last time you used the Services.
Effective: March 22, 2021
This privacy policy (this “Policy”) describes the information we collect, how it is used and shared, and your choices regarding this information. By submitting, or allowing a third person to submit, your personal information to MC4L, LLC, dba TuitionFit, or any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof (collectively, “MC4L”, also referred to as “we,” “us,” or similar), you consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information, and, as applicable, represent that you have obtained the consent of the respective owner or subject of said information, as set forth in this Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, please do not submit any personal information, or permit the same to be submitted, to us.
This Policy is incorporated into, and is a part of, the Terms of Use (the “Terms”) located at www.tuitionfit.org/terms which govern the tuitionfit.org website, and related websites, mobile sites, applications, content, and products and services. Capitalized terms used in this Policy, but not defined in this Policy, have the meanings as defined in the Terms. Our liability from or arising out of this Policy or any breach hereof is subject to the general limits of liability stated in the Terms.
This Policy applies to all users of the Services, but excludes websites, mobile sites, applications, and products and services with separate privacy policies which do not incorporate this Policy. This Policy does not apply to third-party websites, mobile sites, applications, or products and services even if accessed via our Services.
Personal information means information that identifies you as an individual, or that we can combine with readily available information to identify you as an individual, and is more fully described below and in the Account Agreement. This Policy does not cover any information which is not personally identifiable or financial information (such as anonymized or aggregated demographic information), or any ideas, suggestions, or comments you may submit about the Service (including without limitation User Content), which information we may use for any purposes in our sole discretion.
We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. If we make any material changes to this Policy, we will post a new Policy on the Services and update the effective date set forth above. Therefore, we encourage you to check the effective date of this Policy whenever you visit the Website to see if it has been updated since your last visit. To the extent permitted under applicable law, by using Services after such notice, you consent to our updates to this Policy.
The types of information we may collect and how we collect it include:
This student information may include:
We may collect other information with your consent, as may be described within the Services. We may also collect your information from licensees, affiliates, partners, service providers, and independent third-party sources. We may combine the information we collect with other information in our possession.
The overall mission of MC4L includes, but is not limited to, making the educational institution admissions process more transparent by collecting, and then providing on an anonymized basis, application, admissions, tuition, financial aid, and other information so as to allow, among other things, school applicants to compare their offers to those made to others in similar circumstances, schools to see how their offers compare to those by other schools, and others to analyze that data in useful and productive ways.
We may use your information to:
We may share and disclose the information we collect as follows:
Depending on the type of Account you have (if any) and what information you have provided:
In addition to the uses and activities described in this Policy, depending on the type of Account you have, we may share and disclose other personal information we collect from or about you in other ways as specified in other documents provided by MC4L. Please review your Account Agreement, especially the “Privacy” section, to understand what additional information we may share and disclose.
We may share the information we collect with our parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
We may share your personal information with our service providers and business partners, including our vendors, consultants, marketing partners, research firms, and other service providers or business partners. This may include, for example:
MC4L may disclose your personal information with third parties in circumstances such as when it is necessary to provide the Services, fulfill a transaction you have requested, offer you personalized services, or in other circumstances that are permitted by law and consistent with the purposes for which we collected the information.
MC4L may share your information if we believe it is required by applicable law, regulation, operating agreement, legal process, or governmental request, or where the disclosure is otherwise appropriate due to safety or similar concerns.
We may disclose or transfer your personal information in connection with a corporate transaction, proceeding, or reorganization involving the business activities for which the information is maintained.
MC4L may share your information other than as described in this Policy if we notify you and you consent to the sharing.
We maintain reasonable and adequate technical, administrative, and physical security and confidentiality measures designed to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access or acquisition. We also require by contract (other than in emergency situations) that third-party service providers acting on our behalf or with whom we share your information also undertake to provide such security and confidentiality measures in accordance with industry standards.
You may request deletion of your Account at any time by contacting us at privacy@tuitionfit.org. Following such a request, MC4L deletes any information that we are not required to retain. In certain circumstances, MC4L may be unable to delete your Account or information, such as if there is an outstanding credit on your Account or an unresolved claim or dispute.
MC4L may also retain certain information if necessary for its legitimate business interests, such as information which has already been shared with students and others, information which is not personally identifiable data that we will use internally or in aggregate reports, as well as fraud prevention and enhancing users’ safety and security. For example, if MC4L shuts down your Account because of unsafe behavior or security incidents, MC4L may retain certain information about that Account to prevent you from opening a new MC4L Account in the future.
We delete the original, unredacted copies of your financial aid award letters within 90 days. We keep the redacted and anonymized financial aid letters only for the purpose of calculating financial offer information about each educational institution and then displaying this information to our users.
You may request that MC4L:
You can make these requests by contacting MC4L at support@tuitionfit.org. You can also update the name, phone number, and email address associated with your Account by contacting MC4L at support@tuitionfit.org.
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from MC4L by contacting MC4L at support@tuitionfit.org. You may also opt out of receiving emails and other messages from MC4L by following the instructions in those messages. Please note that if you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional messages, such as information about your Account. We may also provide methods of opting out through Account controls.
While the Services may be viewed by children, we do not wish to receive data from or about children. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor and supervise all Internet usage by children. No information should be submitted to, or posted at, the Services by visitors under 18 years of age without the consent of a parent or guardian.
If you are a California resident, you have the right to receive specific information about how MC4L discloses personal information to others for their marketing purposes, and what choices they have. MC4L’s policy is not to share your personal information with other parties for direct marketing use unless you agree that MC4L can do so or as provided for in this Policy. If you wish to opt-out from any sharing without cost, please see “Your Choices” above.
Further, MC4L is required to alert you how our websites react to Do Not Track signals. Some browsers support a “Do Not Track” feature, which is intended to be a signal to websites that you do not wish to be tracked across different websites you visit. Sites operated by MC4L do not currently change the way they operate based upon detection of a Do Not Track or similar signal.
If you have questions or complaints regarding this Policy or our practices, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@tuitionfit.org
