Privacy and Security Policy
StartSavvy®.com does not collect personal information when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information.
1. Information Collected and Stored Automatically. When you visit, we may store some or all of the following: The Internet address from which you accessed StartSavvy®.com, the Internet address of the web site from which you linked to StartSavvy®.com, the name of the file or words you searched, items clicked on a page, and the browser and operating system used.
This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas. We also use this information to help us develop the site, analyze patterns of usage, and to make the site more useful. This information is not used for associating search terms or patterns of site navigation with individual users.
2. Use of Persistent Cookies. Like many websites, StartSavvy®.com uses “persistent cookie” technology. A persistent cookie is a small text file that this website places on your computer so that it can remember you when you show up again later. We use persistent cookies to enhance your experience on StartSavvy®.com while also protecting your privacy. We use aggregated web metrics services to track activity to better understand how people are using the site and how we can make it better. StartSavvy® metrics are only used in the aggregate.
Most Internet browsers automatically accept persistent cookies. Although we think using persistent cookies creates a much better experience for you, this site will also work without them. If you don’t want to accept cookies, you can edit your browser’s options to stop accepting persistent cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.
3. If You Provide Us Personal Information. We do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to your requests. The only personal information that we collect is what you decide to give us by providing your email address to receive updates. If you choose to provide us with personal information we use that information to respond to your message, and to help get you the information you requested. StartSavvy® never shares information with other entities for commercial marketing.
4. Site Security. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this system employs commercial software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited
5. Children’s Privacy. The Site is generally intended for use by those in the fields of education and business and other adults, as well as high school students engaged in college and career planning and their parents. The portions of the Site that collect Personal Information are intended for high school students above the age of 13 only. We ask that children under the age of 13 do not submit any Personal Information to us.
6. External Links. StartSavvy®.com links to many websites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. If you click a link to an outside website, you will leave the StartSavvy site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website
7. Prohibitions. StartSavvy®.com will not link to any website that exhibits hate, bias, or discrimination. StartSavvy® reserves the right to deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with StartSavvy’s mission or policies.
8. Disclaimer of Endorsement. The information posted on the StartSavvy®.com website includes hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. StartSavvy® provides these links and pointers solely for our users’ information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving the StartSavvy® site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.
- StartSavvy®.com does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked website.
- StartSavvy®.com does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.
- StartSavvy®.com cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website.
- StartSavvy®.com is not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites.
