Privacy Policy Last revised on 26th September 2011 About Educationlinked.com Educationlinked.com is a site that is owned and managed by Mahajan Associates, Pune, India. It is a website that enables students and academicians to contact current students and professors in their field of interest, for current students to search for job opportunities and for institutions to find suitable candidates for their needs. To enrich our members' experience, we request and display some personal information to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify and contact each other. Educationlinked.com members can change their profile information at any time. Mahajan Associates cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at info@Educationlinked.com. Information Collection and Use by Educationlinked.com Users can use most of the website without revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself. However to use some sections of the website, we may require you to provide some information or create an account. Educationlinked.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the Educationlinked.com service. Educationlinked.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: education interests, gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other. Educationlinked.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 names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Educationlinked.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join Educationlinked.com, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. From time to time, Educationlinked.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on Educationlinked.com. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply. Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members Educationlinked.com members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. Educationlinked.com stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the colleagues list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations. Educationlinked.com does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation reminders. Recipients of invitations from Educationlinked.com may contact Educationlinked.com to request the removal of their information from our database. Use of Cookies Educationlinked.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 Educationlinked.com in order to use most functions on the site. Please note that Educationlinked.com 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 Educationlinked.com Privacy Policy. Links Educationlinked.com contains links to sites. Educationlinked.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 Educationlinked.com. Education Forums, Sharing ideas, Discussions, University Reviews, Co-op Experiences Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to education forums, sharing ideas or discussions box, or any other Public Forums 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 Educationlinked.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account. Third Party Advertising Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by Educationlinked.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 Educationlinked.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Security Educationlinked.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Educationlinked.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, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. 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 For any additional information about the security measures we use on Educationlinked.com, please contact us at info@Educationlinked.com Sharing and Disclosure of Information Educationlinked.com Collects Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Educationlinked.com will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by Educationlinked.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Educationlinked.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. Educationlinked.com reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of Educationlinked.com or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below. Changes in Our Privacy Policy Your use of Educationlinked.com, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 10 days of their posting on this privacy policy. If we make changes, we will post them on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. Contacting the Web Site If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at: info@Educationlinked.com