At DegreesGrant (accessible via https://degreesgrant.site), one of our primary commitments is the transparency, security, and privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document clearly details the types of information collected and recorded by DegreesGrant, how we utilize it, and our compliance with global data protection frameworks and advertising standards.
1. Information We Collect and the Email Alert Form
We collect personal data that you knowingly and voluntarily provide to us when submitting inquiries or registering for scholarship deadline alerts:
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Scholarship Deadline Alert Form: When you subscribe to our automated deadline notifications, we collect:
- Full Name or Preferred Name: Used to personalize email updates.
- Email Address: The destination for deadline notifications and matching summaries.
- Education Level: E.g., Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral (PhD) degree target.
- Target Destination Country: Used to filter relevant geographic scholarship opportunities.
- Grade Point Average (GPA): Used solely by our matching engine to calculate qualifying programs based on published institutional minimums.
- Affirmative Consent & Timestamp: A record of when you checked the consent box to receive alerts.
- Support & Contact Inquiries: When you submit a request through our contact page, we collect your name, email address, inquiry topic, and message content to assist you.
- Server Log Files & Device Information: Standard request logs including IP address, browser user-agent, operating system, referring URL, time of access, and pages visited. These logs are used solely for diagnostic security, spam prevention, and server performance monitoring.
2. How We Use Your Information
- To calculate qualifying awards and deliver accurate, non-binding scholarship matching results.
- To send periodic deadline reminder emails based on your academic profile and selected destination.
- To respond to your inquiries and support requests promptly.
- To maintain site security, detect invalid click activity, and prevent automated abusive scraping.
- To analyze non-identifying aggregate trends in higher education inquiries to improve our editorial guides.
3. Cookies, Web Beacons, and User Preferences
DegreesGrant uses cookies (small text files stored on your browser) to remember your matching preferences (such as selected GPA scale and degree level) across sessions and to maintain administrative security. You can inspect, modify, or withdraw cookie consent at any time via the Cookie Preferences link in our footer or directly within your web browser settings.
4. Third-Party Vendors, Google AdSense & Advertising Cookies
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to DegreesGrant or other websites on the Internet:
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites across the World Wide Web.
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To understand how Google processes data when you use partner sites and apps, please read Google's official disclosure at:
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Personalized Ads Opt-Out: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
Google Ads Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads) -
Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance consumer choice tool:
www.aboutads.info (https://optout.aboutads.info/)
5. European Economic Area (EEA), UK & Swiss Visitors
If you are visiting from the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we present an interactive consent banner before non-essential cookies or personalized advertising scripts are initiated. You can accept, reject, or manage individual consent categories (Essential, Analytics, and Advertising) at any time.
6. Data Retention & One-Click Unsubscribe
We store subscriber records only as long as you wish to receive scholarship deadline alerts. Every single alert email sent by DegreesGrant includes a mandatory, cryptographic one-click unsubscribe link. Clicking this link immediately halts all automated communications and marks your profile as unsubscribed.
7. Contacting Our Privacy Officer
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to request a copy of the data stored about you, or wish to request complete deletion of your records, please contact our team at:
contact@degreesgrant.site