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Privacy Policy

Last updated: [July 8th, 2026]
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices regarding your personal information, please contact us at gormanandjonescounseling@gmail.com.


1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Information voluntarily provided by you:
We receive, collect, and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. This includes:

  • Personally identifiable information: Name, email address, phone number, and communications.

  • Academic and educational records: High school transcripts, GPA, standardized test scores (e.g., SAT, ACT, AP, IB), extracurricular activities, resumes, draft essays, letters of recommendation, and college preferences.

  • User content: Comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and testimonials.

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Information collected automatically:
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your visit. This includes:

  • The Internet Protocol (IP) address is used to connect your computer to the Internet.

  • Login details, e-mail address, and password (encrypted for security).

  • Computer and connection information, browsing history, and purchase history.

  • Session information collected via software tools, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.

  • Cookies and tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience.

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2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We use the information we collect or receive for several business and consulting purposes, including:​

  • To provide, operate, and maintain our website and consulting services.

  • To provide you with customer support and respond to your inquiries.

  • To measure, analyze, and improve our website performance, user experience, and service offerings.

  • To contact you with transactional notifications, account updates, session reminders, security alerts, and promotional messages (where permitted by law).

  • To prevent fraudulent activity, secure our systems, and resolve legal disputes.

  • To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal obligations.

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3. HOW DO WE STORE, SHARE, AND DISCLOSE YOUR DATA?
Confidentiality of Academic Records:
We treat all academic records, application essays, and student consulting notes as strictly confidential. This information is only accessed by authorized consultants working directly with the student and is never shared with external third parties for marketing purposes.
Storage & Security:
Our website is hosted on a secure platform that allows us to provide our services to you. Your data may be stored through our provider's data storage, databases, and general applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.


Third-Party Service Providers:
We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share your information with trusted third-party service providers to help us run our business. These include:

  • Payment processors (to securely handle credit card transactions).

  • Document-sharing and collaboration tools (to review essays and student profiles).

  • Analytics tools (to monitor and analyze web traffic and session data).

  • Email marketing and messaging platforms (to handle communications and scheduling).

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4. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TOOLS
We and our third-party partners use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Cookies help us understand how you interact with our site, keep you logged in, and remember your preferences. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options, though doing so may affect the functionality of certain parts of our website.


5. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY (COPPA COMPLIANCE)
Our services are intended for students seeking higher education advice, typically aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for our services or send any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 13 may have provided us with personal information, please contact us at gormanandjonescounseling@gmail.com


6. HOW CAN YOU WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT OR MANAGE YOUR DATA?
If you do not want us to process your data anymore, or if you would like to access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we have about you (including removing past student records after the admissions cycle is complete), you have the right to request this at any time.
Please submit your request to us by contacting our team at:

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7. PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.


8. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

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