This statement discloses the privacy practices for the GradView® Web site, located at www.GradView.com, and Hobsons'® offline print and electronic publications.

We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to privacy. The following statements reflect our information gathering and dissemination practices for our online and offline publications. We make every effort to conform to the "Fair Information Practice Principles" published by the Federal Trade Commission. Information is available at www.ftc.gov. For questions regarding this Privacy Statement, complete our response form and submit it to the GradView® Webmaster through General Site Feedback.

How We Use IP Addresses
We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. We will never share a visitor's IP address with a third party without first securing the user's express permission to do so.

How We Use Cookies
Our site uses cookies to keep track of a user's session. Establishing a user session by logging onto the site enables users to easily find colleges that meet their needs, request information from colleges, and apply online to schools. Cookies are commonly used to gather targeted consumer profile information so that we can serve the user's interests more efficiently. Although some Web site operators use cookies to generate consumer profiling information to be sold or transferred to third parties, it is the policy of this site never to share personal information collected using cookies without first securing the user's express permission to do so.

Registration
Our online and offline registration forms require users to give us contact information. We use the contact information from these registration forms to send the user information about the colleges and universities that match their interests. Users may opt in to receive additional financial aid, scholarship, and career information from Hobsons or our partners. We do not release any user information to our partners unless the user has granted permission to do so. If necessary, the information is also used to contact users.

Users always have the ability to opt out of receiving future mailings and special offers; see the "Opt Out" section below.

Registration is required for all contests, online ordering, surveys, online applications, online inquiries, and other features. Limitations may apply as required by federal regulations and state and regional laws governing sweepstakes, promotions, and contests.

Hobsons Scholarships
Hobsons awards scholarships to U.S. students each year to encourage them to apply for and become enrolled in U.S. colleges or universities. To learn more about Hobsons' scholarship program, view the Frequently Asked Questions page.

Graduate School Recruiting
In addition to collecting registration data, the GradView® site and our offline publications also enable users to apply to or request additional information from graduate schools and/or our partners. Upon receiving a request for further information, we will release the user's contact information to the graduate school or partner so that they can contact them.

Opt Out
Users who have opted in through our online and offline registration forms can opt out of receiving future communications from us. Users may also request removal directly from our partners at any time in the future. We make every effort to honor their request; however, we expressly disclaim responsibility for the actions of partners or other third parties beyond our control. To remove information from our database, users can complete our response form and submit it to General Site Feedback.

Registered users on www.GradView.com can also modify their profile by logging in and editing their profile on the "MyGradView" page.

Links
This site also hosts numerous links to other sites. The privacy policies of linked sites may differ from that of Hobsons for the GradView® site and our offline publications. We make an effort to review the privacy policies of linked sites to ensure that others follow commercially accepted procedures to protect consumers from privacy violations; however, we cannot always control the conduct of third parties and therefore disclaim responsibility for the actions of linked sites.

Security Policy
Hobsons® uses commercially accepted protocols and other security methods to protect a user's privacy. It is the policy of the site's operators to enforce this security policy to prevent unauthorized third parties from attempting to access personal information. Visitors are encouraged to report suspected violations to the Webmaster at the address listed above.

Contacting the Web site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or dealings with this Web site, contact:

Marketing Director
Hobsons
50 E-Business Way, Suite 300
Cincinnati, OH 45241
Phone: (800) 927-8439
E-mail: please complete our response form and submit it to General Site Feedback