Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 22, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how harvardusa.online (the “Site”), operated by Sophia, collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit and use our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a safe online experience.

1. Introduction

harvardusa.online is a university-focused website. We understand the importance of privacy, especially in the context of educational resources and personal information. This policy outlines our practices regarding data collection and usage, in accordance with applicable privacy laws and Google’s privacy principles.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect various types of information from and about users of our Site, including:

• Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly, such as:
  • Your name (if provided, e.g., in contact forms or feedback)
  • Email address (e.g., for contact, support, or newsletter subscriptions)
  • Any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
• Non-Personal Information: This includes information that does not directly identify you, such as:
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • IP address
  • Referring URLs
  • Pages viewed on our Site
  • Time spent on pages
  • Date and time of visit
  • Clickstream data
  • Demographic information (e.g., general location derived from IP address)

3. How We Collect Information

We collect information through various methods, including:

• Direct Interactions: When you provide information to us voluntarily, such as when you fill out contact forms, submit feedback, or subscribe to our newsletter.
• Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to gather certain information about your equipment, Browse actions, and patterns. These may include:
  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience, analyze site usage, and remember your preferences.
  • Web Beacons (or pixels): Small electronic files that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (e.g., recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect and analyze information about how users interact with our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather data such as your IP address, device type, browser, and pages visited. This data is used to improve our website’s functionality and user experience. For more information on how Google uses data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To Provide and Maintain Our Website: To operate, maintain, and improve the functionality of harvardusa.online.
• To Respond to Your Inquiries: To respond to your questions, comments, and requests, including support inquiries.
• To Personalize Your Experience: To tailor content and offerings to your interests.
• To Analyze Website Usage: To understand how users interact with our Site, identify trends, and improve our services.
• For Marketing and Promotional Purposes: If you have opted in, to send you newsletters, updates, or other information that may be of interest to you.
• To Ensure Security: To protect our Site from fraud and other malicious activities.
• To Comply with Legal Obligations: To meet our legal and regulatory requirements.

5. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you (e.g., hosting providers, analytics providers). These service providers are obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or a government agency request).
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to Erasure: The right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Object to Processing: The right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at Support@harvardusa.online. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

8. Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites before providing any personal information.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: Support@harvardusa.online

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