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College Illinois! TERMS AND CONDITIONS & PRIVACY POLICY


TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Copyright Information

The College Illinois! 529 Prepaid Tuition Program ("College Illinois!") owns the www.529prepaid tuition.org and www.529PrepaidTuition.org domains("the Site"). College Illinois! owns or has rights to all of the wallpaper, icons, characters, artwork, images, graphics, music, text, software and other content of the Site (the "Content"), and all HTML, CGI and other code and scripts in any format used to implement the Site (the "Code"). The Content and Code of the Site are protected by copyright. Except as set forth above, you may not copy, modify, upload, download, transmit, re-publish, display for redistribution to third parties for commercial purposes or otherwise distribute any Code or Content from the Site without the prior written agreement of College Illinois!. You may not use the Content or Code from the Site for any purpose other than those set forth above. All names, logos and trademarks which appear on the Site are the property of College Illinois! or are used by College Illinois! under license or agreement. You may not use any of the foregoing for any purpose without the prior express written permission of College Illinois!. Your failure to comply with this Legal Statement will constitute breach of contract and will violate College Illinois!'s copyright, trademark and other proprietary and industrial property rights. You may print in hard copy portions of this Web site with the sole intent of placing an order with College Illinois! or for keeping College Illinois! office locations, hours or phone number information. The use of any such material for any other reason, on any other Web site, or the modification, distribution or republication of this material without prior written permission from College Illinois! is strictly prohibited.

Legal Statement

This legal statement contains the terms and conditions governing the Site, and all sites of the affiliates of College Illinois!. By using the Site, you expressly accept and agree to abide by all the terms and conditions contained in this Legal Statement. Do not use the Site if you do not accept and agree to these terms and conditions. Unless otherwise referenced herein, any reference to "College Illinois!" shall include College Illinois!, Inc. and all of its affiliates. The Site is available only for your personal use, which shall be limited to viewing the Site, providing information to the Site, downloading product or service information for your professional review and for the purchase of College Illinois! products and services.

No License

Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary or industrial right of College Illinois!, its affiliates or any third party.

Use of Information Submitted by You

Note: This section does not apply to personal data supplied by you to the Site, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and the like. Please see our Privacy Policy Statement for information regarding our treatment of personal data.

If you respond to College Illinois! with any information, including but not limited to feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, such information shall NOT be deemed confidential. All such submissions shall be deemed the property of College Illinois!, and your submission of information shall constitute an assignment to College Illinois! of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in such information. College Illinois! will not be liable for any use or disclosure of such information. College Illinois! will not have any obligation to keep such information confidential and will be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation. College Illinois! will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products which incorporate or otherwise rely upon such information.

College Illinois! welcomes your comments and suggestions on its Site and products, but College Illinois! does not seek to solicit any confidential or proprietary ideas, suggestions, materials or other information relating to developing, designing, redesigning, modifying, manufacturing or marketing its products or any new products. By submitting information, you warrant that College Illinois! may publish such information, use it as part of its operations, and incorporate its concepts in College Illinois! products without liability.

Disclaimers

College Illinois! publishes information on its Site as a convenience to its visitors. While College Illinois! attempts to provide accurate and timely information, there may be inadvertent technical or factual inaccuracies and typographical errors. We reserve the right to make corrections and changes to the Site at any time without notice. The College Illinois! products and services described in the Site may not be available in your region. College Illinois! does not claim that the information in the Site is appropriate to your jurisdiction or that the products described in its Site will be available for purchase in all jurisdictions.

College Illinois! operates its Site from the United States. It is possible that some software that may be downloaded from the Site is subject to government export control or other restrictions. By visiting and using our Site, you acknowledge these restrictions and agree that you are not subject to them.

Visitors assume all responsibility and risk with respect to their use of the Site. College Illinois! disclaims all warranties, representations and endorsements, express or implied, with regard to information accessed from or via the Site, including, but not limited to, all express and implied warranties, such as warranty of title, merchantability, non-infringement and fitness for a particular purpose. College Illinois! does not warrant that the Site is free of computer viruses, bugs or other harmful components. College Illinois! does not warrant that the functions contained in the material will be uninterrupted or error-free or that errors will be detected or corrected. College Illinois! does not assume any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, reliability or usefulness of the information disclosed or accessed through the Site. College Illinois! does not have any duty to update its Site or modify their Content or Code, and College Illinois! shall not be liable for its failure to update such information. It is your responsibility to verify any information contained in the Sites before relying upon it.

College Illinois! makes no warranties of any kind regarding any non-College Illinois! sites to which the user may be directed or hyperlinked from this Site. Hyperlinks are included solely for the convenience of the user, and College Illinois! makes no representations or warranties with regard to the accuracy, availability, suitability or safety of information provided in such non-College Illinois! sites.

IN NO EVENT SHALL COLLEGE ILLINOIS! BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF WHATEVER KIND RESULTING FROM WHATEVER CAUSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGE, TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE IN NATURE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER THEORIES OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION ON, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, COLLEGE ILLINOIS!'S SITE.

College Illinois! reserves the right to withdraw access to the Site or to revise the services and products described in the Site at any time without notice.

College Illinois! may at any time revise the terms and conditions contained in this Legal Statement by updating this posting. You are bound by any revisions and should periodically visit this page to review the current terms and conditions which apply to your use of the Site.

The invalidity of any term, condition or provision of this Legal Statement shall not affect the enforceability of those portions of the Legal Statement deemed enforceable by applicable courts of law.

Additional Disclaimer

College Illinois! does not assume any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, reliability or usefulness of the information posted, disclosed or accessed by visitors to this site. The use of any such information shall be at the user's sole risk. IN NO EVENT SHALL COLLEGE ILLINOIS! BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OF WHATEVER KIND RESULTING FROM WHATEVER CAUSE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND INJURY OR DEATH TO PERSONS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY RELATING TO THE USE OR PERMFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION ON, OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE.

PRIVACY POLICY

General Information

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) is committed to ensuring your personal, professional and payment information is secure and your privacy is respected. We have taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of our communications and computing infrastructure, including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, auditing and encryption. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day practices of the entire ISAC operating environment as part of our continuing commitment to risk management.

Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be used as you make full use of our online services. “Personal information” means any information by which you can be personally identified. Personal information includes your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, drivers license, Social Security number and the like. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information. This policy applies to the following ISAC sites:

www.529prepaidtuition.org / www.529PrepaidTuition.org

www.idapp.com

www.collegezone.com


Reading or downloading information

Completing a survey or filling out an application for a College Illinois! contract, IDAPP loan, scholarship or grant; or to attend a seminar

Sending us e-mail

Using our calculators or planning tools

Using links we provide to other sites

Collecting information from minors

Reviewing or updating personal information

Opt in/Opt out policy

Disclaimer

Reading or downloading information

You browse our sites anonymously, and personal information is not collected. We gather and analyze data regarding usage of our Web sites, including domain name (the name of your Internet service provider), the number of hits to our sites, pages visited, and time and length of a user’s session. We use this information to evaluate and improve the content, appearance and utility of the sites and to track our visitors’ use of the sites for internal market research or other business purposes.

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Completing a survey or filling out an application for a College Illinois! contract, IDAPP loan, scholarship or grant; or to attend a seminar

ISAC collects personal information only when you voluntarily submit such information to us, such as when placing an order for materials through the site; joining our mailing list; completing an application for a College Illinois! contract, IDAPP loan, scholarship, or grant; responding to survey questions; or registering for a seminar. If you choose not to participate in these activities, your choice will in no way affect your ability to use any other feature of ISAC’s Web sites.

After you have submitted your application online or completed the survey, we recommend that you end your browser session before leaving your computer.

If you apply for an IDAPP loan that requires you to meet a creditworthiness test, you give us permission to verify your creditworthiness through outside companies with which we work. You also give us permission to send your information to third parties as may be required to originate, service and process your requested loan.

If you complete a survey, we only collect, retain and use information about you where we reasonably believe it will assist us in managing our business. We collect and retain survey information about you in order to protect and administer your accounts; provide products, services, and other opportunities to you; and help us design or improve our products and services.

If you are registering for a seminar, we will collect your information and use it to secure your place at the seminar, and contact you with confirmation or changes to the seminar. The only unique identifier used is your e-mail address. This identifier will not be disseminated to a third party unless the application so states and provision is made for you to opt-out and/or, in return for specific consideration, you agree and give express permission to do so.

We, along with the outside companies with which we work, if applicable, may keep the information you provide to us, along with information we collect from outside sources, so that we can offer services related to your needs. We only collect, retain and use information about you for specific business purposes – and, upon your request, we will tell you why we are collecting and retaining it.

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Sending us an e-mail

If you send us an e-mail containing comments, concerns or suggestions, we will use your e-mail address only to send you a response. Your e-mail address will not be forwarded to any third parties without your permission.

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Using our calculators or planning tools

Personal information is stored only temporarily to complete the calculations required by the user. None of the calculated results or information is retained by ISAC. The only information that is retained is that someone anonymously used one or our tools.

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Using links we provide to other sites

ISAC’s Web sites contain links to other web sites. While we make every effort to protect your information on ISAC’s sites, please be aware that we do not control the policies or content of other sites and cannot protect personal information you provide on other sites (including those we may link to). Please do not assume that our privacy policy covers those other sites.

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Collecting information from minors

ISAC’s Web sites collect online contact information from minors without prior parental consent or parental notification. This information is used to process applications. Some education loan applications are processed in accordance with Department of Education guidelines. Alternative loan applications are not governed by the Department of Education.

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Reviewing or updating personal information

You may request at any time to review personal information ISAC has about you. In addition, at any time you may request that ISAC correct any such personal information or that such personal information be removed from ISAC’s marketing databases.

To review or update information provided to:

College Illinois!® Prepaid Tuition Program

E-mail:

Current Contract Holders: isac.529help@illinois.gov
General Info Requests: isac.529info@illinois.gov

Telephone: 877-877-3724
Write: College Illinois! Prepaid Tuition Program
500 West Monroe, Third Floor
Springfield, IL 62704-1876
IDAPP
E-mail:

https://www.edservicing.com/customercarequestions (FFELP loans)
webcservice@ecsi.net (alternative loans)

Telephone: 800-961-IDAP (4327)
  8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday (Central Time)
Write: Illinois Designated Account Purchase Program
P.O. Box 707
1755 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
ISAC
E-mail: isac.studentservices@illinois.gov
Telephone: 800-899-ISAC (4722)
  8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (Central Time) 
Write:  Illinois Student Assistance Commission
1755 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015

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Opt in/Opt out policy

You are given the opportunity to “opt-in” or “opt-out” of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our Web sites or services at the point where we ask for the information. For example, we allow you to “opt-in” to receive e-mails from us regarding product information, newsletters, filing deadlines and research. We will use e-mail addresses only for the purpose of sending you ISAC materials. You always have the option of opting out as described within the text of any e-mail we send.

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Disclaimer

ISAC’s web sites are provided as a public service. Every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct and clearly expressed information possible on each site. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors in information may occur. If inaccurate, misleading or otherwise inappropriate information is brought to our attention, a reasonable effort will be made to fix or remove it.

The information contained in the sites, whether expressed or implied, is not legally binding upon ISAC. No action by the user should be taken in reliance upon the information contained herein. ISAC disclaims any responsibility or liability for the user’s loss due to his/her reliance upon said information. Information should be verified by the user by contacting ISAC. Information should be verified by the user by contacting ISAC.

ISAC is obligated to act in compliance with policies, rules and statutes which govern the programs cited herein. Accordingly notwithstanding any information contained in ISAC’s web sites, such policies, rules and statutes shall control.

ISAC reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. You should check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of ISAC’s sites following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept those changes.

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