Effective June 24, 2025

WHO WE ARE

Education For Less, Inc (“EDU4Less,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) owns and operates the website, www.edu4less.org (“website”). The website is referred to in this Policy as our “Site”. The Site is designed to allow adult students to learn about various scholarships and tuition discounts (“Services”).

If you use our Site and Services, we collect various types of data from you. In some instances, the data will be considered “personally identifiable information,” “personal information” or “personal data” under applicable laws. Generally, this type of data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that provides you with a powerful and secure online service. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to plainly and transparently disclose to you how we collect, use and share information, and how we attempt to safeguard the data you provide to us. We are committed to securing data that we collect concerning you (“you”) and complying with applicable data protection and privacy laws.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding data protection or your rights, please contact us:

Education For Less, Inc
2721 Rawley Pike
Rockingham, VA 22801
[email protected]

PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY GENERALLY

Industry-Standard Protection. We utilize industry-standard security measures to safeguard the information we collect, maintain and use. These measures include technical and procedural steps to protect your data from misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction. However, we do not guarantee the performance or adequacy of such security measures.

Limitation on Access. Access to any personal information we collect and store is generally restricted to our employees and/or contractors who require it to perform a job or other contracted function. We require vendors and contractors we work with to use reasonable, industry standard protocols to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of information.

Children. We do not intentionally collect any personal information from children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under 18, please do not use the Site or provide personal information to us.

TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Through your use of the Site and Services, we may collect the following types of Personally Identifiable Information from you.

Information you provide:

• Contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number, electronic mail address)
• Profile information (age, gender, location, education background, prior work experience)
• Inquiry Information regarding certain schools or programs (if you send us inquiries)
• Communications to and from you through the Site and/or Services, including any posts on our forums or discussion areas

Information we collect as you navigate our Site:

• Usage Information. We collect information such as which of the pages on the Site you access, the frequency of access, and what you click on while in the Site.
• Technical Information. We collect technical information about your connection to our Site, including the Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions.
• Device Information. We collect information about the device you are using, such as hardware model, operating system, application version number.
• Mobile Device Information. When you access our Site via a browser on your mobile device, we collect and aggregate information about whether you are accessing the Site via a mobile device or tablet, device type, and carrier.
• Location Information. We collect location information from Site visitors on a city-regional basis.

We use cookies and other tracking technologies (such as pixels and web beacons) (collectively, “Cookies”) to collect information as you navigate our Site.

We use Cookies to:

1. Estimate audience size and usage patterns
2. Understand and save your preferences for future visits
3. Provide new content, events and services that relate to your interests
4. Keep track of advertisements and search engine results
5. Compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interactions to resolve issues and offer better Site experiences
6. Recognize when you return to the Site

Cookies can be blocked by changing your Internet browser settings. For more information, visit www.AboutCookies.org.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

We use the Personally Identifiable Information we collect to provide the Services to you and improve our Site. In addition, we may use it to:

• Allow you to participate in features and programs we offer
• Email you information
• Contact you regarding our products, services or promotions
• Communicate with you about our Site or Services
• Provide support
• Tailor our content
• Maintain and improve our Site and Services
• Defend our legal rights and the rights of others
• Determine your location and manage digital content rights
• Effectively maintain our organization
• Comply with applicable law

INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES

We may share the information we collect about you in the following ways:

• With schools/online degree program providers. We share the information you provide to us with our participating schools so they can contact you directly. To stop communications, you must contact the school directly.
• With service providers. We share information with service providers who:
  • Perform data services on our behalf (email, hosting, maintenance, backup, analysis)
  • Process payments
  • Prepare, deploy and analyze content
  • Provide other services
• Other instances. We may share information:
  • When required by law
  • In connection with legal proceedings
  • To establish or defend legal rights
  • With other entities in corporate transactions

THIRD PARTY CONTENT

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not cover those practices, and we encourage you to review their policies.

We may use Google Analytics to help us analyze how users interact with the Site. For more information, see Google’s privacy policies and opt-out options.

We do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

OPT-OUT AND CHOICES ABOUT YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

You may:

• Decline to provide information
• Review and request changes to your information
• Request deletion of your information

Contact us at [email protected].

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS PROTECTED

We have implemented reasonable security methods but cannot guarantee complete security. You also play a role in keeping your information secure by maintaining strong passwords and logging out of shared devices.

DATA RETENTION

We retain your information for as long as needed to provide Services and as long as required by law.

ACCESSIBILITY

If you need this Privacy Policy in an alternative format, please email [email protected].

NOTICE TO NEVADA RESIDENTS

We do not currently sell personal information as defined under Nevada law. You can submit an opt-out request to [email protected].

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

You have the following rights under the CCPA:

1. The right to know what personal information we collect about you.
2. The right to know whether we sell or disclose your personal information, and if so, to whom.
3. The right to say no to the sale of personal information.
4. The right to access your personal information.
5. The right to receive equal service and pricing, even if you exercise your privacy rights.

To exercise your rights, email [email protected].

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

If the GDPR applies to you, you have the following rights:

1. A right to access personal data held about you.
2. A right to require us to rectify inaccurate personal data.
3. A right to require us to erase personal data.
4. A right to restrict processing of your data.
5. A right to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
6. A right to object to processing.
7. A right to withdraw consent.

To exercise these rights, email [email protected].