Effective Date: July 12, 2026
Welcome to scholarshipnames.com. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how scholarshipnames.com collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information when you visit or use our website.
By using scholarshipnames.com, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Information You Provide Voluntarily
You may provide personal information when you:
- Contact us through a form or email
- Subscribe to a newsletter
- Submit scholarship-related information
- Leave a comment or feedback
- Request support or information
This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Message content
- Any other information you choose to provide
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit scholarshipnames.com, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Time and date of visit
- General usage behavior
- Approximate location based on IP address
This information helps us understand how visitors use the website and improve our services.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
scholarshipnames.com may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:
- Remember user preferences
- Analyze website traffic
- Improve website performance
- Deliver relevant content or advertisements
- Prevent spam and abuse
You can disable cookies through your browser settings, but some parts of the website may not function properly.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to inquiries and support requests
- Send newsletters or updates, if you subscribed
- Improve website content and user experience
- Analyze traffic and usage trends
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- Protect against fraud, spam, and unauthorized access
- Comply with legal obligations
- Display advertising or sponsored content where applicable
We do not sell your personal information in the ordinary meaning of the word.
3. Scholarship Information Disclaimer
scholarshipnames.com may provide scholarship names, listings, educational resources, deadlines, eligibility summaries, or links to third-party scholarship providers.
We do not guarantee that scholarship information is complete, accurate, current, or applicable to every user. Users should always verify scholarship details directly with the official scholarship provider before applying.
If you submit scholarship-related information to us, you confirm that you have the right to share that information and that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
4. Third-Party Links
scholarshipnames.com may contain links to third-party websites, including scholarship providers, universities, application portals, advertisers, or educational resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites. Once you leave scholarshipnames.com, your use of another website is governed by that website’s own terms and privacy policy.
5. Analytics, Advertising, Security, and Third-Party Services
scholarshipnames.com uses third-party services to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the website. These services may collect or process technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, cookies, and usage data.
We may use Cloudflare to help provide website security, performance optimization, content delivery, DNS services, bot protection, firewall protection, and protection against malicious traffic. Cloudflare may process visitor IP addresses and other technical data as necessary to provide these services.
We may also use Google services, including services such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google AdSense, Google Tag Manager, Google reCAPTCHA, or similar Google tools. These services may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about website usage, measure traffic, improve search visibility, prevent spam or abuse, and display advertisements where applicable.
Google and Cloudflare may process information according to their own privacy policies. You can learn more at:
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Cloudflare Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
6. Email Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter or otherwise agree to receive emails from us, we may send you updates, scholarship alerts, website news, or promotional content.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us directly.
We may still send non-marketing messages when necessary, such as responses to your inquiries or notices related to website security or policy updates.
7. How We Share Information
We may share information with:
- Service providers who help operate the website
- Analytics providers
- Email delivery services
- Hosting providers
- Spam prevention or security services
- Advertising partners, where applicable
- Legal authorities if required by law
We may also disclose information if we believe it is necessary to:
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect our rights or property
- Prevent fraud, abuse, or security threats
- Enforce our policies
- Protect users or the public
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
For example:
- Contact form messages may be retained to respond to inquiries
- Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe
- Analytics data may be retained according to the settings of the analytics provider
- Security logs may be retained to protect the website from abuse
9. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, server, database, or internet transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain privacy rights, including the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of marketing emails
- Request information about how your data is used
To exercise these rights, contact us using the contact details below.
11. Rights for California Residents
If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act.
These rights may include:
- The right to know what personal information we collect
- The right to request deletion of personal information
- The right to correct inaccurate personal information
- The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
- The right to limit use of sensitive personal information, where applicable
- The right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights
scholarshipnames.com does not knowingly sell personal information. If advertising or analytics tools are used, certain data sharing may be considered “sharing” under California law.
California residents may contact us to exercise their rights.
12. Rights for European Economic Area, UK, and Swiss Users
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may have rights under applicable data protection laws, including the GDPR or UK GDPR.
Our legal bases for processing personal information may include:
- Consent
- Performance of a contract
- Legitimate interests
- Compliance with legal obligations
You may have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct your personal data
- Delete your personal data
- Restrict processing
- Object to processing
- Request data portability
- Withdraw consent
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority
13. Children’s Privacy
scholarshipnames.com is not intended for children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us.
14. International Users
scholarshipnames.com may be operated from, hosted in, or accessed from different countries. If you access the website from outside the country where our servers are located, your information may be transferred to and processed in another country.
By using the website, you understand that your information may be processed in countries that may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.
15. User-Generated Content
If scholarshipnames.com allows comments, submissions, reviews, or other user-generated content, any information you post publicly may be visible to other users.
Do not post personal, sensitive, or confidential information in public areas of the website.
We reserve the right to moderate, remove, or edit user-generated content that violates our policies or applicable law.
16. Spam and Security Protection
We may use tools to detect spam, malware, bots, unauthorized access, or suspicious activity.
These tools may collect technical information such as IP addresses, browser details, and interaction patterns to protect the website and its users.
17. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no consistent industry standard for responding to these signals, scholarshipnames.com may not respond to them.
You can manage cookies and tracking preferences through your browser settings or applicable third-party tools.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When we make changes, we may update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. Continued use of scholarshipnames.com after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.
19. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, you may contact us at:
Website: scholarshipnames.com
Email: [email protected]