Privacy Policy

The Advantage Testing Foundation respects your privacy and aims to protect the personal information we collect and use as part of our business. Our policy with respect to the information that we collect, use, and disclose through this Website (the "Site" or “Website”) is set forth below.

Please note that this Privacy Policy is limited only to the information that we collect through this Website. This Privacy Policy DOES NOT apply to our offline practices or policies, or electronic communications to us other than through this Site (such as direct email).

Who is the Advantage Testing Foundation?

The Advantage Testing Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity that seeks to advance the aspirations of students of every background by expanding their educational opportunities.

The information we collect

We use the personal information you provide us, including your name and email address, to send occasional informational emails or to respond to any enquiry you might initiate.

We collect individual user data through user tracking technologies to track website usage and to provide better support, as well as for promotional purposes.

We may also automatically collect other information each time you visit this Site, including, without limitation:

  •  Technical information, including the Internet protocol address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, and device type and version
  • Usage data and information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clicks to, through, and from this Site (including date and time), page response times, download errors, and length of visits to certain pages
  • Information from cookies and similar technologies (see Cookie Policy below)
  • General location information to identify from where our audience views the Site

Some of the information described above can be collected by us only if you enable them on your hardware or software. For example, it is your option (and under your control) to accept or delete cookies, to enable location information, and to control the information that your browser transmits. We do not respond to Do Not Track signals set by your browser.

Our purposes for processing your personal data

At this time, the only way we use your personal data is to communicate with you in response to an enquiry, to track website usage, and to provide secure access to the website.

How we collect your personal data

We collect your data directly from you when you fill out a non-disclosure agreement, log in to and use the site, or email us directly.

How we use your personal data

We primarily use your personal data to track website usage, to respond to any enquiry that you might initiate, and to provide you secure access to the website.

We may also share information

  • with our data processors and partners, for example, Animus Rex (our Website partner), SendGrid (the email transmission service for our newsletter), Google Gmail (our business email provider), Google Cloud Platform (our secure cloud hosting service), Adobe Sign (our e-signature service), all of which are required to enable the Website’s smooth operation as well as our business functions
  • with lawful third parties or authorities for the purpose of preventing fraud and spam activity or if personal information is requested as part of a lawful investigation

We do not share your personal data with any other third party and do not sell information for advertising or promotional purposes.

Retaining your personal data

We will retain your data for as long as we are obliged, under relevant legislation and regulation, or where no such rules apply, for no longer than it is necessary for our lawful purposes, and until you notify us to delete your data.

Your individual privacy rights

You have the right to object to how we process your personal data. You also have the right to see what personal data we hold about you. You can ask us to correct inaccuracies, delete or restrict personal data, or ask for some of your personal data to be provided to someone else. These rights are explained in more detail below.

Requests to exercise your rights to your personal data can be made by emailing us at selfstudy@atfoundation.org.

If you are an EU Citizen, you have the following rights:

  • To be informed: You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your data and your rights. We fulfill this right by giving you this notice.
  • To access your personal data: You can request access to a copy of your personal data.
  • To withdraw and opt-out: You may email us to request to be withdrawn from the site.
  • To object: You may object to our processing of your personal data.
  • To request rectification: You can ask us to change or complete any inaccurate or partial personal data held about you.
  • To request erasure: Also known as “the right to be forgotten,” this means that you can ask us to delete your personal data when it is no longer necessary for us to use it, you have withdrawn consent (where applicable), or we have no lawful basis for keeping it or otherwise using it. There are limited exceptions, for example when we need to use the information to bring or defend a legal claim.
  • To receive portability: You can ask us to provide you or a third party with some of the personal data that we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, electronic form, so it can be easily transferred. This is limited to personal data you have provided with your consent or in relation to the products you have with us, and which we process by automated means, such as your account transaction data.
  • To be granted restriction:
    • You can ask us to restrict the personal data we use about you when: a) it is inaccurate; b) you have asked for it to be erased; c) you have objected to our use of it; or d) you need such restriction for the bringing or defending of legal claims.
    • When you have asked us to restrict the use of your personal data, we may still store your information but will not use it further without your consent, unless we need to process it in order: a) to bring or defend legal claims; b) to protect the rights and freedoms of other individuals; or c) for other important public interest reasons.

Please note that though not all privacy laws are as strict as the EU GDPR, we will generally extend these concepts of privacy and transparency to all users since our users’ privacy is paramount.

If you wish to exercise any of your rights above, please contact us with your request at selfstudy@atfoundation.org.

Transmission of Information via the internet

Although we use encryption (https) on our Website, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. While we do our best to protect your data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this Site; any transmission is AT YOUR OWN RISK. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.

Cookie Policy

The cookies we use on gre.atfoundation.org do not contain any information that personally identifies you and we do not manually or programmatically link cookie identifiers with the personal information stored in our system. The cookies we set are used to track if a user is logged in or not and also to assist with our web traffic analysis.

What are Cookies?

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a Website and identify users returning to a Website.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie consists of a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date). A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

How can you control the use of cookies from this Site?

If you don't want us to use cookies when you use this Site, you can adjust your internet browser settings not to accept cookies. Your web browser's Help function should tell you how to do this. Alternatively, to find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit the Website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

We currently set the following cookies:

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics – the web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics cookies track individual activity on this Site. This information is stored, and we use it to identify trends and patterns so that we can optimize user experience.

You may disable scripts run by Google Analytics to the extent that your browser and associated programs provide such functionality. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all Websites, visit this Website: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Google’s privacy and compliance policies are available at: https://privacy.google.com

Session ID: This is a temporary session cookie used to track whether traffic is logged in or out of this Site. Session ID cookies do not collect personal information about you and are deleted when you close your browser.

Contact us

This Website is owned and operated by The Advantage Testing Foundation.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or cookie policy or would like to make a privacy request or enquiry, please contact us:

Advantage Testing Foundation
350 East 88th Street
New York, New York, 10128
Phone: 212-744-8800
Email: selfstudy@atfoundation.org