Next Steps Career provides Services through the web pages of
https://nextstepscareer.com/ and the Nextsteps App to you subject to this Privacy Policy, its Terms of Use, and other associated policies. Nextsteps reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time.
This Privacy Policy pertains to your use of the Services and Apps, irrespective of whether you are a customer or an end user. It covers information collected through your interaction with the Apps and any other means by which we gather information about
you. This policy outlines the types of information we may collect from you, or that you may provide, when you visit our Apps or use our Services, as well as our practices
regarding the collection, use, storage, protection, and disclosure of that information. By continuing to access or use Next Steps Career Services, you accept any changes or
revisions to this Privacy Policy.
In this policy, "you" and "your" refers to any person or entity subscribing to and/or using the
Service ("Users"). “Service” refers to any current or future products (paid or free) offered by NextSteps Career. Unless otherwise stated, " NextSteps," "we," and "our" will refer collectively to NextSteps Career.
If You Do Not Agree to This Policy, Do Not Use Nextsteps Services.
We collect information when you access our website or use any of our services (including but not limited to our mobile applications).
We collect the following categories of personal information:
Identifiers, such as your name, email address, IP address, or account name.
Personal information, such as your educational information, credit card number, or financial information.
Professional or employment-related information.
Non-public education information (school attended and date of graduation).
Commercial information, such as the products or services you’ve purchased, obtained, or considered, and other purchasing or consumer histories or tendencies.
Internet activity, such as your browsing history, your search history, and information on your interaction with our website, our other services, and advertisements.
Geolocation data, e.g., your physical location of access.
When you register as a member or request information, we use our registration and online enrollment forms to collect personally identifying information such as your full name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, educational background, professional information, and credit card information ("personal data"). Additionally, if
you contact us via email or ofline, we may collect the personal data that you voluntarily provide us at that time.
You may choose to voluntarily submit other information to us through our services that we do not request, and in such instances, you are solely responsible for such
information.
For each visitor to our website, our server automatically records IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring website addresses.
For users interacting with our services, we may also collect various information using different types of technologies. This information includes:
Type of subscription and your interactions with our Service.
Details of the queries you make, and the date and time of your request.
Any content (as defined previously) you post to the Service including answer responses, notes, doubts section messages, direct messages, testimonials, and forum posts you send and/or receive via the Service.
Technical data, which may include URL information, cookies, your IP address, the types of devices you are using to access or connect to our Service, unique device ID,
device attributes, network and device performance, browser type, language, operating system, and NextSteps application version.
Location data based on your IP address. NextSteps may use third-party applications to look up location based on your IP address. At no point will your personal or other identifying data (other than IP address) be used for such specific purpose.
We may use any information collected, including personal information:
To complete, perform, and support the activity for which the information was provided.
To improve the content of our website or services.
To develop new products and services and analyze your use of the Service, including your interaction with applications, products, and services that are made available, linked to, or offered through the Service.
To customize the content and/or layout of our website/mobile application for you.
To notify you about updates to our website.
To contact you for marketing purposes.
To process your payment or prevent or detect fraud.
To contact you for employment opportunities.
To enforce this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions of Use, and any other terms to which you have agreed, including to protect the rights, property, or safety of NextSteps Career, its users, or any other person, or the copyright-protected content of the Service.
To draw inferences from personal information listed above, to create a profile reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
As otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
NextSteps Career conducts research on our Users' demographics, interests, and
behavior based upon the information you provide us at registration, during a promotion, or from surveys, as well as information generated by or maintained in our server log files. We do this to better understand and serve our Users. Our research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis, and, occasionally, we share this aggregated data with advertisers or business partners. NextSteps Career will not sell or trade your personal information to any list broker or direct mail advertisers. However, we reserve the right to sell, trade, or share your name and e-mail address with other companies, institutions, organizations, or websites that provide content, products, or services to NextSteps Career. You also agree that, in the event that NextSteps Career is acquired by, merges with, or becomes aligned with another company or organization, such other company or organization shall be entitled to use your personal information under the terms of this
Agreement. NextSteps Career may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the Website. In this event, NextSteps Career is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties, and you should check the applicable privacy policy and other terms and conditions of such parties before providing any personal information.
If you have an account with us, you may have the ability to access your information and make updates to or delete your data. If not, you can contact us at
usmle@nextstepscareer.com to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or negatively affect the information’s accuracy.
NextSteps may employ "Cookie" technology to keep track of a User's current session and to keep track of User information between visits. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer that a website can use to recognize repeat Users and to facilitate each User's ongoing access to and use of a website. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the User that has no meaning outside of the assigning site. You should be aware that NextSteps cannot control the use of "Cookies" by advertisers or third parties hosting data for NextSteps Career. In our continuing effort to protect the
privacy interests of our Users, we encourage you to voice your privacy concerns. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at usmle@nextstepscareer.com.
The information collected may be:
Shared with our agents or contractors who assist in providing support for our internal operations.
Used by all of our trading names and affiliated group companies and transferred to other countries for processing. These countries may not have similar data privacy laws, but if we transfer your information in this way, we will take steps to ensure that your information continues to be protected.
Disclosed when legally required to do so at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website, to a successor entity in connection with a corporate merger,
consolidation, sale of assets, or other corporate change respecting the website.
We use data hosting provider(s) in the United States or India to store your data. The provider(s) chosen employ a variety of security measures designed to ensure data protection and up-time. Although we are committed to employing safeguards to protect user information, due to the inherent nature of online and evolving technologies, it is not possible to completely secure any/all data. We cannot guarantee that data is
absolutely safe and secure from intrusion.
The user acknowledges and agrees that by providing Next Steps any information through the website, the user automatically consents to the transmission of such personal or proprietary user information over international borders, as necessary, for processing in accordance with Next Step standard business practices.
You have the right:
To request access to the personal information we have about you.
To request that we delete personal information about you.
To opt-out of our use, transfer, exchange, or disclosure (including to third parties) of personal information about you.
Not to be discriminated against based upon whether you decide to opt-out.
To exercise the access, deletion, and opt-out rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request using one of the following methods:
Email us at usmle@nextstepscareer.com.
Use the contact us form on our help page.
Maintaining Privacy
As stated, Next Steps will maintain the confidentiality of all user communications that contain personal information transmitted directly to Next Steps. Postings by a user on any public arena, such as a message board or in a chat room, will not and cannot be protected as confidential.
Our Services are not intended or directed toward individuals under age 13. If you fall under the age of 13, please do not use our Services or register on our website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from users under age 13. If it is brought to our attention that personal information has been collected from individuals under age 13, we will take required measures to delete such information.
We may periodically update our Privacy Policy. All policy changes will be posted on this website, and the date at the top will be updated to reflect that change. If you disagree with any of the changes, you must cease using our services and write to us at info@nextstepscareer.com or contact us at the address provided for deactivation.
