Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy / Disclaimer
Who we are
Our website address is: http://https://customer.howtoabroad.com/.
Two students from the University of Bayreuth came up with the idea to better inform people about studying abroad in Germany. Since the two founders are studying in Germany, they often receive questions from others that are interested in studying abroad as well. People ask questions such as: How can you apply to a German university? And which university should I apply to? Considering the questions like these that the co-founders receive, they decided to make a website where they would share information on how to study abroad in Germany.
Firstly, they looked into which information is out there already. Apparently, there are consultancies that charge a huge sum of money (between €400 and €1000 ) to provide information on studying abroad. These services of consultancies are not accessible to everyone. Since the founders feel that everyone should have equal access to education, they decided that they would create a website where individuals can easily access all the information required to make an informed decision about studying in Germany. This led to the formation of How to Abroad. Initially, we will be covering German universities only, but if the information proves helpful, we might also expand our website to include universities in other European countries.
Our focus at present would be to provide information related to the following topics :
- Pursuing a master’s degree in Germany
- The application process of German universities, TU9, and much more
- Housing accommodation in Germany
- Visa process in Germany
- Pre -post-admission assistance.
Our motto at present is very simple: Help those who want to study in Germany.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Liability
How To Abroad cannot be held liable either for mistakes in editorial or technical aspects, neither omissions nor correctness of the content. In particular, How To Abroad does not guarantee completeness or correctness of the information contained on external websites which can be accessed via links from How To Abroad’s websites. Despite accurate research on the content of such linked external websites, How To Abroad cannot be held liable for its content. Only the content providers of such external sites are liable for their content. Should you notice any mistake in the technical or editorial aspects of the How To Abroad site, please do not hesitate to inform us.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, for measuring how the website is performing and where are the users coming from. To know more about what google analytics is collecting you need to visit: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/4597324?hl=en
Third-Party Ads / Links
Well, you might have seen ads displaying products or services or you might have seen links to another website. These links/ads might take you to another website of which might not govern the privacy policy. If any mishap takes place on that website, we will not be responsible for it. Once you are out of the “https://https://customer.howtoabroad.com//” domain, this privacy policy is not valid.
For your safety, we request to have an antivirus installed in the system and be aware of the website where you are being redirected. You can even write us a mail stating the existence of a bad/malicious link on our website
Since HowToabroad is a trusted website we make every possible effort to make sure that you “the user ” will not have any bad experience. We have made every effort to check the links that are being provided here plus we are using the most trusted advertising service aka Google Adsense. But still, in case we might have missed something it is advised that you read the privacy policy of the other website where you are being redirected.
Payment Policy
Stripe:
We use third-party payment services from the stripe, any issue related to a data breach or misuse of your credit card be it visa/master/ or any other card, they are responsible for it. Please read their terms and conditions before proceeding forward.
UPI:
For UPI no information is stored and only once we check it at our end and the money has been received we will move the order status to paid or else it will be on hold until paid.
Bank Transfer:
No data is stored at our end. You can send the payment through your bank directly to our account and we will check the reference number for which the amount has been paid or not.
