U-fi From Nelnet operates U-fi.com. This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of the website. This policy applies to visitors of the website from the U.S. This policy does not apply to information provided to any third-party service provider(s) related to or whose services are incorporated into the website; information you provide to third parties is controlled by their respective privacy policies.
We are committed to providing a useful and enjoyable online experience. This policy explains our collection and use practices regarding consumer information, including how and what we share with our related companies and with unrelated entities. Protecting your privacy is important to U-fi From Nelnet and our employees. We want you to understand what information we collect and how we use it.
This policy is subject to change from time to time, so be sure to check back occasionally to ensure you’ve read the most current version. It is effective as of the date listed above and applies to our services that link to this policy. Even if you read and/or agreed to a prior privacy statement, you need to review this updated version. We reserve the right at any time, and in our sole discretion, to change or modify this Online Privacy Policy. If any such changes or modifications are made, we will update the “Effective Date” appearing at the top of this web page. These changes or modifications are effective immediately upon posting to the website, and supersede any prior versions of this policy.
U-fi®, U-fi From Nelnet, and any associated logos or design marks are trademarks of Nelnet, Inc., for products and services advertised or marketed by Nelnet Consumer Finance, Inc.; all rights reserved.
Our Security Procedures
We are committed to providing you a useful and enjoyable online experience. We implement reasonable and appropriate physical, procedural, and electronic safeguards to protect your information.
To access information and send email via the website, you will need a browser that supports the use of Secure Sockets Layer. This encryption technology helps ensure the authenticity of your online sessions and secures data transmitted over the public Internet.
U-fi From Nelnet takes careful steps to safeguard customer information. We restrict access to your personal and account information to employees who need to know the information to provide services to you, and we regularly train our employees on privacy, information security, and their obligation to protect your information. We maintain reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your Nonpublic Personal Information (NPI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and we regularly test those safeguards to maintain the appropriate levels of protection.
You can help safeguard your NPI and PII by taking a few simple precautions. Protect your account numbers, passwords, and customer access numbers. Never disclose confidential information to unknown callers. You should always use a secure browser and current virus detection software, and never open email from unknown sources.
Children’s Privacy
The website is not directed to children under age 13. We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use PII from children under age 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us PII without their consent, he or she should contact us using the information in the “How to Contact Us” section, below. If we confirm we collected such information, we will take all reasonable measures to delete that information from our system as soon as possible.
Links to Other Websites and Services
We are not responsible for the collection and use of information by companies or individuals unaffiliated with us whose websites may contain links to our website, including vendors where you may shop. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website, our policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. Please note that when you shop with a vendor linked to the website, even though you may have started your visit with us, and even though our pages may still appear, your transactions are completed with a separate organization, not with us. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible, and we do not have control over any third parties that you authorize to access your user content. If you are using a third-party website or service, and you allow a third party access to your user content, you do so at your own risk. This policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from sources other than through the website.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us by email or regular mail at the following address:
U-fi From Nelnet
121 S. 13th St.
Lincoln, NE 68508
Email: Support@U-fi.com
Online Policy FAQs
How do we use your information?
Certain Non-Identifying Information (NII) would be considered a part of your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) if it were combined with other identifiers (e.g., combining your ZIP code with your street address) in a way that enables you to be identified. But the same pieces of information are considered NII when they are taken alone or combined only with other NII (e.g., your viewing preferences). We may combine your PII with NII and aggregate it with information collected from other users to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of our services, and to analyze and understand how our website and services are used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically (e.g., to deliver a product to you according to your preferences or restrictions).
If you supply us with your email address, we may let you know by email about other products, services, and product enhancements that may interest you. You will have the opportunity to tell us you do not want to receive future messages with each message you receive. If you email a question or comment to us, we will use your email address to reply to you, and we will temporarily store your email address, your message, and our reply for quality assurance or to satisfy applicable laws and regulations. When we collect your email address this way, we will not use it for marketing our products and services without your permission.
If you wish to change any of your personal information, you may change it by logging into your account, or by contacting Customer Service, either through email, by mail, or by telephone as listed in the “How to Contact Us” section.
What information do we share?
We do not sell personal information to third parties. All personal information collected is used by us or our affiliates to perform services, comply with laws or carry out internal functions.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, provide services on our behalf, perform website-related services (e.g., maintenance services, database management, web analytics, and improvement of the website’s features), assist us in analyzing how our website and services are used, perform other services (e.g., sending postal mail and email, providing marketing assistance, providing customer service, or providing customer surveys in order to receive feedback and improve our services). These third parties have access to your Nonpublic Personal Information (NPI), Non-Identifying Information (NII), and/or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) only to perform these tasks on our behalf. However, if you are redirected to a site or application maintained by a third party, the privacy policy of such site or application will control the use of any information you provide.
As we continue to develop our business, we may buy or sell companies, subsidiaries, or business units. We may sell, transfer, or share some or all of our assets, including your PII, in connection with a merger, acquisitions, reorganization, or sale of assets including in the event of bankruptcy.
Sometimes the law or other circumstances also require that we disclose NPI and/or PII about you to nonaffiliated third parties. Some examples are: when you ask or permit us to do so; when a guaranty agency or school needs that information in connection with your account; with agencies that assist us in servicing your loan; in response to subpoenas or court orders; with credit bureaus; when we suspect fraud or criminal activity; to protect our property and rights or those of a third party; to protect the safety of the public or any person; or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity.
VERMONT RESIDENTS: We will not disclose nonpublic personal financial information about you other than as permitted by law unless you authorize us to make that disclosure. Your authorization must be in writing or, if you agree, in electronic form. If you wish to authorize us to disclose your nonpublic personal financial information to nonaffiliated third parties, you may notify us at the address found under the “How to Contact Us” section.
If you become an inactive user, we will continue to adhere to the privacy policies and practices described in this policy.
Why do we collect information?
We collect information so we can identify you as our customer, to establish, manage and protect your accounts, to complete your transactions, to create and offer you products and services you might be interested in, to personalize and improve upon your experience with us, and to comply with various legal and regulatory requirements.
How do we collect Non-Identifying Information?
We may collect information from your visit or as part of the registration and administration of your account, in order to personalize and improve upon your experience with us, such as, without limitation, age and individual preferences (i.e., Non-Identifying Information (NII)).
What is Nonpublic Personal Information?
Nonpublic Personal Information (NPI) is nonpublic, personally identifiable financial information about you that we obtain in connection with providing a financial product or service to you. For example, NPI includes information regarding your account balance, payment history, and overdraft history, if applicable. We may collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you as well, including:
- Your first and last name
- Your home address
- Your home or work telephone number
- Your birth date
- Your email address
- Your social security number
How do we collect Personally Identifying Information?
We may collect Personally Identifying Information (PII) about you from the following sources:
- Information from your loan applications or other loan and account forms
- Information about your transactions with us or others
- Information we receive from third parties, such as your academic institution
PII is individually identifiable information about an individual consumer collected by us and maintained in an accessible form.
How are cookies used?
Our services may place small text files (i.e., cookies) on a visitor’s device. Our cookies save anonymized data about individual visitors, allowing our services to recognize information about a visitor and help deliver personalized content and other services and functions. Cookies make your Internet experience quicker and more convenient. Our services use both session cookies, which terminate when a user closes his or her browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on the user’s device until they expire or are manually deleted. Our services also contain coding from our business and technology partners, which generate third-party cookies. Third-party cookies allow our business and technology partners to store Non-Identifying Information (NII) they can access when you visit this or other websites. Accepting a cookie from a web or device browser does not give us access to any Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Most website and mobile device browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and provide the ability to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser. Blocking cookies may result in a lower quality experience for you while you are using our services.
How do we handle your device and connection information?
When you use our services, we will identify the internet protocol (IP) address of your computer or handheld device. The IP address does not identify you personally, but it lets us identify the device you are using. We store IP addresses in case we need to track a connection for security purposes. We may also collect other device-specific information about the device you are using, including what type of device it is and hardware model, what operating system you are using, device settings, unique device identifies, geo-location data, and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on the type of device you are using and its settings. Check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn more about the information your device makes available to us.
What are web beacons?
Our services contain coding known as web beacons that use 1×1 pixel images to capture and transmit the online activity of users on our services. These web beacons typically transmit information about form completions and other activities in order to measure advertising effectiveness or store analytics information. In addition, we may use web beacons in HTML-based emails. This allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of our email communications and our marketing campaigns by showing how many emails recipients have opened.
What are log files?
Like most websites, our servers utilize log files. Log files store information including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. Log files are used to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We use log file information at times to help identify you as you browse and to gather broad technical and demographic information on who uses our website.
What is the Google Analytics feature?
We use Google Analytics to collect information about the use of our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the website, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve the website. Google Analytics collects only the internet protocol (IP) address assigned to you on the date you visit the website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this website by disabling the Google Analytics cookie on your browser. You can also view and change the currently available opt-outs for Google Ads.
What are Do Not Track signals?
Do Not Track is a feature in your web browser that enables you to opt out of the third-party tracking of your online activities over time and across third-party websites. We do not track users across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising, and therefore, do not process or comply with any web browser’s Do Not Track signal or other similar mechanism that indicates a request to disable online tracking of individual users who visit this website or use our services. Third parties cannot collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from this website unless you provide it to them directly.