Third-Party Services

NOLS does not sell your information to third parties; however, we do share some information with a limited number of third party companies performing services on our behalf. These services include things such as marketing, website analytics, and payment services. These companies are prohibited from using your personal information for purposes other than those requested by us or required by law.  One such service provider is Hubspot.  For more information on their practices, please see Hubspot’s privacy policy.

SMS consent or phone numbers for the purpose of SMS are not shared with any third parties.

Payment Services
NOLS accepts payments in a number of ways.  This section specifically deals with the electronic payments we accept through our website.  NOLS does not store credit card or bank account information.

Credit Card Payments
NOLS uses Stripe, Inc. (Stripe) to allow our visitors to submit online payments with their credit card. For more information, please see the Stripe privacy policy.

Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payments
To allow our students to directly debit from their bank account, NOLS uses Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) to gather End User’s data from financial institutions. By using the service you grant NOLS and Plaid the right, power, and authority to act on your behalf to access and transmit your personal and financial information from the relevant financial institution. You agree to your personal and financial information being transferred, stored, and processed by Plaid in accordance with the Plaid privacy policy.

Chat, and messaging tools
To offer additional ways to engage with our admissions team we leverage chat and messaging tools on our website and as part of our admissions process. For more information, please see Help Scout’s privacy policy .