You are not required to register with mba.com in order to view much of the content on the site. However, to access a greater variety of products and services at mba.com, we ask that you submit your personal information to GMAC. We clearly identify data that must be provided by you in order to deliver the services you request. This information may include but is not limited to the following:

• Basic contact information
• My mba.com profile settings including user and opt-in preferences
• Background information, such as demographics and education
• Email addresses in connection with the "Email a Friend" feature in the mba.com school search service, which allows you to send a one-time email to a friend and does not store the email address (Note: GMAC will not send any messages beyond the initial introduction communication without first obtaining opt-in consent from those individuals)
• Registration information required to take the GMAT test or for related services including information used to verify and authenticate your identity, both initially at GMAT registration and at test sites. This information is collected by GMAC as well as Pearson VUE® and other third parties selected to provide GMAT related services
• Contact and shipping information required for purchases through the mba.com store, hosted by Digital River®, Inc., as well as from strategic parties including Advantage Learning, Pearson VUE, and other organizations that share our commitment to creating access to graduate business education

In addition, during your visit to mba.com, GMAC collects information regarding your use of the site (e.g., pages visited, files downloaded). This information is used to understand the habits of mba.com users and improve the products, services, and content offered.

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GMAC has established a number of ways with which you may communicate with other users and with GMAC including responding to blog posts and submitting contact requests. All user communications made to or through mba.com are referred to as "User-Submitted Content." For information concerning our use of User-Submitted Content, please see the mba.com Terms & Conditions.

GMAC has a number of key service providers and strategic partners who fulfill services through mba.com and/or for the GMAT test. Each is subject to strict confidentiality requirements. Our key service providers include the following:

• GMAT test registration, customer service, test administration at test centers worldwide, and official test score reporting vendors: Pearson VUE, a business of NCS Pearson®, Inc.
• Test development vendors that also provide certain scoring services: ACT®, Inc.
• For purchasing mba.com products and materials from the mba.com store: Digital River, Inc.
• IT development and technology vendors 
• Survey vendors

Our key strategic partners include:

• Schools that use the GMAT test, scholarship-granting organizations, and other organizations in the graduate management education industry who share our commitment to creating access to graduate business education
• GMAT score recipients: Institutions that test takers select to receive their GMAT scores

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