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Adams Tutors Privacy Policy
Adams Tutors (“we”, “our”, “us” or “Adams Tutors”) is committed to protecting the privacy of all users of our website adamstutors.co.uk, or mobile applications (together, the “Sites”).
Please read this privacy policy carefully. According to Data Protection Act 1998 and The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (the “Act”) the data controller is Adams Tutors 71 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.
1.Introduction
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in Adams Tutors Privacy Policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.
Clients and tutors
Before you can register as a client or tutor on our website you must confirm to us by clicking the terms and conditions button when prompted. You must read and consent the practices described in this policy. If you are not happy with any aspect of this policy, then you should refrain from registering as a client or tutor on our website.
2. Credit
2.1 Adams Tutors Privacy Policy document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).
3. Collecting personal information
3.1 We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) Registration and account details: Information that you provide to us when registering with our website (including your name, your personal details, physical address and email address).
(b) Performance data: We retain details of users’ performance on the questions they undertake.
(c) Visitor tracking information: We use Google Analytics to track your visit on the adamstutors.co.uk site. This includes but is not limited to visitor numbers, length of time on the site, visitor location, any 3rd party website that you came to the Website from or any third party website that you went to from the adamstutors.co.uk.
Cookies: See below
4. Using your personal information
4.1 Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.
4.2 We may use your personal information to:
(a) Administer our website and business;
(b) Personalise our website for you;
(c) Enable your use of the services available on our website
(d) Supply to you services purchased through our website;
(e) Send statements, invoices and payment reminders to you;
(f) Send you non-marketing commercial communications;
(g) Send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
(h) Send you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
(i) internal data analysis;
(j) to notify you of any changes to our (adamstutors.co.uk) service; and
(k) Only if you choose to be kept informed for marketing purposes we may contact you by email. In these instances clear directions will be given of how to unsubscribe from any correspondence.
(l) Deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;
(m) Keep our website secure and prevent fraud;
(n) Verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.
4.3 If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us.
4.4 We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.
4.5 Adams Tutors does not process or hold any payment details. Any payment made is solely through Bank transfers or Cheques.
5. Disclosing personal information
5.1 If you sign up for online tutoring and select a tutor for a lesson the tutor will be given access to your account for the purpose of analysing the students performance. We will keep your personal information confidential within Adams Tutors and not pass it on to any third parties unless we are required to do so by law.
6. How do we keep your information safe?
6.1 We take practical steps to safeguard your information and to keep them safe and will continue to protect it from unauthorised access including, where appropriate using secure socket layer technology (SSL). Your information will only be kept for a commercially reasonable period of time for the purposes stated above.
6.2 We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure password- and firewall-protected servers.
7. Tutor interviews
7.1 Tutors may attend an interview with us. We will treat any personal data shared with us during interviews in accordance with this policy
8. Cookies
8.1 Our website may use cookies.
8.2 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
8.3 These cookies do not hold any personal information. Google Analytics and third party services such as Google Maps, Twitter and Facebook may issue cookies. Further information on Google Analytics and Privacy can be found here.
8.4 You are welcome to opt-out of receiving cookies from us or third parties services at any time using the settings in your browser.
9. Retention Periods
9.1 As an active user on adamstutors.com we will continue to keep your personal data. If your account is inactive for a period of 540 days your date will automatically be removed from our data base.
10. Right to be Forgotten
10.1 You have the right to object to our use of your personal data and to ask us to delete it if there is no need for us to keep it. This is known as your right to be forgotten. Please inform us if you think we are retaining or using your personal data incorrectly. If you wish for us to delete any data we hold about you, please inform us in writing and we will delete your data within 3 working days, unless there is a legal reason why we are not allowed to do so.
11. Access to your data
11.1 You have the right to request a copy of all personal information that we hold about you. The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. You can exercise your right of access in accordance with the Act. Any access request is subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details. The details regards only the information we hold about you.
12. Updating information
12.1 Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated
13. Social Buttons
13.1 On the website you will see ‘social buttons’. There are buttons for: Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. To implement these buttons onto a website and connect them to the relevant external sites, a script from outside your website is used. It is likely that these sites are collecting information about what your visitors are doing on your site, so if a visitor clicks the button these sites will register this information. You should check the privacy policies of these sites to see how your information is used by them.
14.Third party sites
14.1 We link to a number of other websites on our site. We are not responsible in any way for the privacy policies of these sites nor for the way in which they may use the information they collect about you.
15. Amendments
15.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
15.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
15.3 We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or through the private messaging system on our website.
Contact us
If you have Questions, comments or requests regarding this policy please do write us on: info@adamstutors.co.uk
Privacy Policy is effective as of 22nd May 2018.