This Privacy Policy applies to all users. Please go to the COPPA Policy section for our specific practices with regards to children under 13.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://alphademic.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Embedded content from other websites
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, How long we retain your data
For users that register for classes on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in the signup form. All signup information is retained indefinitely unless requested to be deleted.
What rights you have over your data
If you have previously registered for a class, 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.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small piece of data placed on your computer by us. Within your web browser, cookies placed by our website can only be accessed by our website. We use cookies to maintain session and preference information to improve the use of the website. We do not use cookies to target advertisements to specific users. You may set your web browser to decline our cookies.
We also allow cookies to be placed on your computer by third parties for the purpose of website analytics. This allows the third parties to collect data about your use of our website. The data collected by these cookies may include information such as your IP address or mobile identifier, the type of computer operating system, the web browser, the frequency with which the user visits various parts of our sites or applications, and information regarding the online or mobile service provider. This data is not used to target advertisements to specific users. We don’t share the data that a third party collects with anyone besides that third party. The third parties are required to not share any personally identifiable information they may collect with anyone other than us (except as may be required by law). We use the data that is collected in the following ways:
Customers purchasing a product or service
We collect certain information from a customer who is purchasing a product and/or service using our online ordering system. Such information may include: your name, your shipping address, your billing address, your credit card information, your email address, and your phone number. This information is used to process your purchase and to contact you if there is an issue with your purchase. We will share this information with our credit card payment processor. Additionally, your name, shipping address, email address, and/or phone number may be shared with the United States Postal Service or other private carrier, for the purpose of delivering any purchased goods to your shipping address. We will store all of this information on our secure server, except for your credit card information, which is only retained until your payment has been processed and is not stored thereafter; however, this information may be retained by our credit card processor for the purpose of processing additional transactions, refunds, and/or chargebacks. We will not use this information for any purpose other than to process your purchase, and will not share this information with any other third party, except as described above or as may be required by law. We may use your email address for marketing purposes, but only if you give your permission to do so during the purchasing process, and such permission may be withdrawn at any time by contacting us (via the methods listed under “Contact Information” below).
Security
We implement commercially reasonable security methods to protect the information we collect from you. While the security of your personal information is of the utmost importance to us, we cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any information you choose to disclose.
Contact information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, you can contact us by email ([email protected]) or fill out the contact page on our website.
Disclaimer of other sites’ practices
Our site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other such sites.
Effective date and notice of future changes
This Privacy Policy is effective April 15, 2020. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as necessary.
COPPA Policy
The federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires that we inform you of our practices with regards to our collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children under the age of 13, and to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to collecting, using, or disclosing any such information. If we discover we have collected information from a child in a manner inconsistent with COPPA’s requirements, we will either seek the parent’s consent for that collection or delete the information. We won’t require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity.
1. Information we collect and share
When we use the term “children” or “child”, it refers to individuals under the age of 13. We may collect and share the following personal information with verifiable parental consent (where necessary under COPPA) from children:
(a) Children may provide us their email address during registration or as part of receiving our services. We may use this email address to communicate directly with the child. If the child joins one of our email lists, their email address will be shared with the third party (The Rocket Science Group LLC) we use to manage our email lists. We will not otherwise share an email address with a third party except when required by law.
(b) We may ask the child to provide his or her real name and other identifying information. This information will only be used for internal purposes, or will be disclosed only to third parties to whom the child has given specific authorization. Such third parties must request permission from us before they request this information from the child, and we make a reasonable effort to determine if the third party has your consent and their request is legitimate before granting such permission. The child’s real name will never be made publicly available on our website by us.
(c) Other non-identifying data may be collected in the course of a child’s participation in our services; for example, live classroom discussions, messaging with tutors, etc.
(d) When children use our websites, certain information may automatically be collected by third parties: IP address or mobile identifier, the type of computer operating system, the web browser, the frequency with which the user visits various parts of our sites or applications, and information regarding the online or mobile service provider. This information is collected using technologies such as cookies, which are described above.
This data is primarily collected and shared with third parties for internal purposes, in order to:
(e) We may disclose a child’s personal information if permitted or required by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena.
(f) We generally do not collect personal information from a child until we have received verifiable parental consent in accordance with COPPA. There are limited instances where we may collect information without parental consent in compliance with COPPA, including:
2. Parental rights and responsibilities
At any time, a parent can review or ask us to delete a child’s personal information, or can refuse to permit its further collection or use, by contacting us by any of the means listed in item #3 below.
3. Contact information
Questions or comments about this policy, or requests pursuant to item #2 above, may be sent to the email [email protected] or sent through the contact page of our website.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://alphademic.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Embedded content from other websites
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, How long we retain your data
For users that register for classes on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in the signup form. All signup information is retained indefinitely unless requested to be deleted.
What rights you have over your data
If you have previously registered for a class, 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.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small piece of data placed on your computer by us. Within your web browser, cookies placed by our website can only be accessed by our website. We use cookies to maintain session and preference information to improve the use of the website. We do not use cookies to target advertisements to specific users. You may set your web browser to decline our cookies.
We also allow cookies to be placed on your computer by third parties for the purpose of website analytics. This allows the third parties to collect data about your use of our website. The data collected by these cookies may include information such as your IP address or mobile identifier, the type of computer operating system, the web browser, the frequency with which the user visits various parts of our sites or applications, and information regarding the online or mobile service provider. This data is not used to target advertisements to specific users. We don’t share the data that a third party collects with anyone besides that third party. The third parties are required to not share any personally identifiable information they may collect with anyone other than us (except as may be required by law). We use the data that is collected in the following ways:
- to report, in aggregate, how our visitors find and use our website;
- to understand overall visitor behavior; and
- to inform how we update and improve our website.
Customers purchasing a product or service
We collect certain information from a customer who is purchasing a product and/or service using our online ordering system. Such information may include: your name, your shipping address, your billing address, your credit card information, your email address, and your phone number. This information is used to process your purchase and to contact you if there is an issue with your purchase. We will share this information with our credit card payment processor. Additionally, your name, shipping address, email address, and/or phone number may be shared with the United States Postal Service or other private carrier, for the purpose of delivering any purchased goods to your shipping address. We will store all of this information on our secure server, except for your credit card information, which is only retained until your payment has been processed and is not stored thereafter; however, this information may be retained by our credit card processor for the purpose of processing additional transactions, refunds, and/or chargebacks. We will not use this information for any purpose other than to process your purchase, and will not share this information with any other third party, except as described above or as may be required by law. We may use your email address for marketing purposes, but only if you give your permission to do so during the purchasing process, and such permission may be withdrawn at any time by contacting us (via the methods listed under “Contact Information” below).
Security
We implement commercially reasonable security methods to protect the information we collect from you. While the security of your personal information is of the utmost importance to us, we cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any information you choose to disclose.
Contact information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, you can contact us by email ([email protected]) or fill out the contact page on our website.
Disclaimer of other sites’ practices
Our site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other such sites.
Effective date and notice of future changes
This Privacy Policy is effective April 15, 2020. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as necessary.
COPPA Policy
The federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires that we inform you of our practices with regards to our collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children under the age of 13, and to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to collecting, using, or disclosing any such information. If we discover we have collected information from a child in a manner inconsistent with COPPA’s requirements, we will either seek the parent’s consent for that collection or delete the information. We won’t require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity.
1. Information we collect and share
When we use the term “children” or “child”, it refers to individuals under the age of 13. We may collect and share the following personal information with verifiable parental consent (where necessary under COPPA) from children:
(a) Children may provide us their email address during registration or as part of receiving our services. We may use this email address to communicate directly with the child. If the child joins one of our email lists, their email address will be shared with the third party (The Rocket Science Group LLC) we use to manage our email lists. We will not otherwise share an email address with a third party except when required by law.
(b) We may ask the child to provide his or her real name and other identifying information. This information will only be used for internal purposes, or will be disclosed only to third parties to whom the child has given specific authorization. Such third parties must request permission from us before they request this information from the child, and we make a reasonable effort to determine if the third party has your consent and their request is legitimate before granting such permission. The child’s real name will never be made publicly available on our website by us.
(c) Other non-identifying data may be collected in the course of a child’s participation in our services; for example, live classroom discussions, messaging with tutors, etc.
(d) When children use our websites, certain information may automatically be collected by third parties: IP address or mobile identifier, the type of computer operating system, the web browser, the frequency with which the user visits various parts of our sites or applications, and information regarding the online or mobile service provider. This information is collected using technologies such as cookies, which are described above.
This data is primarily collected and shared with third parties for internal purposes, in order to:
- report, in aggregate, how our visitors find and use our website;
- understand overall visitor behavior; and
- inform how we update and improve our website.
(e) We may disclose a child’s personal information if permitted or required by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena.
(f) We generally do not collect personal information from a child until we have received verifiable parental consent in accordance with COPPA. There are limited instances where we may collect information without parental consent in compliance with COPPA, including:
- An email address and other possibly identifying information is collected from a child at the time of registration, solely to contact the child’s parent in order to obtain the necessary parental consent or provide general demographic data for the organization;
- To protect the security or integrity of our sites, applications, and other technology.
2. Parental rights and responsibilities
At any time, a parent can review or ask us to delete a child’s personal information, or can refuse to permit its further collection or use, by contacting us by any of the means listed in item #3 below.
3. Contact information
Questions or comments about this policy, or requests pursuant to item #2 above, may be sent to the email [email protected] or sent through the contact page of our website.
