PRIVACY POLICY – DIRECT TUTORING LTD
General
The Direct Tutoring LTD is committed to protecting and safeguarding personal data of its customers and website visitors. We have therefore put in place this privacy notice to state that we obtain, collect, store and use personal data in fair and transparent way. This privacy policy also explains specific choices you can make in relation to personal data we hold about you. Please read this privacy policy carefully. By accessing or using the site, registering for tuition services and providing personal data to us, you will be deemed to have read and understood this policy andconsentedto our data collection practices as explained in this policy. If you do not agree with this privacy policy please do not use the site.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Direct Tutoring Ltd is continuously developing and improving its website and tuition services. This may include the adoption of new technologies. Because of this, our privacy policy may change from time to time and we recommend that you do review it regularly.
A revised policy will be posted on the privacy policy page of this website. We may also notify you of such changes via the email you provided upon registration at Direct Tutoring Website. For new users, any such changes will be effective immediately after posting. If you are a registered member, the revised policy will take effect thirty (30) days after the changes have been notified to you, except where you reject the changes and cease using the service. By continuing to use or access the site after we update our privacy policy, you agree to be bound by the Policy as amended. This Policy was last updated on the 24th of June 2018.
Data We Collect :
The Direct Tutoring LTD does not automatically collect personal data about you, unless you to decide to provide that data to us or that we obtain it from your use of our website or supplied to us by third parties, including , as regards Tutors, sensitive data from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We may collect personal data if you agree to complete and submit a registration application to us, create a member profile, submit material to be posted on the site, participate in a survey, contest or promotion, or if you contact us directly. Please note when you do so, you may be providing to Direct Tutoring Ltd personal data about yourself including your name, address, phone number, email address or credit card. Please take care when doing so.
We also collect data relating to your transactions and purchases on the site. Generally, you can view and browse the site without registering or providing any personal data, but if you want to access special features of the site, pay for items in your shopping cart site or create a wish list on our website, we will require you to provide us with certain personal data including your name, telephone number and email or delivery address. We will assist you in creating a user ID and a password to protect your account data.
We also automatically collect certain non-personal data when you interact with our website. This data is non-personal in the sense that it cannot be used to ascertain your apparent identity or to locate or contact you. Non-personal information we collect may conclude the internet address of your internet service provider, the website you are arriving from when you visited our site, browser type, version and settings, device type and operating system, as well as cookie data. We may also obtain data about you from third parties if you have agreed to disclosureof data to third parties.
How we Use Data we collect:
Direct Tutoring LTD processes personal data in lawful and responsible manner, in accordance with relevant UK data protection principles. We use personal data to provide you with a useful, bespoke and easy browsing experience. If you register with Digital Tutoring, we use the data you provide to us to administer your registration and provide you with the tuition services for which your registration was necessary. We may also obtain personal data where it is necessary for us to complete a transaction place by you such as for example when you pay for tuition services. We will also use personal data to send monthly emails, regular updates and offers to all registered users.We use non-personal data to review site usage and improve the information, materials, structure and functionality of our web site, to maintain the site and address site vulnerabilities as well as for marketing purposes. We may use third party services like Google Analyticsto collect aggregate traffic streams for our analysis, growth and site improvement. Non-personal data cannotidentify you personally or be used to locate or contact you in any way.
Third party disclosure
Direct Tutoring LTD will not sell, lease, transfer or disclose your personal data to any person or entity unless you expressly authorize so.Please be aware however that in certain circumstances we may be compelled to disclose your data without prior notice. We may share your personal data with affiliates of The Direct Tutoring Ltdfor example our current or potential investors, service providers, sponsors and advertisers for the site. We may also disclose personal data of our members as required by law, for instance in connection with: prevention or detection of crime, assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any imposition of similar nature, apprehension of prosecution of offenses, disclosure required by any rule of law or order of a court, for the purpose or in connection with any legal proceedings or for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or as necessary for the purposes of establishing, exercising or defending the legal rights of Direct Tutoring Ltd.
Our Commitment to Security
We use appropriate technical and organization security measures to protect data from loss, destruction, damage or unauthorized access. Only authorized employees and approved providers may access and use data that we collect online and for our business purposes only. Our internal security and non-disclosure policies require employees and service providers to maintain strict confidentiality in respect of personal data.We also employ data security measures to protect our customer’s private informationdata and these may include updating our website and programs regularly, use of commercially available encryption, strong firewalls, antivirus protection, and other authentication technologies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we do no warrant or guarantee complete security of personal data. While we take all reasonable measures to ensure privacy and protection of personal data, you agree that there is no complete security on the internet and you submit and transmit your data at your own risk. In the event of data breach and loss of personal datawe will as soon as is reasonably practicable and without undue delay, issue notice of breach so that you take appropriate measures to secure your account and protect your data.
Payment processing
The Direct Tutoring Ltd uses Sage to process payments for tuition services offered on or through the website. We believe that such payment method offers payment processing which is secure for your credit card and financial data. Please note that when making payments, we do not collect or receive any credit card data. Such data is processed and transferred directly to payment processors over a secure and encrypted internet connection and we will only receive notification when payment is confirmed.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to store certain data. Everyone who visits a website using cookies must, according to the UK Data Protection Act 1998, be informed that the site contains cookies, what they are used for and how to manage them. A cookie is a small text file that is placed and stored on the user’s computer and contains data.
We use cookies mainly to improve our website and make your browsing experienceeasy. We use two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you exit the site, and persistent cookies remain in the cookie file for a defined period of time. The life time of a persistent cookie will be indicated in each particular cookie. We use session cookies to store data about your browsing session and personalize your experience. For example session cookies member your password and username so that you don’t have to enter them repeatedly when viewing different pages of the site as well as to remember items you have placed in the shopping cart. Persistent cookies help us to track and compile aggregated data about site usage including for example number of visitor and source of traffic. This helps us to improve the content and design of our website and we cannot identify you personally in this way. If you don’t want cookies, it is possible to delete or block them. You can also choose to accept cookies from specific sites. Review your browse setting to understand how to manage cookies. Please be aware that blocking all cookies from Direct Tutoring Ltd may affect your overall browsing experience and you may not be able to use certain interactive features of the site
Links to Third-Party Sites:
Our website may contain third party advertising and links to external websites. We select our commercial associates with reasonable care but we do not necessarily endorse, recommend or sponsor, and cannot regulate and are not answerable for any third-party content that may be retrieved through this website. We advise to use caution when using such third-party websites and content. We advise you to review the privacy policies of those sites.
Access to and Correction of Personal Data:
Access: Please note thatyou have a right in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998 to request access to and obtain a copy of data that we hold about you and we may charge a small fee for giving access to such information. We may also refuse to grant you access to information in accordance with the law including if we have reasons to believe that granting access would be unreasonable or unlawful.
Correction: Ifyou are concerned that the data we hold about you is incorrect, outdated, or false, you have the right to require us to correct that data to ensure reasonable accuracy of the data.
Your Rights
Please note that The Digital Tutoring LTDprovides you with the opportunity to make specific choices regarding your personal data. When you register and create an account we will give the opportunity to opt-in to receive offers, updates, or news or site policies. If you opt to receive such communications, we will send those communications on the basis of your consent. You also have the option at any time to request t that we stop contacting you where we do so in accordance with your previous consent or you can follow the unsubscribe link appearing at the bottom of our emails.
Contact us:If you have any questions or need assistance in relation to this privacy policy, please email us at: info@directtutoring.co.ukor write to us at : 220 Mallace Avenue, Armadale, EH48 2GE.
