tuteapp - Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how Tuteapp,. and our affiliates

(“Tuteapp”, “we” or “our”) collect, process, store, and share personal information about

our Users. It also explains what controls you have on how Tuteapp collects and processes

your information. The term “you” or “User” refers to students, tutors or any person or

entity who views, uses, accesses, browses or submits any content or material to the

Service (defined below).

Providing your personal information is voluntary and your use of the Service after the

effective date of this document constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you

do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, do not use the Service.

Scope of this Policy

This Privacy Policy applies only to personal information we collect via the website

www.tuteapp.com (“Site”), online and mobile applications (“Apps”), email, telephone,

electronic devices and other interactive services (collectively “the Service”).

The Information We Collect

You have to create an account to use some of our service features, such as searching

and viewing public tutor profiles or searching and viewing questions and video answers

in Ask an Expert. If you do not create an account, we do collect information about your

browser and device (IP address, browser version, etc.) but we cannot link that

information to an identifiable person unless and until you create an account.

If you do choose to create an account, you must provide us with some personal

information so that we can provide the Service. This includes information you provide to

us, such as:

• registration information when you create a User account;

• profile information, such as city and state, educational level or background,

and tutoring subjects;

• Uploaded content (photographs, essays, lessons, etc.);

• lesson recordings (if you have consented to recording of lessons)

• video answers (if you have consented to recording a video answer from the “Ask

an Expert”, on the Resource page of the Site)

• questions, comments, or other information when you communicate with us, by

phone, email, or via third party social media sites, or participate in interactive

features of the Service (including Customer Support messages and online tool

chat messages);

Students and parents

We may also collect personal information related to your documentation of and payment

for tutoring sessions; tutoring questions related to homework or your studies; school

information; teacher feedback of a student (once the parent provides consent for

submission); and content you upload for the purposes of transmitting it to another user

or for public display on the Site or Apps.

Tutors

We may also collect your Fida national ID or Passport date of birth and address, for tax

purposes or to complete a background check; we also collect content you upload for

purposes related to transmission to other users or public display on the Site or Apps. We

also collect bank account information to facilitate payment.

Financial information

If you elect to pay for tutoring lessons with a credit card, we will collect your name, credit

card number, expiration date, and address information associated with the account. All

financial information, other than credit card numbers, is stored and encrypted in our

System in full compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. We

do not store credit card numbers. We collect bank information from tutors who list their

services on the platform for the purposes of transmitting payment to them.

If you are a tutor and elect to pay for a background check, we will collect credit card

information to order a background check on your behalf. Payment information entered

into our System solely to procure a background check will not be stored on our servers.

Additional Information We Receive About You

Information we collect automatically

We also gather additional personal information when you use the Service, including type

of browser you use, access time, pages viewed, IP address, and, if enabled, geo-location;

and we collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access the

Service, including without limitation operating system and unique device identifiers and

mobile network information. This data is used to better understand and enhance Users

experience with the Service and on the Site and Apps. Tuteapp may publish aggregate

User statistics or share them with third parties.

Information we collect from other sources

We may also obtain personal information from our background check administrator and

combine that with information we collect through the Service. For example, we may view

information about you for the purposes of identity verification, credit bureaus, and other

background check information, including from publicly available sources, but this

information is not stored on our systems. If you log into your account through single sign-

on services, like Facebook Connect or Google Authenticator, you provide Tuteapp with

permission to access certain information about you, such as your Facebook User ID, user

profile, and profile picture. User generated content on the Site or App that is cross-posted

through certain social networking preferences (e.g. pages you “Like” or “Follow”) may be

viewed by the general public. Accordingly, Tuteapp cannot ensure the privacy of any

personal information included in such User generated content.

How We Use Your Information

Tuteapp may use your personal information for various purposes, including:

• account creation and to provide the Service, including without limitation, access

to previous lessons, tutor-matching services, information about prospective

tutors, and facilitating communication directly between students and tutors;

• to process transactions and billing;

• for identification and authentication purposes;

• to communicate with you concerning the Service, User requests,

transactions, security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of

the Service, and services that we think may be of interest to you;

• process and deliver contest and sweepstakes entries and rewards and verify

eligibility;

• personalize and improve the Service and deliver and display targeted

advertisements on our Service, content or features in the Service and on other

sites or apps; and

• For administration of and troubleshooting regarding the System.

Information We Share and Disclose

We do not sell your personal information. To make the Site work, we may need to share

some of your personal information with other Users, our affiliates, third parties, and

service providers. This section explains when and why we share your information.

User Content

Your member profile and information that you post or share, such as tutor bio,

educational background, city and state, rate, photos, reviews, comments, suggestions,

and information about you or your experience, may be seen and shared with other Users

of our Service. You should therefore think carefully before deciding what information you

share.

Information Shared Between Users

Tuteapp shares a minimum amount of personal information between tutors and students

in order to facilitate the arrangement of tutoring sessions, including, your first name and

last initial, city, photo, and details about the tutoring services you seek or provide.

Messages to students also, contain tutors’ usernames, which include the tutor’s first and

last name. In the case of teacher feedback of a student, we will transmit it as you ask us

to.

Referrals

If you choose to use our referral service, to tell a friend about our Service, we will ask

you for your friend’s email address. We will automatically send your friend an email

inviting him or her to visit the Site and up to two reminders. Tuteapp stores this

information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and reminders and

tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may click Unsubscribe at the

bottom of any email, or contact us at support@tuteapp.com to request removal from our

database.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Third parties, including Facebook, may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage

technologies to collect or receive information from our Site, apps and elsewhere on the

internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. Most

web browsers let you choose whether to accept cookies and let you delete cookies already

set. The choices available, and the mechanism used, will vary from browser to browser,

but are typically found in the “options”, “tools” or “preferences” menu. There also are

online tools available for clearing all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited,

such as http://www.aboutads.info/choices and www.allaboutcookies.org.

Service Providers

We engage service providers to perform functions and provide services to us in the

Ethiopia. For example, we use a variety of third-party services to help operate our services

to help us understand the use of our services, such as Google Analytics. We may share

your private personal data with such service providers for business purposes such as to

verify transactions and prevent fraud or identity theft, subject to obligations consistent

with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures,

and on the condition that the third parties use your private personal data only on our

behalf and pursuant to our instructions (service providers may use other non-personal

data for their own benefit). We share your payment information with payment services

providers to process payments; prevent, detect, and investigate fraud or other prohibited

activities; facilitate dispute resolution such as chargebacks or refunds; and for other

purposes associated with the acceptance of credit and debit cards.

Please note, if you consented to recording a video answer from the “Ask an Expert”, on

the Resource page of the Site, the Service uses YouTube API Services as a service

provider, and if you use these services through the Service, you are subject to the Google

Affiliates and Change of Ownership

In the event that we are involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization, or

sale of assets, your personal data may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction.

This Privacy Policy will apply to your personal data as transferred to the new entity.

Law and Public Interest

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy or controls we may

otherwise offer to you, we may preserve, use, or disclose your personal data or other

safety data if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation,

legal process, or governmental request; to protect the safety of any person; to protect

the safety or integrity of our platform, including to help prevent spam, abuse, or malicious

actors on our services, or to explain why we removed certain accounts from our Services;

to address fraud, security, or technical issues; or to protect our rights or property or the

rights or property of those who use our Services. However, nothing in this Privacy Policy

is intended to limit any legal defenses or objections that you may have to a third party’s,

including a government’s, request to disclose your personal data.

Data Transmission and Storage

Tuteapp uses industry-standard 128-bit SSL encryption when collecting and transmitting

your information through the Site and the Tuteapp network. Once information has been

collected, we encrypt sensitive data in our database for added security. Tuteapp also uses

firewalls and hardware monitoring across our system to protect against unauthorized

access. Unfortunately, even with these measures, Tuteapp cannot guarantee the security

of personal information. By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that Tuteapp

makes no such guarantee, and that you use the Service at your own risk.

Managing Your Personal Information With Us

Modifying or correcting your information

If you have an account with us, you can access, correct, delete, or modify some of the

personal information you provided to us in your account settings.

Tuteapp may send you email communications periodically detailing new Service features

or promotions. You may unsubscribe from these messages by using the link at the bottom

of the email. We will still send you email messages about the status of your account or

any notices as required by law. You may not opt-out of receiving these administrative

emails so long as you continue to use the Service. If you wish to terminate your account,

please contact us.

Location Information

You can prevent your device from sharing location information through your device’s

system settings. But if you do, this may impact tuteapp’s ability to provide you our full

range of features and services.

Cookie Tracking

You can modify your cookie settings on your browser settings. If you delete or choose

not to accept our cookies, you may be missing out on certain features of the Service.

Do Not Track

Your browser may offer you a “Do Not Track” option, which allows you to signal to

operators of websites and web applications and services that you do not want them to

track your online activities. The Service does not currently support Do Not Track

requests at this time.

Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected

from you (and direct our service providers to do the same). Note that deletion requests

are subject to certain limitations, for example, we may keep information as required or

permitted by law, to process transactions, certain account-related information, to

facilitate User requests, and protect and fix our system.

Other Rights

You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights listed

above.

Response Timing

We aim to respond to a consumer request for access or deletion within 45 days of

receiving that request. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and

extension period in writing.

Children and Our Services

This Service is not intended for use by children under 13 years of age.

Tuteapp does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children

under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not provide your contact

information or any other personally identifiable information to Tuteapp. If you are the

parent or legal guardian of someone under the age of 13 who may have provided us with

information without your knowledge or consent, please contact us to have this

information removed. All contact, including tutoring sessions, between a tutor and any

minor should, of course, take place only in a supervised setting.

Tuteapp reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We

will post any changes here and indicate the new effective date of the Privacy Policy at

the top of the document. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy for any updates

while you are an active User of the Site.

The Site is hosted in the Ethiopia and is governed by Ethiopian law. If you are using the

Site from outside the Ethiopia, please be aware that your information may be transferred

to, stored and processed in the Ethiopia where our servers are located, and our databases

are operated. The data protection and other laws of the Ethiopia and other countries

might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Site, you consent

to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third

parties with whom we share it as described in our Privacy Policy.