Privacy Policy
Tutorcity Principles
Your privacy is critically important to us. At Tutorcity we have a few fundamental principles:
- We don’t ask for personal information unless it is truly needed for your benefit on the site.
- We don’t rent, share or sell your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
- We strive to provide you with as much control over your personal information as possible through our privacy settings.
Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals:
Tutorcity's Privacy Policy
Tutorcity’s Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using Tutorcity, located at www.tutorcity.com.
By using or accessing Tutorcity, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
You can browse a limited section of our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.
Registration
In order to become a Tutorcity user, you must first create an account by completing the registration form. During registration you are required to give the following contact information: username, full name, email address, country and a password.
Profile Information
As a user, you may provide additional information about your profile describing your educational and professional experiences, other skills, and preferred language of communication. You may also add information such as SkypeID and PayPal ID to enable other users to conduct lessons with and make payments to you. Providing this additional information is optional but allows you to better identify yourself and facilitates better chance of you finding the right teacher or student.
Imported information from other sites
Instead of entering registration and profile information manually, users may have the option of importing similar information that they have already entered on other sites. We will only be able to retrieve such information with the permission of the user. During the import process, users will be given the option to import all, some or none of the information we retrieved.
Cookies & Log Files Like most web sites, we use cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer for record-keeping purposes. We use session ID cookies to confirm that you are logged in and to make it easier for you to navigate our site. The session ID cookie expires when you close your browser or expire after a short time. If you reject cookies, you may still browse our site but only as a non-logged in user.
As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site, set lesson times in your time zone and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
By using Tutorcity, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Information We Use
Tutorcity is an online marketplace to connect knowledge seekers with knowledge providers for online lessons. The personal identifiable information you choose to provide on Tutorcity.com is used to help facilitate this goal. As described in “Privacy Settings”, you will have control over who can view specific personal information about you.
Customer Service
Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send you a welcoming email to verify your username and password. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries and actions on the site, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account via email.
Service-related Announcements
We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email.
Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Personally identifiable information
We DO NOT Share Personally Identifiable Information with Third Parties.
Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site
Choice/Opt-out
Privacy Settings
Tutorcity provides privacy settings for certain personal information such as your full name and SkypeID. You can choose to show these information publicly, only to users in your network, or to no one.
Links to Other Sites
This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by Thunkr LLC. Please be aware that we, Thunkr LLC, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.
Access to Personally Identifiable Information
If your personally identifiable information changes, you may correct, update, or delete it by making the change on your My Profile page. If you no longer desire our service, please send your request to customer_service@tutorcity.com.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Business Transitions
In the event Tutorcity.com or Thunkr LLC goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at: privacy@tutorcity.com .