Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Last updated: May 04, 2015

Tutoring Help ("us", "we", or "our") operates the http://www.tutoringhelp.org website (the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at http://www.tutoringhelp.org

Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level of integrity. It is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide and to help you in making informed decisions when using our site, products and services. This Privacy Policy will be continually assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers' needs. Updates to this policy including dates will be noted at the top of this page.

Access to and use of this tutoringhelp.org is available only to United States residents who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If you do not qualify, you may not use the web site. In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, no one under 13 years of age can use the Tutoring help. If you are a minor between the ages of 13 and 18, you may use the site only in conjunction with your parent, legal guardian or other responsible adult.

As explained below, some of your personally identifiable information will be used by us for the purpose of contacting you regarding the information that you have requested. By using the web site, you expressly consent to our use of your personal information and also to the disclosure to and use of this information in our efforts contact you and for continued marketing effort by our tutors and partners charged with communicating with customers and potential customers. Your acknowledge that communications to, from and through this web site are not confidential. You agree that by submitting communications through this web site, no confidential, fiduciary, contractually implied or other relationship is created between you and this web site other than pursuant to this Privacy Policy. Further you agree that at times information submitted on tutoring help is shared with affiliates/partners or other parties (sometimes in exchange for compensation) in an effort to fulfill the service offered on the web site.

What type of information do we collect on our web site?

We collect personally identifiable information you voluntarily choose to disclose and aggregate information that is automatically collected when you visit the web site.

Personally identifiable information refers to information that tells us specifically who you are and is collected when you choose to contact a tutor. This information can include your name, address, phone number, current email address, subject of interest and other information you choose to provide. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain your email address and messages together with our responses.

Like many websites, we use "cookies". Cookies are small programs that we transfer to your hard drive that allow us to recognize you and to pass information about your website visit to different portions of this web site. If you do not want us to use cookies, you can easily disable them by going to the toolbar of your web browser, and clicking on the "help" button. Follow the instructions that will prevent the browser from accepting cookies, or set the browser to inform you when you receive a new cookie. In addition, you may visit this and other websites anonymously through the use of utilities provided by other private companies.

Aggregate information is automatically provided by your computer and cannot be tied back to you as a specific individual. Examples include:

referral data (the web sites you visited just before and just after the web site)

date and time of your visits

pages viewed and time spent at the web site

browser and platform type (e.g., a Firefox browser on a windows 7 PC)

Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer on the Internet.

What do we do with the personal information you provide us?

Your personal information is used to help match students with tutors. The information we collect will be transmitted to one or more educators matching the subjects of interest designed at the time of form completion on a tutors profile page. In the case of tutors who sign up to offer their service to prospective students this data is listed on the live website for anybody to read. Tutors that have signed up directly on tutoringhelp.com will be given a username and password which will allow them to remove, change or update any information provided about them on the website. Tutor that did not directly sign up on the website or are provided by 3rd party partners can also have their profile data removed from the website by filling out the contact form and requesting removal. We also use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making other products and services available to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to the web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable.

Sharing information with third parties

We may share your information with third party service providers for the sole purpose of communicating with you regarding the tutors listed on the website offering services in order to fulfill the request of the prospective student contacting the educator. We cannot and do not make any representations about the practices and policies of these 3rd party companies, and they are not subject to our Privacy Policy.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

How do we protect your information?

We only share your information with trusted 3rd parties that assist us in fulfilling the business services offered on tutoring help. For tutors who submit information on the website we use standard practice to protect your data by requiring a user name and password to add/remove it from the website. At any time site submitted tutors may edit or remove their data from the website. Some content on the website is provided by 3rd party partners. This can be removed by request using our contact form.

Do we comply with legally compelled disclosure of information?

We may release any private information about you that we possess when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; to enforce or apply our Privacy Policy and/or other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of us, the site users or others.

What about other sites linked to from this one?

Please be aware that once you leave the site and enter another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by these sites, nor the information or content contained therein. Please read over the rules and policies of these sites before proceeding.

Copyrighted Material

The integrity of our web content is important to us. We have taken measures to make sure all web content on our site is original and owned by us or provided with consent by 3rd parties, advertisers, and other contributors. If you believe we have misattributed any content or are infringing on your copyrighted content, please contact us.

Tutoringhelp.com reserves the right to modify this policy at any time without prior notification.