Privacy Policy
Introduction
This private policy was last updated on April 21, 2020. It explains how information about you is collected, used, and disclosed by Kara Tutoring Limited. This applies to our website at https://karatutoring.com and all services provided by Kara Tutoring Limited.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Any information submitted in a contact form sent to us may be collected and stored indefinitely. We require your full name, email address, and other information for our forms. Any information submitted may be collected and stored indefinitely.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track website traffic and user activity, among other metrics. This is the link for Google’s terms and privacy policy for Analytics. This is the link that explains how Google uses data when visitors use our website.
Who we share your data with
We do not share any user data with any third-party groups or anyone outside of the organization.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Contact information that you provide on forms through our website, or transmit to us in any other way for purposes of application to our services, or for tutoring/marketing team applications, may be collected and stored indefinitely.
Services
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is used to offer statistics about website traffic. This information is used to track and monitor the use of our website and improve our services. For information on the collection of data from Google, please refer to http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a service used in order to distribute traffic. This information ensures that reliability of our services. Please check https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ for Cloudflare’s private policy.
PayPal
PayPal is used in order to collect donations for Kara Tutoring Limited. We do not store your payment details. This information is handled solely by Paypal. For information on their handling of payment information, please refer to https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
Teespring
Teespring is also used in order to sell our merchendise. We do not collect payment information that is used to purchase merchandise through Teespring. If you would like to see their private policy, please look at https://teespring.com/policies/privacy.
GiveWP
GiveWP is used to process donations submitted on the embedded form on our Support Us page. PayPal is used to process donations through this form. We do not store your payment details. This information is handled solely by Paypal. For information on their handling of payment information, please refer to the above link, and to see the privacy policy for GiveWP, please refer to https://givewp.com/privacy-policy/
Additional information
How we protect your data
Private access to our servers is heavily restricted, and we take all precautions to never release or share data other than the aforementioned instances which are required for our website to function properly. We also are dedicated to staying informed about any potential risks to security and data loss.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a breach, anyone for whom we have an email address will be notified as soon as possible.
What third parties we receive data from
At this time, only https://wordpress.com integrates for inbound data on this website.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
At this time, we do not use user data to provide services on this website. User data is only used to track site traffic and user activity, for analytical purposes.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Other than breach notifications, we are not aware of any regulatory disclosures we must provide. Please feel free to notify us at [email protected] if you are aware of any.
Contact Information
If you would wish to contact us about our privacy policy, please send us an email at [email protected]