Privacy Policy

Your privacy, and the privacy of all registered users of tutorscout.co.uk, is important to us. We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy carefully and print a copy for your future reference.

1. Notice

This Privacy Policy relates to the website, tutorscout.co.uk ("Tutor Scout" or the “Website”). The Website is operated by Cogito Learning Ltd, a company registered in England (company registration no. 06510778). By accessing or otherwise using the Website, we will assume that you consent to the uses of your personal information described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any requests concerning our use of your personal information or any queries with regard to our privacy practices, then please contact us at info@tutorscout.co.uk.

This policy is subject to, and shall be superseded by, any other agreement between you and Cogito Learning Ltd.

Types of Information Collected

In connection with your use of our site, we ask for and may collect a variety of information from and about you in different ways. For example, when you register to use our site, we ask for and store your name, address, email address and other identifying contact data. In addition, we collect information about your employment background, education, accomplishments and other information used to establish your credentials.

Use of Cookies

Use of our site requires that you accept the use of cookies, which are small data files that our site sends to your browser for storage on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to protect confidential data, track activity at our site and better serve your needs and interests.

You can find out more about the use of cookies on http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Most browsers allow you to adjust the privacy settings to alter which cookies are accepted and the length of time such cookies are stored. The means by which you can do this varies from browser to browser, therefore please refer to your browser's instructions or help screen to learn more about how to do this. However, if you decide to disable any cookies we place on your computer you may not be able to use certain Services and content and adverts may be less relevant to your individual preferences.

Use of Information

We use your personally identifying information to register you as a user of the site and to establish your credentials, match potential links between tutors and students. We will use your e-mail address in order to convey information between tutors and students although your e-mail address and other identifying information will not be visible to others unless you choose to make it visible. Unless you tell us otherwise, we may use your email address to contact you directly regarding services or products that we believe may be of interest to you. We may also associate your personally identifying information with information we collect about your preferences and activities at the site, such as the particular pages you request at the site and purchases or other transactions you effect through the site. We may vary the content you receive in future visits to the site based on your preferences and activities.

We may combine your personally identifying information, and information about your preferences and activities, with those of all or a particular group of our users to prepare collective profiles of our users and their activities. For example, we may track the number of our users who view certain pages or use certain features or compile the total amount of successful tutor-student introductions conducted through our site in a particular geographic region. Such information, and other information we derive from individual users' information, allows us to continue to grow and provide you with quality fellow users through more accurate marketing and advertising of our site.

Disclosure of Information

We may provide third parties with collective profiles of our user groups and their activities and preferences. Such collective profiles do not contain any personal information which may identify you. Collective profiles may also be disclosed in describing our site and services to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

We may also disclose information to fulfill certain legal and regulatory requirements or if we believe, in good faith, that such disclosure is legally required or necessary to protect others' rights or to prevent harm.

2. Choice

We will not send unsolicited messages to users of our site who indicate that they do not wish to receive such messages. If you do not wish to receive unsolicited email messages from us, please indicate on your Tutor Scout profile that you do not wish to receive unsolicited email messages from us.

3. Access

At any time after you have logged on to our site, you may edit your Tutor Scout profile to request access to information we have collected, to change such information, or to delete your profile. If you decide to permanently delete your profile, we will contact you by email or fax to confirm deletion. Once confirmed, your profile and any data we hold about you will be permanently deleted from our database.

4. Security

Access to this website is granted by a combination of a username and password, which you select at registration. We will never store your password in plain text. By storing the password information together with a salt we ensure that your password can not realistically be reconstructed by the information we store.

Please remember that you play a valuable part in security as well. Your password to access our site should never be shared with anyone and should be changed frequently. Passwords should consist of letters, numbers and special characters and should not resemble words from a dictionary. And, after you have finished using our site, you should log off and exit your browser so no unauthorized persons can use our site with your name and account information. Remember that any information you voluntarily disclose on-line in any public profile, news or message postings, discussion groups or chat rooms may be collected and used by others without your permission. Furthermore, if you provide any information to parties who operate Web sites that are linked to or from our site, different rules may apply to their collection, use or disclosure of your personal information. We encourage you to review these sites' policies before revealing any sensitive or personal information.

Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by us, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

5. Changes to Privacy Policy

It may be necessary from time to time for us to modify this policy to reflect changes in the way we collect and use information or changes in privacy-related laws, regulations, and industry standards. Accordingly, we reserve the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users of the changes through an announcement on this site or via electronic mail. Data will be handled in accordance with the policy in effect at the time the data is used.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 12 August 2012.