SmartzTutor.com Privacy Statement

SmartzTutor respects the privacy of our customers, business partners and employees. We recognize the need for appropriate protections and management of your personal information that you provide to us. SmartzTutor has therefore established this Privacy Statement to assist you to understand what information we collect and how that information is used. By visiting SmartzTutor, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Information We Collect
What personal information does SmartzTutor collects SmartzTutor collects personal information when you register with SmartzTutor, when you use SmartzTutor services, and when you visit SmartzTutor pages. Personal Information is information that can be used to identify or contact a specific individual, such as a name, address, telephone number or email address. SmartzTutor does not collect personal information when you visit SmartzTutor's web sites unless you choose to provide such personal information.

Tutor
A tutor is a person who registers and maintains an account with SmartzTutor. When you register as a tutor we ask for information such as your name, identification number, email address, passwords, telephone number, gender, occupation, qualification, and subjects you are interested to teach. Once you register with SmartzTutor and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. Tutors can go on-line to access their personal profile, and make changes to the subjects they are interested to teach and their personal information.

Customer
A customer is a person who registers and make a request for a tutor with SmartzTutor. When a customer register and request for a tutor, we ask for information such as your name, telephone number, address, and the subjects and frequency of tuition lessons. If a tutor takes up the request of the customer, the customer's name and address are made known to that tutor.

Except as provided above, SmartzTutor will not share personal information with any other third parties without your permission, unless required by, or in connection with, law enforcement action, subpoena or other litigation, or applicable law. SmartzTutor will not sell, trade or lease your personal information to others.

Choice and Consent
SmartzTutor does not require that you provide SmartzTutor with personal information. The decision to provide personal information is voluntary. If you do not wish to provide the personal information requested, however, you may not be able to proceed with the activity or receive the benefit for which the personal information is being requested. Except as expressly stated otherwise in this Privacy Statement, you may opt out of having SmartzTutor share personal information with third parties as described in this Privacy Statement by notifying SmartzTutor in writing of your desire to do so.

Access To and Accuracy of Your Information
SmartzTutor strives to keep your personal information accurate. We have implemented technology, management processes and policies to maintain data accuracy. We will provide you with access to your information, including making reasonable effort to provide you with online access and the opportunity to change your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID, before granting access to your data.

SmartzTutor will not process personal information in a way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it has been collected or subsequently authorized by the individual, as required by applicable law Other Information/Logging and Cookies.

SmartzTutor collects and/or logs Internet Protocol addresses, Internet domain names, the web browser and operating system used to access the SmartzTutor web site, the files visited, the time spent in each file, and the time and date of each visit.

SmartzTutor also uses cookies on its web sites. Cookies are identifiers that can be sent from a web site via your browser to be placed on your computers hard drive. Thereafter when you visit a web site, a message is sent back to the web server by the browser accessing the web site. You may elect not to accept cookies by changing the designated settings on your web browser. However, not utilizing cookies may prevent you from using certain functions and features of web sites. The information collected from the use of cookies is used and analyzed to improve SmartzTutor's web sites.

You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you and personalize your web-browsing experience.

Security of Personal Information
SmartzTutor is committed to taking reasonable efforts to secure the personal data you choose to provide us. To protect the privacy of any personal information you may have provided, SmartzTutor employs industry-standard controls including physical access controls, Internet firewalls, intrusion detection, and network monitoring. In addition, access to sensitive data as defined in this Statement is limited to those individuals and agents having a need to know.

Links to Non-SmartzTutor Web Sites and Third Parties
SmartzTutor may provide links to third-party web sites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the SmartzTutor web site. SmartzTutor does not control those sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from SmartzTutor's. We do not endorse or make any representations about third party web sites. You agree that SmartzTutor shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. The personal data you choose to give to unrelated third parties is not covered by the SmartzTutor Privacy Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information. Some third party companies may choose to share their personal data with SmartzTutor; that sharing is governed by that third party company's privacy policy.

Verification
SmartzTutor will engage in periodic self-assessment to verify that it continues to be in compliance with this Privacy Statement.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your SmartzTutor account and by placing a prominent notice on our site.

Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at info@smartztutor.com or use our contact us form.

Legal Information
Copyright 2006-2007 by SmartzTutor Education Services. All rights reserved. All documents and information on any SmartzTutor website are protected by copyright. Except as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the documents or information on this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the express written consent of SmartzTutor.

LICENSE DISCLAIMER
Nothing on any SmartzTutor website shall be construed as conferring any license under any of SmartzTutor or any third party's intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise.