Privacy Policy - Teacher Zone

Privacy Policy

TeacherZone.com Privacy Policy 

Last Updated: 01/10/2024

Basic Confidentiality Policy

TeacherZone.com is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and accordingly maintains the following privacy policy to protect personal information you provide online.

It is TeacherZone.com’s policy that personal information, such as your name, postal and e-mail address or telephone number, is private and confidential. Accordingly, the personal information you provide is stored in a secure location, is accessible only by designated staff, and is used only for the purposes for which you provide the information.

No Release of Information to Third Parties

Personal information will not be released to third parties. There are no circumstances under which we will provide or sell personal information to third parties.

Data Collection and Usage

 

All data that is collected by our online webforms and apps is at the discretion of the customer collecting user data and is the sole property of the individual educators or educational institutions and businesses that utilize our services.  

 

Types of Data Collected

 

Personal Information: Name, contact details, address, date of birth, and other identifying information managed and controlled at each individual customer level and is securely password protected.

 

Educational Information: Student progress, lesson schedules, and related academic data including multimedia files.  We utilize TLS 1.3 protocols for all file types uploaded into our system.

 

Financial Information: Billing details for users, tuition and other transactions. We do NOT store banking or credit card information. That data is stored securely at the merchant companies level and we simply store a secure token and only pass the security key for payments to the corresponding merchant provider.

 

Purpose of Data Collection

 

Facilitate lesson and class management, efficient communication between students, parents, teachers, sub admins and administrators. Manage lesson schedules, attendance, and academic progress.

 

Process financial transactions and billing.

 

Consent

 

By using our lesson and class management system, users consent to the collection and processing of their personal data for the outlined purposes.

 

Data Retention

 

Retention Procedures: Personal data is retained for the duration necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.  Teacherzone employs strict access controls to limit access to personal data only to those who need it for the specified purposes.

 

Retention Periods: Personal data will be retained as long as the user account is active and for a reasonable period afterward, or as required by applicable laws.

 

Data Disposal

 

Data Disposal Policy: Teacherzone has implemented processes to securely dispose of personal data that is no longer needed for its intended purpose. Disposal methods include secure deletion and if necessary shredding of physical records.

 

Data Security 

 

Data Breach Notification: In the event of a data breach, Teacherzone will notify affected individuals promptly and provide details about the nature of the breach, the data involved, and steps taken to mitigate the risk.

 

Notifications will be delivered through appropriate channels, including email or other means of communication.

 

Data Storage and Security

 

Amazon Web Services: Teacherzone stores data on AWS, a secure and reliable cloud infrastructure that is currently the most popular cloud based data storage in the world. Amazon Web Services adheres to industry-leading security practices and compliance standards to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of stored data.  All access to AWS internally and server to server is done through encrypted AWS firewalls. https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/

 

Cloudflare: The most used content delivery network (CDN) in the world. We use it as our IP proxy/CDN and it protects data and files as they connect online or through our Apps to our hosted cloud servers.  See more here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/

 

 

Contact Information

 

No Computer Tracking of Identifiable Information

Our server is not set up to track, collect or distribute personal information about its visitors. It does recognize the referring server of visitors, but not e-mail addresses or any personal information. For example, we can tell which Internet Service Provider our visitors use, or what site they clicked in from, but not the names, addresses or other information about our visitors that would allow us to identify the particular visitors to our site.

TeacherZone.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of sites we may provide a link to.

TeacherZone.com also uses third party remarketing tracking cookies, including the Google Adwords tracking cookie. This means we will continue to show ads to you across the internet, specifically on the Google Content Network. As always we respect your privacy and are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of Google’s or any other third party remarketing system.

The third-party vendors, including Google, whose services we use – will place cookies on web browsers in order to serve ads based on past visits to our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website. This allows us to make special offers and continue to market our services to those who have shown interest in our service.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

 

Teacherzone reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting on our website.

 

By using Teacherzone’s lesson and class management system, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.

 

Thank you for choosing Teacherzone.

 

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to the Support Team and emailed to [email protected].

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Privacy Policy (Facebook)

 

This Privacy Policy is prepared by TeacherZone, Inc. and whose registered address is 32124 Paseo Adelanto #5, San Juan Capistrano, California 92675(“We”) are committed to protecting and preserving the privacy of our visitors when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us.

This policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website and social media sites. We confirm that we will keep your information secure and comply fully with all applicable United States of America Data Protection legislation and regulations. Please read the following carefully to understand what happens to personal data that you choose to provide to us, or that we collect from you when you visit our sites. By submitting information you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Types of information we may collect from you

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website and social media sites:

Information you supply to us. You may supply us with information about you by filling in forms on our website or social media. This includes information you provide when you submit a contact/inquiry form. The information you give us may include but is not limited to, your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number.

How we may use the information we collect

We use the information in the following ways:

Information you supply to us. We will use this information:

  • to provide you with information and/or services that you request from us;

  • To contact you to provide the information requested.

Disclosure of your information

Any information you provide to us will either be emailed directly to us or may be stored on a secure server.

We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies.

We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal data is not disclosed to regional/national institutions and authorities unless required by law or other regulations.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

Your rights – access to your personal data

You have the right to ensure that your personal data is being processed lawfully (“Subject Access Right”). Your subject access right can be exercised in accordance with data protection laws and regulations. Any subject access request must be made in writing to TeacherZone, Inc. at 32124 Paseo Adelanto #5, San Juan Capistrano, California 92675 . We will provide your personal data to you within the statutory time frames. To enable us to trace any of your personal data that we may be holding, we may need to request further information from you. If you complain about how we have used your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Removal or Deleting Data

You can easily remove or delete your social media profile data in your profile using the delete icon.
 
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Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact

 

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Support Team and emailed to [email protected].