Privacy Policy — School of Choice
Effective Date: 19th September 2025
School of Choice (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you use our tutoring services, book consultations, or visit our website.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number.
- Student Information: Age, academic level, subject areas, and tutoring preferences.
- Payment Information: Billing address, payment card or account details (processed securely via trusted third-party providers; we do not store full card details).
- Booking Information: Consultation and tutoring appointment details made via Calendly or other scheduling tools.
- Technical Information: IP address, browser type, and basic website analytics (if enabled).
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Provide tutoring and consultation services.
- Communicate with you about bookings, payments, and service updates.
- Process payments securely.
- Personalise learning plans for students.
- Improve our website, services, and customer experience.
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
3. Legal Basis for Processing
Depending on your location, we rely on different lawful grounds to process your information:
- Consent (when you sign up, submit a form, or opt in).
- Contractual necessity (to deliver tutoring services you request).
- Legitimate interests (to run and improve our business, provided your rights are not overridden).
- Legal obligations (for record-keeping, regulatory, and tax purposes).
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your information. We may share it with:
- Service providers (Calendly for scheduling, payment processors, hosting providers, email platforms).
- Tutors and staff within School of Choice who need access to deliver services.
- Regulatory or legal authorities when required by law.
5. International Data Transfers
As we serve clients in Bermuda, Dubai, and the UK, your information may be transferred and processed across different countries. We take reasonable steps to ensure that data protection standards are maintained, including using providers who comply with GDPR, PIPA, or equivalent safeguards.
6. Data Retention
We keep your personal information only as long as necessary to:
- Provide tutoring and consultations.
- Comply with legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
When no longer needed, your information will be securely deleted.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Request corrections or updates.
- Request deletion (subject to legal requirements).
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent).
To exercise your rights, please contact us (see Section 10).
8. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information, including encryption for payments and secure data storage. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
9. Children’s Privacy
We collect student information only with parental/guardian consent. We do not knowingly allow children to submit information directly without parental involvement.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, you can contact us at:
School of Choice
Email: schoolofchoicebermuda@gmail.com
11. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on our website with a new “Effective Date.”