Privacy Policy

Introduction

Nucleus Tutoring ("Nucleus" “us” “we” or “our”) takes the privacy of our users (“you” or “yours”) information very seriously. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies solely to information collected by Nucleus and explains:

the information we collect about you;
how that information may be used;
with whom the information may be shared;
how you may update the information you provide us;
how you may contact us; and
your choices about the information.

By using our websites including, but not limited to, www.nucleustutoring.com ("Website"), using any of our mobile applications, calling customer service, engaging with us on social media, interacting with us in any way, or utilizing any of our services (together with the Website, the “Services”), you consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy in respect of the information collected about you via the Services.

What Information Do We Collect?

This Privacy Policy primarily concerns Personal Information, which deals with individuals, rather than organizations or businesses. “Personal Information” uniquely identifies an individual or can identify an individual by combining it with other data. It includes email addresses, phone numbers and other information associated with the individual. As described below, we may collect Personal Information about you or the child for whom you are seeking our Services. The legal name and definition of personal information differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Nucleus will not use or share Personal Information other than as described in this Privacy Policy.

We collect Personal Information from you through your engagement with our Services in a variety of ways, including but not limited to in connection with your visits to our locations, purchases, requests for services, the creation of a personal user account, any material you may post to our Websites or social media pages, and your submission of information to us, including, on any of our Websites. From time to time, we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or other voluntary activities, including through the Websites or other Services. We may request Personal Information from you, along with other information, in order for you to participate in these activities. Participation in these activities is completely voluntary; you may elect not to disclose your Personal Information by not participating in the activity.

Personal Information collected by us may include your:

Name;
Email address;
Phone number;
Mailing or Home address;
User-created username and password;
You or your child’s image uploaded as a profile picture;
Information regarding the child who you are enrolling in our Services, including their name, date of birth, school and grade level, and documents related to their academic needs;

Employer;
Credit card details (but Nucleus only stores truncated credit card data); and
Interests related to your child’s Services.

For tutors, we collect:

Name;
E-mail address;
Phone number;
Mailing or Home address;
Social Security number;
User-created username and password;
Your image uploaded as a profile picture;
Resume data, including degrees and institutions, experience, and certificates;
Educational Degrees and Year with Issuing Institution; and
Link to your LinkedIn profile.

We also collect and store general usage metrics of the Services, email communication history with Nucleus, anything you submit to or post on the Website, and other information associated with you or your organization, as well as other information that may or may not specifically identify you. The information collected through the Services may be stored at servers, computers, or other media located in the United States.

We may obtain information about you from third-party sources, such as Google, Apple or your employer or insurance provider, when applicable. This information may be utilized, analyzed, and/or compared with information that Nucleus has collected from you or that you have submitted to the Services. If Nucleus obtains information from third-party sources, you agree that your sole legal remedy for any harm associated with that information is against the third-party that provided the information to us, and that you will not assert any cause of action, claim or demand against us other than requesting we delete any erroneous information.

For the avoidance of doubt, Nucleus shall be entitled to collect anonymous and/or aggregated data across its various products and services provided that no individual natural person can be identified from such data (“Aggregate Data”). The Aggregate Data will be used for various purposes, including without limitation to analyze behaviour, trends, and website interaction, and to improve, and enhance our services and for other development, creation of new features, diagnostic and corrective purposes in connection with our services. Nucleus shall own all right, title and interest in and to the Aggregate Data and this is not considered personal data.

Information Collection Technology

For each visitor to our Websites, we may use various technologies, including “cookies” to automatically gather certain information pursuant to your use of the Website, from your electronic device about your activities using the Website. We may collect and store non-personally identifying information through cookies and third parties to profile user activity and preferences. Technical and specification information about your device and settings may be collected when you use the Website. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, the content of previously accepted “cookies” from us, and clickstream data. We collect and store this information on an individual basis and in combined form. We also collect both user-specific and aggregate information on what pages visitors access or visit.

A cookie is data stored on your device that tracks non-personal information about you. When using the Websites, we may assign your device one or more cookies that enable us to improve the quality of the Websites and to personalize your experience. Cookies allow us to automatically collect information about your activity on the Websites, such as the content you access while using the Websites, the links you click, and other activity you conduct while using the Website. You may choose to modify your device setting to disable cookies or limit their use. If you choose to disable or limit cookies, or otherwise limit your device permissions to the Website, you may experience diminished performance from the Websites and/or may be prevented from using some or all features of the Websites. Our cookies generally fall into one of four categories: Essential, Functional, Analytics and Target.

Our Services may contain web beacons (also known as “clear gifs”) or similar technologies that gather non-personally identifiable information about your use of our Services. Such technology may also be contained in e-mail messages or newsletters from us that allow us to determine whether messages have been accessed. The purpose of our use of this technology is so that we may analyze the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and the quality of our Services.

Cookie Declaration

This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.nucleustutoring.com

How Do We Use This Information?

We may use and share your information for any legally permissible purpose. We may match, use, and share any of the information we collect from you to any personally identifiable information we obtain through third parties. The ways we may use or share information that we collect about you include:

providing you with use of the Websites and Services;
providing you with products or services, whether from Nucleus, or any related organizations, entities, or affiliates;
providing you with customized content and services;
providing technical or customer support;
performing research and analysis to gauge the use of the Websites and Services;
communicating with you by e-mail, postal mail, telephone, text message, and/or mobile devices about products or services that may be of interest to you from Nucleus, any affiliates, sponsors, or other third-parties;
enforcing, this Privacy Policy, other Nucleus posted policies, enforce Nucleus agreements, or otherwise manage its business;
to administer the working relationship with you/your employer;
where we have another legitimate interest in doing so;
in connection with any possible sale merger or restructuring of all or any part of our business or assets; and
performing functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

In order to perform certain services on your behalf, we may publish certain information that you provide. You agree that any testimonial feedback, stories, posts, interactions, or other comments provided by you to Nucleus through any form of communication including but not limited to through the Website, becomes the sole and exclusive property of Nucleus and that such information may be used for any legally permissible purpose, including, but not limited to marketing and advertising our Services.

You acknowledge and agree that, unless otherwise prohibited by law, Nucleus may use and disclose your personal and non-personal information to public or private third-parties: (i) for inspection by law enforcement officials (including in the case of potential criminal activity); (ii) to respond to cease and desist letters, arbitration proceedings, legal actions and suits, criminal and civil subpoenas, any court orders; (iii) to enforce or apply the terms of this Privacy Policy or any other agreement between us; and (iv) to protect our, our users, and others’ rights, property, or safety whether during or after the term of your use of our Services.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we do not rent or sell any personal information we collect to any third parties.

Unless otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we shall not disclose Personal Information you submit to us except (i) with affiliates, licensees, subsidiaries, and successors, (ii) when we have your permission, or (iii) as necessary to:

To our affiliates as permitted by law;
To third parties who provide information technology services such as website hosting, computer systems maintenance, or data security and privacy services;
To our partners, vendors, or others who help us operate the Services or assess your interest or satisfaction with the Services, our organization, or our products, provided they have contractually agreed to adhere to this Privacy Policy; or
To comply with our legal obligations, enforce this Privacy Policy, any other Nucleus agreements, or otherwise to protect the rights, property or safety of our users and business partners.

In addition, we may share aggregate and sell, non-individual information, incapable of identifying a particular person, with third parties for any lawful purposes.

COPPA Disclaimer Regarding Children Under 13

In accordance with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), our Websites do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Instead, all services to persons under the age of 13 must be initiated by a parent or legal guardian. Our Websites are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. Nucleus reserves the right to require parental consent or to otherwise suspend the accounts and other access to the Services for individuals who Nucleus determines are aged 13 years old or younger. If you are the parent or legal guardian of someone under the age of 13 who may have provided Nucleus with information without your knowledge or consent, please contact us as provided below to have this information removed.

For California Residents

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device (“personal information“). Personal information does not include:

Publicly available information from government records.
Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.

We do not sell or share Personal Information with any third parties.

Your Rights and Choices (For California Residents Only)

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

Right to Know and Data Portability

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months (the “right to know”). Once we receive your request and confirm your identity (see Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete), we will disclose to you:

The categories of personal information we collected about you.
The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
If we sold or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:

sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and
disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.

The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).

We do not provide a right to know or data portability disclosure for B2B personal information.

Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions (the “right to delete”). Once we receive your request and confirm your identity (see Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete), we will review your request to see if an exception allowing us to retain the information applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, or otherwise perform our contract with you.

Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.

Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.

Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.

Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).

Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.

Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.

Comply with a legal obligation.

Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

We will delete or deidentify personal information not subject to one of these exceptions from our records and will direct our service providers to take similar action.

We do not provide these deletion rights for B2B personal information.

Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete

To exercise your rights to know or delete described above, please submit a request by either:

Call us at 616-755-6298; or
Email us at info@nucleustutoring.com with “PRIVACY – CCPA” in the subject line.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request to know or delete related to your personal information.

You may also make a request to know or delete on behalf of your child by the above-described method but noting in the subject line “ PRIVACY – CHILD DELETION REQUEST.”

You may only submit a request to know twice within a 12-month period. Your request to know or delete must:

Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative, which may include:

Submitting a request through your online profile after proper authentication of your username and password.
For Child Deletion Requests: By submitting a written request with a personal statement regarding the identity of the child and your relationship. We will verify identity and relationship through shared address, demonstrated access and control of contact information provided by the child (such as verified email or phone number), or if the child was also listed in your online profile.

Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

You do not need to create an account with us to submit a request to know or delete. However, we do consider requests made through your password protected account sufficiently verified when the request relates to personal information associated with that specific account.

We will only use personal information provided in the request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make it.

For instructions on exercising your sale opt-out or opt-in rights, see Personal Information Sales Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights.

Response Timing and Format

We will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please contact us as described above.

We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to another 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

We will not discriminate against your for exercising your CCPA rights.

Additional State Privacy Rights

Additional state consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.
Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise any of these rights please email your request to info@nucleustutoring.com with “Privacy” and your state of residence in the subject line. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request please email info@nucleustutoring.com and indicate “Appeal” and your state of residence in the subject line.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: info@nucleustutoring.com. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.

Implied Consent Under CASL

Persons in Canada who contact us and/or provide their telephone number or email address are providing implied consent under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) for us to send them electronic marketing communications under CASL. See here for contact information for us as required under CASL. If you do not wish to give this consent under CASL, please do not provide your telephone number or email address. You may cancel this implied consent at any time by opting out as described in this Privacy Policy.

International Users

The Websites are hosted in the United States and are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland of the United States. We recognize that it is possible for you to obtain access to the Website from any jurisdiction in the world, but we have no practical ability to prevent such access. The Website has been designed to comply with the laws of the United States – if any material on the Website, or your use of the Website, is contrary to the laws of the place where you are when you access the Website, then the Website is not intended for you, and we ask you not to use the Website. You are responsible for informing yourself of the laws of your jurisdiction and complying with them. If you are using the Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our databases are operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in our Privacy Policy.

Opt Out Procedures

You may contact Nucleus to review, update and correct your Personal Information.

If you do not wish to receive promotional emails or other marketing communications from us, please let us know by using the opt-out response device that can be found at the bottom of every email we deliver or by contacting us as provided below. At places on our Website where you give us your personal information, you may opt out of receiving those communications. Although you can opt not to receive promotional messages, we reserve the right to send you informational email messages about any user account you establish on our Website, or notices regarding the Website, as permitted.

To help us process your request, please include sufficient information for us to identify you in our records. We may need to verify your identity before providing you with Personal Information or updating it in our system.

Information Security

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, and to protect against loss, misuse, or alteration of your information. When you provide personally identifying information, we encrypt transmissions involving such information using secure protocols.

Please note, that while we use commercially reasonable methods to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Therefore, although we take reasonable steps to secure your information, we cannot and do not promise or warrant that your information will always remain secure.

External Links and Third-Party Privacy Practices

Nucleus cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website. You should therefore note you click on external links at your own risk and Nucleus cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links. This Privacy Policy does not cover any third party’s use or handling of your information once it is shared. Instead, the privacy policy of the third party will govern. We encourage you to visit the websites of those third parties and fully read and understand their privacy policies. Some of these entities will have different privacy terms than we do, and their servers may be located outside the United States.

The Services may link to other websites, including but not limited to health care provider pages, or through advertisements. We disclaim any and all responsibility for the privacy practices of third parties that may have links to or from our Services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and privacy statements of every website that you visit that collects personally identifiable information.

Contact Nucleus at info@nucleustutoring.com

On any email you send, please include “Privacy” in the subject line.

Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We reserve the right to modify the Policy at any time without notice, so please review the Privacy Policy frequently. When changes are made to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our Websites or Services after we have posted any policy changes indicates your agreement to the changes unless you notify us otherwise.