GT School, Inc. (collectively, the “Company”, “we”, or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy Statement (“Privacy Policy”) describes the ways we collect information from and about User/ Signatory/ Applicant/ Student and any other person (hereinafter referred to as “you”/ “your”), what we do with the information, and your privacy rights. This Privacy Policy is in furtherance to the Terms of Service (“Terms”) available at https://gt.school/terms-of-service/ and all of the capitalized definitions as under the Terms shall be applicable under this Privacy Policy. By accessing our website, or using our products or services, or when you agree to our online terms, you agree to this Privacy Policy in addition to any other agreements we might have with you. Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law, in the event that such agreements contain terms that conflict with this Privacy Policy, the terms of those agreements will prevail.
This Privacy Policy references data collection, usage and sharing about you, whether you are a User, Signatory, parent, child, Student, Applicant, or another natural person. This Privacy Policy specifically describes such activities about an Applicant, Student, or child in Section 13 and has additional information about parents in Section 14, including rights of parents with respect to children under the age of 13.
Scope. This Privacy Policy includes the Company’s Privacy Policy Statement. It applies to personal data processed by us in conjunction with this website, mobile applications, and other services (collectively, the “Services”).
Personal Data. The information we collect may include your personal data, such as your name, contact information, IP addresses, product and service selections and other data that may identify you. We collect personal data about you at several different points, including but not limited to the following:
Automatic Data Collection. We may collect certain information automatically when you use the Services. This information may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, user settings, MAC address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, details about your browser, operating system or device, location information, Internet service provider, pages that you visit before, during and after using the Services, information about the links you click, and other information about how you use the Services. Information we collect may be associated with accounts and other devices. Our Services, such as those related to location data management, may collect precise geolocation information in accordance with applicable law.
Cookies, Pixel Tags/ Web Beacons, Analytics Information, and other technologies. We, as well as third parties that provide content, or other functionality on the Services, may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through the Services. Technologies are essentially small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other devices that allow us and our partners to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our Services.
Web Analytics Services. We may use analytics services, including without limitation Google Analytics, a service for the marketing analysis of the site provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to allow us to see how you use our site, so we can improve your experience. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms us.html and the Google Privacy Policy available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to the site by disabling cookies in your browser. If you prefer to not have data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For information about other analytics services used, please contact us using the contact information below.
Information from Other Sources. We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third party services and organizations to supplement information provided by you. For example, the Services will collect information about the Student from third-party learning applications and compile that information as part of the Services. Additionally, if you access our Services through a third-party application, such as an app store, a third-party login service, or a social networking site, we may collect information about you from that third-party application that you have made public via your privacy settings. Information we collect through these services may include your name, your user identification number, your user name, location, gender, birth date, email, profile picture, and your contacts stored in that service. This supplemental information allows us to verify information that you have provided to us and to enhance our ability to provide you with information about our business, products, and Services.
Children’s Privacy and Parental Rights. As further described in Section 13 (Children’s Privacy) and Section 14 (Parental Rights)
Our Company may use information that we collect about you to:
Fulfil our contract with you and provide you with our Services, such as:
Analyze and improve our Services pursuant to our legitimate interest, such as:
Provide you with additional content and Services, such as:
As further described in Section 13 (Children’s Privacy) and Section 14 (Parental Rights).
Use De-identified and Aggregated Information. We may use personal data and other data about you to create de-identified and aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information, de-identified location information, information about the computer or device from which you access our Services, or other analyses we create.
Share Content with Other Users. Our Services may offer various tools and functionalities to share with other users.
We may share your personal data with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy.
Please note that these third parties may be in other countries where the laws on processing personal data may be less stringent than in your country.
Potential for Other Users to Contact You. To the extent that a given application supports personal messaging functionality between and among Users, you may receive personal messages from other Users. You may be able to disable this functionality by using the unsubscribe and other disabling instructions in the given application.
Our Company uses industry-standard technologies when transferring and receiving data exchanged between our Company and other companies to help ensure its security. This site has security measures in place to help protect information under our control from the risk of accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration or unauthorized disclosure or access. However, “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet. Also, if this website contains links to other sites, our Company is not responsible for the security practices or the content of such sites.
This Privacy Policy does not cover certain uses of information that such third parties may have collected from you or the methods used by the third parties to collect that information. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we do not endorse, screen or approve and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. Visiting these other websites or applications is at your own risk.
Our Services may include publicly accessible (in connection with the website only) or private blogs, forums, social media pages, and private messaging features. To the extent permitted by applicable law, by using such Services, you assume the risk that the personal data provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties for any number of purposes. In addition, social media buttons such as Twitter and LinkedIn (that might include widgets such as the “share this” button or other interactive mini-programs) may be on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features apart from your visit to our site are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Whenever applicable, our Company identifies the purposes for which the information is being collected before or at the time of collection. The collection of your personal data will be limited to that which is needed for the purposes identified by our Company. Unless you consent, or we are required by law, we will only use the personal data for the purposes for which it was collected. If our Company will be processing your personal data for another purpose later on, our Company will seek your further legal permission or consent; except where the other purpose is compatible with the original purpose. We will keep your personal data only as long as required to serve those purposes. We will also retain and use your personal data for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Information about you may be stored and processed in the European Economic Area, the United States or any other country in which our agents or contractors maintain facilities, and by accessing our websites and using our mobile apps, software and services, you consent to the transfer or access of your information outside of your country. Such countries may have laws which are different, and potentially not as protective as the laws of your own country. By providing your personal data, you consent to any transfer, access, and processing in accordance with this Policy.
We do our best to ensure that the personal data we hold, and use is accurate. We rely on you to disclose to us all relevant information and to inform us of any changes.
Reasonable access to your personal data may be provided upon request made to our Company at the contact information provided below. If access cannot be provided within that time frame, our Company will provide the requesting party a date when the information will be provided. If for some reason access is denied, we will provide an explanation as to why access has been denied. We may charge a reasonable fee in advance for copying and sending the information requested.
If you would like us to delete any personal data held about you, we will do so on request unless we need to hold the information as part of the provision of products and services to you.
We offer those who provide personal data a means to choose how we use the information provided. Where you have consented to the processing of your personal data, you may withdraw that consent at any time and prevent further processing by contacting us as described below. Even if you opt out, we may still collect and use non- personal data regarding your activities on our Services and for other legal purposes as described above.
We process requests to be placed on do-not-mail, do-not-phone and do-not-contact lists as required by applicable law.
Depending on where you reside, you may have the right to exercise additional rights available to you under applicable laws, including:
The Services and other activities involve the collection and maintenance of personal data about children under 13, as well as other personal data of Students, through the site and services. It is operated by: GT School, Inc., 401 Congress Ave., Suite 2650, Austin, TX 78701. Please contact us at privacy@gt.school with any questions about the collection, use and sharing of children’s personal data, as well as a list of sub-processors.
In addition to the information in Section 13, in connection with children under the age of 13, parents (including legal guardians) have specific rights under the Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). These rights with respect to children under the age of 13 include:
When you agree to the Terms, you expressly agree to the collection of personal data and other information as described herein and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Parents may have additional rights under federal, state and local laws concerning this data. Please contact us using the contact information below to exercise such rights.
To the extent not covered elsewhere, our Company also collects personal data or other information about parents, including without limitation, name, contact information, account verification details, financial payment details, consent requirements, and other information reasonably necessary in connection with the services.