MATHICA PRIVACY POLICY

Mathica is committed to protecting your personal data. We tried to write this Privacy Policy in the most clear and plain language possible. Likewise, we tried to provide you with our privacy commitments in a transparent and easily accessible way. That said, we hope you will get all the needed details to be assured your personal data is safe with us.

Before you give us your consent on the processing of your personal data or provide us with your personal data within any form on our website, we kindly ask you to read this Privacy Policy carefully, so we can be sure that you completely understand the conditions under which we would cooperate.

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Services of Mathica, as defined in our Terms of Service. This Privacy Policy explains when, where, and why we process the personal data of people who use the Mathica Platform, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, your rights in respect of your personal data, as well as how we keep it secure.

GENERAL

Access to the Mathica (including Website, related software and LMS) is available with or without the necessity to register an account. You may access our Website without registration. To be able to use the mathica Platform (LMS) you need to register an account first. Therefore, limited use of the Services is always possible without the provision of your personal details (for example, browse the Website, check how Mathica works, look through the list of courses, read the Mathica Blog, review the variety of services, etc.). However, whenever you access the Website, we collect log information and put cookies on your device, by which we track your activity on the Website. You can always opt out of cookies except those without which the Website cannot work.

When you are a registered user, Mathica may collect from you and process cookie identifiers and the data you specifically provide us with upon registration, including first name, last name, email, phone number, time zone, interface language, IP address, and device type.  

You can find out more about the specific cases of data collection and the purposes of the processing of such data in a separate section of this Privacy Policy. 

You can find out more about the specific cases of data collection and the purposes of the processing of such data in a separate section of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check this page to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. We will post those changes on this page and update the Privacy Policy modification date at the top of this page. Additional notifications on any amendments will be sent to your email. 

We may also occasionally experiment with different features of the Mathica LMS  Platform which can affect the scope, purposes, or other details of the processing of personal data. In such cases we will provide prior notification and, if necessary, obtain your consent.

1. What Is Personal Data and the Processing of Personal Data? Main Definitions

Personal data is any information relating to you that alone or in combination with other pieces of information allows a person that collects and processes such information to identify you as an individual. 

Processing of the personal data means any operation with your personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing; means you as a user of Mathica 

Consent of the data subject/user  is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject/user’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Mathica’s Lawful Bases for Processing

Mathica processes your personal data only when we have lawful bases. Specifically, Mathica processes your personal data if: 

• processing is based on the consent you have given. As such our newsletters, collection, analysis, and publication of user feedback and reviews, analysis of video lessons, your participation in our events and webinars, and placement of different types of cookies, and posting of the sweepstakes winners is based on your consent; 

• where necessary, compliance with applicable legislation (e.g., data subject request processing); 

• in exceptional cases, to protect your vital interests or vital interests of another natural person; or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us. 

In all cases, we will notify you about the applied legal basis for processing and other relevant details before we start the processing of your personal data on a specific legal basis unless we are not able to do so in accordance with our obligations under any applicable legislation. 

3. Data We Collect: Scope  

Mathica collects from you only the following information and only for the stated below purposes: 

(1) Account for Students 

Mathica collects and processes personal data submitted by you upon registration and further editing of settings in your Account. For registration purposes, you submit your login credentials (username and password), first name, last name, and email. You may also edit your Account anytime with additional information as well as sync your Google and Mathica Calendars. Such additional information may help you find a suitable time slot with a tutor or have more visibility of your schedule. At the same time, you are not required to provide additional information not specifically necessary for the registration; it is your choice. 

(2) Posting of Information

We process personal data freely submitted to you on Mathica. This may be a survey and online form you fill in on Mathica, a question or comment left in the Q&A section of our Website, or feedback you provide us with. 

(3) Service Use, Cookies and Other Similar Technologies

When you use our Services, we monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of your behavior. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for further details as to our use of cookies and similar technologies.

(4) Billing Information

We process the details of transactions you carry out through the Mathica Platform (such as ID, date and time of transaction). 

(5) Sensitive Data

Unless you expressly agree, Mathica does not process your sensitive data

4. Data We Collect: Purposes

We may process the personal data you provided us voluntarily for the purposes defined below. From our perspective, we process your personal data to personalize the use of Mathica to the fullest extent possible and to provide you with high-quality Services under the Terms of Service. 

(1) Provision of Services

Primarily, we process your personal data to authorize access to our Services and to fulfill our obligations under the Terms of Service for Services provision.

(2) Payment Services 

We use third-party payment providers to bill you through an online account payment in lieu of directly processing your credit/debit card information. 

(3) Communications

We may contact you via email and other ways, including through publicly available notices, for Services-related purposes (welcome letter, security and legal notices, announcements, Mathica updates, reminders, suggestions, etc.). We may also use your data to enable you to communicate with other users through Mathica, including exchanging messages, conducting video calls, and/or leaving feedback about other users. 

(5) User Research

Your contact data (including email, phone number, etc.) may also be used for gathering feedback. We may contact you to participate in research to improve the user experience of our product. 

6. How Long Will the Personal Data Be Processed and Stored by Mathica?

Your personal data will be stored by Mathica for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed. 

Generally, Mathica retains your personal data as long as your account is active. If your last activity on Mathica was more than 2 years ago, your account will be considered expired. In this case or when you decide to delete your Mathica account, we undertake to remove your personal data from our active systems and servers within 90 days or earlier.

However, in case of conflict situations in progress, Mathica may retain your personal data for longer in order to be able to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. Upon the settlement of the conflict situation, all personal data gets deleted if the standard retention period has expired.

After the expiration of the retention period, Mathica shall terminate the processing of your personal data unless otherwise set by the relevant legislation.

7. Legal Matters 

Mathica considers your use of the Services to be private. However, we may disclose your personal data stored in our databases in order to: 

(1) comply with the law or legal process served on us; 

(2) enforce and investigate potential violations of this Privacy Policy; including the use of the Services to participate in or facilitate activities that violate the law; 

(3) investigate potential fraudulent activities; or 

(4) protect the rights, property, or safety of Mathica, its employees, customers or the public. 

We hope this Privacy Policy helps you understand how your personal data will be dealt with here at Mathica. We will take care of your personal data, so you can use our Services and not be concerned about your privacy. Should you have any questions, e-mail us at mathica.work@gmail.com

Your Mathica Team