Privacy Policy

Who we are

ScinceIsModeling.net is a tutoring website wholly owned and operated by Lee Trampleasure. Our website address is: https://scienceismodeling.net.

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What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Student/family data

In order to consistently and accurately track student/tutor interactions, personal information such as name, address, phone, and email is collected.

You may create a username that protects your identity; this will be visible by other visitors to our website forums (Q&A).

Credit card numbers are not held by ScienceIsModeling. All financial transactions are handled by online credit card processing companies that comply with federal regulations for privacy and security.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

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If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

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We do not share data with any other organizations. Our data is stored on servers are operated by Cooini LLC, a host with over 12 years of service, including doctors, schools, and many small-to- medium size businesses.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact information

  • Voicemail: 510-895-8533
  • Email
    • Please use our online form for initial contact.
    • Replies will come from lee AT scienceismodeling DOT net (you may want to add this address to your addressbook, or whitelist it, so it doesn’t get filtered out as spam).

Additional information

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

In order to comply with federal COPPA regulations, students under age 13 must log in through parent/guardian’s email and contact information.