Teaching Garage

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Teaching Garage ("Company") collects, stores, and processes information collected from Users (“User”). This Privacy Policy applies to Teaching Garage and all products and services ("Curricula") offered by the Company. By using any of Teaching Garage's products and services, you are agreeing to the terms of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. In particular, by visiting this website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this privacy policy, including any updates or revisions to this privacy policy. This policy does not apply to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content that may be accessible from this website.

This Privacy Policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes to operational or legal practices, or for regulatory reasons. By continuing to use Curricula, you agree to the revised terms.

1. Minors

We do not knowingly provide services or sell products to children. If you are below the age of 18, you may use our website only with the permission and active involvement of a parent or legal guardian. If you are a minor, please do not provide us or other website visitors with any personal information and do not use this website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at [email protected].

2. Personal Information From Users

Information From Users

Here is a summary of the information that we collect from our customers and what we do with it:

• We collect information including, but not limited to, name, email address, school, city, district, state, and IP address. 
• We use information collected from Users for Teaching Garage's marketing purposes, including, but not limited to, email campaigns, mail campaigns, digital newsletters, surveys. We will not sell User information to third parties. Users have the option to opt out of email campaigns.
• We collect data about the pages you visit on the Company's websites in order to improve our Curricula.
• When you voluntarily share Personal Information with us upon using Curricula, we store that Personal Information.
• When transactions between you and our website involve payment by credit card, debit card, checks, money orders, and/or third party online payment services, we will collect information related to the transaction as part of the course of doing business with you, such as billing address, telephone number, and other information related to the transaction.

This information is collected when you sign up for our Curricula, when you access our Curricula, or otherwise provide us with the information. In some circumstances, when you have given us express permission, we will also use and store your personal information.

How do you get my consent?

When you provide us with personal information to become a User on our site, you imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent User personal identification information to others. 

Disclosure

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

3. Thinkific

Our Curriculum is hosted by Thinkific Labs Inc. (“Thinkific”). They provide us with the online course creation platform that allow us to sell our product/services to you.

Your data is stored through Thinkific’s data storage, databases and the general Thinkific application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

4. Payment

If you make a purchase on our site, we use a third party payment processor such as Stripe or Paypal. Payments are encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. 

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our site and related courses and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Thinkific’s Terms of Service here https://www.thinkific.com/resources/privacy-policy/ or Privacy Statement here https://www.thinkific.com/resources/terms-of-service/.

5. Third-Party Services

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. 

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.

Once you leave our course website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

6. Links

When you click on links on any of our Company or Curriculum web pages, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

7. Security

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we implement generally accepted industry standards.

8. Cookies

We collect cookies or similar tracking technologies. This means information that our website’s server transfers to your computer. This information can be used to track your session on our website. Cookies may also be used to customize our website content for you as an individual. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer.

• We use cookies to recognize your device and provide you with a personalized experience.
• We may also use automated tracking methods on our websites, in communications with you, and in our products and services, to measure performance and engagement.
• Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

9. Web-Analysis Tools

We may use web analysis tools that are built into the Teaching Garage website to measure and collect anonymous session information.

10. Age Consent

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence.

11. Disclaimer

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website, including the illegal acts of third parties (such as criminal hacking).

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If our Company or Curricula are acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

13. Questions or Contact Information

If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, or simply want more information, email [email protected] or by mail at:

Teaching Garage, Inc
644 Holly Springs Road
Suite 346
Holly Springs, NC 27540