Privacy Policy for Online Tutoring | Scientia Tutorials
Effective Date: 7 September 2026
Scientia Tutorials respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information shared with us by students, parents/guardians, tutors, and other visitors to our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how Scientia Tutorials may collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you visit our website, submit an enquiry, register as a tutor, or use our online tutoring and academic support services.
Our online tutoring services are designed for school students, college students, and competitive examination aspirants across India, with personalized tutor allotment, flexible classes, academic support, and one-to-one online tutoring.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with Scientia Tutorials, we may collect the following information:
Student or Parent/Guardian Information
- Name
- Mobile number
- WhatsApp number
- Email address
- City, town, locality, or general location
- Class or academic level
- Subjects requiring tutoring
- Preferred tutoring schedule
- Academic requirements and learning preferences
Tutor Information
Tutors registering through our website may be asked to provide:
- Name
- Gender
- Mobile number
- WhatsApp number
- Email address
- Present address
- Area or locality
- City/town
- District
- State
- PIN code
- Educational qualifications
- Major, honours, or special subject
- Classes they prefer to teach
- Subjects they prefer to teach
- Preferred teaching locations
These fields correspond to the information requested through the online tutor registration form on our website.
2. How We Use Your Information
Scientia Tutorials may use collected information to:
- Respond to tutoring enquiries.
- Understand your academic requirements.
- Identify and recommend suitable tutors.
- Facilitate personalized tutor allotment.
- Communicate regarding tutoring classes and schedules.
- Coordinate tutor replacement requests.
- Provide customer and academic support.
- Communicate important service-related information.
- Process applicable service or administrative requirements.
- Verify tutor information where applicable.
- Improve our tutoring services and website.
- Prevent misuse, fraud, or unauthorized activity.
- Maintain appropriate business and service records.
Our tutor allotment process considers factors such as the student’s subject, class level, requirements, and preferred schedule.
3. Tutor Verification and Screening
Scientia Tutorials may review information submitted by tutors as part of its tutor verification and screening process before recommending tutors to students.
Providing information during tutor registration does not guarantee tutor allotment, employment, or a particular number of tutoring assignments.
Tutors are responsible for ensuring that the educational qualifications, teaching experience, and other information they provide is accurate.
4. How We Share Information
Scientia Tutorials does not intend to sell or commercially trade your personal information.
Where necessary for providing tutoring services, relevant information may be shared with appropriate parties involved in facilitating the requested service. For example, information necessary to connect a student with a suitable tutor may be shared with that tutor.
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary:
- To provide requested services.
- To comply with applicable law or legal obligations.
- To protect the rights, safety, and security of Scientia Tutorials, students, tutors, or other individuals.
- To investigate suspected fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity.
- To service providers supporting website, communication, technology, or administrative functions.
Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose should be shared.
5. Student and Minor Privacy
Our services may be used by school students, including students who are minors.
Where a student is below the applicable age of consent, a parent or legal guardian should submit enquiries, provide necessary information, and supervise the student’s use of online tutoring services as appropriate.
Parents or guardians should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information about children through website forms or public communication channels.
6. Tutor and Student Communication
Tutoring may require communication between students/guardians and tutors through phone, WhatsApp, email, or online teaching platforms.
Users should exercise reasonable care when sharing personal information during such communications.
Students, parents/guardians, and tutors are expected to maintain professional and appropriate communication and must not misuse another person’s personal information.
7. WhatsApp and Other Third-Party Platforms
Scientia Tutorials may use third-party communication platforms, including WhatsApp, to respond to enquiries and coordinate tutoring services.
When you communicate with us through a third-party platform, that platform may independently process certain information according to its own privacy policy and terms.
Scientia Tutorials does not control the privacy practices, security, availability, or policies of third-party platforms.
8. Online Classes and Third-Party Technology
Online tutoring may involve video conferencing, messaging, educational, payment, or other technology platforms.
Depending on the platform used, certain technical information may be processed by the relevant third-party provider.
Users should review the privacy policies and terms of the respective third-party platforms before using them.
9. Website and Technical Information
When you visit our website, certain technical information may potentially be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security tools, analytics tools, or other technologies.
Such information may include, where applicable:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Approximate usage information
- Date and time of access
- Referring pages
This information may be used to maintain website security, improve website performance, understand general usage patterns, and provide a better user experience.
10. Cookies
Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to improve functionality, security, performance, and user experience.
Cookies may help the website remember certain preferences or provide technical functionality.
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.
11. Data Security
Scientia Tutorials takes reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or loss.
However, no internet transmission, website, electronic storage system, or online communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Therefore, users should avoid sending highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms, email, WhatsApp, or other unsecured communication channels unless specifically required and appropriate.
12. Data Retention
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:
- Providing or coordinating tutoring services
- Maintaining service records
- Responding to enquiries
- Handling tutor registration
- Resolving disputes or complaints
- Meeting applicable legal or administrative requirements
- Protecting our legitimate business interests
When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal or operational requirements.
13. Accuracy of Information
Users are responsible for providing accurate, complete, and current information.
If your contact details, academic requirements, tutor qualifications, or other relevant information change, you should inform Scientia Tutorials where necessary so that our records can be updated.
14. Children’s Information
Scientia Tutorials does not knowingly encourage children to independently provide unnecessary personal information.
Parents or legal guardians are encouraged to supervise their children’s online tutoring activities and communications.
If a parent or guardian believes that a child has submitted personal information unnecessarily, they may contact us so that the matter can be reviewed and appropriate action can be considered.
15. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, online platforms, social media services, communication services, or other external resources.
Scientia Tutorials is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of external websites.
Users should review the privacy policies of third-party websites before submitting personal information.
16. Your Privacy Choices and Requests
Subject to applicable law and reasonable verification requirements, you may contact us regarding:
- The personal information you have provided.
- Correction of inaccurate information.
- Updating your contact or service information.
- Questions regarding how your information is used.
- Requests concerning deletion of information where appropriate.
Certain information may need to be retained where required for legal, security, accounting, dispute-resolution, or legitimate business purposes.
17. Marketing and Promotional Communication
If you provide your contact information for an enquiry or tutoring service, Scientia Tutorials may use it to communicate regarding your enquiry, classes, tutor arrangements, or other service-related matters.
Where applicable, promotional communications may be sent in accordance with applicable requirements. You may contact us to request that promotional communication be discontinued.
18. Payment Information
Where payments are arranged for tutoring or related services, payment information may be processed through the applicable payment method or third-party payment service.
Scientia Tutorials should not require users to provide unnecessary card passwords, banking passwords, OTPs, PINs, or other highly sensitive authentication credentials through ordinary communication channels.
Never share your banking password, UPI PIN, ATM PIN, or OTP with any person claiming to represent Scientia Tutorials.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Scientia Tutorials may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- Our services
- Website functionality
- Technology
- Business practices
- Legal or regulatory requirements
The updated Privacy Policy will be published on this page with a revised effective date.
We encourage users to review this page periodically.
20. Relationship with Terms and Conditions
This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Terms and Conditions for Online Tutoring and other applicable policies published on the Scientia Tutorials website.
By using our website or tutoring services, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review the applicable policies.
21. Contact Scientia Tutorials
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us:
Scientia Tutorials
🌐 Website: www.scientiatutorials.in
📱 WhatsApp / Mobile: +91 9864920707
🎓 Services: Online Tutoring for School, College & Competitive Examinations
🇮🇳 Service Area: Students and Tutors Across India
Privacy Commitment
Your Privacy. Your Trust. Our Responsibility.
Scientia Tutorials aims to handle personal information responsibly and use it primarily to facilitate personalized tutoring, tutor coordination, communication, and academic support. Our website currently offers online tutoring for school, college, and competitive examination students across India and provides tutor registration with information such as qualifications, subjects, preferred classes, and locations.