ABOUT US
Chemexplained.com ("we", "us" or "Chemexplained") offers an online, high school level, chemistry curriculum for homeschool families and charter schools located in the United States and Canada. We care about protecting the personal information of both our customers and visitors using our website (collectively, our "Users"). This privacy policy provides details about how your personal information is collected, shared and used by us. Our website address is https://Chemexplained.com. We encourage you navigate to the Privacy page and review it periodically.
INFORMATION COVERED BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy covers personal information, including any information we collect, use and share from you, as described further below. When you purchase a membership or educational resources from us, your personal information will be collected, used, and shared consistent with the provisions of this privacy policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
Whenever you visit, register, login to or make purchases on our website we obtain the following information about you as described below:
WEBSITE VISITS
Data collected based on your online activity while on our website may include: your type of device, IP address, web browser and version, geographic location, Chemexplained webpages you view, date and duration of your website visit, referrals to and from our website.
WEBSITE REGISTRATION
We collect a valid email address, a unique username, first name and last name during the Chemexplained website registration process. We collect the personal password that you provide for us under the username listed in our login data.
WEBSITE MEMBERSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
We collect payment information that you provide to us (by way of services or otherwise) when you purchase a time based membership for our website and when you purchase our printed educational materials.
WEBSITE SUPPORT
We collect email correspondence from our website visitors and members who are seeking help with our curriculum through our [email protected] email address or help with website navigation and interaction through our [email protected] email address.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To provide our online curriculum and resources services to you
- To provide you with requested information or technical support
- To communicate with you
- To ensure the proper functioning of our website
- To offer and improve our services
- To administer our website and provide security
HOW / WHEN WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Generally, we will not disclose or share your personal information (including your email address) with anyone outside our organization without your permission. However we may need to use or share your information with companies that assist in processing your payments for our membership services and educational resources.
SECURITY
The transmission of information via the internet or email is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through the internet or email services. Our website uses a Secured Socket Layer (SSL) connection to ensure that data sent between your electronic device and our website is encrypted as it is transferred to the browser. Once we have received your information, we will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft and unauthorized use, access or modification.
TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use tracking technologies (cookies) for the purpose of verifying the identity and/or credentials of a user when they register and login to our website. Users must be willing to accept cookies from our website in order to login and again access to their membership resources.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR INFORMATION
If you are located in areas of the world where the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, in certain circumstances and subject to data processing agreements you have the rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you. If you wish to exercise any of these rights please email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days of accepting it. Before accepting your request we may need to ask for some identity documentation from you, to make sure we don't inadvertently provide personal information to someone else. If you are not located in the European Union, you can still apply for these rights, and we will comply where the request is reasonable in our discretion.
YOUR RIGHTS
ACCESSING, EDITING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
Users who have Registered and Logged in to our website can access the personal information we have collected by navigating to the Profile page. If you find that your personal information needs to be edited or updated, you can change your personal information directly on our website while on the Profile page. If you experience any trouble editing your profile information please email us at [email protected].
WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT AND DELETING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
At your request, we will delete your personal information. If you withdraw your consent for us to hold your personal information, as a result you will forfeit login access to our website. Please contact us by email at [email protected].
SPECIAL RULES FOR CHILDREN
While our website offers chemistry curriculum for high school age students, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without their consent please contact us at [email protected] and we will delete such information.
COMPLAINTS
In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how we process your personal information, please email us at [email protected].
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so review it frequently.