Effective Date: January 2021
Revision Date: February 2021
Alif-B-C is an online English learning platform owned and operated by SecureByte Inc. (referenced as "the Company", "We", "Us" or" Our" in the Privacy Policy). Our registered address is Oakville, Ontario L6H 0P7.
We will protect the personal information and privacy of You and your Child in accordance with laws and regulations. We have formulated this "Privacy Policy" in order to protect personal information of You and your Child. Please carefully read and understand this Privacy Policy before using Alif-B-C and related services in order to make appropriate choices.
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You or your Child use the Service. The Privacy Policy also tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Service or parts of Our Service.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or"Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to SecureByte Inc. of Oakville, ON L6H 0P7 doing business as Alif-B-C.
Teachers refers to Our staff that will be qualified and trained to host class sessions with the User.
The Parent/guardian (referred to as either "You", "Your","the User") refers to the parent/guardian that is the User of or authorizes the Child to use the Alif-B-C Service.
Child (referred to as either "the User", "the Child", "yourChild") refers to the User below the age of 13 that is authorized by his or her Parent/guardian under agreement of the Privacy Policy to use the Service.
You refers to the individual accessing or using the Service, or the Company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Ontario, Canada
Device means any device that can access the Service such as (but not limited to) a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Alif-B-C website offerings.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Alif-B-C, accessible from http://alifbc.com
While collecting your Personal Data in any regard, Alif-B-C will require that you provide the most accurate and correct information. If you have reported incorrect information, you should contact Us to request modification to your Personal Data.
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You or your Child. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
· Email address
· Date of Birth
· Government issued document or identification
· First name and last name
· Phone number
· Address, City, State/Province and ZIP/Postal code
· Usage Data
We may arrange for specialized staff to attend the class session to ensure the quality of teaching and for academic analysis. You can contact Us through the contact information disclosed in this Privacy Policy if you wish to refuse or withdraw consent to the above-mentioned process. After you refuse or withdraw your consent, We will stop processing the-related information. This may compromise related services, but it will not affect your use of other functions of Alif-B-C.
In order to provide You and your Child with personalized services for the Child's learning experience, We will collect the Child's class duration, study time, and other academic performance based metrics. The collection of the academic performance data will allow Us to analyze and process relevant information before showing You, your Child's academic performance reports and recommendations. You can contact Us through the contact information publicized in this Privacy Policy to refuse or withdraw the provision of the above-mentioned child information. After you refuse or withdraw your consent, We will stop processing academic performance-related data, and you will not be able to obtain related services, but it will not affect your use Other functions of Alif-B-C.
When you contact us, We may save your communication/call records, content and the contact information you leave in order to contact or help You solve problems, or record the solutions and results of related problems.
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Alif-B-C may engage third party vendors for the following services; payment transactions and video conferencing of class sessions. The third party vendors will have separate policies from Ours. It is your responsibility as a User to consult and understand the policies of the third party vendors. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
· Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
· Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?"
available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
· Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count Users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies here: All About Cookies by TermsFeed.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
· Necessary/Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of User accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
· Cookies Policy/Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
· Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
For more information about the cookies We use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
· To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a User of the Service.The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered User.
· For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or Services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
· To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
· to facilitate your Child's use of Alif-B-C's products and Services, and to facilitate communication with teachers. You can choose to set up an avatar, with the Child's name, age, gender, personality and date of birth. Such information is to facilitate the connection between the Child and teachers and to provide your Child with a personalized learning experience, birthday wishes and other personalized services. You can refuse to provide such information but this maybe at the expense of a more personalized learning experience for your Child.
· To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which We offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
· To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service Users is among the assets transferred.
We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, marketing and Your experience.
Sharing personal information with a third party requires Your authorization and consent and must comply with the sharing principles stipulated by laws and regulations, unless the shared personal information is anonymized and the third party cannot re-identify the person. If the third party's purpose of using the information exceeds the scope of the original authorization, they need to obtain Your consent again.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations;
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
· Comply with a legal obligation
· Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
· Prevent or investigate possible wrong doing in connection with the Service
· Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
· Protect against legal liability
We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company. If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case We will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent Company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
When You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other Users, such information may be viewed by all Users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other Users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other Users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary while You have not withdrawn, deleted, or cancelled Your Account. After the necessary period, We will delete or anonymize Your personal information, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if We are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on —computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. We associate great importance to the security of personal information and will employ technical and management security measures to protect personal information and prevent personal information from improper use or access, public disclosure, usage without authorization, modification, damage, loss or leakage.
We adopt a strict data use and access system to ensure that only authorized personnel can access personal information, and timely conduct security audits on data and technology.
We will use encryption technology, anonymization and related reasonable and feasible methods to protect personal information and use security protection mechanisms to prevent personal information from malicious attacks.
We will formulate and immediately act upon emergency response plans, in the event that security incidents related to your Personal Data occur. We will work to minimize the impact of these security incidents. If a User information security incident (breach, loss) occurs, We will promptly inform you in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations. We will advise you of the situation and possible impact of the security incident, the disposal measures We have taken or will take, how you can take precautions independently to reduce risks, and remedial measures for You.
We will also report such User information security incidents in accordance with the requirements of regulatory authorities.
While using the system and communication network to access our services We strongly recommend that You take active measures to protect the security of personal information, including but not limited to using complex passwords, regularly changing passwords, and not disclosing Your Account password and related personal information to others.
We will adopt encryption or other security measures to store sensitive personal information in accordance with laws and regulations to ensure the security of sensitive personal information.
In accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, We currently store Your personal information collected and generated during Our domestic operations in Canada.
Specific business functions and services require Your information to complete. When You withdraw consent or authorization, We cannot continue to provide You with the corresponding functions and services and We will no longer process Your corresponding personal information. However, your decision to withdraw Your consent or authorization will not affect the Company's previous processing of personal information based on Your authorization.
You can access and modify Your name, phone number, password and email address on Our platform.
Given the evolution and development of Our business, We may adjust and change Alif-B-C's functions and services. In principle, when a new function or Service is related to the function or Service We currently provide, the personal information collected and used will be directly or reasonably related to the original processing purpose. In scenarios that are not directly or reasonably related to the original processing purpose, We will collect and use relevant personal information, and We will notify You again to obtain Your consent.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and update the "Last updated" date.
We will provide email notification and/or notice on Our Platform, prior to the change becoming effective.
You can contact Us via email [support@alifbc.com] to apply for cancellation of Your Account. We will process Your cancellation in a timely manner. Before cancelling Your Account, We will verify your personal identity, security status, and equipment information etc. You must know and understand that the act of cancelling Your Account is irreversible. Proceeding the cancellation, We will delete relevant personal information or anonymize it, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
If We cease operations, We will promptly stop the collection of your personal information, notify You of the suspension of operations by delivery of announcement and delete or anonymize the personal information We hold. However, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
• By email: support@alifbc.com
• By visiting this page on our website: https://www.alifbc.com/home_.html#Your-Message