Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines Little Scientists LLC (including its affiliates) approach to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring compliance with applicable privacy laws.

Throughout this document, the terms "we," "us," "our," and "The Little Scientists" refer to Little Scientists LLC (including its affiliates). The terms "you," "your," "yours," and "you and/or your child" refer to you as the user of the Platform.

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data processed by us, whether in physical or electronic format. It should be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions.

By accessing and using our services, you agree to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you are under 18 years old, a parent or legal guardian must complete the registration on your behalf.

1. Personal Data

"Personal Data" refers to any information that can identify an individual, directly or indirectly, such as first and last name, physical address, email address, online identifiers, or identity proof documents.

2. Children's Privacy

We collect personal data from you and your child to provide our services. Little Scientists LLC is committed to protecting the privacy of children who use our Platform. For the US, UK, and Singapore, a child is considered under the age of 13.

3. US Child Users

For children in the United States, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We require verifiable parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing any child's personal data under the age of 13.

If you believe your child has provided personal data without your consent, please contact us at info@thelittlescientists.com. Parents may refuse further data collection, review their child's personal data, or request deletion by contacting us.

4. What Personal Data Do We Collect and Process?

From You or Your Child: Demographic and identity information, such as name, email address, contact number, photograph, location, gender, school name, and birthdate.

Financial Information: Account details, payment information, and invoice details.

Technical Information: IP address, device details, and transaction logs.

Online Sessions: We may record online training sessions for quality control, teacher training, and audits.

Projects and Activities: Data related to projects, quizzes, activities, and performance metrics completed as part of our programs.

5. Where Do We Obtain Your Personal Data From?

Most personal data is provided directly by you when you register to use our services or apply to become an Instructor. We also automatically collect certain information when you use our website and applications.

We do not collect personal data from children for behavioral advertising, and we do not allow third-party behavioral trackers in areas designed for children.

6. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

We use your personal data to verify identity, deliver requested products and services, improve our offerings, communicate updates, handle inquiries, comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, and share achievements in accordance with applicable laws.

7. Recording

By using our Platform, you expressly consent to us recording classes, discussions, events, feedback, and other interactions that take place as part of our courses, whether conducted online or in other formats.

8–9. Lawful Basis & Third-Party Sharing

We process personal data based on consent, contractual necessity, legal obligations, or specific legal provisions. We may share data with third parties for service delivery, with your consent, or to comply with legal requirements. All third-party providers are bound by contracts ensuring secure processing.

10. Cookies and Tracking

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies on our website and digital platforms. By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies. Most web browsers offer control over cookies through browser settings.

11–14. Security, Retention, No Sale, Data Security

We implement reasonable physical, technical, and managerial safeguards to protect personal data. We retain data only as long as necessary and delete or anonymize it when no longer required, generally within three (3) years after it is no longer needed.

We do not sell your or your child's personal data for marketing or advertising. Mobile information will not be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.

15–18. External Links, Your Rights, Third Party Permission, User Communication

Our website may include links to external websites governed by their own privacy policies. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or object to processing of your personal data by contacting info@thelittlescientists.com.

You consent to receive communications from Little Scientists LLC via email, telephone, WhatsApp, or SMS. To stop SMS communications, reply STOP. Reply HELP for more information.

18a. Google Calendar Integration and Limited Use of Google User Data

Teachers on our Platform may connect their Google Calendar so that scheduled classes appear on their own calendar and so that we can avoid scheduling a class at a time they are already busy. Connecting Google Calendar is optional, is initiated by the teacher, and is only ever used for scheduling classes on this Platform.

When a teacher connects their Google account we request the following scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events (to create, update and delete the calendar events for their classes, including the Google Meet link for each class), https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly (to read their existing busy times so we do not double-book them), and the openid and email scopes (solely to confirm that the Google account being connected belongs to the teacher whose account we are linking).

We use Google Calendar data only to create and manage class appointments, to display a teacher's availability to staff, and to prevent double-booking. We read busy time ranges to determine availability; we do not read, store, or display the contents, titles, guests, or descriptions of a teacher's personal calendar events.

Little Scientists LLC's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not sell Google user data, we do not use it for advertising, and we do not transfer it to third parties except as necessary to provide this scheduling service, to comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger or acquisition. We do not use Google user data to develop, improve, or train generalized artificial intelligence or machine learning models.

Access tokens and refresh tokens are stored encrypted and are used only to perform the actions described above. A teacher may ask an administrator to disconnect their Google account at any time, and may additionally revoke our access directly at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions. Revoking access stops all future calendar synchronization; calendar events already created remain on the teacher's calendar until they delete them.

19. Contact Us

Little Scientists LLC

Email: info@thelittlescientists.com

Address: 8 The Green #20804, Dover, DE 19901

Phone: (302) 402-3024

20. Notification of Changes

We regularly review and update this Privacy Policy. Any changes take effect immediately upon being posted on this page. Continued use of our services after modifications indicates your acknowledgment of the updated terms.