Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Pear Tree Education Inc. uses and protects any information that you give Pear Tree Education Inc. when you use this website.

Pear Tree Education Inc. is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Pear Tree Education Inc. may change this policy occasionally by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from December 2011.

1. What we collect

Pear Tree Education Inc. may collect the following information:

  • name
  • contact information including email address and telephone number
  • demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
  • other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

2. Information about a friend

If you invite a friend to a course that you are booking online, Pear Tree Education Inc. will ask for the recipient’s name and email address. The information provided will only be used to confirm message delivery and it will not be shared with outside parties.

3. What we do with the information we gather

Pear Tree Education Inc. requires this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

In certain circumstances Pear Tree Education Inc. may need to disclose information about you if required to do so by law or any other governmental body.

4. Security

Pear Tree Education Inc. is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Our external secure payment server is provided by PayPal.com.

5. Children’s privacy

For the protection of children’s privacy, Pear Tree Education Inc. requires parental consent from users under the age of 16 who wish to make a reservation for a course.

6. How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Pear Tree Education Inc. uses traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

7. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, Pear Tree Education Inc. cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

8. Controlling your personal information

Pear Tree Education Inc. will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible, at sales@summeresl.com. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

9. Your opinion

Pear Tree Education Inc. welcomes your questions and comments about our privacy policy via our email address sales@summeresl.com.