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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all personally identifiable information obtained from or about the users (end user data), and related to or arising from the use of the yottek websites. These websites are owned and maintained by yottek in the USA. yottek is also the data collector. End user data may be considered personal information referred to therafter as YPI. yottek fully complies with the YPI and expends the maximum effort to protect such personal information.
 
YOTTEK understands your desire to protect personal information and is committed to its protection. We respect your right to privacy and we have provided you this Privacy Policy to inform you how your personal information will be collected, tracked, stored, used, and protected, and to give you choices as to what personal information you wish to share with us.

What Information Does yottek Collect and Track?

The following information is collected and stored automatically: the IP address from which you access the internet, the date and time, the internet address of the website from which you link directly to our website, the name of the file you search, and the browser you use to access our website. This information is used to measure the number of visitors to various sections of our website and to identify system performance issues. We also use this information to help us expand the coverage of the website and to make the website more useful. This information is not correlated with any personal information and we never disclose it in a form that personally identifies you.

The Personal Information Provided by Users

We request personal information when you create a user account, place an order for course material, request a service, correspond with us, or engage in certain other activities on our website, such as answering a survey or entering a contest. "Personal information" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. An individual is considered identified or identifiable if it is possible to identify him or her directly or indirectly. We only request personal information which is necessary for us to provide a product or service that you require and we only process the personal information for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. For example:

If you submit an order on-line with us, we ask you for information necessary to complete the transaction, such as your name, address, and credit card details. If you request technical support on-line, we ask you for information necessary to complete the transaction, such as your name address and information about your computer hardware, software (including your License Number), and the nature of the problem you are experiencing. If you create a user account, we ask you for information necessary to keep you informed about yottek products and services with regard to your needs, such as your e-mail address. if you decide to proceed with any activity that requests personal information. However, if you do not wish to provide information needed for a transaction, you may not be able to complete it.

How Do We Use the Information We Collect and Track?

We use personal information in the following ways and for the following limited purposes:

  • To provide you with information about course upgrades, new courses, services, or research on future ideas or improvements, to send newsletters, informative e-mails or other information which has the nature of business announcements. yottek reserves the right to use customers' contact information to send them information it deems important for the full utilization of its services. Every registered customer may choose not to receive such information from yottek by replying to any message to that effect (with the exception of messages which are necessary for the functionality of our services);
  • To help with assisting us in creating content that is relevant to you;
  • To provide you with special offers that may be of interest to you;
  • To assist us in creating better, customized courses and services to meet your needs;
  • To allow you to purchase courses and obtain access to services;
  • To help you quickly find services, or course information important to you;
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service and to notify you of changes to any of our services.

yottek, to whom your personal data are made accessible, retain the personal information collected through yottek websites, including your personal information that you submit through a registration process, for as long as you are registered at any yottek website through a user account or you are a user of yottek services, and for a reasonable time thereafter, unless and until you have recalled your consent with the processing of your personal information.

Security

We have taken security measures, consistent with US Regulation information practices, to protect your personal information. These measures include technical and procedural steps and measures to protect your personal information from misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration, or destruction. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Credit card information is transmitted using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption. We use industry-standard encryption to enhance the security of data transmissions and have implemented commercially available technologies to guard against unauthorized access to any personal information that is stored electronically by yottek. We restrict access to personal information about you to yottek employees who need to know the information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. If you share a computer with anyone, always log out before leaving a website or service to protect access to your information from subsequent users. Unfortunately, no transmission of information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to our websites from your PC or the Internet Service Provider, and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to ensure its security on our systems and to try to prevent unauthorized access.

Whom Do We Share Your Information with?

Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose users’ personal information outside of yottek and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your consent. yottek will expend the maximum effort to protect users' personal information against misuse and will refrain from disclosing it to third parties.
 
Yottek retains the services of outside contractors to provide limited services on our behalf us, such as processing transactions (including credit card transactions), or performing statistical analysis of our services. It may be necessary to share user personal information with these contractors in order to allow them to provide their services. You have the right not to provide the requested information, but in such case you may not be able to receive these services. Those contractors will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service and we require that they keep the personal information of our customers secure and confidential and comply with the YPI. We also require that these contractors use our customers' personal information only on behalf of YOTTEK and do not disclose them to third parties or use them for any other purpose.

Please be advised that in certain instances it may be necessary for yottek to disclose your personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
1. to comply with law or legal process served on yottek;
2. to protect and defend the rights, property or legitimate interests of yottek includes the enforcement of our agreements
3. or to act in an urgent circumstance to protect the personal safety of users of yottek services or members of the public.

How Can You Correct Inaccuracies in the Information?

Registration

We strive to process only accurate personal information and make a sincere effort to respond to your requests to update or correct your personal information. If you believe that yottek does not have your current personal information, you can update it by contacting yottek customer services
 
FYI: be advised that in accordance with the YPI, every user (customer) who has provided personal information to YOTTEK can ask yottek to advise of the scope of information that it processes about him or her, the purpose and nature of the processing and the recipients of the information.

Updates and Other E-mail Communications

If you do not wish to continue receiving yottek e-mail newsletters, bulletins, or other information, you can at any time unsubscribe them in the subject line of your e-mail or contact us. Please be aware that our e-mails may include important or useful information about your course's.

Cookies

yottek may use cookies from time to time. A cookie is a unique text file that a website can send to your browser software. Cookies enable a website to tailor information presented to you based on your browsing preferences. yottek may use cookies to personalize your pages at our Service & Support websites, or to remember you when you register for certain services. If you do not want yottek to deploy cookies in your browser, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when a website tries to put a cookie in your browser software. Rejecting cookies may affect your ability to use some of the services at our websites. yottek may also use cookies to track your visit to our websites. While our web servers may automatically log your IP address, this information does not identify you and you remain anonymous.We do not correlate this information with your personal information.

Links to third party companies

From time to time, yottek websites may contain links to and from websites of our partners, advertisers or other third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Co-branded websites

We also link to co-branded websites that are maintained by yottek and one or more of our business partners. An example of a co-branded website is YOTSKOOL ELEARNING PORTAL. When you submit information to one of our co-branded websites, you may be submitting it to both yottek and our business partners and the privacy policies of these co-branded websites may differ from this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read all privacy policies on any co-branded website to which you link, and we disclaim any liability for the data processing activities of our business partners which will act as independent data processing controllers.

messenger boards and Forums

remember that information you submit in a discussion group or forum at yottek websites will be deemed public information and is not confidential. There is a risk in such communication venues that various information and data can be collected and used by others. Please be careful and responsible when you are on-line.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend or update this yottek Privacy Policy from time to time without notice, in particular in response to changes in applicable data protection and any privacy legislation. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically to inform yourself of any changes. All updates will be published at this website. if there is a major change to yottek's privacy practices, a prominent notice will be posted on our website prior to its implementation. If the change involves the use of your personal information, the notice will contain instructions on how you can opt out of such use.

Language

This Privacy Policy is prepared in English language.

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