The Purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe how Socratica, LLC. collects, uses, and shares information about you through our online interfaces (e.g. website and mobile applications) owned and controlled by us, including but not limited to socratica.com (collectively referred to herein as the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Your use of our Services is also governed by our Terms of Use. Socratica, LLC. is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in California. If you reside or are located in the European Economic Area ("EEA") Socratica is the data controller of all Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below) collected via the Site and of certain Personally Identifiable Information collected from third parties, as set out in this Privacy Notice.
This Privacy Policy covers information we collect from you through our Site. Some of our Site’s functionality can be used without revealing any Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below), but access to some features requires such Personally Identifiable Information to be collected via the Site and/or certain Personally Identifiable Information to be collected from third parties.
“Personally Identifiable Information” can include information such as your name, email address, IP address, among other things, that can be used to identify you. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personally Identifiable Information you submit to Socratica. Inaccurate information may affect your ability to use the Site, the information you receive when using the Site, and our ability to contact you. For example, your email address should be kept current, because that is one of the primary manners in which we communicate with you.
Socratica collects the personal information set out in the “What Information We Collect” section of this Privacy Policy below, including account registration details such as name and email, identity verification data, and information about your use of our products and Services.
We use your personal information for the purposes set out in the “How We Use the Information” section of this Privacy Policy below, including providing our Services to you, ensuring the security and performance of our website and other Services, and performing statistical analysis of the use of our website and Services. You have a number of rights that you can exercise in relation to our use of your personal information, as set out in the “Updating or Deleting your Personally Identifiable Information” section of this Privacy Policy below.
Socratica directly collects information from you when you:
Socratica also indirectly collects usage information about your visit to the Socratica Site, as explained in the section below titled “Cookies and Tracking Technologies.”
Socratica does not itself collect or store financial account numbers or identification issued by a governmental entity, employer, or other authority. Instead, if you choose to make a purchase on the Socratica Site, for example, an ebook, you will be directed to Socratica’s third-party payment processor and Socratica’s third-party ID verification service provider. If you do not wish to submit the required authentication or payment information, then you will not be able to make such purchases via the Socratica Site.
Socratica requires your Personally Identifiable Information only in limited circumstances when you:
Socratica uses information, including Personally Identifiable Information, to carry out the following purposes:
Socratica may also seek your consent for additional uses of information, including Personally Identifiable Information, and we will only use it for the purpose described to you. All use of Personally Identifiable Information is subject to applicable law.
Socratica uses Cookies and other common Tracking Technologies on the Socratica Site and in email communications to help Socratica better understand your use and needs of the Socratica Site, current and future Socratica products and services, and how we may improve. For example:
Socratica partners with third parties to help us track and understand your activity on the Socratica Site. These allow us to:
You have some options for managing Cookies and other Tracking Technologies. These include:
You have certain rights in relation to your Personally Identifiable Information. You can access your Personally Identifiable Information and confirm that it remains correct and up-to-date, choose whether or not you wish to receive material from us or some of our partners, and request that we delete or provide you with a copy of your personal data by logging into the Site and visiting your user account page. If you reside or are located in the EEA, you have the right to request that we:
Socratica strongly believes in protecting the privacy of children. Any use or access by anyone under the age of 13 is prohibited, and certain regions and Content Offerings may have additional requirements and/or restrictions. In line with this belief, we do not knowingly collect or maintain Personally Identifiable Information on our Site from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our Site is directed to persons under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access this Site at any time or in any manner. We will take appropriate steps to delete any Personally Identifiable Information of persons less than 13 years of age that has been collected on our Site without verified parental consent upon learning of the existence of such Personally Identifiable Information.
Under California’s "Shine the Light" law, California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us, once a calendar year, information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g. requests made in 2021 will receive information regarding 2020 sharing activities).
To obtain this information, please send an email message to help@socratica.com with "Request for California Privacy Information" on the subject line and in the body of your message. We will provide the requested information to you at your email address in response. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the "Shine the Light" requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California residents have the right to know what personal information about them is collected, request deletion of their personal data, opt-out of the sale of their personal data, and not be discriminated against if they choose to exercise any of these rights. Socratica does not sell any of the data we collect about you. If you’d like to exercise any of the other rights afforded to you, select your account profile and follow the information as set out in the “Updating or Deleting your Personally Identifiable Information” section of this Privacy Policy above.
Socratica’s Sites are primarily operated and managed on servers located and operated within the United States. In order to provide our products and Services to you, we may send and store your Personally Identifiable Information (also commonly referred to as personal data) outside of the country where you reside or are located, including to the United States. Accordingly, if you reside or are located outside of the United States, your Personally Identifiable Information may be transferred outside of the country where you reside or are located, including to countries that may not or do not provide the same level of protection for your Personally Identifiable Information. We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information when it is transferred. If you reside or are located within the EEA and such transfers occur, we take appropriate steps to provide the same level of protection for the processing carried out in any such countries as you would have within the EEA to the extent feasible under applicable law.
Please note that we review our privacy practices from time to time, and that these practices are subject to change. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on our Site. We will notify you of any material change to this Privacy Policy by posting a notice on our Site’s homepage for a reasonable period of time following such an update or by sending an email to the email address associated with your user account, and by changing the effective date (located at the top of this page). Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.