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Effective Date: June 6th, 2026
This Comprehensive Tutor Agreement and Statements of Understanding ("Agreement") is entered into between New To Education ("NTE," "New To Education," "the Business," "Company," "we," "our," or "us") and the individual accepting these terms ("Contractor," "Tutor," or "Service Provider").
This Agreement governs participation on NewToEducation.com, Newtoed.com, future websites, mobile applications, educational systems, marketplaces, webinar systems, face-to-face services, directories, digital product systems, and all related services operated by the Company.
By accepting this Agreement, creating a tutor profile, offering services through the Platform, participating in onboarding, conducting lessons, publishing content, uploading materials, or otherwise utilizing Platform services, the Contractor acknowledges that they have read, understood, and voluntarily agreed to be legally bound by this Agreement.
The Contractor is and shall remain an independent contractor at all times. Nothing contained within this Agreement shall be interpreted as creating an employment relationship, agency relationship, partnership, franchise relationship, joint venture, fiduciary relationship, or other employment-related arrangement.
The Contractor acknowledges that they are not an employee of New To Education and are not entitled to employee benefits, workers' compensation benefits, unemployment benefits, retirement plans, pension plans, healthcare benefits, paid leave, overtime compensation, minimum work guarantees, or other benefits associated with employment.
The Contractor shall be solely responsible for all taxes, filings, registrations, permits, licenses, insurance requirements, reporting obligations, business expenses, professional certifications, and legal obligations arising from their activities.
The Contractor may provide tutoring services, educational consulting, coaching, mentoring, language instruction, webinar instruction, course creation, ebook creation, curriculum development, resume services, career preparation services, workshops, educational content, digital products, face-to-face services, online services, group instruction, and other approved offerings.
The Company reserves the unrestricted right to approve, deny, modify, suspend, remove, restrict, or discontinue any service category, subject area, content offering, or instructional activity.
The Company does not guarantee that any Contractor will receive bookings, students, clients, customers, sales, revenue, visibility, referrals, leads, or business opportunities.
The Contractor agrees to provide services in a professional, ethical, lawful, respectful, and competent manner. Responsibilities may include conducting lessons, preparing instructional materials, communicating with students, monitoring student progress, creating educational resources, maintaining accurate records, responding to inquiries, updating profile information, complying with Platform policies, and participating in training or onboarding activities.
The Contractor remains solely responsible for lesson preparation, instructional decisions, educational methodologies, content creation, scheduling commitments, and service delivery.
The Contractor acknowledges that participation on the Platform does not guarantee any minimum number of bookings, clients, students, consultations, content sales, affiliate earnings, webinar attendance, revenue, or business opportunities.
The Company makes no representations regarding future demand, market conditions, student interest, platform visibility, advertising effectiveness, or income potential.
The Contractor accepts all business risks associated with operating as an independent contractor.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Contractors shall receive seventy percent (70%) of the applicable fee paid by the client for tutoring services delivered through the Platform.
Contractors shall receive seventy percent (70%) of applicable net revenue generated through approved ebooks, courses, webinars, digital products, educational materials, and related offerings sold through Platform systems.
The Company reserves the right to modify pricing structures, commission structures, promotional programs, discounts, subscription models, platform fees, service fees, processing fees, and revenue-sharing arrangements upon reasonable notice.
Payments are generally issued monthly on or around the twenty-seventh (27th) day of each month for approved and completed services.
The Contractor acknowledges that taxes, withholding obligations, transaction fees, payment processor fees, banking fees, currency conversion fees, transfer fees, and related charges may reduce final payout amounts.
The Contractor remains solely responsible for reporting income and complying with applicable tax laws in their jurisdiction.
The Company reserves the right to withhold payments where required by law, court order, regulatory obligation, fraud investigation, dispute resolution process, chargeback investigation, or operational necessity.
The Contractor acknowledges that student refunds, payment disputes, chargebacks, fraudulent transactions, service failures, misconduct investigations, policy violations, cancellations, no-shows, and other circumstances may impact compensation.
Where refunds are issued due to Contractor misconduct, policy violations, failure to deliver services, inaccurate representations, repeated complaints, or other legitimate business concerns, corresponding amounts may be deducted from future payouts.
The Company reserves the right to investigate complaints and make final determinations regarding refunds and payment adjustments.
The Contractor acknowledges that during participation on the Platform they may receive access to confidential, proprietary, sensitive, or non-public information relating to New To Education, students, parents, guardians, affiliates, businesses, organizations, contractors, operational systems, pricing structures, marketing strategies, software systems, internal procedures, educational materials, business plans, financial information, platform analytics, customer data, and other proprietary information.
The Contractor agrees to maintain strict confidentiality regarding all such information and shall not disclose, distribute, copy, transmit, reproduce, sell, publish, or otherwise use confidential information except as necessary to perform approved services through the Platform.
Confidentiality obligations shall survive termination of this Agreement indefinitely unless otherwise prohibited by law.
The Contractor shall maintain the confidentiality and security of all student, parent, guardian, customer, affiliate, business, and organizational information obtained through the Platform.
The Contractor shall not collect, retain, share, sell, transfer, distribute, publish, disclose, or otherwise use personal information except as necessary to provide approved services through the Platform.
The Contractor shall comply with all applicable privacy laws, data protection regulations, Company policies, and operational procedures.
The Contractor shall immediately report any suspected privacy violation, unauthorized disclosure, security incident, data breach, or misuse of information.
All trademarks, logos, branding, software, systems, databases, platform functionality, website content, marketing materials, operational procedures, educational resources, documentation, directories, business systems, AI systems, and proprietary assets belonging to New To Education shall remain the exclusive property of the Company.
Nothing in this Agreement shall transfer ownership of Company intellectual property to the Contractor.
The Contractor shall not copy, reproduce, reverse engineer, distribute, sublicense, sell, exploit, modify, or otherwise utilize Company intellectual property except as expressly authorized.
Educational materials, lesson plans, worksheets, presentations, blogs, articles, videos, webinars, courses, ebooks, digital products, teaching materials, and other content independently created by the Contractor shall remain the property of the Contractor unless otherwise agreed in writing.
However, by uploading, publishing, selling, displaying, distributing, promoting, or otherwise utilizing content through the Platform, the Contractor grants New To Education a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to display, market, distribute, promote, archive, reproduce, modify formatting, and utilize such content for operational, educational, promotional, legal, and business purposes.
The Company reserves the right to continue displaying published content after termination unless otherwise prohibited by law or separate agreement.
The Contractor shall not record tutoring sessions, webinars, meetings, communications, student interactions, platform systems, or educational activities without obtaining all legally required permissions and consents.
The Company reserves the right to record webinars, training sessions, onboarding sessions, quality assurance reviews, support interactions, and other approved activities where legally permitted.
The Contractor consents to the Company's use of recordings for quality assurance, training, dispute resolution, compliance, security, operational management, marketing, and educational purposes where permitted by law.
Where face-to-face services are offered, the Contractor acknowledges that participation is voluntary and undertaken at their own risk.
The Company does not supervise, escort, transport, monitor, accompany, investigate, guarantee, insure, or otherwise control face-to-face interactions.
Contractors are responsible for complying with Company safety requirements, approved location requirements, local laws, transportation arrangements, and professional conduct standards.
The Contractor assumes all risks associated with travel, transportation, public interaction, illness, injury, theft, criminal activity, weather events, emergencies, and other risks associated with face-to-face services.
The Contractor agrees to conduct themselves professionally, respectfully, ethically, and lawfully at all times while representing themselves on the Platform.
The Contractor shall not engage in harassment, discrimination, bullying, threats, intimidation, hate speech, exploitation, fraud, retaliation, inappropriate communications, sexual misconduct, criminal activity, or other conduct that may harm students, families, users, or the reputation of the Company.
The Company maintains a zero-tolerance policy regarding conduct that threatens the safety, rights, well-being, or reputation of Platform users.
The Contractor acknowledges that special care must be exercised when interacting with minors.
The Contractor shall not engage in inappropriate conversations, request unnecessary personal information, encourage secrecy, communicate through unauthorized channels, or otherwise engage in conduct that could reasonably create safety concerns.
The Company reserves the right to review, investigate, restrict, monitor, or terminate access relating to communications involving minors.
During participation on the Platform and for a period of twelve (12) months following termination, the Contractor shall not directly or indirectly solicit, recruit, divert, encourage, or accept business from students, parents, guardians, customers, businesses, organizations, affiliates, or other users introduced through the Platform for the purpose of avoiding Platform fees, commissions, policies, or business relationships.
The Contractor acknowledges that the Company has invested substantial resources into recruiting, marketing, onboarding, supporting, and maintaining relationships with Platform users.
Violation of this provision may result in termination, forfeiture of compensation, injunctive relief, monetary damages, and other remedies available under law.
During participation on the Platform and for six (6) months following termination, the Contractor shall not knowingly recruit, hire, solicit, contract with, or encourage Company personnel, contractors, affiliates, tutors, businesses, or organizations to terminate or reduce their relationship with the Company.
The Contractor agrees not to make false, misleading, defamatory, malicious, or intentionally harmful statements regarding New To Education, its owners, personnel, contractors, students, affiliates, businesses, organizations, services, systems, or operations.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit truthful statements required by law or good-faith reporting of legal concerns to appropriate authorities.
The Contractor agrees to maintain accurate profile information, qualifications, experience descriptions, certifications, availability information, pricing information, and service descriptions.
The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, hide, restrict, remove, verify, audit, or reject profile information that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, unprofessional, unlawful, or inconsistent with Company policies.
The Contractor shall not falsely represent qualifications, certifications, degrees, licenses, experience, affiliations, employment history, language proficiency, or professional expertise.
Contractors may utilize social media links and professional profiles through Platform systems where permitted.
When publicly discussing New To Education, Contractors shall not falsely imply ownership, authority, partnership status, employment status, official spokesperson status, or decision-making authority unless expressly authorized in writing.
The Company reserves the right to request removal of content that creates legal, operational, reputational, safety, or compliance concerns.
The Contractor represents and warrants that all information provided to the Company is truthful, accurate, complete, and not misleading.
The Contractor further represents that they are not knowingly affiliated with criminal organizations, terrorist organizations, extremist organizations, human trafficking organizations, organized crime groups, gangs, cults, money laundering operations, sanctioned entities, or other unlawful organizations.
The Contractor agrees to promptly notify the Company of any criminal investigation, criminal charge, arrest, conviction, professional disciplinary action, educational credential revocation, licensing suspension, government investigation, or other matter that may reasonably affect their ability to provide services through the Platform.
The Company reserves the right to conduct identity verification, credential verification, educational verification, reference checks, background checks, social media reviews, sanctions screening, and other investigations where permitted by law.
Failure to disclose material information may result in immediate termination.
The Contractor acknowledges that any verification, review, interview, onboarding process, screening procedure, reference check, background check, credential review, profile approval, or account approval performed by the Company does not constitute a guarantee of future conduct, qualifications, safety, competence, reliability, or suitability.
The Company reserves the right to approve, deny, suspend, restrict, or terminate participation regardless of whether a background check has been conducted.
The Company may permit the use of artificial intelligence systems, content-generation tools, virtual assistants, automated systems, and related technologies.
The Contractor remains solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, originality, quality, educational value, and compliance of all content submitted through the Platform, regardless of whether such content was created manually or with the assistance of artificial intelligence.
The Contractor shall not knowingly submit plagiarized content, copyrighted material without authorization, misleading information, unlawful content, defamatory material, malicious software, or other prohibited content.
The Company reserves the right to review, reject, modify, remove, restrict, archive, suspend, or permanently delete submitted content at its sole discretion.
The Contractor acknowledges that the Company may monitor profile activity, lesson completion, customer feedback, support interactions, webinar participation, content submissions, profile completion, response times, ratings, complaints, attendance records, and other operational metrics.
Such monitoring may occur for quality assurance, fraud prevention, compliance, safety, customer support, dispute resolution, training, business improvement, and operational management purposes.
The Company reserves the right to establish performance standards, profile requirements, activity requirements, content requirements, response requirements, and quality expectations.
The Contractor acknowledges that the Platform is continuously evolving and may undergo modifications, upgrades, redesigns, migrations, integrations, software changes, operational changes, feature removals, feature additions, payment system changes, communication platform changes, scheduling system changes, artificial intelligence integrations, and other modifications.
The Company makes no guarantee regarding uninterrupted operation, continued availability of specific features, compatibility with third-party systems, or preservation of historical functionality.
The Contractor agrees to reasonably cooperate with operational changes implemented by the Company.
The Company reserves the unrestricted right to suspend, restrict, investigate, freeze, deactivate, disable, deny access to, or permanently terminate Contractor accounts at any time and for any reason.
Reasons for suspension or termination may include, but are not limited to:
The Company shall not be liable for lost revenue, lost opportunities, reputational harm, or other damages resulting from account restrictions or termination.
Upon termination of this Agreement, the Contractor shall immediately cease use of Company materials and, where requested, return, destroy, delete, or remove Company-owned information, documents, records, systems access, confidential information, educational materials, customer information, and proprietary content.
The Company reserves the right to verify compliance with this requirement where permitted by law.
The Contractor agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless New To Education, its owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, affiliates, volunteers, representatives, successors, assigns, licensors, service providers, and partners from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, investigations, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, losses, costs, expenses, and attorney fees arising out of or relating to:
(a) the Contractor's conduct;
(b) services provided by the Contractor;
(c) violations of this Agreement;
(d) violations of law;
(e) intellectual property disputes;
(f) privacy violations;
(g) student complaints;
(h) content submitted by the Contractor;
(i) injuries or damages arising from face-to-face services; or
(j) any act or omission giving rise to legal liability.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, New To Education, its owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, affiliates, representatives, licensors, service providers, successors, and assigns shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, special, exemplary, economic, reputational, emotional, speculative, or business damages arising from participation on the Platform.
This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory asserted and includes damages relating to lost profits, lost business opportunities, lost clients, lost bookings, lost content sales, lost data, service interruptions, software issues, payment delays, student disputes, contractor disputes, reputational harm, or other business losses.
The Company's total aggregate liability under this Agreement shall not exceed the total amount paid to the Contractor during the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.
The Company shall not be liable for delays, interruptions, failures, cancellations, suspensions, or inability to perform resulting from circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, pandemics, cyberattacks, internet outages, governmental actions, labor disputes, war, terrorism, civil unrest, utility failures, transportation disruptions, technological failures, supplier failures, acts of God, or other unforeseen events.
The parties agree to first attempt to resolve disputes through good-faith informal negotiations.
If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, the Company may require that disputes be resolved through binding arbitration conducted in Japan in accordance with applicable arbitration procedures.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Contractor waives participation in class actions, collective actions, representative actions, consolidated proceedings, and similar legal actions.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Where arbitration is unavailable or unenforceable, the parties agree that the Tokyo District Court shall possess exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising under this Agreement.
This Agreement, together with all incorporated policies, guidelines, procedures, statements of understanding, privacy policies, platform rules, and future amendments, constitutes the complete agreement between the Company and the Contractor.
This Agreement supersedes all prior oral or written discussions, understandings, communications, representations, promises, negotiations, and agreements.
The Company reserves the unrestricted right to modify, amend, supplement, replace, update, or revise this Agreement at any time.
Updated versions shall become effective upon publication unless otherwise specified.
Continued participation on the Platform following publication of updated terms constitutes acceptance of such modifications.
By checking the acceptance box, creating a tutor profile, providing services, uploading content, conducting lessons, participating in webinars, accepting bookings, or otherwise utilizing Platform systems, the Contractor acknowledges that they have carefully read, understood, and voluntarily agreed to be legally bound by this Agreement.
The Contractor further acknowledges that they have had the opportunity to seek independent legal, tax, and professional advice regarding this Agreement and enter into it freely and voluntarily.
Effective Date: June 6th, 2026
New To Education ("New To Education," "NTE," "Company," "we," "our," or "us") respects the privacy of tutors, educators, instructors, consultants, coaches, mentors, content creators, webinar presenters, affiliates, contractors, and other service providers who utilize our Platform.
This Tutor Privacy Policy explains how New To Education collects, uses, stores, processes, transfers, shares, protects, and manages information relating to tutors and contractors who provide services through NewToEducation.com, Newtoed.com, future websites, mobile applications, webinar systems, educational marketplaces, content platforms, community systems, AI-powered services, and all related offerings (collectively referred to as the "Platform").
By applying to become a tutor, creating a profile, participating in onboarding, providing services, publishing content, receiving payments, communicating through Platform systems, or otherwise utilizing the Platform as a contractor, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected from tutors, educators, consultants, contractors, affiliates, presenters, creators, coaches, mentors, and other independent service providers who interact with the Platform.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through applications, registrations, onboarding processes, profile creation, service delivery, communications, content submissions, webinars, community interactions, payment processing activities, support requests, verification procedures, and other Platform-related activities.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment processors, video conferencing providers, cloud providers, independent businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, or other third parties that maintain separate privacy practices.
The Company may collect personal information, professional information, educational information, financial information, verification information, communications information, technical information, platform activity information, content information, and other information reasonably necessary to operate the Platform and provide services.
Information may be collected directly from tutors, automatically through technology systems, from third-party providers, from publicly available sources, from educational institutions, from references, or from other lawful sources.
The Company may collect personal identification information including names, usernames, profile photographs, dates of birth where required, nationality information where required by law, residency information, government-issued identification documents, verification documents, passport information where necessary, tax identification information, and other information required to verify identity and administer Platform services.
The Company reserves the right to request updated identification documents at any time.
The Company may collect information regarding educational background, degrees, certifications, licenses, teaching experience, employment history, professional memberships, subject expertise, language proficiency, resumes, curriculum vitae, portfolios, references, recommendations, professional achievements, and other qualifications provided by tutors.
Such information may be used to evaluate applications, verify qualifications, improve profile visibility, facilitate student matching, support business operations, and maintain Platform quality standards.
The Company may collect and display profile information including biographies, introductions, teaching philosophies, areas of expertise, availability information, pricing information, social media links, website links, uploaded media, promotional content, profile photographs, videos, and other information voluntarily submitted by tutors.
Certain profile information may be visible to students, parents, businesses, organizations, affiliates, search engines, and members of the public.
Tutors are responsible for ensuring that publicly displayed information is accurate and appropriate.
The Company may collect information necessary to verify identity, eligibility, qualifications, residency, professional credentials, educational credentials, tax status, payment eligibility, and compliance with Company policies.
Verification information may include copies of identification documents, educational credentials, professional certifications, proof of residency, business registration information, references, and other supporting documentation.
The Company reserves the right to deny, suspend, restrict, or terminate Platform participation where requested verification information is not provided.
Where permitted by law, the Company may collect, receive, review, or verify information relating to criminal history disclosures, sanctions screening, reference checks, educational verification, employment verification, licensing verification, professional disciplinary actions, publicly available records, and related information.
Background screening activities may be conducted directly by the Company or through authorized third-party providers.
The Company reserves the right to retain records relating to screening activities where necessary for legal, compliance, security, safety, operational, or business purposes.
The Company may collect payment-related information necessary to process compensation, administer payouts, comply with tax obligations, prevent fraud, verify payment eligibility, and support financial operations.
Such information may include bank account information, payment processor account information, tax identification numbers, withholding information, residency information, billing information, payout preferences, transaction histories, invoice information, and related financial records.
The Company generally relies upon third-party payment processors to process payments. While the Company may receive transaction-related information, the Company does not intentionally store complete payment card information, banking passwords, or other sensitive authentication credentials unless necessary for legitimate operational purposes.
Payment processors maintain their own privacy policies and security practices, and tutors are encouraged to review such policies.
The Company may collect information necessary to comply with applicable tax laws, withholding obligations, reporting requirements, anti-money laundering regulations, sanctions compliance requirements, financial auditing requirements, and related legal obligations.
Such information may include tax forms, residency documentation, taxpayer identification numbers, withholding certifications, business registration documents, and other information required by law.
The Company reserves the right to retain tax-related information for periods required by applicable law.
The Company may collect information regarding a tutor's activities on the Platform.
This information may include profile updates, login activity, lesson activity, scheduling information, booking history, attendance records, student interactions, cancellation history, response times, support requests, webinar participation, content uploads, profile completion status, ratings, reviews, performance metrics, and other operational information.
Platform activity information may be used for quality assurance, fraud prevention, security monitoring, customer support, performance evaluation, operational management, dispute resolution, business improvement, and compliance purposes.
The Company may collect, analyze, review, and maintain information relating to tutor performance and service quality.
Such information may include student feedback, reviews, ratings, complaints, lesson completion records, attendance records, communication records, response times, customer satisfaction information, platform engagement metrics, and operational performance data.
This information may be used to improve service quality, facilitate student matching, maintain Platform standards, investigate complaints, support business decisions, and improve user experiences.
The Company may collect information contained within emails, messages, chats, support requests, forum discussions, webinar communications, customer support interactions, surveys, feedback submissions, comments, and other communications exchanged through Platform systems.
Communications may be reviewed, stored, analyzed, monitored, archived, or processed for customer support, quality assurance, security, training, dispute resolution, compliance, operational management, fraud prevention, and service improvement purposes.
The Company may collect information relating to webinars, courses, ebooks, digital products, educational materials, presentations, videos, audio recordings, lesson materials, downloadable resources, blog submissions, and other content uploaded by tutors.
Such information may be used to facilitate service delivery, marketplace operations, quality assurance, promotional activities, educational initiatives, content moderation, security monitoring, and operational management.
The Company reserves the right to archive, review, analyze, or retain uploaded content in accordance with Platform policies and applicable law.
The Platform may utilize artificial intelligence technologies, virtual assistants, automated moderation systems, recommendation engines, content analysis tools, fraud-prevention systems, machine-learning technologies, and other automated services.
Information submitted through AI-powered services may be processed to improve Platform functionality, enhance service quality, support customer service, improve system accuracy, identify technical issues, develop future products, maintain security, and facilitate business operations.
The Company may use anonymized, aggregated, or operationally necessary information to improve Platform technologies and services, subject to applicable law.
The Company may automatically collect technical information when tutors access the Platform.
Such information may include IP addresses, browser types, browser versions, device identifiers, operating systems, application usage information, language settings, geographic region information, login history, access timestamps, referral information, and other technical data necessary for Platform operation.
Technical information may be utilized for security, analytics, troubleshooting, fraud prevention, system administration, performance monitoring, and service improvement purposes.
The Company may use tutor information for a variety of legitimate business, operational, educational, legal, compliance, security, and administrative purposes.
Such purposes may include:
Information may also be used to improve educational outcomes, enhance user experiences, increase Platform efficiency, and support future business initiatives.
The Company may use tutor information to promote Platform services, highlight tutor profiles, showcase educational content, advertise webinars, market courses, feature success stories, announce new services, and support other promotional activities.
Where appropriate, tutors may be provided opportunities to manage certain promotional preferences.
Operational, transactional, security-related, legal, and account-related communications may continue regardless of marketing preferences.
Information may be aggregated, anonymized, pseudonymized, analyzed, or otherwise processed for research, analytics, educational studies, market analysis, service improvement, business planning, operational management, innovation initiatives, and future Platform development.
Where possible, information used for research or analytics purposes may be de-identified to reduce the likelihood of identifying individual tutors.
In order to facilitate educational services and bookings, certain tutor information may be shared with students, parents, guardians, clients, businesses, organizations, and other authorized users of the Platform.
Information shared may include profile photographs, biographies, qualifications, certifications, subject expertise, availability information, pricing information, teaching experience, language proficiency, reviews, ratings, content offerings, webinar information, and other profile information voluntarily submitted by tutors.
The Company may also share scheduling information, booking confirmations, lesson details, attendance information, and communications necessary to facilitate services.
Tutors acknowledge that information designated as public profile information may be viewable by Platform users, search engines, and the general public.
The Platform may facilitate relationships between tutors, businesses, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, government entities, corporate clients, and other organizations.
Where necessary to facilitate approved services, opportunities, partnerships, workshops, webinars, projects, contracts, or educational activities, the Company may share relevant tutor information with authorized organizations.
Information shared may include qualifications, experience, certifications, service offerings, availability information, content portfolios, and other information necessary to evaluate participation opportunities.
Where tutors participate in affiliate programs, referral programs, ambassador programs, promotional activities, or similar initiatives, the Company may share limited information necessary to administer such programs.
Information may include referral activity, commission information, promotional performance metrics, and related operational data.
The Company may engage third-party providers to assist with Platform operations.
These providers may include:
Such providers may receive access to information only to the extent reasonably necessary to perform services on behalf of the Company.
The Company may require service providers to maintain appropriate confidentiality, privacy, and security protections.
Tutors may voluntarily link social media accounts, websites, portfolios, professional profiles, and other publicly accessible resources to their Platform profiles.
Information made publicly available by tutors may be accessible through search engines, directory listings, profile pages, marketing materials, promotional campaigns, newsletters, social media channels, and other public-facing services.
The Company is not responsible for information voluntarily published by tutors in public areas of the Platform.
The Company may disclose tutor information where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, subpoenas, government requests, law enforcement requests, legal proceedings, regulatory investigations, tax obligations, sanctions requirements, anti-money laundering requirements, or other legal obligations.
The Company may also disclose information to protect the safety, rights, property, security, reputation, legal interests, or operational interests of the Company, Platform users, service providers, business partners, or the public.
Tutor information may be transferred, disclosed, assigned, or otherwise included as part of a merger, acquisition, investment transaction, restructuring, reorganization, financing arrangement, sale of assets, ownership transfer, bankruptcy proceeding, or similar business transaction involving the Company.
Tutors acknowledge that such transfers may occur as part of ordinary business operations.
New To Education serves tutors located in multiple countries and jurisdictions.
As a result, tutor information may be transferred, stored, processed, accessed, maintained, or backed up in countries other than the tutor's country of residence.
These countries may have privacy protections that differ from those applicable in a tutor's home jurisdiction.
By utilizing the Platform, tutors acknowledge and consent to international transfers of information where reasonably necessary to provide services, operate the Platform, fulfill contractual obligations, support business operations, maintain security, and comply with applicable laws.
Tutor information may be stored within cloud environments, databases, servers, backup systems, archives, disaster recovery systems, software platforms, and technology infrastructure operated by the Company or authorized service providers.
Storage locations may change over time as business operations evolve.
The Company reserves the right to migrate, duplicate, archive, relocate, transfer, or back up information as necessary to maintain Platform operations and business continuity.
The Company may retain tutor information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Retention periods may vary based upon the nature of the information and applicable legal requirements.
Information may continue to exist within backup systems, archives, historical databases, audit logs, compliance records, disaster recovery systems, legal records, and other storage environments after account closure, inactivity, or deletion requests.
Such information may be retained for operational, legal, compliance, security, fraud prevention, auditing, or business continuity purposes.
The Company implements commercially reasonable administrative, technical, organizational, and physical safeguards designed to protect tutor information from unauthorized access, misuse, disclosure, alteration, loss, destruction, or theft.
Security measures may include:
While the Company strives to maintain strong security practices, no technology system can guarantee absolute security.
Tutors are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of account credentials, safeguarding devices, maintaining secure internet connections, updating software, monitoring account activity, and taking reasonable precautions to protect information.
Tutors shall immediately notify the Company of suspected unauthorized access, security incidents, privacy concerns, or account compromises.
The Company may maintain confidentiality protections relating to tutor records, communications, payment information, verification materials, business information, operational records, and other sensitive information.
Access to such information may be limited to authorized personnel, contractors, service providers, and business partners who require access for legitimate operational purposes.
The Company reserves the right to implement additional confidentiality safeguards as necessary to protect Platform operations and user information.
Because New To Education facilitates educational services involving minors, tutors acknowledge that certain information relating to interactions with students may be collected, retained, reviewed, monitored, or processed for safety, compliance, quality assurance, legal, educational, and operational purposes.
The Company may review lesson records, communications, attendance records, complaints, reports, session information, and other relevant information where necessary to protect students, investigate concerns, enforce Platform policies, comply with legal obligations, or maintain service quality.
Tutors acknowledge that student safety remains a priority and that the Company may take reasonable actions to investigate safety concerns involving minors.
Depending upon the tutor's jurisdiction, applicable laws may provide certain rights relating to personal information.
Such rights may include:
The availability of rights may vary based upon applicable law, location, operational requirements, legal obligations, and the nature of the information involved.
The Company reserves the right to verify identity prior to processing requests.
Tutors may request information regarding the categories of information collected, sources of information, purposes of collection, categories of recipients, retention practices, and other information required under applicable privacy laws.
The Company may request additional information necessary to verify identity before responding to requests.
Tutors may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information maintained by the Company.
The Company reserves the right to review supporting documentation and determine whether requested corrections are appropriate based upon available records, operational requirements, legal obligations, and applicable law.
Tutors may request deletion of personal information under certain circumstances.
The Company may decline deletion requests where information must be retained for legal compliance, tax reporting, payment records, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, security purposes, contractual obligations, business operations, recordkeeping requirements, or other lawful purposes.
Deletion requests may not result in immediate or complete removal of information from backup systems, archives, logs, compliance records, historical records, or legally required records.
Where processing activities are based upon consent, tutors may withdraw consent at any time by contacting the Company.
Withdrawal of consent shall not affect processing that occurred prior to withdrawal and may affect the availability of certain Platform services or features.
Where applicable, tutors residing in California may possess rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and other California privacy laws.
Such rights may include rights relating to access, correction, deletion, disclosure of categories of information collected, disclosure of information sharing practices, and limitations regarding certain uses of personal information.
The Company will process qualifying requests in accordance with applicable California law.
The Company shall not unlawfully discriminate against tutors who exercise privacy rights provided by law.
Tutors located within the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or similar jurisdictions may possess rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK GDPR, and related privacy laws.
The Company may rely upon contractual necessity, legitimate interests, legal obligations, consent, fraud prevention interests, security interests, business operations, or other lawful bases when processing tutor information.
Tutors may exercise applicable rights in accordance with governing law.
The Platform may utilize automated systems, machine-learning technologies, recommendation engines, fraud-detection tools, moderation systems, artificial intelligence technologies, analytics systems, ranking systems, and related technologies.
Such systems may assist with:
Tutors acknowledge that automated systems may generate recommendations, classifications, rankings, summaries, analyses, or outputs that are not always accurate, complete, or error-free.
The Company reserves the right to utilize automated processing where permitted by law and necessary for Platform operations.
While the Company implements commercially reasonable safeguards, no security system can guarantee complete protection against cyberattacks, unauthorized access, data breaches, technical failures, malicious actors, or other security incidents.
In the event of a confirmed security incident requiring notification under applicable law, the Company may notify affected tutors through email, Platform notifications, website notices, postal mail, support communications, public notices, or other reasonable methods.
The timing, content, and scope of notifications may be determined based upon applicable legal requirements, law enforcement guidance, security concerns, and operational considerations.
The Company reserves the right to retain, archive, anonymize, suspend, restrict, deactivate, delete, or otherwise manage inactive tutor accounts and associated information in accordance with operational requirements, legal obligations, compliance needs, security considerations, fraud prevention efforts, recordkeeping obligations, and legitimate business interests.
Inactive accounts may be archived, hidden from public view, restricted, or removed from active systems without prior notice.
The Platform may contain links, integrations, references, or connections to third-party websites, applications, social media platforms, payment processors, educational institutions, businesses, organizations, webinar providers, cloud providers, artificial intelligence providers, and other external services.
The Company does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, security measures, terms, or activities of third parties.
Tutors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any third-party services they choose to utilize.
The Company reserves the unrestricted right to update, amend, revise, supplement, replace, modify, or discontinue this Privacy Policy at any time.
Updated versions shall become effective upon publication unless otherwise stated.
Tutors are responsible for periodically reviewing this Privacy Policy to remain informed regarding changes.
Continued participation on the Platform following publication of updates constitutes acceptance of revised policies.
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy, privacy rights requests, correction requests, deletion requests, access requests, complaints, concerns, or other privacy-related matters may be directed to:
New To Education
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://newtoeducation.com
The Company reserves the right to verify identity before processing requests and may request additional information where reasonably necessary to protect privacy, security, compliance, and the rights of all parties involved.
By applying to become a tutor, creating a profile, uploading content, participating in onboarding, providing services, receiving payments, communicating through Platform systems, publishing educational materials, hosting webinars, or otherwise utilizing the Platform, the tutor acknowledges that they have read, understood, and accepted the practices described in this Tutor Privacy Policy.
The tutor further acknowledges that information may be collected, processed, stored, transferred, disclosed, retained, and managed as described herein and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.