Privacy Policy

Guffick Tuition — www.gufficktuition.com

Last updated: March 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Guffick Tuition (‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you use our website at www.gufficktuition.com or engage with our tutoring services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are

Guffick Tuition is operated by Lee Guffick, a sole trader providing specialist mathematics tutoring services online across the United Kingdom. Lee Guffick is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

Email: [INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS]
Website: www.gufficktuition.com

2. What Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide to Us

When you contact us, register for a free guide, book a call, or enquire about our services, we may collect:

Your name and your child’s name
Email address
Phone number or WhatsApp number
Information about your child’s academic year and current difficulties
Any other information you voluntarily provide in messages or forms

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

IP address and browser type
Pages visited and time spent on the site
Referring website
Device information

Our website uses cookies and tracking technologies, including the Facebook Pixel, to understand how visitors use our site and to show relevant advertising. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

To respond to your enquiries and provide tutoring services
To send you the free guide or resources you have requested
To contact you about upcoming sessions, scheduling, and progress updates
To send relevant communications about our services (where you have given consent or we have a legitimate interest in doing so)
To improve our website and services
To comply with our legal obligations

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

Contract: Where processing is necessary to deliver the tutoring services you have engaged us for
Legitimate Interests: Where we have a legitimate business interest, such as responding to enquiries and improving our services, and these are not overridden by your rights
Consent: Where you have given us clear consent, for example by signing up for our free guide or marketing communications
Legal Obligation: Where we are required by law to process your information

5. Children’s Data

Our services are aimed at students aged 16 to 18, and we primarily collect and communicate with parents and guardians. We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. Where student information is provided to us (such as name, school year, and academic progress), this is done so by parents or guardians and is used solely to deliver the tutoring service effectively.

6. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your data with:

Service providers who help us operate our website and business (e.g. Kajabi, our website platform), bound by appropriate data processing agreements
WhatsApp and other communication platforms you choose to contact us through
Trustpilot or First Tutors, where you choose to leave a review
Legal or regulatory authorities, where required by law

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to deliver our services and comply with our legal obligations:

Enquiry data where no service was engaged: up to 12 months
Active client data: for the duration of the tutoring relationship and up to 3 years thereafter
Financial records: up to 7 years in line with HMRC requirements

You may request deletion of your data at any time (subject to legal obligations) by contacting us.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Right of access: to request a copy of the data we hold about you
Right to rectification: to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
Right to erasure: to request deletion of your data in certain circumstances
Right to restrict processing: to ask us to limit how we use your data
Right to data portability: to receive your data in a portable format
Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 1. We will respond within one month. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.

9. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including Trustpilot, First Tutors, and WhatsApp. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on our website, and the ‘last updated’ date at the top of this document will reflect any changes. Continued use of our services after any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.