1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://civicsprepusa.com. We provide educational resources and tools to help students prepare for the US Citizenship Naturalization Test. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring your personal data is handled securely.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to the website (such as a profile photo), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

4. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site.

• Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
• Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
• Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.

6. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, charts, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

7. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or trade your personal data to outside parties. However, we may share data in the following specific instances:

• Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
• Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

8. How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
• Registered Users: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

9. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

10. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:

Civics Prep USA
Email: contact@civicsprepusa.com