Cookie Policy

Effective Date: August 21, 2025

Last Updated: August 23, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how EXCELerated Success LLC ("EXCELerated Success," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, exceleratedsuccess.com (the "Site") and use our related educational services. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide a better user experience. Cookies allow us to recognize your device and store information about your preferences or past actions.

Your Consent

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner provides you with the choice to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your cookie preferences. We will not set performance, functionality, or marketing cookies on your device without your explicit and affirmative consent. You can change your cookie settings or withdraw your consent at any time through the "Manage Cookies" link located in the footer of our website.

How We Use Cookies

EXCELerated Success LLC uses cookies to enhance your experience on our website and during tutoring sessions, ensure platform security, analyze website performance to improve our educational services, and deliver relevant advertising.

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function properly and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services. They enable core functionality such as:

• Secure login to your student portal
• Session management during tutoring appointments
• Shopping cart functionality for service purchases
• Security features and fraud prevention

These cookies do not store personally identifiable information and do not require your consent.

2. Performance and Analytics Cookies

We use these cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website, count visits and traffic sources, and measure and improve the performance of our site.

Google Analytics

Purpose: Website traffic analysis, user behavior tracking, and performance optimization.

Information Collected: Pages visited, time spent on site, device type, and anonymized location (city/country level).

Data Retention: 26 months

Provider: Google LLC

Opt-out: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

3. Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features.

Session Management

Purpose: Remember your login status and preferences during a session.

Duration: Session-based (deleted when you close your browser).

Information Stored: Login status, language preferences, accessibility settings.

4. Marketing and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. The use of these cookies may be considered "sharing" of personal information under certain U.S. state privacy laws

Facebook Pixel

Purpose: Measure advertising effectiveness and build custom audiences for our ads.

Information: Website interactions, conversion tracking.

Privacy Policy: Facebook Data Policy

Control: Facebook Ad Preferences

Note: Only used for advertising our tutoring services to parents/guardians (18+). We never use this technology to target minors.

Google Ads

Purpose: Measure advertising campaign effectiveness and create remarketing audiences.

Information: Ad interactions, website visits following ad clicks.

Privacy Policy: Google Ads Privacy Policy

Control: Google Ad Settings

Detailed Information on Third-Party Cookies

Our platform integrates with trusted third-party services that are critical to our operations. These services may set their own cookies, which are governed by their respective privacy policies.

Educational Platform Cookies

• Zoom: For video conferencing functionality. Its cookies manage session connectivity and security. Compliant with COPPA and FERPA. Zoom Privacy Statement
• Wise (LMS): For scheduling, progress tracking, and communication. Its cookies manage course progress and session data. Compliant with COPPA and FERPA. Wise Privacy Policy
• MobyMax: For educational content delivery. Its cookies track learning progress and activity completion. Compliant with COPPA and FERPA. MobyMax Privacy Policy
• Pencil Spaces: For backup virtual classroom functionality. Its cookies manage session data and collaboration tools. Compliant with COPPA and FERPA. Pencil Spaces Privacy Policy

Payment Processing Cookies

• Stripe: For secure payment processing. Its cookies manage payment completion status and fraud prevention. Credit card numbers are processed directly by Stripe and are never stored on our servers. Stripe Privacy Policy and Stripe Cookie Policy

Managing Your Cookie Choices

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can exercise your preferences through our cookie consent banner or by using the tools described below.

Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can find instructions for your browser below:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge
• Industry Opt-Out Tools: You can opt out of interest-based advertising from many third-party ad networks through tools like the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Opt-Out Tool and the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Tool.

Important Note: Disabling strictly necessary cookies may limit your ability to use our tutoring platform effectively, including scheduling sessions, accessing materials, or processing payments.

Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we take special care regarding children under 13:

• We obtain verifiable parental consent before knowingly collecting any personal information from children under 13.
• Analytics cookies only collect aggregated, non-personally identifiable information.
• We never use advertising cookies to target children under 13.
• Parents can review or request the deletion of any information collected from their child by contacting us.

Information for International Users

If you are visiting our website from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States.

• For Users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland: We process cookies based on legitimate interest for strictly necessary functions and with your explicit consent for all other cookies (e.g., analytics and marketing), in compliance with GDPR requirements. For any transfers of personal data from these regions to the U.S., we rely on appropriate legal mechanisms, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), to ensure your data is adequately protected.

Your U.S. State Privacy Rights (California, Virginia, etc.)

If you are a resident of a state with comprehensive privacy laws, such as California (CCPA/CPRA), you may have additional rights. The use of marketing cookies may constitute a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information under these laws. You have the right to opt out of this activity.

You can exercise this right by clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the footer of our website and by rejecting marketing cookies in our cookie consent manager. For a full description of your rights, please review our Privacy Policy.

Cookie Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website with a new effective date and, for significant changes, by providing a prominent notice on our homepage.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

EXCELerated Success LLC

Aisha, Founder & Lead Tutor

Email: hello@exceleratedsuccess.com

Phone: 888-95-EXCEL (888-953-9235)

Website: exceleratedsuccess.com

For comprehensive information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, please review our complete Privacy Policy.