Walker Prep is a one-person practice that serves students across the United States online. This policy describes, in plain language, what information the site collects, why, and what your privacy rights are as a visitor — wherever you live.
01 Who we are
Walker Prep ("we," "us," "our") is a boutique SAT Reading & Writing tutoring practice operated by Dave Walker. The practice is based in Pasadena, California, and serves students throughout the United States — all programs are delivered online. This privacy policy applies to walkerprep.com and to communications sent through the contact form on that site.
It does not apply to the third-party platforms where our courses and tutoring sessions are delivered (Teachable, Podia, Substack). Those platforms each have their own privacy policies, and your interactions with them are governed by their terms — not by this one.
02 What we collect
Information you give us
When you submit our contact form, you provide:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone number (optional)
- The topic you're writing about
- The contents of your message
We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry. We do not add it to a mailing list, sell it, or share it with anyone outside Walker Prep.
When you subscribe to The Score — Walker Prep's weekly newsletter — you provide your email address. We capture this submission through our hosting provider (Netlify Forms), then manually add subscribers to our newsletter platform (Substack), where the newsletter is published and delivered. Once added to Substack, your subscription is governed by Substack's privacy policy as well as ours. You may unsubscribe at any time from any issue, or by contacting us.
Information collected automatically
Like nearly every website on the internet, our host (Netlify) automatically logs basic technical information when you visit a page: your IP address, the type of browser and device you're using, the page you came from, and the pages you visit on our site. This data is used to keep the site running and to detect abuse. We do not run any analytics product — no Google Analytics, no Plausible, no Fathom — and we do not place tracking cookies on your device.
03 Third parties our site touches
Our website does not load any tracking scripts or advertising pixels. However, the following services play a role in delivering the site or its related programs:
| Service | Role |
|---|---|
| Netlify | Hosts the site and handles contact-form submissions. Server logs are retained per Netlify's policy. |
| Google Fonts | Serves the typefaces used across the site. Loading a font is a request to Google's servers, which Google may log. |
| Teachable | Hosts our one-on-one tutoring page, group courses, and Diagnostic Review checkout. |
| Podia | Hosts our self-paced SAT Reading & Writing Mastery course. |
| Substack | Publishes our newsletter, The Score, and our podcast. Subscribers' email addresses are stored on Substack once we add them from our Netlify Forms inbox. |
When you click a link to any of the above, you leave walkerprep.com and that platform's privacy policy takes over. We encourage you to read each of those policies if you intend to make a purchase or sign up for a service there.
04 How we use what we collect
We use the information described above only to:
- Respond to your inquiries through the contact form
- Operate, maintain, and secure the site
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell or rent personal information. We do not share it with marketers, advertisers, or data brokers. We do not use it to build profiles or target advertising.
05 How long we keep it
Contact-form submissions are kept indefinitely in our Netlify dashboard, primarily as a record of past correspondence. You may request deletion at any time (see below).
Server logs are retained by Netlify in accordance with their standard policy.
06 Your privacy rights
Several US states have enacted comprehensive privacy laws that give residents specific rights over their personal information. Because Walker Prep is based in California and serves clients across the country, we extend the most protective set of these rights to all visitors, regardless of where you live.
You have the right to:
- Know what personal information we have collected about you
- Access a copy of the personal information we hold
- Delete personal information we have collected from you
- Correct inaccurate personal information we hold
- Opt out of sale or sharing of your personal information — we do not sell or share, so this is automatically the case
- Limit the use of sensitive personal information — we do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by any applicable state law
- Be free from retaliation for exercising any of the above rights
Residents of California are specifically guaranteed the rights above under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Residents of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws are guaranteed comparable rights under those laws. We honor these rights for every visitor.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us through the contact form. We will respond within 45 days, as required by law.
07 Children's privacy
Walker Prep's services are intended for high-school-aged students preparing for the SAT. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian believes their child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
For students between 13 and 18, we encourage families to make contact and program decisions together. Students under 18 should not submit a contact form without parental knowledge.
08 Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the information we hold. Contact-form submissions and server logs are stored on Netlify, which uses industry-standard encryption in transit and at rest. The site itself is served over HTTPS. No method of transmission over the internet is ever perfectly secure — but we treat your data with the same care we would expect for our own.
09 Changes to this policy
When we update this policy, we will revise the "Effective" date at the top. Material changes will be flagged on the homepage briefly before they take effect. The current version is always available at walkerprep.com/privacy.
10 How to reach us
For any privacy-related question or request — to access, correct, or delete the information we hold about you, or to ask anything else covered in this document — please use the contact form. We read every note personally.