Privacy Policy

Lit Revision Pro is operated by Helen Kirby English ("we", "us", "our"). We provide a digital study platform for GCSE and A-Level English students, including revision booklets, note-making tools, an essay planner with AI feedback, enrichment challenges, and an optional paid essay-marking service.

If you have any questions about this policy or your data, contact us at tuition@helenkirbyenglish.co.uk.

We only collect what we need to run the platform and provide the services you ask for:

• Account data: your email address and name, created when you register or are invited.
• Study content: notes you write, essay plans and AI feedback you save, reading and writing challenge responses, essential-reading progress, and your writing goals (target grade and focus areas).
• Subscription data: the product you purchase and your subscription status, so we can grant and manage access.
• Marking data: when you pay for essay marking, the essay plan, question and your email are sent to Helen for review and reply.
• Usage data: basic information about how you use the platform, used to improve it.

• To create and manage your account and keep you logged in.
• To save and display your notes, plans, progress and goals so you can return to them.
• To generate AI feedback on your essay plans and to provide the paid marking service.
• To process payments and manage your subscription, including revoking access when a subscription ends.
• To send you occasional progress summaries by email if you have activity to report.
• To maintain and improve the platform and its educational content.

Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases:

• Contract: providing the service you signed up for, including paid subscriptions and marking.
• Consent: for optional analytics cookies and for sending progress emails, which you can withdraw at any time.
• Legitimate interests: operating and improving the platform and keeping it secure.
• Legal obligation: where we are required to keep records.

We use essential cookies to keep you logged in and to save your notes, plans and progress: these are necessary for the platform to work and cannot be switched off. Optional analytics cookies help us understand how the platform is used so we can improve it. You can accept all, reject optional cookies, or manage your preferences at any time using the "Cookie preferences" link in the sidebar.

We do not sell your data. We share it only with trusted processors needed to run the platform:

• Base44 Payments (Wix Payments): to process subscription and marking payments securely. Your card details are handled by the payment provider and never seen by us.
• AI providers: to generate essay feedback on the content you submit for review.
• Google (Gmail): to send you progress summaries and marked-essay replies from the platform's email account.

Each processor only receives the data needed to perform its specific task, and is bound by obligations to keep it secure.

We keep your study content and account for as long as your account is active. If you cancel your subscription, your access is revoked but your saved content is retained so you can resume if you re-subscribe. You can ask us to delete your account and all associated content at any time (see Your rights below).

You have the right to:

• Be informed about how we use your data (this policy).
• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectify any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erase your data ("right to be forgotten").
• Restrict or object to our processing of your data.
• Data portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Withdraw consent for consent-based processing at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, email tuition@helenkirbyenglish.co.uk. We respond within one month.

Lit Revision Pro is designed for secondary-school students aged 11–18. If you are under 16, please ask a parent or guardian to review this policy and help you set up your account. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13 without parental involvement, and we do not use personal data for targeted advertising.

Some of our processors (such as AI and email providers) may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as UK adequacy decisions or Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure your data is protected to UK GDPR standards.

We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including secure authentication, encrypted connections and access controls. No system is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to safeguard your information.

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the "Last updated" date at the top. Significant changes will be highlighted on the platform or by email where appropriate.

If you have a concern about how we handle your data and we cannot resolve it, you have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.