Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 7/1/2024

Last Updated: 7/1/2025

Teaching Innovative Professional Services, LLC (“TIP Services,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you engage with our services, including professional development training, CDA cohorts, consulting, online courses, and related offerings.

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: Name, address, phone number, email address, employer, job title, and other identifying information you provide when registering for a course, contacting us, or subscribing to communications.
  
• Educational/Professional Information: Certifications, transcripts, training records, or documentation required for professional development or credentialing.
  
• Payment Information: If you purchase services directly from us, we collect payment details through secure third-party processors (we do not store full credit card numbers).
  
• Website and Learning Platform Data: Information collected automatically through cookies and usage data when accessing our website, tLMS, or other online tools.
  

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and manage training, coaching, and consulting services.
  
• Track professional development hours and course completion.
  
• Communicate with you about services, updates, or support.
  
• Issue certificates, reports, or documentation required for credentialing.
  
• Improve our website, courses, and user experience.
  
• Comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
  

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share information only in the following cases:

• With Your Consent: When you give permission (e.g., for reporting professional development hours).
  
• Service Providers: With trusted vendors that help us operate our website, learning platforms, or payment systems.
  
• Legal Obligations: When required by law, regulation, or legal process.
  
• Credentialing/Regulatory Agencies: If needed to verify training or certification (e.g., Council for Professional Recognition, TDHS).
  

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable methods, no system can guarantee absolute security.

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide services, meet reporting requirements, or comply with legal obligations. Records related to professional development or credentialing may be stored in accordance with state and federal requirements.

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access, correct, or update your personal information.
  
• Request deletion of your information, subject to legal or contractual obligations.
  
• Opt out of marketing communications at any time.
  

Our services are intended for adult professionals. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. We will delete it promptly if we learn that we have inadvertently collected such information.

Our website or training platforms may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version will always be posted on our website with the effective date.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us:

Teaching Innovative Professional Services, LLC
Email: tips@tipservicesllc.com
Phone:(901)208-0597