Here at summerdiscovery.com, we are sensitive to protecting the private information that you provide to us. Our mission is to offer you useful information about enrichment and travel programs that are owned and operated by Musiker Discovery Programs, Inc. ("Summer Discovery," "we," "us," "our"). We want you to have the opportunity to receive information about Summer Discovery as well as enjoy other online capabilities, such as online enrollment and catalog requests that summerdiscovery.com provides. In order for summerdiscovery.com to make those services available, we ask you to submit personal information. This policy will give details on how Summer Discovery uses the information that you provide to us and why we ask for the information that we do. We may make changes to this policy periodically, which we will post here.

INFORMATION USE AND COLLECTION

We collect, retain and use your information only where we reasonably believe it would be useful and allowed by law to administer specific business relationships and to provide services. We use information we collect to manage your online application, to manage your account and programs, to identify you, to communicate with you, to help us respond to your questions, and to improve our website and program offerings.

Sources of Personal Information

We collect personal data both directly from users and via automated technology. We collect and use this information only as permitted or required by, and in compliance with, law.

Categories of Personal Information

We collect the following categories of personal information for the purposes described below:

• Identifiers (including name, contact, and other identification information)

-We use this information to manage your online application, to manage your account and programs, to communicate with you, and to connect you with potentially relevant products and services.

• Customer records information (including name, contact, and payment information)

-We use this information to manage your online application and to manage your account and programs. Importantly, Summer Discovery does not store or have access to your payment information. That information is managed entirely by a third-party service provider.

• Commercial information (including records of services purchased)

-We use this information to manage your online application, account, and programs.

• Internet or other electronic network activity information (cookies and analytics data)

-We use this information to optimize the performance of our website and analyze how visitors arrive at the website, what type of content is most popular, and what type of visitors in the aggregate are interested in particular kinds of content.

• Educational information

-We use this information to manage your application, account, and programs.

Cookies

We may from time-to-time contract with third-party vendors to work on our behalf to provide ads to our customers via the Internet or to send direct mail or catalogs to customers whom we think may be interested in our products or services. In order to do so, these third parties may collect information concerning visitors to our websites using JavaScript software code and "cookies." A "cookie" is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser or mobile device by websites, mobile apps, and advertisements that you access or use. This "cookie" is stored on your computer or mobile device and helps websites and mobile apps to remember things about you to improve your experience with the website. Our vendors may then connect the information that they collect from our website using "cookies" to other sources of information, which may include your name and mailing address, for the purpose of sending you direct mail promotions. By using this site, you consent to these activities, including information collection by our vendors. If you do not wish for cookies to be placed on your computer, most web browsers permit you to prevent that from taking place. Additionally, information about opting out of cookie-based advertising can be found via the following links - http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/ and https://www.neustar.biz/privacy/opt-out. However, please keep in mind that cookies and similar technologies are an important part of how the website works; removing, rejecting, or limiting the use of cookies or other similar technologies might affect the availability and functionality of the website. To opt-out of receiving our direct mail or catalogs, you may send us an email at info@summerdiscovery.com call us at 516-621-3939 or send a written request to Summer Discovery, Attn: Customer Service, 1326 Old Northern Blvd. Roslyn, NY 11576. We will honor those requests, but please understand that it may take up to 30 days for such mailings to end.

INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

We do not sell any personal information, nor do we share it with any third parties, except as set forth below. Protecting personal information is an important part of our business. Summer Discovery will send personal information about you to other companies or people only when: 1) we have your consent to share the information; 2) we need to share your information to provide service you have requested; 3) we need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Summer Discovery to provide a service to you (unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide them beyond what is necessary to assist us in providing a product or service to you); and 4) we believe release is appropriate to comply with applicable law; enforce or apply other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Summer Discovery, our users, or others.

MAINTENANCE OF ACCURATE INFORMATION

In order to attain the most complete and accurate records, we consistently maintain customer information. If you have reason to believe that your information is incorrect, please contact us. We respond to requests to correct inaccurate information in a timely manner.

RETENTION OF DATA

We will keep your personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which personal information is collected as stated herein; for as long as is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us, if any; and to comply with legal and statutory obligations, such as in tax, trade and corporate laws. When we no longer need your personal information for our purposes, we will destroy, delete or erase that personal information or convert it into an anonymous form.

SECURITY OF DATA

Information security is critical to our business. We will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information in our possession from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We are committed to processing your data in a secure manner and have put in place specific technical and organizational measures to prevent the personal information we hold from being accidentally or deliberately compromised. Please be aware that these protection tools do not protect information that is not collected through our website, such as information provided to us by e-mail. We also conduct information risk assessments, we ensure that our staff understands the importance of protecting personal data, and we are responsibly managing access rights within the company.

STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Residents of certain U.S. states have unique rights available to them under state data privacy laws. Depending on your residency, you may have the following rights.

Right to access

You may have the right to request that we disclose the categories of personal information collected, the categories of sources from which personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collection, the categories of third parties with which we share personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information that we have about you. You also may have the right to request that we provide your personal information to you in a readily useable format.

Right to request deletion

You may have the right to request that we delete personal information that we collected from you. Note, however, that certain requests to delete personal information may be denied if we are required to retain the information as a matter of law, the information is necessary for detecting security incidents, exercising free speech, protecting, or defending against legal claims, or for internal uses reasonably aligned with consumer expectations. Deletion of information is not feasible for individuals currently enrolled in Summer Discovery programs.

Payment Terms:

The $100 Application Fee must accompany the application for acceptance and is non-refundable, and not applicable to tuition. Upon notification of acceptance into the program, an online enrollment with applicable program deposit of $1,500, payable by credit card (for a 3.5% surcharge) or by electronic check (ACH/e-check drawn on a U.S. bank). The balance of the tuition, refundable fees, and fees is invoiced by email, and is due by April 1. Final tuition payment is payable by credit card (for a 3.5% surcharge), electronic check (e-check), or wire transfer. Credit card payment fees and any other bank charges incurred are the responsibility of the student/parent/guardian. Summer Discovery will credit only the actual payment in US dollars credited to Summer Discovery at its bank.

.    $100 Application Fee due at application

·    $1,500 Deposit due at enrollment if enrolled prior to April 1, 2025

·    Tuition Balance due April 1, 2025 if enrolled prior to April 1, 2025

·    Total Tuition due at enrollment if enrolling after April 1, 2025

o  The academic fee is $150, invoiced upon enrollment, and covers student course books, hands-on kits, art supplies, lab materials, classroom technology supplies, course-specific materials for student learning and engagement, and academic supplies. This fee does not include robotics kits.

·     Summer Discovery Academic Fee: 

o Certain Summer Discovery courses may require additional fees for academic supplies or other materials. Any additional fees will be outlined during the enrollment and/or course registration process but are subject to change prior to the date of enrollment.

o  This is a list of applicable courses and fees: