Privacy Notice — Arabic Speaking Club

This Privacy Notice explains how Arabic Speaking Club ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website and live Arabic classes. Arabic Speaking Club is the data controller of the personal data described here.

1. Data we collect

Account data: name, email, password, country, gender, age, mobile number.
Profile data: display name, avatar, timezone, language preference.
Booking and usage data: classes booked, attendance, quota usage, messages sent through support chat.
Technical data: IP address, device and browser identifiers, log data, cookies.

2. How we use your data

To create and manage your account and deliver our classes (contract performance).
To send booking confirmations, reminders, and service notifications (contract performance).
To provide customer support (legitimate interests).
To prevent fraud, abuse, and secure our service (legitimate interests).
To improve our product and content (legitimate interests).
To meet legal obligations (legal obligation).

3. Sharing your data

We share personal data only with:

Service providers / subprocessors that host our infrastructure, send our emails, and provide analytics and support tooling.
PayPal, our payment provider, which processes payments and subscription billing on our behalf. See PayPal's privacy statement at paypal.com/legalhub/privacy.
Professional advisers (legal, accounting) where necessary.
Authorities where required by law.

4. International transfers

Where personal data is transferred outside your country, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions.

5. Data retention

We keep personal data only for as long as needed to provide the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When no longer needed, data is deleted or anonymised.

6. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your personal data, to object to processing, to withdraw consent, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, contact us at the address below. We aim to respond within one month.

7. Security

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures — including encryption in transit, access controls, and least-privilege database policies — to protect your personal data.

8. Cookies

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and to remember preferences. We may also use analytics cookies to understand product usage. You can manage cookies through your browser settings.

9. Contact

For any privacy questions or requests, contact Arabic Speaking Club through our contact page.