Privacy Policy for Sawt Digital Academy

This Privacy Policy describes how Sawt Digital Academy collects, uses, and protects the information you provide when you use our online platform and services, including our online podcasting courses, audio recording techniques, editing software training, podcast distribution strategies, monetization workshops, microphone and equipment guides, podcaster community forums, and live online coaching sessions.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information when you access and use our site and services. This includes:

Information you provide directly: This may include personal details such as your name, username, email address, and payment information when you register for an account, enroll in courses, participate in forums, or contact us.

Information we collect automatically: When you visit our site, we may automatically collect information about your device and usage, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, visited pages, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This helps us understand how our service is used and improve your experience.

Information from third parties: We may receive information about you from third-party services integrated with our platform, such as payment processors or analytics providers, as permitted by law.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for several purposes, including:

Providing and managing our online education services and platform.

Processing your registrations and payments for courses and workshops.

Communicating with you about your account, course updates, and service announcements.

Personalizing your experience on our site and recommending relevant content.

Improving our courses, services, and the functionality of our platform.

Analyzing usage trends and site traffic to understand how our service is used.

Ensuring the security and integrity of our platform and preventing fraudulent activity.

Complying with legal obligations and enforcing our terms of service.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in specific circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share information with third-party companies and individuals who provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and customer support. These third parties are granted access to your information only to perform these tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

With Your Consent: We may share your information with other third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we no longer need your information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you.

Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.

Request erasure of your personal information under certain conditions.

Object to or restrict the processing of your personal information.

Request portability of your personal information.

Withdraw your consent to processing where consent was the legal basis.

Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. We also use other tracking technologies such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

Children's Privacy

Our service is not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Data Controller / Contact Information

The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal information is Sawt Digital Academy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, you can contact us at:

Sawt Digital Academy
Building 45
Wadi Al Banat Street,
6th Floor,
Doha, Doha Municipality,
2777
Qatar