Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Sooko. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier
• Contact Data: includes email address
• Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website and services
• Preference Data: includes your preferences for language, theme, and saved courses

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To register you as a new user
• To process and manage your account
• To provide and improve our services
• To manage our relationship with you
• To personalize your experience (save favorites, remember preferences)
• To process payments for premium subscriptions
• To send you relevant communications about our services

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. These measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit and at rest
• Secure authentication mechanisms
• Regular security assessments
• Access controls and monitoring

5. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly
• Authentication Cookies: Used to remember your login status
• Preference Cookies: Used to remember your settings (theme, language)
• Analytics Cookies: Used to understand how visitors interact with the website

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect information:

• Supabase: For authentication and data storage
• Stripe: For payment processing
• Google Analytics: For website analytics (if enabled)

Each of these services has their own privacy policy governing the use of your information.

7. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:

• Right to Access: Request access to your personal data
• Right to Correction: Request correction of your personal data
• Right to Erasure: Request erasure of your personal data
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
• Right to Data Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

When you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal data, except where we are required to retain it for legal or regulatory purposes.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

10. 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 and updating the "Last updated" date.