Wolof Academy Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how "Wolof Academy," operated by Wolper Business Group LLC, collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information. By using our services, including enrolling in "The Beginners A1 Wolof Course," you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

1.1 Personal Information:

• Name and email address (provided during registration and for course updates).

1.2 Technical Information:

• Browser, device, operating-system, and IP-address information collected for account security and first-party website analytics.
• Approximate session country derived locally from the IP address, plus visited paths, referrer, campaign parameters, and interactions with tracked page elements.

1.3 Third-Party Information:

• Stripe processes payment-related information such as name, email, and payment details directly on their platform. We do not store payment details on our servers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide access to "The Beginners A1 Wolof Course."
• Communicate updates about the course via ConvertKit.
• Ensure security during login attempts by monitoring browser type and IP address.
• Analyze website usage and purchase journeys through first-party application analytics and self-hosted aggregate analytics to improve our content and services.
• Understand approximate country-level traffic using a database stored on our server, without sending visitor IP addresses to an external geolocation service.

We do not sell or share your data with third parties for advertising or marketing purposes.

3. How We Share Your Information

We share limited data with the following third-party services to operate our business effectively:

• Stripe: For secure payment processing.
• ConvertKit: To send course updates and communication.

These services are bound by their own privacy policies and legal requirements.

4. Data Storage and Retention

Your data is securely stored in our private database hosted on a virtual private server (VPS). Passwords are encrypted, and access to data is strictly limited to authorized personnel.

Account, enrollment, and payment records are retained as needed to provide the service and meet operational or legal obligations. First-party human visitor sessions, including their raw IP addresses and locally derived country context, are retained for up to 730 days; sessions classified as automated bot traffic are retained for up to 90 days. The associated events and technical context are deleted with the session. Users may request anonymization as outlined in Section 6.

5. How We Protect Your Information

We take the following measures to safeguard your data:

• Encryption of passwords.
• Limiting access to personal data to authorized personnel only.
• Regular updates and patches to server software to maintain security.

Despite these measures, no method of data transmission or storage is 100% secure. By using our services, you acknowledge this risk.

6. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your data:

• Access: You may request a copy of your data by contacting us via email.
• Correction: You may request corrections to inaccurate or outdated information.
• Anonymization: While data deletion is not possible due to database integrity requirements, we can anonymize your data upon request.

To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected].

7. Cookies and Tracking

We use a first-party analytics cookie to recognize a browser across visits. This helps us understand page usage, marketing attribution, checkout conversion, and the journey a customer took before purchasing. When you identify yourself or complete a purchase, the first-party visitor record may be connected to your account and order so authorized administrators can support customers and evaluate marketing performance.

Our application analytics are stored in our private database and are not shared with third parties for advertising. Approximate country is derived on our server from the session IP address; the IP is not sent to an external country-lookup service. Sensitive authentication cookies, authorization headers, and form inputs are excluded. Access to customer-level analytics is restricted to authorized administrators, and tracking activity is retained according to the periods described above.

We also use our own self-hosted aggregate analytics. On certain public marketing pages, anonymized session recordings may be captured with sensitive inputs masked to help improve page usability. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

8. Legal Compliance

We comply with applicable privacy laws. No special legal requirements currently apply to our business or users. If this changes, we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly.

9. Contact Information

For questions, concerns, or privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at: [email protected]

10. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page, and significant changes will be communicated via email. Your continued use of our services after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.