Privacy Policy

We collect several types of information from and about users of our platform, including: • Personal information: When you register, we collect your name, email address, and optional profile information. • Usage data: Information about your interactions with the platform, including halqahs joined, events attended, and content accessed. • Payment information: For paid events, we collect payment information, which is processed securely by our payment processor (Paystack). • Communications: Records of correspondence if you contact us. • Device information: Information about the device and browser you use to access our platform.

We use the information we collect to: • Provide, maintain, and improve our platform. • Process transactions and send related information, including confirmations and receipts. • Respond to your comments, questions, and requests. • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages. • Communicate with you about events, offers, promotions, and news about services we think will be of interest to you. • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our platform. • Personalize your experience on our platform.

We may share personal information as follows: • With event organizers: Limited to what's necessary for event management. • With service providers: Who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf. • For legal purposes: In response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request. • With your consent: We may share or disclose your information when you direct us to do so. We will not sell your personal information to third parties.

We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. These include: • Using encryption when your information is stored or transmitted. • Employing firewalls and intrusion detection systems. • Limiting access to personal information to employees and contractors who need that access to perform their jobs. • Regular security assessments and audits.

You have several choices regarding the use of information on our platform: • Account Information: You may update, correct, or delete information about you at any time by logging into your account and modifying your profile. • Communications Preferences: You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by using the unsubscribe link in our emails. • Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. • Data Access and Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data we hold by contacting us.

We retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it. Typically, we retain: • Account information: For as long as your account is active. • Transaction data: For at least seven years to comply with financial regulations. • Usage data: For up to 24 months to maintain platform security and performance.

Our platform is not directed to individuals under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe 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 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.