Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 22, 2025

Thank you for choosing Bugfreak Academy. Your privacy matters, and this policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and handle your information as part of our mentorship programs.

1. What Information Do We Collect and Why?

We collect personal details during registration and throughout your mentorship journey to deliver a tailored learning experience and process your enrollment securely. This may include:

• Full name
• Email address
• Gender
• Country of residence
• Social media handle (optional)
• Birthday (month and day)
• Payment information
• Documents submitted for verification or enrollment

This information helps us personalize your mentorship, maintain communication, and ensure secure administrative processes.

2. How Your Information Is Used and Shared

Your information is used exclusively for legitimate business purposes:

• Managing your enrollment
• Delivering personalized mentorship
• Processing payments securely
• Providing support and course communication
• Internal analytics to improve our services

We do not sell or rent your data.
Where needed, we may share limited information with trusted third-party service providers (e.g., payment processors) under strict confidentiality and security.

3. How We Protect Your Information

We employ appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, or misuse. Access is limited to authorized personnel who require it to perform their duties.

4. Your Rights

Depending on your region and applicable laws, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct or update your information
• Request deletion of your personal data (where legally permissible)
• Withdraw consent for specific data uses
• File a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority

To make a request, contact us at compliance@bugfreakacademy.com

5. Compliance and Data Security

Bugfreak Academy handles data in accordance with global privacy laws, including:

• GDPR (EU residents)
• CCPA (California residents)
• Other international data protection regulations applicable to where you reside

Personal information is used for course management, communication, support, billing, and administrative obligations. We apply reasonable security controls to protect your information.

6. Data Retention

We retain your information only as long as necessary to:

• Maintain accurate mentorship records
• Improve and analyze service quality
• Meet legal, financial, or regulatory obligations
• When retention is no longer required, data is securely deleted or anonymized.

7. Cookies and Tracking

We do not use cookies, behavioral tracking tools, or profiling technologies.
Your data is collected solely for essential mentorship and administrative purposes.

8. Legal Compliance

We comply with applicable data protection laws in the regions we operate.
Any updates to privacy regulations will be reflected in revised versions of this policy.

9. Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about your privacy or how your information is handled, please reach out:

Email: compliance@bugfreakacademy.com

We are committed to responding promptly and respectfully.