1. Personal data we collect
We collect the following categories of personal data:
- Account data — name, email, phone number, country, date of birth, role (student / mentor / admin), password (stored as a one-way bcrypt hash, never in plaintext), Google account identifier when you sign in with Google.
- Profile data — avatar, bio, expertise, headline, and any professional links you choose to share (LinkedIn, website).
- Enrolment & learning data — courses enrolled, lesson progress, quiz attempts, assignment submissions, certificates issued, mentor bookings, Q&A threads.
- Transaction data — order history, invoice records, payment identifiers (we never store full card numbers; instruments are tokenised by Razorpay / Stripe), GST details if you provide them.
- Communications — emails, WhatsApp messages, support tickets, testimonials and reviews you submit.
- Technical & usage data — IP address, browser, device type, referrer, pages viewed, time-on-page, cookies (see our Cookie Policy).
- Sensitive personal data or information (SPDI) — passwords and payment instrument details. We do not collect biometric, health or sexual orientation data.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 18. If you are below 18, please ask a parent or legal guardian to enrol on your behalf.