Ancient Greek School

1. Introduction

Ancient Greek School ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services, including our newsletter and contact forms.

We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws. By using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Data You Provide

We may collect the following personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us:

Newsletter subscription: Email address
Contact form: Name, email address, and message content
Tutoring inquiries: Name, email address, and any information you choose to share about your learning goals

Automatically Collected Data

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

Browser type and version
Operating system
Pages visited and time spent
Referring website
IP address (anonymized where possible)

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To send you our newsletter with updates on new content, learning tips, and course announcements (only if you have subscribed)
To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
To communicate with you about tutoring services
To improve our website and services
To comply with legal obligations

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

Consent: When you subscribe to our newsletter or submit a contact form, you provide explicit consent for us to process your data for the stated purposes.
Legitimate interests: We may process data to improve our services and ensure website security.
Contractual necessity: When you inquire about or engage our tutoring services.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:

Newsletter subscribers: Until you unsubscribe
Contact form submissions: Up to 2 years after your last interaction
Tutoring client data: For the duration of the teaching relationship plus 3 years for record-keeping

6. Your Rights (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
Right to restrict processing: Request that we limit how we use your data
Right to data portability: Request your data in a structured, machine-readable format
Right to object: Object to processing of your data for certain purposes
Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw your consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

7. Newsletter and Email Communications

When you subscribe to our newsletter, you explicitly consent to receive periodic emails about Ancient Greek learning, new content, and course updates. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and you can opt out at any time.

We do not sell, rent, or share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes.

8. Third-Party Services

Our website may use the following third-party services:

Analytics: We may use privacy-focused analytics to understand how visitors use our site
Embedded content: Videos from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook are embedded on our site. These platforms have their own privacy policies.
Hosting: Our website is hosted on Vercel, which may collect server logs

9. Cookies

Our website uses only essential cookies required for the website to function. We do not use tracking cookies for advertising purposes. Third-party embedded content (videos) may set their own cookies according to their respective privacy policies.

10. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

11. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your residence. When we transfer data outside the European Economic Area, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.

12. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us immediately.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Email: maciek@ancientgreekschool.com
Contact form: /contact