Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Sawt Digital Academy ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our site or engage with our online platform and services, which include online podcast creation courses, audio editing workshops, voice coaching, podcast marketing training, equipment recommendations, recording techniques guidance, guest interviewing skills training, and podcast monetization strategies.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you register for an account, enroll in a course or workshop, purchase services, participate in forums or interactive areas of our site, sign up for newsletters, request support, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and any other information you choose to provide.

We also automatically collect certain information about your use of our service. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, information about your activity on our site (such as access dates and times, pages viewed, courses accessed), and data about how you interact with our emails and online content. We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect this information.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes related to providing and improving our services, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our online platform and services.
• Enroll you in courses and workshops and manage your participation.
• Process transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.
• Communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support.
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
• Send you newsletters, marketing, or promotional communications about services we think may be of interest to you (you can opt-out of these communications).
• Personalize and improve your experience on our site.
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our service.
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Sawt Digital Academy and others.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and policies.

Legal Basis for Processing (for users covered by GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area or the UK, we process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

• Your consent (e.g., for sending marketing communications). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• The necessity to perform a contract with you (e.g., providing access to courses you have paid for).
• The necessity to comply with a legal obligation.
• Our legitimate interests (e.g., improving our services, preventing fraud, marketing relevant services), provided that these interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the physical address provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Sharing of Your Information

We may share your information with third parties under the following circumstances:

• With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to perform services on our behalf (such as payment processors, analytics providers, hosting providers, and customer support services).
• In response to a legal request, such as a subpoena, court order, or government demand, or to comply with applicable law or regulation.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Sawt Digital Academy, our users, or others.
• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
• With your consent or at your direction.

We do not sell your personal information.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. For instance, if you are in the European Economic Area or the UK, you have rights that include:

• The right to access the personal information we hold about you.
• The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• The right to request erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• The right to request restriction of processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• The right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• The right to data portability, allowing you to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal information.
• The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the physical address provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect your information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and provide certain features of our site. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our site.

Children's Privacy

Our online platform is not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete the information promptly.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you reside, which may have data protection laws that are different from those in your country. We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law, regardless of where it is processed. This may involve using standard contractual clauses or other appropriate safeguards recognized by relevant data protection authorities.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the date at the beginning of the policy (though not displayed in this text output). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by postal mail at:

Sawt Digital Academy
32 Al Majd Street, Suite 501
Doha, 27124
Qatar