Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your data?

The data controller is Daniel Cardoso, creator of Learning Portuguese. You can contact me through the contact page or contact form available on this website.

2. What data may be collected?

Depending on how you use Learning Portuguese, the following types of data may be collected:

• Account data: name, username, email address, password, profile information, registration date, login activity, and optional information about how you found Learning Portuguese.
• Google sign-in data: if you choose to sign in with Google, the website may receive basic profile information such as your name, email address, and profile image, depending on the permissions you approve.
• Learning progress: completed lessons, scores, saved progress, practice activity, and similar learning-related information.
• Membership data: membership status, plan type, renewal status, and information needed to connect your membership to your Learning Portuguese account.
• Payment data: payments are processed by third-party payment providers such as Stripe. This website does not store full card details.
• Contact data: name, email address, and message content when you contact me.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, error logs, security logs, and similar technical information.
• Analytics and marketing data: information about website visits, traffic sources, and interactions with pages or ads, where analytics or marketing tools are enabled.

3. Why is your data used?

• To create and manage user accounts.
• To save learning progress and improve the practice experience.
• To provide membership access and subscription-related features.
• To process payments through secure third-party providers.
• To reply to messages and support requests.
• To maintain, secure, and improve the website and app experience.
• To measure performance, understand what content is useful, and improve future learning materials.
• To comply with legal, tax, accounting, security, and platform requirements.

4. Legal basis for processing

Data is processed under one or more of the following legal bases: your consent, performance of a contract or requested service, legitimate interests such as website security and improvement, and compliance with legal obligations.

5. Third-party services

Learning Portuguese may use third-party services to operate the website and related services. These may include, depending on the feature used:

• Hostinger for hosting and technical infrastructure.
• WordPress and related plugins for website functionality and user accounts.
• Google sign-in or Google services, if enabled and used by you.
• Stripe for payments and subscription processing.
• YouTube for embedded or linked videos.
• Classgap for private lesson bookings.
• Amazon, Google Play Books, Gumroad, or other platforms for book purchases.
• Meta Pixel, Google Analytics, or similar tools for analytics or marketing, where enabled.
• Social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook when you interact with external links or embedded content.

These third parties process data according to their own privacy policies. When you leave this website, the external provider's terms and privacy policy apply.

6. Payments and subscriptions

Payments and subscriptions are handled by secure third-party payment providers such as Stripe. Learning Portuguese may receive confirmation that a payment or subscription exists, the email address used for the purchase, plan information, payment status, and renewal or cancellation status. Full card details are not stored on this website.

7. Cookies and tracking

This website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential functionality, account login, preferences, analytics, marketing, embedded media, and security. More detail is available in the Cookie Policy.

8. How long data is kept

Data is kept only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including account access, learning progress, support, legal obligations, tax/accounting requirements, security, and dispute resolution. You may request deletion of your account as explained below.

9. Account deletion

If you created an account, you can request deletion of your Learning Portuguese account and associated personal data by visiting the Delete Account page.

Some information may need to be retained where required by law, for tax/accounting records, fraud prevention, payment disputes, or legitimate security reasons.

10. Your rights

Under applicable data protection law, including the GDPR, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to processing, withdraw consent, or request portability of your personal data.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority, CNPD.

11. Children

Learning Portuguese is intended for learners who can use the website and app experience responsibly. If a child uses the service, this should happen with permission and supervision from a parent or legal guardian.

12. Security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data. However, no online service can guarantee absolute security.

13. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated as the website, app experience, membership features, payment systems, or legal requirements change.