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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 31, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to Afterhours ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our learning platform and services (the "Service").

By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

  • Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your email address, password (encrypted), and any profile information you choose to provide, including:

    • Display name
    • Profile picture/avatar
    • Country/flag preference
    • Favorite emoji
    • Notification preferences
    • Sharing preferences (poll sharing, score sharing)

  • Learning Data: We collect information about your learning activities, including:

    • Course progress and completion status
    • Topic and activity completion
    • Test scores and performance
    • Review activity and spaced repetition data
    • Daily activity counts
    • Learning streaks
    • Points earned (Wise Points, Coins)

  • Social Features: If you choose to use social features:

    • Friend connections
    • Invitation codes and links
    • Shared poll answers (if enabled)
    • Shared test scores (if enabled)

Information Automatically Collected

  • Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our Service, including:

    • Pages visited and features used
    • Time spent on activities
    • Device information (browser type, operating system)
    • IP address
    • Activity timestamps

  • Analytics: We use analytics tools to understand how users interact with our Service, including:

    • Active user counts per course
    • Feature usage patterns
    • Performance metrics

Information from Third Parties

  • Authentication: We use Supabase for authentication services, which may collect additional authentication-related data.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  1. Provide and Improve Our Service:

    • Create and manage your account
    • Track your learning progress
    • Save your progress across sessions
    • Provide personalized learning experiences
    • Recommend courses and content

  2. Learning Features:

    • Track your progress through courses, topics, and activities
    • Calculate and display your streaks
    • Manage your points and achievements
    • Implement spaced repetition for review activities
    • Generate test results and scores

Important Note: Our educational content is created by our team and verified by subject matter experts and AI tools. However, we cannot guarantee complete accuracy of all content. Users should independently verify critical information before relying on it. We do not provide medical, health, financial, or investment advice - users should consult with qualified professionals (doctors, financial advisors, etc.) to evaluate each case contextually.

  1. Social Features:

    • Enable friend connections and invitations
    • Display friend progress (based on your sharing preferences)
    • Show leaderboards and social comparisons

  2. Communication:

    • Send you email notifications (with your consent)
    • Send verification emails
    • Send password reset emails
    • Send welcome emails and onboarding information

  3. Analytics and Improvement:

    • Analyze usage patterns to improve our Service
    • Identify technical issues
    • Understand user behavior
    • Measure the effectiveness of features

  4. Security:

    • Detect and prevent fraud or abuse
    • Protect the security of our Service
    • Enforce our Terms of Service

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

With Your Consent

  • When you enable sharing features (poll sharing, score sharing), your information may be visible to your friends
  • When you connect with friends, basic profile information may be shared

With Service Providers

  • Supabase: We use Supabase for database and authentication services
  • Email Services: We use SendGrid for transactional emails
  • Analytics Providers: We may use analytics services to understand usage patterns

Legal Requirements

  • When required by law or legal process
  • To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property
  • To enforce our Terms of Service
  • In connection with a business transfer (merger, acquisition, etc.)

Aggregated Data

  • We may share aggregated, anonymized data that cannot identify individual users for research, analytics, or business purposes

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information:

  • Encryption of data in transit and at rest
  • Secure authentication and password hashing
  • Regular security assessments
  • Access controls and authentication requirements
  • Secure database practices

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights and Choices

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  1. Access: You can access and update your profile information through your account settings
  2. Correction: You can correct inaccurate information in your profile
  3. Deletion: You can request deletion of your account and associated data
  4. Sharing Controls: You can control what information is shared with friends through your privacy settings
  5. Email Preferences: You can opt out of marketing emails (transactional emails may still be sent)

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to:

  • Provide our Service to you
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce our agreements

Learning progress and activity data are retained to provide continuity of service. If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information, except where we are required to retain it for legal purposes.

Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information promptly.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have different data protection laws. By using our Service, you consent to the transfer of your information to these countries.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by:

  • Posting the new Privacy Policy on this page
  • Updating the "Last Updated" date
  • Sending you an email notification (for material changes)
  • Providing a notice on our Service (for material changes)

Your continued use of our Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of those changes.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

  • Right to know what personal information is collected
  • Right to know if personal information is sold or disclosed
  • Right to opt out of the sale of personal information
  • Right to access your personal information
  • Right to request deletion of your personal information
  • Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

Contact Us

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

Email: hey@afths.com
Address: Protis Oktovriou 6, 4100, Agios Athanasios, Limassol, Cyprus
Website: www.afths.com

Data Controller

The data controller for your personal information is: Afterdark Ltd Protis Oktovriou 6, 4100, Agios Athanasios, Limassol, Cyprus

This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 31, 2025 and applies to all users of the Afterhours Service.