Last updated: June 2025
Historact (“we,” “us,” “our”) values your trust and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains:
What information we collect
How we use it
How and when we share it
Your rights and choices
Security measures
Cookie and tracking details
Data retention
Children’s privacy
International transfers
How to contact us
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Information You Provide Directly
Account Details: When you register, we collect your username, email address, password (stored only as a secure hash), and language preference.
Profile Content: Any profile picture, bio, or personal description you upload.
Community Contributions: Text, images, videos, polls, and comments you post in any space.
Support Requests & Feedback: Your name, email, subject, message, and optional attachments from Contact Us forms or Telegram support commands.
Newsletter Sign-Up: Email address for our curated updates.
1.2 Automated & Technical Data
Usage Metrics: Pages visited, time spent on each page, buttons clicked, search terms, AI Tutor queries.
Device & Browser Info: IP address, browser type/version, device model, OS, screen resolution, timezone, and referring site.
Error Logs & Performance Data: Crash reports, latency measurements, or other diagnostic information.
1.3 Third-Party Data
Social Login Info: If you sign up via Google, we receive your Google profile name, email, locale, and avatar.
Analytics & Advertising Partners: We use tools like Google Analytics to gather anonymized usage trends (see Section 6).
Telegram Data: Your Telegram username and chat history when you interact via our channels or bot.
2. How We Use Your Information
Deliver Services: Authenticate you, maintain your account, personalize your feed, power the AI Tutor, and enable bookmarking.
Enhance & Improve: Analyze usage patterns, run A/B tests, fix bugs, and refine features based on real-world interaction.
Communicate: Send registration confirmations, password resets, newsletters, product updates, and support responses.
Personalize Experience: Remember your language choice, suggest articles, tailor AI responses to your learning level.
Security & Compliance: Detect fraud, enforce our Terms of Service, meet legal obligations (e.g., copyright, law enforcement requests).
3. Data Sharing & Disclosure
We will never sell or rent your personal data. We may share information only with:
Service Providers: Hosting, email delivery, analytics, and moderation vendors who are contractually bound to keep your data secure and use it only as instructed.
Legal Authorities: When required by law, court order, or to protect rights, safety, or property.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, user data will be among the transferred assets—still governed by this policy.
4. Your Rights & Choices
4.1 Access & Portability
You can request a copy of your personal data in a common, machine-readable format (e.g., CSV or JSON).
4.2 Correction & Deletion
Edit your profile, change your email, or correct inaccuracies via Profile Settings.
To fully delete your account and data, use the “Delete Account” option in settings or contact [email protected].
4.3 Email & Notification Preferences
Manage newsletter subscriptions and in-app notifications under Profile → Notifications.
Unsubscribe links are included in every marketing email.
4.4 Cookie & Tracking Controls
You can opt out of non-essential cookies via our Cookie Settings widget or your browser’s privacy options.
For Google Analytics opt-out, install the official browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
5. Data Retention
Account Data: Retained until you delete your account, plus a short period afterward for backup and compliance.
Content You Create: Posts, comments, and bookmarks remain unless you delete them or your account is removed.
Log & Usage Data: Retained in anonymized or aggregated form for up to 24 months to help us improve services.
6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
6.1 Types of Cookies
Strictly Necessary: Keep you logged in and secure.
Performance & Analytics: Measure site usage and identify errors.
Functional: Remember language choice, theme, and other preferences.
Advertising (Optional): Serve relevant ads if you opt in.
6.2 Managing Cookies
Use the Cookie Settings pop-up on first visit to accept or reject categories.
Or adjust settings any time via the link in the footer.
7. Security Measures
We employ:
Encryption in Transit: HTTPS/TLS for all data exchanges.
Hashed & Salted Passwords: Industry-standard algorithms to store credentials.
Access Controls: Role-based permissions for staff and vendors.
Regular Audits & Penetration Tests: To identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
Despite these measures, no online system is 100% secure. If you suspect a breach, please notify [email protected] immediately.
8. Children’s Privacy
Historact is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child, contact us to request deletion.
9. International Data Transfers
Our servers and service providers may be located worldwide. By using Historact, you consent to transfers of your data to countries with different data protection laws. We implement standard contractual clauses or other safeguards to protect your data.
10. Contact Information
If you have any questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please reach out:
Privacy Team
Historact
Email: [email protected]
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will post changes here with a new “Last updated” date and, if the changes are significant, notify you via email or in-app banner.