Privacy Policy

How I collect, use and protect your information on shofialom.com and in the Rohingya learning center.

Effective date: November 4, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Shofi Alom (“I,” “me”) collects, uses and protects information when you visit shofialom.com, contact me, or use the Rohingya learning center. Questions: shofi.alom@wmich.edu.

Information I collect

Contact form: your name, email address and your message.
Learner accounts: your name, username, email address, password (stored encrypted), course enrollments, lesson progress and quiz results.
Social login (if you choose it): your name, email address and profile picture from Google, Facebook or X. I never see your password for those services.
Comments: the name, email and text you submit.
Technical information: IP address, browser and device type, and pages visited, collected for security, spam prevention and site statistics.

How I use it

To reply to your messages and requests.
To create and run your learner account and save your course progress.
To keep the site secure and block spam and abuse.
To understand which pages are useful and improve the site.

I do not sell your personal information, and I do not use it for advertising.

Legal bases (for visitors in the EU and UK)

I process information with your consent (for example, when you send a message or create an account), to provide the service you request (your learner account), and for my legitimate interests in running a secure website. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Who I share it with

WordPress.com (Automattic Inc.), which hosts this website and its security and spam protection.
Google, Facebook or X, only if you choose to sign in with them.
Authorities, only if required by law.

My hosting provider may store data on servers in the United States. By using the site from outside the U.S., you understand your information may be processed there.

Cookies and similar technologies

This site uses cookies and browser storage that are to keep you signed in, protect forms from spam and for site statistics. I do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but signing in may not work without them.

How long I keep it

Contact messages: up to two years, unless you ask me to delete them sooner.
Learner accounts and progress: until you delete your account or ask me to delete it.
Security logs: as long as my hosting provider retains them.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, download or delete your personal information, or object to how I use it. Email shofi.alom@wmich.edu and I will respond within 30 days. Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California), you may have additional rights under local law, including the right to complain to a data protection authority.

Children

The Rohingya lessons are open to learners of all ages to read without an account. Learner accounts are for people 13 and older. A child under 13 may use an account only if a parent or guardian creates and manages it. If I learn that I collected personal information from a child under 13 without a parent’s consent, I will delete it. Parents can contact me at shofi.alom@wmich.edu to review or delete their child’s information.

Security

I use reasonable measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) and secure hosting. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.