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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3 November 2026

This policy explains what information the Yalla Khotwa community collects, how we use and protect it, and the choices available about it.

1. Information members provide

When joining through the form, a member provides: name, academic details, bio, skills, languages, projects, courses, experience, professional links, a profile photo if attached, and an email address. This information is used to prepare and publish the profile, and to communicate about the account and community activities.

2. What is published

  • Only what a member has explicitly agreed to show is published, with separate consent for each section.
  • Email addresses, phone numbers and internal application identifiers are never published.
  • CVs and original certificate files are never published for download; a CV is sent only to those who request it, with its owner’s approval.
  • A profile does not appear in search results until its owner switches on “Appear in search results” in their account.

3. Visitor data and analytics tools

  • Technical logs: The hosting provider keeps standard logs (such as IP address, browser type and request time) for security and operation.
  • Profile statistics: We count visits to each profile, their general source and the device type, without cookies and without storing IP addresses or anything that identifies the visitor. These figures are visible only to the profile owner and the Yalla Khotwa team. Member activity on the website is logged for administration and security, and only the founder of Yalla Khotwa can see it.
  • Google Analytics 4: We may use it to understand how the website is used, such as pages visited, the source of the visit, the device type, and approximate location at city or country level. It only runs after consent through the cookie notice, and we do not use it for advertising.
  • Google Tag Manager: A tool that manages how measurement tools load, and respects the consent choice.
  • Google Search Console: Provides us with aggregated data on how the website’s pages appear in Google search results, and places no cookies on the device.

Google acts as a service provider processing this data under Google's Privacy Policy. Consent can be withdrawn at any time from the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of the website.

4. Search engines and AI tools

Public introduction pages are open to search engines and AI tools. Member profiles are open to search engines only after their owner switches on “Appear in search results”, and crawlers that collect data to train AI models are blocked from them as far as possible.

5. Our legal basis

  • Publishing a profile: the member’s explicit consent for each section.
  • Analytics tools: with the visitor's consent, which can be withdrawn at any time.
  • Technical logs: for a legitimate interest in the security and operation of the site.

6. Where data is stored and who can access it

Applications are received through a form on the website itself, data is stored on the website’s hosting server, and analytics data is processed by Google when enabled. Access to unpublished data is limited to the Yalla Khotwa team, each according to their tasks. Messages exchanged with the team are stored on the website and read by the person they were sent to, their supervisor in the team, and the founder of Yalla Khotwa. Attached images are stored privately after location data is removed. We do not sell data or share it for marketing.

7. Retention

  • Profile data: while the profile is published, deleted within 7 days of a deletion request.
  • Google Analytics data: kept for no longer than 14 months.
  • Consent preferences: 12 months in the browser, after which the choice is asked again.

8. Rights

Every member has the right to see their data, ask for it to be corrected, hide any section of their profile, delete it entirely, and withdraw consent to analytics tools, by contacting info@yallakhotwa.com. A full copy of the data can be downloaded at any time from “My account”.

9. Cookies

Details about cookies and how to control them are explained in Cookie Policy.

10. Updates and contact

We may update this policy when adding new tools or services; the date at the top of the page applies, and we notify members by email of any material change. For any privacy question: info@yallakhotwa.com.