PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: May 24, 2026

This Privacy Notice for Ali Suhail Shihab (doing business as Rubik (روبيك)) ("we," "us," or "our") describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:

  • Visit our website at https://www.rubiktech.org, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
  • Download and use our mobile application (Rubik), or any other application of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at privacy@rubiktech.org.

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? We process payment-related information, including bank transfer receipt details, which may be considered sensitive in certain jurisdictions. We process this information with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties, other than profile information you authorize us to receive when you sign in using your Google account, and payment confirmation information from our payment provider.

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, verify payments, prevent fraud and content piracy, and to comply with law.

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties, described in this Privacy Notice.

How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting us at privacy@rubiktech.org. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
  2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
  3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
  4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
  5. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
  6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
  7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
  8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
  9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
  10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
  11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
  12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
  13. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, make a purchase, participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise contact us. The personal information we collect may include:

  • Names
  • Email addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Usernames
  • Passwords (used to authenticate your account; account passwords are managed by Google Sign-In and Firebase Authentication and are not stored by us)
  • Contact or authentication data
  • Bank transfer receipt images
  • Payment transaction identifiers
  • Course enrollment records
  • Wallet balance and transaction history

Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process bank account receipt details that you upload for the purpose of verifying payments.

Payment Data. Rubik supports two payment methods for wallet top-ups, both available only on our website: (1) ZainCash, a licensed Iraqi mobile money provider, via their SDK integration; and (2) manual bank transfer with receipt upload. For ZainCash transactions, payment details (such as phone number, transaction amount, and transaction ID) are processed by ZainCash under their own privacy policy, available at https://zaincash.iq/privacy-policy; Rubik receives only a transaction confirmation and amount, not ZainCash credentials or full account details. For bank transfers, users send funds to a designated Rubik account through their own banking application and upload a receipt screenshot; receipts are reviewed manually by Rubik administrators and stored securely. In both cases, the resulting wallet balance is used to purchase course enrollments. Rubik does not collect, store, or process credit card numbers, CVV codes, or banking credentials. Manual bank transfers are made through the user's own bank, which operates under its own privacy policy independent of Rubik.

Social Media Login Data. We provide you with the option to register and log in using your Google account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect certain profile information about you from Google, as described in the section "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?" below.

Application Data. If you use our mobile application, we may collect the following information:

  • Mobile Device Access. The application may use device features that prevent screen recording and screen capture of course content as a content-protection measure.
  • Mobile Device Data. We automatically collect device information such as your device model and manufacturer, operating system and version, device and application identification numbers, mobile carrier, and Internet Protocol (IP) address. We may also collect information about the features of the application you access.

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application, for troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

In Short: Some information — such as your IP address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, and information about how and when you use our Services. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. You can find out more about this in our Cookie Policy: https://www.rubiktech.org/cookie-policy.

The information we collect includes:

  • Log and Usage Data. Service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services, including your IP address, device information, browser type and settings, and information about your activity in the Services (such as date/time stamps, pages and content viewed, and actions you take), as well as error reports and system activity.
  • Device Data. Information about the computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services, which may include your IP address, device and application identification numbers, browser type, hardware model, internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, and operating system.
  • Video playback and viewing data. Information about which courses and videos you have accessed, viewed, or completed, including session duration, playback events, and completion status, collected by Rubik and our video infrastructure provider (Mux) to deliver content and enforce content protection (DRM).

Google API. Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, verify payments, prevent fraud and piracy, and to comply with law.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, including:

  • To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts, so you can create and log in to your account and keep it in working order.
  • To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to you, including granting access to course content you have purchased.
  • To respond to user inquiries and offer support, to resolve any potential issues you have with the Services.
  • To send administrative information to you, such as details about changes to our terms and policies.
  • To verify wallet top-up payments and credit user accounts. We process bank transfer receipts and ZainCash transaction confirmations to verify payments and credit corresponding balances to user wallets, which are then used to purchase course enrollments.
  • To protect our Services, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
  • To enforce content protection and prevent piracy. We process viewing data and device information to enforce DRM measures, prevent unauthorized content sharing, and protect copyrighted course materials owned by Rubik and our instructors.
  • To evaluate and improve our Services and your experience, including identifying usage trends so we can improve the Services.
  • To comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties that are designed to help safeguard your personal information.

The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

  • Account connection: Google account (Google Sign-In)
  • Cloud computing services: Google Cloud Platform
  • Functionality and infrastructure: Cloud Firestore, Firebase, Termly
  • User registration and authentication: Google Sign-In, Firebase Authentication
  • Analytics: Google Analytics for Firebase
  • Video streaming and playback: Mux
  • Object storage: Cloudflare R2
  • Push notifications: Firebase Cloud Messaging
  • Payment processing: ZainCash

We may also need to share your personal information in the following situation:

  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some of these technologies are essential — they help us maintain the security of our Services and your account, keep you signed in, save your preferences, fix bugs, and support basic site functions.

We do not use cookies for advertising or to display third-party advertisements on our Services.

Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy: https://www.rubiktech.org/cookie-policy.

5. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

In Short: If you register or log in using your Google account, we may have access to certain information about you.

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your Google account. We do not offer login using any other social media provider. Where you choose to sign in with Google, we will receive certain profile information about you from Google. This profile information typically includes your name, email address, and profile picture.

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice or otherwise made clear to you on the Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by Google. We recommend that you review Google's privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us to keep your personal information for longer than twenty-four (24) months past the termination of the user's account.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible, we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 16 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under 16 years of age. The Services are intended for users who are at least 16 years old. Users between 16 and 18 years of age may use the Services only with the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian who has agreed to our Terms and Conditions on their behalf.

By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 16, and that if you are between 16 and 18 you have such parental or guardian consent. If we learn that personal information from users under 16 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under 16, please contact us at privacy@rubiktech.org.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country of residence.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details in the "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" section below. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing before its withdrawal.

Account Information: If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account, or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings, or contact us. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our legal terms, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies: Most web browsers accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy: https://www.rubiktech.org/cookie-policy.

10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.

11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently.

12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact us by email at privacy@rubiktech.org, or by post at:

Ali Suhail Shihab (doing business as Rubik / روبيك) StartHub Building, Zayouna Near Al-Quzwini Mosque Baghdad 10001 Iraq

13. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, to correct inaccuracies, or to delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please contact us at privacy@rubiktech.org.