Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This website is operated by Persian With El, an online Farsi tutoring and educational blog run by Elyar Rose. Our website address is persianwithel.com.

If you have any questions about this policy, you can reach us at [email protected].

What Data We Collect

We collect information in a few ways depending on how you interact with the site:

• Contact form submissions. If you use our contact form (powered by Contact Form 7), we collect your name, email address, and message content.
• Blog comments. If you leave a comment, WordPress collects your name, email address, website (optional), IP address, and browser user agent string.
• Gravatar. An anonymized hash of your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture. Gravatar's privacy policy.

Analytics & Tracking

We use Google Tag Manager (via GTM4WP) to manage analytics tags on this site. This may load Google Analytics, which collects anonymous data about how visitors use the site. including pages viewed, time on site, scroll depth, and general location (country/city level).

Google Analytics uses cookies to distinguish unique visitors. No personally identifiable information is intentionally collected through analytics.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Here's what this site uses:

Most browsers let you control or block cookies through their settings. Blocking cookies may affect your experience on the site.

Spam Protection

We use Antispam Bee to filter spam comments. It processes your IP address and comment content locally on our server. Unlike some spam services, Antispam Bee does not send your data to external third-party services.

Security

We use Wordfence to protect the site from malicious activity. Wordfence may log IP addresses, login attempts, and firewall events. This data is used solely for security purposes and is retained according to Wordfence's default settings.

Embedded Content

Some pages include embedded content from other websites (YouTube videos, social media posts, etc.). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited that website directly. they may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the content.

Multilingual Features

We use WPML to serve content in multiple languages. WPML stores a cookie to remember your language preference. No personal data is shared with third parties through WPML.

Progressive Web App

This site uses Progressify to offer a Progressive Web App (PWA) experience. If you add the site to your home screen, a service worker may cache content locally on your device for faster loading. This data stays on your device and is not transmitted to us.

Third-Party Services

We link to and use the following third-party services:

• Preply. Lessons are booked and paid through Preply.com. When you click a booking link, you leave our site and Preply's own Privacy Policy applies.
• Google. We use Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for site analytics. Google's Privacy Policy.
• Rank Math. Used for SEO purposes. It may collect anonymous usage data. Rank Math's Privacy Policy.

Data Retention

• Comments. Retained indefinitely so we can recognize returning commenters and approve follow-up comments automatically. You can request deletion at any time.
• Contact form submissions. Retained per our Contact Form 7 settings. We do not store form data beyond what is needed to respond to your inquiry.
• Security logs. Wordfence logs are retained according to plugin defaults (typically 30 days).
• Analytics data. Google Analytics data is retained per Google's default settings (26 months).

Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data. request a copy of what we hold.
• Rectify inaccurate data. ask us to correct it.
• Erase your data. ask us to delete it (unless we're legally required to keep it).
• Portability. request your data in a portable format.
• Object to processing. ask us to stop using your data for a specific purpose.

To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We'll respond within 30 days.

How to Contact Us

For any privacy-related questions or requests, reach out to:

Elyar Rose
Email: [email protected]
Website: persianwithel.com

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the "last updated" date below. We encourage you to check back occasionally.