PRIVACY POLICY
SECTION 1: DATA COLLECTION PRINCIPLES Creative Thinkers Magazine is committed to protecting your digital privacy. This policy outlines our protocols for data handling, encryption, and third-party processing in compliance with international standards.
SECTION 2: PAYMENT DATA SECURITY (BANK-LEVEL ENCRYPTION) We employ a strict “No-Storage Policy” regarding your sensitive financial information.
2.1 Trusted Payment Gateways:
- Recurring Transactions: Processed via PayHere. Your card credentials are captured directly by PayHere’s secure vaults, which are PCI-DSS Level 1 Certified. PayHere uses EV SSL Encryption to ensure data integrity during transmission.
- One-Time Transactions: Processed via Onepay. Your data is handled subject to Onepay’s security protocols.
2.2 Encryption Standards: All data transmission between your browser and our servers, as well as between our servers and our payment partners, is encrypted using 256-bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology.
SECTION 3: INFORMATION WE COLLECT
- Account Data: Name, Email, Phone Number (for WhatsApp integration via Waha API), and Professional Designation (e.g., Teacher, Lawyer).
- Usage Data: Anonymized data regarding AI prompt usage to improve system performance (e.g., “Lesson Plan Generation” frequency).
SECTION 4: THIRD-PARTY DATA SHARING We do not sell your personal data. Data is only shared with essential infrastructure partners:
- Payment Processors (PayHere/Onepay): For billing execution.
- Cloud Infrastructure (Hetzner/Google): For hosting services and AI processing.
SECTION 5: YOUR RIGHTS You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data from our active databases, subject to the retention requirements of financial transaction laws in Sri Lanka.
