Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

PragmaSkill is operated by Hive Mechanics Ltd. (company number 15950504), registered at 6th Floor One London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB, United Kingdom (“we”, “us”, “our”). We are the data controller for your personal data processed through this website (pragmaskill.com).

Contact: privacy@pragmaskill.com

2. What data we collect

We collect the following personal data:

• Account data: email address, name, and hashed password (for admin accounts only)
• Enrollment data: first name, last name, email address, company name (optional), payment details processed by Stripe
• Lead data: email address and the context in which you signed up (e.g., notification list, contact form)
• Usage data: anonymized analytics data collected via Google Analytics (only with your consent)

3. Why we collect it (legal basis)

• Contract performance: to process your training enrollment and deliver our services
• Consent: to send you email notifications when you sign up for our mailing list; to place analytics cookies
• Legitimate interest: to improve our website and training offerings; to prevent fraud

4. How we use your data

• Process training registrations and payments
• Send enrollment confirmations and training materials
• Notify you about upcoming trainings (only if you opted in)
• Improve our website and training content
• Respond to your inquiries

5. Third-party services

We share data with the following processors:

• Stripe (payment processing) — processes payment data under their own privacy policy
• Resend (email delivery) — processes email addresses to deliver transactional emails
• Google Analytics (website analytics) — collects anonymized usage data, only with your cookie consent
• DigitalOcean (hosting) — hosts our application and database in EU data centers

6. Cookies

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: required for the website to function (authentication session). These do not require consent.
• Analytics cookies: Google Analytics cookies to understand website usage. These are only placed after you give consent via our cookie banner.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in our website footer.

7. Data retention

• Enrollment data is retained for the duration required by tax and accounting regulations (typically 7 years)
• Lead data is retained until you request deletion or unsubscribe
• Analytics data is retained for 14 months (Google Analytics default)

8. Your rights (GDPR)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Rectify inaccurate personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Restrict processing of your personal data
• Data portability
• Object to processing
• Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@pragmaskill.com. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Data security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including encrypted connections (TLS), hashed passwords (Argon2), and access controls for administrative functions.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “last updated” date.