Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 6, 2026

This policy explains what personal data RTF Academy (Rethinking Internet Media Private Limited, “we”) collects, why, and the choices you have. It applies to academy.re-thinkingthefuture.com.

At a glance

What we collect

• Account data – your name (if provided), email address, and password (stored hashed).
• Purchase data – your plan, billing history, and country. Card details are collected and stored by Stripe, our payment processor – we never see your full card number.
• Learning data – courses you enrol in, lessons you open, and progress, including daily lesson counts used to apply plan limits.
• Technical data – IP address, device and browser information, and log data used for security, session management (including one-device-at-a-time enforcement), and performance.
• Communications – emails you send us, and newsletter preferences if you subscribe.

How we use it, and on what legal basis

• To provide the Platform (accounts, course access, progress, plan and device limits) – performance of our contract with you.
• To process payments, renewals, and billing corrections through Stripe – performance of the contract and our legal obligations.
• To send transactional email (welcome emails, password resets, billing notices) – performance of the contract.
• To send occasional product and course updates – your consent, which you can withdraw anytime via the unsubscribe link or by emailing us.
• To keep the Platform secure and prevent abuse, such as account sharing or scraping – our legitimate interest in protecting the service.
• To improve courses and the Platform using aggregate, non-identifying usage patterns – our legitimate interest.
• To comply with law, including tax and accounting requirements – legal obligation.

No profiling or automated decisions

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects. Course recommendations on the Platform are editorial or based on simple, transparent rules such as category and popularity.

Who we share it with

We do not sell or rent personal data. We share it only with service providers who help us run the Platform and who process it on our instructions: Stripe (payments), our hosting and content-delivery providers (including Cloudflare), our email delivery provider, and our newsletter provider (Mailchimp) if you subscribe. We may disclose data where required by law, to tax authorities, or to courts. A current list of processors is available on request.

International transfers

We are based in India and some providers process data in other countries, including the United States and the European Union. Where data moves across borders, we rely on our providers standard contractual safeguards and certifications.

Retention

We keep account and purchase data while your account exists and as required for tax and accounting. If you delete your account we remove or anonymise personal data within a reasonable period, except records we must keep by law, which are kept blocked and used only where legally required.

Your rights

Depending on your location, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, object to processing based on legitimate interest, opt out of marketing, request portability, or withdraw consent (which does not affect processing already carried out). Email [email protected] marked “Data request” – please include enough information for us to verify your identity. We respond within 30 days; for complex requests this may be extended, and we will tell you if so. If you are in India, requests under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act go to the same address. You also have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country of residence.

Your responsibilities

You must be at least 18 to register or use the Platform. Please keep the data on your account true and up to date, and only provide third-party data (for example when recommending us to a colleague) with their knowledge and permission.

Cookies

See our Cookie Policy for the cookies and similar technologies we use and how to manage them.

Children

The Platform is intended solely for persons aged 18 and over and is not directed at minors. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18 – if you believe a minor has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it and close the associated account.

Changes

We will post any changes here with a new effective date. For material changes affecting how your data is processed, we will notify you by a notice on the Platform or by email before they take effect.

Contact

Rethinking Internet Media Private Limited, India. Email: [email protected]