Privacy Policy

🛡️ Security Guarantee

This is a closed educational system platform. All your data is protected with the highest security standards. Your messages can only be viewed by you, the other party, and the platform administrator.

⚠️ Closed System Notice

This is a closed educational platform. User registration is not available to the public. Only administrators can create user accounts. All users are pre-approved and verified by the platform administration before gaining access to the system.

1. Introduction

This privacy policy provides information about how personal data of users of the AkademikTR: Academic Job Listings platform ("Platform") is collected, used, stored, and protected. By using the platform, you are deemed to have accepted this privacy policy.

ℹ️ Platform Access

While user registration is restricted to administrators only, certain platform features and content may be accessible to the general public without requiring user registration. This privacy policy applies to all data collection activities, whether from registered users or public visitors.

2. Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app:

3. Collected Data

3.1 Personal Data

The platform collects the following personal data:

Data Type	Collection Purpose	Retention Period
Name, Surname	Identity verification and communication	As long as account is active
Email Address	Account creation and notifications	As long as account is active
Profile Photo	Identity recognition	As long as account is active
User Roles	Authorization and access control	As long as account is active
FCM Token	Push notifications	As long as account is active

3.2 Messaging Data

🔒 Private Messaging

All your messages are stored encrypted and can only be accessed by relevant parties. Messaging is only available between pre-approved users who have been added to the platform by administrators.

Message Content: Sent text, images, files, videos, voice messages
Sender Information: Sender ID, name, profile photo
Time Information: Message send date and time, edit date
Message Status: Sending, sent, delivered
File Attachments: Shared files and media content

3.3 Order and Service Data

Customer Information: Customer ID, name, email, profile photo
Service Information: Service type, delivery date, description
Teacher Information: Assigned teacher ID
Order Status: Current status of the order

4. Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

5. Data Usage Purposes

5.1 Basic Purposes

Platform Services: Providing educational platform services
Identity Authentication: User login and authorization
Messaging System: Secure communication between pre-approved users only
Access Control: Role-based content and feature access
Notification System: Sending push notifications
Statistical Analysis: Analyzing platform usage data

5.2 Messaging Security

🔐 Message Security

All your messages are protected by Firebase security rules. Messages can only be viewed by:

The person who sent the message
The person who received the message
Platform administrator (for monitoring purposes)

Restricted Messaging: Messaging is only available between users who have been pre-approved and added to the platform by administrators. Users cannot message with anyone outside of the approved user list.

6. Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.

This Service does not use these "cookies" explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use "cookies" to collect information and improve their services.

7. Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

To facilitate our Service;
To provide the Service on our behalf;
To perform Service-related services; or
To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

8. Data Sharing

⚠️ Data Sharing Policy

Your personal data is not shared with third parties. It can only be shared with authorized authorities in case of legal obligations.

8.1 Situations Where Data is Not Shared

Marketing companies for advertising purposes
Data analysis companies
Third-party service providers
Other educational platforms

8.2 Situations Where Data is Shared

Legal obligations (court order, prosecutor's request)
Security threats (protecting platform security)
With user consent (explicitly consented situations)

9. Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9.1 Technical Security Measures

Encryption: All data is protected with 256-bit SSL encryption
Firebase Security: Access control with Firestore security rules
Secure Servers: Google Cloud Platform infrastructure
Access Control: Only authorized personnel access
Regular Backup: Secure backup of data
IP Address Not Collected: User IP addresses are not collected and stored

10. Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites.

11. Data Storage

11.1 Storage Periods

User Data: As long as account is active
Messaging Data: Until account is deleted
Service Data: Until account is deleted
Statistics Data: 2 years
Firebase Analytics: 14 months (automatically deleted)
Log Records: 2 years
Backup Data: 1 year

11.2 Data Deletion

When your account is deleted:

Personal Data: All your user information is deleted
Messaging Data: All your message history is deleted
Service Data: Your service history is deleted
Files: All files you shared are deleted
FCM Token: Your notification token is deleted
Statistics Data: Your personal statistics data is deleted

12. User Rights

12.1 Your Rights Under GDPR

Right to Information: Learn how your data is processed
Right of Access: Access to your processed data
Right to Rectification: Correction of incorrect data
Right to Erasure: Deletion of your data
Right to Object: Object to data processing
Right to Portability: Transfer your data to another platform

12.2 Exercising Rights

To exercise your rights:

Email: AkademikTRakademi@gmail.com
Website: www.akademiktr.com
In-platform support system

13. Contact

Platform Administrator: AkademikTR

Email: AkademikTRakademi@gmail.com

Website: www.akademiktr.com

14. Changes

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.