Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 27/12/2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Chess Professor ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website (spergchess.net). We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Identity Data: Username.
Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services, including chat logs with the AI.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

Provide and manage your access to our services.
Personalize your experience (e.g., storing MBTI and subscription preferences).
Improve our website and customer service.
Respond to your inquiries via our AI tutor.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:

Consent: You have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., cookies).
Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., providing the chess tutoring service).
Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., keeping our services secure), provided your rights and freedoms do not override these interests.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your data is securely stored on servers located within the cloud infrastructure of Cloudflare D1. We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.

5. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.
Your right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

6. Contact Us

If you have any specific questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at servicehelp@spergchess.net.