Privacy policy

Who we are

Makan is a student community for architecture and planning students in Saudi universities. For anything about your data, contact us at ialfraidi1@gmail.com.

What we collect

• Ask a student: your name (optional), WhatsApp number, university, year, major, and your question.
• Course registration: your name as it appears on the certificate, email, mobile, university, and year.
• Join us: your name, track, university, a short bio, and a contact handle.
• Share your experience: your contribution, and optionally your name, affiliation, and contact.
• Contact us: inquiry type, name, email, and optionally your mobile and organization, and your message.
• Guide feedback: your answer (yes or no) and an optional reason, with no personal data.

We do not collect national ID numbers or any sensitive data, and you never need an account.

Why we use it

• To pass your question to your university's ambassador.
• To confirm your course registration, record attendance, and issue and verify your certificate.
• To reply to your join request, contribution, or message.

Who can see it

Your question is seen only by the ambassador of the university you chose and the responsible Makan team members. Registration data is seen by the course organizing team. We never sell your data or share it for advertising.

Where it is stored

On our hosting provider's servers and in a private Google Sheet belonging to the team, accessible only to authorized team members.

Certificate verification

The verification page shows only your name, the course name, and its date, to anyone who has the certificate number.

Analytics

We use privacy-friendly analytics with no tracking cookies and no personally identifying data.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, or delete your data at any time by contacting us. We keep data only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected for, in line with Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law.