Privacy Policy

1. General

The administration of the MGIMO Digital Department tutor website processes personal data only to the extent needed to operate the website, respond to messages, and protect the contact form from abuse.

We do not sell personal data or use it for advertising, hidden profiling, or purposes unrelated to operating the website and responding to user messages.

2. Data We Process

• Email address, message subject, and message text submitted through the contact form.
• IP address and technical request information needed to rate-limit submissions and protect the contact form from spam.
• Public tutor profile data shown on the website: name, role, biography, photo, and Telegram link when provided for publication.
• Technical website data, including anonymized traffic analytics and performance metrics.

3. Purposes

• Receive a user message and reply to the provided email address.
• Limit spam and abuse of the contact form.
• Display information about the tutor team on the website.
• Keep the website stable, secure, and convenient to use.

4. Services Used to Operate the Website

The website may use technical services for hosting, databases, file storage, email delivery, request rate limiting, analytics, and performance monitoring.

These services include Vercel, Vercel Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights, Vercel Blob, Payload CMS, the website database, Upstash Redis, and Resend. They are used only for website operation, message delivery, abuse prevention, and general performance monitoring.

5. Retention

• Contact form messages are kept for as long as needed to respond and handle the request.
• Rate-limiting data is kept in the technical rate-limiting service for the period needed to enforce the limit.
• Public tutor profile data remains published until it is updated, removed, or publication permission is withdrawn.

6. Cookies and Analytics

The public website does not use cookies for advertising or hidden user tracking.

The website uses Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights for anonymized statistics and technical performance metrics. This helps us understand whether the website works reliably.

7. User Rights

A user may request information about the processing of their personal data, ask to correct or delete the data, or withdraw consent when the data is no longer needed for the processing purposes.

To make a request, use the contact form on the website or the website administration contact email if one is listed on the site.

8. Policy Changes

We may update this policy if the website functionality, processed data, or technical services change. The current version is published on this page.