Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how dSpanish collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information from students, prospective students, website visitors, and subscribers.
dSpanish is operated by Diego Zacarías as an independent Spanish teacher.
By using this website, contacting dSpanish, booking a lesson, joining a program, subscribing to emails, or participating in any dSpanish service, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
1. Information dSpanish may collect
dSpanish may collect personal information that students or website visitors choose to provide, including:
Name
Email address
Country or time zone
Spanish level
Learning goals
Profession or area of work
Availability
Lesson history
Messages exchanged through email, forms, or scheduling tools
This information is used to communicate with students, organize lessons, personalize the learning experience, manage bookings, and provide educational support.
2. Payment information
dSpanish does not collect or store credit card information.
Payments are processed through third-party payment providers such as PayPal, Wise, banks, or other agreed payment methods.
dSpanish may keep basic payment records, such as the student’s name, payment date, amount paid, service purchased, and payment status.
3. How dSpanish uses personal information
dSpanish may use personal information to:
Respond to inquiries
Schedule and manage lessons or sessions
Provide Spanish lessons, programs, and educational materials
Personalize the student’s learning process
Track lesson packages, bookings, and attendance
Send relevant information about lessons, programs, or resources
Send newsletters or educational/promotional emails when applicable
Improve the website, services, and learning experience
dSpanish does not sell personal information.
4. Third-party tools and services
dSpanish uses third-party tools to operate the website, manage scheduling, provide online lessons, process payments, send emails, and understand website performance.
These tools may include:
Squarespace
Squarespace Email Marketing
Acuity Scheduling
Zoom
Google Calendar
Google Analytics
PayPal
Wise
Banks or payment providers
Email and communication tools
These third-party services may process personal information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
5. Newsletters and email marketing
dSpanish may send newsletters or educational/promotional emails through Squarespace Email Marketing.
Students and subscribers can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those emails.
6. Zoom, AI transcription, and lesson recordings
dSpanish normally provides lessons through Zoom or similar online communication tools.
With the student’s prior approval, dSpanish may use Zoom’s AI transcription or similar tools for educational purposes, such as reviewing lesson content, creating exercises, analyzing language use, or supporting the student’s learning process.
These tools are not used without the student’s consent.
dSpanish does not normally record lessons. In specific cases, lessons may be recorded in audio or video only with the student’s prior permission and only for educational purposes agreed with the student.
7. Educational use of lesson information
Information shared during lessons may be used to personalize the student’s learning experience.
For example, dSpanish may use a student’s learning goals, mistakes, vocabulary needs, questions, or class notes to prepare exercises, lesson materials, review activities, or future classes.
This information is used only for educational purposes related to the student’s learning process.
8. Data storage and security
dSpanish takes reasonable steps to protect personal information and uses trusted third-party services to manage communication, scheduling, payments, and educational tools.
However, no online platform, email system, payment provider, or internet-based service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
9. Sharing personal information
dSpanish does not sell personal information.
Personal information may be shared only when necessary to provide services, manage bookings, process payments, send emails, comply with legal obligations, or operate the website through third-party tools.
Examples include scheduling platforms, payment processors, email marketing tools, video conferencing platforms, and analytics services.
10. Student rights and requests
Students may contact dSpanish to request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal information, when reasonably possible and subject to any legal, administrative, or legitimate business record-keeping needs.
To make a request, contact:
11. Cookies and analytics
This website may use cookies or similar technologies through Squarespace, Google Analytics, or other third-party tools.
These tools help dSpanish understand website traffic, improve the website, and evaluate how visitors interact with the content.
Visitors may manage cookie preferences through their browser settings or through any cookie options available on the website.
12. Changes to this Privacy Policy
dSpanish may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
The most recent version will always be available on this website.
13. Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact dSpanish at: