Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected and processed when you use this website, in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Finnish Data Protection Act.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
- Asim Searah, Helsinki, Finland
- Email: bookings@asimsearah.com
2. What Data We Collect
We only collect personal data that you actively provide and a limited amount of technical data needed to deliver the website:
- Contact / booking forms: your name, email address, phone number and the contents of your message.
- Technical data: when you load the site, your browser communicates with our hosting provider and third-party services (see Section 5), which may process your IP address and standard request information for security and delivery.
3. Why We Use Your Data & Legal Basis
- To respond to your enquiry and arrange lessons, bookings or collaborations. Legal basis: your consent and/or taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (Art. 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(b) GDPR).
- To operate, secure and maintain the website. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in providing a functional, secure site (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not sell your data.
4. How Long We Keep It
Messages and contact details submitted through the forms are kept only as long as needed to handle your enquiry and any resulting lesson or working relationship, after which they are deleted. You may ask us to delete your data at any time (see Section 7).
5. Third Parties & International Transfers
This website relies on the following service providers (processors), some of which are located outside the EU/EEA. Where data is transferred outside the EEA, it is protected by appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and/or an adequacy decision.
- Google Fonts — serving the website fonts.
- YouTube (Google) — embedded video and audio playback. We use the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie mode, but YouTube may still set cookies once you start playback.
6. Cookies
This website does not set its own tracking or advertising cookies and does not use analytics. Third-party content you choose to interact with (for example, playing an embedded YouTube track or video) may set cookies controlled by that provider. You can manage or block cookies through your browser settings.
7. Your Rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you;
- request correction of inaccurate data;
- request erasure of your data ("right to be forgotten");
- restrict or object to processing;
- request data portability;
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting prior processing.
To exercise any of these rights, contact bookings@asimsearah.com.
8. Complaints
If you believe your data has been handled unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Finnish supervisory authority, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto) — tietosuoja.fi/en.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page, with the revision date shown above.