Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 4, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Verbara ("we", "us", or "Verbara") collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you use our website, platform, and services (the "Service").
Verbara is currently operated by Hani, an independent operator. As Verbara grows, this information may be updated if the Service becomes operated by a registered company or other legal entity.
1. Information we collect
We collect information that you provide directly to us, information generated when you use Verbara, and information necessary to provide particular features of the Service.
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Account information | Name, username, email address, password, and account type or role (such as learner or teacher). |
| Profile information | Profile photo, country, native language, languages you are learning, language proficiency, biography, learning goals, teaching information, and other information you choose to add to your profile. |
| User content | Posts, comments, messages, video posts, voice posts, voice comments, challenges, and other content you voluntarily submit through the Service. |
| Teacher verification information | Information submitted when applying for teacher verification, including teaching experience, qualifications, certificates, an introduction video, and other information necessary to evaluate a teacher application. In some cases, a teacher may also be asked to participate in a live verification interview. |
| Speaking-session information | Information related to speaking sessions, such as the session date and time, participants, booking information, session status, and the meeting link used to join the session. |
| Technical and usage information | Information such as pages visited, features used, session activity, IP address, browser type, device information, time zone, and information collected through cookies and similar technologies. |
| Support and account requests | Information you provide when contacting us for support, reporting an issue, requesting account deletion, or making another request related to your account or personal information. |
2. How we use your information
We use the information we collect to:
- Create, maintain, and secure your Verbara account
- Provide the features and services available through Verbara
- Connect learners and teachers and help users discover relevant people and content
- Display your profile and user content according to the visibility settings and features of the Service
- Enable messaging, posts, comments, voice features, and speaking sessions
- Process and evaluate teacher verification applications
- Arrange and manage speaking sessions
- Communicate with you about your account, service updates, security, and support
- Maintain and improve the performance, functionality, and reliability of Verbara
- Protect the security of the Service and investigate suspected misuse or unauthorized access
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
3. Public profiles and user content
Verbara is a social network for language learners and teachers. Depending on the feature and your settings, information you provide may be visible to other users.
Information that may be visible to other users can include your username, profile photo, biography, languages, country, learning or teaching information, posts, comments, video, and voice content that you choose to publish.
You should consider carefully what information you choose to make public. Information that you voluntarily publish or share with other users may be viewed, copied, or shared by others.
Private communications, such as direct messages, are not intended to be publicly displayed through your profile.
4. Voice content
Voice communication is an important part of Verbara. We may store audio recordings that you voluntarily create and publish through features such as voice posts, voice comments, and voice challenges.
Voice content is stored on Verbara's hosting infrastructure while the content remains available on the Service. When you delete the relevant voice content, we remove the associated audio from our hosting and storage systems, subject to reasonable technical processing and any retention required by law.
Verbara does not use your voice recordings to train artificial intelligence models and does not provide your voice recordings to third-party AI services.
Verbara does not record or store the audio or video of live speaking sessions conducted through third-party meeting services.
5. Speaking sessions and third-party meeting services
Some live speaking sessions on Verbara are conducted using third-party video or meeting services, such as Zoom or another service selected for the session.
Verbara may store information necessary to organize and manage a speaking session, including the session date and time, participants, session status, and the link required to join the meeting.
The actual audio and video communication during the session is handled by the third-party meeting provider. Verbara does not record, collect, or store the audio or video from these live sessions.
Your use of a third-party meeting service may also be subject to that provider's own privacy policy and terms.
6. Teacher verification
Teachers who wish to receive verification on Verbara may be asked to provide additional information so that we can evaluate their application and maintain the integrity of the Verbara teacher community.
This information may include teaching experience, qualifications, certificates, an introduction video, and other information submitted as part of the verification process.
In some cases, we may also ask a teacher to participate in a live verification interview. Unless we specifically tell you otherwise, live verification interviews are not recorded by Verbara.
Verification information is used for the purpose of evaluating and maintaining teacher verification and is not used for unrelated purposes.
7. How we share information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share or disclose information in the following circumstances:
- With other users: Information you choose to make public through your profile, posts, comments, or other public features may be visible to other Verbara users.
- With service providers: We may use third-party providers that help us operate Verbara, such as hosting, storage, email delivery, or other technical infrastructure. These providers process information only as necessary to provide their services to us.
- Meeting providers: When a speaking session uses a third-party meeting service, information necessary to arrange or join the session may be shared or used with that service.
- Legal and safety requirements: We may disclose information when required by applicable law, legal process, or a valid governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, or security of Verbara, our users, or others.
8. Cookies and technical information
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate Verbara and understand how the Service is used.
Cookies and related technologies may be used to keep you signed in, maintain your session, remember preferences, support account security, and collect technical information such as your browser type, device information, IP address, and usage information.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of Verbara.
9. Data retention and deletion
We generally retain personal information for as long as your account is active or for as long as necessary to provide the relevant Service.
When you delete content, including voice content, we will remove it from our active systems and hosting infrastructure as part of our normal deletion process, subject to reasonable technical processing and any information that we are legally required to retain.
If you request deletion of your Verbara account, we will process the request and delete or anonymize information associated with your account where appropriate, subject to legal obligations and legitimate technical or security requirements.
Some limited information may remain temporarily in backups or technical systems until those systems are routinely overwritten or deleted.
10. International data transfers
Verbara is designed for users around the world. As a result, your personal information may be processed or stored in a country other than the country where you live.
Some of our service providers may operate outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom. Where applicable, we take appropriate measures required by applicable data protection laws when transferring personal information internationally.
11. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:
- The right to know how your personal information is collected and used
- The right to access the personal information we hold about you
- The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- The right to request deletion of your personal information
- The right to request restriction of certain processing
- The right to receive certain personal information in a portable format
- The right to object to certain processing of your personal information
- The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on your consent
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling, where applicable
You can manage certain information directly through your account. You can also contact us if you want to exercise a privacy right or request deletion of your account or personal information.
12. Legal basis for processing
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, we process your personal information on one or more of the following legal bases, depending on the circumstances:
- Contract: Where processing is necessary to provide the Service you requested, such as creating and maintaining your account.
- Legitimate interests: Where processing is reasonably necessary for operating, securing, improving, and protecting Verbara, provided that our interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
- Legal obligation: Where processing is necessary for us to comply with applicable law.
- Consent: Where we ask for your consent for a particular processing activity. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
13. Data security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.
14. Third-party websites and services
Verbara may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. These third parties have their own privacy policies and terms, and Verbara is not responsible for their privacy practices.
When you use a third-party service through or in connection with Verbara, such as a video meeting service, you should review that provider's privacy policy to understand how it handles your information.
15. Children's privacy
Verbara is currently intended for users aged 15 and older. We do not knowingly allow children under 15 to create or maintain accounts on Verbara.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 15 in violation of our requirements, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information and the associated account.
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as Verbara develops, our services change, or applicable legal requirements change.
If we make material changes, we may notify you through the Service, by email, or by another appropriate method before or when the changes take effect.
The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was most recently updated.
17. Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to request access to or deletion of your information, or wish to exercise another privacy right, you can contact us at:
Email: privacy@verbara.com
We will review and respond to privacy requests within the timeframe required by applicable law.