Privacy Policy.

VvUni is an independent, unincorporated online project operated from Namibia. In this policy, “VvUni”, “we” and “us” mean that individual operator. VvUni is not currently a registered company. Privacy questions and requests can be sent to hello@vvuni.com.

This policy explains VvUni’s own handling of information. Merchants, Supabase, Netlify and other services also apply their own privacy terms when they process information for their services.

Account and security data includes your sign-in email, encrypted password credential managed by Supabase, Supabase account identifier, authentication session and related security records. Profile data can include your name, optional phone number, country, institution, academic email, field and year of study, expected graduation year and verification status.

If you request student verification, we store the current-enrolment proof you choose to upload in private storage so an authorised VvUni administrator can review it. Cover grades, balances, identity numbers and unrelated information before uploading. Accepted formats are PDF, JPG, PNG and WebP, up to 5 MB.

We also store saved deals, monthly member check-ins, feedback, business enquiries, deal submissions, reports, institution requests, administrator review history and authenticated offer-link opens. Feedback can include the message, category, page, your account identifier if signed in, and an optional reply email. Please do not include identity documents, financial information or other sensitive records in feedback.

On Netlify, the edge network derives a two-letter country code from the connection IP so VvUni can start with the most relevant country. VvUni stores that country code in a 30-day cookie; it does not deliberately store your raw IP address in the VvUni database for this feature. Netlify may process network logs under its own privacy terms.

A country you choose manually is saved in your browser and takes priority over automatic detection. You can change it at any time from the country selector, or clear browser data to reset it.

We use information to provide sign-in, saved deals, country filtering, manual student verification, a renewable student pass, monthly check-ins, account support, submission review and service security; to answer requests you make; and to maintain an accurate catalog. These uses are necessary to provide the service you request or support VvUni’s legitimate interests in operating a secure, useful service.

Promotional deal emails are separate and consent-based. VvUni does not sell personal information. Google Sheets and scheduled deal research are limited to public offer information and do not receive student profile or verification records.

Your personal email is your main VvUni sign-in. Student verification is optional. You provide an institution, current student email, study details and current-enrolment proof; an authorised administrator reviews the request manually. An academic email domain alone is not treated as proof. VvUni verification does not bind a merchant, which may perform its own eligibility check.

An approved account receives a VvUni student pass that normally expires after one year and must be reverified. It is a verification credential for participating offers, not a payment card, government ID or guarantee that a merchant will accept it.

Your sign-in email is used for account access and security messages. New-deal notifications are enabled when an account is created so students do not miss new offers, and are directed to the main account email. You can switch them off at any time under Account → Security & privacy. Providing a phone number does not consent to marketing calls or SMS, and VvUni does not currently send them.

VvUni uses essential browser storage and cookies for sign-in, saved preferences and country selection. For aggregate traffic counts, it stores a random first-party browser identifier, the VvUni path visited, the date and country code, plus the account identifier when you are signed in. It does not deliberately store your raw IP address in the VvUni database for visit counting. VvUni also records authenticated clicks on provider links for aggregate service and affiliate reporting. At launch, VvUni does not use advertising cookies or behavioural advertising. If non-essential tracking is added, this policy and any legally required consent controls will be updated first.

The main service providers are Supabase for authentication and database services, Netlify for hosting and country detection, and Google services for the private deal-research workflow. Those providers may process data outside Namibia under their own contractual and security arrangements.

When VvUni shows an approximate Namibia-dollar value for a merchant price in another currency, your browser may request the current currency-pair reference rate from Frankfurter. The request does not include your VvUni account or profile information, although the service and its delivery network may receive ordinary connection data such as your IP address.

Opening a deal takes you to an external merchant. That merchant handles the visit under its own privacy policy. VvUni outbound links use protections that prevent the new page from controlling the VvUni tab and normally do not send the VvUni page address as a referrer.

We keep account, profile and private verification-proof records while the account is active or a verification review is required. Deleting your account removes proof files from VvUni’s private verification storage before the account is removed. Submissions, verification decisions, fraud-prevention records and administrator audit history may be retained for a reasonable period after account closure when needed to protect users, resolve disputes, maintain catalog integrity or meet legal obligations. Information is deleted or de-identified when it is no longer reasonably needed.

VvUni uses access controls, row-level database policies, restricted administrator membership and encrypted service connections. No internet service can promise perfect security, so please use a secure email account and notify us if you suspect misuse.

You may ask to access, correct, export or delete information connected to your account, or object to or restrict certain uses, by emailing hello@vvuni.com. You can change profile details and notification consent, or permanently delete the account directly, under Account → Security & privacy. We may verify your identity before acting and may keep limited information where the law or legitimate security needs allow it.

Where a local law grants additional rights or a complaint route, those rights still apply. Withdrawing optional marketing consent does not affect earlier lawful processing or essential account and security messages.

VvUni is intended for users aged 16 or older. If you are under 18, use the service only with permission from a parent or guardian where required. VvUni does not knowingly seek information from children under 16; contact us if such information was submitted so we can address it.

We may update this policy as VvUni adds features, providers or legal requirements. Material changes will be made reasonably prominent. The date at the top shows the current version. Questions or privacy requests can be sent to hello@vvuni.com.