Last updated: 2026-05-05

Who we are

theGuruCircle is a professional platform for teachers, tutors, coaches, mentors, trainers, yoga instructors, professors, schools, education brands, and partners. Our website address is https://thegurucircle.com.

Information we collect

We may collect information you choose to share with us, including your name, email address, country, phone or WhatsApp number, role, subject, organization name, message, profile details, profile photo, cover photo, and links you add to your public profile.

When you create an account or submit a Guru Profile, we store the details needed to run the profile review process. This may include your teaching story, subjects, languages, teaching modes, location, credentials, services, and social links.

Contact forms and inquiries

When you submit a contact, educator, organization, partner, directory, pricing, press, or sponsored content inquiry, we store your message in WordPress and may send an email notification to the site team. We use this information only to reply, review your request, and manage the launch process.

Author and profile information

Some information may be public if a profile or article is published. This can include an author name, author photo, author bio, Guru Profile name, headline, city and country, subjects, languages, teaching modes, credentials, services, and approved profile story. Public Guru Profiles are reviewed before listing.

Cookies

Cookies are small files placed in your browser. We use cookies to keep the site working, remember choices, understand traffic, protect forms, and support analytics and advertising where allowed. You can manage cookie choices through the cookie banner when it appears.

Analytics

We use Google Site Kit and Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. This helps us see which pages are useful, which posts people read, and where the site needs improvement. Analytics data is used in an overall way and is not meant to identify you personally.

Google AdSense and advertising

theGuruCircle may use Google AdSense in the future. Google and its partners may use cookies, including DoubleClick cookies, to show ads based on visits to this and other websites. You can learn more or manage ad personalization through Google Ad Settings at https://adssettings.google.com.

If AdSense is active, third party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits. Users may opt out of personalized advertising through Google settings or other available privacy tools.

How we use your information

We use your information to run the site, reply to inquiries, create accounts, verify email, review Guru Profiles, manage sponsored content requests, improve user experience, protect the website, and send relevant updates about theGuruCircle.

When we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share limited information with trusted service providers that help us run hosting, email, analytics, security, forms, and advertising. We may also share information when required by law or when needed to protect the site and its users.

GDPR and privacy rights

If you are in a region with privacy rights, you may ask to access, correct, export, or delete personal information we hold about you, subject to legal and safety limits. You can contact us at contact@thegurucircle.com.

Data retention

We keep information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, site records, safety, legal duties, or platform operation. Unapproved or outdated profile information may be removed during review.

Children

theGuruCircle is not built for children to create accounts without proper adult or institutional support. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in a way that is not allowed, we will take steps to remove it.

Security

We use reasonable steps to protect the website and user information. No website can promise perfect security, but we work to keep the platform safe, clean, and trustworthy.

Contact

For privacy questions, email contact@thegurucircle.com or use the Contact page.