Privacy Policy
Welcome to Gavesha Space. We create tools and spaces that make STEAM education open, interactive, and exciting. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our products, including the Gavesha App and our Tech Club makerspace services.
Last Updated: June 2026
Introduction and Who We Are
Gavesha Space operates as a data controller. This means we are responsible for deciding how and why your personal data is processed. We believe that learning about technology should be safe and transparent, which is why we explain our data practices in plain, easy to understand language.
The Products We Cover
This policy applies directly to two core products that we offer.
First, the Gavesha App. This is our interactive digital learning platform for STEAM education. The lessons and simulations inside this app may or may not connect to the specialized hardware kits we develop.
Second, the Tech Club. This is our physical makerspace service. The club offers hands on educational programs for children aged six to eighteen, skill building workshops for adults, and general access to our makerspace facilities. Members pay a service fee to use the physical space and our machines for their creative projects.
Information We Collect and Why We Need It
When you create an account, register for a club membership, or use our app, we collect specific details to give you the best possible experience.
We collect basic account details such as your name, contact information, and account password so you can securely log into our app and check into the physical makerspace.
We collect educational profile information like your age, grade, and school name. This helps us suggest the right learning content inside the app and place students in the correct age brackets for our Tech Club programs.
We process financial details when you purchase a Tech Club membership or pay a service fee to use our machines. We use secure, certified third party payment gateways to process your payments. Gavesha Space does not store your full credit card or bank details on our own servers.
We use specific device permissions within the Gavesha App to make our hardware features work. If a lesson uses our physical hardware kits, the app requires Bluetooth Low Energy permissions to detect and talk to the hardware. The app also requires Location Services to establish this Bluetooth connection, which is a technical requirement of smartphone operating systems. We only use this to connect to our hardware kits, and we do not track your movements or build a history of your physical location.
Our physical hardware kits process data locally to run your learning experiments, such as reading a temperature sensor or blinking a light. This data stays on the device itself and is not transmitted back to our servers unless a specific app lesson explicitly requires you to save your results to your profile.
Children's Privacy and Guardian Consent
Because our Gavesha App and Tech Club are heavily focused on children between the ages of six and eighteen, protecting the privacy of minors is our highest priority.
We do not knowingly allow children under the age of eighteen to create an account or register for Tech Club memberships on their own. A parent or legal guardian must create the account and provide verifiable consent before a child can participate in our programs or use the app.
Parents and guardians retain full control over their child’s data. If you are a parent, you have the right to review the information we have collected about your child, request that we update it, or ask us to delete it completely at any time. If we discover that a child under eighteen has provided us with personal data without verified parental consent, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our systems.
Compliance with the Sri Lanka Personal Data Protection Act
We fully respect your rights under the Sri Lanka Personal Data Protection Act Number 9 of 2022. Under this law, you are the data subject, and you have distinct legal rights regarding how your personal information is handled.
Our legal basis for processing your information depends on how you interact with us. We process your data to fulfill our contract with you when you pay for Tech Club access, out of our legitimate business interests to improve our learning content, or based on your explicit consent when you opt in to use our app features.
As a data subject under Sri Lankan law, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you. You have the right to rectify or correct any inaccurate data in your profile. You have the right to object to certain types of data processing, and you have the right to erasure, which allows you to request that we delete your personal data entirely when it is no longer needed.
Data Sharing and Third Parties
We believe your data belongs to you. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third party advertisers or data brokers.
We only share information with trusted service partners who help us run our business. This includes secure payment processing companies that handle your Tech Club fees, and cloud hosting providers that keep our app running reliably. These partners are legally bound to use your information only to perform these specific services for us, and they must maintain strict data security standards.
How Long We Keep Your Data
We practice data minimization, which means we only keep your personal information for as long as it is actually necessary.
We retain your active account information and learning progress for as long as you maintain an active account with us. If you choose to close your account or stop using our services, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal information within a reasonable timeframe. We may retain basic transaction records for a longer period solely to comply with our legal, tax, and accounting obligations.
Revision of Privacy Policy
Gavesha Labs reserves the right to change, modify, or revise this Privacy Policy in order to comply with any applicable laws, to reflect changes in our processes or for any other reason at any time. Material changes in our Privacy Policy will be communicated to your email, but we also encourage you to check the Privacy Policy periodically to read about any changes, modifications, or revisions. It is always better you check it prior submitting any personal information. You will be deemed to have consented to such variation by your continued use of the app following any changes being made.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or issues about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
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Date of Last Revision: August 14,2021