Privacy Policy

Last updated: 23 October 2026

Who is responsible for your information

Stay Chessy is operated by Dasha Maiorova, based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

This policy explains how personal information is handled when you visit staychessy.com, contact us, request a trial lesson, or join a waitlist.

For privacy questions or requests, contact staychessy@gmail.com.

Information you provide

Our forms are intended for parents and guardians.

Depending on the form you use, we collect:

• Contact enquiries: your name, email address, and message.
• Trial requests: your name, email address, phone number, your child's first name, age and chess level, your preferred lesson format, selected time and time zone, and any optional message.
• Waitlist requests: your email address, your child's age and chess level, and your preferences concerning lessons, times, and language.

Forms may also include information identifying the page or lesson format from which you sent the request. Forms also submit the language of the website version you use. This is used as the language of your request and lessons.

Providing this information is voluntary. However, without the required details, we may be unable to respond to your enquiry or arrange a lesson. Optional fields can be left blank.

Please do not include unnecessary sensitive information about yourself or your child.

Technical information

When you visit the website, hosting and security services process technical information needed to deliver and protect it. This may include your IP address, requested pages, browser information, and request times.

Website analytics may also provide statistics about visits, devices, and page performance. These statistics serve a different purpose from the personal information submitted through our forms.

How we use information

We use information to:

• Respond to enquiries.
• Arrange and confirm trial lessons.
• Discuss suitable lesson formats and availability.
• Contact you about the waitlist you joined.
• Operate, maintain, and protect the website.
• Meet applicable legal obligations and resolve disputes where necessary.

We do not sell your personal information or use form submissions for targeted advertising.

Submitting an enquiry or booking request does not subscribe you to a general marketing newsletter.

Services involved

The website uses the following services:

• Formspree processes contact, trial, and waitlist submissions and delivers messages to our email inbox.
• Gmail is used to receive messages and communicate with families.
• Google Calendar supports lesson scheduling. The website's availability feature checks free and busy periods without displaying private calendar event details to visitors.
• Cloudflare hosts and protects the website and operates its server-side features.

Cloudflare Web Analytics, where enabled, provides visit and performance statistics without using analytics cookies or tracking visitors across websites.

Service providers may process information in countries outside Israel. Their processing is subject to the relevant service arrangements and applicable data-protection requirements.

We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to address fraud, misuse, or legal claims.

Browser storage, games, and counters

The website uses local browser storage for certain game and counter features, including remembering whether a completed Knight's Tour has already been counted.

Shared counter records contain totals rather than names, email addresses, or individual player profiles. Requests to these features still pass through the website's hosting infrastructure.

Local browser storage is different from a cookie. You can clear it through your browser settings, although doing so may reset remembered states or preferences.

We do not use advertising cookies. Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies. Hosting and security services may use necessary technical mechanisms to deliver and protect the website.

Children's information

Children can explore the website's educational content and games without submitting a lesson enquiry.

Parents and guardians should complete forms and manage lesson arrangements. Please provide only the information needed to discuss your child's participation.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information without appropriate parental involvement, contact us so that we can review and address it.

How long information is kept

Enquiries and booking information are kept for as long as reasonably needed to respond, arrange or provide lessons, and maintain relevant correspondence.

Some records may need to be retained for legal, accounting, or dispute-resolution purposes. Information that is no longer needed should be deleted or anonymised.

You can ask us about the information we hold and request deletion, subject to applicable legal requirements.

Your choices and rights

Depending on the applicable law, you may have rights to access your personal information, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, or object to or restrict certain uses.

Where processing relies on your consent, you may withdraw that consent. This does not affect processing already carried out lawfully.

You can also ask to be removed from a waitlist at any time.

Send requests to staychessy@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity before disclosing or changing information. We will explain any legal reason that prevents us from fulfilling a request.

You may also contact the relevant data-protection authority if you have a concern about how your information is handled.

External links and sharing

If you follow a link to another website or use a third-party sharing service, that service's privacy policy applies to information you provide to it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our services or data practices change. The date above identifies the latest version. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent.

Contact

Dasha Maiorova · Stay Chessy
Tel Aviv, Israel
staychessy@gmail.com