Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 July 2026

Decode-X is operated by Digital-X Matrix LLC, an independent UAE-based digital publication.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, create an account, choose a subscription plan, access member-only or paid content, comment, contact us, or interact with Decode-X online.

Decode-X publishes educational and informational content related to Career, Business, and Investing. Our content is created to help readers understand useful topics in a clear and practical way. It does not provide personal legal, financial, investment, business, career, cybersecurity, tax, medical, or other professional advice.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you choose to provide, such as:

Name

Email address

Newsletter subscription details

Account details

Selected subscription plan

Billing period, such as monthly or yearly

Offer or discount status, where applicable

Membership or access status

Billing and payment-related information

Comments or messages you submit

Information you provide when contacting us

Communication preferences

We may also collect basic technical information automatically when you use our website, such as:

IP address

Browser type

Device type

Operating system

Pages visited

Time spent on the website

Referral source

Approximate location based on technical data

Cookie and similar technology information

Website usage and performance data

2. Subscription Plans and Access Information

Decode-X may offer free and paid subscription plans.

Current or future subscription plans may include:

Member

Paid Member

Premium Member

Subscription plans may provide access to Career Articles, Business Articles, Investing Articles, newsletters, member-only content, archive content, or other publication features depending on the selected plan.

When you choose a subscription plan, we may collect and process information needed to manage your account and access. This may include your name, email address, selected plan, billing period, subscription status, access level, renewal status, cancellation status, payment status, payment confirmation, invoice reference, and related support messages.

We use this information to provide the correct access level, manage your account, confirm payments, handle subscription changes, respond to support requests, prevent misuse, and maintain required business records.

3. Payment Information

Payment processing may be handled by a third-party payment provider.

Digital-X Matrix LLC does not intentionally store full payment card numbers on its own website systems.

Payment providers may collect and process payment details according to their own privacy policies, security standards, and payment terms.

Decode-X may receive limited payment-related information from payment providers, such as payment status, billing amount, payment confirmation, invoice reference, subscription status, limited payment method details, and transaction records.

We use payment-related information to manage subscription access, confirm payments, maintain billing records, respond to payment support requests, prevent misuse, and comply with legal, accounting, tax, or regulatory requirements.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to:

Provide access to our website and content

Create and manage user accounts

Manage newsletter subscriptions

Manage free or paid subscription plans

Provide access to member-only or paid content

Process and confirm payments, where applicable

Send account, subscription, payment, or service-related messages

Send newsletters or content you requested

Respond to messages, questions, or support requests

Allow comments or account-based features

Improve our website, content, layout, and reader experience

Understand which topics are useful to readers

Maintain website security and prevent misuse

Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, unauthorised access, or harmful activity

Keep records required for business, legal, tax, accounting, or compliance purposes

We do not sell your personal information.

If you subscribe to our newsletter or email communications, we may use your email address to send you Decode-X content, publication notices, account messages, subscription updates, and related communications.

This may include the Weekly Roundup Newsletter and other Decode-X communications you choose to receive.

You can unsubscribe from newsletter emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us.

We may still send essential account, subscription, payment, security, or website-related messages where necessary.

6. Accounts

If account features are available, we may collect and use information needed to create, manage, and protect your account.

This may include your name, email address, login information, account status, communication preferences, subscription status, and access level.

You are responsible for keeping your login details secure and for not sharing your account with others.

7. Subscription Access

Decode-X may use your subscription information to determine which content, newsletters, features, or account areas you can access.

If your subscription is cancelled, expires, changes, or payment fails, your access to member-only or paid content may change based on your active subscription status.

If subscription plans, pricing, discounts, offers, billing periods, or access rules change in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy where the change affects how personal information is collected, used, shared, or stored.

8. Comments and Public Interactions

If comments or public interaction features are available, information you choose to post may be visible to other users.

Please do not post private, sensitive, confidential, financial, identification, account, password, business, or personal information in comments or public areas of the website.

We may moderate, remove, or restrict comments that contain spam, abusive content, misleading claims, personal data, harmful content, illegal content, or content that may create safety, legal, privacy, or compliance concerns.

9. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Keep the website working properly

Support login and account features

Support subscription access

Remember basic preferences

Improve website performance

Understand website traffic

Protect the website from spam, abuse, fraud, or security risks

Support payment, checkout, or anti-fraud functions where applicable

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

10. Analytics

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website.

Analytics data may include pages visited, visit duration, device type, browser type, approximate location, referral source, and general usage patterns.

We use this information to improve our content, website design, navigation, performance, and reader experience.

We do not use analytics data to identify individual readers unless needed for security, legal, payment, fraud-prevention, or abuse-prevention reasons.

11. Advertising, Sponsorships, and Affiliate Links

Decode-X does not currently publish paid advertisements, sponsored articles, affiliate promotions, paid product placements, brand partnership content, or newsletter sponsorships.

Decode-X also does not currently use third-party advertising networks to display ads on the website.

If advertising, sponsorships, affiliate links, brand partnerships, or third-party advertising tools are introduced in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy where those features affect cookies, tracking, analytics, disclosures, or third-party processing.

We may share limited information only when necessary with trusted providers that help us operate the website and provide subscription features.

This may include:

Website hosting providers

Email newsletter providers

Account and login service providers

Subscription management providers

Payment processors

Analytics providers

Security and spam-prevention tools

Technical support providers

Professional advisers, where required

Legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or government authorities, where required by law

We only share information where necessary for website operation, account management, subscription management, payment processing, newsletter delivery, security, communication, legal compliance, accounting, or business records.

We do not sell personal information.

13. Data Storage and Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, online platform, email system, payment system, or internet transmission is completely secure.

Users are responsible for taking care when sharing information online and avoiding sensitive personal, financial, account, or confidential information through unsecured channels.

14. Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

This may include keeping information to:

Provide access to the website and content

Manage accounts and subscriptions

Manage newsletters and communications

Process and record payments, where applicable

Respond to user requests

Maintain business, tax, accounting, and operational records

Protect website security

Prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorised access

Comply with legal obligations

Resolve disputes or enforce website terms

When personal information is no longer needed, we will take reasonable steps to delete, anonymise, or securely retain it where required by law.

15. Personal and Financial Information Safety

Decode-X does not ask readers to submit private investment portfolios, trading history, bank passwords, card PINs, crypto wallet seed phrases, private keys, identity documents, or sensitive financial documents through comments or public website features.

Please do not share sensitive financial, banking, investment, crypto wallet, identification, password, or confidential business information through public comments, unsecured forms, or unsolicited messages.

Where payment is required for subscription access, payment details must only be entered through the official checkout or payment process provided on the website.

16. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights related to your personal information.

These may include the right to:

Request access to personal information we hold about you

Request correction of inaccurate information

Request deletion of personal information where legally applicable

Request restriction of processing in certain cases

Object to certain processing activities

Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

Request transfer of personal information where technically possible and legally applicable

Ask us to stop certain processing where legally applicable

To make a privacy request, contact us using the details below.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests. Some requests may be limited by legal, security, accounting, tax, contractual, payment, fraud-prevention, or regulatory requirements.

17. Children’s Privacy

Decode-X is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can review and take appropriate action.

18. External Links

Decode-X may link to third-party websites, official sources, platforms, tools, articles, reports, or other resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.

Please review the privacy policy of any external website you visit.

19. International Data Transfers

Some providers used by Decode-X may process or store data outside the UAE.

Where this happens, we aim to use providers that apply appropriate privacy and security measures.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, content, newsletter features, account features, subscription features, payment processing, legal requirements, or operational practices.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

21. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, you can contact:

Digital-X Matrix LLC
Brand: Decode-X
Website: d-x.ae
Email: support@d-x.ae