Privacy Policy & Personal Data Protection
MarocPsy is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data in strict compliance with Moroccan Law No. 09-08 (CNDP) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Data Controller
The processing of personal data collected on MarocPsy (published by Spotpsy.com) is carried out under the responsibility of the MarocPsy team.
For any questions regarding your data, you can reach our Data Protection Officer by email at: contact@marocpsy.com or via our dedicated contact form.
2. Data Collected & Minimization
We strictly enforce the principle of data minimization: only data strictly necessary for providing our directory and communication services are collected:
- For visitors: Your contact details (name, email, phone) are only requested when you explicitly choose to submit a contact inquiry, request a practitioner contact, or sign up for a support group.
- For practitioners: Professional identity, specialties, qualifications, practice city, and public business contact information intended for publication on their directory listing.
- Technical data: Anonymized technical logs for server security and spam/bot abuse prevention.
3. Purpose of Data Processing
Your personal data is used exclusively for the following purposes:
1. Enabling secure connections between individuals seeking support and certified psychosocial support professionals across Morocco.
2. Managing and verifying practitioner listings in the national directory.
3. Responding to your support and information inquiries submitted via our forms.
4. Ensuring technical security and preventing fraud or spam attacks.
Strict commitment: MarocPsy does not sell, rent, or transfer any personal or health data to advertisers or commercial third parties.
4. Data Retention Period
- Contact inquiries & support requests: Stored for a maximum of 12 months before archiving or permanent deletion.
- Practitioner accounts: Retained for the duration of the profile publication and deleted immediately upon request.
- Language and consent cookies: Retained for a maximum of 13 months in accordance with privacy guidelines.
5. Your Rights & Direct Exercise (Law 09-08 & GDPR)
Under Moroccan and international privacy regulations, you have the following rights regarding your data:
- Right of access: Request confirmation of whether your data is processed and obtain a copy.
- Right to rectification: Request correction or updating of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to erasure ("Right to be forgotten"): Request complete and permanent deletion of your personal data from our databases.
- Right to object and withdraw consent: Withdraw your consent at any time without affecting prior lawful processing.
6. Minimalist Cookies & Trackers
MarocPsy utilizes a strictly minimalist and non-intrusive cookie framework:
- marocpsy_lang: Technical cookie storing your language preference (FR, AR, EN).
- psy_consent: Technical cookie recording your consent choice (all or essential).
- PHPSESSID: Essential session cookie required for safe navigation and anti-CSRF token validation.
No invasive advertising trackers or cross-site tracking cookies are set.
- marocpsy_visitor: A recognition cookie, valid for 90 days, set after you enter your details so you do not have to enter them for each profile. It contains a random identifier, without your contact details. Deleting this cookie ends recognition on this device.