Privacy Policy.

WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY provides online educational programs, digital learning resources, and personalized coaching in watch design, 3D modeling, rendering, and animation.

For questions about your personal information or to exercise your data protection rights, please submit a request through our official contact form.

Depending on how you interact with our website and services, we may collect the following categories of personal information.

Personal Information

• Full name and email address
• Phone number or WhatsApp details, when voluntarily provided
• Billing information and country of residence
• Account registration information
• Purchase and enrollment history
• Messages submitted through contact forms or other communications

Educational Information

• Course enrollments and learning progress
• Completed lessons and educational activities
• Submitted design projects or assignments
• Coaching bookings and scheduling information
• Questions, feedback, and support requests
• Participation in student communities

Technical Information

• IP address and approximate location derived from it
• Browser type and operating system
• Device information
• Website navigation and usage activity
• Referring website addresses
• Cookies and similar technologies

We use personal information for legitimate business and educational purposes, including:

• Providing Educational Services: Creating student accounts, delivering courses, tracking learning progress, and arranging coaching.
• Processing Purchases: Managing transactions, enrollment confirmations, billing records, and purchased services.
• Customer Support: Responding to inquiries, resolving technical issues, and assisting students.
• Communication: Sending account notifications, course updates, coaching arrangements, and service information.
• Marketing: Sending newsletters, educational content, promotional offers, and course announcements where permitted by law.
• Website Improvement: Understanding website performance and improving our educational services.
• Legal Compliance: Meeting applicable tax, accounting, and other legal obligations.

Under the GDPR, we process personal information only when an appropriate legal basis applies. These may include:

• Performance of a Contract: Processing necessary to provide purchased courses, coaching, and related services.
• Legal Obligations: Maintaining financial records and meeting applicable tax and accounting requirements.
• Legitimate Interests: Providing customer support, protecting our website, preventing fraud, and improving our services where legally permitted.
• Consent: Sending certain marketing communications and using non-essential tracking technologies where consent is required.

You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Purchases made through WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY may be processed by secure third-party payment providers.

These providers may collect and process payment details, billing information, and transaction data in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY does not intentionally store complete payment card numbers or card security codes on its own systems.

Transaction records may be retained where necessary for accounting, tax compliance, refunds, and customer support.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential functionality, improve performance, and understand visitor activity.

• Essential cookies for website functionality
• Authentication cookies for student accounts
• Preference cookies
• Analytics cookies, where applicable
• Marketing and advertising cookies, where applicable

Where legally required, non-essential cookies will only be activated after valid consent has been obtained.

You may manage cookie preferences through the available consent controls or your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

To operate our website and educational services, we may use third-party providers for:

• Website hosting and maintenance
• Course hosting and student accounts
• Payment processing
• Email communications
• Website analytics
• Customer support
• Video hosting
• Online coaching and scheduling

These providers may process personal information on our behalf under appropriate contractual and security arrangements, or act as independent data controllers for certain activities.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

Some of our service providers may process personal information outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Where international transfers occur, we take appropriate steps to protect personal information in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

These safeguards may include European Commission adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services, maintain student accounts, fulfill legal obligations, or address legitimate business needs.

• Account information may be retained while your account remains active.
• Educational progress may be retained to provide continued access to purchased programs.
• Transaction records may be retained for applicable accounting and tax periods.
• Support communications may be retained for a reasonable period.
• Marketing information may be retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent, or otherwise object, subject to applicable requirements.

When information is no longer required, it will be deleted or anonymized unless continued retention is legally necessary.

Where the GDPR applies, you may have the following rights:

• Right of Access: Request access to your personal information.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion in circumstances provided by law.
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request restrictions on certain processing activities.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive eligible personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: Object to certain processing, including direct marketing.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
• Rights Related to Automated Decisions: Exercise applicable rights concerning qualifying automated decision-making.

To exercise your privacy rights, please submit a request through our official website contact form.

We will respond within applicable legal time limits, generally within one month, subject to lawful extensions.

You may also lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority, including Croatia's Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP), where applicable.

Visit AZOP Website

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction.

These measures may include secure website connections, restricted account access, authentication controls, and reputable service providers.

However, no internet-based system can guarantee absolute security. We encourage users to protect their account credentials and report suspected unauthorized access.

When you enroll in a WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY program, we may create or maintain a student account associated with your email address.

Account information may be used to:

• Verify your enrollment
• Provide access to purchased courses
• Track learning progress
• Deliver educational updates
• Manage support and coaching arrangements

Requests for account deletion will be assessed in accordance with applicable data protection laws and any legal retention obligations.

Account deletion may affect access to educational services associated with that account.

Students enrolled in programs that include personal coaching may communicate with WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY instructors through email, video conferencing platforms, or other agreed communication channels.

We may process contact details, scheduling information, questions, and materials voluntarily shared during these interactions.

Coaching sessions will not be recorded without an appropriate legal basis and any notice or consent required by applicable law.

Where recordings are made, students will be informed of the relevant processing arrangements.

Where legally permitted, we may send communications relating to:

• Educational articles and tutorials
• New course announcements
• Program enrollment opportunities
• Promotional offers
• Watch design industry updates

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism provided where required.

Unsubscribing does not prevent us from sending essential transactional or service-related communications.

Our educational services are primarily intended for individuals capable of lawfully entering into the relevant agreements.

Where legally required, appropriate parental or guardian authorization must be obtained before processing children's personal information.

If we become aware that personal information has been collected unlawfully from a child, we will take appropriate steps to address the situation.

Our website may contain links to external websites, software providers, social media platforms, and other third-party services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of websites operated independently from WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites they visit.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal obligations, or data processing practices.

The most recent version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

Where legally required, we will provide additional notice of material changes.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the processing of your personal information, or your data protection rights, please contact us through our official website.

WATCH DESIGN ACADEMY

Website: www.watchdesignacademy.com

Please use the contact form available on our website for all privacy-related inquiries.

We are committed to handling privacy requests transparently and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.