Privacy Policy
Website: www.fengshuiarchitectureacademy.com
Last updated: 13 November 2026
1. Introduction
The Feng Shui Architecture Academy respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, stored and protected when you visit our website, contact us, register for courses or purchase educational products and services.
We process personal data in accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – Regulation EU 2016/679) and other applicable data protection laws.
2. Data Controller
The Data Controller is:
Feng Shui Architecture Academy
Operated by Pierfrancesco Ros
Verona, Italy
Website: https://www.fengshuiarchitectureacademy.com
Email: info@fengshuiarchitectureacademy.com
The complete legal business name, registered business address and applicable business identification details should be provided here before publication.
3. Personal Data We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following information:
- Name and surname.
- Email address and contact information.
- Billing information and details necessary to process purchases.
- Information submitted through contact or registration forms.
- Details of courses, educational materials or services purchased.
- Technical information, including IP address, browser type, device information and cookie preferences.
- Communications voluntarily sent to us.
We collect only the information reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
4. Purposes and Legal Bases of Processing
Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
Course registrations and purchases
To manage registrations, provide access to educational content, process orders and fulfil contractual obligations.
Legal basis: performance of a contract or steps requested before entering into a contract.
Customer support and enquiries
To respond to questions, provide information about courses and services, and manage communications.
Legal basis: legitimate interests in responding to enquiries or pre-contractual measures, depending on the request.
Billing and legal obligations
To maintain accounting records, issue invoices where applicable and comply with legal obligations.
Legal basis: compliance with legal obligations.
Website security and functionality
To maintain website security, prevent misuse and ensure the proper functioning of essential services.
Legal basis: legitimate interests or other applicable legal grounds.
Marketing communications
To send newsletters, course announcements and promotional communications where permitted by law.
Legal basis: consent where required, or another applicable legal basis where expressly permitted.
Optional cookies and third-party content
To manage non-essential technologies and embedded content according to visitors’ privacy choices.
Legal basis: consent where required.
5. Online Courses and WooCommerce
Our website uses WooCommerce to manage purchases and registrations for courses and educational products.
When you place an order, we may process information such as your name, email address, billing details, purchased products and order history.
This information is used to fulfil orders, provide purchased services, manage customer assistance and comply with applicable accounting and tax requirements.
WooCommerce may use essential cookies to maintain shopping cart and checkout functionality.
6. Payments
Payments may be processed through external payment service providers, including PayPal and the payment gateway used for credit and debit card transactions.
Payment providers process the information necessary to authorise and complete transactions according to their own privacy policies.
We do not intentionally collect or store complete payment card numbers on our website.
For further information about PayPal’s processing activities, please consult:
https://www.paypal.com/privacy
Other payment providers, where used, should be identified in this Privacy Policy.
7. Contact Forms
Visitors may contact us using the forms available on the website.
Information submitted through these forms is used to respond to enquiries and provide requested information.
Contact forms may include technical security measures designed to prevent spam and automated submissions.
The information submitted is not sold to third parties.
8. Newsletters and Promotional Communications
Visitors may voluntarily subscribe to receive information about courses, educational programmes, publications and Academy activities.
Where newsletter services are provided through an external email marketing platform, subscriber information may be processed by that provider on our behalf.
Recipients may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in the email or by contacting us.
The newsletter provider and any applicable international data transfer arrangements should be specified once confirmed.
9. Cookies and Consent Management
This website uses cookies and similar technologies to support essential functionality and, where applicable, optional third-party services.
Cookie consent is managed through the Complianz consent management system.
Visitors can accept, reject or manage optional cookies through the consent banner and available privacy preference controls.
Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent where permitted by applicable law.
Non-essential cookies and tracking technologies requiring consent should not be activated before valid consent has been obtained.
For further details, please consult our Cookie Policy available on this website.
10. Embedded Videos and External Content
Our website may include videos hosted by third-party platforms such as YouTube.
When external content is activated, the relevant provider may receive technical information, including the visitor’s IP address and browser information, and may use cookies or similar technologies.
Where required, external content is subject to the visitor’s consent preferences.
For further information:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
11. Social Media
Our website may provide links to external social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
When visitors follow these links, they leave our website and become subject to the privacy policies and practices of the relevant platforms.
A simple external link does not necessarily involve transferring personal data to the social media provider before the visitor clicks it.
Embedded social media content, if used, may involve additional processing and consent requirements.
12. Hosting and Technical Security
Our website is hosted using services provided by Register.it.
Hosting and technical service providers may process information necessary for website operation, security, maintenance and delivery.
We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.
However, no internet-based transmission or storage system can guarantee absolute security.
13. Data Sharing
Personal data may be shared, where necessary, with:
- Hosting and website maintenance providers.
- Payment processing providers.
- E-commerce and course delivery service providers.
- Email communication providers.
- Professional advisers and accounting service providers.
- Public authorities where disclosure is required by law.
We do not sell personal data.
Where service providers process personal data on our behalf, appropriate data protection arrangements are required.
14. International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area.
Where international transfers occur, we seek to rely on appropriate safeguards recognised under applicable data protection law, such as adequacy decisions or Standard Contractual Clauses, where relevant.
The specific safeguards depend on the providers and services actually used.
15. Data Retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal obligations.
In particular:
- Order and accounting records are retained for the period required by applicable tax and accounting legislation.
- Contact enquiries are retained for the period reasonably necessary to respond and manage related communications.
- Newsletter subscription information is retained until withdrawal of consent or another applicable deletion criterion.
- Cookie preferences are retained according to the consent management system’s configuration and applicable requirements.
Specific retention periods will depend on the nature of the data and applicable legal obligations.
16. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, individuals may have the right to:
- Access their personal data.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of personal data, where applicable.
- Request restriction of processing.
- Object to certain processing activities.
- Request data portability, where applicable.
- Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.
- Lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
Requests can be sent to:
info@fengshuiarchitectureacademy.com
Individuals in Italy may contact the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali):
17. Children’s Privacy
Our website and professional educational services are primarily intended for adults.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children in circumstances requiring parental authorisation without the appropriate legal basis.
If we become aware of personal data collected in violation of applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to address the situation.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, technologies, legal obligations or data processing practices.
The latest version will be published on this page with its updated revision date.
19. Contact
For questions concerning this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal data, please contact:
Feng Shui Architecture Academy
Pierfrancesco Ros
Verona, Italy
Email: info@fengshuiarchitectureacademy.com
Website: https://www.fengshuiarchitectureacademy.com