Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 21, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed in connection with the website fashionsketch-course.com, our online courses, customer accounts, individual course purchases and subscriptions.

1. Data Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Ira Seel
FashionSketch
Germany

Email: info@fashionsketch-course.com
Phone:+79859634479

2. General Information on Data Processing

Protecting your personal data is important to us.

We process personal data exclusively in accordance with applicable data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

Depending on the type of processing, the following legal bases may apply in particular:

Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – consent;
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures;
Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR – compliance with a legal obligation;
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interests.

Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

The lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent remains unaffected.

3. Hosting by Hostinger

Our website is hosted by Hostinger.

The provider for customers in Germany is generally:

HOSTINGER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
61 Lordou Vironos Street
Lumiel Building, 4th Floor
6023 Larnaca
Cyprus

When you visit our website, the following data may in particular be processed:

IP address;
date and time of access;
pages and files accessed;
referrer URL;
browser type and browser version;
operating system;
device information;
technical log and error data.

This processing is carried out in order to provide our website technically and to ensure its stability, functionality and security.

Where processing is necessary to provide our website, it is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In addition, processing may be based on our legitimate interest in the secure and reliable operation of the website pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Hostinger processes personal data as part of the contracted services and, where required, on the basis of a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.

The specific processing and storage of data depends, among other things, on the hosting package and server or data centre location selected by us.

Server log files are stored only for as long as necessary for the provision, security and troubleshooting of the website or for as long as statutory obligations require longer storage.

4. Customer Account and Course Access

A customer account may be required in order to use our online courses.

The following data may in particular be processed:

first and last name;
email address;
user and account information;
courses booked or purchased;
subscription status;
course progress;
access and usage information;
date of registration.

The processing is carried out for the creation and administration of the customer account and to provide the services booked by you pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

The data will be deleted once it is no longer required for the performance of the contract and no statutory retention obligations or other legitimate reasons for further storage apply.

5. Purchase of Online Courses and Subscriptions

If you purchase an individual online course through the “Buy One” option or take out an “All In” subscription, we process the personal data required to fulfil the contract.

This may include in particular:

first and last name;
email address;
billing address;
country;
course purchased or subscription selected;
purchase date;
payment status;
order number;
transaction information;
start and, where applicable, end of a subscription.

The processing is carried out for the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Where we are required to retain certain data due to tax, commercial or other statutory obligations, the processing is additionally based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

6. Payment Processing via Stripe

We use Stripe for payment processing.

For users and businesses in the European Economic Area, the following Stripe companies may in particular be involved:

Stripe Payments Europe, Limited
1 Grand Canal Street Lower
Grand Canal Dock
Dublin 2, D02 H210
Ireland

and

Stripe Technology Company Limited
One Wilton Park
Wilton Place
Dublin 2, D02 FX04
Ireland

When making a payment via Stripe, the following data may in particular be processed:

name;
email address;
billing address;
payment amount;
currency;
product or subscription ordered;
order and transaction number;
payment status;
payment method;
technical information relating to the payment process;
where applicable, additional information required for fraud prevention and payment processing.

Credit card details and other sensitive payment information are generally processed directly by Stripe. We generally do not receive complete credit card details.

The processing is carried out for the performance of the contract and payment processing pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Stripe may process personal data partly on our behalf and partly under its own responsibility, particularly where this is necessary for payment processing, fraud prevention, compliance with legal obligations and payment security.

As part of Stripe's services, personal data may also be processed by Stripe affiliates and service providers outside the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred to third countries, such transfers are carried out in accordance with the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR, in particular on the basis of recognised data protection mechanisms such as adequacy decisions, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses, where applicable.

Further information on data processing by Stripe can be found in Stripe's privacy information.

7. Thrive Themes, Thrive Architect and Thrive Apprentice

We use products from Thrive Themes to design our website and provide and organise our online courses, including:

Thrive Architect;
Thrive Theme Builder;
Thrive Apprentice.

Thrive Architect and Thrive Theme Builder are used in particular for the design and technical structure of our website.

Thrive Apprentice is used to provide and manage our online courses.

The following personal data may in particular be processed within our own WordPress installation:

name and email address;
user account;
course enrolments;
access permissions;
courses purchased;
course progress;
information about access to lessons and course content.

This processing is carried out for the performance of the contract concluded with you pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Course and participant data is generally processed within our WordPress installation and therefore on the hosting infrastructure used by us.

Thrive Themes may also offer optional features for transmitting anonymised or statistical usage information about the use of Thrive products.

Where such optional functions are used and consent is legally required, they are activated only on the appropriate legal basis. Voluntary transmission of product usage data can be disabled in the Thrive settings.

8. FluentCart

We use the WordPress e-commerce system FluentCart to manage purchases, orders and subscriptions.

FluentCart is a self-hosted e-commerce solution for WordPress. Order and customer data is generally stored within our own WordPress installation and/or on our hosting infrastructure.

The following data may in particular be processed in connection with FluentCart:

name;
email address;
billing information;
products or courses purchased;
order number;
purchase date;
payment status;
subscription status;
start and end of a subscription;
renewal information;
vouchers or discounts;
transaction information.

Processing is carried out for the performance and administration of purchases and subscriptions pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and for compliance with statutory retention obligations pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

FluentCart is developed by WPManageNinja / FluentCart Inc.

According to the provider, the end-customer data of a shop operated using FluentCart is not automatically transferred to or stored by FluentCart during normal operation. The data generally remains on the respective shop operator's server.

Where FluentCart is connected to Stripe, the order and payment information required for payment processing is transmitted to Stripe.

9. WordPress

Our website is based on the content management system WordPress.

WordPress is operated on our own hosting environment.

Personal data may in particular be processed in connection with:

user accounts;
website logins;
course access;
orders;
administrative functions;
security functions.

The applicable legal basis depends on the specific purpose of the processing, in particular Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of a contract and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for the secure and functional operation of the website.

10. Contacting Us

If you contact us by email or through a contact form, we process the personal data you provide in order to handle your enquiry.

This may include in particular:

name;
email address;
content of your message;
date and time of contact;
where applicable, information about your course, order or subscription.

If your enquiry relates to an existing or potential contract, processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

For general enquiries, processing is based on our legitimate interest in handling and responding to enquiries pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The data will be deleted once the enquiry has been fully dealt with and no statutory retention obligations or other legitimate reasons for further storage apply.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and, where applicable, similar technologies.

Cookies are small pieces of information that may be stored on or accessed from your device.

Technically Necessary Cookies

Technically necessary cookies and similar technologies may be used in particular for:

logging into a customer account;
maintaining an active session;
shopping cart and checkout functions;
payment processing;
course access;
security functions;
storing technically required settings.

Where the storage of information on your device or access to information already stored on your device is strictly necessary to provide a digital service expressly requested by you, this is carried out in accordance with Section 25(2) TDDDG.

Where personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based in particular on Art. 6(1)(b) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Optional Cookies

Cookies or similar technologies that are not technically necessary, for example for analytics, marketing or advertising purposes, are used only after you have given the required consent.

The legal basis is Section 25(1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future through the cookie settings available on our website.

12. Recipients of Personal Data

We disclose personal data only where this is necessary to provide our services, where we are legally required to do so, where you have given your consent or where another legal basis permits the disclosure.

Possible recipients or categories of recipients include in particular:

Hostinger as hosting and IT service provider;
Stripe as payment service provider;
technical service providers in connection with WordPress;
tax advisers and accounting service providers;
authorities and public bodies where we are legally required to disclose data.

Thrive and FluentCart are generally operated within our own WordPress installation. Customer data is therefore not transferred to the respective software providers merely as a result of normal use of the plugins, unless additional cloud, support, telemetry or other external functions are activated or used.

13. Transfers of Data to Third Countries

Some of the service providers we use or their subcontractors may process personal data outside the European Union or European Economic Area.

This may occur in particular in connection with globally operating payment, IT or support service providers.

Such transfers are carried out only in accordance with the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR.

Possible legal safeguards include in particular:

an adequacy decision by the European Commission;
the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for appropriately certified U.S. companies;
Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the European Commission;
other legally recognised safeguards.

14. Storage Period

We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective processing purpose.

Data relating to a customer account is generally stored for the duration of the customer or contractual relationship.

Order, invoice and payment information may be retained beyond the end of the contractual relationship due to statutory tax and commercial retention obligations.

Once the relevant retention periods have expired, the data will be deleted unless there are further legal grounds requiring or permitting continued storage.

15. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against:

loss;
manipulation;
unauthorised access;
unauthorised disclosure;
destruction.

Our website generally uses an encrypted HTTPS/TLS connection.

16. Your Rights

Subject to the applicable statutory requirements, you have in particular the following rights:

right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
right to withdraw consent with effect for the future.

Where processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you may object to such processing at any time.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at:

info@fashionsketch-course.com

17. Right to Lodge a Complaint

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law.

You may in particular contact the supervisory authority at your place of residence, your place of work or the supervisory authority responsible for our place of business.

18. Electronic Withdrawal Function

We provide an electronic function on our website that allows customers to submit a withdrawal declaration.

When you use the withdrawal form, we process in particular the following personal data:

First and last name
Email address
Order number
Where applicable, information about the purchased course, workshop, or course bundle
Date and time of submission

The processing is carried out for the purpose of receiving, identifying, documenting, and processing your withdrawal declaration and for electronically confirming its receipt.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, as the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.

We use Fluent Forms within our WordPress website to technically provide the withdrawal form. The submitted data is stored within our WordPress system and is used solely for processing and documenting the withdrawal and for complying with statutory documentation and retention obligations.

The data will be deleted once it is no longer required for these purposes and provided that no statutory retention obligations require longer storage.

19. Automated Decision-Making

We generally do not use decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you.

Should this change in the future, we will provide you with the information required by law.

20. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy if our website, the systems we use, our data processing activities or legal requirements change.

The current version is available at fashionsketch-course.com.

21. Data Protection Contact

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:

Ira Seel
FashionSketch
Germany

Email: info@fashionsketch-course.com

For questions regarding the processing of your personal data or the exercise of your rights, please contact:

info@fashionsketch-course.com