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Privacy policy

Last updated: [PLACEHOLDER: date]

This page explains what personal data DroneDev Academy collects through this website, why, and what your rights are. We try to collect as little as possible.

1. Who is responsible

The data controller is Peiman Ataei,[PLACEHOLDER: legal name or company name, legal form],[PLACEHOLDER: registered address],[PLACEHOLDER: VAT number / tax code, if applicable].

Contact for all privacy questions: info@dronedevacademy.com.

2. What data we collect, and why

Early-access sign-up form

• Data: your email address, your name (optional), the topics you chose, and the fact that you agreed.
• Purpose: to send you the course invitation before the public launch, and news and event updates.
• Legal basis: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). We use a double opt-in: you get an email and must click a link to confirm. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Every email has an unsubscribe link.
• How long we keep it: [PLACEHOLDER: for example, until you unsubscribe].

Collaboration inquiry form

• Data: your name, email address, organization (optional), the type of help you need, and your message.
• Purpose: to read and answer your message, and to discuss working together.
• Legal basis: steps taken at your request before a possible contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR), and our legitimate interest in answering business messages (Article 6(1)(f)).[PLACEHOLDER: confirm the legal basis with your adviser]
• How long we keep it: [PLACEHOLDER: for example, 12 months after the last contact].

Technical data when you visit

Our hosting provider processes technical data, such as your IP address, the page you asked for, and your browser type, to deliver the site and keep it secure. We do not use this to identify you.

3. Who processes your data for us

• Brevo (email service provider, based in the EU) stores your sign-up details and sends our emails. It also delivers your inquiry to our mailbox. Brevo acts as our data processor.[PLACEHOLDER: add Brevo's legal entity and address, and confirm the data processing agreement is accepted in your Brevo account]
• Cloudflare hosts this website and delivers it through its network.[PLACEHOLDER: add Cloudflare's legal entity and confirm the data processing terms]

We do not sell your data. We do not share it with anyone else, except where the law requires it.

4. Transfers outside the EU

Cloudflare runs servers in many countries, so some technical data may be processed outside the European Economic Area.[PLACEHOLDER: describe the safeguards used, for example EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, after checking Cloudflare's current documentation]

5. Cookies and analytics

This website does not set cookies for advertising or tracking. It does not use Google Analytics.

Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, may set one security cookie calledcf_clearance in your browser. It is used only to tell real visitors from automated bots, and to keep the site safe. It is not used for advertising or to follow you around the web. When we tested it on 11 October 2026 it was a secure, HTTP-only cookie that lasts one year.[PLACEHOLDER: have this paragraph checked. If you later switch this Cloudflare feature off (Security, Settings, Bot fight mode and related settings) and the cookie no longer appears in your browser's developer tools under Application, Cookies, you can remove this paragraph. Also confirm with your adviser whether this security cookie needs a consent banner. It is normally treated as strictly necessary.]

If we switch on Cloudflare Web Analytics, it measures page views without cookies and without following you across sites.[PLACEHOLDER: keep this paragraph only if you enable it]

6. Links to other sites

We link to YouTube, LinkedIn, GitHub, Udemy and Discord. These sites have their own privacy policies. We do not control them.

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• ask for a copy of your data (access);
• ask us to correct wrong data (rectification);
• ask us to delete your data (erasure);
• ask us to limit how we use it (restriction);
• receive your data in a common format (portability);
• object to processing based on legitimate interest;
• withdraw your consent at any time, with effect for the future.

To use any of these rights, write to info@dronedevacademy.com. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority. In Italy this is theGarante per la protezione dei dati personali.

8. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page.