We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This Privacy Policy explains how Ivan Halimau (CGSENSEI™ Academy) collects, uses and protects your personal data when you use our private educational services.
1. Data Controller
The controller responsible for processing your personal data is:
Ivan Halimau (CGSENSEI™ Academy)
Sole proprietor – online teaching and online training
Correspondence address: Gisela-Legath-Gasse 5/1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Email: info@cgsensei.pro
We are responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing your personal data.
2. What Data We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
Personal information
- First and last name
- Email address
- Payment methods and currency
- Phone number (if provided)
- Age (to comply with age restrictions)
- Country of residence
Education-related data
- Current skill level in Unreal Engine 5
- Learning progress
- Attendance of sessions
- Homework and practical results
Technical data
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Website usage data
- Cookies
- Logs of online meetings (time, duration, chat)
Payment information
- Payment history via Teachable (payments are processed by Stripe)
- Payment method (card details are not stored)
- Invoices and receipts from Teachable
- Tax information (where required)
- Bank information (country)
Checkout consent record
When you click “Go to Checkout” on a course page, we store a record of the declarations you confirmed (Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy and the express consent to immediate access to digital content with acknowledgement of the loss of the right of withdrawal). The record contains the date and time, your IP address, your browser’s user agent and language, the selected plan and price, the page address and the exact wording of the confirmed declarations. We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) and to fulfil our legal obligations (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR) in order to be able to prove these declarations in the event of a dispute or chargeback. The record is stored on our web server in the EU, is not shared with third parties and is deleted 3 years after the end of the year of purchase, unless it is needed for ongoing proceedings.
Email list and free course access (MailerLite)
When you request access to our free course “Quick Start in Unreal Engine 5” or sign up for our emails, we collect your email address and, if you provide them, your name and the consents you tick in the form. We also store the time of sign-up and confirmation and the IP address used (double opt-in), so that we can prove your consent.
We use this data to send you the access link to the free course, emails about the course (for example lesson updates and important notices), and — only if you have given separate consent — information about our other courses and offers (marketing emails). The legal bases are Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for delivering the course you requested, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR for course-related emails and Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR for marketing emails.
Our email service provider is MailerLite (MailerLite Limited, Ireland), which processes the data on our behalf as a processor under a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. MailerLite may record whether an email was delivered, opened or a link was clicked, so that we can improve our emails. The sign-up form on our website is loaded with a script from MailerLite.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the end of every email or by writing to info@cgsensei.pro, and you can withdraw a consent at any time with effect for the future. After you unsubscribe, we delete your data from the mailing list; we keep only your email address on a block list so that you no longer receive emails from us.
3. Legal Bases for Processing
We process personal data on the following legal bases under the GDPR:
- Performance of a contract (AGB) — to register you for training, provide access to courses, issue invoices, receive and process payments, and fulfil our obligations to users.
- User consent — where users voluntarily provide personal data through forms on the website or via messaging services when submitting a request.
- Legitimate interests — to improve service quality, support users, prevent fraud and ensure the security of our services.
- Legal obligations — to comply with tax, accounting and other statutory obligations.
4. Purposes of Processing
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Providing educational services and holding sessions
- Processing payments and keeping financial records
- Communicating with you about your learning by email
- Tracking your learning progress and adapting teaching methods
- Sending learning materials and homework
- Sending session reminders and important notices
- Technical support and troubleshooting
- Improving the quality of our services
- Complying with legal obligations
- Protecting our legitimate interests
5. Sharing Data with Third Parties
We do not sell, rent or transfer your personal data to third parties, except in the following cases:
- Service providers — the course and payment platform Teachable (Teachable, Inc., USA; payments are processed by Stripe), the email service MailerLite (MailerLite Limited, Ireland) and YouTube (Google Ireland Limited) for course videos. Where data is transferred to the USA, this is based on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the EU standard contractual clauses.
- Legal requirements — where required by law or necessary to protect our rights.
All third parties are required to ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data.
6. Retention Periods
We store your personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purposes:
- Active participants: for the duration of the training + 3 years
- Financial data: 7 years (in accordance with Austrian tax law)
- Marketing data: indefinitely
- Technical logs: 12 months
Once the respective retention periods have expired, the data is securely deleted from our systems.
7. Your Rights under the GDPR
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right of access — to receive a copy of your personal data
- Right to rectification — to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Right to erasure (right to be forgotten) — to have your personal data deleted
- Right to restriction of processing — to restrict the processing of your data
- Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format
- Right to object — to object to processing in certain cases
- Right to withdraw consent — to withdraw consent you have given at any time
- Right to lodge a complaint — with the Austrian Data Protection Authority
8. Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies to improve the user experience:
- Necessary cookies — for the basic functioning of the website
- Analytics cookies — to analyse how the website is used
- Functional cookies — to save your preferences
You can manage cookie settings in your browser.
9. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data:
- Encryption of data in transit and at rest
- Regular updates of security systems
- Restricted access to personal data
- Regular security reviews
10. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may be located outside the EEA. In such cases, we ensure appropriate safeguards for data protection:
- Adequacy decisions of the European Commission
- Standard contractual clauses
- Privacy Shield certification (where applicable)
11. Data of Minors
We provide our services exclusively to persons aged 18 and over. Participants under 18 require the consent of their parents or legal guardians.
We take additional measures to protect the data of minors and do not use it for marketing purposes.
12. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice.
In the event of material changes that may affect your rights and interests, we will inform you by email or via our website: www.cgsensei.pro.
The current version of the Privacy Policy is always available on the website. Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated version. The date of the last update is always shown at the top of the document.
13. Data Protection Contact
For any questions regarding the processing of personal data, you can contact us in writing:
Email: info@cgsensei.pro