PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: September 12, 2026

OREYNE Academy respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit oreyneacademy.com, subscribe to OREYNE Academy, access our courses, place an order, purchase a workshop or material kit, or otherwise interact with our website and services.

By using our website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the website, or from service providers involved in delivering our services.

Information You Provide

Depending on how you use OREYNE Academy, you may provide information such as:

• Name
• Email address
• Billing address
• Shipping address
• Telephone number
• Order information
• Account information
• Course subscription information
• Workshop or course access information
• Customer service messages
• Return or refund requests
• Product preferences or selections
• Information you voluntarily provide through forms or communications

You are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide is accurate and up to date.

2. EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COURSE ACCESS

Some OREYNE Academy learning content may require an email subscription before access is granted.

When you enter your email address to access Courses or subscribe to OREYNE Academy, we may collect and store:

• Your email address
• Subscription status
• Confirmation status
• Date of subscription
• Relevant technical information required to manage access

We may send you a confirmation email to verify your subscription.

Once confirmed, your subscription status may be used to determine whether you can access subscriber-only learning content.

We may also use your email address to send:

• Course updates
• New lesson announcements
• Academy news
• Workshop information
• Product or material kit updates
• Other communications you have agreed to receive

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Unsubscribing from marketing emails may affect access to content that is specifically offered as a subscriber benefit.

3. ORDERS AND PURCHASES

When you purchase a Material Kit, Workshop + Kit, digital course, or another product through OREYNE Academy, we collect information necessary to process and fulfill your order.

This may include:

• Name
• Email
• Telephone number
• Billing information
• Shipping information
• Products purchased
• Order value
• Payment status
• Shipping and tracking information
• Refund or return information

We use this information to:

• Process orders
• Confirm payments
• Prepare and ship physical products
• Provide tracking information
• Provide course or workshop access
• Communicate about your order
• Process returns or refunds
• Prevent fraud and misuse
• Maintain legally required business records

4. PAYMENT INFORMATION

Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers available through our checkout.

OREYNE Academy does not normally receive or store your complete payment card details.

Payment providers may independently collect information such as:

• Card or account information
• Billing details
• Payment authentication information
• Transaction details
• Fraud-prevention information

Your payment information is handled according to the privacy and security practices of the relevant payment provider.

The payment methods available to you may vary depending on your location and the options currently available at checkout.

5. SHIPPING AND DELIVERY

For orders containing physical products, we may share information required to deliver your package with shipping, logistics, fulfillment, or postal service providers.

This information may include:

• Recipient name
• Shipping address
• Telephone number
• Email address where required
• Package information
• Tracking information

We provide only the information reasonably necessary to process and deliver your shipment.

6. COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND LEARNING ACTIVITY

When you access OREYNE Academy learning content, we may process information relating to your access to our services.

Depending on the features available, this may include:

• Course access status
• Workshops associated with your purchase
• Date access was granted
• Course or lesson pages accessed
• Login or verification activity
• Technical information related to course delivery

We may use this information to:

• Provide access to purchased or subscriber-only content
• Verify eligibility for a workshop
• Troubleshoot access issues
• Improve our learning experience
• Protect digital content against unauthorized access

We do not use course activity to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you.

7. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically.

This may include:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages visited
• Date and time of visits
• Approximate geographic region
• Website interactions
• Session information
• Cookie identifiers
• Technical error information

This information helps us operate, secure, analyze, and improve the website.

8. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

OREYNE Academy may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website and improve your experience.

Cookies may be used for purposes such as:

• Keeping the website functioning correctly
• Remembering preferences
• Maintaining shopping cart contents
• Processing checkout sessions
• Managing customer accounts
• Managing course or subscriber access
• Preventing fraud or abuse
• Measuring website performance
• Understanding how visitors use the website
• Supporting analytics or advertising where applicable

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot reasonably be disabled through our website.

Other cookies may be optional and, where required by applicable law, will only be used after obtaining appropriate consent.

You may also manage cookies through your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

9. ANALYTICS

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with OREYNE Academy.

Analytics information may help us understand:

• Which pages are visited
• How visitors arrive at the site
• Which content is useful
• Where users experience technical problems
• How our website performs across different devices
• How our shop and course pages are used

Where possible, we use this information in aggregated or pseudonymous form.

We may also use first-party analytics tools operated directly through our website.

10. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use personal information for purposes including:

• Providing and operating the website
• Processing purchases
• Fulfilling orders
• Shipping physical products
• Providing course and workshop access
• Managing subscriptions
• Sending requested emails
• Responding to customer inquiries
• Providing customer support
• Processing returns and refunds
• Improving our courses and services
• Monitoring website performance
• Detecting fraud, abuse, or security threats
• Maintaining business and accounting records
• Complying with legal obligations
• Sending marketing communications where permitted

We will not use your information for purposes that are materially incompatible with those described in this Privacy Policy without an appropriate legal basis.

11. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Where applicable data protection law requires us to identify a legal basis for processing personal information, we may rely on:

Contract

Where processing is necessary to provide something you have purchased or requested, such as:

• Processing an order
• Shipping a kit
• Providing a course
• Managing a workshop purchase
• Processing a refund

Consent

Where you have given permission, for example:

• Subscribing to marketing emails
• Accepting certain optional cookies
• Joining certain promotional communications

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent where permitted.

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where reasonably necessary for legitimate business interests, including:

• Improving our website
• Securing our services
• Preventing fraud
• Understanding website performance
• Providing customer support

We consider your privacy rights when relying on legitimate interests.

Legal Obligations

We may retain or disclose information where necessary to comply with tax, accounting, consumer protection, law enforcement, or other legal obligations.

12. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

If you subscribe to OREYNE Academy or otherwise agree to receive marketing communications, we may send you information about:

• New classes
• Tutorials
• Workshops
• Material kits
• New products
• Academy updates
• Special announcements
• Relevant offers

You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in our marketing emails.

You may still receive non-marketing messages that are necessary to provide services you requested, including:

• Order confirmations
• Shipping notifications
• Course access information
• Security messages
• Refund information
• Customer service communications

13. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

We do not sell your personal information in exchange for money.

We may share information with service providers that help us operate OREYNE Academy.

These may include providers involved in:

• Website hosting
• WordPress and WooCommerce functionality
• Email delivery
• Newsletter management
• Payment processing
• Shipping and logistics
• Website analytics
• Fraud prevention
• Customer support
• Data storage
• Technical maintenance

These providers may only receive information reasonably necessary to provide their services.

We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of OREYNE Academy, our customers, or others.

14. MAILING AND EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS

OREYNE Academy may use third-party email and newsletter services to:

• Manage subscriber lists
• Send confirmation emails
• Send course notifications
• Deliver transactional emails
• Send newsletters and Academy updates

These providers may process your email address and related delivery information on our behalf.

Their processing may take place in countries other than your country of residence.

15. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

OREYNE Academy serves customers and learners internationally.

Some of our service providers may operate servers or process data in countries different from the country where you live.

As a result, your information may be transferred internationally.

Where required, we take reasonable steps to use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

16. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, security, customer service, and business requirements.

Different types of information may be retained for different periods.

For example:

• Order records may be retained for accounting and legal requirements
• Subscription information may remain until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to applicable obligations
• Customer service correspondence may be retained for a reasonable period
• Security and technical logs may be retained temporarily for security and troubleshooting

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.

17. DATA SECURITY

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from:

• Unauthorized access
• Loss
• Misuse
• Alteration
• Disclosure
• Destruction

However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should also take appropriate steps to protect your own account information, devices, and passwords.

18. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information.

These may include the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain personal information
• Request restriction of certain processing
• Object to certain uses of your information
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Request a copy of certain information
• Opt out of certain marketing communications
• Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data protection authority

These rights are subject to applicable laws, exceptions, and verification requirements.

To make a privacy request, contact us at:

[email protected]

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

19. CALIFORNIA AND OTHER U.S. PRIVACY RIGHTS

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws.

Depending on the law that applies, these rights may include requests to:

• Know what categories of personal information we collect
• Access certain personal information
• Correct personal information
• Delete personal information
• Obtain certain information in a portable format
• Opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing where applicable

OREYNE Academy does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

If our data practices change in a way that creates additional opt-out rights under applicable law, we will update our privacy practices accordingly.

20. EUROPEAN AND UK USERS

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar data protection rules, you may have additional rights under applicable data protection law.

These may include:

• Access
• Rectification
• Erasure
• Restriction
• Objection
• Data portability
• Withdrawal of consent

You may also have the right to submit a complaint to your local data protection authority.

21. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

OREYNE Academy does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where parental or guardian consent would be required under applicable law.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, please contact us.

We will review the request and take appropriate action where required.

22. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, video services, payment providers, social networks, or other external services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

When you leave OREYNE Academy, we encourage you to review the privacy policy of the relevant third party.

23. SOCIAL MEDIA

If you interact with OREYNE Academy through social media platforms, those platforms may independently collect or process information about you.

Your use of those platforms is subject to their own privacy policies and settings.

We may receive information that you choose to make available through those platforms.

24. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:

• Changes to our website
• New courses or services
• Changes to payment or shipping systems
• New technology
• Changes to our privacy practices
• Changes in applicable laws

When this policy is updated, the Last updated date at the top of the page will be revised.

We encourage you to review this page periodically.

25. CONTACT US

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how your information is handled, or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact:

OREYNE Academy

Email: [email protected]
Website: oreyneacademy.com

When contacting us about an existing order or account, please include enough information for us to identify the relevant record, but please do not send passwords or complete payment card details by email.

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