Privacy Policy

1. Who runs this

This website and the workshops are operated by Pradeep Siddappa (sole proprietor), under the brand Designers Who Build. In this document "we" or "us" refers to Pradeep Siddappa.

2. What we collect (and why)

When you apply for a cohort

• Name, email, phone - to contact you about the workshop and process payment
• Your role and experience - so we can scope your project for the day
• What you want to build - so we can prepare and group cohorts thoughtfully
• Coding comfort level - so we can pair you with the right starting template
• Payment information - handled directly by our payment processor; we never see or store your card details

When you contact us

• Name (optional), email, message - to reply

When you visit the site

• Standard analytics via a third-party analytics service: pages visited, browser, country, rough session duration. Used to understand which pages are useful. No personal identifiers.
• Anti-spam markers: IP address (for rate limiting on forms), nothing tied to your identity

When you submit a testimonial

• Your photo and quote - only used after you've explicitly approved publication

3. Where it's stored

All registration, testimonial, and message data is stored with a reputable managed cloud database provider, on servers located in India. Photos for testimonials are kept in the same provider's secure file storage.

4. Third parties we use

We rely on a small set of trusted service providers to run the workshop and the website. None of them sell your data. In general terms, they cover:

• Cloud database & file storage - securely holds registration data and testimonial photos
• Payment processing - handles payments; card details go directly to the processor and we only receive a confirmation
• Transactional email - sends emails such as payment details, workshop reminders, and replies from [email protected]
• Website analytics - aggregate, non-identifying usage analytics
• Hosting, DNS & CDN - serves the website and its forms; this sees your IP when you load the site

Each provider operates under its own privacy policy, and we have processor agreements where required. We do not share your data with any third party beyond what's necessary to deliver the workshop experience. If you'd like to know the specific providers we use, just email us and we'll tell you.

5. Cookies

We use the bare minimum. Just analytics cookies for the page-visit count and anti-spam cookies for form submissions. No advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking pixels.

6. How long we keep it

• Registration data: kept while you're an active or recent participant, and up to 3 years after your last workshop (for accounting and follow-up purposes). After that we delete or anonymize.
• Contact / question messages: kept for 12 months after we've replied, then deleted.
• Testimonials you've approved: kept as long as the testimonial is published on the site. You can ask us to remove it any time.

7. Your rights

You can:

• Ask what we have on you - we'll send a copy within 30 days
• Ask us to correct anything - send the correction, we'll update
• Ask us to delete your data - we'll do it within 30 days, except where we're legally required to retain (e.g. payment records for tax purposes are kept for 7 years per Indian law)
• Unsubscribe from marketing emails - every email has an unsubscribe link; we don't send promotional emails very often anyway

Send any of these requests to [email protected] from the email address tied to your records.

8. Security

We do the standard set of things to protect your data:

• HTTPS everywhere
• Row-level security on the database (your data is isolated from other users)
• Honeypot fields, per-IP rate limiting, and origin allow-lists on all form endpoints
• No card data ever touches our servers (the payment processor handles all of it)

We make best efforts to protect personal information but no internet-facing system can be guaranteed 100% secure. In the event of a data breach affecting your information, we will notify you within 72 hours of discovery.

9. Children

The workshops are intended for adult designers and students aged 18 and above. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has registered, please email us and we'll delete the account.

10. International users

The website is operated from India and our data is stored on servers located in India. If you're accessing from outside India, your data will be transferred to and stored in India. By using the site, you consent to this transfer.

11. Changes to this policy

If we update this policy in a meaningful way, the "Last updated" date at the top will change and we'll email anyone with an active account. Small clarifications happen without notice.