Privacy Policy

Privacy policy according to the General Data Protection Regulation (short: GDPR)

 

Translated with DeepL (free version)

Original Link: Datenschutzerklärung (German)

Table of content

a. Name and address of the person responsible

b. General information on data processing

c. Provision of the website and creation of log files

d. Use of cookies

e. Web analysis through WordPress Statistics

f. External payment service providers

g. Links to online platforms

h. Multilingualism (Polylang Plugin)

i. Online presence in social media

j. Rights of the data subject

a. Name and address of the person responsible

The responsible person in terms of the Data Protection Basic Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:

Dr. Christian Hoffstadt

Brauerstraße 29 

76137 Karlsruhe

Germany

Phone: 0721 38499320

e-mail: info@think-do-change.de

 

website: www.monozukuri-book.com

Link to the imprint: www.monozukuri-book.com/impressum

b. General information on data processing

 

  1. the scope of processing of personal data

 

As a matter of principle, we process personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our contents and services. The processing of personal data of our users regularly only takes place with the user’s consent. An exception is made in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of data is permitted by legal regulations. 

  1. legal basis for the processing of personal data

 

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis. When processing personal data which is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make it necessary to process personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis. If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing. 

  1. data deletion and storage period

 

The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is no longer applicable. Furthermore, data may be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other regulations to which the person responsible is subject. Data is also blocked or deleted when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the purpose of concluding or fulfilling a contract.

 

c. Provision of the website and creation of log files

Whenever you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling computer.  The following data is collected:

Information about the browser type and the version used

The user’s operating system

The Internet service provider of the user

The IP address of the user

Date and time of access

Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. Not affected by this are the IP addresses of the user or other data that allow the data to be assigned to a user. A storage of this data together with other personal data of the user does not take place or in anonymized form.

 

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 

 

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.  These purposes also include our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

 

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of their collection. In the case of the collection of data for the purpose of providing the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. 

 

The collection of the data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. There is therefore no possibility of objection on the part of the user. 

 

 d. Use of cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. If a user calls up a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. 

 

  1. A) We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require the calling browser to be able to be identified even after a page change. The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:
  • Personal data protection settings in particular opt-out for WP Statistics
  1. B) We use cookies on our website, which enable an analysis of the surfing behaviour of the users.  In this way the following data can be transmitted:
  • Page impressions
  • Frequency of page views
  • Session duration/ entering and leaving the site
  • Geographic data (country)
  • Websites that have linked to the website
  • Jump to pages that are subsequently visited

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymised by technical precautions. Therefore, it is no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users. When accessing our website, users are informed by an info banner about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and are referred to this data protection declaration. In this context, there is also a note on how the storage of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his or her consent.

Analysis cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. The analysis cookies enable us to find out how the website is used and thus to constantly optimise our offer. The analysis cookies make it possible to use realistic visit results to check the effectiveness of website content, i.e. whether the information is helpful for website visitors.  These purposes also include our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted by the user to our site. As a user, you therefore also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies for our website are deactivated, it is possible that not all functions of the website can be used to their full extent.

 

e. Web analysis by WordPress Statistics

This website uses the WordPress analysis plugin WP Statistics. The provider of this plugin is https://wp-statistics.com. Simple statistics are created from the data in anonymized form. No user profiles are created and no cookies are set. All data collected by WP Statistics is stored completely anonymously on this Web server. It is therefore not possible to personally identify a visitor, even retrospectively. The first time you call up the website, you as a visitor have the option of rejecting the statistical survey (opt-out). A cookie is set to permanently store your selection. 


f. External payment service providers

For the purpose of fulfilling the contract, our website uses the service of external payment service providers (Gumroad and PayPal), through whose platforms payment transactions can be carried out between the user and the website operator. 

Inventory data is processed by the payment service providers and may be transferred to third parties, e.g. credit agencies. This may include name, address, bank data (e.g. account numbers, passwords, TANs) as well as contract and recipient related data.

The collected data is necessary for the execution of the transactions. The processing and storage of this data is the exclusive responsibility of the payment service providers. The operator of this website does not receive any account and/or credit card related information. The payment service providers only provide us with the status of the incoming payment (positive or negative).

The terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective payment service providers apply to the payment transactions. 

Gumroad Privacy Policy (from 2018, last accessed on 11.05.2020)

PayPal Privacy Policy (last accessed on 11.05.2020)

The processing of the data by us is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 b of the Basic Data Protection Regulation.

 

g. Links to platforms

A) Amazon (non-affiliate links)

We link on this website to products of us on the “Amazon” platform, operated by Amazon Europe Core S.à.r.l., Amazon EU S.à.r.l., Amazon Services Europe S.à.r.l. and Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., all four of which are located at 38, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and Amazon Digital Germany GmbH, Domagkstr. 28, 80807 Munich, Germany (together “Amazon Europe”). 

These are explicitly not affiliate links. 

Calling up the above-mentioned links may result in Amazon being able to assign them to the user profiles there. 

see Amazon’s privacy policy

h. Multilingualism (Polylang Plugin)

On our website we use the plug-in “Polylang” offered by WP SYNTEX, 28, rue Jean Sebastien Bach, 38090 Villefontaine, France. Polylang only uses cookies to recognize and record the language used or chosen by the user. These cookies are stored for one year and are deleted after that.

 

i. Online presence in social media

We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with the customers, prospects and users active there. The terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective network operators apply.  We process the data of the users, as far as they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write articles on our online presences or send us messages.

 

 j. Rights of the person concerned

The following list includes all rights of the persons concerned under the GDPR. Rights that are not relevant to your own website do not need to be mentioned. In this respect, the list may be shortened. If personal data is processed by you, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights in relation to the person responsible:

  1. right of information

You can request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.  If such processing is carried out, you may request information from the data controller on the following:

the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

the categories of personal data which are processed;

the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;

the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if it is not possible to give specific details, criteria for determining the duration of storage;

the existence of a right of rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to have the processing limited by the controller or a right to object to such processing; 

the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;

any available information as to the source of the data where the personal data are not collected from the data subject;

the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Art. 22 (1) and (4) DPA and, at least in these cases, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 DPA in connection with the transfer.

  1. right of rectification 

You have the right to obtain from the data controller the rectification and/or integration of any personal data processed concerning you if it is incorrect or incomplete. The data controller shall make the correction without delay.

 

  1. the right to restrict processing

Under the following conditions, you may request that the processing of personal data concerning you be restricted:

if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period of time which enables the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

the processing is unlawful and you object to the deletion of the personal data and instead request the restriction of the use of the personal data;

the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you need them in order to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or

if you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, such data – apart from being stored – may be processed only with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or on grounds of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State. If the restriction on processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

  1. right of deletion
  2. A) Obligation to delete

You may request the controller to delete personal data concerning you without delay and the controller is obliged to delete such data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

the personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed

you revoke your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a or Article 9 paragraph 2 letter a of the DPA and there is no other legal basis for the processing. 

You submit an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you submit an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR. 

The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully. 

The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject. 

The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to information society services provided in accordance with Article 8(1) of the DPA.

  1. B) Information to third parties

If the controller has made public the personal data concerning you and is obliged to delete them in accordance with Art. 17 para. 1 DPA, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you, as a data subject, have requested them to delete all links to these personal data or copies or replications of these personal data. 

  1. C) Exceptions

The right of cancellation does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;

to comply with a legal obligation requiring processing under Union or national law to which the controller is subject, or to carry out a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

for reasons of public interest in the field of public health pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i as well as Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;

for archiving, scientific or historical research purposes in the public interest or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the law referred to in a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the attainment of the objectives of such processing, or

to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

 

  1. right to information

If you have exercised the right to rectify, erase or limit the processing, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification, erasure or limitation of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients by the controller.

  1. right to data transferability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the data controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to have this data communicated to another controller without interference from the controller to whom the personal data has been made available, provided that

the processing is based on a consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR and

the processing is carried out using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to obtain that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, in so far as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this. The right to data transferability shall not apply to processing of personal data which is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

  1. right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter e or f of the DPA; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.  The controller no longer processes the personal data concerning you, unless he can demonstrate compelling reasons for processing which are worthy of protection and which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. Where personal data relating to you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you for the purpose of such marketing, including profiling, insofar as it relates to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for those purposes. You have the possibility to exercise your right of objection in relation to the use of information society services, without prejudice to Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

  1. right to withdraw your data protection consent

You have the right to revoke your data protection declaration of consent at any time. Revocation of your consent does not affect the legality of the processing that has taken place on the basis of your consent until revocation.

  1. automated decision in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effect on you or which significantly affects you in a similar way. This shall not apply if the decision 

is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract between you and the person responsible,

is authorised by Union or national legislation to which the person responsible is subject and that legislation provides for appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, or

with your express consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a or g GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests. With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, which shall include at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person from the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.