Privacy Policy

We are very pleased about your interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of Jona Solv Publishing. The use of the Internet pages of Jona Solv Publishing is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Jona Solv Publishing. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, Jona Solv Publishing has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone or postal mail.

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of Jona Solv Publishing is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:

• a) Personal data: Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
• b) Data subject: Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
• c) Processing: Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
• d) Restriction of processing: Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
• e) Profiling: Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
• f) Pseudonymisation: Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
• g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing: Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
• h) Processor: Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
• i) Recipient: Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
• j) Third party: Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
• k) Consent: Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Name and Address of the Controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member States of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:

3. Collection of General Data and Information (Server Log Files)

The website of Jona Solv Publishing collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, Jona Solv Publishing does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Jona Solv Publishing analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

4. Routine Erasure and Blocking of Personal Data

The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to.

If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.

5. Rights of the Data Subject

• a) Right of confirmation: Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.
• b) Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the purposes of processing, categories of personal data concerned, recipients or categories of recipients, envisaged storage periods, the existence of rights to rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, and information regarding automated decision-making and profiling.
• c) Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed.
• d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten - Art. 17 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, where one of the grounds applies (e.g. data no longer necessary in relation to purposes, withdrawal of consent, objection to processing, unlawful processing, or legal obligation under Union or Member State law).
• e) Right of restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where accuracy is contested, processing is unlawful, the controller no longer needs the data, or an objection is pending verification.
• f) Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance.
• g) Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions and direct marketing.
• h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling (Art. 22 GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her.
• i) Right to withdraw data protection consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR): Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.

6. Legal Basis for the Processing

Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party (e.g. supply of goods or provision of service), the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures (e.g. inquiries concerning our products or services). If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required (e.g. tax obligations), the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, processing may be necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person (Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR). Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject).

7. Legitimate Interests Pursued by the Controller or by a Third Party

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business and literary activities in favor of the well-being of all our readers and author operations.

8. Period for which the Personal Data will be Stored

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

9. Provision of Personal Data as Statutory or Contractual Requirement

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.

10. Existence of Automated Decision-Making

As a responsible publishing enterprise, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.