Newsletter Privacy Notice & Consent (GDPR Compliance)
Fractal – The Awakening Newsletter (operated from Hungary) is committed to protecting your privacy. By subscribing to our newsletter, you consent to the collection and use of your personal data (name and email address) as outlined below. Please read the following terms, which serve as our privacy notice and subscription consent, in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
What You Will Receive
By joining our mailing list, you agree to receive occasional email communications related to Fractal – The Awakening. These may include:
- Newsletters & Updates: Periodic newsletters with news, insights, or community updates about Fractal – The Awakening and its themes.
- Offers & Events: Special product offers, announcements of events, or invitations to community gatherings connected to the book.
- Personalized Content: Messages addressing you by name or content tailored to your interests in the book’s topics (Note: No profiling is used – see below).
We will not send unrelated marketing emails, and you will never be added to other mailing lists without your consent. Subscribing is completely optional and not required to use our website’s basic features.
How We Use Your Data
- Purpose: We collect your name and email solely to send you the communications described above and to manage your subscription preferences. Your name may be used to personalize emails, and your email address is used for delivery. We rely on your consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(a)) as the legal basis for this processing.
- No Other Use: We will not use your personal data for any other purposes. In particular, no automated decision-making or profiling is involved in our newsletter processing. This means we do not analyze or predict your behavior; every subscriber receives similar types of content.
- No Third-Party Sharing: Your information is not shared with any third parties or external services. We do not sell, rent, or transfer your name or email to others. The data is stored only on our own WordPress website database and is not stored on external platforms.
- Data Security: We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal data. This includes using secure protocols (SSL) for our website and maintaining up-to-date security on our servers. We treat your data confidentially and guard it against unauthorized access, alteration, or loss.
Your GDPR Rights and Choices
Under the GDPR, you have several rights regarding your personal data (such as the right of access, rectification, erasure, and to withdraw consent). We respect and uphold these rights. In summary:
- Right to Access: You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. We will provide you with a summary of your data (which will only be your name and email) upon request.
- Right to Correction: If your name or email is incorrect or changes, you have the right to have it updated or corrected. You can contact us to fix any inaccuracies.
- Right to Deletion: You have the “right to be forgotten.” This means you can request that we delete your personal data from our records. For example, if you no longer want to subscribe, we will erase your name and email from our mailing list upon request.
- Right to Withdraw Consent (Unsubscribe): You can withdraw your consent and stop receiving our emails at any time. Every newsletter we send includes an “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom – simply click it to opt out. This will immediately remove you from our mailing list (no further emails will be sent). Alternatively, you can contact us directly to withdraw consent, and we will manually remove your data. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any past communications sent while your consent was in effect.
We handle all unsubscribe requests and rights inquiries promptly and in accordance with applicable law. There is no charge for exercising your rights. If you contact us with a request, we will respond as soon as possible (within at most one month, as required by GDPR).
Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the newsletter service to you. This means we keep your name and email on our subscription list until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your information. If you unsubscribe or withdraw consent, we will cease sending you emails immediately and remove your data from our active list. We may keep a minimal record (e.g., your email address in a suppression list) if needed to ensure we honor your opt-out (so we don’t accidentally re-add you), or as required by law, but we will not use it for any other purpose.
Contact & Questions
We are happy to answer any questions or concerns you might have about your privacy. The data controller for your information is the team behind Fractal – The Awakening (website owner/author). If you would like to exercise your rights (access, correction, deletion, etc.) or withdraw your consent outside of the usual unsubscribe link, please contact us at our data inquiry email: luiginobottega@gmail.com. You can also reach us at this email for any other privacy-related questions or requests. We will address your inquiry promptly and courteously.
By subscribing to our newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read this privacy notice and you agree to the processing of your personal data as described above. We truly value your trust, and we commit to using your information responsibly and transparently. Thank you for joining the Fractal community!