Privacy Policy
(last updated on July 11, 2019)
(last updated on July 11, 2019)
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
When you visit our website https://mystudygenius.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very serious. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what right you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website, and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the “Sites”).
The responsible party within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws are:
MyStudyGenius UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (hereinafter jointly referred to as “MyStudyGenius”) as the operators of https://mystudygenius.com
When you visit our website https://mystudygenius.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very serious. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what right you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website, and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the “Sites”).
The responsible party within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws are:
MyStudyGenius UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (hereinafter jointly referred to as “MyStudyGenius”) as the operators of https://mystudygenius.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Collection of general information
2. Registration
3. MyStudyGenius Newsletter
4. Contact form
5. Transmission of personal data
6. Cookies and data transmitted by the system
7. Web analytics, social media, plugins
8. Deletion or blocking of data
9. Data security
10. Changing our data protection provisions
11. Right to information, rectification, blocking, deletion and objection
2. Registration
3. MyStudyGenius Newsletter
4. Contact form
5. Transmission of personal data
6. Cookies and data transmitted by the system
7. Web analytics, social media, plugins
8. Deletion or blocking of data
9. Data security
10. Changing our data protection provisions
11. Right to information, rectification, blocking, deletion and objection
1. Collection of general information
When you access our website, general information shall be automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, etc. The collected data shall only include information which does not allow any conclusions to be reached about you. This information is technically required to correctly supply website content requested by you, and produced automatically when using the internet. We statistically evaluate anonymous information of this kind to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
2. Registration
When you register to use our personalized services, certain personal data such as your name, address, and contact details like your phone number and email address are collected. If you are registered with us, you have access to content and services which we only offer to registered users. Registered users also have the option to change or delete the data provided at registration at any time, if necessary. We will also provide you with information about the personal data that we have stored about you at any time. We are happy to correct or delete this data upon request, provided no statutory retention obligations to the contrary exist. Please use the contact information at the end of this privacy policy to contact us in this regard.
3. MyStudyGenius Newsletter
If you receive emails from us containing business tips, product news and offers, this means that you have subscribed to our newsletter. Through your registration, you agree that you wish to receive our newsletter. You can give us this confirmation, for example, before booking a demo or when registering for a free trial. If you no longer want to read our newsletter, you are entitled to object to the use of your email address at any time by clicking the link at the end of the respective email or sending an email to privacy@mystudygenius.com.
We only collect the data you enter in the input mask when registering. These are: email address. We use these details to inform you by email of interesting innovations and similar products or services from our product range.
Our newsletter is sent via “MailChimp”, a newsletter distribution platform offered by the US service provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The use of MailChimp represents a transmission of personal data to a third-party company. The email addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as further data described within the scope of this Privacy Policy, are stored on MailChimp servers in the USA. MailChimp uses this information for the purpose of distributing and evaluating the newsletters on our behalf. MailChimp is part of the Rocket Science Group, LLC and certified under the Privacy Shield. We have concluded a contract with MailChimp concerning data processing pursuant to 28 subsection 3 GDPR. The MailChimp privacy policy can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.
We only collect the data you enter in the input mask when registering. These are: email address. We use these details to inform you by email of interesting innovations and similar products or services from our product range.
Our newsletter is sent via “MailChimp”, a newsletter distribution platform offered by the US service provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The use of MailChimp represents a transmission of personal data to a third-party company. The email addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as further data described within the scope of this Privacy Policy, are stored on MailChimp servers in the USA. MailChimp uses this information for the purpose of distributing and evaluating the newsletters on our behalf. MailChimp is part of the Rocket Science Group, LLC and certified under the Privacy Shield. We have concluded a contract with MailChimp concerning data processing pursuant to 28 subsection 3 GDPR. The MailChimp privacy policy can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.
Statistical evaluation and analyses
In order to send you better and even more interesting newsletters containing offers and topics which are tuned to your specific requirements, the newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file retrieved from the MailChimp server once the newsletter is opened. The information collected includes identifying whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened, and which links are clicked (so-called opening and click rates). This procedure allows us to measure the success of our newsletter and to ascertain whether the contents are still interesting for you. This information can be matched to individual newsletter recipients for technical reasons. By evaluating this information, we are able to identify the reading habits of our subscribers and to adapt the contents to our readers’ interests. This allows us to send you offers and campaigns which meet your specific requirements.
If you disagree with this level of customization, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time via the link included at at the end of every email.
4. Contact form
If you contact us by email or via a contact form, the information you enter will be stored for processing the inquiry as well as for possible follow-up questions.
5. Transmission of personal data
MyStudyGenius will only transmit your personal data to the following extent: We collaborate with providers which create and compile statistics, as well as with IT service providers (e.g. data centers and providers of hosting, safety, and database services). These technical providers only have access to your data to the extent that is required to fulfill their tasks. They also undertake to handle your data in accordance with this data policy and the applicable data protection regulations.
6. Cookies and data transmitted by the system
Like many other companies, we use so-called “cookies” to provide an enhanced customer experience. Cookies are small text files which are transferred to your hard disk by a website server. They automatically provide us with certain data concerning your computer and your connection to the internet, such as for example the IP address, browser used and operating system. Cookies cannot be used to start programs or to transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in the cookies, we can make it easier for you to navigate and enable our website to be shown correctly. In no case will we pass on data that we have created to third parties or link it to personal data without your consent. Of course you can also view our website without cookies, but internet browsers are usually pre-configured to accept cookies. You can disable the use of cookies at any time by changing the browser settings. Please use the help function of your browser to find out how to change the settings. Please note that some functions of our website may not work properly if you disable the use of cookies. Cookies are usually deleted automatically from your hard drive once you leave our website.
Data transmitted by the system, including cookies and their usage, as well as personal data such as
- Browser/Version
- Operating system
- Referrer URL (the page visited before)
- Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
- Time of the server request
is automatically transmitted from your computer to us and stored on our server. With the exception of the criminal prosecution of unauthorized use of our website, such data shall only be evaluated for statistical and performance-related purposes. The data shall be processed anonymously wherever possible.
If your browser is configured or you have given your consent to accept cookies, the following cookies can be used on our websites:
Google Analytics: _ga (2yrs): Used to distinguish different user
Google Analytics: _gat_UA-72004828-1 (1min): Used to throttle request rate
Google Analytics: _gat_UA-72004828-2 (1min): Used to throttle request rate
Google Analytics: _gid (24hrs): Used to distinguish different users
Google Analytics: __utma (2yrs): Used to distinguish users and sessions
Google Analytics: __utmt (10min): Used to throttle request rate
Google Analytics: __utmb (30min): Used to determine new sessions/visits
Google Analytics: __utmc (end of session): Cookie to determine whether user was in a new session
Google Analytics: __utmz (6mon): Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site
Google Analytics: __utmv (2yrs): Used to store visitor-level custom variable data
Facebook: fr (90 Tage): Cookie used for retargeting on Facebook
In the following sections you can find more detailed information regarding cookies that could (also) affect your personal data:
If your browser is configured or you have given your consent to accept cookies, the following cookies can be used on our websites:
Google Analytics: _ga (2yrs): Used to distinguish different user
Google Analytics: _gat_UA-72004828-1 (1min): Used to throttle request rate
Google Analytics: _gat_UA-72004828-2 (1min): Used to throttle request rate
Google Analytics: _gid (24hrs): Used to distinguish different users
Google Analytics: __utma (2yrs): Used to distinguish users and sessions
Google Analytics: __utmt (10min): Used to throttle request rate
Google Analytics: __utmb (30min): Used to determine new sessions/visits
Google Analytics: __utmc (end of session): Cookie to determine whether user was in a new session
Google Analytics: __utmz (6mon): Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site
Google Analytics: __utmv (2yrs): Used to store visitor-level custom variable data
Facebook: fr (90 Tage): Cookie used for retargeting on Facebook
In the following sections you can find more detailed information regarding cookies that could (also) affect your personal data:
7. Web analytics, social media, plugins
a. Google
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, i.e. small text files which are stored on your computer and make it possible to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will firstly be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on web activity and to provide further services for the website operator related to use of the website and the internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en].
As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click this link in order to opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out applies only for the browser in which you set it and within this domain). An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device, which means that you’ll have to click this link again if you delete your cookies.
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you clicked on an ad delivered by Google on our website, a cookie is placed on your computer by Google Ads. The cookie for conversion tracking is placed when a user clicks on an ad delivered by Google. These cookies expire within 30 days and are not personally identifiable. If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google will be able to recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and proceeded to that page. Every Google Ads customer gets a different cookie. Therefore, cookies cannot be tracked across sites by Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted in for conversion tracking. Customers are given the total number of users who clicked on their ad and proceeded to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they will not receive any information that can personally identify users.
If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can take the necessary steps to block cookies – e.g. by adjusting your browser in such a way that the storage of cookies is generally disabled or that cookies from the domain "googleleadservices.com" are blocked.
Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies if you do not wish for measurement data to be recorded. If you delete all your cookies, you must reset the opt-out cookie.
By using our websites, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google, as well as to the procedure and purpose of the data processing described above. You can prevent cookies from being stored by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of our websites. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.
b. Facebook
i. Conversion Tracking
Our website uses the "tracking pixel" of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). It allows us to track the behavior of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. The purpose of this technology is to analyze the efficacy of Facebook ads for statistical and marketing research purposes. It can also contribute to optimizing advertising campaigns.
ii. Custom Audience
Our website uses the service “Custom Audiences from your website” provided by Facebook. When visiting our website, the Facebook pixel establishes a link between your browser and the Facebook server and sets a cookie. This information is stored by Facebook and processed in such a way that Facebook can link it with your Facebook account and use it for advertising purposes in accordance with its data use policy (unless you have objected to this in the privacy settings of your Facebook profile).
The collected data is anonymous for us, meaning that it does not allow us to draw conclusions about the identity of individual users. A transfer of personal data within the meaning of the Facebook service "Custom Audiences from your Customer List" or the matching of data by means of "advanced matching" with the Facebook pixel will not be performed. You can object to the collection and analysis of your data by clicking on the following link and disabling the corresponding tracking: Opt-Out-Link.
You can object to the use of cookies on your computer in general by configuring your browser in such a way that no more cookies will be stored on your computer and any existing cookies will be deleted. For more detailed information about the collection and use of your information by Facebook as well as your rights and settings options in this regard, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
c. Social plugins for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Xing
The "social plugins" of the providers listed below are installed on our website. They are recognizable by the respective logo.
Information including personal data will possibly be transmitted and used by the service providers with these plugins. We prevent the unknown and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service providers with a 2-click solution. If you wish to activate a particular social plugin, you must first click on the button in question. Information is only collected and transmitted to a service provider once their plugin is activated. We do not collect any personal data through the social plugins or their use.
We have no influence over the data that an activated plugin collects, and how it is used by the respective service providers. At present it must be assumed that a direct connection to the services of such service providers will be developed, and at least the IP address and device-related information is collected and used. There is also the possibility that service providers will attempt to store cookies on the computer in use. For information on the specific data which is collected and how it is used, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective service provider.
We have embedded the social media plugins of the following companies on our website:
Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany; Instagram, Inc., 181 South Park Street Suite 2 San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
d. Google Web Fonts
This website uses a service called Web Fonts provided by Google to ensure the uniform use of fonts on this site. When opening a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection with the Google servers located in the U.S. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, i.e. small text files which are stored on your computer and make it possible to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will firstly be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on web activity and to provide further services for the website operator related to use of the website and the internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en].
As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click this link in order to opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out applies only for the browser in which you set it and within this domain). An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device, which means that you’ll have to click this link again if you delete your cookies.
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you clicked on an ad delivered by Google on our website, a cookie is placed on your computer by Google Ads. The cookie for conversion tracking is placed when a user clicks on an ad delivered by Google. These cookies expire within 30 days and are not personally identifiable. If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google will be able to recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and proceeded to that page. Every Google Ads customer gets a different cookie. Therefore, cookies cannot be tracked across sites by Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted in for conversion tracking. Customers are given the total number of users who clicked on their ad and proceeded to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they will not receive any information that can personally identify users.
If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can take the necessary steps to block cookies – e.g. by adjusting your browser in such a way that the storage of cookies is generally disabled or that cookies from the domain "googleleadservices.com" are blocked.
Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies if you do not wish for measurement data to be recorded. If you delete all your cookies, you must reset the opt-out cookie.
By using our websites, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google, as well as to the procedure and purpose of the data processing described above. You can prevent cookies from being stored by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of our websites. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.
b. Facebook
i. Conversion Tracking
Our website uses the "tracking pixel" of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). It allows us to track the behavior of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. The purpose of this technology is to analyze the efficacy of Facebook ads for statistical and marketing research purposes. It can also contribute to optimizing advertising campaigns.
ii. Custom Audience
Our website uses the service “Custom Audiences from your website” provided by Facebook. When visiting our website, the Facebook pixel establishes a link between your browser and the Facebook server and sets a cookie. This information is stored by Facebook and processed in such a way that Facebook can link it with your Facebook account and use it for advertising purposes in accordance with its data use policy (unless you have objected to this in the privacy settings of your Facebook profile).
The collected data is anonymous for us, meaning that it does not allow us to draw conclusions about the identity of individual users. A transfer of personal data within the meaning of the Facebook service "Custom Audiences from your Customer List" or the matching of data by means of "advanced matching" with the Facebook pixel will not be performed. You can object to the collection and analysis of your data by clicking on the following link and disabling the corresponding tracking: Opt-Out-Link.
You can object to the use of cookies on your computer in general by configuring your browser in such a way that no more cookies will be stored on your computer and any existing cookies will be deleted. For more detailed information about the collection and use of your information by Facebook as well as your rights and settings options in this regard, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
c. Social plugins for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Xing
The "social plugins" of the providers listed below are installed on our website. They are recognizable by the respective logo.
Information including personal data will possibly be transmitted and used by the service providers with these plugins. We prevent the unknown and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service providers with a 2-click solution. If you wish to activate a particular social plugin, you must first click on the button in question. Information is only collected and transmitted to a service provider once their plugin is activated. We do not collect any personal data through the social plugins or their use.
We have no influence over the data that an activated plugin collects, and how it is used by the respective service providers. At present it must be assumed that a direct connection to the services of such service providers will be developed, and at least the IP address and device-related information is collected and used. There is also the possibility that service providers will attempt to store cookies on the computer in use. For information on the specific data which is collected and how it is used, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective service provider.
We have embedded the social media plugins of the following companies on our website:
Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany; Instagram, Inc., 181 South Park Street Suite 2 San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
d. Google Web Fonts
This website uses a service called Web Fonts provided by Google to ensure the uniform use of fonts on this site. When opening a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection with the Google servers located in the U.S. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
8. Deletion or blocking of data
We shall store your personal data only for as long as it is needed to achieve the purposes mentioned herein or for as long as the various storage deadlines envisaged by the legislator allow. After cessation of the respective purpose or expiration of these deadlines, the corresponding data shall be locked or deleted in accordance with statutory provisions.
9. Data security
We process the data that we collect from you in accordance with the German data protection law. All our employees are obliged to maintain data confidentiality and to comply with the data protection provisions, and have been instructed accordingly. Please be aware that the websites of third parties which are accessible through links connected with our service offer may be subject to other provisions that deviate from this privacy policy.
10. Changing our data protection provisions
We reserve the right to occasionally adjust this privacy policy so that it always corresponds to the current legal requirements, or to ensure it reflects any changes to our services, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply for your next visit.
11. Right to information, rectification, blocking, deletion and objection
You are entitled to receive information about your stored personal data at any time. You have the right to correct, delete or to block (incorrect) data. Please correct your contact details in the user profile which can be accessed using your registration data. However, there is a possibility that the deletion of data is not possible due to contractual and/or statutory regulations, in particular those relating to accounting and invoicing.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please send an email to privacy@mystudygenius.com
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please send an email to privacy@mystudygenius.com