Privacy Policy  

Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines Emmerich Editorial Services (" we ", " our " or " the Company ") practices with respect to information collected from users who access our website at HEA-Editorial.com (" Site "), or otherwise share personal information with us (collectively: " Users ").


Responsible authority within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Bavarian State Office for Data Protection.  https://www.bfdi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Adressen/EN/LfD/Bayern.html?nn=408004

User Rights

 You may request to: 

  

  1. Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal information concerning you is being processed, and access your stored personal information,  together with supplementary information. 
  2.   Receive a copy of personal information you directly volunteer to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. 
  3.   Request rectification of your personal information that is in our control.
  4.   Request erasure of your personal information. 
  5.   Object to the processing of personal information by us. 
  6.   Request to restrict processing of your personal information by us.
  7.   Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.  

 

 However, please note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. 

 If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, or receive more information, please contact us using the details provided below:

 Bettina Emmerich, Waldweg 12, 83558 Maitenbeth, Germany; tina@hea-editorial.com

Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time. Under applicable regulations, we will keep records containing client personal data, account opening documents, communications and anything else as required by applicable laws and regulations. 

We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.

Grounds for data collection 

Processing of your personal information (meaning, any information which may potentially allow your identification with reasonable means; hereinafter " Personal Information ") is necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations towards you and providing you with our services, to protect our legitimate interests and for compliance with legal and financial regulatory obligations to which we are subject.

When you use the Site, you consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and other uses of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.


We encourage our Users to carefully read the Privacy Policy and use it to make informed decisions. 

What information we collect?

We collect two types of data and information from Users. 


The first type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to a User(s), which may be made available or gathered via your use of the Site (“ Non-personal Information ”). We are not aware of the identity of a User from which the Non-personal Information was collected. Non-personal Information which is being collected may include your aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and hardware information (e.g. the type of browser and operating system your device uses, language preference, access time, etc.) in order to enhance the functionality of our Site. We may also collect information on your activity on the Site (e.g. pages viewed, online browsing, clicks, actions, etc.).


The second type of information Personal Information which is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual. Such information includes:

 


  • Device Information: We collect Personal Information from your device. Such information includes geolocation data, IP address, unique identifiers (e.g. MAC address and UUID) and other information which relates to your activity through the Site.
  • Personal information: When you correspond with us by post, phone, email or via the contact form on this website we will collect information such as:  name; e-mail and postal address, phone number; information related to your enquiry, such as the nature of your manuscript.


 

How do we receive information about you?

We receive your Personal Information from various sources:

 

  • When you voluntarily provide us your personal details in order to contact us;
  • When you use or access our Site in connection with your use of our services;
  • From third party providers, services and public registers (for example, traffic analytics vendors).



 

How is the information used? With whom do we share the information?

We do not rent, sell or share Users’ information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

 We may disclose information if we have good faith to believe that disclosure of such information reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies (including our Agreement), including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud or security issues; (iv) to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our users, yourself or any third party; or (vi) for the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies and/or in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.

Cookies

We use cookies and other technologies in our related services, including when you visit our Site or access our services. 


A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a website assign to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier.


The Site uses the following types of cookies:


a. 'session cookies' which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed; 


b. 'persistent cookies ' which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example to allow us to store your preferences for the next sign-in; 


c. 'third party cookies' which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third party analytics companies who monitor and analyze our web access.


Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Site may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.


We use a tool which is based on the Snowplow Analytics  technology to collect information about your use of the Site. The tool collects information such as how often users access the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, etc. the tool does not collect any Personal Information and is only used by our Site hosting and operating service provider to improve their Site and services.

Third party collection of information

Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent you disclose your information to other parties or sites throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each third party that you choose to disclose information to. 

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals whom we do not employ or manage, including any of the third parties which we may disclose information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. 

How do we safeguard your information?

We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the Site and your information.

Personal data you send to us can be be stored on a private, password-protected computer; on a password-protected external hard drive; at Ionos, our website and email host, which is password-protected and has SSL-certification. Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse our Site, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.

Transfer of data outside the EEA 

Please note that some data recipients may be located outside the EEA. In such cases we will transfer your data only to such countries as approved by the European Commission as providing adequate level of data protection, or enter into legal agreements ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

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We will never use your personal data for marketing or promotional purposes without your permission to do so.



External Links

This website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting these sites. The inclusion of any link to another website does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed on it.




Updates or amendments to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise the Privacy Policy; material changes will be effective immediately upon the display of the revised Privacy policy. The last revision will be reflected in the "Last modified" section. Your continued use of the Platform, following the notification of such amendments on our website, constitutes your acknowledgment and consent of such amendments to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.


Last Modified Sept.9th, 2022