Source: https://www.blinkist.com/en/privacy
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 14:53:53+00:00

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The following notes give you an overview of how we collect and process your information. This is an overview, but if you want to know it exactly, you will find a detailed description here.
You have the right to information, correction, blocking or deletion of your data at any time. Any given consent can be revoked at any time and you may partially object to the processing of your data, even if no consent was required from you for the processing. You can contact our data protection officer at any time for further information on privacy issues. Our data protection officer Benjamin Kühn can be reached either by post [HC Plus | Geneststraße 5 | D-10829 Berlin] or by email [privacy@blinkist.com].
On the one hand, your data is captured because you communicate it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in our contact form. Other data is collected automatically when visiting the website through our IT systems. These are above all technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of the page request). The collection of this data is automatic as soon as you visit our platform.
Registration Information: When you register for Blinkist (for our free offer, paid subscription, or use of a code), we collect the personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering through your access device.
Cookies: For the provision of the Blinkist service and to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure, we also use so-called cookies for data collection and storage. Cookies are small data packets that are stored on your device and do no harm.
Tracking Services: We use tracking services to collect information about the behavior of visitors to our pages. So we can ensure an optimal user experience. These services use pseudonymised user profiles with the help of cookies, so that a direct inference to persons is not possible. Of course you can contradict the creation of these profiles at any time. Incidentally, each access device can be configured in such a way that basically no cookies can be created at all, or they can be deleted directly after the session.
Social Plugins: Our pages contain buttons from various social networks so that you can recommend our offers, services and / or products to other interested people. If you click on such a button, data such as your current IP address, browser and access device information (type and operating system), the resolution of the screen, if you have plug-ins installed will be the referrer (from where you came to the site) and the current URL to the site operator.
Newsletter: When you sign up for our newsletter, your email address will be used for information on advertising and advertising purposes. Of course, this is voluntary and you can even after the consent at any time unsubscribe.
Payment Information: If you use our free access, any of our trial phases or any of our subscriptions or you purchase anything through the Service, credit card information and other financial information we need to process the payment will be collected and stored with a payment service provider. We ourselves receive very little information from the payment providers about you.
We want to offer you a faultless use of our services. Therefore, data is needed for the administration and troubleshooting of our websites. However, as we are constantly improving ourselves and offering you optimized services, data in pseudonymised form (through usage profiles) are also needed for advertising and / or market research. Of course, this can be contradicted at any time.
Blinks Labs GmbH, Sonnenallee 223, D-12059 Berlin (hereafter referred to as "Blinkist" or "we") operates on the internet sites https://www.blinkist.com and https://www.blinkist.de as well as via the mobile application a platform for mobile learning (hereinafter "platform").
Responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an existing consent at any time. An informal message by email to privacy@blinkist.com is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
In the event of data protection violations, you, the person concerned, have the right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based or in which you have your residence. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found here.
We use SSL or Internet security for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as orders or requests you send to us. TLS encryption. An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser's address bar switching from "http: //" to "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us can not be read by third parties.
You have the right at any time to request information about your personal data processed by us free of charge. In particular, you may request us to provide information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed, the planned retention period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing or opposition, passing a right of appeal, the origin of their data, if not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about your details.
You have the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data of you stored by us.
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, except in cases where the processing of the data is required for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data and you the data for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or if you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.
You have the right to receive your personal information that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it is sent to another person in charge.
If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to file an objection against the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct mail. In the latter case, you have a general right to objection, which is implemented by us without specifying any particular situation.
If you want to exercise your right to object, please send an email to privacy@blinkist.com.
Our provider of the platform automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are browser type and browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer, time of the server request and the IP address.
The data is for data security and error analysis only. A merge of this data with other data sources will not be done.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. The server log files are automatically deleted after 2 weeks.
We use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your access device and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your access device and stored by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They will be deleted automatically at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
We use the Zendesk ticket system to handle customer inquiries, a customer service platform of Zendesk Inc., 989 Market Street #300, San Francisco, CA 94102 (USA). Zendesk is a certified participant of the so-called "Privacy Shield Framework" and thus provides appropriate guarantees for an appropriate level of data protection.
If you send us inquiries via contact form or by using our public, non-personal email addresses, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details given there, will be stored with us for processing the request and in case of follow-up questions via the Zendesk ticketing system. We will not share this information without your consent.
The data processing is based on your request and, in the context of answering a contact request, is based on our legitimate interests, in order to be able to handle requests in a meaningful way (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO).
The data processing is based in the context of answering a contact request, on our legitimate interests, in order to be able to handle requests in a meaningful way (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO).
You can register on our platform to use our services. We only use the data entered for the purpose of using the respective offer for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration, such as name and email address, must be provided, otherwise the registration can not be completed.
For important changes such as the scope of the offer or in case of technical changes, we use the email address given at registration to inform you in this way.
The processing of the data entered during registration takes place at your request and is required in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO in order to be able to comply with the user contract, including precontractual measures.
The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered for our services and will subsequently be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
Instead of registering directly on our website, you can sign up with Facebook Connect. Provider of this service is the Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
This information is used to set up, provision and personalize your account.
Instead of a direct registration / login on our website, you can also register via Google. Provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.
This information is used to set up, provision and personalize your accounts.
On our pages plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025 (USA), are integrated. The Facebook plug-ins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the "Like-Button" ("Like") on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here.
Our pages use features of Google. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.
Collect and share information: Use the Google button to post information worldwide. The Google button will provide you and other users with personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you provided for content +1 and information about the page that you viewed when you clicked on+ 1. Your 1's can appear as clues along with your profile name and photo on Google's services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the web.
Google records information about your +1 activity to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google button, you'll need a globally visible, public Google profile that has at least the name chosen for the profile. This name will be used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name you used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be viewed by users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.
We use the service of AdColony Inc, 11400 W. Olympic Blvd., 12th floor Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA, to host our mobile marketing campaigns. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising. AdColony receives app interaction data and device information.
We use the analysis technology of adjust GmbH, Saarbrücker Str. 36, 10405 Berlin; Tel: 49 (0) 30 91460083 ("Adjust"). The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising. Adjust collects and uses the IP address on our behalf and, if not disabled by the user in the system settings of its device, temporary device identification numbers. The information obtained in this way is only used to analyze the application, function and use of the app, for example, to determine which marketing measure users were aware of our app, ie concretely, which link or which banner users clicked before they downloaded our app.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Adjust, in which we commit Adjust to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use the analysis technology of Airbrake Technologies, Inc., 535 Mission Street, 14th floor, San Francisco, CA 9410 for fault monitoring. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Airbrake collects and uses the IP address on our behalf to evaluate error messages. This allows us to analyze error messages and improve the app.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Airbrake, in which we commit Airbrake to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use the analysis technology of D.C. Media Networks GmbH, Boxhagener Str. 18, 10245 Berlin („DCMN“) for tracking of our TV campaigns. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with DCMN, in which we commit DCMN to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements of Google Ireland Limited. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons on the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA. The generated information may be shared by Google with Google affiliates. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored.
The storage of AdSense cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all features of this website.
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. As part of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user's computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of the users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired yet, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies can not be tracked through the websites of advertisers. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt-out of this use by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie from your Internet browser under User Preferences. You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and cookies only on a case by case basis, the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally exclude and can activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
The storage of "conversion cookies" is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Our sites use functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics for the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.
Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP Anonymization: We have activated the function IP anonymization on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin: ou can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of this website in full. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under this link.
Commissioned Data Processing: We have entered into an order data processing contract with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic Data: his website uses the "demographics" feature of Google Analytics. As a result, reports can be produced that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This data can not be assigned to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time through the Ads settings in your Google account, or generally prohibit Google Analytics from collecting your data as outlined in the "Opposition to Data Collection" section.
Our websites use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device features of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. This feature allows you to link the advertising audiences created with Google Analytics Remarketing to the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you based on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (i.e. mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (i.e. tablet or PC).
Once you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. That way, the same personalized advertising messages can appear on any device you sign in to with your Google account. To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users who are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad promotion. You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing / targeting by disabling personalized ads in your Google account; to do so follow this link.
The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke on Google (Art.6 Abs.1 a. DSGVO). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google account (e.g., because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merge), the collection of the data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymous analysis of the website visitors for advertising purposes.
Our site uses the visitor action pixel from Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304 ("Facebook") for conversion measurement. This way, the behavior of the site visitors can be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider's website by clicking on a Facebook ad. As a result, the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements can be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and future advertising measures optimized. The collected data are anonymous to us as the operator of this website, we can not draw conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data are stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook data usage directive. As a result, Facebook can enable ads to be displayed on Facebook and outside of Facebook. This use of data can not be influenced by us as the site operator.
You can also disable the remarketing "Custom Audiences" feature in the Ads Settings section at the following link You have to be logged in to Facebook. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can opt out of use-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
We use Hotjar, a web analytics service of Hotjar Ltd., St. Julian's Business Center, Elia Zammit Street 3, St Julian's STJ 1000 (Malta) ("Hotjar"). With Hotjar, interactions of randomly selected, individual visitors to our website are recorded anonymously. Logs of mouse movements and clicks, for example, are created from the recordings with the aim of making Blinkist even more intuitive and user-friendly. Hotjar also uses "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer. In order to exclude a personal relationship, IP addresses are stored only anonymously and information is processed only anonymously. It also provides information, including about your operating system | Browser | geographical origin (country), evaluated for statistical purposes. This information is not personal and will not be disclosed to third parties by us or by Hotjar.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Hotjar, in which we commit Hotjar to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use HubSpot, a service of HubSpot Inc. (US based company based in Europe), 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, on our analytical web pages. Here are used so-called "web beacons" and also "cookies" set, which are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website by us. The collected information (e.g. IP address, geographical location, type of browser, duration of visit and pages accessed) is evaluated by HubSpot on behalf of us to generate reports about the visit and the visited pages of Blinkist. If you subscribe to email news and / or use our services, with HubSpot we can also record your visits to Blinkist via your additional information (e.g. name / email address) and, if necessary, target-oriented topics of your choice inform. If you generally do not want to be tracked by HubSpot, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Hubspot, in which we commit Hubspot to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
Conversion cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
We use services of the short message service KeyWee. KeyWee is operated by Keywee Inc., 37 West 20th St, Suite 1010, New York, NY 10011 (USA) ("KeyWee "). KeyWee allows us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics, regions or interests. KeyWee also allows us to target ads based on your recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our offers and content if you are interested in specific services, information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do not want to be tracked by KeyWee, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings, which could be limited function.
Our website uses the technology of Outbrain Inc., 39 West 13th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10011 ("Outbrain"), with which our users may be interested in further, possibly also interesting ones Contents within our website and on websites to be pointed out by third parties. Outbrain's integrated read recommendations are determined on a purely pseudonymous basis based on previous content read by the user.
We use services of the short message service Pinterest. Pinterest is operated by Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (USA) ("Pinterest"). Pinterest allows us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics, regions or interests. Pinterest also allows us to target ads based on your recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our offers and content if you are interested in specific services, information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do not want to be tracked by Pinterest, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings, which could be limited function.
We use services of the short message service Quora. Quora is operated by Quora, Inc., 650 Castro Street, Suite 450, Mountain View, CA 94041 ("Quora "). Quora allows us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics, regions or interests. Quora also allows us to target ads based on your recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our offers and content if you are interested in specific services, information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do not want to be tracked by Quora, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings, which could be limited function.
We use the RevContent Ads service from Revcontent LLC, 5901 North Honore Avenue, Suite 210, Sarasota, FL 34243, SA to conduct conversion measurements on our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising. RevContent receives client browser data and interaction data (such as conversion events) for this purpose.
We use services of the short message service Snapchat. Snapchat Ads is operated by Snap Inc., 63 Market Street, Venice, CA 90291 ("Snapchat"). This pixel generates a hash from your usage data that is sent to Snapchat, such as browser information. If you have a Snapchat profile and you're logged in or logged in to Snapchat from one of your devices, you can then use the data provided by the pixels to showcase individualized advertising for our products and offerings on your devices across devices.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Taboola, in which we commit Taboola to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use the hasoffers service from Tune Inc., 2200 Western Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98121, USA to manage our Affiliate Partners. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of optimization of our advertising. hasoffers receives anonymised interaction data (sign-up) to track the registrations.
We have concluded a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Tune, in which we oblige Tune to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.
We use services of the short message service Twitter. Twitter Ads is operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107 ("Twitter"). Twitter allows us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics, regions or interests. Twitter also allows us to target ads based on your recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our offers and content if you are interested in specific services, information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do not want to be tracked by Twitter, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings, which could be limited function.
Twitter is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield, and is committed to complying with European privacy standards. Twitter also adheres to the do-not-track setting of their browser. As a Twitter user, you can also prevent the data processing described by disabling the "Customize Ads Based on Affiliate Information" checkbox next to the "Sponsored Content" heading in the Security and Privacy settings. More information can be found on the pages of Twitter.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Twitter, in which we commit Twitter to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use the analysis technology of TVSquared Inc., 1412 Broadway, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10018, USA for tracking of our TV campaigns. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with TVSquared, in which we commit TVSquared to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use Yahoo Gemini on our website, a marketing service provider operated by Oath (EMEA) Limited 5-7 Point Square, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland. Yahoo Gemini supports the delivery of personalized and behavioral advertising over the Internet. The collection and storage of user information takes place anonymously and a conclusion to a natural person is not possible by using Yahoo Gemini.
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter are. Further data are not collected or only on a voluntary basis.
We use this data exclusively for the delivery of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The processing of the data entered into the newsletter application form is based exclusively on your consent (Art.6 (1) (a) GDPR). Of course, you can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data deposited with us for the purpose of obtaining the newsletter will be saved by us from the newsletter until your cancellation and deleted after the cancellation of the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us (e.g. email addresses for logging on to our services) remain unaffected.
We use the Batch service of IMEDIAPP, Société Anonyme, rue de Prony, 75017 Paris, France for our app push messages. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of optimization of our app push messages. Batch receives from us a pseudonymized user ID to process push messages.
We use the services of Braze, Inc., 318 West 39th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10018 for newsletter marketing and push messages. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of optimization of our newsletter content and app push messages. Braze processes user data such as email, push tokens, interaction data and IP address to control the distribution of newsletters and push messages and to analyze user interactions.
This website uses the services of MailChimp for sending newsletters (or mandrill for sending information relevant to the user). Provider is the Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 (USA).
MailChimp is a service with which, among other things, the dispatch of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. If you have entered data for the purpose of newsletter subscription (e.g. email address), these will be stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA.
MailChimp is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States designed to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the United States.
With the help of MailChimp we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent with MailChimp, a file included in the email (called web beacon) connects to MailChimp's servers in the United States. This way you can determine if a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). This information can be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient. They are used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyzes can be used to better tailor future newsletters to the interests of the recipient.
If you do not want to be analyzed by MailChimp, you have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.
The data processing takes place on the basis of your active newsletter registration and our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of optimization of our newsletter content according to the interests of our recipients. You can contradict this at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter.
The data deposited with us for the purpose of obtaining the newsletter will be saved by us from the newsletter until you receive it and will be deleted from our servers as well as from the servers of MailChimp after cancellation of the newsletter.
All credit and debit card transactions occur between the computer from which the transaction originates and our payment processor. When you use one of our trial phases or subscriptions or you purchase something through the service, credit card information and other financial information we need to process the payment is collected and stored with a payment service provider. We also collect certain limited information, such as your zip code, mobile phone number and details of your transaction history. In addition, these payment service providers usually provide us with very limited information about you, such as the unique "token", which enables you to make further purchases using the data stored by the service providers, as well as your card type, expiration date and last four digits of the number.
We use the services of ChargeDesk Pty Ltd, 2 Celosia Place Sydney, NSW 2232 Australia to prepare our invoices. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. For this purpose, ChargeDesk receives user data such as email, address and transaction details in order to create and deliver the invoices.
This AWS service helps us to host our backend applications. The AWS Data Center stores user data such as email, address, first name, last name, interaction data. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services.
This AWS service is used to evaluate mobile interaction data. AWS stores user data such as a pseudonymized blinkist ID, device identification number and interaction data. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website.
We use the Pipes service of Data Virtuality GmbH, Katharinenstrasse 15, 04109 Leipzig, to transfer data that we store with external partners into our Business Intelligence Tool. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising. Here user data such as email, address, first name, last name, interaction data are transferred via interfaces.
We use the Crashlytics service from Fabric, a developer platform operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland to find bugs in the Blinkist app. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Crashlytics receives user data for error analysis such as Mobile ad IDs, installation UUID (universally unique ID), Android IDs and IP addresses.
As a central database, we use Atlas of MongoDB, Inc., 3 Shelbourne Building, Crampton Avenue Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. In addition to the pseudonymized Blinkist ID, no further personal data of the users is stored in the Atlas database.
We use the services of Newrelic, Inc., 188 Spear Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, to monitor the performance of our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Newrelic receives user data such as the IP address for this purpose.
We use the services of Periscope Data, Inc., 1125 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, to process our business intelligence data (graphs, dashboards). The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior. Periscope Data receives the pseudonymized Blinkist ID and interaction data from us for this purpose.
We use an interface of Evernote Corporation 305 Walnut Street Redwood City, CA 94063 USA to allow our users to export their highlights to Evernote. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Evernote will receive users' Blinkist bookmarks.
We have integrated into our website a widget of Glassdoor, Inc., Mil Valley, CA 94941, USA. This widget shows the ranking of Blinkist on Glassdoor. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of optimization of our website. Glassdoor receives client browser data for purposes of illustration.
We use Typekit's services from Adobe Systems Inc, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110-2704, USA to display fonts on our website. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Typekit receives data from the client browser for this purpose.
We use Typeform’s services from Typeform, S.L., Carrer Bac de Roda, 163, 08018 Barcelona, Spain for user surveys. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Typeform receives secure user IDs for this purpose.
On our website and based on our legitimate interests under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO to display video content we use components (videos) of the company YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, ("YouTube"), a company of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. Here we use the option provided by YouTube of "extended privacy mode".
According to information provided by YouTube, in the "extended privacy mode" only your data - in particular, which of our websites you have visited and device-specific information including the IP address – is transmitted to the YouTube server in the US when you watch the video. By clicking on the video you confirm this transmission. If you do not want the transmission, stop playing the video.

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