General information

We process personal data only where this is necessary to provide a secure and functional website, respond to enquiries, fulfil contractual or pre-contractual obligations, or comply with legal requirements.

Personal data are any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The processing of personal data is governed in particular by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Hosting and server log files

This website is hosted by Hostinger. When you access the website, the hosting provider may automatically process technical information in server log files.

This information may include:

• the IP address of the requesting device;
• the date and time of the request;
• the requested page or file;
• the referring website;
• the browser type and browser version;
• the operating system used;
• the access status or HTTP status code; and
• the amount of data transferred.

These data are processed to deliver the website, maintain its technical stability and security, detect misuse, and resolve technical problems. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure, reliable, and technically functional operation of this website.

Log data are retained only for as long as they are required for these purposes or for applicable legal obligations. Hostinger processes website visitor data on our behalf where it acts as our hosting service provider.

Further information is available in Hostinger’s Privacy Policy .

Contact by email

If you contact us by email, we process the information you provide, including your email address, the content of your message, and any other information you choose to share. These data are used solely to respond to and manage your enquiry.

Where your enquiry concerns a contract or possible contractual relationship, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. For other enquiries, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to respond appropriately to messages addressed to us. Where processing is required to comply with a legal obligation, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR applies.

Correspondence is deleted when it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected, unless contractual, tax, commercial, or other statutory retention obligations require longer storage.

Email updates about our books

You can subscribe to occasional email updates about new and forthcoming books, advance reader copies, and other publishing news. Subscription is voluntary and is not a condition of using this website.

When you subscribe, we process the email address you provide and, if you choose to give it, your first name. The email address is required in order to send the updates; the first name is optional.

The legal basis for sending these updates is your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Confirmed subscription (double opt-in). After you submit the form, we send you one email asking you to confirm your subscription. Your subscription becomes active only once you have confirmed it. Until then we send you no updates. Subscriptions that are not confirmed are deleted no later than one month after registration. This procedure ensures that no one can subscribe another person’s email address.

Documentation of consent. To be able to demonstrate that consent was given, we record the time of subscription, the time of confirmation, and the IP addresses used. The legal basis for this record is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; our legitimate interest is the ability to demonstrate consent as required by Article 7(1) GDPR.

Service provider. Our email updates are sent using Brevo. Brevo acts as a processor on our behalf on the basis of a data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR. Subscriber data are stored on servers within the European Union.

Provider: Brevo GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany, a subsidiary of Sendinblue SAS, Paris, France. The data processing agreement required under Article 28 GDPR forms part of Brevo’s terms of service. Further information is available in Brevo’s privacy policy.

Advance reader copies. On a separate page you can apply to receive an advance reader copy. That is a distinct purpose with its own consent: applying does not subscribe you to our email updates, and subscribing to our email updates does not put you forward for advance copies. The application form offers a second, optional checkbox for the email updates; it is not ticked in advance and taking part does not depend on it. We process the data you provide there on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, and only to select and contact advance readers.

The form itself. The subscription form is delivered from this website. It is not an embedded frame and it loads no scripts, fonts, or images from our email service provider. Your entries are transmitted to our own web space and passed on from there. When you press the submit button, one technical value is written to your browser’s session storage; it is required for the submission itself, contains no personal data, and is discarded when you close the browser tab.

The confirmation link. The confirmation link in that email is generated by our email service provider and is therefore opened on its servers before you are returned to a page on this website. This is the technical step that records your confirmation. It happens only if you choose to click the link.

No measurement of reading behaviour. Our emails do not contain tracking pixels. We do not measure whether an email has been opened or which links have been clicked, and we do not create profiles of subscribers.

Retention. We store your data for as long as your subscription is active. After you unsubscribe, your email address may be retained on an internal suppression list for the sole purpose of ensuring that you receive no further emails from us. The legal basis for this limited retention is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; our legitimate interest is respecting your withdrawal reliably.

Withdrawal. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. Every email contains an unsubscribe link. You may also write to privacy@neurodiverseminds-publishing.com. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.

Cookies and language preferences

This website does not currently use analytics cookies, advertising cookies, behavioural tracking, or profiling technologies.

The typefaces used on this website are served from our own servers. No external font provider receives your IP address when you view a page.

Technically necessary cookies or comparable storage technologies may be used where required to provide the website or remember a language selected by the visitor. Such information is not used to create advertising profiles or track visitors across unrelated websites.

Access to or storage of information on a visitor’s device is based on Section 25(2) of the German Telecommunications and Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) where it is strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the visitor. Any related processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

If we introduce services that require consent in the future, those services will be activated only after the required consent has been obtained. This Privacy Policy will then be updated accordingly.

External links

This website may contain links to external websites, including online retailers or other third-party services. Simply displaying a standard external link does not itself transfer personal data to the linked provider.

When you choose to follow an external link, the destination website may process technical connection data and other personal information under its own responsibility. The privacy policy of the respective provider applies to that processing.

Data recipients and transfers

Personal data are disclosed only where this is necessary to operate the website, process an enquiry, fulfil a contract, comply with a legal obligation, or protect legitimate interests.

Recipients may include hosting and email service providers, technical service providers, professional advisers, or public authorities where disclosure is legally required.

If a service provider processes personal data outside the European Economic Area, such processing will take place only where the requirements of Chapter V GDPR are met, for example on the basis of an adequacy decision or appropriate contractual safeguards.

Your data protection rights

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have the following rights concerning your personal data:

• the right of access under Article 15 GDPR;
• the right to rectification under Article 16 GDPR;
• the right to erasure under Article 17 GDPR;
• the right to restriction of processing under Article 18 GDPR;
• the right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR;
• the right to object to processing under Article 21 GDPR; and
• the right to withdraw consent at any time under Article 7(3) GDPR, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact: privacy@neurodiverseminds-publishing.com .

Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR. You may contact a supervisory authority in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Postfach 3163
65021 Wiesbaden
Germany
Email: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de
Website: datenschutz.hessen.de

Security and encryption

This website uses encrypted transmission through TLS/SSL. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the “https://” address and the lock symbol displayed by your browser.

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Nevertheless, data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Automated decision-making

We do not use personal data collected through this website for automated decision-making or profiling within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy where legal, technical, or organisational changes make an amendment necessary. The version published on this website at the time of your visit applies.