Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. We process your personal data exclusively in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and relevant national regulations. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data when you use our website or mobile application.

1. Controller

5W APPS GmbH
August-Bebel-Str. 27
14482 Potsdam, Germany
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +49 331 / 704 356 86

2. Contacting Us

If you contact us via the form on the website or by email, we will store the information you provide for the purpose of processing your request and in case of follow-up questions. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract initiation/performance) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to inquiries).

3. Data Processing for Registration, Use and Orders

  1. Account and Registration Data
    When creating an account, we process the data you provide (e.g., name, email address, password, profile information). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of the user contract).
  2. Order Data
    When purchasing paid content, we process data such as:
    • Name and address
    • Email address
    • Billing data (e.g., purchased items, prices, dates)
    • Program-related data (e.g., selected start date)
    These data are necessary to conclude and perform the contract. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
  3. Payment Data
    For processing payments, we may share relevant information with payment service providers or banks. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
  4. Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
    We only share your data with third parties when necessary for contract performance (e.g., payment processors, accountants) or if we are legally obliged to do so, or based on your explicit consent.
  5. Storage Period
    We retain contract-related data according to statutory retention periods, usually up to ten years (e.g., tax and commercial law). After expiry, data are deleted or anonymized unless further legal obligations require retention.

4. Cookies

Our website and application use cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your device through your browser. They do not cause any harm. Cookies help make our services more user-friendly, secure, and effective—e.g., remembering login data or language settings.

You can configure your browser to notify you before cookies are stored, allow cookies only in specific cases, block them entirely, or delete cookies automatically when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website or app.

5. Web Analytics (e.g., Google Analytics)

To analyze and optimize the use of our website, we may use web analytics services such as Google Analytics. These services use cookies to collect information about user behavior.

We use IP anonymization to ensure that your IP address is shortened within the EU or EEA. This prevents personal identification. Legal basis: Your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (improving our services).

You can prevent data collection by disabling cookies in your browser, rejecting analytics cookies in our cookie banner, or—depending on the provider—installing an opt-out add-on.

6. Newsletter

You can subscribe to our newsletter through the website or app. For this, we require your email address and your consent to receive the newsletter. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).

To personalize the newsletter, you may voluntarily provide additional information (e.g., interests, gender, birthday, height, weight, motivation, postal code, address). This information is optional.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email. We will delete your newsletter-related data immediately unless statutory retention rules apply.

7. Deletion of Your User Account

You may request the deletion of your user data at any time by contacting us at: [email protected] Your account and related personal data will be deleted unless statutory retention obligations require further storage. In such cases, your data will be restricted and deleted after the retention period ends.

8. Your Rights Under the GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object to certain processing activities (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

To exercise your rights, you can contact us at any time using the contact information listed above.

9. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You may contact the authority responsible for your habitual residence or for our company headquarters.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect legal or technical changes. The latest version is always available on our website or in the app.

Last updated: December 2018 (content revised and modernized)