Privacy Policy

Information We May Collect

• Information you voluntarily submit through the contact form, such as your name, email address, subject line, and message.
• Information connected to content you submit, your IP address, and browser details used for moderation and spam detection.
• Technical and usage data such as browser type, device information, referring pages, and general site activity collected through cookies, analytics tools, or security systems.

How Information May Be Used

• To respond to messages, editorial questions, correction requests, and other inquiries you send to the site.
• To operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website and its content.
• To understand general traffic patterns, engagement, and performance through analytics and cookie based tools.
• To detect spam, abuse, malicious activity, or unauthorized access attempts.

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6)

Financial Beings processes personal data on the following legal bases:

Email Newsletter Subscription Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You voluntarily provide your email address and explicitly request to receive research updates. You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking “Unsubscribe” in any email delivered by Financial Beings.

Contact Form Submissions Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Processing your name, email address, and message is necessary to respond to your inquiry. Our legitimate interest is to communicate with readers, handle editorial requests, and respond to correction or partnership inquiries.

Analytics Cookies and Traffic Data Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). Analytics and non-essential cookies are placed only after you provide explicit consent via our cookie banner. You may withdraw consent at any time using the Customize option in the cookie banner.

Website Security and Fraud Prevention Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Technical data including IP addresses and server logs is processed solely to protect the website against unauthorized access, malicious activity, and security threats. This processing has minimal privacy impact and is necessary for safe site operation.

Legal Compliance Legal basis: Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR). Where required by applicable German or EU law, Financial Beings may process or retain personal data to comply with legal obligations including regulatory, tax, or court requirements.

Cookies, Analytics, and Embedded Content

Financial Beings may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, measure site usage, and support core website functionality. Some articles may also contain embedded content or links from third party platforms. Those services may collect data according to their own privacy policies when you interact with them.

If your browser or region supports consent controls, you can manage cookie preferences there. You may also disable cookies in your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not work as expected.

Storage, Sharing, and Your Choices

Messages and related metadata may be retained as long as reasonably necessary for communication, moderation, record keeping, legal compliance, or site security. Financial Beings does not sell your personal information. Information may be shared only with service providers or platforms involved in website hosting, analytics, spam prevention, form handling, or legal and security obligations.

Your Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject under GDPR you have the following rights regarding your personal data held by Financial Beings. To exercise any of these rights please use the Contact Us page at financialbeings.com/contact-us

Right of Access (Article 15) You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including information on how it is used and with whom it is shared.

Right to Rectification (Article 16) You may request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.

Right to Erasure (Article 17) You may request deletion of your personal data where it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, where you have withdrawn consent, or where processing has no legitimate basis.

Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18) You may request that we temporarily limit the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, for example while the accuracy of data is being contested.

Right to Data Portability (Article 20) You may request that personal data you have provided to us be returned to you in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.

Right to Object (Article 21) You may object at any time to processing of your personal data where that processing is based on legitimate interests. Financial Beings will cease processing unless compelling legitimate grounds override your interests.

Right to Withdraw Consent (Article 7) Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal. To withdraw newsletter consent unsubscribe via any email from Financial Beings. To withdraw cookie consent use the Customize option in the cookie banner.

Right to Lodge a Complaint If you believe your data protection rights have been violated you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority:

Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen (LfD Niedersachsen) Website: www.lfd.niedersachsen.de Postal address: Prinzenstraße 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany