Privacy Policy – PawlakAcademy.com

Effective date: 12.05.2025 

At PawlakAcademy.com, your privacy is a priority. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who We Are

The data controller is:

Dr. Paweł Pawlak (PawlakAcademy.com) Registered in Poland Email: [email protected] Website: https://pawlakacademy.com

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following personal data when you interact with our site:

  • First name
  • Email address
  • IP address
  • Website usage (via cookies or analytics tools)
  • Other data you voluntarily submit (e.g. survey answers, contact forms)

3. How and Why We Use Your Data

We collect your data for the following purposes:

  • To send you the free ebook and onboarding email sequence
  • To subscribe you to our newsletter
  • To provide educational content, updates, and relevant offers
  • To improve our services and website experience via analytics

We send our newsletter no more than once per week, and only if you have opted in via our website form. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email or contacting us directly.

Our newsletter typically contains educational content related to leadership, industry updates, and occasional offers for our premium courses or services.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: When you opt-in to receive our newsletter, free ebook, or submit your information through our forms
  • Contract: When necessary to fulfill our obligations to you (e.g., delivering the ebook you requested)
  • Legitimate Interest: To improve our website and services, respond to your inquiries, and send relevant content to existing subscribers
  • Legal Obligation: When required to comply with applicable laws and regulations

5. How Long We Store Your Data

We store your data:

  • As long as you are subscribed to our newsletter,
  • Or until you request deletion of your data,
  • Or until we discontinue the service for which you signed up.

We regularly review our data retention practices to ensure compliance.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Correct or update your data
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Object to processing
  • Request restriction of processing
  • Data portability
  • Withdraw consent at any time
  • File a complaint with a supervisory authority (in Poland: Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych - UODO)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]

You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the link in any email or by contacting us directly.

7. Third-Party Services

We use trusted external platforms that may process your data on our behalf:

  • Kajabi, LLC (email automation, website hosting)
  • Google Analytics (website usage analytics)

All third-party providers comply with GDPR or equivalent data protection frameworks.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage. These include:

  • Encryption of data where appropriate
  • Regular security assessments
  • Access controls and authentication procedures
  • Staff training on data protection

Despite these measures, no internet transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our website.

9. International Data Transfers

Although this website is operated from the EU, the data we collect may be processed outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Some of our third-party service providers (such as Kajabi) are based in the United States.

When transferring data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:

  • Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
  • Ensuring service providers are certified under appropriate data protection frameworks (e.g., EU-US Data Privacy Framework)

By submitting your data, you agree to its transfer and processing according to this policy.

10. Cookies

We use cookies to improve website functionality and measure traffic. We use the following types of cookies:

  • Necessary cookies: Essential for the website to function properly
  • Preference cookies: Allow the website to remember choices you make
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
  • Marketing cookies: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements

You may refuse cookies in your browser settings or through our cookie consent banner.

11. Data Breach Procedures

In the event of a personal data breach that may pose a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will:

  • Notify the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach
  • Inform affected individuals without undue delay
  • Provide information on the nature of the breach and recommendations to mitigate potential adverse effects

12. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects on you.

We may use basic segmentation based on your interactions with our emails (e.g., which links you click) to provide more relevant content, but you can opt out of this at any time.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy. If we do, we'll post the updated version here with a revised effective date. For significant changes, we will notify you via email if we have your contact details.

14. Contact

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dr. Paweł Pawlak Email: [email protected] Website: https://pawlakacademy.com