Privacy Policy

Last updated: 16 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we process when you visit yourlifeneedsastrategy.com (“the website”), why we do it, on what legal basis, how long we keep it, and what rights you have. It follows the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who is responsible (controller)

Your Life Needs a Strategy
[Operator address — add in Site Settings → Legal & cookies]
E-mail: book@yourlifeneedsastrategy.com

If you have any question about your data or want to use one of your rights, write to the e-mail address above.

2. The short version

• We do not use advertising or analytics trackers and we do not sell your data.
• We only store data you actively send us: a contact message, a newsletter sign-up, or a completed Strategy Survey.
• Videos and podcast players from YouTube, Spotify or SoundCloud, and Google reCAPTCHA, load only after you agree or press “play”.
• You can ask us at any time to see, correct or delete your data.

3. What we process, why, and on what legal basis

3.1 Visiting the website (server log files)

Our web host automatically records technical data each time a page is requested: IP address, date and time, requested page, browser and device type, and the referring page. We need this to deliver the website securely and to detect abuse (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interest in a secure, working website). Log files are kept for a short period set by the host (normally no longer than 30 days) and are not combined with other data.

3.2 Contact / feedback form

If you write to us through the contact form we receive the subject, your name, your e-mail address and your message, and the fact that you accepted the Terms and this Privacy Policy. We use them only to answer you (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the message concerns a contract or pre-contractual request, otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) – our legitimate interest in answering enquiries). The message is stored in the website’s administration area, sent by e-mail to the team member(s) responsible, and, if switched on, you receive a confirmation e-mail. We keep contact messages for 730 days, unless a longer period is required by law.

3.3 Newsletter / “Get Chapter One free”

If you enter your e-mail address in the newsletter box we use it to send you Chapter One and, if you are told so at sign-up, news about the book (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – your consent). We store your e-mail address and the time of sign-up as proof of consent. You can withdraw consent at any time, with effect for the future, by replying to any e-mail or writing to book@yourlifeneedsastrategy.com; we then delete your address.

3.4 Strategy Survey (“Test Your Strategy”)

The questionnaire is calculated in your browser. When you press “See My Results” the answers are sent to our server and stored together with: your role, the country you work in, the size of your organisation, the goal you typed (free text), your scores and the resulting strategy. We do not ask for your name or e-mail address, and we do not store your IP address with the answers. Please do not enter personal data (names of other people, health data etc.) in the free-text goal field. We use the answers to improve the tool and for aggregated, anonymous insights about the book’s readers (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interest; where you prefer, you may object, see section 8). Because we cannot identify you from the answers, we may not be able to find your individual submission if you ask us to delete it; in that case Art. 11 GDPR applies. Survey data is kept for 730 days.

3.5 E-mails we send

Our e-mail provider (SMTP service) processes the e-mails sent by the website on our behalf.

3.6 Videos and podcast players

Some pages show videos from YouTube (Google Ireland Limited) and may offer podcast players from Spotify (Spotify AB, Sweden) or SoundCloud (SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG, Germany). Nothing is loaded from these providers when the page opens: the preview picture of a YouTube video is stored on our own server, and the player itself is loaded only after you press “play” and – unless you have already accepted “All” in the cookie settings – confirm that you want to load it (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – consent). YouTube videos use the privacy-enhanced domain youtube-nocookie.com. Once loaded, the provider receives your IP address and technical data and may set cookies; we have no influence over this. See their privacy policies: Google (policies.google.com/privacy), Spotify (spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy), SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/pages/privacy).

3.7 Spam protection

Our forms are protected by a hidden field, a timing check and rate-limiting (all without cookies or tracking). If you accept “All” cookies, Google reCAPTCHA v3 (Google Ireland Limited) is additionally loaded; it analyses your behaviour on the page and transmits your IP address and other data to Google to tell humans from bots (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – consent; the use of the form itself does not depend on it).

3.8 Cookies and similar technologies

See our Cookie Policy. We store your cookie choice in your browser (technical storage that is necessary to respect your decision).

3.9 Links to other websites

The website contains links to retailers (for example Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, Bookshop.org), publications, LinkedIn and other sites. When you click such a link the other site’s own privacy policy applies.

4. Recipients

Your data is accessed only by the people who need it to answer you or run the website, and by service providers acting on our instructions under data-processing agreements: our web-hosting provider, our e-mail provider, and the website’s technical maintainer (Sino Soft Limited, Kenya) when support is needed. The theme’s licence check sends only the website’s domain name and server IP address to Sino Soft’s licence server, never visitor data. We do not sell or rent personal data.

5. Transfers outside the EU/EEA

Some providers may process data in countries outside the EU/EEA, for example Google and Spotify (USA) or our maintainer in Kenya. Where this happens we rely on an adequacy decision (such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework), on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, or on your explicit consent. You can ask us for a copy of the safeguards.

6. How long we keep data

• Server log files: normally up to 30 days.
• Contact messages: for 730 days, then deleted automatically.
• Newsletter e-mail addresses: until you withdraw your consent.
• Survey answers: for 730 days, then deleted automatically.

7. Security

The website is served over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. Form submissions are stored in the password-protected administration area, accessible only to authorised staff. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, but no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure.

8. Your rights

You have the right to: access the data we hold about you (Art. 15); have inaccurate data corrected (Art. 16); have your data erased (Art. 17); restrict processing (Art. 18); receive your data in a portable format (Art. 20); object to processing based on legitimate interest (Art. 21); and withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3)) – for example through “Cookie Settings” in the footer. To use these rights write to book@yourlifeneedsastrategy.com. We will answer within one month.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the EU country where you live or work or where the alleged infringement took place – for us this is the data-protection authority of your country.

Providing data is voluntary. Without a contact message or newsletter address we simply cannot answer you or send you Chapter One. There is no automated decision-making or profiling that has legal or similarly significant effects on you.

9. Children

The website is aimed at adults and is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect their data; if you believe a child has sent us data, please tell us and we will delete it.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the website or the law changes. The date of the latest version is shown at the top of the page.