Privacy Policy

We at School of Systems (“we”, “our”, “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, register for our courses, or subscribe to our newsletter.

Our data processing is carried out in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please contact:

School of Systems / Martin Lorenz
Wieckstraße 12
22527 Hamburg
Germany
Email: admin@schoolofsystems.org

Data We Collect

We collect and process personal data only to the extent necessary for providing our services.

Website Hosting: Our website is hosted by ALL-INKL.COM (Neue Medien Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf, Germany). When you visit the site, technical data such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited may be temporarily stored in server log files for security and technical purposes. All-Inkl stores technical data such as IP addresses and access logs for security and operational reasons. A data processing agreement (“Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag”) according to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with All-Inkl.
Content Management System: We use WordPress as our website system to manage and display content. WordPress itself does not store personal data beyond what is technically necessary to operate the site.
Social Media Links: Our website contains links to Instagram and LinkedIn. If you follow these links, the respective platforms’ privacy policies apply.
Newsletter: If you subscribe to our newsletter via Brevo, we collect your name and email address to send you updates. Your consent is required for this.
Courses: Course registrations and payments are handled via Eventbrite, which processes your personal data under its own privacy policy.

If you provide us with personal data beyond these cases – for example, by sending us an email – we may also process the following categories of data, depending on what you choose to share with us:

Inventory data (e.g., name, address)
Contact data (e.g., email address, phone number)
Content data (e.g., text entries, photos, videos)

Purpose and Legal Basis of Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

To provide and manage our courses and related services
To communicate with participants and subscribers
To send newsletters (with consent)
To improve our website and offerings

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not actively share personal data with third parties.

However, when you choose to register for a course via Eventbrite or subscribe to our newsletter via Brevo, the data you provide will be processed directly by these service providers in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Our hosting provider ALL-INKL.COM also processes technical data (such as IP address and access times) for the operation of the website. These data are not shared or combined with other sources of information.

Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes stated above or as required by law.
For newsletters, your data is retained until you unsubscribe.
For course participants, data is stored for the duration of the course and as long as legally required for tax or accounting purposes.

Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
Right to restriction of processing
Right to data portability
Right to object
Right to withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us at admin@schoolofsystems.org

Security Measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or destruction.

External Links

Our website contains links to external websites, including Instagram and LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external websites.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements.
The most recent version will always be available on our website.

November 2025