Last updated: August 18, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how [hanyu.school] (hereinafter referred to as “we”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you browse our website [Reasoning Chinese] (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”).
We attach the utmost importance to your privacy and the protection of your personal data, and we comply with relevant data protection regulations (such as the European General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR, and other applicable laws).
The data controller for the information collected on this Website is: contact@hanyu.school
Data We Collect
We only collect data that is strictly necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. The types of data that may be collected include:
- Identity and Contact Data: Name, email address, phone number (when you fill out a contact form or register an account).
- Browsing Data (Cookies): IP address, connection data, pages visited, browser type, and session duration.
- Transaction-Related Data: If you make purchases on the Website, this includes order details (payment information is processed securely by our third-party payment service providers and is never stored on our servers).
Purposes of Collection and Legal Basis
Your personal data is collected and processed for the following purposes:
- User Relationship Management: Responding to inquiries you submit via the contact form (Legal basis: your consent or legitimate interest).
- Provision of Services / Performance of a Contract: Order management, invoicing, and delivery (Legal basis: performance of a contract).
- Website Improvement and Traffic Statistics: Analyzing browsing behavior and establishing visit statistics (Legal basis: your consent for non-essential cookies).
- Legal Obligations: Complying with our statutory tax and accounting obligations.
Data Recipients
Your personal data is intended exclusively for Reasoning Chinese. We will never lend, rent, or sell your data to third parties for commercial purposes.
Data Retention Period
We retain your data only for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact Data: Retained for a maximum of 3 years from the last contact.
- Order / Invoice Data: Retained for 10 years in accordance with statutory accounting and tax obligations.
- Cookies: Retained for a maximum of 13 months from the date they are placed on your device.
Data Security
We implement all appropriate technical and organizational security measures (such as SSL encryption, security protocols, and access controls) to ensure an appropriate level of security and to protect your data against unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, or destruction.
Your Rights
In accordance with applicable regulations, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of Access: Confirm whether your data is being processed and obtain a copy of it.
- Right of Rectification: Request the modification of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request the deletion of your data within the limits permitted by law.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: Temporarily freeze the use of certain data.
- Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: Object to the processing of your data on legitimate grounds.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us at any time via email or by mail.
If, after contacting us, you feel that your rights have not been respected, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Use of Cookies
When you first visit the Website, a cookie banner will appear allowing you to accept or refuse non-essential cookies. You can modify your preferences at any time by clicking the [Manage My Cookies] link in the footer of the Website.