The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term "personal data" comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.
The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section "Information about the responsible party" in this Privacy Policy.
We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into our contact form.
Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems automatically or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access this website.
A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.
You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradicated. If you have consented to data processing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data processing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the processing of your data be restricted under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues.
When you visit this website, your browsing patterns may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done with the use of analytical programs.
For detailed information about these analytics programs please refer to the following Privacy Policy.
We host the content of our website at the following provider:
The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter AWS).
When you visit our website, your personal data will be processed on the servers of AWS. This may also result in the transfer of personal data to the parent company of AWS in the United States. The transfer of data to the US is based on the EU’s standard contractual clauses. For details please see: https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/security/aws-gdpr-data-processing-addendum/.
For more information, please see the AWS Data Privacy Policy: https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/?nc1=f_pr.
AWS is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a practically flawless depiction of our website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards.
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.
Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.
We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e., through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third-party access.
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Matthias Schönborn, Fenchelweg 66A, 12357 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +4915775739353
E-mail: matthias@mandarinbanana.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information in your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25 (1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, if your data is required to fulfill a legal obligation, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Furthermore, the data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
In the scope of our business activities, we cooperate with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only transmit personal data to external parties if this is required as part of the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g. sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the transfer, or if another legal basis allows for the data transfer. When using processors, we only transmit personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
A wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. The legality of the data collection that occurred prior to your revocation shall remain unaffected by the revocation.
IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.
You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.
You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state.
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from "http://" to "https://" and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.
If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
If you are under an obligation to share your payment information (e.g. account number if you give us the authority to debit your bank account) with us after you have entered into a fee-based contract with us, this information is required to process payments.
Payment transactions using common modes of paying (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are processed exclusively via encrypted SSL or TLS connections. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from "http://" to "https://" and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.
If the communication with us is encrypted, third parties will not be able to read the payment information you share with us.
We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with the mandatory information to be provided in our Site Notice to send us promotional and information material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for instance via SPAM messages.
Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as "cookies." Cookies are small data packages that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are permanently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are automatically eradicated by your web browser.
Cookies can be issued by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services of third-party companies into websites (e.g., cookies for handling payment services).
Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are technically essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of the cookies (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analysis of user patterns or the display of promotional messages.
Cookies, which are required for the performance of electronic communication transactions, or for the provision of certain functions you want to use (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the optimization (required cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the storage of required cookies to ensure the technically error free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing occurs exclusively on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG); this consent may be revoked at any time.
You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the acceptance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete function for the automatic eradication of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deactivated, the functions of this website may be limited.
Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.
We use our own solution to obtain and manage your consent for the use of cookies and third-party tools on our website. When you enter our website, your choices (e.g. accepting or declining non-essential cookies) will be stored in a cookie ("cookie_consent") in your browser. This cookie has a predefined lifespan and documents which categories of cookies you have allowed. No personal data is stored in this cookie; it only serves to allocate your data protection preferences. The use of cookie consent management is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, as we are legally required to request user consent for the use of certain cookies.
The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:
This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.
You have the option to register on this website to be able to use additional website functions. We shall use the data you enter only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service you have registered for. The required information we requested at the time of registration must be entered in full. Otherwise, we shall reject the registration.
To notify you of any important changes to the scope of our portfolio or in the event of technical modifications, we shall use the e-mail address provided during the registration process.
We shall process the data entered during the registration process on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) or for the purpose of the fulfillment of the user relationship and, if necessary, the initiation of further contracts (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
The data recorded during the registration process shall be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website. Subsequently, such data shall be deleted. This shall be without prejudice to mandatory statutory retention obligations.
When you use the comment function on this website, information on the time the comment was created and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have selected, will be stored in addition to your comment.
The comments and the associated data will be stored and remain on this website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. insulting comments).
The storage of the comments is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke any consent you have already given us at any time. To do so, all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.
To enable efficient and personalized learning according to the principle of spaced repetition, we record and store your individual learning progress. For our algorithm, the following data points on the items you learned (e.g. characters, vocabulary, sentences) are stored:
This data is absolutely necessary to provide the main functions of our learning platform. The processing is therefore primarily based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of contract), as the repetition algorithm tailored to your learning progress forms the core of our offer. In addition, we base data processing to ensure functionality and to continuously optimize the learning experience on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Your learning data remains stored as long as you have a user account with us. As soon as you delete your account, this data will also be completely deleted.
If you upload your own videos or images to our platform as part of your personal lessons (Collections) or sentences (Sentences), these files will be treated with strict confidentiality, will not be published, and will not be shared with other users.
As part of the upload and the provision of these functions, we automatically read and process certain metadata from the files (e.g., file size, file format, image dimensions, video playback duration, and, if applicable, timestamps embedded in the video). Furthermore, an automated text recognition (OCR) can be carried out for images or an automated cropping based on timestamps can take place for videos.
Since these files and their metadata can unnoticeably contain personal information (e.g., in the form of EXIF data such as location or recording device), we would like to point out that we do not systematically evaluate such additional metadata nor link it with other data. The processing of the files and the technically necessary metadata (such as timestamps and OCR texts) serves exclusively the provision and technical implementation of your private learning tool (e.g., video editing functions).
The legal basis for the storage and processing of these files and the associated metadata is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract fulfillment), since the scope of functions (creating and editing Collections and Sentences) otherwise cannot be provided.
The private media uploaded by you remain on our servers (or those of our hosting service providers) until you delete the respective media in your lessons/sentences or delete your entire account. Upon deletion by you, the respective files and metadata will be removed.
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior patterns of website visitors. To that end, the website operator receives a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the utilized operating system and the user’s origin. This data is assigned to the respective end device of the user.
Furthermore, Google Analytics allows us to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to augment the collected data sets and uses machine learning technologies in data analysis.
Google Analytics uses technologies that make the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing the user behavior patterns (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The website use information recorded by Google is, as a rule transferred to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.
This service is used on the basis of your consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. You can revoke your consent at any time.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
The company is certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards.
On this website, we have activated the IP anonymization function. As a result, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states that have ratified the Convention on the European Economic Area prior to its transmission to the United States. The full IP address will be transmitted to one of Google’s servers in the United States and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google shall use this information to analyze your use of this website to generate reports on website activities and to render other services to the operator of this website that are related to the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted in conjunction with Google Analytics from your browser shall not be merged with other data by Google.
You do have the option to prevent the recording and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information about the handling of user data by Google Analytics, please consult Google's Data Privacy Declaration at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
We use Google Signals as an extension of Google Analytics. This function enables cross-device tracking, provided you have activated personalized advertising in your Google account. This allows visits to this site to be linked with your Google user data, which enables cross-device analysis of your user behavior. In doing so, Google Analytics captures, among other things, your location, search history and YouTube history, as well as demographic data (visitor data).
This data processing goes far beyond purely statistical reach measurement. Therefore, the use of Google Signals takes place exclusively on the basis of your explicit, granular consent in our cookie banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with § 25(1) TDDDG). Processing based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) is excluded for this feature.
You can deactivate this cross-device tracking at any time in your Google account settings under "Personalized advertising" and revoke your consent with effect for the future in our cookie settings.
We have executed a contract data processing agreement with Google and are implementing the stringent provisions of the German data protection agencies to the fullest when using Google Analytics.
This website uses the "e-commerce measurement" function of Google Analytics. With the help of e-commerce measurement, the website operator can analyze the purchasing behavior of website visitors to improve its online marketing campaigns. This will capture information, such as the orders placed, average order values, shipping costs, and the time from when the user viewed the product until they made the purchase. This data can be consolidated by Google under a transaction ID, which is assigned to the respective user or their device.
This website relies on Google AdSense, a service integrating commercials. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies" or text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons permit the evaluation of information such as the visitor traffic on these pages.
The information generated by the cookies and web beacons regarding your use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats are transferred to a Google server in the US and stored there. Google may share this information with Google contracting partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored about you.
The storage of AdSense cookies and the use of this advertising tool are based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG). You can revoke this consent at any time via our cookie settings.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. The company is also certified in accordance with the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF).
We collect, process, and use personal customer and contract data for the establishment, content arrangement, and modification of our contractual relationships. We collect, process and use personal data regarding the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that this is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill the user. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
The collected customer data will be deleted after the completion of the order or termination of the business relationship and after the expiration of any existing legal retention periods. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
We share personal data with third parties only if this is necessary in conjunction with the handling of the contract; for instance, with the financial institution tasked with the processing of payments.
Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of your express consent, for instance for advertising purposes, shall not occur.
The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures.
We integrate payment services of third-party companies on our website. When you make a purchase from us, your payment data (e.g. name, payment amount, account details, credit card number) are processed by the payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing. For these transactions, the respective contractual and data protection provisions of the respective providers apply. The use of the payment service providers is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract processing) and in the interest of a smooth, convenient, and secure payment transaction (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Insofar as your consent is requested for certain actions, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing; consent may be revoked at any time for the future.
We use the following payment services / payment service providers within the scope of this website:
The provider for customers within the EU is Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter "Stripe").
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://stripe.com/privacy and https://stripe.com/en-de/guides/general-data-protection-regulation.
Details can be found in Stripe's privacy policy under the following link: https://stripe.com/privacy.
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by deactivating this in the cookie settings.
On our platform, we offer AI-supported functions (e.g., for generating mnemonics, example sentences, or suitable images for vocabulary). For this purpose, we use the APIs of various third-party providers. The services used include in particular:
When you use these functions, your inputs (e.g., vocabulary prompts) are transmitted to the servers of the respective provider (depending on your choice or system default) and processed there. Technical data such as your IP address may also be transmitted. This may result in a data transfer to servers outside the European Union (e.g., USA or Great Britain). The data transfer is based on EU standard contractual clauses or, in the case of US companies, on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
We have ensured that, as a matter of principle, only the prompts absolutely necessary for the generation of learning content are transmitted. We advise you not to enter any sensitive personal data in free text fields for AI generation.
The legal basis is the performance of a contract or the initiation of a contract according to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, for non-registered users our legitimate interest in a modern learning functionality according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
We use cookies to ensure the basic functionality of the website (essential cookies) and to analyze traffic as well as to provide personalized ads (non-essential cookies from Google Analytics and Google AdSense). Please choose whether you want to consent to all cookies or only essential cookies. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy .