Privacy Policy
Information about how Wonder Shelf Books collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information.
Effective date: July 13, 2026
This Privacy Policy applies to the website
wonder-shelf-books.com
and explains how personal information is handled when you visit the website, subscribe to the Wonder Shelf Reader List, or contact Wonder Shelf Books.
Who Is Responsible for Your Data?
The person responsible for the collection and processing of personal information through this website is:
Helena Moskal
Wonder Shelf Books
Fauststrasse 80
81827 München
Germany
Email:
wondershelfbook@gmail.com
Information We May Collect
The information collected depends on how you use the website. It may include:
- Your email address when you subscribe to the Wonder Shelf Reader List.
- Your name, email address, message, and any other information you voluntarily provide when contacting Wonder Shelf Books.
- Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, pages visited, and date and time of access.
- Information generated through cookies, website statistics, security systems, subscription tools, and other WordPress.com features.
- Information required to respond to privacy requests, complaints, or questions concerning the website.
How Personal Information Is Used
Personal information may be used to:
- Send publishing news, new-release announcements, promotions, featured-author updates, and selected articles.
- Manage subscriptions to the Wonder Shelf Reader List.
- Respond to messages, questions, and privacy requests.
- Operate, maintain, protect, and improve the website.
- Understand general website traffic and how visitors use the website.
- Prevent misuse, spam, fraud, and security threats.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
Legal Bases for Processing
Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, personal information is processed on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent: when you voluntarily subscribe to the newsletter or agree to optional cookies.
- Legitimate interests: to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website, respond to general enquiries, and prevent misuse.
- Pre-contractual or contractual steps: when you contact Wonder Shelf Books about a proposed service, collaboration, or arrangement.
- Legal obligation: when information must be retained, processed, or disclosed under applicable law.
Newsletter Subscriptions
The Wonder Shelf Reader List is provided through the WordPress.com newsletter and subscription system. When you subscribe, your email address is processed for the purpose of sending new-release announcements, promotions, author news, articles, and other publishing updates.
Subscription information is not used to send unrelated messages. Updates are sent only when Wonder Shelf Books has relevant publishing news or material to share.
You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in newsletter emails or by managing your WordPress.com subscription preferences.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Contact Messages
When you contact Wonder Shelf Books by email, the information contained in your message is used only to review and respond to your enquiry and to maintain any records reasonably required in connection with that enquiry.
Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.
WordPress.com and Automattic
This website is hosted and operated using WordPress.com services provided by Automattic. Automattic may process technical information, visitor activity, subscription information, security data, and cookie information when visitors use the website.
Further information is available in the following documents:
Cookies and Similar Technologies
WordPress.com may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, maintain security, remember preferences, provide subscription features, measure website usage, and support other platform functions.
Some cookies are technically necessary for the website to function. Other cookies may be used for statistics, personalisation, or additional WordPress.com services.
Where a cookie or privacy choices banner is displayed, you can use it to manage the available settings. Cookies can also be controlled or deleted through your browser settings, although disabling necessary cookies may affect website functionality.
Website Statistics
WordPress.com may provide aggregated website statistics showing information such as page views, referring websites, visitor locations, devices, browsers, and popular content. These statistics are used to understand general website activity and improve the visitor experience.
External Links and Book Retailers
This website contains links to external websites, including Amazon and other book retailers. When you follow an external link, the external website may collect and process information under its own privacy policy.
Wonder Shelf Books is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, availability, purchases, payments, downloads, customer accounts, or content of external websites.
International Data Transfers
WordPress.com, Automattic, and other online service providers operate internationally. Personal information may therefore be processed in countries outside Germany or the European Economic Area. Where required, the relevant service provider is responsible for applying appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection law.
How Long Information Is Retained
- Newsletter subscription information is retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent, or request deletion, unless a longer period is legally required.
- Email enquiries are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to answer the enquiry, maintain relevant records, or comply with legal obligations.
- Privacy requests may be retained as necessary to document compliance with data protection obligations.
- Technical, security, subscription, and platform information may be retained by WordPress.com and Automattic according to their own retention policies.
Data Security
Reasonable organisational and technical measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Protection Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal information.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of your personal information.
- Request restriction of processing.
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Request data portability where applicable.
- Withdraw consent at any time.
- Submit a complaint to a competent data protection authority.
To exercise a privacy right, email
wondershelfbook@gmail.com
with the subject line “Privacy Request.”
Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that your personal information has been processed unlawfully, you may contact the data protection authority responsible for your place of residence or the following supervisory authority:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach
Germany
Children’s Privacy
The website may present books intended for younger readers, but the website and newsletter are not designed to collect personal information directly from children. Children should not subscribe or send personal information without the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.
Automated Decision-Making
Wonder Shelf Books does not use personal information collected through this website to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, newsletter, service providers, or legal requirements change. The current version and effective date will always be published on this page.
Privacy Questions
Contact Wonder Shelf Books if you have a question about this policy or the handling of your personal information.
Wonder Shelf Books 