We want you to know that we take your privacy seriously. We collect industry standard information to help us provide you with better services as described below.
This Privacy Policy, which is also a Personal Data Protection Policy, illustrates the types of personal data we collect, save, process and for which purposes G.D.G. Software SAS (“G.D.G. Software” or “we”) use personal data for which you are responsible.
Only HTML Executable customers are allowed to subscribe to Protect Ebook.net.
Please also see our Data Processing Agreement and our Terms of Service.
If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy or the usage of personal data for which you are responsible, feel free to contact us by email or by postal at the addresses stated below.
Log Files. Just as when you visit and interact with most websites and services delivered via the Internet, when you visit our website, we gather certain information and store it in log files. This information may include but is not limited to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, system configuration information, URLs of referring pages, and locale and language preferences. Such Web visit information is used to generate aggregate statistical data in order to analyze trends and administer the site, and it may be kept in an anonymised form for historical records. IP addresses are not linked to information personally identifiable by us.
Accounts. When you register with Protect ebook.net, we may process your account data ("account data"). The account data may include your name, company name, email address, HTML Executable User ID. We never have access to credit card and other sensitive information.
The account data may be processed for the purposes of providing our ebook protection service, operating our website, ensuring the security of our website and services, identification and authentication, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is your subscription to our service.
Finally, to use the Protect Ebook.net service, payments must be made. We use FastSpring as our payment processor. FastSpring is operated by Bright Market, LLC d/b/a FastSpring, ATTN: Privacy Department, 801 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, United States of America. You can see their privacy statement.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to record current session information, but do not use permanent cookies. Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org. Please note that by disabling our cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.
We use the Personal Information you submit or that we collect to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Protect Ebook.net Service. We use your information in order to (a) provide you with the Service under our agreement with you and (b) where we have a legitimate interest in doing so to optimize the Service we offer and to let you know about our other products, services and promotions.
By providing us with your email, you acknowledge we may use the email address to send you Service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. You also acknowledge that we may send you notifications of activity on the Service to the email address you give us, in accordance with any applicable privacy settings. You may not opt out of Service-related e-mails.
Following termination or deactivation of your User account, we may retain your account data for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, contract performance and enforcement, or audit purposes but for no longer than is necessary and only where the information is accurate and relevant for our use.
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web pages and the quality of our service, and is not shared with or sold to other organizations for commercial purposes, except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstance: it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Protect Ebook.net’s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.
Personal Information. We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to others. We may share your Personal Information with third parties (such as hosting providers, payment processors, database providers, customer support providers) for the purpose of providing the Service to you.
If we do this, such third parties' will be contractually bound to safeguard your Personal Information. We may store Personal Information in locations outside of our direct control (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers) based on an agreement to safeguard your information.
In the event that we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, we may disclose your Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose Personal Information to any third party unless required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to:
(a) conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities;
(b) to enforce our Terms of Service, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and
(c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Protect Ebook.net or G.D.G. Software SAS, our Users or others.
Payment Services. We offer integration with the following resellers: FastSpring, e-junkie and PayPal. All reseller transactions are subject to the respective policies, FastSpring Privacy Policy available , e-junkie available, and PayPal Privacy Policy available. We do not control FastSpring, e-junkie or PayPal's use of the data it collects.
The data that we collect from you may originate from, or be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area ‘EEA’ with third party suppliers, sub-processors and agents.
We only transfer your data when we are satisfied that the level of protection afforded by the implementation of our applications is in accordance with this policy, or that the transfer is to a territory that is deemed adequate by the European Commission or where the recipient is subject to suitable certification and the information is subject to suitable safeguards.
Your Personal Information provided to us will be processed on the computer servers (currently AWS on which our service is hosted). We care about the integrity and security of your account data and implement appropriate technical and organization security measures to safeguard your account data. Your personal data is transmitted in encrypted form over the Internet via an SSL process (Secure Socket Layer). We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to G.D.G. Software SAS or guarantee that your information on the Protect Ebook.net Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. We are not responsible for the functionality or security measures of any third party.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from G.D.G. Software SAS, at all times.
In the event that Personal Information or account data is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will promptly notify those persons whose Personal Information has been compromised, in accordance with the notification procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
In accordance to the applicable statutory data protection regulations, individuals have the right to obtain their Personal Information stored by G.D.G. Software and understand the purposes for which we process it. In the secure area of our website called My Account, customers can view their account-related personal data. Please address your request to the email address stated below at clause 10.
If you contact us, we may, for your protection, ask you for additional information to verify your identity. In most cases, we will provide the access you request and correct or delete any inaccurate personal information you discover. We reserve the right, however, to limit or deny your request to the extent permitted by applicable law if the disclosure may lead to a breach of applicable law and regulation, e.g. in case of any legal obligation to retain certain data, or if you have failed to provide sufficient evidence to verify your identity.
You are entitled to have any incorrect data about you corrected. To do this, please contact us and let us know the correct personal data. The correction is made immediately, subject to an integrity check.
You also have the right to request the deletion of personal data held about you. For example, if the personal data was saved without your authorization or knowledge or if the personal data is no longer required in order to fulfill the purpose for which it was saved or to fulfil the role for which the relevant (public) body is responsible.
Instead of deletion, you have the right to have your personal data blocked, if deletion would contravene mandatory storage periods, deletion is not possible or would be unreasonably difficult or it is not possible to determine whether the personal data is correct or incorrect. In the case of deleting your personal data, such data will be deleted by us immediately; if you request blocking, your personal data will no longer be used by us.
In order to request deletion or blocking, it is sufficient to send us an informal email (see section 10).
If you're a third party (a customer of a company that uses our products) and would like your data removed from our systems, then you must make this request to the company that uses Protect Ebook.net. The request must come through the company that uses our software. We do not store enough data about customers to independently verify customers' identities.
You always have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority for data protection in your jurisdiction.
This Protect Ebook.net Service is not directed at nor targeted to children. If you have not reached the age of majority or are not able to enter into legally binding agreements in your country, you may not use this Service unless supervised by an adult. Our goal is to comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to collection and use of information from children as such term is defined by applicable laws. If you believe that we have received information from a child or other person protected under such laws, please notify us immediately by e-mail at , and we will take reasonable steps to remove that information from our databases.
This website provides links to third-party web sites, which are not under the control of G.D.G. Software. G.D.G. Software makes no representations about third-party web sites. When you access a non-G.D.G. Software website, you do so at your own risk. G.D.G. Software is not responsible for the reliability of any data, opinions, advice, or statements made on third-party sites. G.D.G. Software provides these links merely as a convenience. The inclusion of such links does not imply that G.D.G. Software endorses, recommends, or accepts any responsibility for the content of such sites.
The data controller of this website is: G.D.G. Software SAS.
If there are any additional questions on the collection, processing or use of your personal data, if you wish to obtain information on or to correct, block or delete your data, if you wish to revoke previously issued consents, please contact
To contact the Data Protection Officer, please refer to our legal mentions on our main website or send an email to
This privacy policy may change from time to time inline with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes.
Last policy update on May 22nd, 2018
If you have questions about this privacy policy, feel free to contact us at