Privacy policy · How to Earn Money

This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your information when you use this website, howto-earnmoney.com (“the Website”).

1. Who is responsible

The controller for the processing described here is:

Jonathan Jelinek, self-employed (autónomo)
C/. los Dofins 197, Apt 4, Urb. Cala Blanca, 07769 Ciutadella de Menorca, Islas Baleares, Spain
NIF: ESY4062655H
Email: jj@howto-earnmoney.com

Privacy questions can also go to hello@howto-earnmoney.com. Full operator details are in the legal notice.

2. Information collection and use

2.1 Hosting and server logs

The Website is a static site hosted on Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc., USA). When you open a page, your browser necessarily sends technical data such as your IP address, the page requested, date and time, browser type and referrer. Cloudflare processes this data to deliver the page and to protect the Website against attacks. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in a secure, working website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Cloudflare keeps such logs according to its own retention periods.

2.2 Cloudflare Web Analytics

Cloudflare also measures page loads with Cloudflare Web Analytics (a small script from static.cloudflareinsights.com). It does not set cookies, does not use your browser’s local storage, and is not used to build a profile of you. We see only aggregated numbers such as page views and load times. Legal basis: legitimate interest in understanding and improving the Website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

If you click “Accept” in the cookie banner, we use Google Analytics 4, provided in the EU by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics helps us see which pages are read, how visitors find the Website, and on what kind of device (for example browser type, device type, operating system and approximate location). It sets the cookies _ga and _ga_2WKS5YFMT9 and receives your IP address. Google states that GA4 does not log or store IP addresses.

Nothing from Google Analytics loads before you choose. We use Google Consent Mode v2 with all signals set to “denied” by default. The Google Analytics script is only fetched after you accept.
If you reject, the script is never loaded.
Advertising features, Google signals and ad personalisation are switched off.
Analytics data is kept for 14 months. The cookies expire after 13 months.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time with the “Cookie settings” link in the footer. When you withdraw, analytics is switched off and the Google Analytics cookies are deleted.

Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 22(2) of the Spanish LSSI). Google may process data in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

Details are in our cookie policy.

2.4 Email

If you email us, we receive the address and whatever you put in the message and use it to reply. Our email is hosted by DomainFactory (DomainFactory GmbH, Munich, Germany). Legal basis: our legitimate interest in answering you, or steps you asked us to take (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR). We keep emails as long as the conversation is useful and then delete them. The contact form on the Website only opens your own email program. It does not send anything to our server.

If you sign up for the free 50 ways PDF, we store:

your email address;
where on the site you signed up (for example the page name);
the exact consent text you agreed to, its version, and the time (UTC) you signed up and confirmed;
your status (waiting for confirmation, confirmed, or unsubscribed), plus a random confirmation code and a random unsubscribe code;
for abuse prevention, a one-way hash of your IP address (we never store the IP address itself), the country your connection comes from, and your browser’s user-agent string.

We use double opt-in. You first get an email with a confirmation link, and you are only signed up once you click it. The confirmation link expires after 7 days. After you confirm, we email you the free PDF of the 50 ways guide. You also opt in to our weekly How To Earn Money newsletter, which will start soon (one practical idea a week). Every email has an unsubscribe link.

Legal basis: your consent, which you give by ticking the box (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, and Art. 21 LSSI for commercial emails). You can withdraw it at any time by unsubscribing or by writing to hello@howto-earnmoney.com.
Where it is stored: in a database on Cloudflare D1 (Cloudflare, Inc.), set to keep the data in the EU. Cloudflare acts as our processor. The emails are sent through our own mailbox at DomainFactory (DomainFactory GmbH, Munich, Germany).
How long: while you stay subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we keep only your address, your consent record, and the unsubscribe date, so we can prove your consent and respect your choice. If you do not confirm within 7 days, the sign-up is never activated, and we delete unconfirmed sign-ups after 30 days. Ask us and we will delete everything at any time.
Newsletter tool: if we later move the list to a dedicated newsletter service, we will name it here before the move.

2.6 What we do not do

We do not run user accounts or comments, and we do not sell personal data.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

This Website uses one necessary entry in your browser’s local storage to remember your cookie choice, and, only if you accept, the Google Analytics cookies described above. You can also control cookies at the individual browser level. Please refer to your browser’s documentation for more information on how to manage cookies. The full list is in the cookie policy.

4. Embedded videos

The Website includes YouTube videos in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play. When you do, your browser connects to Google, and Google (YouTube) may collect or process your personal information. We encourage you to review Google’s privacy policy for more information on how they handle your personal data.

5. Third-party links and affiliate links

This Website contains links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us, including affiliate links to partner programmes (for example course platforms and retailers). Clicking a link does not send your personal data from us to the partner. Once you are on the partner’s site, that site may set its own cookies, for example to record that you came from us so a commission can be paid. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing any personal information. See the affiliate disclosure.

6. Data security

The Website is served only over HTTPS. While we strive to protect your information, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

7. Your rights

You have the right to access your personal data, and to ask for it to be corrected, erased or restricted. You can object to processing based on legitimate interest, ask for a copy of data you gave us (portability), and withdraw consent at any time without affecting earlier processing. Email hello@howto-earnmoney.com. You can also complain to a data protection authority. In Spain that is the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (aepd.es).

8. Children’s privacy

This Website is not intended for children under 14, the age of digital consent in Spain. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 14. If you believe that a child has provided personal information on this Website, please contact us, and we will promptly delete the information.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on this page and changing the date at the top.

10. Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@howto-earnmoney.com.