Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 09, 2025

At Karls.io, we want you to enjoy and benefit from our website and online services secure in the knowledge that we have implemented fair information practices designed to protect your privacy. This privacy policy is applicable to Karls.io and its related newsletters, tools, and services (collectively, the "Sites").

This privacy policy describes the kinds of information we may gather during your visit to these Sites, how we use your information, when we might disclose your personally identifiable information, and how you can manage your information.

By visiting our Sites, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy, including our use of cookies and similar online tools. If you do not agree to the terms of this privacy policy, please do not use the Sites.

We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our privacy policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of our Sites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

1. What Information Is Collected?

We collect two basic types of information from you in conjunction with your use of the Sites: non-personally identifiable information and personally identifiable information.

Personally Identifiable Information

As a general matter, you can browse the Sites without submitting your personally identifiable information to us. However, there are circumstances in which you may supply us with your personally identifiable information, including when you:

  • Subscribe to our newsletters.
  • Register for a member account.
  • Purchase a product or service.
  • Complete a poll or participate in market research.
  • Contact us via email or contact forms.

This information may include your name, email address, and transactional data.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

When you interact with the Sites, we may collect certain information that does not identify you individually, such as:

  • Device Data: Information about your computer or mobile device, including IP address, browser type, browser language, and operating system.
  • Usage Data: Search terms, search results, time of access, date of access, referring website addresses, and other "traffic data."

2. How Do We Use Your Information?

We use the information we learn from you to help us personalize and continually improve your experience on the Sites, including to:

  • Send you the content, newsletters, and services you request.
  • Communicate with you about your account or transactions.
  • Send you offers and promotions for our products (e.g., digital courses, consulting) or third-party tools we recommend.
  • Optimize or improve our products, services, and operations.
  • Perform statistical and marketing analyses of user behavior.
  • Detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal.

3. Who Can See Your Information?

We will not disclose your personally identifiable information to organizations not part of Karls.io or its related entities, except as described in this policy.

Third-Party Service Providers

We use third-party partners to perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, content management, analytics, billing, and email delivery. These entities may have access to personally identifiable information if needed to perform their functions.

  • Ghost / Newsletter Platforms: Used to manage subscriptions and send emails.
  • Gumroad / Stripe: Used for processing payments for digital goods.
  • Google Analytics: Used to track and examine the use of this website.
  • Google Ads: Used to show relevant ads (if shown).

Business Transfers

In the event of a sale, merger, or acquisition of Karls.io, your information may be transferred to the new party in control.

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law, protect our rights, or ensure the safety of our users.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Like many websites, we use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to record your preferences, track the use of our Websites, and improve your experience.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze how users interact with the Sites. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information such as your IP address and time of visit. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google and is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy.

Advertising
We may partner with third-party networks to display advertising on our Sites or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partners uses cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on this and other Web sites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests.

Your Choices
You can usually modify your browser setting to disable or reject cookies. However, if you disable cookies, some features of the Sites (such as membership logins) may not work as designed.

5. GDPR Compliance (EU Users)

Karls.io operates from Lithuania. We are fully committed to compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your data.
  • Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data, including for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

6. Data Security and Retention

We take reasonable security measures to protect your information, including the use of standard encryption (HTTPS/TLS) and secure third-party processors. However, no transmission of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy (e.g., as long as you remain a subscriber), or to comply with legal obligations.

7. Children’s Privacy

The Sites are not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete it.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your rights, you may contact us via details provided at this site.