Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 23, 2026

BOOKMAX.NET respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we process when you use BOOKMAX.NET, why we process it, how long we keep it, and what rights you have under applicable data protection law, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of your personal data in connection with BOOKMAX.NET is:

Webservice Mayer
Würzburgerweg 18
4840 Vöcklabruck
Austria

Email: mail@bookmax.net

2. Personal data we collect

Depending on how you use BOOKMAX.NET, we may process the following personal data:

  • your email address;
  • your name, if you voluntarily add it to your account;
  • your account and login information;
  • bookmarks, folders, lists, contacts, notes, documents, feeds, tags and files that you store in your account;
  • information relating to your PREMIUM subscription, such as the selected subscription and payment status;
  • technical information required to operate and secure the service.

When you register for BOOKMAX.NET, your email address is required. Your name and other information may be added voluntarily later through your account settings.

We only process personal data to the extent necessary for the relevant purpose.

3. Providing the BOOKMAX.NET service

We process personal data where this is necessary to provide and operate BOOKMAX.NET. This includes, in particular:

  • creating and managing your account;
  • authenticating your login;
  • storing and providing access to your bookmarks and other content;
  • providing PREMIUM features;
  • communicating with you regarding your account;
  • providing customer support;
  • maintaining and securing the service;
  • detecting and preventing misuse, fraud and security incidents.

Where processing is necessary for the performance of the contract with you, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Such legitimate interests may include maintaining the security, stability and functionality of BOOKMAX.NET and preventing misuse of the service.

Where processing is required by law, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

4. Your stored content

The content you store on BOOKMAX.NET remains your content. BOOKMAX.NET does not claim ownership of your bookmarks, notes, documents or other content that you store in your account.

We process your stored content primarily to provide the BOOKMAX.NET service requested by you.

We do not generally monitor or manually review the content stored in your account.

Technical access to stored data may nevertheless be necessary in specific circumstances, for example:

  • to resolve technical problems;
  • to maintain the security and operation of the service;
  • to investigate security incidents or misuse;
  • to respond to support requests;
  • to comply with legal obligations; or
  • to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

5. Hosting and backups

BOOKMAX.NET is hosted by W3W.

The data required to operate BOOKMAX.NET is hosted and processed on servers located within the European Union.

W3W provides hosting infrastructure and related technical services for BOOKMAX.NET. Backups are also performed through the infrastructure of our hosting provider.

Where W3W processes personal data on our behalf, such processing is carried out in accordance with the applicable requirements of Article 28 GDPR.

6. Email services

We use Brevo for sending emails related to BOOKMAX.NET. Brevo may be used to send:

  • account and security-related information;
  • service-related notifications;
  • PREMIUM subscription information;
  • customer support communications; and
  • warnings concerning the planned deletion of inactive accounts.

Your email address is required for these communications.

Brevo processes personal data in connection with the provision of its email services in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

7. Payment processing

For PREMIUM subscriptions and payments, we use Stripe.

When you purchase a PREMIUM subscription, personal data may be processed by Stripe as necessary to process the payment and manage the subscription.

This may include your email address, information about the purchased subscription, subscription term, payment status and payment information required to complete the transaction.

BOOKMAX.NET does not store complete credit card numbers or other complete payment credentials where these are processed directly by Stripe.

The processing is necessary for the performance of the PREMIUM subscription contract and the processing of payments.

Stripe processes personal data in accordance with its own privacy policy and applicable data protection requirements.

8. Cookies

BOOKMAX.NET uses cookies and similar technologies where they are necessary for the operation of the website and the service. Technically necessary cookies may be used, for example, to:

  • maintain your login session;
  • manage your session;
  • maintain account security; and
  • provide essential functions of BOOKMAX.NET.

BOOKMAX.NET currently does not use Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Facebook, Twitter/X or similar third-party advertising or analytics services. Fonts and other resources are served from our own servers.

If we introduce non-essential cookies or similar technologies in the future, we will obtain consent where this is required by applicable law.

9. Technical logs and IP addresses

Technical information may be processed in server and security logs when you use BOOKMAX.NET.

IP addresses are not permanently stored in the BOOKMAX.NET account database.

Where IP addresses are processed in technical server logs, they are anonymized on the server.

Technical log information may be used for purposes including:

  • operating the service;
  • troubleshooting technical problems;
  • maintaining system security;
  • detecting and preventing attacks and misuse; and
  • maintaining the stability of the service.

10. Inactive accounts and deletion

BOOKMAX.NET deletes accounts that have not been used for an extended period of time. The detailed procedure is described in Section 9 of the Terms of Use.

In general, the deletion procedure begins after eleven months without a login. Before an account is deleted, three warning emails are sent to the email address stored in the account.

The first warning is sent after eleven months without a login and specifies the exact date on which the account will be deleted. A second warning is sent two weeks later, followed by a third warning shortly before the deletion date.

There is always at least one month between the first warning email and the deletion date.

Logging into the account at any time before the deletion date immediately stops the deletion procedure and resets the period of inactivity.

Accounts with an active PREMIUM subscription are not deleted because of inactivity.

If you have ever paid for a PREMIUM subscription, your account is not deleted because of inactivity, even after the PREMIUM subscription has expired.

If all three warning emails are returned as undeliverable, the previously specified deletion date remains unchanged. An undeliverable email does not shorten the deletion period.

On the deletion date the account is locked, not erased. For one month after that date the data stays untouched: you cannot sign in, but nothing is gone yet. If you contact us within that month, we restore the account.

After that month the deletion permanently removes the account and its stored content, including bookmarks, folders, lists, contacts, notes, documents, feeds, tags and uploaded files. From that point the deletion cannot be undone and the deleted data cannot be restored.

Before deletion, you can export your stored data at any time using the export function available in your account settings.

11. Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is processed, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Account data and stored content are generally retained for as long as your account remains active and the data is required to provide the service.

When an account is deleted, the associated data is deleted unless legal obligations or other legitimate legal reasons require continued retention.

Data that must be retained due to statutory retention obligations is retained for the applicable period and subsequently deleted.

Technical logs are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the relevant operational and security purposes.

12. Data security

BOOKMAX.NET uses appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration or destruction.

Data transmitted between your browser and BOOKMAX.NET is protected using HTTPS encryption.

However, no transmission or storage of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are also responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and for taking reasonable steps to protect access to your account.

13. Data transfers

The data required to operate BOOKMAX.NET is hosted within the European Union.

If one of our service providers processes personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), such processing will only take place in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection law.

Where required, appropriate safeguards such as an adequacy decision of the European Commission or Standard Contractual Clauses may be used.

14. Your rights

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have the following rights concerning your personal data:

  • Right of access - you may request information about the personal data we process about you.
  • Right to rectification - you may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to erasure - you may request deletion of your personal data where the legal requirements are met.
  • Right to restriction - you may request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
  • Right to data portability - you may request to receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
  • Right to object - you may object to certain processing based on our legitimate interests.

Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully.

In Austria, the competent supervisory authority is:

Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde
Barichgasse 40-42
1030 Wien
Austria
www.dsb.gv.at

15. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the processing of your personal data, or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at mail@bookmax.net.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time if our services, data processing activities, technical systems or legal requirements change.

The current version of this Privacy Policy will always be available on BOOKMAX.NET.