Last updated: August 8, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Purple Ideas GmbH collects and processes personal data when you visit the Dose of Perspective website, purchase a subscription, manage your subscription, or contact us.
The controller responsible for processing your personal data is:
Purple Ideas GmbH
Brehmstraße 3
40239 Düsseldorf
Germany
Managing Director: Jennifer Palacios
Email: jen@doseofperspective.com
Telephone: +49 152 25359813
Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. This includes information such as your name, email address, postal address, IP address, payment information, and subscription details.
We process personal data only when there is a lawful basis for doing so. Depending on the situation, this may include:
Processing necessary to provide your subscription or respond before entering into a contract
Processing necessary to comply with a legal obligation
Processing based on our legitimate interests
Processing based on your consent, where consent is required
Our website is hosted using MailerLite.
When you visit the website, technical information may be processed automatically to deliver the website securely and reliably. This information may include:
IP address
Date and time of access
Requested page or file
Browser type and version
Operating system
Referring website
Technical error and security information
This processing is necessary to provide the website, maintain its security, prevent misuse, and diagnose technical problems.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure and reliable operation of our website.
Technical logs are retained only for as long as they are required for security, troubleshooting, and legal purposes.
MailerLite Limited
88 Harcourt Street
Dublin 2, D02 DK18
Ireland
More information is available in MailerLite’s Privacy Policy.
We have entered into the necessary data-processing arrangements with MailerLite.
When you subscribe to Dose of Perspective, we process the information required to create and manage your subscription and send your monthly letters.
This may include:
Your name
Email address
Billing address
Delivery address
Subscription and renewal dates
Subscription status
Payment status
Renewal and cancellation information
Editions for which payment has been received
Communications concerning your subscription
Your birth month, if you voluntarily provide it
We process this information to:
Create and manage your subscription
Collect subscription payments
Send your Dose of Perspective letters
Send confirmations and service-related emails
Process address changes
Handle cancellations, withdrawals, and refunds
Respond to delivery problems
Meet accounting and legal obligations
Send a small birthday-related surprise if you have chosen to provide your birth month
The legal bases are Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, where processing is necessary to perform the subscription contract, and Article 6(1)(c) GDPR, where processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations.
Providing your birth month is optional and is not required to subscribe. If you voluntarily provide it for the purpose of receiving a birthday-related surprise, we process it on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time by contacting jen[at]doseofperspective.com. Withdrawing consent does not affect your subscription.
Information necessary for accounting, taxation, or the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims may be retained for the applicable statutory retention periods.
Checkout is provided through a Stripe-hosted Payment Link. Payments and recurring subscriptions are processed through Stripe. Stripe also provides the secure customer portal through which you may manage your subscription, payment method, and cancellation.
When you open the Stripe checkout or customer portal, information may be transmitted to Stripe, including:
Your name
Email address
Billing address
Delivery address
Payment information
Any optional information you enter during checkout, such as your birth month
Subscription and transaction details
IP address
Device and browser information
Information used for fraud prevention and payment security
Stripe processes your payment details directly. We do not receive or store your complete card number.
We receive the information required to manage your subscription, such as whether a payment succeeded, the amount paid, your subscription and renewal dates, your subscription status, and identifying information connected to the transaction.
The legal basis for payment and subscription processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Processing required for fraud prevention, payment security, and the defence of legal claims may also be based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
For customers in the European Economic Area, Stripe services are generally provided by:
Stripe Payments Europe Limited
1 Grand Canal Street Lower
Grand Canal Dock
Dublin, D02 H210
Ireland
Stripe may process data through affiliated companies and service providers in countries outside the European Economic Area. Stripe is responsible for implementing the applicable safeguards for such transfers.
More information is available in Stripe’s Privacy Policy.
We may use MailerLite to send emails connected to your subscription. Stripe may also send payment receipts, renewal notices, cancellation confirmations, and other payment-related communications directly.
Subscription confirmations
Welcome emails
Payment and renewal information
Dispatch or service updates
Address and subscription-management instructions
Cancellation or withdrawal confirmations
Important changes affecting the subscription
To send these messages, we may process your name, email address, subscription information, and relevant communication history through MailerLite.
These are service-related communications rather than a separate marketing newsletter. They are necessary to administer and perform your subscription.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Where an email is required to meet a legal obligation, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR also applies.
If we introduce a separate marketing newsletter in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and request consent where required.
Dose of Perspective letters are prepared manually.
We use your name and delivery address to address the envelope and send it through the postal system. We do not upload your customer list to a shipping or fulfilment platform.
Your name, postal address, and the information visible on the envelope are necessarily processed by the postal operators involved in delivering the letter, including Deutsche Post and postal services in the destination country.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR because postal delivery is necessary to perform the subscription contract.
We use Plausible Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This helps us see information such as:
Which pages are visited
General traffic sources
Approximate country-level location
Device, browser, and operating-system categories
Aggregate website usage
We use the standard, privacy-focused configuration of Plausible.
Plausible does not use cookies, create persistent identifiers, or track visitors across websites. We do not use Plausible to identify individual visitors or create personal advertising profiles.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is understanding the overall performance and use of our website while minimizing the collection of visitor data.
Plausible states that its standard service processes and stores data within the European Union.
More information is available in Plausible’s Data Policy.
Our website uses fonts from Google Fonts.
If the fonts are loaded directly from Google’s servers when you visit the website, your browser connects to Google and transmits technical information such as your IP address, browser information, and the page requesting the font.
The provider is generally:
Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
Google may also process information through affiliated companies and service providers outside the European Economic Area.
More information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy.
If the fonts are stored and delivered locally through our website provider, no connection to Google is made when you visit our website.
If you contact us by email, we process the information you provide, which may include:
Your name
Email address
Subscription information
The contents of your message
Any attachments or other information you send
We process this information to respond to your message and handle your request.
If your message concerns an existing subscription or a request made before subscribing, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. For other enquiries, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is communicating with people who contact us and keeping appropriate records of customer-service matters.
Correspondence is deleted when it is no longer needed, unless continued retention is necessary for contractual, accounting, legal, or evidentiary purposes.
We do not use advertising cookies or cross-site tracking on the Dose of Perspective website.
Plausible Analytics is used without cookies.
Technologies that are strictly necessary to deliver the website, complete checkout, process payments, protect against fraud, or provide subscription-management functions may still be used. These technologies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user.
Stripe may use cookies and similar technologies within Stripe Checkout and the Stripe Customer Portal for functionality, security, fraud prevention, and payment processing. Further information is available in Stripe’s privacy and cookie information.
If we introduce optional analytics, advertising, embedded media, or other nonessential technologies in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and introduce a consent mechanism where required.
We share personal data only where necessary to operate the website, provide the subscription, comply with legal obligations, or protect legitimate interests.
Depending on how you use the website, recipients may include:
MailerLite, for website hosting and email delivery
Stripe, for checkout, payments, fraud prevention, and subscription management
Plausible, for privacy-focused website analytics
Postal operators, for delivery of physical letters
IT and professional-service providers acting under appropriate confidentiality obligations
Public authorities, courts, tax advisers, or legal advisers where disclosure is required or legally justified
We do not sell your personal data.
Some service providers or their affiliated companies may process data outside the European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred to a country without an adequacy decision, the transfer must be protected using an appropriate legal safeguard, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Where applicable, providers may also rely on an approved adequacy framework.
Further information about international transfers is available in the privacy documentation of the relevant provider.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
The applicable retention period depends on the type of information and may include:
The duration of your subscription
The period needed to complete deliveries, payments, cancellations, refunds, or customer-service requests
Statutory accounting and tax-retention periods
Relevant limitation periods for legal claims
Security and fraud-prevention requirements
When personal data is no longer required, it is deleted or anonymized unless continued retention is legally required.
If you voluntarily provide your birth month, we retain it while your subscription is active or until you withdraw your consent, whichever happens first.
Subject to the conditions established by applicable law, you may have the right to:
Request access to your personal data
Request correction of inaccurate personal data
Request deletion of your personal data
Request restriction of processing
Receive certain personal data in a portable format
Object to processing based on legitimate interests
Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent
Lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
To exercise your rights, contact jen@doseofperspective.com. We may need to request additional information to verify your identity before fulfilling the request.
You may also lodge a complaint with the data-protection authority responsible for us:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Website: www.ldi.nrw.de
We and our service providers use appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or unauthorized access.
No method of online transmission or storage is completely risk-free. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, subscription, service providers, or legal obligations change.
The current version will always be published on this page. The date at the top shows when the policy was last updated.