Privacy policy

1. Controller

Taipan Consulting GmbH, Neue Mainzer Str. 66, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany — represented by Frank Welsch-Lehmann.
Privacy enquiries: privacy@gardensofzen.com
General contact: zee@gardensofzen.com

2. What data we process

Gardens of Zen is deliberately built to be data-minimal. We only process what the service needs:

• Email address (required to deliver the program emails)
• First name (optional, for personal salutation)
• Program choice, language, timezone and preferred delivery time
• Program progress (current day) and replies you send to Zee by email
• Delivery and bounce information from our email service provider

3. Double opt-in

Sending only starts after you confirm your signup via a confirmation link sent by email (double opt-in). Unconfirmed signups are deleted automatically. The legal basis for processing is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.

4. Unsubscribing and deletion (30-day erasure)

You can unsubscribe at any time — via the link in every email or via the settings page. Sending stops immediately upon unsubscribing. 30 days after unsubscribing we delete your personal data completely. On request we delete immediately (settings → unsubscribe, or an informal email to us).

5. Processors

We use the following service providers as processors:

• Postmark (ActiveCampaign, LLC) — sending and receiving the program emails
• Anthropic (Anthropic, PBC) — AI-assisted creation of the daily routine texts by our coach Zee
• Railway (Railway Corp.) — hosting of the website and platform
• Hindsight (Vectorize) — storage of program context so Zee can pick up from your progress

Data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR are in place with all providers. Where data is transferred to third countries, this is based on EU standard contractual clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

6. Cookieless analytics

We use cookieless, self-hosted web analytics (Umami). No cookies are set, no cross-device profiles are built and no personal data is stored; IP addresses are not retained. That is why this website works without a cookie banner.

7. Your rights

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection (Art. 15–21 GDPR), as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. Just write to us: zee@gardensofzen.com.

8. Version

This privacy policy is dated August 2026.