Privacy Policy & Data Protection

1. Name and Address of the Data Controller

The Data Controller within the meaning of the GDPR and national data protection laws is:

Falco Wisskirchen / Les Bons Hommes

Darmstädter Str. 30

64521 Groß-Gerau, Germany

Tel: +49 176 38852652

2. Scope and Purpose of Data Processing

The use of our informational pages is generally possible without providing personal data. When you submit the Conscious Membership Application, we collect personal data that you provide voluntarily:

Contact Details: Full name, date of birth (to verify legal age), country, city, email address, phone/Telegram handle, and profession.
Voluntary Reflections & Values: Motivation, self-assessed virtue ratings, community perspectives, and philosophical reflections.

Purpose of Processing: This data is processed exclusively to evaluate candidate suitability for community membership, conduct personal interview dialogues, and coordinate voluntary participation in brotherhood initiatives.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Data processing is based on:

Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Your voluntary and explicit consent upon submitting the application form.
Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Pre-membership review and communication steps requested by the applicant.
Article 9 (2) (a) & (d) GDPR: Explicit consent regarding voluntary spiritual and philosophical reflections provided to a non-commercial, philosophical community.

4. Data Security, Storage & Confidentiality

All submitted applications are stored on secure, encrypted server infrastructure in European data centers. Direct access to database repositories is strictly restricted and protected.

Your data is strictly confidential. We will NEVER sell, rent, or transfer your personal data to commercial third parties or advertisers under any circumstances.

5. Retention & Erasure Period

Personal data is stored only as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose of evaluation:

Applications that are withdrawn or do not proceed are permanently deleted within 12 months (or immediately upon request).
For accepted members, data is maintained securely during their voluntary membership and erased upon leaving the community.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject, you hold the following statutory rights at any time, free of charge:

Right to Information (Art. 15) You may request confirmation as to whether your data is being processed and obtain a copy of it.

Right to Erasure (Art. 17) You have the right to demand the immediate deletion of your stored personal data ("Right to be Forgotten").

Right to Rectification (Art. 16) You may request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal records.

Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3)) You may revoke your consent to data processing at any time with future effect.

To exercise any of these rights, simply email us at: [email protected].

7. Cookies & Local Storage Disclosure

This website does not use profiling cookies, tracking pixels, or third-party marketing trackers.

For applicant convenience, your browser's local storage (localStorage) is used to temporarily save draft responses directly on your device so your progress is not lost if the page is refreshed. You can clear this draft at any time using the "Clear Draft" button in the application.

8. Notice to United States Residents (CCPA / CPRA & US State Privacy Laws)

This section supplements the information above for prospective members residing in the United States, including under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and related comprehensive state privacy statutes (Virginia VCDPA, Colorado CPA, Connecticut, Texas, etc.).

A. No Sale or Commercial Sharing of Personal Information

We do NOT sell, rent, lease, or share your personal information with third parties, advertisers, or data brokers for monetary or other valuable consideration, nor do we disclose personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising.

B. Categories of Personal Information Collected

Identifiers: Full name, email address, phone/Telegram handle, and IP address.
Personal History & Vocation: Date of birth (to confirm 18+ legal age), geographic residency (country, city), current profession or life focus, and optional online profile.
Voluntary Philosophical Reflections: Candidate perspectives on spiritual values, community collaboration, and personal motivation.

C. Sensitive Personal Information (SPI)

Any voluntary reflections touching on philosophical or spiritual viewpoints are collected solely for evaluating mutual alignment with the community’s non-commercial fellowship. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for any secondary commercial purpose.

D. Your Rights Under US Law

Right to Know & Access: You have the right to request what personal information we have collected and how it is processed.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request the permanent erasure of your personal information from our databases and backups.
Right to Correct: You have the right to rectify any inaccurate personal details.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate, deny participation, or alter community standards against anyone exercising their statutory privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, submit your request to [email protected]. We verify requests by matching your verified email address and fulfill all validated requests within 30 to 45 days free of charge.

9. International & Cross-Border Data Transfers

Les Bons Hommes is an international spiritual brotherhood welcoming sincere candidates across Europe, the Americas, and worldwide.

By voluntarily submitting the Conscious Membership Application from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)—including from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, or other international jurisdictions—you acknowledge and agree that your personal data is transferred directly to and securely hosted in the European Union (Germany, Hetzner VPS data center).

The European Union provides high statutory standards of data protection under the GDPR. Such transfers are conducted based on your explicit consent (Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR) and because the transfer is necessary for the implementation of pre-membership measures and communications taken at your express request (Art. 49(1)(b) GDPR).

10. Automated Bot Security & Cloudflare Turnstile

To safeguard our community portal against automated spam bots, malicious scripts, and denial-of-service attacks, we utilize Cloudflare Turnstile provided by Cloudflare, Inc. (101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA).

Turnstile verifies whether form submissions originate from a genuine human applicant without displaying intrusive CAPTCHA puzzles and without using tracking cookies across third-party websites. During verification, browser telemetry, header data, and the client IP address are evaluated by Cloudflare on the basis of legitimate interest in web security (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).