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Privacy notice

Note: This privacy notice covers the website uniformedservicesprep.co.uk only. It is not a translation of the German privacy policy on plakos.ai, which covers the PlakosAI learning platform. In case of doubt, the German-language legal texts of Plakos GmbH prevail.

1. Who is responsible

The controller within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK GDPR is:

Plakos GmbH
Willy-Brandt-Allee 31
23554 Lübeck
Germany

E-mail for privacy requests: support@plakos.de

2. What this website is

Uniformed Services Prep is a static information website. It has no user accounts, no login, no forms and no payment function. We do not ask you to enter any personal data on this site.

Courses are sold in our separate shop at plakos.co.uk. When you follow a link to the shop, the shop’s own privacy notice applies there.

3. Hosting and server log files

This website is hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH, Germany (EU), on our behalf. We have a data processing agreement with Hetzner pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.

Every time you open a page, the web server automatically records:

  • your IP address
  • date and time of the request
  • the requested URL
  • the user agent (browser and operating system)

We use this data only to run the website securely, to detect and prevent attacks and misuse, and to fix errors. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in the secure and reliable operation of the website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR / UK GDPR).

The log files are deleted automatically after 14 days. They are not combined with other data.

4. Fonts

All fonts are hosted on our own server. Your browser does not contact Google Fonts or any other font service when you visit this website.

5. Contacting us by e-mail

You can contact us by e-mail. We then process your e-mail address, the content of your message and any further details you give us, in order to answer your enquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to a contract or a planned contract, and otherwise our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We delete your enquiry once it has been dealt with, unless statutory retention obligations require us to keep it.

When you first visit the website, a cookie banner asks whether you allow statistics. Your decision is stored in your browser’s local storage under the key usp-consent. This entry is technically necessary to remember your choice; no consent is required for it (§ 25(2) TDDDG, the German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act). It stays in your browser until you delete it or change your decision.

If you allow statistics in the cookie banner, we use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). It shows us which pages are visited and how, so that we can improve the website.

No Google script is loaded before you have decided. We use Google Consent Mode v2:

  • analytics_storage is “denied” by default and only set to “granted” after you agree.
  • ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization are always “denied”. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising, remarketing or personalised ads.

Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. With your consent, Google sets the following cookies:

  • _ga — distinguishes visitors, stored for up to 2 years
  • _ga_* (followed by the ID of our property) — keeps the session state, stored for up to 2 years

Google Analytics data at event and user level is kept for 14 months and then deleted automatically (data retention setting of our property).

Google may transfer data to Google LLC in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (and the UK Extension to it), so the European Commission considers the level of data protection adequate for such transfers.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TDDDG; in the UK, the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page. The processing carried out before the withdrawal remains lawful.

More information: Google privacy policy.

This website links to our shop at plakos.co.uk and to official sources, for example government and service websites. We have no influence on how these sites process data. Their own privacy notices apply.

9. Recipients

Within the scope described above, personal data is only processed by our hosting provider Hetzner Online GmbH and, with your consent, by Google. We do not sell personal data.

10. Your rights

You have the right to:

  • access the personal data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

Please send your request to support@plakos.de.

If you are in the United Kingdom, the UK GDPR gives you the same rights.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ULD), Kiel, Germany. If you live in the UK, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

11. No automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.

12. Changes to this notice

We update this notice when the website or the legal situation changes. The date at the top shows the current version.

Last updated: 23 October 2026