Privacy Policy

The Clean Operating System is an educational and personal-development platform created by Adam Baron.

Data Controller
Adam Baron
The Clean Operating System
Geneva, Switzerland
Email: contact@cleanoperatingsystem.com

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following information:

Information You Provide

• Your name and email address
• Your responses to the Clean Operating System Assessment
• Your assessment results, operating style, noise profile, and recommended next steps
• Information submitted through contact forms
• Newsletter and resource-subscription preferences
• Feedback, comments, ideas, or messages you choose to send
• Any other information you voluntarily provide

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type and version
• Device type and operating system
• Approximate location based on your Internet Protocol address
• Pages visited and time spent on the website
• Referring website or link
• Technical logs, security events, and error information
• Cookie and consent preferences

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data through this website.

We may use personal data to:

• Provide and calculate your assessment results
• Deliver requested reports, worksheets, scorecards, reset programmes, or other resources
• Send newsletters, educational content, podcast updates, and information about new projects
• Respond to questions, messages, and support requests
• Improve the website, assessment, resources, and user experience
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Maintain website security and prevent misuse
• Manage subscriptions and unsubscribe requests
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Your assessment responses are used for personal reflection and educational recommendations. They are not used to provide a medical, psychological, or clinical diagnosis.

Where applicable under Swiss data-protection law and the European General Data Protection Regulation, we process personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent, when you subscribe to communications, accept optional cookies, or voluntarily provide information
• Performance of a contract or requested service, when we provide an assessment result, downloadable resource, or other requested content
• Legitimate interests, including operating and improving the website, maintaining security, understanding website usage, and communicating about related services
• Legal obligations, where processing is required by applicable law

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

When you complete the Clean Operating System Assessment, your answers may be processed to generate:

• Scores for the Mental, Energy, Execution, and Social Systems
• Your primary operating-system bottleneck
• Strengths and development areas
• Your operating style
• Your noise profile
• Personalised educational recommendations

The assessment is intended for self-reflection and personal development. It is not a diagnostic, medical, psychological, employment, or professional evaluation.

Assessment results depend on the information you provide and should not be treated as an objective measurement of health, ability, personality, or professional performance.

When you subscribe to the newsletter, request a resource, complete the assessment, or register interest in a future project, we may send you:

• The content or result you requested
• Follow-up educational emails
• Clean Operating System insights and resources
• Podcast or book updates
• Information about future programmes, publications, or events

You may unsubscribe from optional marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each email or by contacting us at contact@cleanoperatingsystem.com.

Transactional emails necessary to deliver a requested result or resource may still be sent where required.

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Operate essential website functions
• Remember preferences
• Maintain security
• Measure website performance
• Understand visitor behaviour
• Support embedded content and external services

Essential cookies may be used without consent where legally permitted. Analytics, marketing, or other optional cookies will be used only where an appropriate legal basis exists.

You can manage your preferences through the cookie settings available on the website or through your browser settings. Disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.

We may use third-party providers to operate the website and deliver services. These providers may process personal data only as necessary to perform their functions.

Services may include:

• Lovable, for website development, hosting, and technical infrastructure
• Fillout, for forms and assessment delivery
• MailerLite, for email subscriptions, automated sequences, and newsletters
• Analytics providers, where enabled
• Cloud-hosting, security, and technical-service providers
• Spotify and Apple Podcasts, for podcast access
• Amazon and other retailers, for book purchases
• Embedded media, fonts, or external content providers

When you follow a link to a third-party website, that service processes your data under its own privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.

Some service providers may process personal data outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area.

Where required, international transfers are protected through appropriate safeguards, which may include:

• Adequacy decisions
• Standard contractual clauses
• Contractual data-protection commitments
• Other legally recognised transfer mechanisms

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Unless a different period is required by law or justified by the nature of the service, we generally retain:

• Newsletter subscription data until you unsubscribe or request deletion
• Assessment data for up to 24 months
• Contact-form messages for up to 24 months
• Technical and security logs for up to 90 days
• Cookie consent records for the period required to demonstrate compliance
• Legal, contractual, or accounting records for the period required by applicable law

Data may be retained for longer where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

We use reasonable organisational and technical measures designed to protect personal data against:

• Unauthorised access
• Accidental loss
• Misuse
• Alteration
• Disclosure
• Destruction

No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information through the internet at your own risk.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request deletion of your data
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain processing
• Withdraw consent
• Request data portability
• Ask how your data is used and shared
• Lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority

To exercise your rights, contact:

contact@cleanoperatingsystem.com

We may need to verify your identity before processing a request.

You may contact the relevant data-protection authority if you believe your personal data has been processed unlawfully.

In Switzerland, the competent federal authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Individuals in the European Economic Area may also contact the data-protection authority in their country of residence, place of work, or location of the alleged infringement.

This website, its assessment, and its email services are intended for adults.

We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children. Content relating to children’s books or educational projects is intended for parents, guardians, educators, and adult purchasers.

If you believe that a child has provided personal data without appropriate authorisation, please contact us at contact@cleanoperatingsystem.com so that the information can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

The website may contain links to external websites, platforms, retailers, podcasts, and services.

We do not control these third parties and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, or privacy practices. You should review the privacy policy of each external service before providing personal information.

The assessment may use automated scoring rules to calculate results and generate educational recommendations.

These results do not produce legal effects, determine access to employment or services, or make decisions that significantly affect you. They are intended only as a personal-reflection tool.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in:

• Website functionality
• Services and tools
• Data-processing practices
• Legal requirements

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

For privacy questions, data requests, or concerns, contact:

Adam Baron
The Clean Operating System
Geneva, Switzerland
Email: contact@cleanoperatingsystem.com