Privacy Policy – RMP e-Academy (rmp-academy.thinkific.com)

As of: 26 June 2026
Operator: Reiss Motivation Profile Switzerland GmbH (RMP Swiss)
Platform: https://rmp-academy.thinkific.com/


1. Controller

The controller responsible for processing personal data on this platform within the meaning of the GDPR (EU) and the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP/nDSG) is:

Reiss Motivation Profile Switzerland GmbH (RMP Swiss)
Gartenlaubenstrasse 17
CH-6430 Schwyz
Switzerland  

Represented by: Daniele Gianella (CEO)
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +41 79 410 53 30



2. Overview

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the RMP e-Academy, which is hosted on the Thinkific platform (Thinkific Labs Inc., Canada). It applies to all users who register on rmp-academy.thinkific.com, access courses, purchase digital downloads, or use the community – regardless of whether they arrived via rmp.eu or registered directly.

Technical platform operator (processor): Thinkific Labs Inc., Vancouver, Canada. Platform data is stored on servers in the United States (not in the EU/EEA). Transfer basis: Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC, EU 2021/914). For further details, see Section 6.



3. Data We Collect


3.1 Registration (required information)

When creating a user account, we collect:

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of contract / user agreement)

3.2 Course use and learning activities

During your use of the platform, the following data is collected automatically:

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of contract)

3.3 Communication

If you contact us by email, the data you provide (name, email address, message content) will be processed to handle your enquiry.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR (performance of contract / legitimate interests)



4. Social Login (optional)

You may sign in using an existing account with the following providers:

Provider

Company

Country

Transfer basis

Google

Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC, USA

USA

EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) + SCC

Facebook

Meta Platforms Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA

USA

EU-US DPF + SCC

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited / Microsoft Corp., USA

USA

EU-US DPF + SCC

Apple

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

USA

SCC

When you use Social Login, your name and email address are transferred from the respective provider to the Academy platform. A separate contractual relationship exists between you and your Social Login provider; their privacy policies apply in addition to this one.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent)

Use of Social Login is voluntary — registration with an email address and password is always available as an alternative.



5. Payment Processing

For paid courses and digital downloads, payments are processed via Stripe:

Stripe Technology Europe Limited (for EU/EEA users)
Stripe, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
Transfer basis: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)

RMP Swiss does not receive full payment data (card numbers). Stripe processes these directly. Stripe's privacy policy applies: https://stripe.com/privacy

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of contract)



6. Thinkific as Processor (Third-Country Transfer)

The platform is operated by Thinkific Labs Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada). Although Thinkific is a Canadian company (Canada: EU adequacy decision since January 2024), user data is stored on servers in the United States.

For this transfer of data to the USA, the following applies:

Thinkific engages the following key sub-processors (selection):

Sub-processor

Country

Purpose

Transfer basis

Amazon Web Services

USA

Hosting, data storage, CDN

SCC

Cloudflare Inc.

USA

CDN, DDoS protection

SCC

Stream.io Inc.

USA

Real-time messaging (community)

EU-US DPF + Swiss-US DPF

Stripe Inc.

USA

Payment processing

EU-US DPF

Full sub-processor list: https://www.thinkific.com/thinkificsubprocessors/



7. Retention Periods

Data category

Retention period

User account data

For as long as the account is active; deleted within 30 days of account deletion

Course progress and certificates

For as long as the account exists; exportable on request even after account deletion

Payment data

In accordance with statutory retention obligations (CH: 10 years, DE: 10 years, AT: 7 years)

Communications (email enquiries)

3 years after the enquiry is closed



8. Your Rights

Depending on the applicable law (GDPR / revFADP), you have the following rights:

To exercise your rights, please contact: [email protected]

You can also manage your account data directly (account settings, data deletion) by logging in to your Thinkific account at rmp-academy.thinkific.com/users/edit.



9. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority:



10. Cookies and Tracking

The platform rmp-academy.thinkific.com uses technically necessary cookies required for operation (session management, authentication). Thinkific may additionally use analytics cookies internally (Google Analytics as a Thinkific sub-processor). We recommend consulting Thinkific's Privacy Policy at https://www.thinkific.com/privacy-policy/.



11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy as needed. The current version is always available at rmp-academy.thinkific.com/pages/privacy. For material changes, we will notify you by email or through a notice on the platform.



12. Data Protection Contact

For any questions regarding data protection, please contact:

Reiss Motivation Profile Switzerland GmbH
Attn: Daniele Gianella
Gartenlaubenstrasse 17 · CH-6430 Schwyz
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 79 410 53 30