INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER INFORMATION AND EXPLICIT CONSENT NOTICEFOR PROTOLITH STUDIO BETA

This notice applies where the user’s applicable data protection law requires explicit consent, additional safeguards, or additional information for international transfers of personal data.

Protolith Studio Beta uses a license server located in Finland. In order to create your account, activate, verify, and maintain your license, and (unless you turn it off) to receive anonymous usage statistics and crash reports, certain data may be transferred to and processed on servers located outside your jurisdiction.

This notice is separate from the End User License Agreement and the Privacy Notice.

1. DATA CONTROLLER

The data controller responsible for this transfer is:

Data Controller: Enver Savas, operating under the project name "Protolith Studio"

Product / Project Name: Protolith Studio Beta

Contact Email: info@protolithstudio.com

Website: www.protolithstudio.com

Protolith Studio is currently provided as a beta software project and is not yet operated through a formally incorporated company. These details may be updated if a legal entity is established in the future.

2. DATA TO BE TRANSFERRED

The following data may be transferred to servers located in Finland:

• Email address and, if provided, company name
• License key or license identifier, plan, license status, trial and expiry dates
• Purchase and subscription status received from the payment provider
• A device fingerprint calculated on your computer from the CPU processor ID, motherboard serial number, and physical disk serial number (hashed on your computer; the raw serial numbers are not sent)
• A device public key and its hash
• Installation ID or request ID
• Application version and operating system information
• IP address (used briefly for abuse protection; download logs are deleted after 90 days)
• Activation date and time, request timestamps, license activation and verification results
• Technical logs related to license activation and verification
• Anonymous usage statistics and crash reports, unless turned off on the License page: a random installation ID, used features and pages, plan limits reached, upgrade prompts, rounded counts, and crash stack traces with file paths, user names, and computer names removed

Protocol and parser definitions, data you send or receive, and device, channel, project, or file names are never transferred.

3. PURPOSE OF TRANSFER

The data listed above may be transferred for the following purposes:

• Creating and managing your account and sending sign-in codes
• Activating the Protolith Studio Beta license and verifying the license key
• Binding the license to a specific device or installation
• Issuing offline license files
• Processing purchases, subscriptions, renewals, and cancellations
• Preventing unauthorized use, copying, license sharing, tampering, or abuse
• Checking activation limits, license duration, and update eligibility
• Ensuring software and license security
• Improving the product and its plans (anonymous usage statistics) and fixing errors (crash reports)
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting license activation or verification issues
• Verifying records in case of security incidents, abuse claims, or legal disputes

4. SERVER LOCATION AND OTHER COUNTRIES

The data is transferred to and processed on servers located in Finland (Hetzner Online GmbH).

Server Location: Finland

The connection to the server passes through Cloudflare, Inc. (network protection and content delivery), and purchases are processed by Lemon Squeezy (payment provider and reseller). These providers may process connection or purchase data in the United States and other countries under their own safeguards.

5. POSSIBLE RECIPIENTS

The transferred data may be accessed or processed, only to the extent necessary, by:

• The license server and its backend systems
• The hosting (Hetzner), network (Cloudflare), payment (Lemon Squeezy), and email delivery service providers
• Authorized technical support and software development personnel
• Legally authorized public authorities, courts, or regulatory bodies, where required by law

The transferred data is not sold to third parties.

6. LEGAL BASIS AND EXPLICIT CONSENT

Depending on the user’s applicable data protection law, the transfer of the data described in this notice may require a valid international data transfer mechanism.

Where explicit consent is used as the transfer mechanism, the User is asked to provide explicit consent for the transfer described in this notice.

7. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PROVIDING CONSENT

If you do not consent to the transfer of your data described in this notice, Protolith Studio Beta may not be able to create your account, activate, verify, or maintain your license.

Anonymous usage statistics and crash reports are not required for the license: you can turn them off on the License page of the application at any time, and the application keeps working.

As a result, the Software may not function, may operate with limited functionality, or may not be available for use.

8. WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT

Where processing or transfer is based on explicit consent, you may withdraw your consent by contacting:

Contact Email: info@protolithstudio.com

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing or transfers carried out before the withdrawal.

If consent is withdrawn, Protolith Studio Beta may no longer be able to verify or maintain the license, and the Software may stop functioning or operate with limited functionality.

9. CONSENT STATEMENT

I have been informed that, for the purposes described above, my data may be transferred to and processed on servers located in Finland and, through the network and payment providers named above, in other countries.

I explicitly consent to the transfer of my data for account management, license activation, license verification, device binding, offline license files, purchases, security, abuse prevention, update eligibility, technical support, and, unless I turn them off, anonymous usage statistics and crash reports.