The following Privacy Policy defines the rules for saving and accessing data on User Devices using the Service for the purpose of providing electronic services by the Administrator and the rules for collecting and processing personal data of Users that have been provided by them personally and voluntarily through tools available in the Service.

The following Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Service Regulations, which define the rules, rights and obligations of Users using the Service.

§1 Definitions

• Service – the website “protex.net.pl” operating at https://protex.net.pl

• External service – websites of partners, service providers or service recipients cooperating with the Administrator

• Service Administrator / Data Controller – The Service Administrator and Data Controller (hereinafter Administrator) is the company “PROTEX POLAND Dariusz Leszczyński”, conducting business at: pl. Plac Henryka Sienkiewicza 22, 62-700 Turek, with assigned tax identification number (NIP): 7291145556, providing electronic services through the Service

• User – a natural person for whom the Administrator provides electronic services through the Service.

• Device – an electronic device with software through which the User accesses the Service

• Cookies – text data collected in the form of files placed on the User’s Device

• GDPR – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)

• Personal data – means information about an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person

• Processing – means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction

• Restriction of processing – means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing

• Profiling – means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements

• Consent – consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her

• Personal data breach – means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or unauthorised access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed

• Pseudonymisation – means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person

• Anonymisation – Data anonymisation is an irreversible process of operations on data that destroys/overwrites “personal data” making identification impossible, or linking a given record to a specific user or natural person.

§2 Data Protection Officer

Based on Art. 37 GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

In matters concerning data processing, including personal data, contact should be made directly with the Administrator.

§3 Types of Cookie Files

• Internal cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service’s IT system

• External cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by IT systems of external Services. Scripts of external Services that may place Cookie files on User Devices have been consciously placed in the Service through scripts and services made available and installed in the Service

• Session cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service during one session of the given Device. After the session ends, the files are deleted from the User’s Device.

• Persistent cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service until they are manually deleted. The files are not automatically deleted after the Device session ends unless the User’s Device configuration is set to delete Cookie files after the Device session ends.

§4 Data Storage Security

• Cookie file storage and reading mechanisms – The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookie files saved on the User’s Device and the Service are implemented through built-in mechanisms of web browsers and do not allow downloading other data from the User’s Device or data from other websites visited by the User, including personal data or confidential information. Transfer of viruses, trojans and other malware to the User’s Device is also practically impossible.

• Internal cookies – Cookie files used by the Administrator are safe for User Devices and do not contain scripts, content or information that could threaten the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.

• External cookies – The Administrator takes all possible actions to verify and select service partners in the context of User security. The Administrator selects known, large partners with global social trust for cooperation. However, it does not have full control over the content of Cookie files from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of Cookie files, their content and licensed use by Scripts installed in the service, originating from external Services, to the extent permitted by law. The list of partners is included in the further part of the Privacy Policy.

• Cookie file control

  • The User can independently change settings regarding saving, deleting and accessing data stored in Cookie files by any website at any time

  • Information on how to disable Cookie files in the most popular computer browsers is available at: how to disable cookies or from one of the indicated providers

  • The User can delete all Cookie files saved so far at any time using the tools of the User’s Device through which the User uses the Service.

§5 Purposes for which Cookie files are used

• Improving and facilitating access to the Service
• Personalizing the Service for Users
• Enabling login to the service
• Marketing, Remarketing in external services
• Advertising services
• Affiliate services
• Conducting statistics (users, number of visits, types of devices, connections, etc.)
• Serving multimedia services
• Providing social services

§6 Purposes of personal data processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users is processed for one of the following purposes:

• Implementation of electronic services:
  • User registration and account maintenance services in the Service and related functionalities
  • Newsletter services (including sending advertising content with consent)
  • Services for commenting/liking posts in the Service without the need to register
  • Services for sharing information about content posted in the Service on social networks or other websites.
• Administrator’s communication with Users regarding matters related to the Service and data protection
• Ensuring the Administrator’s legally justified interest

Data about Users collected anonymously and automatically is processed for one of the following purposes:

• Conducting statistics
• Remarketing
• Serving advertisements tailored to User preferences
• Handling affiliate programs
• Ensuring the Administrator’s legally justified interest

§7 Cookie Files from External Services

The Administrator uses javascript scripts and web components of partners in the Service, who may place their own cookie files on the User’s Device. Remember that in your browser settings you can decide about allowed cookie files that can be used by individual websites. Below is a list of partners or their services implemented in the Service that may place cookie files:

• Multimedia services:
  • YouTube
• Social/connected services:
  (Registration, Login, content sharing, communication, etc.)
  
  • Facebook
  • Google+
• Statistics:
  • Google Analytics
• Other services:
  • Google Maps

Services provided by third parties are beyond the Administrator’s control. These entities may change their terms of service, privacy policies, data processing purposes and methods of using cookie files at any time.

§8 Types of collected data

The Service collects data about Users. Some data is collected automatically and anonymously, and some data is personal data provided voluntarily by Users during registration for individual services offered by the Service.

Anonymous data collected automatically:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Screen resolution
• Approximate location
• Opened service subpages
• Time spent on the relevant service subpage
• Operating system type
• Previous subpage address
• Referring page address
• Browser language
• Internet connection speed
• Internet service provider

Data collected during registration:

• First name / last name / nickname
• Login
• Email address
• IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected during Newsletter service registration

• First name / last name / nickname
• Email address
• IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when adding a comment

• First and last name / nickname
• Email address
• Website address
• IP address (collected automatically)

Some data (without identifying data) may be stored in cookie files. Some data (without identifying data) may be transferred to the statistics service provider.

§9 Access to personal data by third parties

As a rule, the only recipient of personal data provided by Users is the Administrator. Data collected as part of the services provided is not transferred or sold to third parties.

Access to data (usually based on a Data Processing Agreement) may be held by entities responsible for maintaining infrastructure and services necessary to run the service, i.e.:

• Hosting companies providing hosting or related services for the Administrator
• Companies through which the Newsletter service is provided

Entrusting personal data processing – Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server Services

The Administrator uses the services of an external hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server provider to operate the service – Hostido.pl Gałązka Spółka jawna. All data collected and processed in the service is stored and processed in the service provider’s infrastructure located in Poland. There is a possibility of data access as a result of service work performed by the service provider’s personnel. Access to this data is regulated by the contract concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.

§10 Method of personal data processing

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

• Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless it has been published as a result of individual User action (e.g. entering a comment or post), which will make the data available to anyone visiting the service.
• Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
• Personal data will not be sold to third parties.

Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:

• Anonymous data (without personal data) will be transferred outside the European Union.
• Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
• Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be sold to third parties.

§11 Legal basis for personal data processing

The Service collects and processes User data based on:

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
  • art. 6 para. 1 lit. a
    the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes
  • art. 6 para. 1 lit. b
    processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
  • art. 6 para. 1 lit. f
    processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
• Act of 10 May 2018 on personal data protection (Journal of Laws 2018 item 1000)
• Act of 16 July 2004 – Telecommunications Law (Journal of Laws 2004 No. 171 item 1800)
• Act of 4 February 1994 on copyright and related rights (Journal of Laws 1994 No. 24 item 83)

§12 Period of personal data processing

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

As a rule, the indicated personal data is stored only for the period of providing the Service within the Service by the Administrator. It is deleted or anonymized within 30 days from the end of service provision (e.g. deletion of a registered user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter list, etc.)

An exception is a situation that requires securing legally justified purposes for further processing of this data by the Administrator. In such a situation, the Administrator will store the indicated data, from the time of the request for their deletion by the User, for no longer than 3 years in case of violation or suspicion of violation of the service regulations by the User

Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:

Anonymous statistical data, not constituting personal data, is stored by the Administrator for the purpose of conducting service statistics for an indefinite time

§13 User rights related to personal data processing

The Service collects and processes User data based on:

• Right of access to personal data
  Users have the right to obtain access to their personal data, implemented upon request submitted to the Administrator

• Right to rectification of personal data
  Users have the right to request immediate rectification of personal data that is incorrect and/or completion of incomplete personal data from the Administrator, implemented upon request submitted to the Administrator

• Right to erasure of personal data
  Users have the right to request immediate deletion of personal data from the Administrator, implemented upon request submitted to the Administrator. In the case of user accounts, data deletion involves anonymization of data enabling User identification. The Administrator reserves the right to suspend the implementation of the data deletion request in order to protect the Administrator’s legally justified interest (e.g. when the User has violated the Regulations or data was obtained as a result of correspondence).
  In the case of the Newsletter service, the User has the possibility to independently delete their personal data using the link placed in each sent email message.

• Right to restriction of personal data processing
  Users have the right to restrict the processing of personal data in cases indicated in art. 18 GDPR, including questioning the correctness of personal data, implemented upon request submitted to the Administrator

• Right to data portability
  Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator personal data concerning the User in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, implemented upon request submitted to the Administrator

• Right to object to personal data processing
  Users have the right to object to the processing of their personal data in cases specified in art. 21 GDPR, implemented upon request submitted to the Administrator

• Right to lodge a complaint
  Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority dealing with personal data protection.

§14 Contact with the Administrator

The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways

• Postal address – PROTEX POLAND Dariusz Leszczyński, pl. Plac Henryka Sienkiewicza 22, 62-700 Turek

• Email address – protex@protex.net.pl

• Phone call – 667 559 049

• Contact form – available at: /kontakt

§15 Service Requirements

• Limiting the saving and access to Cookie files on the User’s Device may cause incorrect operation of some Service functions.

• The Administrator is not responsible for incorrectly functioning Service functions in case the User limits in any way the possibility of saving and reading Cookie files.

§16 External Links

In the Service – articles, posts, entries or User comments may contain links to external websites with which the Service owner does not cooperate. These links and the pages or files indicated by them may be dangerous for your Device or pose a threat to the security of your data. The Administrator is not responsible for content located outside the Service.

§17 Changes to the Privacy Policy

• The Administrator reserves the right to freely change this Privacy Policy without the need to inform Users about this in terms of the use and utilization of anonymous data or the use of Cookie files.

• The Administrator reserves the right to freely change this Privacy Policy in terms of Personal Data processing, about which it will inform Users with user accounts or subscribed to the newsletter service, via email within 7 days of the change in provisions. Continued use of services means familiarization with and acceptance of the introduced changes to the Privacy Policy. In case the User does not agree with the introduced changes, they are obliged to delete their account from the Service or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.

• Changes introduced to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Service.

• Changes introduced come into effect from the moment of their publication.