Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy specifies the rules for storing and accessing data on User Devices used to provide electronic services by the Administrator, as well as the principles of collecting and processing personal data of Users provided by them personally and voluntarily through tools available on the Service.

This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Service Regulations which define the principles, rights, and obligations of Users using the Service.

§1 Definitions

Service - the internet service “Strefa Psiaka” operating at https://www.strefapsiaka.pl/

External Service - internet services of partners, service providers or recipients cooperating with the Administrator

Administrator of the Service / Data - The Administrator of the Service and Data (hereinafter referred to as the Administrator) is a natural person “Piotr Masło” residing in Liverpool, providing electronic services through the Service.

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

Device - an electronic device along with software through which the User gains access to the Service.

Cookies - text data collected in the form of files placed on the User’s Device.

GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation, 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.

Personal Data - means any information relating to 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 processing in the future.

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 - 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.

Violation of personal data protection - means a breach of security leading to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.

Pseudonymization - means processing of personal data in such a way that the data can no longer be attributed to a specific person without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures preventing its association with an identified or identifiable natural person.

Anonymization - Anonymization of data is an irreversible process of data operations that destroy/overwrite “personal data” making identification or linking of a specific record to a particular user or natural person impossible.

§2 Data Protection Officer

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

In matters relating to data processing, including personal data, please contact the Administrator directly.

§3 Types of Cookies

Internal cookies - files placed and read from the User’s device by the teleinformation system of the Service.

External cookies - files placed and read from the User’s device by teleinformation systems of external Services. Scripts of external Services, which may place Cookies on the User’s device, have been deliberately placed in the Service through scripts and services provided and installed in the Service.

Session cookies - files placed and read from the User’s device by the Service or external Services during one session of a 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 or external Services until they are manually deleted. The files are not automatically deleted after the device’s session ends unless the User’s device configuration is set to delete Cookie files after the session ends.

§4 Data Storage Security

Mechanisms for storing and reading Cookie files - 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 in web browsers and do not allow for downloading other data from the User’s Device or from other websites the User visited, including personal data or confidential information. The transfer of viruses, trojans, and other worms to the User’s Device is also practically impossible.

Internal Cookies - The Cookies 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 that the User is using.

External Cookies - The Administrator takes all possible actions to verify and select service partners with regard to User security. The Administrator selects well-known, large partners with global social trust. However, the Administrator does not have full control over the content of Cookies from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of Cookie files, their content, and their licensed use by Scripts installed on the Service from external Services, to the extent permitted by law. A list of partners is provided in the Privacy Policy.

Cookie Control

User-side Threats - The Administrator employs all possible technical measures to ensure the security of data stored in cookies. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties, including the User’s activity. The Administrator is not responsible for the interception of this data, impersonation of the User’s session, or their deletion due to the deliberate or unintentional activity of the User, viruses, trojans, and other spyware that may have infected the User’s device. To protect themselves from these threats, Users should follow internet usage guidelines.

Personal Data Storage - The Administrator ensures that all efforts are made to ensure that voluntarily entered personal data processed by Users is safe, with limited access, and processed in accordance with their intended purpose and processing objectives. The Administrator also ensures that all efforts are made to secure the data held against loss through the use of appropriate physical and organizational security measures.

Password Storage - The Administrator states that passwords are stored in an encrypted form using the latest standards and guidelines in this area. Decrypting passwords provided for accessing the account in the Service is practically impossible.

§5 Purposes for which Cookies are used

  • Improving and facilitating access to the Service
  • Personalizing the Service for Users
  • Allowing Login to the Service
  • Marketing, remarketing on external websites
  • Advertising serving 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 are 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)
    • Commenting/liking posts on the Service without the need for registration
    • Sharing information about content posted in the Service on social networking sites or other websites.
  • Communication between the Administrator and Users regarding the Service and data protection
  • Ensuring the legally justified interest of the Administrator

User data collected anonymously and automatically are processed for one of the following purposes:

  • Conducting statistics
  • Remarketing
  • Serving ads tailored to Users’ preferences
  • Affiliate program services
  • Ensuring the legally justified interest of the Administrator

§7 External Service Cookies

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

Multimedia services:

Social / Connected Services:

(Registration, Login, Content Sharing, Communication, etc.)

Content Sharing Services:

Newsletter Services:

Advertising and Affiliate Network Services:

Statistics Services:

Other Services:

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

§8 Types of Collected Data

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

Anonymously collected data:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Screen resolution
  • Approximate location
  • Opened subpages of the Service
  • Time spent on a particular subpage of the Service
  • Type of operating system
  • Address of the previous subpage
  • Referring page address
  • Browser language
  • Internet connection speed
  • Internet service provider

Data collected during registration:

  • Name / surname / pseudonym
  • Login
  • Email address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when subscribing to the Newsletter service:

  • Name / surname / pseudonym
  • Email address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when adding a comment:

  • Name and surname / pseudonym
  • Email address
  • Website address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Some of the data (without identifying data) may be stored in cookies. Some of the data (without identifying data) may be transmitted to the statistical 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 are not transmitted or sold to third parties.

Entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary for the operation of the website, such as:

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

may have access to data (most often on the basis of a data processing agreement).

Personal data processing - Newsletter

The Administrator uses the services of a third-party service - the MailChimp website - to provide the Newsletter service. Data entered in the newsletter subscription form are transferred, stored, and processed in the external service of this service provider.

Please note that the indicated partner may modify the indicated privacy policy without the consent of the Administrator.

Personal data processing - Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server Services

To operate the website, the Administrator uses the services of an external hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server provider - https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ . All data collected and processed on the website are stored and processed in the service provider’s infrastructure located outside the European Union. It is possible to access this data as a result of service work carried out by the service provider’s personnel. Access to this data is regulated by the agreement concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.

§10 Method of personal data processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by users:

  • Personal data are transferred outside the European Union.
    The transfer of data outside the EU is due to the use of entities located outside the EU or as a result of publication as a result of individual user action (e.g. posting a comment or entry), which will make the data available to anyone visiting the website.
    In the case of transferring or entrusting the processing of personal data outside the EU, these data are processed based on an agreement concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.
  • Personal data are used for automated decision-making (profiling).
    Profiling personal data does not have legal effects or in a similar way significantly affect the person whose data are subject to automated decision-making.
  • Personal data will not be sold to third parties.

Automatically collected anonymous data (without personal data):

  • Anonymous data (without personal data) will be transferred outside the European Union.
  • Anonymous data (without personal data) may be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
    Profiling anonymous data (without personal data) does not have legal effects or in a similar way significantly affect the person whose data are subject to automated decision-making.
  • Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be sold to third parties.

The service collects and processes user data on the basis of:

  • 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 the Protection of Personal Data (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1000)
  • Act of 16 July 2004 Telecommunications Law (Journal of Laws of 2004, No. 171, item 1800)
  • Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws of 1994, No. 24, item 83)

§12 Period of personal data processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by users:

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

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

The service collects and processes user data on the basis of:

Right to access personal data
Users have the right to access their personal data, which is realized upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

Right to rectify personal data
Users have the right to demand immediate rectification of their personal data that is incorrect and/or completion of incomplete personal data, which is realized upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

Right to erasure of personal data
Users have the right to demand immediate deletion of their personal data from the Administrator upon request. In the case of user accounts, deletion of data involves anonymizing data that would allow identification of the user. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the deletion of data to protect the legally justified interests of the Administrator (e.g. if the user has violated the Terms of Service or if the data was obtained through correspondence). In the case of the Newsletter service, users have the option to delete their personal data themselves using the link provided in each email message.

Right to restrict processing of personal data
Users have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data in cases specified in Article 18 of the GDPR, including questioning the accuracy of personal data, upon request to the Administrator.

Right to data portability
Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator their personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, upon request.

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

Right to lodge a complaint
Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for the protection of personal data.

§14 Contact with the Administrator

The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways:

Email address - [email protected]

Contact form - available at: contact us

§15 Service requirements

Limiting the storage and access of Cookie files on the User’s Device may cause some functions of the Service to malfunction.

  • The Administrator is not responsible for any malfunctioning functions of the Service if the User limits in any way the possibility of storing and reading Cookie files.

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

§17 Privacy Policy Changes

  • The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy without informing Users regarding the application and use of anonymous data or the use of cookies.

  • The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy regarding the processing of Personal Data, which will be communicated to Users who have user accounts or are subscribed to the newsletter service by email within 7 days of the change. Further use of the services implies familiarity with and acceptance of the changes to the Privacy Policy. If the User does not agree with the changes made, they are obligated to delete their account from the Service or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.

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

  • The introduced changes come into effect upon their publication.