POLITYKA PRYWATNOŚCI

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Please be advised that we process your personal data in the manner specified in this privacy policy.

1. Personal data administrator

The administrator of your personal data is Sophia Foundation: Art & Critical Thought, with its registered office at 40-143 Katowice, ul. Dekerta 2a 6, entered into the National Court Register under the number: 0000585199, NIP: 6342849871, REGON: 36297343 (hereinafter: Administrator), which you can contact by post to the address provided above or by e-mail to the address: office@sophiafoundation.org.pl. office@sophiafoundation.org.pl.

2. Purposes and grounds of processing

Your personal data will be processed for the following purposes:

– to inform about the Administrator's activities, including the offered products and services, based on your consent;

– in order to conclude and perform the contract (or contracts) between us based on your consent expressed in connection with its conclusion, due to the fact that processing is necessary for the conclusion and performance of the contract (contracts);

– for archival (or evidentiary) purposes to secure information in the event of a legal need to prove certain facts, which is the legitimate interest of the Administrator;

– in order to possibly establish, pursue or defend against claims related to the contract (contracts) concluded with you or to the processing of your personal data, what is our legitimate interest, which is the possibility of establishing, pursuing or defending against claims;

– in order to fulfill our legal obligations resulting from EU law or Polish law (e.g. towards tax offices), because processing in this case is necessary to fulfill the legal requirements to which we are subject.

3. Recipients of data

Please be advised that the following categories of entities may be the recipients of your personal data:

a) subcontractors, i.e. entities whose services we use to help us process personal data, including:

– hosting companies,

– forwarding companies,

– accounting firms,

– law firms.

b) other independent recipients, i.e. bodies authorized under applicable law (including in particular courts and state authorities).

Your data will be transferred to other entities only if (1) state authorities oblige us to do so under applicable law, or (2) this entity is obliged to comply with the GDPR and/or other European regulations on the protection of personal data.

4. Transfer of data to third countries or international organizations

Please be advised that we do not transfer your personal data to third countries or international organizations within the meaning of the GDPR.

5. Data retention period

Your personal data will be stored for the period necessary to achieve the individual processing purposes:

1. personal data obtained for the purpose of concluding a contract will be stored for the period of contract negotiation and until the end of the calendar year following the year in which you last contacted the Sophia Foundation: Art & Critical Thought regarding its conclusion;

2. personal data obtained in connection with the conclusion of the contract (contracts) between us will be stored until the contract is terminated or expires;

3. personal data processed for the purpose of establishing, pursuing or defending against claims will be stored until the limitation period for claims under the contract (contracts) between us or claims related to the processing of personal data expires;

4. basic contact data obtained for the purpose of informing about the Administrator's activities, including the products and services offered, will be stored for the duration of the consent to processing;

5. personal data processed for the purpose of fulfilling our legal obligations will be processed until the data storage obligations resulting from the provisions of law expire.

6. Rights of the person whose data is processed.

Each person whose personal data is processed has the right to:

a) access their personal data that is being processed and receive a copy of it,

b) rectify (correct) their data,

c) delete data:

If you believe that there are no grounds for us to process your data, you can request that we delete it.

d) restriction of data processing:

We inform you about the possibility of requesting that we limit the processing of personal data only to their storage or performance of activities agreed with you, if in your opinion the data processed by us is incorrect or processed in an unjustified manner; or if you do not want them to be removed because they are needed to establish, pursue or defend your claims; or for the duration of your objection to the processing of data.

e) the right to object to data processing, including in particular:

– "marketing" objection – i.e. the right to object to the processing of your data for the purpose of direct marketing. Exercising the right to object will result in the abandonment of the processing of your data for the said purpose,

– objection due to a special situation – i.e. the right to object to the processing of your data for a purpose other than direct marketing. The basis for the aforementioned objection must be your special situation After receiving your objection, we will cease to process your personal data for the purpose to which you objected, unless we demonstrate the existence of important legitimate grounds for the processing, overriding your interests, rights and freedoms or grounds related to the establishment, pursuit of claims or defence against claims.

In order to exercise the right to object, please contact the Sophia Foundation: Art & Critical Thought.

f) the right to data portability:

Each natural person whose data is processed has the right to receive from the data controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, personal data concerning him/her, provided on the basis of his/her consent or contract. The right to transfer personal data also includes the possibility of instructing the data controller to send such data directly to another entity.

g) the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority:

h) the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data:

You may withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time if the basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent. At the same time, we reserve that the withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of the processing that was carried out on the basis of your consent before its withdrawal.

All requests related to the exercise of the rights of natural persons whose data is being processed should be sent, after prior identification of the person whose data is being processed, to the e-mail address: office@sophiafoundation.org.pl.

Information on the requirement or voluntariness of providing data obtained directly from the person to whom the data relates:

Providing your personal data was voluntary, although necessary for the conclusion and performance of the agreement (agreements) concluded by us.

COOKIES POLICY

This Privacy Policy specifies the rules for storing and accessing information on the User's devices using Cookies, used to provide services provided electronically requested by the User, by the Sophia Foundation: Art & Critical Thought, 40-143 Katowice, ul. Dekerta 2a/6.

§ 1 Definitions

Administrator – means: Sophia Foundation: Art & Critical Thought, 40-143 Katowice, ul. Dekerta 2a/6, which provides services electronically and stores and obtains access to information on the User's devices.

Cookies – means computer data, in particular small text files, saved and stored on devices through which the User uses the websites of the Service.

Administrator Cookies – means Cookies placed by the Administrator, related to the provision of services electronically by the Administrator through the Service.

External Cookies – means Cookies placed by the Administrator's partners, through the website of the Service.

Service – means the website under which the Administrator runs the website, operating in the domain of squamata.com.pl.

Device – means an electronic device through which the User gains access to the websites of the Service.

User – means an entity to which, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and the provisions of law, services may be provided electronically or with which a Contract for the provision of services by electronic means may be concluded.

§ 2 Types of Cookies used

1. Cookies used by the Administrator are safe for the User's Device. We guarantee that through the use of Cookies by the Administrator, it is not possible for viruses or other unwanted software or malware to enter the User's Devices. These files allow for the identification of the software used by the User and for the adjustment of the Service to each individual User. Cookies usually contain the name of the domain from which they originate, the time of their storage on the Device and the assigned value.

2. The Administrator uses two types of Cookies:

a. Session Cookies: they are stored on the User's Device and remain there until the end of the session of a given browser. The saved information is then permanently deleted from the Device's memory. The mechanism of Session Cookies does not allow for the downloading of any personal data or any confidential information from the User's Device.

b. Persistent Cookies: they are stored on the User's Device and remain there until they are deleted. Ending the session of a given browser or turning off the Device does not delete them from the User's Device. The Persistent Cookies mechanism does not allow for the collection of any personal data or any confidential information from the User's Device.

3. The User has the option of limiting or disabling the access of Cookies to their Device. In the event of using this option, the use of the Service will be possible, excluding functions that by their nature require Cookies.

§ 3 Purposes for which Cookies are used:

1. The Administrator uses its own Cookies for the correct configuration of the service, in particular to:

a. adapt the content of the Service's web pages to the User's preferences and optimize the use of the Service's web pages.

b. recognize the Service User's device and its location, and accordingly display the web page tailored to their individual needs;

c. remembering the settings selected by the User and personalizing the User interface, e.g. in terms of the selected language or region from which the User comes,

d. remembering the history of visited pages on the website in order to recommend content,

e. font size, appearance of the website, etc.

2. The Administrator uses its own Cookies to authenticate the user in the website and ensure the user's session in the website, and in particular to:

a. maintaining the Service User's session (after logging in), thanks to which the User does not have to re-enter the login and password on each subpage of the Website;

b. correct configuration of selected functions of the Website, enabling in particular verification of the authenticity of the browser session.

c. optimization and increase the efficiency of services provided by the Administrator.

3. The Administrator uses its own Cookies to implement processes necessary for the full functionality of websites, and in particular to:

a. adapt the content of the Service's website pages to the User's preferences and optimise the use of the Service. In particular, these files allow to recognize the basic parameters of the User's Device and properly display the website, tailored to their individual needs;

b. correct operation of the affiliate program, enabling in particular verification of the sources of Users' redirection to the Service's website.

4. The Administrator uses its own Cookies to remember the user's location, and in particular to correctly configure selected Service functions, enabling adjustment of the information provided to the User, taking into account their location.

5. The Administrator uses its own Cookies for analysis, research and audience audit purposes, and in particular to create anonymous statistics that help understand how Service Users use the Service's websites, which enables improving their structure and content.

6. The Administrator uses its own Cookies to provide advertising services, and in particular to adjust advertisements for third-party services and products presented via the Service.

7. The Service Administrator uses External Cookies to log into the Service using the social networking site via Facebook Connect (external Cookies administrator: Facebook Inc. based in the USA or Facebook Ireland based in Ireland).

8. The Service Administrator uses External Cookies to log into the Service using the Google social networking site (external Cookies administrator: Google Inc. based in the USA).

9. The Service Administrator uses External Cookies to log into the Service using the LinkedIn social networking site (external Cookies administrator: LinkedIn Ireland Limited based in Ireland).

10. The Service Administrator uses External Cookies to popularize the Service using the social networking sites plus.google.com (external Cookies administrator: Google Inc. based in the USA).

11. The Service Administrator uses External Cookies to popularize the Service using the social networking sites Facebook.com (external Cookies administrator: Facebook Inc. based in the USA or Facebook Ireland based in Ireland).

§ 4 Possibilities of determining the conditions for storing or accessing Cookies

1. The User may independently and at any time change the settings for Cookies, specifying the conditions for their storage and access by Cookies to the User's Device. The User may change the settings referred to in the previous sentence using the settings of the web browser or by configuring the Service. These settings may be changed in particular in such a way as to block the automatic handling of Cookies in the web browser settings or to inform about each time Cookies are placed on the User's device. Detailed information on the possibilities and methods of handling Cookies is available in the software (web browser) settings.

2. The user may delete cookies at any time using the functions available in the web browser used.

3. Limiting the use of Cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Service's website.