Privacy Policy
Preamble
Protection of information and privacy of our users in compliance with Polish and European Union law is the top priority for the Institute of Socio-Political Technologies. The Institute takes appropriate measures aimed at ensuring the best possible and comprehensive protection of personal data of persons with whom we cooperate or whose data we otherwise use.
§1 General Information Regarding Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy constitutes information on the principles of processing and protection of personal data, hereinafter referred to as the "Privacy Policy", collected from the individuals to whom this data pertains, in connection with the use of the website https://cognitivedefence.fund/ and its subpages, hereinafter referred to as the "Service".
The Privacy Policy describes the principles of collecting data from Service Users, hereinafter referred to as: "Users", which are collected directly from them or through cookies and similar technologies.
The Privacy Policy is informational in nature, which means it is not a source of obligations for Users whose personal data is processed in accordance with its provisions, and one of its primary functions is to fulfill the information obligation referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27.04.2016 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) (OJ EU L 119, p.1), hereinafter referred to as "GDPR".
§2 Contact with the Administrator
The administrator of personal data within the meaning of Article 4 point 7 of the GDPR is the Foundation Institute of Socio-Political Technologies "KYBERNETES" with its registered office in Toruń, at the address: ul. Filomatów Pomorskich 4C/45, 87-100 Toruń, entered in the register of associations by the Regional Court in Toruń VII Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the number KRS: 0000992741, NIP: 8792742068, REGON: 523150878, hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator".
To contact the Administrator, the User must fill out the appropriate form. It is required to provide specific personal data therein.
Providing personal data in the form is voluntary, although it is necessary to provide a response to the User and to address the matter raised by them.
The User may also contact the Administrator using the following contact details – email: rodo@kybernetes.ngo. In such correspondence, personal data such as email address will also be provided.
All personal data that the User enters into the form or provides during contact with the Administrator are processed in a manner consistent with the requirements specified in the provisions of law, and in particular the GDPR.
§3 Data Processing Entrustment
The Administrator may entrust the processing of collected personal data of Users to another entity on the basis of a data processing entrustment agreement concluded with it.
The entities to which the Administrator may transfer personal data include the following categories in particular:
- companies providing IT services and server maintenance,
- companies providing IT security services,
- companies providing telecommunications and similar services,
- companies providing IT services,
- external legal advisors,
- banks,
- insurance companies.
The Administrator may also disclose personal data in response to requests submitted to the Foundation by authorized state and judicial authorities (e.g., prosecutors, courts, police, and government or local administration offices), as well as at the request of entities that co-finance the Administrator's activities and monitor their use of funds.
§4 User Rights
The User has the right to access their personal data and may verify or correct it, as well as delete it, by submitting an appropriate request to the Administrator (Articles 15, 16, and 17 GDPR).
The User has the right to object to the processing of personal data if the basis for processing is the legally justified interest of the Administrator or a third party, including objection to processing for marketing purposes.
The User has the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office regarding the processing of personal data by the Administrator.
The User has the right to request the Administrator to restrict processing (Article 18 GDPR) – for example, if they notice that data is being processed incorrectly – and may request restriction of processing of their data for a period allowing verification of the accuracy of the data.
§5 Purposes and Scope of Data Processing
- Providing responses to questions asked, delivering requested offers and conducting correspondence to resolve matters, on the basis of the User's consent and the Administrator's legitimate interest, which is fulfilling user requests (Article 6(1)(a) and (f) GDPR).
- Being necessary to provide a response to the User's message and resolve matters presented during the User's contact with the Administrator.
- Marketing consisting of promoting the Administrator and its services and adapting content to User needs based on the Administrator's legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(a) and (f) GDPR).
On the basis of the User's additional and optional consent, the Administrator has the right to send marketing information to the provided email address. The consent mentioned in the previous sentence may be withdrawn at any time.
Analysis of network traffic and ensuring security within the Service. The Administrator collects data related to User activity including: time spent on the site, search phrases, number of pages displayed, date and source of visit.
§6 Data Processing Duration
The Administrator stores personal data until consent is withdrawn or until the matter is resolved, and then until the expiration of the limitation period for claims of the parties related to its execution.
Data related to network traffic analysis collected through cookies and similar technologies may be stored by the Administrator until the cookie expires.
Some cookies never expire, so the duration of data storage will be balanced with the time necessary for the Administrator to achieve the goals associated with data collection, such as ensuring security and analyzing historical data related to site traffic.
§7 Prevention of Unauthorized Data Acquisition
The Administrator applies technical measures required by current personal data protection regulations to prevent unauthorized acquisition and modification of personal data transmitted electronically.
§8 Cookies
The Administrator uses cookies, i.e., small text files stored on the User's end device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone). Cookies can be read by the Administrator's computer system.
Information obtained through cookies and similar technologies is not combined with other data from Service users and is not used for their identification by the Administrator.
The Administrator stores cookies on the User's end device and then accesses the information contained in them for the purposes of:
- servicing traffic counters, remembering the selected language version,
- statistical purposes, in particular enabling the Administrator to analyze the way users use the Service.
- remembering the user session (e.g., login information), remembering the user's login and password (with consent), collecting information about the user's device and their visit for security purposes, as well as analyzing visits and adapting content.
§9 Incognito Mode
The User also has the option to use the site in so-called incognito mode, which blocks the collection of data about their visit.
§10 Deleting Cookies
The Administrator also informs Users that it is possible to configure the web browser in such a way as to prevent the storage of cookies on the User's end device.
The Administrator also points out that cookies can be deleted by the User after being saved by the publisher through: appropriate web browser functions, programs for this purpose, or by using appropriate tools available within the operating system used by the User.
The links below contain information on how to delete cookies in the most popular web browsers:
§11 Limitation of Service Functionality
The Administrator also informs Users that changes to the web browser configuration that prevent or limit the storage of cookies on the User's end device may result in limitations to the functionality of the services provided. Similar consequences may result from deleting cookies during service provision.
§12 Using Google Analytics
The Service uses Google Analytics, a website analytics service provided by Google Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Google".
Google Analytics uses cookies to enable the way Users use it. Information generated by the cookie about the User's use of the Service will be transmitted to Google Inc.
Google will use this information to assess the User's use of the Service, create reports on traffic to pages for website operators, and provide other services related to website traffic and internet use.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties if it is obligated to do so under applicable law or if such parties process such information on behalf of Google.
The User can disable Google Analytics by installing a free browser add-on that blocks Google Analytics, which is available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
§13 Links to Other Websites
The Administrator may add links to external websites in the Service.
The Administrator only adds links that lead to sites with high standards of personal data protection, however, it is not responsible for how personal data is used, the security and content of these websites.
The User should familiarize themselves with the privacy policy on these sites and their terms and conditions, because using these sites means compliance with the rules set by the owners.