Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out the rules for storing and accessing data on Users’ Devices who use the Website for the purpose of the Administrator providing electronic services, as well as the rules for collecting and processing Users’ personal data that they have provided personally and voluntarily through the tools available on the Website.

§1 Definitions

  • Website – the website “r-techniq.pl” operating at https://r-techniq.pl
  • External website – websites of partners, service providers, or service recipients cooperating with the Administrator
  • Website / Data Administrator – the Administrator of the Website and the Data Controller (hereinafter the Administrator) is “R-TechniQ Sp. z o.o.”, conducting business activity at: ul. Rozwojowa 28, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland, with the assigned Tax Identification Number (NIP): 8733269251, providing electronic services through the Website
  • User – a natural person for whom the Administrator provides electronic services through the Website.
  • Device – an electronic device together with software, through which the User accesses the Website
  • 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 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 an 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 – the 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 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 it impossible to identify, or link a given record to a specific user or natural person.

§2 Data Protection Officer

Pursuant to Article 37 of the GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

In matters concerning the processing of data, including personal data, please contact the Administrator directly.

§3 Types of Cookie Files

  • Internal Cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website’s IT system
  • External Cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the IT systems of External websites. Scripts of External websites that may place Cookie files on the User’s Devices have been knowingly placed on the Website through scripts and services made available and installed on the Website
  • Session Cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website during a single session of the given Device. Once 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 Website until they are manually deleted. The files are not automatically deleted after the end of the Device’s session, unless the User’s Device configuration is set to delete Cookie files after the end of the Device’s session.

§4 Data Storage Security

  • Mechanisms for storing and reading Cookie files – The mechanisms for storing, reading, and exchanging data between Cookie Files saved on the User’s Device and the Website are implemented through built-in web browser mechanisms and do not allow other data to be retrieved from the User’s Device or data from other websites visited by the User, including personal data or confidential information. The transfer of viruses, Trojan horses, and other worms to the User’s Device is also practically impossible.
  • Internal Cookies – the Cookie files used by the Administrator are safe for Users’ 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 steps to verify and select website partners with regard to User security. The Administrator selects well-known, large partners with global public trust for cooperation. However, it does not have full control over the content of Cookie files coming from external partners. The Administrator is not liable, to the extent permitted by law, for the security of Cookie files, their content, or their use in accordance with the licence by Scripts installed on the website that originate from External websites. A list of partners is provided further in this Privacy Policy.
  • Control of Cookie files
  • Risks on the User’s side – The Administrator applies all possible technical measures to ensure the security of data placed in Cookie files. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties, including the User’s activities. The Administrator is not liable for the interception of this data, impersonation of the User’s session, or its deletion, resulting from conscious or unconscious activity of the User, viruses, Trojan horses, and other spyware with which the User’s Device may be or has been infected. To protect against these threats, Users should follow the principles of safe internet use.
  • Storage of personal data – The Administrator ensures that it makes every effort to keep the personal data voluntarily provided by Users secure, with access restricted and carried out in accordance with their intended purpose and processing objectives. The Administrator also ensures that it makes every effort to protect the data it holds against loss, through the use of appropriate physical and organisational safeguards.

§5 Purposes for Which Cookie Files Are Used

  • Improving and facilitating access to the Website
  • Personalisation of the Website for Users
  • Maintaining statistics (of users, number of visits, types of devices, connection, etc.)
  • Providing multimedia services

§6 Purposes of Personal Data Processing

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

  • Provision of electronic services:
  • Communication by the Administrator with Users regarding matters related to the Website and data protection
  • Ensuring the Administrator’s legitimate interest

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

  • Maintaining statistics
  • Ensuring the Administrator’s legitimate interest

§7 Cookie Files of External Websites

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

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

§8 Types of Data Collected

The Website collects data about Users. Some data is collected automatically and anonymously, while some is personal data provided voluntarily by Users when signing up for the individual services offered by the Website.

Anonymous data collected automatically:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Screen resolution
  • Approximate location
  • Subpages of the website visited
  • Time spent on the relevant subpage of the website
  • Operating system type
  • Address of the previous subpage
  • Referring page address
  • Browser language
  • Internet connection speed
  • Internet service provider

Data collected during registration:

  • Email address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when signing up for the Newsletter service

  • Email address

Some data (excluding identifying data) may be stored in cookie files. Some data (excluding identifying data) may be transferred to a statistics service provider.

§9 Access to Personal Data by Third Parties

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

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

  • Hosting companies providing hosting services or related services to the Administrator

Entrustment of personal data processing – Hosting, VPS, or Dedicated Server Services

The Administrator uses the services of an external hosting, VPS, or Dedicated Server provider – dhosting.pl Sp. z o.o. – to operate the website. All data collected and processed on the website is stored and processed on the service provider’s infrastructure located in Poland. Access to this data may occur as a result of maintenance work carried out by the service provider’s personnel. Access to this data is governed by the agreement concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.

§10 Method of Processing Personal Data

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users:

  • Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless it has been published as a result of the User’s individual action (e.g., adding a comment or post), which will make the data available to every visitor of the website.
  • Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
  • Personal data will not be resold 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 resold to third parties.

§11 Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

The Website collects and processes Users’ 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)
    • Article 6(1)(a)
      the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes
    • Article 6(1)(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
    • Article 6(1)(f)
      processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
  • The Act of 10 May 2018 on the Protection of Personal Data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000)
  • The Act of 16 July 2004, Telecommunications Law (Journal of Laws 2004, No. 171, item 1800)
  • The 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 voluntarily provided by Users:

As a rule, the indicated personal data is stored only for the period during which the Service is provided on the Website by the Administrator. It is deleted or anonymised within 30 days of the termination of the service (e.g., deletion of a registered user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter list, etc.)

An exception applies in situations requiring the safeguarding of legitimate purposes for the Administrator’s further processing of this data. In such a situation, the Administrator will store the indicated data, from the time the User requests its deletion, for no longer than 3 years in the event of a breach or suspected breach of the website’s terms of service 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 maintaining website statistics for an indefinite period of time

§13 Users’ Rights Related to the Processing of Personal Data

The Website collects and processes Users’ data on the basis of:

  • Right of access to personal data
    Users have the right to obtain access to their personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to rectification of personal data
    Users have the right to request that the Administrator promptly rectify personal data that is inaccurate and/or complete incomplete personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to erasure of personal data
    Users have the right to request that the Administrator promptly erase their personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator. In the case of user accounts, deletion of data consists of anonymising data that would allow the User to be identified. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the fulfilment of a deletion request in order to protect the Administrator’s legitimate interest (e.g., where the User has breached the Terms of Service or the data was obtained as a result of ongoing correspondence).
    In the case of the Newsletter service, the User may independently delete their personal data using the link included in every email message sent.
  • Right to restriction of processing of personal data
    Users have the right to restrict the processing of personal data in the cases specified in Article 18 of the GDPR, including, among others, contesting the accuracy of personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to data portability
    Users have the right to receive from the Administrator, personal data concerning the User in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to object to the processing of personal data
    Users have the right to object to the processing of their personal data in the cases specified in Article 21 of the GDPR, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to lodge a complaint
    Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for personal data protection.

§14 Contacting the Administrator

You can contact the Administrator in one of the following ways

  • Postal address – R-TechniQ Sp. z o.o., ul. Rozwojowa 28, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
  • Email address – biuro@r-techniq.pl
  • Phone – +48 530 900 630

§15 Website Requirements

  • Restricting the saving of and access to Cookie files on the User’s Device may cause some functions of the Website to work incorrectly.
  • The Administrator bears no responsibility whatsoever for the Website’s functions not working correctly if the User restricts, in any way, the ability to save and read Cookie files.

§16 External Links

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

§17 Changes to the Privacy Policy

  • The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy without the need to inform Users, with respect to the use of anonymous data or the use of Cookie files.
  • The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy with respect to the processing of Personal Data, of which it will inform Users who have user accounts or are subscribed to the newsletter service, via email within 7 days of the change to the provisions. Continued use of the services means that the User has read and accepted the introduced changes to the Privacy Policy. If the User does not agree with the introduced changes, they are obliged to delete their account from the Website or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.
  • Changes introduced to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Website.
  • Changes introduced take effect upon their publication.