Privacy Policy

The privacy policy describes the rules by which we process information about you, including personal data and cookies.

• General information

• This policy applies to the Website with the url: polandcontactfestival.com
• The operator of the website and the Administrator of personal data is: Fundacja Artystyczna Perform, Północna 42, 05-080 Truskaw
• Operator’s e-mail contact address: kontakt@polandcontactfestival.com
• The Operator is the Administrator of your personal data concerning the data provided of your own volition on the Website.
• The Website uses personal data for the following purposes:
• Newsletter service
• Presentation of the offer or information
• The Website gathers information about users and their behaviour in the following ways:
• From data given of their own volition that are entered into the Operator’s systems.
• By saving cookies on devices.

• Selected methods of data protection used by the Operator

• Personal data stored in the database are encrypted so that only the Operator’s key can read it. As a result, the data is protected in case the database is stolen from the server.
• The operator periodically changes its administrative passwords.
• An important element of data protection is regular update of all software used by the Operator to process personal data, which in particular means regular updates of programming components.

• Hosting

The website is hosted (maintained) on the operator’s server: https://omnicore.pl

• Your rights and additional information on how to use the data

• In some situations, the Administrator has the right to transfer your personal data to other recipients, if it is necessary to perform the contract concluded with you or to fulfill the obligations by the Administrator. This applies to the following groups of recipients:
• hosting company on an entrusting basis
• authorised employees and associates who use data to implement the purpose of the site
• Your personal data are processed by the Administrator for no longer than necessary to perform the related activities specified in separate regulations (e.g. on accounting). When it comes to marketing data, the data will not be processed for more than 3 years.
• You have the right to request from the Administrator:
  • access to personal data concerning you,
  • correcting them,
  • removing them,
  • data processing limitation,
  • and data transfer.

• You have the right to object to the processing indicated in point 3.3 c) to the processing of personal data for the purpose of exercising legally justified interests pursued by the Administrator, including profiling, however, the right to object cannot be exercised if there is valid legitimate basis for the processing of interests, rights and freedoms overriding you, in particular the determination, exercise or defense of claims.
• The Administrator’s actions may be appealed to the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw.
• Providing personal data is voluntary, but necessary to operate the Website.
• In relation to you, actions may be taken involving automated decision making, including profiling to provide services under the concluded contract and for direct marketing by the Administrator.
• Personal data is not transferred from third countries within the meaning of the provisions on the protection of personal data. This means that we do not send them outside the European Union.

• Information in forms

• The website collects information provided on user’s own volition, including personal data, if they are provided.
• The website may save information about connection parameters (time, IP address).
• In some cases, the website may save information that makes it easier to link data in the form to the email address of the user completing the form. In this case, the user’s email address appears inside the url of the web page containing the form.
• The data provided in the form are processed for the purpose resulting from the function of a specific form, e.g. to process the service request or business contact, service registration, etc. Each time the context and description of the form clearly indicates what it is used for.

• Administrator logs

Information on user behaviour on the website may be subject to login. These data are used to administer the site.

• Important marketing techniques

• The operator uses statistical analysis of website traffic through Google Analytics (Google Inc. with its registered office in the USA). The operator does not transfer personal data to the operator of this service, but only anonymised information. The service is based on the use of cookies on the user’s end device. In terms of information about user preferences collected by the Google advertising network, the user can view and edit information derived from cookies using the tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
• The operator uses remarketing techniques that allow adverts to be adapted to the user’s behaviour on the site, which may create the impression that the user’s personal data is used to track him, but in practice no personal data from the operator to the advertising operators is transferred. The technological condition for such activities is enabling cookies.
• The operator uses a Facebook pixel. This technology means that Facebook (Facebook Inc. with its registered office in the USA) knows that a given person registered in it uses the Website. In this case, it is based on data for which it is the administrator, the Operator does not provide any additional personal data to Facebook. The service is based on the use of cookies on the user’s end device.

• Information about cookies

• The website uses cookies.
• Cookie files (so-called “cookies”) are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the Website User’s end device and are intended for using the Website. Cookies usually contain the name of the website, their storage time on the end device and a unique number.
• The entity placing cookies on the Website User’s end device and accessing them is the Website operator.
• Cookies are used for the following purposes:
• maintaining the Website 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;
• achieving the goals set out above in the “Important marketing techniques” section;
• The Website uses two basic types of cookies: “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary files that are stored on the User’s end device until logging out, leaving the website or turning off the software (web browser). Persistent cookies are stored on the User’s end device for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the User.
• Software for browsing websites (web browser) usually allows storing cookies on the User’s end device. However, Website Users can change the settings. The web browser allows you to delete cookies. It is also possible to automatically block cookies. Detailed information on this topic is provided in the help or documentation of the web browser.
• Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Website.
• Cookies placed on the Website User’s end device may also be used by entities cooperating with the Website operator, in particular the following companies: Google (Google Inc. with its registered office in the USA), Facebook (Facebook Inc. with its registered office in the USA), Twitter (Twitter Inc. with its registered office in the USA).

• Managing cookie files – how to give and withdraw consent in practice?

• If the user does not want to receive cookies, they can change the browser settings. We reserve that disabling cookies necessary for authentication processes, security, maintaining user preferences may make it difficult or even impossible to use websites.
• To manage cookie settings, select the web browser you use from the list below and follow the instructions: