Privacy Policy of the DCSA engineering website (“Engineering Office”)
Dear User!
We care about your privacy and want you to feel comfortable when using our services. Therefore, below we present you with the most important information about the principles of processing your personal data and cookies used by our website. This information has been prepared in accordance with the GDPR, i.e. the general regulation on data protection.
WHO IS THE PERSONAL DATA CONTROLLER?
Pawel Surdyka, an entrepreneur conducting business under the name DCSA engineering Pawel Surdyka, entered into the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity kept by the minister responsible for economic affairs and maintaining the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity, NIP no. 8951815786, REGON no. 021243835, Rolnicza street 27, 51-514 Wroclaw, Poland.
If you wish to contact us regarding our processing of your personal data, please write to us at the following e-mail address: biuro@dcsa-engineering.pl.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT AND WHY DO WE COLLECT IT?
Below you will find detailed information on the processing of your data depending on the actions you take.
1. Comments
When a visitor to the site leaves a comment, we collect the data visible in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string of characters created from your e-mail address (so-called hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approving a comment, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
2. Contact forms
Contacting us (e.g. to ask a question)
| For what purpose? | |
|---|---|
| handling your inquiries or notifications | |
| On what basis? | |
| agreement or actions taken at your request, aimed at its conclusion (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b of the GDPR) – if your inquiry or notification concerns a contract to which we are or may be a party | our legitimate interest, consisting in the processing of your data for the purpose of communicating with you (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f of the GDPR) – if your inquiry or notification is not related to the contract |
| How long? | |
| for the duration of the contract binding us or – if the contract is not concluded – until the expiry of the period for pursuing claims – see the last table of this section* | until the expiry of the period for pursuing claims – see the last table of this section – or until we take into account your objection to processing* |
| in addition, your data will be processed until the expiry of the period in which claims can be pursued – by you or by us (read more about this in the “Cookies” sections of the Privacy Policy) | |
| What will happen if you do not provide data? | |
| we will not be able to respond to your query or notification | |
* depending on which is applicable in a given case and which will occur earliest
3. Cookies
Our website, like most websites, uses so-called cookies. These files:
- are saved in the memory of your device (computer, telephone, etc.),
- do not cause changes to your device settings.
Cookies are used on this website for the following purposes:
- remembering your session,
- statistical,
- marketing.
To learn how to manage cookies, including how to disable them in your browser, you can use the help file of your browser. You can read the information on this subject by pressing the F1 key in your browser. In addition, you will find appropriate instructions on the subpages, depending on the browser you are using.
Below you will find information on the functions of the cookies we process and their validity period.
| cookie name | cookie validity period | cookie function |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | distinguishing user sessions among website visitors to track their activity for analytical reporting purposes |
| _gid | 1 day | distinguishing website users, without identifying them, for statistical purposes |
| cookie_notice_accepted | 1 month | obtaining information about cookie approval |
| pll_language | 1 year | obtaining language information to remember the language selected by the user when returning to the website |
Using the appropriate options in your browser, you can at any time:
- delete cookies,
- block the use of cookies in the future.
In such cases, we will no longer process them.
If you leave a comment on our site you may choose to have your name, email address and website address saved in cookies so that you can easily fill in your details again when you leave a comment. These cookies expire after one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and expires when you close your browser.
When you log in we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen options choices. Login cookies expire after two days, and screen options cookies expire after a year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will expire after two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the post you just edited. It expires after one day.
4. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves in a similar way as if the user had visited the specific site directly.
Sites may collect information about you, use cookies, attach additional external tracking systems, and monitor your interactions with embedded material, including tracking your interactions with embedded material if you have an account and are logged in to that site.
5. Statistics analysis
We conduct analytical activities as part of the site to increase its intuitiveness and accessibility – this will happen to you if you allow such activities. As part of the analysis, we will take into account the way you navigate the site – e.g. how much time you spend on a given subpage or where you click on the site. This allows us to adjust the layout and appearance of the site and the content posted on it to the needs of Users.
Browser settings or other similar action allowing marketing activities
| For what purpose? |
|---|
| direct marketing, consisting of displaying personalized advertisements (read more about this in the “Cookies” sections of the Privacy Policy) |
| On what basis? |
| our legitimate interest, consisting in processing data for the purpose specified above (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR) |
| How long? |
| until the cookies used for marketing purposes expire or are deleted by you* |
| What happens if you do not provide your data? |
| you will not receive suggestions for products or services that you may be interested in |
* depending on which is applicable in a given case and which will occur earliest
Browser settings or other similar action allowing for analytical activities
| For what purpose? |
|---|
| analysis of how you use and navigate the website, in order to adapt the website to the needs and behavior of Users (read more about this in the “Cookies” section of the Privacy Policy) |
| On what basis? |
| our legitimate interest in processing data for the purpose specified above (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR) |
| How long? |
| until the cookies used for analytical purposes expire or are deleted by you* |
| What happens if you do not provide data? |
| we will not take into account your preferences regarding the use of the website in the work on its development |
* depending on which is applicable in a given case and which occurs earliest
Taking action or omission that may give rise to claims related to the website or our services
| For what purpose? |
|---|
| determining, pursuing or defending possible claims related to the concluded contract or services provided |
| On what basis? |
| our legitimate interest in processing personal data for the purpose indicated above (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR) |
| How long? |
| until the expiry of the limitation period for claims or until we take into account your objection to processing* |
| What happens if you do not provide data? |
| inability to establish, pursue or defend claims |
* depending on which is applicable in a given case and which occurs earliest
WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE DATA?
We use the services of external entities that support us in running our business. We entrust them with processing your data – these entities process data only on our documented instructions.
Below you will find a list of recipients of your data:
| ACTION | DATA RECIPIENTS | TRANSFER OF DATA OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION |
|---|---|---|
| any action in connection with the website | hosting provider | does not take place |
| entity providing us with technical support / IT support | does not take place | |
| people cooperating with us on the basis of civil law contracts, supporting our current activities | does not take place | |
| being on a page of the website with settings that allow for analytical activities | entity enabling analytical activities on the website | does not take place |
| subscribing to a newsletter or consenting to the sending of marketing messages | entity ensuring the sending of a newsletter or marketing messages | does not take place |
| taking part in a satisfaction survey with our services | entities enabling the posting of opinions about the website or services and their comparison | does not take place |
And also:
the relevant public authorities to the extent that we are required to provide them with data.
HOW LONG DO WE STORE YOUR DATA?
If you leave a comment, its content and metadata will be stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve subsequent comments automatically, without sending them to moderation each time.
For users who have registered on our website (if any), we also store the personal information entered in the profile. Each user can view, correct or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username, which cannot be changed). The site administrators can also view and modify this information.
WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE TO YOUR DATA?
If you have a user account or have added comments on this website, you can request the delivery of a file with an exported set of your personal data in our possession, including all of the data you have provided. You can also request that we delete all of your personal data in our possession. This does not apply to any data that we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security reasons.
You have the right to request:
- access to your personal data (Article 15 of the GDPR),
- rectification (Article 16 of the GDPR),
- deletion (Article 17 of the GDPR),
- restriction of processing (Article 18 of the GDPR),
- transfer of data to another controller (Article 20 of the GDPR).
And the right to:
- object at any time to the processing of your data:
- for reasons related to your particular situation – to the processing of your personal data, based on Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f of the GDPR (i.e. on legitimate interests pursued by us), including profiling (Article 21 paragraph 1 of the GDPR);
- if personal data are processed for the purposes of direct marketing, including profiling, to the extent that the processing is related to such direct marketing (Article 21 paragraph 2 of the GDPR).
Contact us if you wish to exercise your rights. You can object to our use of cookies (which you can read about below) in particular by using the appropriate browser settings.
If you believe that your data is being processed unlawfully, you can file a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office.
WHERE DO WE SEND DATA?
Guest comments may be checked using an automatic spam detection service.
YOUR CONTACT DETAILS AND THEIR PUBLICATION
If you decide to publish a comment, its content and your signature will be visible to other users of the site.
We do not disclose your e-mail address to other users – unless you do it yourself.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DATA SECURITY
1. How do we protect your data?
When processing your personal data, we use organizational and technical measures in accordance with the applicable legal regulations, including encrypting the connection using an SSL certificate (visible padlock in the browser address bar), which ensures the confidentiality and integrity of data transmission (content), as well as server authentication. For the rest, see the sections above: “what personal data we collect and why we collect it”, “embedded content from other websites” and “statistics analysis”.
2. What procedures do we have in place in the event of a data privacy breach?
If any privacy (security) breaches/inconsistencies are detected, we undertake to analyze their causes and take corrective, corrective and preventive measures in accordance with separate data protection regulations.
3. From which third parties do we receive data?
See the sections above: “embedded content from other websites” and “statistics analysis”.
4. What automated decision-making and/or profiling do we conduct using user data?
We do not use your data in this way, and we do not plan or anticipate such a possibility in the future.
5. What are the industry regulatory disclosure requirements?
Currently, we are not aware of any industry regulatory disclosure requirements that would make information management, personal data protection, and privacy more uniform and more secure.