PRIVACY POLICY AND COOKIES FILES POLICY OF THE BUSINESSFORECAST WEBSITE

WHO IS AN ADMINISTRATOR OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

The owner, operator and administrator of the service (hereinafter referred to as: “Website”) located at the internet domain: www.businessforecast.pl and www.businessforecast.eu, as well as the administrator of personal data is the company: BusinessForecast sp. z o. o. with its registered office in Toruń, registered office address: ul. Bydgoska 1 (87-100 Toruń), entered into the register of entrepreneurs kept by the District Court in Toruń, 7th KRS Commercial Division under the KRS number 0000452183, REGON 341395968, NIP: 9562302449 (hereinafter referred to as “Operator”). If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data and your rights, please contact us by sending an email to: contact@businessforecast.eu.

WHAT PURPOSES, ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS, AND FOR WHAT TIME WE WILL PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Marketing goals

On the basis of your consent, we will process your data for marketing purposes. Thanks to this consent, we will be able to send you information about our offer, events organized by us and promotions that we have prepared for you.

Implementation of a business forecasting service and data archiving after the service is completed

For the purposes of providing services and data archiving after the service is completed, your data will be processed on the basis of the terms of the website.

HOW DO WE SHARE INFORMATION?

Your personal information will be treated as being strictly confidential. We may share your personal information with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in this policy:

1. Our professional advisors such as auditors, accountants and lawyers, etc.

2. Companies that provide services to help us with our business activities, such as data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and payment processing.

3. Your data may be also transmitted to public authorities, but only when authorized by applicable law.

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

You have the right to:

1. access to the content of your data,

2. to correct your data,

3. to delete your data if:

   1. you will withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data,

   2. your personal data will cease to be necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed,

   3. you object to the use of your data for marketing purposes,

   4. you object to the use of your data to adapt our services to your preferences,

   5. your personal data is processed unlawfully,

4. to limit the processing of your data,

5. to object to the processing of data,

6. to transfer data,

7. to withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the processing of data carried out by us before its withdrawal.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory body when you feel that the processing of your personal data violates the provisions of applicable law.

HOW DO WE MATCH THE SERVICES TO YOUR INTEREST AND PREFERENCES?

We will process personal data collected for marketing purposes in an automated way in the form of profiling. This means that by analyzing the data you provide, we will present an offer tailored to your needs.

I . GENERAL INFORMATION

1. The businessforecast website obtains the necessary data about users in order to properly provide the service.

2. The Website fulfils the function of obtaining information about users (hereinafter referred to as: “Users”) and their activity in the following manner:

a. By collecting, storing, saving and processing information which was submitted voluntarily and directly by Users on the webpage of the Website by completing registration forms or order forms available on-line, through email or phone contact.

b. By automatic collection through the IT system used by the Operator of the Website, including the usage of cookie files.

c. By storing the logs from the webpages of the Website by the hosting operator of the Website, i.e. the company OVH Sp. z o.o., ul. Szkocka 5 lok. 1, 54-402 Wrocław functioning at the www address www.ovh.eu

3. Personal data submitted by Users in connection with rendering services, which are specified in the Terms and Conditions of the Website, shall be processed by the Operator exclusively with the purpose of rendering those services and if the right to processing such personal data is allowed pursuant to mandatory provisions of law (art. 23 section 1 items 2–5 of the Act of 29 August 1997 on personal data protection), as well as for marketing purposes,

4. Each User may request access to the submitted data and – if necessary – modify it.

5. Personal data shall be processed by the Operator of the data in accordance with the prevailing provisions of law.

II. THE DATA COLLECTED AND SAVED ON THE SERVER OF THE WEBSITE

1. The Website collects, stores, saves and processes the following personal information:

a. Information submitted by Users in the registration form for the purpose of registration in the Website, i.e. name and surname, company name, email address, address of residence and permanent residence, address of the company seat, phone number, NIP number, REGON number, number in KRS,

b. Information submitted by Users in the order form to place an order on the Website, i.e. name and surname, company name, email address, address of residence, address of the company seat, phone number, NIP number, REGON number, number in KRS, delivery address (shipping).

c. Other information necessary for using Services rendered through the Website including: bank account number for transfers of payments for returned or faulty products, history of orders placed by the User.

2. Additionally, the IT system of the Website automatically collects, stores, saves and processes information concerning technical and technological parameters of the connection, among others, the source where the User entered the site from, time and location of connection, IP address, requested internet address (URL), internet address from which the User entered the Website, type of internet browser and search engine, key words used by the User, other technical information transmitted through the HTTP protocol.

3. Data collected by the Website constitute a set of data or a database of potential clients recorded by the Operator in the register held by the Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data.

4. Data collected by the Operator is processed with the purpose that results from the scope of Services rendered within the frame of the webpage of the Website.

5. Data collected by the Operator is shared with third parties exclusively for the purposes necessary for providing services rendered through the Website e.g. in order to make payments for services or with the User’s consent.

6. Data collected by the Operator is shared with third parties dealing with technical maintenance of the webpage of the Website – this relates to transferring information about the owner of the registered domain to entities who are operators of internet domains, payment processors or other parties the Operator cooperates with in this scope.

7. Data collected by the Operator is shared with third parties only to the extent allowed by the law.

8. The Operator may be obliged to share information collected through the Website with authorities in accordance with lawful requests and only within the scope of such a request.

9. The Operator shall use his best efforts to effectively protect the collected and processed personal data of Users, using security systems, organisational and technical conditions appropriate for devices and IT systems dedicated to collecting and processing personal data in accordance with mandatory applicable law.

III. INFORMATION ON COOKIE FILES

1. The webpage of the Website uses cookie files.

2. Using the webpage of the Website by the User means giving a consent to using cookie files.

3. Cookie files constitute electronic data, especially small text files which are stored on the end user’s device and are used in the process of using the webpage of the Website. Cookie files usually contain the name of the website where they come from, information on how long they are kept on the end user’s device and a unique number.

4. The Operator is the entity that places cookie files on the end user’s device and gets access to them.

5. Cookie files are used for the following purposes:

a. to monitor and create statistical data, concerning the way Users utilise services of the Website, which allow for adjusting the webpage of the Website to the Users’ needs.

b. to keep an open User session (after logging in), thanks to which the User does not have to enter the login and password again on each subpage of the Website.

c. to recognise the User profile in order to display materials adjusted to the User’s needs in advertising networks, especially in Google.

d. for advertising and to monitor the activity of Users who visit the webpage of the Website.

e. to make it easier for Users to navigate the webpage of the Website and use it.

f. to guarantee safety standards.

6. For the purposes of functioning of the webpage of the Website two types of cookie files are used:

a. “session cookies” cookie files which are temporary files that are kept on the end user’s device until logging out, leaving the Website or turning off the software (internet browser).

b. “persistent cookies”, which are files kept on the end user’s device for a period of time specified in the parameters of the cookie files or until they are deleted by the User.

7. Cookie files are placed on the end users’ device are also used by third parties who cooperate with the Operator, who have their own privacy policies.

8. The policy for protecting the privacy of entities cooperating with the Operator within the scope of the webpage of the Website as well as the rules of using cookie files used in statistics are available on the webpage: Privacy protection policy Google Analytics.

9. Cookie files may be used by third party advertising networks, including the Google network, for the purpose of displaying advertisements adjusted to the way the User uses the Website and may store information on the User’s navigation path or the time the User spent on a given webpage.

10. Within the scope of information concerning User preferences collected by the advertising network Google, the User can view and edit information coming from cookie files using the following tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/.

IV. THE WEBSITE LOGS

1. Information and data concerning particular behaviour of Users is subject to logging on the server level. This data is used exclusively for the purposes of administration of the webpage of the Website and in order to provide possibly most efficient maintenance of the rendered hosting services.

2. The viewed resources are identified by URL addresses. Additionally, the following information and data may be stored:

a. time of receiving a request.

b. time of sending a reply.

c. name of User station – identification made through http protocol.

d. information concerning errors that occurred during an http transaction.

e. URL address of the website previously visited by the User (referrer link) – if the User came to the Website through a link.

f. information on the internet browser of the User.

g. Information on the IP address.

3. The data specified in section 2 is anonymous and is not associated with any particular Users of the Website. The data which makes it possible to identify a particular natural person is made available only with this person’s consent.

4. The data specified in section 2 is used only for the purposes of administering the server or executing services rendered though the Website.

V. MANAGING COOKIE FILES

1. Software used for viewing the Website (internet browser) by default allows for storing cookie files on the end user’s device.

2. In most cases software used for viewing internet websites (internet browser) by default allows storing cookie files on the end user’s device. Users of the Website can at any time change the settings concerning cookie files. Those settings can be changed so that automatic acceptance of cookie files is blocked in the internet browser settings or the browser informs about them being stored on the Website User’s device each time it happens. Detailed information about different options and modes of using cookie files is available in the software (internet browser) settings.

3. In order to manage settings concerning cookie files the User should select the internet browser/system from the list below and follow further instructions:

a. Internet Explorer

b. Chrome

c. Safari

d. Firefox

e. Opera

f. Android

g. Safari (iOS)

h. Windows Phone

i. Blackberry

4. Limiting the use of cookie files may influence some functions and services available through the webpage of the Website. Disabling cookie files, which are necessary for authorisation processes, safety, recording User preferences, may hinder or in extreme situations may make it impossible to use the webpage of the Website.