Privacy Policy
Privacy policy of prc.pl
The following Privacy Policy sets out the rules for storing and accessing data on the Devices of Users using the Website for the purposes of the provision of electronic services by the Administrator, as well as the rules for the collection and processing of the Users’ personal data provided by them personally and voluntarily through the tools available on the Website.
- 1 Definitions
- Service – the ‘prc.pl’ website operating at https://prc.pl.
- External service – websites of partners, service providers or customers who cooperate with the Administrator
- Service/Data Administrator – The Administrator of the Website and the Data Administrator (hereinafter referred to as the Administrator) is ‘Grupa PRC Holding sp. z o.o.’, a company operating at the following address: ul. Chłodna 2, 40-311 Katowice, with assigned tax identification number (NIP): 9542798714, with assigned KRS number: 0000756630, providing services electronically through the Service.
- User – a natural person for whom the Administrator provides services electronically through the Website.
- Device – an electronic device together with software through which the User accesses the Website
- Cookies – textual data collected in the form of files placed on the User’s Device
- GDPR (RODO) – 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 about 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 the natural person
- Processing – means an operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, organisation, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
- Limitation of processing – means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing
- Profiling – means any form of automated processing of personal data which involves the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal factors relating to an individual, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that individual’s performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movement
- Consent – consent of the data subject means a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the will by which the data subject, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, gives his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her
- Personal data breach – means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of or unauthorised access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
- Pseudonymisation – means the processing of personal data in such a way that they 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 covered by technical and organisational measures which make it impossible to attribute it to an identified or identifiable natural person
- Anonymisation – Data anonymisation is an irreversible process of data operations that destroys / overwrites ‘personal data’ making it impossible to identify, or link, a particular record to a specific user or individual.
- 2 Data Protection Officer
Pursuant to Article 37 RODO, the Controller has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.
For matters concerning data processing, including personal data, please contact the Controller directly.
- 3 Types of Cookies
- Internal cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service’s data communications system
- External Cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the ICT systems of the External Services. The scripts of External Services that may place Cookies on User Devices have been deliberately placed on the Website through scripts and services made available and installed on the Website
- Session cookies – files placed and read from the User Device by the Website during a single session of a given Device. At the end of the session, the files are deleted from the User Device.
- Persistent Cookies – files placed and read from the User Device by the Website until they are manually deleted. The files are not deleted automatically after the end of the session of the Device, unless the configuration of the User Device is set to delete cookies after the end of the session of the Device.
- 4 Security of data storage
- Mechanisms for storing and reading Cookies – The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies stored on the User’s Device and the Website are implemented through the built-in mechanisms of Internet browsers and do not allow other data to be retrieved from the User’s Device or from other websites visited by the User, including personal data or confidential information. The transmission of viruses, Trojan horses and other worms to the User Device is also practically impossible.
- Internal cookies – the cookies used by the Administrator are safe for the Users’ Devices and do not contain scripts, content or information that may compromise the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.
- External cookies – The Administrator makes all possible efforts to verify and select service partners in the context of User security. The Administrator selects well-known, large partners with global public trust for cooperation. However, the Administrator does not have full control over the content of cookies from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of cookies, their content and their use by the Scripts installed in the service, coming from external services in compliance with the licence, as far as the law allows. The list of partners can be found further on in the Privacy Policy.
- Cookie control
- The user can, at any time, independently modify the settings for the storage, deletion and access to data stored in cookies by each website.
- Information on how to disable cookies in the most popular browsers is available at: how to disable cookies or from one of the indicated providers:
- The User may, at any time, delete any Cookies stored to date using the tools of the User Device through which the User accesses the Website services.
- Threats on the part of the User – The Administrator uses all possible technical measures to ensure the security of the data placed in cookies. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties including the User’s activity. The Administrator is not responsible for interception of this data, impersonation of the User’s session or its deletion, as a result of the User’s conscious or unconscious activity, viruses, Trojan horses and other spyware with which the User’s Device may be or has been infected. Users, in order to protect themselves from these threats, should follow the recommendations for use of the Internet.
- Storage of personal data – The Administrator ensures that he makes every effort to ensure that the processed personal data entered voluntarily by the Users are secure, access to them is limited and carried out in accordance with their purpose and the purposes of processing. The Administrator also ensures that it makes every effort to secure the data it holds against loss, by applying appropriate physical as well as organisational safeguards.
- 5 Purposes for which cookies are used
- Improving and facilitating access to the Website
- Personalisation of the website for users
- Marketing, Remarketing on external sites
- Keeping statistics (users, number of visits, types of device, links, etc.)
- Provision of multimedia services
- Provision of community services
- 6 Purposes of personal data processing
Personal data voluntarily provided by Users are processed for one of the following purposes:
- Implementation of electronic services:
- Services for sharing information about content posted on the Website on social networks or other websites.
- Communication of the Administrator with the Users on matters related to the Service and data protection
- Ensuring the legitimate interest of the Administrator
Data about Users collected anonymously and automatically is processed for one of the following purposes:
- Running statistics
- Remarketing
- Ensuring the legitimate interest of the Administrator
- 7 Cookies of external services
The Administrator uses javascript and web components of partners on the Website, who may place their own cookies on the User’s Device. Please note that you can decide for yourself in your browser settings what cookies are allowed to be used by which websites. Below is a list of the partners or their services implemented on the Website that may place cookies:
- Multimedia services:
- Social/connected services:
(Registration, Login, content sharing, communication, etc.).
- Content sharing services:
- Keeping statistics:
- Other services:
The services provided by third parties are beyond the control of the Administrator. These entities may change their terms of service, privacy policies, purpose of data processing and use of cookies at any time.
- 8 Types of data collected
The Website collects data on Users. Part of the data is collected automatically and anonymously, and part of the data is personal data voluntarily provided by Users when signing up for particular services offered by the Website.
Anonymous data collected automatically:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Screen resolution
- Approximate location
- Sub-pages accessed
- Time spent on relevant sub-page
- Operating system type
- Previous Subpage Address
- Referring website address
- Browser language
- Internet connection speed
- Internet service provider
Data collected during registration:
- First name / last name / nickname
- Login
- E-mail address
- IP address (collected automatically)
Data collected when subscribing to the Newsletter service:
- E-mail address
Some data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Part of the data (without identifying information) may be transmitted to a statistical service provider.
- 9 Access to personal data by third parties
In principle, the Administrator is the only recipient of the personal data provided by Users. The data collected as part of the services provided are not transferred or resold to third parties.
Access to the data (usually on the basis of a Data Processing Entrustment Agreement) may be granted to entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary to run the service, i.e:
- Hosting companies providing hosting or related services to the Administrator
Entrusting the processing of personal data – Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server Services
In order to run the website, the administrator uses the services of an external provider of hosting, VPS or Dedicated Servers – hostido.pl. All data collected and processed in the service is stored and processed in the service provider’s infrastructure located in Poland. There is a possibility of access to data as a result of maintenance work carried out by the service provider’s staff. Access to such data is governed by an agreement concluded between the Administrator and the service provider.
- 10 Processing of personal data
Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:
- Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless it has been published as a result of an individual action by the User (e.g. entering a comment or entry), which will make the data available to any visitor to the website.
- Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
- Personal data will not be resold to third parties.
Anonymous data (no personal data) collected automatically:
- Anonymous data (without personal data) will be transferred outside the European Union.
- Anonymous data (without personal data) may be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
- The profiling of anonymised data (without personal data) does not produce legal effects or similarly does not materially affect the data subject of the automated decision-making.
- Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be resold to third parties.
- 11 Legal grounds for processing personal data
The Service 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 his or her consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specified purposes - Article 6(1)(b)
the 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
- Article 6(1)(a)
- Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000)
- Act of 16 July 2004. Telecommunications law (Journal of Laws 2004 no. 171 item 1800)
- Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws 1994 No. 24 item 83)
- 12 Period of processing of personal data
Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:
As a general rule, the personal data indicated are kept only for the duration of the provision of the Service within the Service by the Administrator. They are deleted or anonymised up to 30 days after termination of the service (e.g. deletion of a registered user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter list, etc.).
The exception to this is when it is necessary to safeguard the legitimate purposes of further processing of this data by the Administrator. In such a situation, the Administrator shall store the indicated data from the time of the User’s request to remove them, no longer than for a period of 3 years in the case of violation or suspected violation of the provisions of the regulations of the service by the User.
Anonymous data (no personal data) collected automatically:
Anonymous statistical data, which does not constitute personal data, is stored by the Administrator for the purpose of service statistics for an indefinite period of time.
- 13 Users’ rights in relation to the processing of personal data
The Service collects and processes Users’ data on the basis of:
- Right of access to personal data
Users have the right to access their personal data, exercised upon request made to the Administrator - Right to rectification of personal data
Users have the right to request from the Administrator the immediate rectification of personal data that is inaccurate and/or the completion of incomplete personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator - Right to erasure of personal data
The Users have the right to demand from the Administrator immediate deletion of their personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator In the case of user accounts, deletion of data consists in anonymisation of data enabling identification of the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the execution of the request for data deletion in order to protect the legitimate interest of the Administrator (e.g. when the User committed an infringement of the Terms of Use or the data was obtained as a result of conducted correspondence).
In the case of the Newsletter service, the User has the possibility to delete his/her personal data on his/her own using a link included in each e-mail message sent. - Right to restrict processing of personal data
Users have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data in the cases indicated in Article 18 of the RODO, among others, to question the accuracy of their personal data, exercised upon request made to the Administrator - Right to data portability
Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, carried out upon request made 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 set out in Article 21 of the RODO, exercised upon request made to the Administrator - Right of action
Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority.
- 14 Contact to the Administrator
The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways
- Postal address – Grupa PRC Holding sp. z o.o., 2 Chłodna Street, 40-311 Katowice
- E-mail address – kontakt@prc.pl
- Telephone connection – +48 32 364 04 00
- Contact form – available at: https://prc.pl/#kontakt
- 15 Service requirements
- Restricting the storage and access to cookies on the User’s Device may result in the malfunctioning of certain functions of the Website.
- The Administrator shall not be held liable for malfunctions of the Website in the event that the User restricts the storage and reading of cookies in any way.
- 16 External links
The Service – articles, posts, entries or comments of Users may contain links to external sites with which the Owner of the Service does not cooperate. These links, as well as the sites or files indicated underneath them, may be dangerous to your Device or pose a threat to the security of your data. The Administrator shall not be held liable for the content located outside the Service.
- 17 Changes to the Privacy Policy
- The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without informing the Users with regard to the use and application of anonymised data or the use of cookies.
- The Administrator reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at will with regard to the processing of Personal Data, of which it will inform Users who have user accounts or who are subscribed to the newsletter service, via email within 7 days of the change of records. Continued use of the services implies that the User has read and accepts the changes made to the Privacy Policy. In the event that the User does not agree with the introduced changes, he/she is obliged to delete his/her account from the Website or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.
- The introduced changes to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Service.
- The introduced changes shall enter into force upon their publication.