1. General information

  1. This policy applies to the Website operating at the following URL: womenchessfestival.pl.
  2. The Website operator and personal data controller is: Lower Silesian Chess Association, ul. Borowska 1-3, 50-529 Wrocław.
  3. The operator’s contact email address is: biuro@womenchessfestival.pl.
  4. The operator is the administrator of your personal data in relation to the data provided voluntarily on the Website.
  5. The Website uses personal data for the following purposes:
    • Running a newsletter
    • Handling enquiries via the form
    • Providing the services ordered
  6. The Website collects information about users and their behaviour in the following ways:
    1. Through data voluntarily entered into forms, which is entered into the Operator’s systems.
    2. By storing cookies on end devices.

2. Selected data protection methods used by the Operator

  1. Login and personal data entry points are protected at the transmission layer (SSL certificate). This ensures that personal data and login details entered on the website are encrypted on the user’s computer and can only be read on the destination server.
  2. The Operator periodically changes its administrative passwords.
  3. An important element of data protection is the regular updating of all software used by the Operator to process personal data, which in particular means regular updates of programming components.

3. Hosting

  1. The service is hosted (technically maintained) on the operator’s servers: LH.pl

4. Your rights and additional information about how your data is used

  1. In certain 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 fulfil the obligations incumbent on the Administrator. This applies to the following groups of recipients:
    • hosting company
    • authorised employees and associates who use the data to achieve the purpose of the website
  2. Your personal data processed by the Administrator for no longer than is necessary to perform the related activities specified in separate regulations (e.g. on accounting). With regard to marketing data, the data will not be processed for longer than 3 years.
  3. You have the right to request from the Controller:
    • access to your personal data,
    • its rectification,
    • erasure,
    • restriction of processing,
    • and data portability.
  4. You have the right to object to the processing referred to in point 3.3 c) to the processing of personal data for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, including profiling, whereby the right to object shall not be exercised if there are valid legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, in particular the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  5. The Controller’s actions may be appealed to the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw.
  6. Providing personal data is voluntary, but necessary for the operation of the Website.
  7. You may be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling, for the purpose of providing services under the contract and for the purpose of direct marketing by the Controller.
  8. Personal data is not transferred from third countries within the meaning of the provisions on personal data protection. This means that we do not transfer it outside the European Union.

5. Information in forms

  1. The website collects information provided voluntarily by the user, including personal data, if provided.
  2. The website may store information about connection parameters (time stamp, IP address).
  3. In some cases, the website may store information that facilitates the linking of data in the form with the email address of the user filling out the form. In this case, the user’s email address appears within the URL of the page containing the form.
  4. The data provided in the form is processed for the purpose resulting from the function of the specific form, e.g. to process a service request or commercial contact, register services, etc. Each time, the context and description of the form clearly informs you what it is used for.

6. Administrator logs

  1. Information about user behaviour on the website may be logged. This data is used for the purpose of administering the website.

7. Relevant Marketing Techniques

  1. The operator uses statistical analysis of website traffic via Google Analytics (Google Inc. based in the USA). The operator does not transfer personal data to the operator of this service, only anonymised information. The service is based on the use of cookies on the user’s end device. With regard to 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/
  2. The Operator uses remarketing techniques to tailor advertising messages to the user’s behaviour on the website, which may give the illusion that the user’s personal data is being used to track them, but in practice no personal data is transferred from the Operator to advertising operators. The technological prerequisite for such activities is the enabling of cookies.
  3. The Operator uses Facebook pixels. This technology allows Facebook (Facebook Inc. based in the USA) to know that a person registered with it is using the Website. In this case, it is based on data for which it is the controller; the Operator does not transfer any additional personal data to Facebook. The service is based on the use of cookies on the user’s end device.

8. Information about cookies

  1. The website uses cookies.
  2. Cookies are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the Website User’s end device and are intended for use on the Website’s pages. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, their storage time on the end device and a unique number.
  3. The entity placing cookies on the Website User’s end device and accessing them is the Website operator.
  4. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
    1. maintaining the Website user’s session (after logging in), thanks to which the user does not have to re-enter their login and password on every subpage of the Website;
    2. achieving the objectives set out above in the section “Important marketing techniques”;
  5. 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 they log out, leave the website or turn off their web browser (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.
  6. Web browsing software (web browser) usually allows cookies to be stored on the User’s end device by default. Website Users can change their settings in this regard. The web browser allows you to delete cookies. It is also possible to automatically block cookies. Detailed information on this subject can be found in the help section or documentation of your web browser.
  7. Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Website.
  8. 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. based in the USA), Facebook (Facebook Inc. based in the USA), Twitter (Twitter Inc. based in the USA).

9. Managing cookies – how to give and withdraw consent in practice?

  1. If you do not want to receive cookies, you can change your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies necessary for authentication, security and maintaining user preferences may hinder, and in extreme cases may prevent, the use of websites.
  2. To manage your cookie settings, select the web browser you are using from the list below and follow the instructions:Mobile devices:

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