§1 General Information

  1. This policy applies to the Website operating at the URL: https://varkinia.com. The Website operator and Personal Data Administrator is: Varkinia Tax ID 6572992460 Business Registry 529707112
  2. Operator's contact email address: hello@varkinia.com
  3. The Operator is the Administrator of your personal data with respect to data voluntarily provided on the Website.
  4. The Website performs functions of obtaining information about users and their behavior in the following ways:
    1. Through data voluntarily entered in 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 means that personal data and login credentials entered on the site are encrypted on the user's computer and can only be read on the target server.

§3 Hosting

  1. The Website is hosted (technically maintained) on Hostinger servers
  2. The hosting company maintains server-level logs to ensure technical reliability. The following may be logged:
    1. resources identified by URL (addresses of requested resources – pages, files),
    2. query arrival time,
    3. response sending time,
    4. client station name – identification performed by HTTP protocol,
    5. information about errors that occurred during HTTP transaction execution,
    6. URL of the page previously visited by the user (referrer link) – if access to the Website occurred through a link,
    7. information about the user's browser,
    8. IP address information,
    9. diagnostic information related to the process of self-ordering services through on-site recorders,
    10. information related to handling emails directed to the Operator and sent by the Operator.

§4 Your Rights and Additional Information About Data Usage

  1. Your personal data is processed by the Administrator for no longer than necessary to perform related activities specified by separate regulations (e.g., on accounting). Regarding marketing data, data will not be processed for longer than 3 years.
  2. You have the right to request from the Administrator:
    1. access to personal data concerning you,
    2. their rectification,
    3. deletion,
    4. processing restriction,
    5. and data portability.
  3. You have the right to object to the processing indicated in section 3.3 c) regarding the processing of personal data for the purpose of legitimate interests pursued by the Administrator, including profiling, provided that the right to object cannot be exercised in case of valid legally justified grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, particularly for establishing, pursuing, or defending claims.
  4. You have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, Poland.
  5. Providing personal data is voluntary but necessary to operate the Website.
  6. Actions involving automated decision-making, including profiling, may be taken in relation to you for the purpose of providing services under the concluded agreement and for the Administrator's direct marketing purposes.
  7. Personal data is transferred from third countries within the meaning of personal data protection regulations. This means we transfer it outside the European Union.

§5 Information in Forms

  1. The Website collects information voluntarily provided by the user, including personal data, if provided.
  2. The Website may save information about connection parameters (time stamp, IP address).
  3. In some cases, the Website may save information facilitating the association of form data with the email address of the user filling out the form. In such cases, the user's email address appears within the URL of the page containing the form.
  4. Data provided in the form is processed for the purpose resulting from the function of a specific form, e.g., to handle a service request or commercial contact, register services, etc. Each time the context and description of the form clearly informs what it serves.

§6 Administrator Logs

  1. Information about user behavior on the website may be logged. This data is used for website administration purposes.

§7 Important Marketing Techniques

  1. The Operator uses statistical analysis of website traffic through Google Analytics (Google Inc. based in the USA). The Operator does not transfer personal data to this service operator, only anonymized information. The service is based on using cookies on the user's end device. Regarding information about user preferences collected by the Google advertising network, users can view and edit information resulting from cookies using the tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/

§8 Information About Cookies

  1. The Website uses cookies.
  2. Cookies constitute IT data, particularly text files, that are stored on the Website User's end device and are intended for using the Website's web pages. Cookies typically 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 login), thanks to which the user does not have to re-enter login and password on each subpage of the Website;
    2. achieving the purposes specified above in the "Important Marketing Techniques" section;
  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 logout, 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 cookie parameters or until deleted by the User.
  6. Web browsing software (web browser) typically allows cookies to be stored on the User's end device by default. Website users can change settings in this regard. The web browser allows deleting cookies. Automatic blocking of cookies is also possible. Detailed information on this is contained in the help or documentation of the web browser.
  7. Restrictions on using cookies may affect some functionalities available on the Website's web pages.
  8. Cookies placed on the Website User's end device may also be used by entities cooperating with the Website operator, particularly this concerns companies: Google (Google Inc. based in the USA), Facebook (Facebook Inc. based in the USA), Twitter (Twitter Inc. based in the USA).

§9 Cookie Management – How to Grant and Withdraw Consent in Practice?

  1. If the user does not want to receive cookies, they can change their browser settings. We note that disabling cookies necessary for authentication, security, and maintaining user preferences may make it difficult, and in extreme cases may make it impossible to use websites
  2. To manage cookie settings, select the web browser you use from the list below and follow the instructions:
    1. Edge
    2. Internet Explorer
    3. Chrome
    4. Safari
    5. Firefox
    6. Opera
  3. Mobile devices:
    1. Android
    2. Safari (iOS)
    3. Windows Phone