Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The following Privacy Policy specifies the principles of storing and accessing data on the Devices of the Users using the Service for the purpose of providing electronic services by the Administrator, as well as the principles of collecting and processing of the Users’ personal data that were provided by them personally and voluntarily through the tools available in the Service.

§1 Definitions

Service – the „aintoz.com” Internet service operating at https://aintoz.com/.

External Service – the websites of partners, service providers or customers cooperating with the Administrator
Administrator of the Service / Data – the Administrator of the Service and the Administrator of the Data (hereinafter referred to as the Administrator) is a natural person, the owner of the website Państwa-Miasta.com.pl

User – a natural person for whom the Administrator provides services electronically through the Service.

Device – an electronic device with software, through which the User gains access to the Service.

Cookies – text data collected in the form of files placed on the User’s Device.

RODO – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals 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 automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;

Restriction of processing – means the marking of stored personal data to restrict its future processing

Profiling – means any form of automated processing of personal data which involves the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal factors of 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 movements

Consent – consent of the data subject means a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of intent by which the data subject, either by a statement or a clear affirmative action, gives his or her consent to the processing of personal data relating to him or her

Personal data breach – means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of or unauthorized access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
Pseudonymization – 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 stored separately and is covered by technical and organizational measures that make it impossible to attribute it to an identified or identifiable natural person

Anonymization – Data anonymization is an irreversible process of data operations that destroys / overwrites „personal data” making it impossible to identify, or link, a record to a specific user or individual.

§2 Data Protection Inspector

Pursuant to Article 37 RODO, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

In matters concerning data processing, including personal data, please contact the Administrator directly.

§3 Types of Cookies

Internal cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service’s information and communication system
External cookies – files placed and read from User’s Device by IT systems of external Services. Scripts of External Services that can place cookies on User Devices have been deliberately placed in the Service through scripts and services made available and installed in the Service

Session Cookies – files placed and read from the User Device by the Website during one session of a given Device. After the end of the session the files are deleted from the User Device.
Persistent cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website until they are manually deleted. The files are not deleted automatically after the end of a 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 Data Storage Security

Mechanisms of storing and reading Cookies – Mechanisms of storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies stored on the User Device and the Website are implemented through built-in mechanisms of Internet browsers and do not allow collecting other data from the User Device or data of other websites visited by the User, including personal data and confidential information. Transfer of viruses, Trojan horses and other worms to the User Device is also practically impossible.

Internal cookies – Cookies used by the Administrator are safe for the User’s Device and do not contain scripts, content or information that may be harmful to the security of personal data or the security of the User’s Device.

External cookies – The Administrator makes all possible efforts to verify and select service partners in the context of User safety. The Administrator selects well-known, large partners with global public trust. However, the Administrator does not have full control over the content of cookies from external partners. To the extent permitted by law, the Administrator shall not be held liable for the security of cookies, their content or their use by the scripts installed in the service that come from external services. The list of partners can be found later in this Privacy Policy.

Cookie control
The user can at any time, independently change the settings for the storage, deletion and access to data stored cookies by each website

Information on how to disable cookies in the most popular browsers is available on the website: how to disable cookies or from one of the indicated suppliers:

  • Managing cookies in the Chrome browser
  • Managing cookies in Opera browser
  • Manage cookies in FireFox
  • Manage cookies in Edge
  • Managing cookies in the Safari browser
  • Managing cookies in Internet Explorer 11

The User can, at any time, delete any cookies already stored by using the tools of the User’s Device through which the User uses the services of the Website.

Threats on the User’s side – The Administrator uses all possible technical means to ensure safety of data placed in cookies. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties, including the activity of the User. The Administrator is not responsible for any interception of this data, impersonation of a User’s session or its deletion as a result of conscious or unconscious activity of the User, viruses, Trojan horses and other spyware, which may be or was infected with the User’s Device. In order to protect themselves from such threats, Users should follow the rules of safe network use.

Storage of personal data – Administrator ensures that he makes every effort to ensure that processed personal data entered voluntarily by the Users are safe, access to them is limited and carried out in accordance with their purpose and objectives of processing. The Administrator also ensures that he makes every effort to protect the data he holds against loss through the use of appropriate physical and organizational security measures.

§5 Purposes for which cookies are used

  • Improving and facilitating access to the Website
  • Personalization of the Website for Users
  • Ad serving services
  • Affiliation services
  • Keeping statistics (users, number of visits, types of devices, links, etc.)
  • Serving multimedia services

§6 Goals of personal data processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users are processed for one of the following purposes:

Realization of electronic services:
Services of commenting / liking entries in the Service without the need to register
Communication of the Administrator with Users in matters related to the Service and data protection
Providing the legally justified interest of the Administrator
Data about Users collected anonymously and automatically are processed for one of the following purposes:

  • Maintaining statistics
  • Serving advertisements adjusted to the Users’ preferences
  • Servicing affiliate programs
  • Ensuring the legitimate interest of the Administrator

§7 Cookies of external services

The Administrator uses javascript scripts and web components of partners on the Website, who may place their own cookies on the User’s Device. Remember that in your browser settings you can decide on the allowed cookies that can be used by particular websites. Below is a list of partners or their services implemented on the Website that may place cookies:

Multimedia Services:

  • YouTube
  • Ad serving services and affiliate networks:
  • Google Adsense
  • Keeping statistics:
  • Google Analytics
  • Other services:
  • Google Maps

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 collected data

The Website collects data on Users. Part of the data is collected automatically and anonymously, and part of the data is personal data provided voluntarily by Users in the course of signing up for particular services offered by the Website.

Anonymous data collected automatically:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Screen resolution
  • Approximate location
  • Subpages opened on the website
  • Time spent on relevant subpage
  • Operating system type
  • Previous subpage address
  • Referring website address
  • Browser language
  • Internet connection speed
  • Internet Service Provider
  • Demographic data (age, gender)

Data collected during registration:

  • First name / last name / nickname
  • Login
  • E-mail address
  • Web page addresses
  • IP address (collected automatically)
  • Data collected when signing up for the Newsletter service

E-mail address
Information collected when you post a comment

Name and surname / nickname
E-mail address
www address
IP address (collected automatically)
Part of the data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Part of the data (without identifying information) may be transmitted to a provider of statistical services.

§9 Access to personal data by third parties

As a rule the only recipient of personal data provided by Users is the Administrator. Data collected in the framework of the provided services are not transferred or resold to third parties.

Access to the data (usually on the basis of the Contract for Entrustment of Data Processing) may have entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary to run the service, i.e:

Hosting companies, providing hosting or related services for the Administrator
Entrusting the processing of personal data – Hosting services, VPS or Dedicated Servers

In order to run the website, the Administrator uses services of an external provider of hosting, VPS or Dedicated Servers – <arel=”nofollow external”=”” href=”https://www.ovh.pl/ochrona-danych-osobowych/”>OVH sp. z o.o.</arel=”nofollow>. All data collected and processed on the website are stored and processed in the infrastructure of the service provider located within gramic of European Union. There is a possibility of access to the data as a result of maintenance work carried out by the personnel of the service provider. The access to the data is regulated by the agreement concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.

§10 Processing of personal data

Personal data is provided voluntarily by Users:

Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless they have been published as a result of an individual action of the User (e.g. entering a comment or an entry), which will make the data available to every person visiting the service.
Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
Personal data will not be sold to third parties.
Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:

Anonymous data (without personal data) will be transferred outside the European Union.
Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be used for automated decision making (profiling).
Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be sold to third parties.

§11 Legal basis 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 consent to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specified purposes
Article 6(1)(b)
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 legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000)
Act of 16 July 2004. Telecommunication 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 personal data processing

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

As a rule, the indicated personal data are stored only for the period of providing the Service within the Service by the Administrator. They are deleted or anonymized within a period of up to 30 days after termination of service (e.g. deletion of a registered user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter list, etc.).

The exception is a situation that requires securing legitimate purposes for further processing of such data by the Administrator. In such a situation, the Administrator will store the aforementioned data from the time of the User’s request to remove them, no longer than for the period of 3 years in the case of violation or suspected violation of the provisions of the Terms of Service by the User.

Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:

Anonymous statistical data, not constituting personal data, are stored by the Administrator for the purpose of keeping statistics of the service for an indefinite period of time

§13 Users’ rights related 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, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator
Right to rectify personal data
Users have the right to demand from the Administrator immediate rectification of their personal data that are incorrect and/or to complete incomplete personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator
Right to erasure of personal data
Users have the right to demand from the Administrator immediate deletion of their personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator. In case of user accounts, deletion of data consists in anonymizing the data allowing for identification of the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the data deletion request in order to protect the Administrator’s legitimate interest (e.g. when the User committed an infringement of the Terms of Use or the data were collected 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 the link placed in each e-mail message sent.
Right to limit processing of personal data
Users have the right to restrict the processing of personal data in cases indicated in Article 18 RODO, among others, by questioning the correctness of personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
Right to personal data portability
Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, carried out at the request submitted 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 specified in Article 21 of the RODO, exercised at the request submitted to the Administrator
Right to lodge a complaint
Users have the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority dealing with personal data protection.

§14 Contact to the Administrator

The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways

e-mail – ipanstwamiasta@gmail.com

§15 Service Requirements

Restricting the storage of and access to cookies on the User’s Device may result in malfunctioning of some functions of the Website.
The Administrator shall not be held liable for malfunctions of the Website in case a User restricts in any way the ability to store and read Cookie files.

§16 External links

In the Service – articles, posts, entries or comments of Users there may be links to external websites, with which the Owner of the service does not cooperate. These links and the sites or files 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 content found outside the Service.

§17 Changes in Privacy Policy

The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without informing the Users about the use of anonymous data or the use of cookies.
The Administrator reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with regard to the processing of Personal Data, of which it shall inform the Users who have user accounts or who are subscribed to the newsletter service, via e-mail within 7 days of the change. Continued use of the services shall mean that the User has read and accepted the amendments to the Privacy Policy. In the event that the User does not agree with the introduced changes, he shall be obliged to delete his account from the Service or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.
Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Site.
The changes will enter into force upon their publication.
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