General information
This Privacy Policy applies to the website that operates on www.astec.net.
The Operator of the website and the Administrator of personal data is: Astec IT Services Sp. z o.o., ul. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego 11, 65-036 Zielona Góra, Poland.
Contact email address: [email protected]
The Operator is the Administrator of your personal data in relation to the data voluntarily provided on the website.
The website uses personal data for the purpose of online chat.
The website performs the functions of obtaining information about users and their behavior in the following way:
- Through data voluntarily entered in the forms, which are entered into the Operator’s systems.
- By storing cookies in the end devices.
The selected data protection methods used by the Operator
The places where you log in and enter your personal data are protected in the transmission layer (SSL certificate). This way, the personal data and login data entered on the website are encrypted on the user’s computer and can only be read on the target server.
Personal data stored in the database is encrypted in such a way that only the Operator who holds the key can read it. Thanks to this, the data is protected in the unlikely event of the database being stolen from the server.
The Operator periodically changes the administrative passwords.
Hosting
The website is technically maintained on servers rented from Hetzner Online GmbH, located in Germany.
Your rights and additional information on the use of your data
In some situations, the Administrator has the right to transfer your personal data to other recipients, if it is necessary to perform the service or to fulfill the obligations imposed on the Administrator. This applies to groups of recipients such as:
- operators of online chat solutions (LiveChat, Inc.),
- authorized employees and associates who use the data in order to fulfill the purpose of the website’s operation,
- companies providing marketing services to the Administrator.
Your personal data is processed by the Administrator no longer than it is necessary to perform the related activities specified in separate regulations. With regard to marketing data, the data will not be processed for more than 3 years.
You have the right to demand from the Administrator:
- to access your personal data,
- to correct your personal data,
- to remove your personal data,
- to restrict processing of your personal data,
- and to transfer your personal data.
You have the right to object to the processing of personal data for the purpose of exercising legitimate interests pursued by the Administrator, and the right to object cannot be exercised if there are important legitimate grounds for the processing, overriding interests, rights and freedoms, in particular the identification, investigation or defense of claims.
You have the right to file an official complaint regarding the Administrator’s actions to the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, Poland.
Providing personal data to LiveChat, Inc. is voluntary, but necessary for the proper operation of all functions of the website.
Personal data provided by you voluntarily in LiveChat shall be transferred to LiveChat, Inc., whose registered office is in the United States of America. The security of your data is guaranteed by the Privacy Shield and the agreement on the basis of which LiveChat, Inc. processes your personal data on behalf of Astec IT Services sp. z o.o. You can learn more about data security in LiveChat here. You can learn more about the Privacy Shield here.
Information submitted in forms
The website collects information provided voluntarily by the user, including personal data, if it was provided.
The website may store information about the connection parameters (time stamp, IP address).
The data provided in forms is being processed only for the purpose resulting from the function of a specific form, i.e. enabling the service of chat rooms or to contact the Administrator.
Administrator’s logs
Information about the behavior of users on the website may be subject to logging. This data is used to administer the website.
Relevant marketing techniques
The operator uses statistical analysis of website activity provided by Google Analytics, a tool of Google, Inc. with its registered office in the USA. The Operator does not transfer any personal data to the operator of this service, only anonymized information. The service is based on the use of cookies on the end user’s device. Within the scope of information on user preferences collected by Google’s advertising network, the user may view and edit information resulting from cookies using the following tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
Information regarding cookie files
This website uses cookies.
Cookies are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the end device of Website User and are intended to use the Website pages. Cookies usually contain the name of the website from which they originate, the time of storing them on the end equipment and a unique number.
The entity placing cookies on the device of the website user and obtaining access to them is the Operator.
Cookies are used to fulfill the purposes specified above in the “Relevant marketing techniques” section.
Within the website two basic types of cookies are used: “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary files that are stored on the user’s device until they leave the website or until the software (web browser) is switched off. “Persistent” cookies are stored on the user’s device for a period of time specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the user.
Software to browse the web pages (web browser) usually allows the storage of cookies on the user’s device by default. Website users may change the settings in this respect. The web browser allows the deletion of cookies. It is also possible to automatically block cookies. Detailed information on this subject are contained in the help or documentation of the web browser.
By limiting the use of cookies you may affect some of the website’s features.
Cookies placed on the device of website user may also be used by entities cooperating with the Operator of the website, in particular Google, Inc. with its registered office in the USA.
Cookie management
If you do not want to allow the use of cookies, you can change that setting in your web browser. We would like to point out that disabling the use of cookies necessary for authentication, security and maintaining user preferences may make it difficult to use the website (and in extreme cases may prevent the use of the website altogether).