PRIVACY POLICY

I. General Information

  1. This policy applies to the website operating under the URL: halfmarathon.szczecin.pl
  2. The website operator and data controller is: Stowarzyszenie K2 Partners, Spółdzielców 19c/1, 72-006 Mierzyn
  3. Contact email address for the operator: info@k2partners.org.pl
  4. The operator is the controller of your personal data with regard to the data voluntarily provided on the website.
  5. The website uses personal data for the following purposes:
    • Presentation of offers or information
  6. The website collects information about users and their behavior in the following ways:
    1. Through data voluntarily entered in forms, which are entered into the operator’s systems.
    2. By saving cookies on end devices (so-called “cookies”).

II. Selected Data Protection Methods Used by the Operator

  1. Login and personal data entry points are secured at the transmission layer (SSL certificate). This ensures that personal data and login information entered on the site are encrypted on the user’s computer and can only be read on the target server.
  2. User passwords are stored in a hashed form. The hashing function is one-way, meaning it cannot be reversed, which is a modern standard for storing user passwords.
  3. The operator periodically changes its administrative passwords.
  4. To protect data, the operator regularly performs backups.
  5. An essential part of data protection is the regular updating of all software used by the operator for processing personal data, including frequent updates to software components.

III. Hosting

  1. The website is hosted (technically maintained) on the servers of the operator: cyberFolks.pl

IV. Your Rights and Additional Information on Data Usage

  1. In some situations, the controller has the right to transfer your personal data to other recipients if it is necessary to fulfill a contract with you or to meet obligations imposed on the controller. This applies to the following groups of recipients:
    • Hosting companies under delegation agreements
    • Authorized employees and collaborators using the data to fulfill the site’s purpose
    • Companies providing marketing services for the controller
  2. Your personal data is processed by the controller no longer than necessary to perform related activities specified by separate regulations (e.g., on accounting). Regarding marketing data, the data will not be processed for more than 3 years.
  3. You have the right to request from the controller:
    • Access to your personal data,
    • Correction,
    • Deletion,
    • Restriction of processing,
    • And data portability.
  4. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for purposes specified in point 3.3(c) related to the legitimate interests pursued by the controller, including profiling. The right to object cannot be exercised if there are valid legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, especially the establishment, exercise, or defense of claims.
  5. You have the right to file a complaint about the controller’s actions with the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw.
  6. Providing personal data is voluntary but necessary for the operation of the website.
  7. Automated decision-making, including profiling, may be carried out in relation to you to provide services under the concluded agreement and for direct marketing by the controller.
  8. Personal data is not transferred to third countries as defined by data protection regulations. This means it is not sent outside the European Union.

V. 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 (timestamp, IP address).
  3. In some cases, the website may save information facilitating the linking of data in a form with the user’s email address. In such cases, the user’s email address appears in the URL of the page containing the form.
  4. Data provided in a form is processed for the purpose resulting from the function of a specific form, e.g., to process a service request or commercial contact, register services, etc. The context and description of each form clearly explain its purpose.

VI. Administrator Logs

  1. Information about user behavior on the site may be logged. This data is used to administer the site.

VII. Significant Marketing Techniques

  1. The operator uses statistical analysis of site traffic via Google Analytics (Google Inc., based in the USA). The operator does not transfer personal data to the operator of this service, only anonymized information. The service uses cookies stored on the user’s end device. Regarding information about user preferences collected by the Google advertising network, users can view and edit information derived from cookies using the tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
  2. The operator uses remarketing techniques that tailor advertising messages to the user’s behavior on the website. This may create the impression that the user’s personal data is used to track them, but in practice, no personal data is transferred from the operator to advertising operators. The technical condition for such activities is enabled cookie support.
  3. The operator uses Facebook Pixel technology. This causes the Facebook service (Facebook Inc., based in the USA) to know that a given person registered with it is using the website. This is based on data for which it itself is the administrator; the operator does not transfer any additional personal data to Facebook. The service uses cookies stored on the user’s end device.

VIII. Information About Cookies

  1. The website uses cookies.
  2. Cookies are IT data, particularly text files, stored on the end device of the website user and intended for use with the website. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, the time of their storage on the end device, and a unique number.
  3. The entity placing cookies on the end device of the website user and accessing them is the website operator.
  4. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
    1. Maintaining the user’s session on the website (after logging in), so the user does not have to re-enter their login and password on each subpage.
    2. Implementing the purposes described above in the section “Significant Marketing Techniques.”
  5. There are two main types of cookies used within the website: “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary files stored on the user’s end device until they log out, leave the website, or disable the software (web browser). Persistent cookies are stored on the user’s end device for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until the user deletes them.
  6. Web browsers typically allow the storage of cookies on the user’s end device by default. Website users can change these settings. The web browser enables deleting cookies. It is also possible to block cookies automatically. Detailed information on this is provided in the help or documentation of the web browser.
  7. Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some 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, including Google (Google Inc., based in the USA), Facebook (Facebook Inc., based in the USA), Twitter (Twitter Inc., based in the USA).

IX. Managing Cookies – How to Accept and Withdraw Consent in Practice?

  1. If the user does not wish to receive cookies, they can change the browser settings. Disabling essential cookies for authentication, security, and user preference maintenance may hinder, and in extreme cases, prevent the use of websites.
  2. To manage cookie settings, choose the web browser from the list below and follow the instructions: Mobile devices:
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