§ 1 General provisions

1 The administrator of the personal data is General Linguistics Sp. z o.o., with its registered office at Aleje Jerozolimskie 89/43, 02-001 Warsaw, with NIP number: 7011049976 and KRS number: 918648. General Linguistics Sp. z o.o. can be contacted in writing at the address indicated in the preceding sentence or by e-mail at: hello@generallinguistics.online

2 On the basis of Article 37 RODO, the company “General Linguistics Sp. z o.o.” has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

3 The privacy policy is an integral part of the Terms and Conditions. By using the services we offer, you entrust us with your information. This document serves only as an aid to understanding what information and data is collected and for what purpose, and what it is used for. This data is very important to us, so please read this document carefully as it sets out the principles and means of processing and protecting your personal data. This document also sets out the principles for the use of “cookies”.

4 We inform you that we comply with the principles of personal data protection and all legal regulations provided for by the Personal Data Protection Act and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.

5 At the request of the person whose personal data is being processed, we provide comprehensive information on how we use his or her personal data. We will always endeavour to inform you clearly about the data we collect, how we use it, what purposes it is intended to serve and to whom we pass it on, what protection we provide for this data when it is passed on to other parties, and provide information on the institutions to contact in case of doubt.

§ 2 Privacy principles

1 We respect your privacy. We wish to guarantee your convenience in using our services.

2 We value the trust you place in us by entrusting us with your personal data to carry out our services. We always use your personal data fairly and in such a way as not to disappoint your trust, only to the extent necessary to provide the services.

3 As a User, you have the right to be fully and clearly informed about how we use your personal data and for what purposes it is necessary. We always clearly inform you about the data we collect, how and with whom we share it, and provide you with information about who to contact if you have any concerns.

4 Should you have any doubts about our use of your personal data, we will immediately take steps to clarify and resolve such doubts. We will answer all related questions in a comprehensive manner.

5 We will take all reasonable measures to protect your data from improper and uncontrolled use.

6 The legal basis for processing your personal data is:

– art. 6 ust. 1 lit. a the data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specified purposes

7 Your personal data related to the conclusion and performance of the contract shall be processed for the period of its performance and for a period no longer than provided for by law, including the provisions of the Civil Code and the Accounting Act, i.e. no longer than 10 years, counting from the end of the calendar year in which the last contract was performed.

8 Your personal data processed for the conclusion and performance of future contracts will be processed until you object.

9 You have the right to: to access your personal data and receive a copy of the personal data being processed, to rectify your inaccurate data; to request the erasure of your data (right to be forgotten) in the circumstances provided for in Article 17 RODO; to request the restriction of data processing in the cases indicated in Article 18 RODO, to object to data processing in the cases indicated in Article 21 RODO, to portability of the data provided, processed by automated means.

10 If you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully, you may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (Office for the Protection of Personal Data, 2 Stawki Street, Warsaw). If you require any further information relating to data protection or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us by post at.

11 We comply with all applicable data protection laws and regulations and will cooperate with data protection authorities and authorised law enforcement agencies. In the absence of data protection regulations, we will act in accordance with generally accepted data protection principles, rules of social coexistence as well as established customs.

12 If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact us via the page from which you have been redirected to this Privacy Policy. Your request for contact will be forwarded immediately to the relevant appointed person.

13 To make it easier for us to respond or respond to the information provided, please state your name.

§ 3 Scope and purpose of personal data collection

1. We process the necessary personal data in order to provide the services and for accounting purposes and only such.

2 We collect, process and store the following user data:

3 the provision of the above data is entirely voluntary, but also essential for the full provision of services.

4 We may transfer personal data to servers located outside your country of residence or to affiliated entities, third parties based in other countries including countries in the EEA (European Economic Area, EEA – free trade zone and common market, comprising the countries of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association EFTA) for the purpose of processing personal data by such entities on our behalf in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy and applicable laws, customs and data protection regulations.

5 Access to your data may be granted to entities providing services necessary for the operation of the service, i.e.:

a) hosting companies providing hosting or related services to the Administrator

b) the companies through which the Newsletter service is provided

c) service and IT support companies performing maintenance or responsible for the maintenance of IT infrastructure

§ 4 Cookies

1. uses cookies or similar technologies (hereinafter collectively referred to as “cookies”) by which is meant computer data, in particular text files, intended for the use of the website and stored in the terminal equipment of Users browsing the pages. The information collected using cookies allows the services and content to be customised to the individual needs and preferences of users, as well as being used to compile general statistics on the use of the pages by users. The data collected using cookies is only collected to perform specific functions for the benefit of Users and is encrypted in a way that prevents unauthorised access.

2 We use cookies on our website:

a) internal cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service’s data communications system

b) Session cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website during a single session of that Device. At the end of the session, the files are deleted from the User Device.

c) Persistent Cookies – files placed and read from the User Device by the Website until they are manually deleted. The files are not deleted automatically after the end of the 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.

3 Within our website, the following types of cookies are used due to their necessity for the provision of services:

a) cookies which are essential to enable the use of the services available on the website, in particular authentication cookies used for services which require authentication;

b) cookies for security purposes, in particular used to detect authentication fraud;

c) performance cookies, enabling the collection of information about how websites are used;

d) functional cookies, enabling “remembering” the user’s selected settings and personalising the user interface;

4 The web browsing software (web browser) usually allows cookies to be stored on the end device by default. The user browsing the website may independently and at any time change the cookie settings, specifying the conditions for storing and accessing cookies on his/her device. The Customer may change the settings referred to in the previous sentence via the settings of his or her Internet browser. These settings can be changed in particular in such a way as to block the automatic handling of cookies in the settings of the Internet browser or to inform about the placement of cookies on the User’s device each time. Detailed information on the possibility and methods of handling cookies is available in the settings of your software (web browser).

5 By using the website without changing the cookie settings, you consent to the storing of cookies. The customer can always withdraw consent by changing the cookie settings. Information on how to configure the cookie settings in sample web browsers can be found by the User here:

◦ Chrome

◦ Opera

◦ FireFox

◦ Edge

◦ Safari

◦ Internet Explorer 11

§ 5 Social media plug-ins

1 plug-ins, so-called social network plug-ins, can be found on our website.

2 The plug-in only transmits information to its provider about which of our websites you have accessed and at what time. If, while viewing or staying on our website, you are logged in to your account on Facebook or Twitter, for example, the provider is able to combine your interests, information preferences and other data obtained, for example, by clicking the Like button or leaving a comment, or entering your profile name in searches. Such information will also be transmitted by the browser directly to the provider.

3 In order to avoid a visit to your selected user account being recorded by the Plug-in on our website, you must log out of your account before browsing our website.

§ 6 Rights and obligations

1 We have the right and, in the cases stipulated by law, the statutory obligation to disclose some or all information concerning your personal data to public authorities or third parties who make such a request for information under the applicable provisions of Polish law.

2 The user has the right to:

1. access to personal data

The user has the right to access his/her personal data, exercised upon request made to the Administrator

2. rectification of personal data

The user has the right to request from the Administrator the immediate rectification of personal data that is inaccurate and/or the completion of incomplete personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator

3. delete personal data

The User has the right to demand from the Administrator immediate deletion of his/her personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator In the case of user accounts, deletion of data consists in anonymisation of data enabling identification of the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the data deletion request in order to protect the legitimate interest of the Administrator (e.g. when the User committed a breach of Terms of Use or the data was 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 a link included in each e-mail message sent.

4. restriction of the processing of personal data

The User has the right to restrict the processing of personal data in the cases indicated in Article 18 of the RODO, including questioning the correctness of personal data, exercised upon request made to the Administrator

5. portability of personal data

The User has the right to obtain from the Administrator personal data concerning the User in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, carried out upon request made to the Administrator

6. object to the processing of personal data

The User has the right to object to the processing of his/her personal data in the cases set out in Article 21 of the RODO, exercised upon request made to the Administrator

7. lodging a complaint

The user has the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority dealing with personal data protection.