Privacy Policy

§1 Definitions

• Service - the "TinkerExplorer.com" website operating at https://www.tinkerexplorer.com

• External Service - internet services of partners, service providers, or recipients cooperating with the Administrator

• Service/Data Administrator - The Administrator of the Service and Data (hereinafter the Administrator) is "Mariusz Kiedrowicz Tinker," conducting business at: UL. Zabkowska 22/24/26 m.125, 03-735 Warsaw, with the assigned tax identification number (NIP): 8791553767, providing electronic services through the Service

• User - a natural person for whom the Administrator provides electronic services via the Service

• Device - an electronic device with software through which the User accesses the Service

• Cookies - text data collected in the form of files placed on the User's Device

• GDPR - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons concerning 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, particularly by reference to an identifier such as name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more factors specific to physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity

• Processing - means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data, whether automated or not, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, 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 marking stored personal data to limit their future processing

• Profiling - means any form of automated processing of personal data that involves using personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects of a natural person, particularly to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's job performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements

• Consent - means a freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which they, by a statement or by clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them

• Personal data breach - means a security breach leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed

• Pseudonymization - means processing personal data in such a manner that the data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person

• Anonymization - refers to the irreversible process of processing data that destroys or replaces "personal data," making it impossible to identify or link a specific record with a particular user or individual

§2 Data Protection Officer

Based on Article 37 of the GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

For matters related to 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 telecommunication system

• External Cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by telecommunication systems of External Services. Scripts of External Services that may place Cookies on the User's Device are deliberately placed in the Service through scripts and services provided and installed within the Service

• Session Cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by the Service during one session of the respective Device. After the session ends, the files are deleted from the User's Device.

• Persistent Cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by the Service until they are manually deleted. Files are not automatically deleted after the Device session ends unless the User's Device configuration is set to delete Cookies after the session ends.

§4 Data Storage Security

• Storage and retrieval mechanisms of Cookie files - Mechanisms for storing, retrieving, and exchanging data between Cookies stored on the User's Device and the Service are implemented using built-in web browser mechanisms and do not allow the collection of other data from the User's Device or other websites visited by the User, including personal data or confidential information. The transmission of viruses, trojans, or other malware is also practically impossible.

• Internal Cookies - The Cookies used by the Administrator are safe for Users' Devices and do not contain scripts, content, or information that could threaten the security of personal data or the Device used by the User.

• External Cookies - The Administrator takes all possible actions to verify and select the Service's partners regarding User security. However, the Administrator does not have full control over the content of Cookies originating from External Service partners. To the extent permitted by law, the Administrator is not responsible for the security of such files.

§5 Purposes of Cookie Usage

• Enhancing and facilitating access to the Service

• Personalizing the Service for Users

• Enabling login to the Service

• Marketing and remarketing in external services

• Advertising services

• Affiliate services

• Conducting statistics (users, visit numbers, device types, connection, etc.)

• Providing multimedia services

• Offering social networking services

§6 Purposes of Personal Data Processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users is processed for the following purposes:

• Provision of electronic services, including:

  • User account registration and maintenance

  • Sharing content in social media or other sites

• Communication between the Administrator and Users regarding the Service and data protection

• Legitimate interests of the Administrator

 

§7 Cookies of External Services

The Administrator uses JavaScript scripts and web components from partners within the Service, who may place their own cookies on the User's Device. Remember that you can decide which cookies are allowed by individual websites in your browser settings. Below is a list of partners or their services implemented in the Service that may place cookies:

• Multimedia services:

  • YouTube

• Social / integrated services: (Registration, Login, content sharing, communication, etc.)

  • Twitter

  • Facebook

  • Google+

• Content sharing services:

  • Instagram

• Advertising and affiliate networks:

  • MyLead

• Statistical services:

  • Google Analytics

Services provided by third parties are beyond the Administrator's control. These entities may change their terms of service, privacy policies, data processing purposes, and cookie usage at any time.

§8 Types of Collected Data

The Service collects data about Users. Some data is collected automatically and anonymously, while some personal data is voluntarily provided by Users when signing up for specific services offered by the Service.

Automatically collected anonymous data:

• IP address

• Browser type

• Screen resolution

• Approximate location

• Visited subpages of the Service

• Time spent on each subpage

• Operating system type

• Previous subpage address

• Referring site address

• Browser language

• Internet connection speed

• Internet service provider

Data collected during registration:

• First name / Last name / Pseudonym

• Username

• Email address

• Residential address

• Phone number

• IP address (collected automatically)

• Tax Identification Number (NIP)

Data collected when subscribing to the Newsletter service:

• First name / Last name / Pseudonym

• Email address

• IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when adding a comment:

• First name and last name / Pseudonym

• Email address

• Website address

• IP address (collected automatically)

Some data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Some data (without identifying information) may be transferred to statistical service providers.

§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 as part of the services provided are neither transferred nor sold to third parties.

Entities responsible for maintaining infrastructure and services necessary for running the Service (most often based on a Data Processing Agreement) may have access to data, such as:

• Hosting companies providing hosting or related services to the Administrator

• Companies providing the Newsletter service

• Companies facilitating online payments for goods or services offered within the Service (if purchases are made through the Service)

Entrustment of personal data processing - Hosting, VPS, or Dedicated Servers

To operate the Service, the Administrator uses an external hosting provider, VPS, or Dedicated Servers - WIX. All data collected and processed in the Service is stored and processed in the provider's infrastructure located outside the European Union. Access to data may occur as a result of maintenance work performed by the provider's personnel. Access to this data is regulated by an agreement between the Administrator and the Provider.

Data processing in case of online payments

When making online payments, all payment-related data is provided directly by the User to the payment provider - PayPal. Selected data necessary for the transaction is then forwarded to the Administrator by the provider. The transfer of data is regulated by an agreement between the Administrator and the Provider.

§10 Method of Processing Personal Data

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users:

• Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union unless they are published as a result of individual User actions (e.g., posting comments or entries), making them accessible to anyone visiting the Service.

• Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).

• Personal data will not be resold to third parties.

Anonymized 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 resold to third parties.

§11 Legal Basis for Personal Data Processing

The Service collects and processes User data based on:

• 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 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR)

  • Article 6(1)(a) - The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.

  • Article 6(1)(b) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or 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 the legitimate interests pursued by the administrator or by a third party.

• The Act of 10 May 2018 on personal data protection (Dz.U. 2018, item 1000)

• The Act of 16 July 2004 on telecommunications law (Dz.U. 2004, No. 171, item 1800)

• The Act of 4 February 1994 on copyright and related rights (Dz.U. 1994, No. 24, item 83)

§12 Data Retention Period

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users: As a rule, the indicated personal data is stored only for the duration of the service provided within the Service by the Administrator. It is deleted or anonymized within 30 days of service termination (e.g., deleting a user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter, etc.).

An exception is a situation requiring the Administrator to retain data for legally justified purposes. In such a case, the Administrator will store the data for no longer than three years after a request for deletion, in cases of violation or suspected violation of the Service's regulations by the User.

Automatically collected anonymous data: Anonymous statistical data, not constituting personal data, is stored by the Administrator indefinitely for Service statistics purposes.

§13 User Rights Regarding Personal Data Processing

Users have the right to:

• Access their personal data

• Correct inaccurate personal data

• Delete personal data

• Restrict data processing

• Transfer personal data

• Object to data processing

• File a complaint with the supervisory authority

§14 Contacting the Administrator

• Postal Address: Mariusz Kiedrowicz Tinker, UL. Zabkowska 22/24/26 m.125, 03-735 Warsaw

• Email Address: box@tinkerexplorer.com

• Telephone: +48 695 020 788

• Contact Form: available at /contact

 

§15 Service Requirements

• Restricting the storage and access to cookies on the User's Device may cause certain functions of the Service to malfunction.

• The Administrator bears no responsibility for malfunctioning features of the Service if the User restricts in any way the ability to store and read cookies.

§16 External Links

The Service may contain links to external websites within articles, posts, entries, or User comments, with which the Service Owner does not cooperate. These links, as well as the websites or files they point to, may be unsafe for your Device or pose a security risk to your data. The Administrator is not responsible for content found outside the Service.

§17 Changes to the Privacy Policy

• The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy without the obligation to inform Users regarding the use and application of anonymous data or cookies.

• The Administrator reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy in terms of the processing of Personal Data. In such cases, Users with registered accounts or those subscribed to the newsletter will be informed via email within 7 days of the policy update. Continued use of the services signifies acknowledgment and acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. If a User does not agree with the changes, they are required to delete their account from the Service or unsubscribe from the Newsletter.

• Changes to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Service.

• The changes take effect immediately upon publication.

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