Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 21/04/2025

This Privacy Policy describes how infocase.net (hereinafter "the Blog," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares personal data of users (hereinafter "you" or "users") who visit our website infocase.net (hereinafter "the Website").

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and other applicable European data protection laws.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:

infocase.net, support@technoir.com.pl

2. Personal Data We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal data:

Information You Provide Directly:

Comments: When you leave comments on our blog posts, we collect your name (or pseudonym), email address, and the content of your comment.

Contact Forms: If you contact us through a contact form, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you provide in your message.

Newsletter Subscriptions: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.

Account Registration (if applicable): If you create an account on our Website, we collect your name, email address, username, and any other information you provide during registration.

Information Collected Automatically:

Log Files: Our servers automatically record certain information when you access the Website, including your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamps, and clickstream data.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities on our Website, such as your preferences and pages visited. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie banner or your browser settings (see our Cookie Policy for more details).

Analytics Data: We may use third-party analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to collect information about how you use our Website, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, and the duration of your visit. This data is usually anonymized or pseudonymized.

3. Purposes of Processing Your Personal Data

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

To Provide and Maintain the Website: To ensure the proper functioning and security of our Website.

To Respond to Your Inquiries: To address your questions, comments, and requests submitted through contact forms or other means.

To Manage Comments: To display and moderate comments you leave on our blog posts.

To Send Newsletters (if you have subscribed): To provide you with updates, articles, and other information related to our blog's content.

To Personalize Your Experience (where applicable): To tailor the content and features of our Website to your interests and preferences.

To Analyze Website Usage: To understand how users interact with our Website, improve its content and functionality, and for statistical purposes.

To Prevent Fraud and Abuse: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and potential misuse of our Website.

To Comply with Legal Obligations: To fulfill our obligations under applicable laws and regulations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Data

We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal bases under the GDPR:

Consent: When you have given us your explicit consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to our newsletter, accepting non-essential cookies). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided that your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., analyzing website usage to improve our services, preventing fraud).

Contract: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (e.g., if you register for an account and we need to process your data to provide account functionalities).

Legal Obligation: When processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

5. Sharing Your Personal Data

We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers: We may engage third-party service providers to assist us in operating our Website, conducting our business, or providing services to you (e.g., hosting providers, analytics providers, email marketing platforms). These providers are contractually obligated to process your data only on our instructions and in compliance with applicable data protection laws.

Public Authorities: We may disclose your personal data to competent public authorities if required by law or in response to a valid legal request (e.g., court order, government inquiry).

Other Users (for comments): Information you voluntarily disclose in publicly accessible areas of the Website, such as comments, will be available to other users.

Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or other business transfer, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will inform you of such a transfer and any changes to this Privacy Policy.

6. International Transfers of Personal Data

Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) that may not have data protection laws equivalent to those in the EEA. When we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as:

Adequacy Decisions: Transferring to countries that the European Commission has deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection.

Standard Contractual Clauses: Implementing standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, which provide contractual guarantees for the protection of your personal data.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access. These measures include [Describe the security measures you have in place, e.g., encryption, firewalls, secure server access, regular security audits]. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Comments: Comments and their associated personal data are typically retained indefinitely unless you request their removal.

Contact Form Submissions: Data submitted through contact forms is usually retained for a reasonable period to address your inquiry and then may be archived or deleted.

Newsletter Subscribers: Email addresses of newsletter subscribers are retained until you unsubscribe.

Analytics Data: Retention periods for analytics data vary depending on the service provider. We will review and potentially anonymize or delete this data periodically.

9. Your Rights Under the GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you and to receive a copy of it.

Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.

Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances (e.g., when the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, when you withdraw your consent).

Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances (e.g., when you contest the accuracy of the data).

Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.

Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.

Right Not to be Subject to Automated Individual Decision-Making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, unless there is a legal basis for such processing.

Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

10. How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of your rights described above, please contact us using the contact details provided in Section 1. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to your request. We will respond to your request without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of your request. This period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We will inform you of any such extension within one month of receipt of your request, together with the reasons for the delay.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. Please refer to our separate Cookie Policy [Link to your Cookie Policy, if you have one. If not, you should include detailed information about the cookies you use, their purpose, and how users can manage their preferences here].

12. Third-Party Websites

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal data.

13. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us at: support@technoir.com.pl