The Privacy Policy is for information purposes and serves satisfaction of the disclosure requirements imposed on the data controller under the GDPR, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 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, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation). Anyone who uses emerging-founders.com website (“Platform”) should become acquainted with the Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy determines the rules for processing the personal data of persons using the Platform and using cookie files used in connection with the Platform operation. 1. PERSONAL DATA CONTROLLER 1.1 The controller of personal data is Gotskills sp. z o.o., with its registered office in Lublin (20-601) Tomasza Zana street 11A, Poland, registered in the National Court Register under KRS number 0000865248, NIP: 7123408831, REGON: 387309157, shale capital in the amount of PLN 5.000 care centers under the following KRS number: 0000515557, NIP 7010434666, REGON: 147332521 (“Service Provider”). 1.2 The data subject, including in particular the user of the Platform, may contact the Service Provider as the personal data controller by sending a message to the e-mail address: […]. 1.3 This privacy policy describes the rules for the processing of personal data on the Plarform and on the Service Provider's social media channels. For information on the rules for the processing of personal data at events organized by the Service Provider, please refer to the relevant information clause available when registering for the event. 2. DATA PROCESSING METHOD 2.1. The Service Provider may process, in particular, the following categories of personal data: i) e-mail address; ii) IP address; iii) name; iv) company name; v) position; vi) social media identifiers, nicks and other data made public by the data subject. 2.2. The Service Provider may process the personal data of the following categories of data subjects: i) Platform visitors; ii) newsletter recipients; iii) users of the contact form; iv) people interacting with the Service Provider's social media accounts. 2.3. Providing personal data is voluntary but failure to provide the personal data will result in inability to send the newsletter or usage of the contact form. 2.4. Personal data of the users will be processed for the following purposes:
| purpose | scope of data | legal basis | processing period |
| providing access to the Website | IP address | article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR – processing is necessary for the performance of the agreement to which the data subject is a party or undertaking actions upon request of the data subject prior to the conclusion of the agreement | until the lapse of the period of limitation of claims connected with making the Platform available to the data subject |
| sending newsletter, including marketing content | e-mail address | article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR – legitimate interest of the Service Provider as the data controller that consists in informing about its current activities and sending marketing until the data cease to be useful or the user objects/withdraw the consent regarding the newsletter content in accordance with a consent given by the data subject | until the data cease to be useful or the user objects/withdraw the consent regarding the newsletter |
| contact with the Users, responding to queries | name, e-mail address, company name, position, other data voluntarily provided by the relevant person as part of communicating with us | article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR – legitimate interest of the controller that consists in responding to queries and correspondence provided directly by the data subjects via contact form | until correspondence ends or the data subject objects |
| analysis of traffic within the Platform | IP address, cookies files accepted by the Platform visitor | article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR – consent given by the User | until the data cease to be useful or the User withdraws the consent |
| running social media channels on Facebook and LinkedIn platforms | social media platform identifier, username, other personal information of the user provided as part of his/her profile, such as first and last name | article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR – legitimate interest of Social Provider as the controller that consists in contacting and displaying content to persons who have interacted with Service Provider’s accounts in particular social media channels. | until end of all interactions between the data subject and Service Provider on the relevant platform |
2.5. If the Service Provider is advised that the relevant person uses the services or the
Platform functionalities in violation of generally applicable legal provisions, then the
Service Provider may process the user’s personal data in a scope required for
establishing his/her liability and seeking claims against that user.
2.6. The Service Provider does not transfer the users’ personal data to third countries, that, is
beyond the European Economic Area.
2.7. The Service Provider does not carry out automated decision-making based on the
processed personal data. The user will not be subject to profiling.
3. RECIPIENTS OF DATA
3.1. The Service Provider may entrust the processing of personal data to third parties for the
purpose of proper functioning of the Platform. The recipients of the data of the persons
mentioned above in this Privacy Policy may involve in particular: the provider of hosting
for Platform, e-mail operator, entities providing cloud, newsletter functions and other
solutions used by the Service Provider in its current operations that involve personal data
processing.
3.2. The personal data collected by the Service Provider may also be disclosed to competent
state bodies or institutions (law enforcement authorities, courts, security service)
authorised to gain access to them on the basis of generally applicable legal provisions, or
other persons and entities – in the cases prescribed by generally applicable legal
provisions.
3.3. Each entity to which the Service Provider transfers personal data for processing on the
basis of a personal data processing agreement (“Data Processing Agreement”)
guarantees an adequate level of security and confidentiality of the processing of personal
data. An entity processing personal data on the basis of the Data Processing Agreement
may process personal data through another entity only upon prior consent of the Service
Provider.
3.4. Personal data may be disclosed to unauthorised entities under the Privacy Policy only
upon prior written consent of the data subject.
4. RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECT
4.1. Each data subject has the right to (a) delete the collected personal data referring to
him/her both from the system belonging to the Service Provider as well as from bases of
entities that have co-operated with the Service Provider, (b) restrict the processing of
data, (c) portability of the personal data collected by the Service Provider and referring to
the relevant person, in this to receive them in a structured form, (d) request the Service
Provider to enable him/her access to his/her personal data and to rectify them, (e) object
to personal data processing, (f) withdraw the consent towards the Service Provider at any
time without affecting the legality of the personal data processing carried out on the basis
of the consent before it is withdrawn, (g) lodge a complaint about the Service Provider to
the supervisory authority (President of the Personal Data Protection Office).
4.2. All rights of the data subjects can be executed via e-mail address: team@emerging-founders.com.
5. OTHER DATA
5.1. The Service Provider may store http enquiries, therefore the files containing web server
logs may store certain data related to the users, including the name of the user’s station –
identification through http protocol, date and system time of receipt of the enquiry, number
of bytes sent by the server, the URL address of the site visited by the user before (if the
user entered the platform through a link), information concerning the user’s browser,
information concerning errors occurred by the realization of the http transaction. Only
persons authorised to administer the IT system have access to the data referred to above.
Such information and its summary do not identify user.
6. SECURITY
6.1. The Service Provider takes care of the security of personal data. For this purpose, the
Service Provider has implemented appropriate safeguards and means of protection of
personal data, taking into account risks connected with personal data processing
processes. In particular, the Service Provider applies technological and organisational
means in order to secure personal data against being disclosed to unauthorised persons,
taken over by an unauthorised person, changed, lost, damaged or destroyed, as well as
processed in violation of the GDPR by using, among other things, SSL certificates. The
compilations of the personal data collected by the Service Provider are stored on secured
servers, moreover, personal data are also secured by internal procedures of the Service
Provider related to the processing of personal data and information security policy.
6.2. Irrespective of the foregoing, the Service Provider states that using the Internet and
services provided by electronic means may pose a threat of malware breaking into the
ICT system and device of the relevant person, as well as a third party gaining access to
data, including personal data. In order to minimise such threats, each person should use
appropriate technical safeguards (antivirus programs) or programs securing identification
on the Internet.
7. COOKIES
7.1. In order to ensure the correct operation of the Platform, the Service Provider uses cookies
(“Cookies”). Cookies are text information recorded on the user’s device (computer tablet,
smartphone) that may be read by the ICT system of the Application or third parties.
7.2. The Service Provider uses the following Cookies: (a) session Cookies, which are
permanently deleted upon closing the session of the user’s browser.
7.3. It is not possible to determine the identity of a given person or otherwise identify him/her
on the basis of Cookies. Cookies prevent the collection of any personal data.
7.4. Files generated directly by the Service Provider may not be read by other websites.
7.5. The Service Provider uses only the Cookies necessary to ensure the proper display of the
Application and to provide its functionalities to particular persons. These Cookies are
mandatory, and the use of them by the Service Provider does not require consent or any
other action by the respective user of the Application.
7.6. The user may individually change the Cookie settings at any time, stating the conditions of
their storage, through the Internet browser settings.
7.7. The user may individually disable storing Cookies on his/her device at any time in
accordance with the instructions of the Internet browser producer, but this may disable
certain parts of or the entire operation of the Application.
7.8. Details concerning Cookie support are available in the settings of the browser used by the
relevant person.
7.9. As part of the banner provided within the Platform, the user has the option to consent to
particular types of Cookies. Within this banner, the user may also learn about the types of
Cookies that are used on the Platform, as well as verify which specific Cookies are used
and who their provider is.
8. FINAL PROVISIONS
8.1. The Privacy Policy comes into force on January 1st 2025