Privacy Policy

The following Privacy Policy sets rules for storing and accessing data on the Devices of Users using the Service for the purpose of providing electronic services by the Administrator, as well as rules for collecting and processing personal data of Users provided by them personally and voluntarily through the tools available on the Service.

The following Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Terms of Use, which sets the rules, rights and obligations of Users using the Website.

§1 Definitions

Service - the "ASTRO.EXPERT" website operating at https://astro.expert

External service - websites of partners, service providers or service recipients cooperating with the Administrator

Administrator of the Service / Data - the Administrator of the Service and Data Administrator (hereinafter referred to as Administrator) is ASTRO.EXPERT LTD registered in Wroclaw, 17/12 Kawalerzystow str. 53-004 Wroclaw, Poland, KRS: 0000986400, REGON: 522784351, NIP: 8992933287, providing services electronically through the Service

User - a natural person for whom the Administrator provides electronic services through the Service.

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

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 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)

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, in particular on the basis of an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of the natural person

Processing - means an operation or set of operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data in an automated or non-automated manner, such as collecting, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adapting or modifying, retrieving, viewing, using, disclosing by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, matching or linking, limiting, erasing or destroying

Restriction of processing - means the marking of stored personal data in order to limit its future processing

Profiling - means any form of automated processing of personal data that involves the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal factors of an individual, in particular to analyze or forecast aspects of that individual's performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movement

Consent - consent of the data subject means a voluntary, specific, informed and unequivocal demonstration of will by which the data subject, in the form of a statement or explicit affirmative action, consents to the processing of personal data concerning him or her

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

Pseudonymization - means the processing of personal data in such a way that they can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject, without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is stored separately and is covered by technical and organizational measures preventing its attribution to an identified or identifiable natural person

Anonymization - Data anonymization is an irreversible process of data operations that destroys / overwrites "personal data" making it impossible to identify, or link, a particular record to a specific user or individual.

§2 Data Protection Supervisor

Pursuant to Article 37 of the GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Supervisor.

For matters concerning 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 data communications system.

External Cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by the ICT systems of External Services. The scripts of External Services that can place Cookies on User Devices have been deliberately placed on the Site through scripts and services made available and installed on the Site.

Session Cookies - files placed and read from the User Device by the Service during a single session of a given Device. When the session ends, the files are deleted from the User's Device.

Persistent cookies - files placed and read from the User Device by the Website until they are manually deleted. Files are not deleted automatically after the end of a session of the Device unless the configuration of the User Device is set to delete cookies after the end of a session of the Device.

§4 Security of data storing

Mechanisms for storing and reading Cookies - The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies stored on the User's Device and the Website are implemented through the built-in mechanisms of Internet browsers and do not allow downloading other data from the User's Device or data of other websites visited by the User, including personal data or confidential information. Transfer of viruses, Trojan horses and other worms to the User Device is also practically impossible.

Internal cookies - the cookies used by the Administrator are safe for the Users' Devices and do not contain scripts, content or information that may compromise the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.

External cookies - The Administrator makes all possible efforts to verify and select service partners in the context of Users' security. The Administrator selects well-known, large partners with global public trust for cooperation. However, it does not have full control over the content of cookies from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of Cookie files, their content and their use in accordance with the license by the Scripts installed on the site, coming from external Services, as far as the law allows. The list of partners is provided later in the Privacy Policy.

Cookie usage control

  1. The user can at any time, independently change the settings for storing, deleting and accessing the data of stored cookies by any website
  2. Information on how to disable cookies in the most popular computer browsers available on the sites:
  3. The User may, at any time, delete any cookies stored to date using the tools of the User's Device through which the User accesses the Website's services.

Threats on the side of the User - The Administrator uses all possible technical measures to ensure the security of the data placed in cookies. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties including the activities of the User. The Administrator is not responsible for the interception of this data, impersonation of the User's session or its deletion, as a result of the User's conscious or unconscious activity, viruses, Trojan horses and other spyware with which the User's Device may be or was infected. Users, in order to protect themselves from these threats, should follow the recommendations for safe use of the Internet.

Storage of personal data - The Administrator ensures that it makes every effort to ensure that the processed personal data entered voluntarily by Users are secure, access to them is limited and carried out in accordance with their purpose and the purposes of processing. The Administrator also ensures that it makes every effort to secure the data it holds against loss, through the use of appropriate physical as well as organizational safeguards.

Storage of passwords - The Administrator declares that passwords are stored in encrypted form, using the latest standards and guidelines in this regard. It is virtually impossible to decrypt account passwords provided on the Service.

§5 Purposes for the use of cookies

  • Improving and facilitating access to the Service
  • Personalization of the Website for Users
  • Enabling logging into the Service
  • Keeping statistics (users, number of visits, types of devices, links, etc.)
  • Serving multimedia services
  • Providing community services

§6 Purposes of personal data processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users are processed for one of the following purposes:

  1. Realization of electronic services:
    • Services of registration and maintenance of the User's account on the Website and functionalities related to it
    • Subscription services on the Website and related functionalities
  2. Administrator's communication with Users on matters related to the Service and data protection
  3. Ensuring the legitimate interest of the Administrator

Data about Users collected anonymously and automatically is processed for one of the following purposes:

  • Keeping statistics
  • Ensuring the legitimate interest of the Administrator

§7 Cookies of Third Party Services

The Administrator of the Service uses javascript and web components of partners who may place their own cookies on the User's Device. Remember that in your browser settings you can decide for yourself about the allowed cookies that can be used by particular websites. Below is a list of partners or their services implemented on the Website that may place cookies:

Multimedia Services:

Social media / combined services:

(Registration, Login, content sharing, communication, etc.)

Statistics:

Services provided by third parties are beyond the control of the Administrator. These entities may change their terms of service, privacy policies, purpose of data processing and use of cookies at any time.

§8 Types of data collected

The Service collects data on Users. Part of the data is collected automatically and anonymously, and part of the data is personal data voluntarily provided by Users when signing up for particular services offered by the Service.

Anonymous data collected automatically:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Screen resolution
  • Approximate location
  • Sub-pages of the website that were opened
  • Time spent on relevant sub-page of the website
  • Type of operating system
  • Address of the previous subpage
  • Address of the referring page
  • Browser language
  • Internet connection speed
  • Internet service provider
  • Demographics (age, gender)

Data collected during registration:

  • First name / last name / nickname
  • E-mail address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected during enrollment in additional services

  • Date and city of birth
  • City of residence

Part of the data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Part of the data (without identifying data) may be transferred to a statistical service provider.

§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 not transferred or resold to third parties.

Access to the data (most often on the basis of the Contract of Entrustment of Data Processing) may have entities, responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary to run the service, i.e.:

  • Hosting companies, providing hosting or related services to the Administrator
  • Companies through which the Newsletter service is provided

Entrusting the processing of personal data - Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server Services

The Administrator, in order to run the service, uses an external provider of hosting, VPS or Dedicated Servers - The Constant Company LTD. All data collected and processed on the site are stored and processed in the infrastructure of the service provider located in Holland. There is a possibility of access to data as a result of maintenance work carried out by the service provider's staff. Access to such data is governed by an agreement between the Administrator and the Service Provider.

§10 Processing of personal data

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

  • Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless it has been published as a result of an individual action by the User (e.g., entering a comment or entry), which will make the data available to any visitor to the site.
  • Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
  • Personal data will not be resold to third parties.

Anonymous 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 processing personal data

The Service collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:

  1. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 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)
    • Article 6(1)(a)
      the data subject has consented to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specified purposes
    • Article 6(1)(b)
      processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a 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 legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
  2. Act of May 10, 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000)
  3. Act of July 16, 2004. Telecommunications law (Journal of Laws 2004 No. 171 item 1800)
  4. Act of February 4, 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws 1994 No. 24 item 83)

§12 Period of personal data processing

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

As a rule, the indicated personal data are stored only for the period of providing the Service within the Service by the Administrator. They are deleted or anonymized up to 30 days after the termination of the Service (e.g. deletion of a registered user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter list, etc.).

The exception is the situation that requires securing the legitimate purposes of further processing of such data by the Administrator. In such a situation, the Administrator will keep the indicated data, from the time of the User's request for deletion, no longer than for a period of 3 years in case of violation or suspected violation of the provisions of the Terms of Use by the User.

Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:

Anonymous statistical data, not constituting personal data, are stored by the Administrator for the purpose of keeping statistics of the service for an indefinite period of time

§13 Users' rights related to the processing of personal data

The Service collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:

  • Right of access to personal data
    Users have the right to access their personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to rectify personal data
    Users have the right to request the Administrator to promptly rectify their personal data that is inaccurate and/or to complete incomplete personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to delete personal data
    Users have the right to demand from the Administrator the immediate deletion of personal data, realized upon a request submitted to the Administrator In the case of user accounts, deletion of data consists in anonymization of data allowing identification of the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the execution of a request for data deletion in order to protect the legitimate interest of the Administrator (e.g. when the User has committed a violation of the Rules and Regulations or the data was obtained as a result of conducted correspondence).
  • Right to limit processing of personal data
    Users have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data in cases indicated in Article 18 of the GDPR, such as questioning the correctness of their personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to personal data portability
    Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator, personal data concerning the User in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to object to the processing of personal data Users have the right to object to the processing of their personal data in the cases specified in Article 21 of the GDPR, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
  • Right to lodge a complaint
    Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in charge of personal data protection.

§14 Contacting the Administrator

You may contact the Administrator in one of the following ways

  • Postal address - ASTRO.EXPERT LTD, 17/12 Kawalerzystow str, 53-004 Wroclaw, Poland
  • E-mail address - info@astro.expert

§15 Requirements of the Service

Restricting the storage of and access to Cookies on the User's Device may cause some features of the Website to malfunction.

The Administrator of the Service shall not be held liable for malfunctioning functions of the Service if the User restricts in any way the ability to save and read Cookie files.

§16 External links

The Service - articles, posts, entries or comments of Users may contain links to external sites with which the Owner of the Service does not cooperate. These links and the sites or files indicated under them may be dangerous to your Device or pose a threat to the security of your data. The Administrator is not responsible for the content outside the Service.

§17 Changes in Privacy Policy

The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notifying the Users with regard to the use and application of anonymized data or the use of cookies.

The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time with regard to the processing of Personal Data, of which it will inform Users with user accounts or enrolled in the newsletter service, via email within 7 days of the change in records. Continued use of the services implies familiarization with and acceptance of the introduced changes to the Privacy Policy. In case the User does not agree with the introduced changes, he/she is obliged to delete his/her account from the Service or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.

The introduced changes to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Service.

Introduced changes become effective upon their publication.