Privacy Policy

Information on the Processing of Personal Data by the Foundation for Universal Reading

The Foundation for Universal Reading, based in Warsaw at 33 Przyokopowa Street (01-208), registered in the National Court Register under number 0000756841 (hereinafter referred to as “FPC”), in connection with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and 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, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“GDPR”), provides information regarding the principles and conditions of processing personal data provided to FPC by you:

  1. The data controller of your personal data is the Foundation for Universal Reading, based in Warsaw at 33 Przyokopowa Street (01-208).

Any requests, statements, or questions regarding the processing of your personal data should be directed to the following email address: [email protected].

  1. Scope of processed personal data and the circumstances under which it was obtained from you

You have provided your personal data in connection with subscribing to the newsletter of the Foundation for Universal Reading.

The scope of personal data provided by you and processed by us includes: email address. Providing personal data is not a statutory or contractual requirement. You are not obliged to provide your data; however, it is necessary in order to participate in selected actions, which are governed by a separate regulation.

  1. Cookies

If you leave a comment on our website, you can opt to save your name, email address, and website address in cookies, so that during future comments, the information will be automatically filled in. These cookies expire after one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will create a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and will be discarded once you close your browser.

During login, we create additional cookies needed to store your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies expire after two days, and screen preferences expire after one year. If you check the “Remember me” option, the login will expire after two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you modify or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data, only indicating the ID of the recently edited article. It expires after one day.

  1. Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the user visited the other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

  1. The purpose, legal grounds, and principles of processing your personal data

Your personal data is processed because it is necessary to perform a contract to which the data subject is a party, as well as to fulfill a legal obligation of the controller. Therefore, the processing of personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) and (c) GDPR. Processing of personal data will involve collecting, storing, organizing, structuring, and retaining it.

  1. Who can FPC share your personal data with?

Personal data may be shared with the following categories of recipients: entities providing services to FPC necessary to achieve the purpose of data processing, including subcontractors in the context of pursuing claims or defending against claims.

  1. How long will your data be processed?

If you leave a comment, the content and metadata will be stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and automatically approve subsequent comments without sending them for moderation. For users who have registered on our website (if any), we also store personal information entered in the profile. Each user may review, correct, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username, which cannot be changed). Administrators of the site can also view and modify this information.

  1. What rights do you have regarding your personal data?

You have the right to request rectification of data, access to data, deletion of data, restriction of data processing, and data portability provided to FPC.

You also have the right to lodge an objection to the processing of data based on the legitimate interest of the controller or a third party, for reasons related to your specific situation.

The above requests and any correspondence regarding personal data should be submitted as indicated in section 1 above.

  1. Where can you file a complaint regarding the processing of personal data?

You can file a complaint regarding the processing of personal data with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office.