Privacy policy

Information about cookies

1. General information

(1) This privacy policy applies to AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation with the website avlab.pl.

(2) The operator of the website and the Administrator of personal data is AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation.

(3) The operator’s e-mail contact address is kontakt(at)avlab.pl.

(4) Mailing address: AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation, Przysietnica 889, 36-200 Brzozów, Poland | KRS: 0000871290 | NIP: 6861694148 | REGON: 387591886

(5) The Operator is the Administrator of your personal data with respect to the data provided voluntarily on the Website.

(6) The Website uses personal data for the following purposes:

  1. Running a newsletter.
  2. Running a comment system.
  3. Implementation of requested services.
  4. Presentation of an offer or information.

(7) The Service performs functions of obtaining information about users and their behavior in the following ways:

  1. Through voluntarily entered data in forms, which are entered into the Operator’s systems.
  2. By storing cookies (so-called “cookies”) in the end devices.

2. Selected methods of data protection used by the Operator

(1) Sites for logging in and entering personal data are protected in the transmission layer (SSL certificate). Thus, personal data and login data entered on the site, are encrypted in the user’s computer and can only be read on the target server.

(2) Personal data stored in the database are encrypted in such a way that only the key holder of the Operator can read them. Thus, the data is protected in case the database is stolen from the server.

(3) User passwords are stored in hashed form. The hashing function works one-way – it is not possible to reverse its operation, which is now the modern standard for storing user passwords.

(4) The Service uses two-factor login, which is an additional form of protection for logging into the Service.

(5) In order to protect data, the Operator regularly makes security copies.

(6) An important element of data protection is the regular updating of all software used by the Operator to process personal data, which in particular means regular updates of software components.

3. Hosting

The website is hosted (technically maintained) on the servers of the operator Hetzner Online GmbH with the web address hetzner.com

4. Your rights and additional information on how your data will be used

(1) In certain situations, the Administrator has the right to transfer your personal data to other recipients if this is necessary for the performance of the contract concluded with you or for the fulfillment of obligations incumbent on the Administrator. This applies to such groups of recipients:

  1. hosting company on a trust basis
  2. authorized employees and associates who use the data to fulfill the purpose of the website
  3. your personal data processed by the Administrator for no longer than it is necessary to perform the related activities specified by separate regulations (e.g. on accounting). With regard to marketing data, data will not be processed for longer than 3 years.

(3) You have the right to request from the Administrator:

  1. access to personal data concerning you,
  2. their rectification,
  3. deletion,
  4. limitation of processing,
  5. and data portability.

(4) The actions of the Administrator may be complained about to the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection.

(5) Provision of personal data is voluntary, but necessary to operate the Service.

(6) Automated decision-making, including profiling for the purpose of providing services under the concluded agreement and for the purpose of direct marketing by the Administrator may be undertaken in relation to you.

(7) Personal data are not transferred to third countries within the meaning of data protection regulations. This means that we do not send them outside the European Union.

5. Information in forms

(1) The Service collects information voluntarily provided by the user, including personal information, if provided.

(2) The Service may record information about connection parameters (time stamp, IP address).

(3) The data provided in the form are processed for the purpose resulting from the function of the specific form, such as for the purpose of business contact, etc. Each time the context and description of the form clearly informs what it is used for.

6. Administrator logs

(1) Information of user behavior on the site may be subject to logging. This data is used to administer the site.

7. Relevant marketing techniques

(1) The operator uses statistical analysis of website traffic through Google Analytics (Google Inc., based in the USA) and open-source statistics called Matomo (Poland). The operator does not transmit personal data to the operator of this service, only anonymized information. The service is based on the use of cookies on the user’s terminal device. With regard to information about user preferences collected by the Google advertising network, the user can view and edit the information resulting from cookies using the tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/.

(2) The Operator uses a solution that automates the operation of the Service in relation to users, such as can send an email to the user, provided that the user has agreed to receive commercial correspondence from the Operator.

8. Information about cookies

(1) The Website uses cookies.

(2) Cookies (so-called “cookies”) are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored in the Service User’s terminal equipment and are intended for use on the Website. Cookies usually contain the name of the website from which they originate, the time they are stored on the terminal equipment and a unique number.

(3) The entity placing cookies on the Service User’s terminal equipment and accessing them is the Service operator.

(4) Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  1. maintaining the session of the Website user (after logging in), thanks to which the user does not have to re-enter his/her login and password on each sub-page of the Website;
  2. implementation of the purposes specified above in the section “Important marketing techniques”;
  3. the Service uses two main types of cookies: “session” (session cookies) and “permanent” (persistent cookies). “Session” cookies are temporary files that are stored on the User’s terminal device until the User logs out, leaves the website or shuts down the software (web browser). “Permanent” cookies are stored on the User’s end device for the time specified in the parameters of the cookies or until they are deleted by the User.

(5) Web browsing software (Internet browser) usually allows the storage of cookies on the User’s terminal device by default. Users of the Website may change their settings in this regard. Your web browser allows you to delete cookies. It is also possible to automatically block cookies. For details, please refer to the help or documentation of your web browser.

(6) Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some of the functionality available on the Website.

(7) cookies placed in the Service User’s terminal equipment may also be used by entities cooperating with the Service Operator, in particular this concerns companies: Google (Google Inc. based in the USA), Facebook (Facebook Inc. based in the USA), Twitter (Twitter Inc. based in the USA).

9. Managing cookies – how to give and withdraw consent in practice?

(1) If you do not want to receive cookies, you can change your browser settings. We stipulate that disabling cookies necessary for authentication processes, security, maintenance of user preferences may hinder, and in extreme cases may prevent the use of the websites.

(2) To manage your cookie settings, select the web browser you are using from the list below and follow the instructions:

  1. Edge
  2. Internet Explorer
  3. Chrome
  4. Safari
  5. Firefox
  6. Opera

  7. mobile devices:
  8. Android
  9. Safari (iOS)