Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 27-Mar-2024
Last Updated: 26-Jul-2024
The Privacy Policy outlines the rules for storing and accessing data on Users’ Devices when using the Service for the purpose of providing electronic services by the Administrator, as well as the principles of collecting and processing Users’ personal data provided by them personally and voluntarily through tools available on the Service. This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Service’s Terms and Conditions, which define the rules, rights, and obligations of Users using the Service.
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
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Definitions:
- Service: The internet service “carbidinfo.com” operating at https://carbidinfo.com.
- External Service: Internet services of partners, service providers, or recipients cooperating with the Administrator.
- Service Administrator / Data Administrator: The Administrator of the Service and Data (hereinafter referred to as the Administrator) is the owner of carbidinfo.com site, providing electronic services through the Service.
- User: A natural person for whom the Administrator provides electronic services through the Service.
- Device: An electronic device along with software through which the User accesses the Service.
- 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 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). GDPR aims to ensure the security and consistency of personal data processing, imposing obligations on data controllers, including informing individuals about data processing activities.
- Personal Data: Information about an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is someone who can be directly or indirectly identified, especially based on identifiers such as name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or other factors defining physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
- Processing: Refers to operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data, whether automated or not.
- Limitation of Processing: Refers to marking stored personal data to restrict their future processing.
- Profiling: Any form of automated processing of personal data that involves using the data to evaluate certain personal aspects of an individual, especially for analyzing or predicting aspects related to their work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, credibility, behavior, location, or movement.
- Consent: Consent of the data subject means voluntary, specific, informed, and unambiguous expression of the data subject’s will, by which they allow the processing of their personal data.
- Personal Data Breach: A breach of security leading to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed.
- Pseudonymization: The processing of personal data in such a way that it can no longer be attributed to a specific individual without additional information. This additional information is kept separately and subject to technical and organizational measures preventing its association with an identified or identifiable natural person.
- Anonymization: An irreversible process of manipulating data that destroys or overwrites “personal data,” making identification or linking of specific records to an individual impossible.
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Data Protection Officer (DPO)
Under Article 37 of the GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer. For matters related to data processing, including personal data, please directly contact the Administrator.
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Cookies and similar technology:
We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:
- Ad service
- Analytics
We require such third party’s to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.
We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.
More detailed information about cookies can be found at: Cookie policy page.
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The purposes of processing personal data:
Personal data voluntarily provided by Users is processed for one of the following purposes:
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Electronic services provision:
- Services related to commenting or liking posts on the website without the need for registration.
- Services for sharing information about content placed on the website in social media or other platforms.
- Communication between the Administrator and Users regarding matters related to the website and data protection.
- Ensuring a legally justified interest of the Administrator.
Anonymously and automatically collected User data is processed for the following purposes:- Statistical analysis
- Remarketing
- Serving personalized advertisements based on User preferences
- Handling affiliate programs
- Ensuring a legally justified interest of the Administrator
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Electronic services provision:
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Types of data collected:
The website collects data about Users. Some of the data is collected automatically and anonymously, while other data consists of personal information voluntarily provided by Users when signing up for specific services offered by the website.
Anonymous data collected automatically:
- IP Address
- Browser Type
- Screen Resolution
- Approximate Location
- Visited Subpages of the Website
- Time Spent on Relevant Website Subpage
- Operating System Type
- Previous Page Address
- Referring Page Address
- Browser Language
- Internet Connection Speed
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
The data collected during comment submission typically includes the following:
- Full Name / Nickname
- Email Address
- Website Address
- IP Address (collected automatically)
The data collected during contact form submission typically includes the following:
- Full Name / Nickname
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- IP Address (collected automatically)
Some data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Some data (without identifying information) may be transmitted to a statistical service provider.
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Access to personal data by third-parties:
As a rule, the sole 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.\n\nAccess to data (usually based on a Data Processing Agreement) may be granted to entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary for running the website, such as:
- Hosting companies providing hosting or related services to the Administrator.
- Companies intermediating in online payments for goods or services offered on the Website (in the case of purchase transactions on the Website).
Entrusting the processing of personal data - Hosting Services, VPS or Dedicated Servers
To run the website, the Administrator uses the services of an external hosting provider, VPS or Dedicated Servers. All data collected and processed on the website are stored and processed in the service provider's infrastructure located in EU. It is possible to access data as a result of service work carried out by the service provider's staff. Access to this data is regulated by the contract concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.
Data processing in the case of online payments
In the case of online payments, all payment data is provided directly by the User to the entity making the payment. Selected data necessary to complete the transaction are then transferred by this entity to the Administrator. The transfer of data is governed by the contract concluded between the Administrator and the Service Provider.
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Method of processing personal data:
Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:
- Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless they have 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 every person visiting the website.
- Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
- Personal data may be resold to other entities, provided that the User gives explicit consent to this in the electronic form provided when providing or editing his or her personal data.
Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:
- Anonymous data (without personal data) will be transferred outside the European Union.
- Anonymous data (without personal data) may be used for automated decision-making (profiling). Profiling anonymous data (without personal data) does not produce legal effects or similarly significantly affect the person whose data is subject to automatic decision-making.
- Anonymous data (without personal data) may be resold to third parties (e.g. paid provision of Website statistics).
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Legal basis for the processing of personal data:
The website collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:
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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of legal persons with regard to the use of personal data and on free access to such data and the use of services 95/46/EC (General Regulation on data protection)
- article 6 section 1 letter a - the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes;
- article 6 section 1 letter b - processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
- article 6 section 1 letter f - processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child;
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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of legal persons with regard to the use of personal data and on free access to such data and the use of services 95/46/EC (General Regulation on data protection)
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Personal data processing period:
Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:
As a rule, the indicated personal data are stored only for the period of provision of the Service on the Website by the Administrator. They are deleted or anonymized within 30 days from the end of the provision of services.
An exception is a situation that requires securing legally justified purposes of further processing of this data by the Administrator. In such a situation, the Administrator will store the indicated data from the time the User requests their removal, no longer than for a period of 3 years in the event of a violation or suspected violation of the provisions of the website regulations by the User.
Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:
Anonymous statistical data, which do not constitute personal data, are stored by the Administrator in order to maintain website statistics for an indefinite period of time.
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Users' rights related to the processing of personal data:
The website collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:
- The right to access personal data. Users have the right to access their personal data upon request submitted to the Administrator
- The right to rectify personal data. Users have the right to request from the Administrator to immediately correct personal data that is incorrect and/or complete incomplete personal data, upon request submitted to the Administrator.
- The right to delete personal data. Users have the right to request the Administrator to immediately delete personal data, which is carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator. In the case of user accounts, deletion of data involves anonymization of data enabling the User's identification. The Administrator reserves the right to suspend the execution of a request to delete data in order to protect the Administrator's legitimate interest (e.g. when the User has violated the Regulations or the data was obtained as a result of correspondence). In the case of the Newsletter service, the User has the option of deleting his/her personal data on his/her own using the link included in each e-mail message sent.
- The right to restrict the processing of personal data. Users have the right to limit the processing of personal data in the cases indicated in Art. 18 GDPR, among others questioning the accuracy of personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator
- The right to transfer personal data. Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator personal data regarding the User in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator.
- The 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 Art. 21 GDPR, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator
- Right to lodge a complaint. Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for the protection of personal data.
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Contact to the Administrator:
You can contact the Administrator in one of the following ways:
- E-mail address - contact@carbidinfo.com
- Contact form - available at: /contact-us
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Website requirements:
- Restricting the storage and access to cookies on the User's Device may result in incorrect operation of some functions of the Website.
- The Administrator is not liable for incorrectly functioning functions of the Website if the User limits in any way the ability to save and read Cookie files.
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External links:
The Website - articles, posts, entries or comments by Users - may contain links to external websites with which the Website Owner does not cooperate. These links and the pages 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 located outside the Website.
The Website contains links to external websites providing data enabling tracking the status of sea containers. The Administrator is not responsible for the use of these websites by Users. Each of these websites, owned by shipowners, has its own privacy policy, regulations and terms of use.
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Google reCAPTCHA
On this site we are using Google reCAPTCHA in order to protect us against spam and other types of automated abuse. Please read Google's Terms and Conditions and their Privacy Policy.
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Changes to the Privacy Policy:
- The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy without the need to inform Users regarding the use and use of anonymous data or the use of cookies.
- Changes introduced in the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Website.
- The changes introduced come into force upon publication.
