Privacy policy

The following Privacy Policy defines rules of saving and accessing data on Users' Devices using the Service for the purpose of rendering electronic services by the Administrator as well as rules of collecting and processing of Users' personal data, which were provided by them personally and voluntarily through tools available in the Service.

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

§1 Definitions

• Service - the website "CarShow360.net" operating at https://carshow360.net
• External website - websites of partners, service providers or recipients cooperating with the Administrator
• Service Administrator / Data Administrator - Administrator of the Service and Data Administrator (hereinafter referred to as Administrator) is the company "Institute for Automotive Market Research Samar S.C., Drzewiecki Wojciech, Drzewiecka Monika", operating at the following address: ul. Wąwozowa 11 lok. 65/2, 02-796 Warsaw, with assigned tax identification number (NIP): 1180085954, providing services electronically through the Service
• User - a natural person for whom the Administrator provides services electronically through the Website.
• Device - an electronic device with software, through which the User accesses the Website
• Cookies - text data collected in the form of files placed on the User's Device
• RODO - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals 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 by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of the natural person
• Processing means - means an operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, organisation, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
• Limitation of processing - means the marking of stored personal data for the purpose of limiting its future processing
• Profiling - means any form of automated processing of personal data which involves the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal factors relating to an individual, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that individual's performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movement
• Consent - consent of the data subject means a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of intent by which the data subject, by means of a statement or an 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, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of or unauthorized access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
• Pseudonymisation - 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 kept separately and is covered by technical and organisational measures which make it impossible to attribute it 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 Officer

On the basis of Article 37 RODO, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

For matters relating to data processing, including personal data, please contact the Administrator directly.

§3 Types of Cookies

• Internal cookies - files placed and read from a User's Device by the Service's data communications system
• External Cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by teleinformation systems of External Services. The scripts of External Services that may place Cookies on User Devices have been intentionally placed on the Website through scripts and services made available and installed on the Website
• Session cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by the Website or External Services during one session of a given Device. At the end of a session the files are deleted from the User Device.
• persistent cookies - files placed and read from the User Device by the Website or External Services until they are manually deleted. Cookies are not deleted automatically after the end of the session of the Device, unless the configuration of the User Device is set to delete cookies after the end of the session of the Device.

§4 Data storage security

• Cookie Storage and Reading Mechanisms - The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies stored on a User's Device and the Website are implemented through built-in mechanisms of Internet browsers and do not allow for the collection of other data from the User's Device or from 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 User's Device and do not contain scripts, content or information that could threaten the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.
• External cookies - 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 to cooperate. However, the Administrator does not have full control over the content of cookies from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of cookies, their content and use of the Scripts installed in the service, coming from external services in accordance with the license, to the extent allowed by the law. The list of partners can be found in the further part of the Privacy Policy.
• Controlling Cookies
  • The user can, at any time, independently change the settings for the storage, deletion of and access to the stored cookies by each website
  • Information on how to disable cookies in the most popular computer browsers is available at: how to disable cookies or from one of the designated providers:
    • Cookie management in Chrome browser
    • Cookie management in Opera browser
    • Cookie management in FireFox browser
    • Cookie management in Edge browser
    • Cookie management in Safari browser
  • The User may, at any time, delete any cookies stored to date using the tools of the User's Device through which the User uses the services of the Website.
• Threats on the side of the User - The Administrator uses all possible technical measures to ensure the security of data placed in cookies. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties, including the activity of the User. The Administrator shall not be liable for interception of these data, impersonation of a User's session or their deletion, as a result of the User's conscious or unconscious activity, viruses, Trojan horses and other spyware, which may be or was infected with the User's Device. In order to protect themselves from these threats, Users should follow the rules of safe use of the Internet
• Personal data storage - Administrator ensures that he/she makes every effort to ensure that processed personal data entered voluntarily by the Users is secure, access to it is limited and carried out in accordance with its purpose and objectives of processing. Administrator also ensures that he makes every effort to protect the data he holds against loss, through the use of appropriate physical and organizational security.

§5. Purposes for which cookies are used

• To improve and facilitate access to the Service
• Personalization of the Service for Users
• Marketing, Remarketing in External Services
• Keeping statistics (users, number of visits, types of devices, links, etc.)
• Providing community services

§6 Purposes of personal data processing

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

• The implementation of electronic services:
  • Services for sharing information about content posted on the Service on social networking or other sites.
• Communication of the Administrator with Users in matters related to the Service and data protection
• Provide for the legitimate interest of the Administrator

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

• Maintaining statistics
• Remarketing
• Provide for the legitimate interest of the Administrator

§7. Cookies of External Services

The Administrator on the Website uses javascript scripts 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 the partners or their services implemented on the Website that may place cookies:

• Social/connected services:< br />(Registration, Login, content sharing, communication, etc.)< br />
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google+
• Content sharing services:
  • Pinterest
  • WhatsApp
  • Instagram
• Maintaining statistics:
  • Google Analytics
• Other services:
  • Google Maps

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 provided voluntarily by Users during enrollment to individual services offered by the Service.

Anonymous data collected automatically:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Screen resolution
• Approximate location
• Open subpages of the website
• Time spent on relevant subpage of the website
• Operating system type
• Previous page address
• Reference page address
• Browser language

Some data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Part of the data (without identifying information) may be transmitted 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 data (usually on the basis of a Data Processing Entrustment Agreement) may be granted to entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary to run the service.

§10 Method of processing personal data

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

• Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless published as a result of an individual action by the User (e.g., making 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 sold to third parties.

Anonymized data (no personal information) collected automatically:

• Anonymised data (without personal information) will be transferred outside the European Union.
• Anonymized data (without personal information) will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
• Anonymized data (without personal information) will not be resold to third parties.

§11 Legal grounds for processing personal data

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

• 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)
  • 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 party or in order 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 the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
• The Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000)
• The Act of 16 July 2004. Telecommunications Law (Journal of Laws 2004 No. 171 item 1800)
• The Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws 1994 No. 24, item 83)

§12. Period of processing of personal data

Personal data provided voluntarily by Users:

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

An exception is a situation which requires securing the legitimate purposes of further processing of such data by the Administrator. In such a situation, the Administrator shall store the data indicated, from the time of their deletion by the User, no longer than for a period of 3 years in case of violation or suspected violation of the provisions of the regulations of the service by the User

Anonymized data (no personal information) collected automatically:

Anonymized statistical data, which do not constitute personal data, are stored by the Administrator for the purpose of service statistics for an unspecified period of time

§13. Users' rights related to personal data processing

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

• Right of access to personal data
  Users have the right to obtain access to their personal data, exercised upon request made to the Administrator
• Right to rectification of personal data
  Users have the right to request from the Administrator the immediate rectification of personal data that is inaccurate or/and the completion of incomplete personal data, carried out upon request made to the Administrator
• Right to delete personal data
  Users have the right to demand from the Administrator immediate deletion of their personal data, carried out upon request submitted to the Administrator. In case of user accounts, deletion of data consists in anonymisation of data that allows identification of the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the request for data deletion in order to protect the legitimate interest of the Administrator (e.g. when the User committed an infringement of the Terms of Use or the data was obtained as a result of conducted correspondence).< br />In case of the Newsletter service, the User has the possibility to delete his/her personal data on his/her own using a link placed in each transmitted e-mail message.
• Right to restrict the processing of personal data
  Users have the right to restrict the processing of personal data in the cases indicated in Article 18 RODO, including but not limited to questioning the correctness of personal data, exercised upon request made to the Administrator
• Right to data portability
  Users have the right to obtain from the Administrator, personal data concerning the User, in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, executed upon request made 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 RODO, exercised upon request made to the Administrator
• Right to lodge a complaint
  Users have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

§14. Contact to the Administrator

The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways

• Postal address - Instytut Badań Rynku Motoryzacyjnego Samar S.C., Drzewiecki Wojciech, Drzewiecka Monika, Wąwozowa 11 lok. 65/2, 02-796 Warsaw
• E-mail address - support@carshow360.net
• Contact Form - available at: https://carshow360.net/en/contact

§15 Service Requirements

• Restricting the storage of and access to cookies on a User's Device may result in the malfunction of some features of the Website.
• The Administrator shall not be held liable for any malfunctioning of the Website's functions in the event that the User restricts the ability to save and read cookies in any way.

§16 External links

In the Service - articles, posts, entries or comments of Users there may be links to external sites with which the Owner of the Service does not cooperate. These links as well as the sites or files indicated underneath may be dangerous to your Device or constitute a threat to the security of your data. The Administrator shall not be held liable for the content located outside the Service.

§17. Changes to Privacy Policy

• Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to Users with respect to the use and application of anonymized data or the use of cookies.
• The Administrator reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy with regard to the processing of Personal Data, of which it will inform Users who have user accounts or are subscribed to the newsletter service, via e-mail within 7 days of the change of records. Continued use of the services shall mean that the User has read and accepted the amendments to the Privacy Policy. In the case in which the User does not agree with the introduced changes, he shall be obliged to delete his account from the Site or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.
• Modifications to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Website.
• Modifications will take effect upon publication.