At Secondthursdays.com, accessible from https://secondthursdays.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Secondthursdays.com and how we use it.

The controller of personal data recorded by Secondthursdays.com, i.e., the entity which decides how personal data entrusted and processed in connection with its activities will be used, is Bearstone Global sp. z o.o., Tytusa Chałubińskiego 8, Warszawa 00-613, that is organizer of events Second Thursdays.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy contains:

1. GDPR Privacy
2. Cookies and other similar technology Policy

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Bearstone Global sp. z o.o., Tytusa Chałubińskiego 8, Warszawa 00-613.

For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.

• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Country refers to: Poland.
• Data Controller for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

• Service refers to the Website and activities related to the organization of Second Thursdays events and other marketing and social events.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to https://secondthursdays.com
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

I. GDPR PRIVACY

Please be informed that Bearstone Global sp. z o. o. as the Data Controller is committed to protecting Your privacy and ensuring the security of personal data, which it processes.

This information sets out how personal data are collected and used in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016). In particular, it fulfils the obligation to provide a data processing notice under Article 13(1), 13(2) and Article 14(1), 14(2) of the GDPR and national legislation.

Purpose and legal basis of personal data processing

Personal Data will be processing on the basis of Article 6.1 (a), (b), (c) and (f) of the GDPR for the following purposes:

• providing Services to You by the Website [Article 6.1 (a)],
• execution of Second Thursdays events participation agreement [Article 6.1 (b)],
• to contact You for the direct marketing purposes, in particular to inform You about Second Thursdays events and other events organized by the Company [Article 6.1 (a), (f)],
• execution of audits [Article 6.1 (f)],
• to pursue or defend against claims [Article 6.1 (f)],
• to ensure accountability (proving compliance with data protection obligations under the law) [Article 6.1 (c)].

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision or obtaining of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Categories of Personal Data Processed

In performance of Our activity, We process the following (non-sensitive) categories of personal data: first name, surname, e-mail address, place of employment and position or type of conducted business activity.

Source of Personal Data

The Personal Data We process comes either from the Data Subject or from data sources that are publicly available (i.e. websites, public records). We may be in control of Your Personal Data if You are our customer or associate.

The Period in Which Your Data Are Processed

We will process Your data for the duration of the performance of the Second Thursdays events participation agreement, until the termination of direct marketing communication and until expiry of the statute of limitations for mutual claims arising from the performance of the agreement.

Information on Recipients of Personal Data/ Entrustment of Personal Data Processing

The recipient of the collected personal data is the Company.

The Data Controller may entrust the processing of Your personal data to entities cooperating with the Controller on the basis of written agreements, in particular personal data processing entrustment agreements, in order to perform certain tasks and services for the Data Controller, such as accounting services, legal services, direct marketing services.

Transfer of Personal Data Outside the European Economic Area

Personal data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area, including within the group to which the Data Controller belongs, i.e. to Bearstone Global Ltd. with its registered seat in Great Britain.

The European Commission has confirmed that Great Britain provides an adequate level of protection for personal data in Decisions C (2021) 4800 final – under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and C (2021) 4801 final – under Directive (EU) 2016/680 of 28 June 2021, which allows for the free transfer of personal data to entities based in Great Britain.

Your Rights Under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, You can request Us for an access, update or delete of Your Personal Data This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
• Request restriction of processing Your Personal Data. You have the right to request restriction of Your Personal Data processing if We process them too widely, without due justification.
• Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
• Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground.
• Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
• Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
• Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on Your consent as the legal basis for Our processing.
• The right to complain to the supervisory body. If it is found that the processing of personal data violates the provisions of General Data Protection Regulation or other provisions on the protection of personal data, the data subject may file a complaint to the President of the Office of Personal Data Protection.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try Our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

II. COOKIES AND OTHER SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Log Files

Secondthursdays.com follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Secondthursdays.com uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Our Advertising Partners

Some of advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

Google
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Secondthursdays.com.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Secondthursdays.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Secondthursdays.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Secondthursdays.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• by email: [email protected] or
• via the correspondence address Bearstone Global sp. z o.o. Tytusa Chałubińskiego 8 Street, Warszawa 00-613.