Privacy Protection and Cookies Policy


Date 1-Nov-2022

The protection of personal data of our clients and other natural persons is important to us. These terms and conditions specify in what manner we process personal data in the course of provision of services.

With regard to the processing of personal data we are governed by the 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 movementcoo of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance) (the “GDPR”) which governs your rights as a data subject as well, by those provisions of the Act no. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data And on the Amending and Supplementing Certain Acts, which apply to us (in particular, Section 78) (the “Personal Data Protection Act”), by the Act no. 586/2003 Coll. And Article 19 of Act no. 18/2018 Coll. of the Slovak Republic on the protection of personal data (hereafter referred to as the Personal Data Protection Act “PDP Act”) by providing the information below.

The data subject is, within the meaning of § 19 par. Article 2 (e) of the PDP Act, obliged to provide personal data for the purpose listed below, otherwise, it is not possible to conclude a service agreement that the data subject is interested in. When providing services, special regulations (e.g. Act No. 404/2011 Coll. On the Residence of Aliens) require the provision of correct personal data, otherwise, it is not possible to provide agreed services to clients.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of “Shapkin Engineering Bureau” (legal name IE Viacheslav Shaposhnikov, organization identification number 54835739 registered in:  The Commercial Register of the Bratislava) on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://shapkin.tech ) – (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

We may modify this Privacy Policy and any type of information that may appear on the website at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

You may contact us regarding all privacy related issues by our contact page.

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

“Shapkin Engineering Bureau” (legal name IE Viacheslav Shaposhnikov), the person responsible for the website, hereinafter the “Data Controller”. Any person who accesses this website acquires the status of user, and as such undertakes to strictly observe and comply with the provisions provided herein, as well as any other applicable legal clause

The website, including but not limited to its programming, editing, compilation and other elements necessary for its operation, designs, logos, text and/or graphics, are the property of the Data Controller or, if applicable, he/she expressly holds a license or is authorised by the authors. All the contents of the website are duly protected by intellectual and industrial property laws, and are registered in the relevant public registries.

Regardless of the purpose for which they were intended, the total or partial reproduction, use, exploitation, distribution and commercialisation, requires in any case the prior written authorisation from the Data Controller. Any unauthorised use is considered a serious breach of the author’s intellectual or industrial property rights.

The designs, logos, text and/or graphics which are not the property of the Data Controller and which may appear on the website, belong to their respective owners who are responsible for any possible dispute that may arise regarding them. The Data Controller expressly authorises third parties to redirect to the specific content of the website, and in any case to redirect to the main website https://shapkin.tech

The Data Controller acknowledges the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights in favour of their owners, and any mention or appearance on the website does not imply the existence of any rights to or responsibility whatsoever over them, nor does it imply any endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by the website.

The Data Controller cannot be held liable for any information published on their website whenever this information has been manipulated or introduced by a third party not related to the Data Controller.

From the website, you may be redirected to content on a third-party website. Since the Data Controller cannot always control the contents of third party websites, they do cannot be held liable for this third party content. In any case, the Data Controller will immediately remove any content that may be in breach of national or international laws, morality or public order, and will immediately remove the redirection to this website, informing the competent authorities of the content in question. The Data Controller cannot be held liable for the information and content found, including but not limited to, in forums, chats, blog generators, comments, social networks or any other means that allow third parties to independently publish content on the website of the Data Controller. However, it is made available to all users, authorities and security forces, actively collaborating in the withdrawal or, where appropriate, blocking of all content that may affect or be in breach of national or international laws, the rights of third parties or morality and public order. In the event that the user considers there to be any content on the website that could be considered as such, please immediately notify the website administrator.

The Data Controller does not rule out the possibility of there being certain programming errors, or that force majeure, natural disasters, strikes or similar circumstances may occur that make accessing the website impossible

Web site servers will be able to automatically detect the IP address and domain name used by the user. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. All of this information is recorded in a duly registered activity file on the server that allows the subsequent processing of the data in order to obtain only statistical measurements that show us the number of page hits, the number of visits made to the web servers, the order of visits, the access point, etc.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

This website may use technical cookies (small information files that the server sends to the computer of the person accessing the page) to perform certain functions that are considered essential for the proper functioning and display of the site. In any case, the cookies used are temporary, with the sole purpose of making navigation of the site more efficient, and disappear at the end of the user’s session. Under no circumstances do these cookies themselves provide personal data and they will not be used for the collection of such data.

By using cookies, the server where the website is located is able to recognise the browser used by the user in order to make navigation easier, allowing, for example, users who have previously registered to access the areas, services, promotions or contests reserved exclusively for them without having to register on each visit. They may also be used to measure the audience or traffic parameters, monitor the progress and number of entries, etc. In these cases, the cookies used are technically non-essential but beneficial to the user. This website will not install cookies without the prior consent of the user.

The user may configure their browser to alert them of the reception of cookies and to prevent their installation on their computer. For further information, please consult your browser’s instructions

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy below .

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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.

How We Use Your Information

We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes: Marketing/ Promotional, Support, Administration info, Site protection

If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

Who we share your data with

We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described.

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.

How do we collect personal data about you?

If you are our client, in most cases we collect your personal data directly from you. In this case, obtaining your personal data is voluntary. Depending on the particular case, any non-provision of personal data by a client may affect our ability to provide quality legal advice or, in exceptional cases, our obligation to refuse to provide legal advice. We may also collect personal data about our clients from publicly available sources, from public authorities or from other persons.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If we process your personal data based on your consent to the processing of personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Notwithstanding the above, you shall have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes, including profiling.
As a client, you shall have the right to request access to your personal data as well as any rectification thereof. Where we process personal data with regard to the provision of legal services, you, neither as a client, nor as any other natural person (e.g. an adverse party) shall have the right to object to such processing under Article 22 of the GDPR. If the personal data relates to a client (regardless of whether the client is a legal entity or a natural person), with reference to Art. 15 para. 4 of the GDPR, 20 para. 4 of the GDPR, no other persons shall have the right to access data or the right to portability due to our statutory duty of confidentiality: “An attorney at law shall not be obliged to provide information on the processing of personal data, to allow access or portability of personal data under a special regulation, if it could lead to a breach of the duty of confidentiality of the attorney at law under this Act.”

Where your data is sent

Visitor messages may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Security

The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Cookies Policy

According to the EU directive, the cookies that require the user’s informed consent are analytical, advertising and affiliation cookies, while technical cookies and those that are necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to enable the proper functioning of the site.

Through using these devices, the Web server is able to remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the server’s pages, their name and password, products that interest them most, etc.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

WHAT KIND OF COOKIES ARE THERE?

There are five main groups of cookies:

  • Necessary cookies: serve to the website accessibility by enabling basic functionality such as site navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.Analytical Cookies: these collect information on how the website is used.
  • Social Cookies: these are required for external social networks.
  • Affiliate Cookies: these allow you to track visits through links from other websites, with which the website establishes affiliate agreements (affiliate companies).
  • Advertising and behaviour Cookies: these collect information on the user’s personal preferences and choices (re-targeting).
  • Technical and functional Cookies: these are strictly only necessary for the use of the website and for the provision of the contracted service.

Our site uses the CookieYes platform when processing cookies, which allows us to monitor and document any type of tracking on our website, display relevant information about website users and automatically obtain and record all user consents.

We use cookies for the following reasons:

Providing an optimal service adapted to the client’s requirements. For example, some information that was shown to you during your first visit will not be shown to you again. Of course, we ensure organizational and technical procedures for the protection of your personal data and to prevent the loss of information and illegal actions.

TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE by this website
Necessary
CookieDurationDescription
cookieyes-consent1 yearCookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on their subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information of the site visitors.
_GRECAPTCHA5 months 27 daysThis cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
Analytics
CookieDurationDescription
_ga_C1W8H4BKMD2 yearsThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_ga2 yearsThe _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
MANAGE COOKIE PREFERENCES

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome

1. Click on the menu.

2. Click Settings.

3. Click Show Advanced Options.

4. In the ‘Privacy and security’ section, click Content Settings.

  • Delete cookies: Click See all cookies and site data…
  • Do not allow cookies and sute data…

5. Click Remove all.

6. Close and restart the browser.

For more information about Chrome, click here: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es

Internet Explorer. Version 11

1. Select Tools.

2. Click Safety.

3. Click Delete browsing history.

4. Select Cookies.

5. Select Temporary Internet Files.

6. Click Delete.

7. Click OK.

8. Close and restart the browser.

For more information about Internet Explorer, click here: https://windows.microsoft.com/es-419/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9

Firefox. Version 18

1. Open the menu.

2. Click options.

3. Select the Privacy & Security tab. Under Cookies and Site Data, click Clear Data…

4. Select Cookies and Site Data and Cached Web Content.

5. Click Clear.

6. Close and restart the browser.

You can accept or decline cookies individually by clicking Manage Data.

For more information about Mozilla Firefox, click here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

Safari Version 5.1

1. Click Safari.

2. Select the Privacy & Security tab. Click Preferences and then Privacy

3. Click Remove stored cookies and data.

4. Close and restart the browser.

For more information about Safari, click here: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

Opera

Settings>Preferences>Advanced>Cookies.

The cookie settings control how Opera handles them and therefore if they are accepted or rejected.

For more information about Opera click here: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/#clearBrowsingData

More useful links:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.