The protection of privacy in connection with the processing of personal data is a fundamental human right. It is primarily protected by European Union law, Swiss law, the Treaty of Lisbon and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. The protection of the rights of natural persons against unauthorized interference with their private life when processing their personal data also corresponds to Article 19 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic.
In order to ensure the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and to promote the free movement of such data between the Member States of the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data was adopted, which repeals Directive 95/46 and has been in force since May 25, 2018. This regulation is commonly known as the "GDPR" (General Data Protection Regulation).
Pursuant to Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Regulation is a generally binding, directly applicable act of primary law of the Union which lays down uniform rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of personal data for all Member States.
In order to fulfill the Slovak Republic's obligations under the TFEU, the new Act No. 18/2018 on Data Protection and on Amending and Supplementing Certain Acts was adopted. The aim of this law is to harmonize national legislation on the processing of personal data of natural persons with the new EU regulations of the GDPR.
The Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection ("FADP") and the Swiss Data Protection Ordinance then apply to Switzerland.
We hereby inform you about the manner and conditions of the processing of your personal data on the website http://www.statement.com and about your associated rights. We process personal data in the areas listed below. If the retention period of the personal data is indicated in years in a section, it starts on January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which we started processing your personal data.
The controller therefore provides the following information regarding the processing of personal data of natural persons in accordance with the above-mentioned legislation:
Identification and contact details:
Controller:
Statement Daily s. r. o.
Mierové námestie 4,
Trenčín 911 01,
Slovakia
Company ID (IČO): 44 432 011
Contact details of the responsible person:
Data Protection Officer: Roman Václav LL.M., MBA
Contact: E-mail: [email protected], Phone: 0910 905154
Terms related to data protection:
• Controller - any natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes of the processing and processes personal data on their own behalf.
• Processor - any natural or legal person who processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
• Responsible person - the person designated by the controller to perform the tasks under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act and for Switzerland under the FADP.
• Data subject - any natural person whose personal data is processed.
• Personal data - any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person
• Recipient - a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed or made accessible, including processors.
• Purpose of processing - the previously clearly defined or legally established purpose of processing personal data.
• Processing of personal data - any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data (e.g. collection, storage, use, disclosure, erasure).
• Consent of the data subject - any voluntary, specific, informed and unambiguous expression of the data subject's will to the processing of their personal data.
1. Purpose of processing / legal bases
Purpose and legal basis of data processing
The purposes of data processing in the area of responsibility arise primarily from statutory duties.
The processing of personal data is carried out in particular to
• Fulfillment of legal obligations,
• fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject
• legitimate interests of the controller or third parties in accordance with the GDPR, the Data Protection Act and the FADP, e.g. monitoring of contributions to the prevention of criminal offenses
• on the basis of the data subject's consent.
Processed data areas (examples):
• Editorial activity, text editing, blogger and author management
• Incoming and outgoing mail
• Exercising the rights of data subjects
• Notification of unlawful behavior
• Contract management
• Complaints management
• Marketing and customer communication
•Accounting
• Legal proceedings
• Newsletter subscribers
• Social media user management (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube)
• User registration on www.statement.com
• Media cooperations
Obligation to provide personal data
The data subject is obliged to provide their personal data if this is required by law or is necessary for the performance of a contract. Without provision, legal obligations or contracts cannot be fulfilled.
Consent and revocation
Consent is only obtained if there is no other legal basis. It is voluntary and can be revoked at any time without affecting the legality of the processing until revocation.
Recipients of the data and transfer to third countries
Personal data will only be transferred to bodies within Switzerland, the Slovak Republic or the EU if this is provided for by law. Data will not be transferred to third countries or international organizations.
Automated decisions and profiling
The controller does not carry out any automated decision-making or profiling.
Retention period
Personal data is stored for as long as is necessary for the purpose, after which it is deleted in accordance with archiving and filing laws.
2. Recipients or categories of recipients / international data transfers
We protect your personal data and do not pass it on to third parties, except for personal data published in articles, posts and information that we publish on the website as part of our activities. When personal data is published on our website for the purposes for which it is processed, the recipients are all persons who visit our website or our social networks.
When we process your personal data to send newsletters, only our service providers have access to this data, including cloud service providers, marketing and advertising service providers as well as IT service providers or external employees who are bound to confidentiality. These recipients may be located outside Switzerland, but they are generally in the EU. If such an obligation exists by law or by a decision of a public authority, your personal data will also be transferred to these authorities or other bodies in Switzerland or abroad. However, it will be ensured that the transfer takes place within the framework of data protection laws (in particular that any data protection guarantees are in place).
3. Rights of the data subject
As a data subject, you have various rights under the applicable data protection laws, to which we hereby draw your attention. Please note that the scope and exact content of the rights may vary depending on the applicable data protection law:
• Right to information
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you and, if so, to obtain access to this data and to basic information about the processing of your personal data.
• Right to rectification and/or completion
You have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and to have incomplete personal data completed.
• Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
You only have the right to immediate erasure of your personal data if:
◦ the data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or processed;
◦ you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing
◦ you object to the processing and there are no legitimate grounds for the processing
◦ the data has been processed unlawfully;
◦ the deletion is required by law;
◦ the data was processed in connection with the provision of information society services to children (Art. 8 (1) GDPR).
You can contact us at any time for this purpose; we will then check whether there are any exceptions where erasure is not required (e.g. to enforce legal claims).
• Right to restriction of processing
You can request that the processing of your data is restricted (i.e. the data is only stored but not processed further) if
◦ You dispute the accuracy of the data;
◦ the processing is unlawful and you request the restriction of processing instead of erasure
◦ we no longer need the data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims
◦ you have objected to the processing.
You can contact us at any time; we will then check whether there are exceptions that permit other processing.
• Right to data portability
If the processing of your data is automated and based on your consent or for the performance of a contract, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller where technically feasible.
• Right to withdraw consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
• Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
If you believe that your rights have been violated in the processing of your personal data or that the applicable data protection laws have not been complied with, you can lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In Slovakia, for example, this is the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic. You can find a sample complaint form on the website of the Office www.dataprotection.gov.sk. For Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/de/kontakt.
Please note, however, that we reserve the right to assert the restrictions provided for by law, for example if we are obliged to store or process certain data, have an overriding interest in doing so (insofar as we are entitled to invoke this) or need it to assert claims.
4. Provision of personal data
The provision of your personal data, which we process on the basis of your consent, is voluntary and not a legal or contractual obligation; failure to provide it will have no negative consequences for you. However, if the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract, failure to provide it may result in non-performance of the contract. In other cases, non-provision may result in the inability to publish content or the malfunction of the website.
5. Permitted secure communication channels for the processing of personal data
The controller observes all these rights in the performance of its tasks, which is why we ask every sender of documents containing personal data to secure electronic communication by means of encryption in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act, thus ensuring confidentiality in the processing of personal data as part of the security measures. Otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act, we are obliged to delete the electronic correspondence from the sender and return it unread.
An exception to the use of secure communication (e-mail, telephone) applies in cases where immediate action is required to avert a specific threat to the life and health of persons or to prevent significant material damage.
Until you have implemented all legally required measures, we may ask you to send us the requested documents again in the following ways: by e-mail with encrypted attachments or as a delivered item by post, courier or personal delivery.
6. Cookies
In order to improve our services and the functionality of the website, we use cookies - small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device and contain information about your activities on the website. This information is forwarded to the website server or to third parties when you visit the website again.
Cookies help in particular:
• the proper functionality and security of the website,
• recognize the pages and functions you use most frequently in order to adapt our offer,
• the avoidance of unwanted advertising.
Cookies differ according to their duration:
• Session cookies (short-term, delete themselves after closing the browser)
• Persistent cookies (remain stored until they are deleted)
Cookies can also be divided into:
• essential cookies (necessary for the website to function) and
• non-essential cookies (e.g. analytical cookies that are used to customize advertising).
Non-essential cookies are only used with your consent. You can disable essential cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect the functionality of the website.
7. Google and social networks Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and TikTok
We use various services of Google Ireland Limited (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Adwords) to analyze the use of our website and to offer targeted advertising. Cookies such as the "IDE" cookie, which is stored for up to 24 months, are used for this purpose. Details can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
We also operate fan pages and accounts on social networks:
• Facebook / Meta
• Instagram
• Twitter / X
• YouTube
These platforms have their own data protection regulations for which they are responsible.
Facebook
Our website contains Facebook plugins that transmit data to Facebook when you visit the site. If you are logged in to Facebook and use the "Like" or "Share" buttons, Facebook links your activity to your profile. Details: https://sk.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
Instagram
Instagram is part of Facebook; similar privacy notices apply. Details: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig.
Twitter
Twitter / X uses cookies to personalize ads and enable content sharing. Details: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies.
YouTube
YouTube videos may be embedded on the website. Google stores usage data for up to 13 months. Details: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Telegram
Telegram is a cloud-based communication platform that offers secure chats and groups. Telegram only uses data for secure operation, not for advertising. Details: https://telegram.org/privacy?setln=fa.
TikTok
TikTok collects extensive user data, including IP address, location data, device information, usage behavior and more, for purposes such as targeted advertising and fraud detection. The data is also shared with service providers and partners, but is not sold.
8. Related obligations
Data subject's request regarding their personal data
Objection of the data subject to the processing of personal data