Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12 January, 2025
We (hereinafter referred to as “we” or “us”) respect your privacy concerns.
We collect, protect, use, process and store the personal data obtained in accordance with the provisions of the current Bulgarian legislation, 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 (General Data Protection Regulation).
We own and manage the website www.pawsy.eu.
This Privacy Policy is intended for visitors to the website www.pawsy.eu.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information (personal data) collected through the website www.pawsy.eu and how we protect, use, process and store the personal data obtained and the decisions we make regarding the use of this data. We also describe the measures we take to protect personal data and tell you how to contact us about our privacy practices.
Section I
This section aims to explain the type of personal data we collect and how we use it.
We may collect and store personal information (such as name and other contact details) that you choose to provide to us when you provide it through the site or when you contact us.
The personal data we collect may include:
Contact information for you – your name, phone and email address, place of employment and job title
• Newsletter sign-up – your name and email address
• When you apply for a job and/or business partnership – your name, age, address, email address, phone number, gender, ethnicity and any other information you may provide in your cover letter or resume
• Other personal information you may send us
The information we collect using automatic means:
We collect data about visitors to our website using technologies such as cookies, device identifiers, IP addresses and location data. This may include information about your location, the type of device you are using and your online browsing history. If you would like to learn more about our use of cookies and how to manage them, please read our Cookie Policy.
When you log in to the website via social media, you give the social network permission to share some of your data with us. Depending on the network, this includes basic profile information such as name, email address, date of birth and any other details you choose to share based on your specific social media account settings.
How do we use the information we collect?
We may use the information we receive about you to strengthen our relationship with you and for other purposes, including:
• Identification to process, evaluate and respond to your requests and inquiries, conclude, execute, modify contracts, provide requested services, as well as to fulfill legal obligations to government authorities and commissions
• Processing applications for employment and/or business partnerships, including by assessing qualifications, verifying information and conducting reference or other employment-related checks
• Creating and managing your account
• Operating, evaluating and improving our business (including developing new services, managing communications, determining the effectiveness of our advertising, training our site visitors, analyzing our services, the services of our website and facilitating its functionality)
• Changing our Terms of Service
• Compliance with applicable legal requirements and industry standards in our policies
• Personalizing the advertising you see on the website so that it is more relevant to you
• Personalizing the advertising you see on other websites to publishers, while limiting the time you see ads
• To handle and respond to you for a comment you have submitted on or to our message boards, blogs and other similar user-generated content
• To share content with others via social media or email
In addition, we use information collected online through cookies and other automated means for purposes such as (i) recognizing your computer when you visit the Site, (ii) tracking your navigation through the Site, (iii) improving the usability of the Site, (iv) analyzing Site usage, and (v) administering the Site. We also use this information to diagnose technical and operational problems, administer our Site, identify users of our Site, and gather demographic information about our users.
We may use clickstream data to determine how much time users spend on our site pages, how users navigate our site, and how we can tailor our Website to better meet our users’ needs.
We may also use personal data for other additional purposes. We will identify these additional purposes at the time of collection.
Online tracking
We may also use third-party solutions for web analytics, such as Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. that uses cookies to help analyze how users use this website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (such as your IP address, the URL you visited, the date and time of the page being viewed) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to monitor your use of this website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where third parties process information on Google’s behalf. For more information about Google’s privacy policy regarding Google Analytics, please see www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl+en=BG
We may collect information about your online activities on our website in order to provide you with advertising for products and services tailored to your individual interests.
Third parties may track your online activities over time by collecting information through automated means, including through the use of cookies and web server logs, to collect or obtain information from our site and other sites on the Internet. This information is used to provide measurement services and show you advertisements that are tailored to your individual interests.
This site is not designed to respond to “Do not track” signals received from browsers.
What is the legal basis for the processing of your personal data?
Consent – We will only use your personal data for advertising and marketing, content and service personalization, and advertising analytics purposes if we have your explicit consent to do so. This includes using data provided by you and our profiling partners to improve our products and services.
Legitimate Interests – Our legitimate interest in analyzing traffic to our website to maintain the service, for example, to monitor successful page loads or error messages.
Personal data retention period
We will only retain your information for as long as it is relevant and useful for the purpose for which it was originally collected.
If you wish to have your account deleted, we will take reasonable steps to delete and destroy all of your data without undue delay or to anonymize it (i.e. to render it in a form that does not reveal your identity).
Exchange information
We do not sell or otherwise disclose your personal data and the personal information we have collected about you, except as described here or otherwise.
We may share the personal data we have collected with third parties affiliated with us, with service providers we have authorized to perform services on our behalf, including, without limitation, hosting or operating this site and analyzing data. We require these persons and service providers under contract to adequately protect the privacy and security of the personal information they process on our behalf in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016.
We may disclose your personal information (i) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process (such as in compliance with a court order or subpoena), (ii) in response to requests from law enforcement authorities, or (iii) when we believe that disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm, financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity or is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party. We reserve the right to transfer any information we hold about you in the event that we sell or transfer all or part of our business or assets (including in the event of a restructuring, dissolution or liquidation).
Data transfer
You should be aware that by using the website and those of our partners or any website to which we link, your personal data may be processed or transferred to other countries, such as the United States, and you consent to your personal data being transferred or processed in such a way.
We may transfer your personal data that we have collected to countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you originally provided the information. By submitting your personal data, you consent to this transfer. When we transfer your personal data to other countries, we will protect that information as described in this privacy policy.
Security
We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.
Links to other websites
The Site may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently of us. Linked sites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly encourage you to review to better understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information. We are not responsible for the content of linked websites, the use of those sites, or the privacy practices of those sites.
Child protection
This site is not directed at children under the age of 16 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from site visitors under the age of 16.
Section II
This section of our Privacy Policy provides details and explains how to exercise your choices.
Access to your personal data, updating and your rights and choices Subject to applicable law, you:
(i) have the right to access the personal data we hold about you and to obtain a copy of that data;
(ii) you may update or correct inaccuracies in your personal data submitted to us and to notify third parties to whom your personal data has been disclosed of any correction, erasure or restriction, except where this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort on our part;
(iii) you may object to our use of your personal data;
(iv) you may request that your personal data be erased from our database (“be forgotten”);
(v) you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time;
(vi) you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(vii) any other rights under the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation.
To exercise these rights, please contact us as set out in the “How to contact us” section of this Privacy Policy or contact us using the details on our website. We will provide you, upon request, with a copy of the personal data we process relating to you, in electronic or other appropriate form. Providing access to the data is free of charge, but we reserve the right to charge an administrative fee in the event of repetitive or excessive requests.
In the event of exercising your right to be forgotten, we will delete all of your data, with the exception of information that is necessary to verify that your right to be forgotten has been exercised. We do not delete data that we are legally obliged to retain, including for the defence of legal claims against us or to establish or assert legal claims.
In order to protect your privacy and maintain security, we may take steps to verify your identity before providing you with access to the information.
If we become aware of a personal data breach that may result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you without undue delay of the breach and of the measures that have been taken or are to be taken. We are not obliged to notify you if:
• we have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the data affected by the breach;
• we have subsequently taken measures that ensure that the breach will not result in a high risk to your rights;
• notification would require a disproportionate effort.
As you know, the Internet does not recognise national borders. Services on the Internet are available worldwide, so the collection and transmission of personal data is not always limited to one country. You should be aware that by using the website and those of our partners or any website to which we refer, your personal data may be processed or transferred to other countries, such as the USA, and you consent to your personal data being transferred or processed in this way.
In case of violation of your rights under the above or applicable personal data protection legislation, you have the right to file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Commission as follows:
Name: Personal Data Protection Commission
Headquarters and registered office: Sofia 1592, 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd.
Correspondence address: Sofia 1592, 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd.
Telephone: 02 915 3 518
Website: www.cpdp.bg
Section III
Changes to this policy
We reserve the right to change or add information to this Privacy Policy and will post any changes in real time on our Website. We will indicate at the top of the Privacy Policy when it is updated. Your use of our Website following any change to this Privacy Notice constitutes your informed consent to the change. Please review this policy periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes or updates to our privacy practices.
Section IV
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, or would like to exercise your rights regarding personal data, you can write to us at office@pawsy.eu
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