Privacy Policy
The administrator of your personal data obtained on the website available under the domain www.mercatonssf.eu/asi is Mercaton ASI spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością with its registered office in Wrocław, ul. Januszowicka 5, 53-135 Wrocław hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator” or “Company“. The Company has appointed a contact person with whom you can contact regarding the protection of your personal data via email: asi@mercaton.pl or in writing to the address indicated above.
Processing of personal data
Your personal data obtained on the Website through the contact form, the application form for recognition as a professional investor, and during electronic correspondence will be processed for the following purposes:
- Responding to inquiries via email or the contact form, including questions and issues regarding the activities conducted by the Administrator, presenting and explaining the Administrator’s offer and cooperation terms.
- Processing the application for recognition as a professional investor and preparing documentation related to the agreement with the Company, i.e., taking actions, at your request, before concluding an agreement with the Company.
- Conducting correspondence and other purposes resulting from the cooperation conducted through electronic communication.
- Sending marketing and commercial information from the Administrator, in particular newsletters, based on our legitimate interest. We apply a sustainable marketing policy based on an analysis of legitimate interest.
- Archival (evidence) purposes, which fulfill our legitimate interest in securing information in case of a legal need to demonstrate facts.
- Establishing, investigating, or defending against claims, which fulfill our legitimate interest in this regard.
- Analytical purposes (better selection of services to meet the needs of our customers, general optimization of our products, optimization of service processes, building knowledge about our customers), which fulfill our legitimate interest in this regard.
Your personal data obtained on the Website through the contact form will be processed for the purpose of establishing contact and conducting correspondence, including providing information about the services we provide. Providing data in the form is voluntary. The legal basis for processing personal data is our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) consisting of providing information in response to the question asked and presenting a marketing offer if such a request has been made.
Your personal data obtained on the Website through the application form for recognition as a professional investor will be processed for the purpose of processing the application for recognition as a professional investor and preparing documentation related to the agreement with the Company. Providing data in the form is voluntary but necessary for processing the application, providing information about the Company, and the possibility of concluding an agreement with it. The legal basis for processing personal data is taking actions at your request, before concluding an agreement (Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
In case you sign up to receive informational materials from us, including newsletters, your data will be processed for the purpose of electronically sending you commercial information in the form of email messages, including newsletters, to the provided email address. Providing data in the form is voluntary but necessary for the delivery of such correspondence. The legal basis for processing personal data is the legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) consisting of presenting marketing information, provided such a request has been made.
When you visit our website, you leave: your IP address (the internet address that identifies the computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to visit us). The IP address may indicate the country, city, or other geographical area where the device is located; the browsing path on our website, and your browser data. We automatically collect this data, and you can block some of it by disabling cookies in your browser.
How long we plan to store your data:
Data obtained to fulfill your request for contact, send newsletters, or submit an application to be recognized as a professional client will be processed until you withdraw your consent for processing or raise an objection to the processing of personal data. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, but the withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out while we had your consent.
Furthermore, you have the right to object to the processing of your data based on legitimate interests. In such a case, we will cease processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate that there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the data is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Your Rights:
The following rights apply to you: the right to access your data and receive copies of it, the right to rectify your data, the right to request the erasure of data, the right to request the restriction of data processing, the right to object to data processing, and the right to data portability. To exercise the aforementioned rights, please contact us by email at asi@mercaton.pl.
If you have any doubts regarding the processing of your personal data by us, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
Data Recipients:
We may disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients: our subcontractors, including IT, marketing, accounting, auditing, and legal firms.
Security:
We have implemented solutions in the Service to ensure a high level of protection for your data, including an IT system that meets high standards of personal data protection.
Cookies
While browsing the Website, according to the given consent and/or browser configuration, one or more cookies may be stored on your device (end device) by us or our cooperating company (our subcontractor). Please familiarize yourself with the following information about cookies and how they are used.
Cookies are small files that are placed on the hard drive of a computer when visiting certain websites. They contain information about the device and usually do not contain any personal data. These files cannot be used to infect the device with viruses or other malicious software.
In cookies, we store basic, anonymous information about users (e.g., an identifier) and data that enhances the user experience on the Website, necessary for optimizing and displaying the content contained on the pages, as well as advertising campaigns.
The Website may contain links to other websites that have their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing each of these policies as we do not assume any responsibility for the privacy practices of those websites.
The following types of cookies may be used within the Website:
- Session cookies – temporary files stored on the user’s device until logging out, leaving the website, or closing the software (web browser).
- Persistent cookies – cookie files stored on the user’s device for a specified period of time as defined in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the user.
- Third-party cookies – files originating, for example, from advertising servers, companies, and service providers cooperating with the owner of the specific website. These files allow customizing ads – which enable free use of websites – according to the preferences and habits of their users. They also allow assessing the effectiveness of advertising activities (e.g., by counting how many people clicked on a particular ad and visited the advertiser’s website).
- Tracking cookies – these cookies store information necessary to determine the source of internet traffic. The information collected in these cookies is used to analyze the effectiveness of internet traffic sources within the Administrator’s online campaigns and marketing activities. These cookies are valid for a period of up to 30 days or for the session.
- Analytical cookies – these cookies are installed by various analytical systems that examine statistical and quantitative phenomena on the Administrator’s website regarding user flow and behavior. The data contained in them is collected and processed anonymously and is used by analytical systems to optimize the Administrator’s website. The duration of these cookies is determined as session-based or for another period.
The following types of cookies are used within the Website:
The name of the cookie (Cookies) | Type | Description |
st_captchaScore, st_captchaIsSuspected | analitic | Cookies that store feedback from the reCAPTCHA v3 system, used to distinguish real users from bots. |
_ga, _gid | analitic | It is used to distinguish between users. |
_gat | analitic | It is used to reduce the speed of the request. |
_gac_<property-id> | analitic | It contains campaign information for a particular user. |
__utma | analitic | It is used to distinguish between users and sessions. |
__utmt | analitic | It is used to limit the speed of requests. |
__utmb | analitic | It is used to determine new sessions / visits. |
__utmz | analitic | It stores the source of traffic or a particular campaign that explains how a user arrived at a particular site. |
__utmv | analitic | It is used to store custom variable data at the visitor level. |
As a user of the Website, you can stop providing this information to the Website at any time by deleting the stored cookie files on your end devices by the Website. To do this, you need to change the settings of the internet browser you are currently using.
It is also possible to configure the browser in a way that blocks the installation of cookie files for specific websites selected by you or for all websites. However, such settings may result in the loss of certain functionalities of the Website that require the installation of cookie files. According to the requirements of the Telecommunications Law, configuring the browser to allow the installation of cookie files on your computer is considered as confirming your consent to the use of cookies.
Final provisions
This Privacy Policy serves as the general terms and conditions of agreements within the meaning of the provisions of the Civil Code. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy, particularly due to changes in laws, technology, or the functioning of the Website. The current text of the Privacy Policy is always available on the Website. Additionally, if you register on the Website, you will be informed of any changes to the Privacy Policy by placing the information about the change in the resources of your account on the Website.
If any provision of the Privacy Policy is deemed invalid by a final court decision, the remaining provisions of the Policy shall remain in force.
The Privacy Policy is subject to and will be interpreted in accordance with Polish law.