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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy, together with the General Terms and Conditions of Website Use and Cookie Policy, determines how your personal data, collected through your use of the Website, is used by Verity Business Consulting and Education, Vanja Flis s.p., with registered address at Na Korošci 15, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia (hereinafter "Verity", "we", "us").

Verity, as a data controller, is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and rights in the processing of your personal data. We understand the importance of handling personal data and ensure compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including 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 movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter: GDPR).

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter: Policy) is intended to inform customers and contractual partners, website and product users, and other persons (hereinafter: "individuals" or "you") about the content, method, and basis for collecting, using, and storing (hereinafter: processing) personal data by Verity, and about the rights that individuals have regarding their data.

Terms and concepts used in this policy (e.g., "personal data", "processing", "collection", etc.) have the same meaning as defined in Article 4 of the GDPR, unless otherwise specified in this policy.

This Policy includes information about:

  • What data we collect
  • On what basis and for what purpose we collect it
  • Duration of storage for different types of personal data
  • Rights of individuals regarding personal data processing
  • Contact information for the data protection officer

1. Personal Data Collected Through the Contact Form

a) Collected Personal Data and Basis for Collection

Verity collects data about your name, surname, and email address, solely with your consent, which you provide when sending a message through the contact form on the website.

b) Purpose of Data Collection

Personal data obtained through the contact form will be processed by Verity solely for the purpose of formulating a response to submitted questions, comments, inquiries, or messages and sending such responses to your email address. All personal data you provide will be treated confidentially by persons who are contractually bound to protect personal data.

c) Storage of Personal Data

Verity stores your personal data in accordance with one of the following retention periods:

  • In cases where your data is processed solely based on your explicit consent, until the withdrawal of consent for personal data processing by you
  • In cases where the purpose for which the personal data was obtained has been fulfilled, and no prior withdrawal of consent for personal data processing has occurred, until the fulfillment of the purpose
  • In cases where the storage of personal data is necessary to protect Verity's interests regarding communication initiated through the contact form, until the expiration of deadlines for exercising your rights and obligations or Verity's rights and obligations

2. Data Collected Through Cookies

Verity collects data about your IP address, your website visits, time spent on individual subpages, total visit time, and navigation patterns through the placement of small text files or cookies on your device. Personal data obtained through necessary cookies that enable basic website functionality is collected automatically to provide website access service. Other data not obtained through necessary cookies is collected only with your consent.

3. Data Collected Through External Providers

We contractually cooperate with external service providers (contractual partners) who help us better understand the use of our websites. Our contractual partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect data about your use of our websites, necessary for creating analytics about website usage (how visitors navigate our website, which products they view, general transaction information).

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics service to optimize our websites and services. This includes analytical tools provided by Google Inc., Mountain View 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The data collected is anonymized and does not allow individual identification.

4. Data Shared with Third Parties

Plugins

Plugins are small programs that extend the functionality of programs and consequently our websites. All third parties to whom data is transmitted through the plugins listed below provide an adequate level of personal data protection as they are certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield or process data within EU countries.

Facebook

We use Facebook social network plugins operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with the Facebook logo or the addition "Facebook Social Plugin". You can find an overview of Facebook plugins and their appearance at: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.

When you visit our website containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook's servers. Facebook transfers the plugin content directly to your browser and incorporates it into the website. Through this integration, Facebook receives information that your browser has accessed the correct page of our website, even if you don't have a Facebook profile or are not logged into your Facebook account. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser to Facebook's server in the USA and stored there.

YouTube

We use plugins from Youtube.com, operated by Youtube, LLC (901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA). When you visit a page containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with YouTube's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from YouTube to your browser. For more information, please read the privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Twitter

We use plugins for the Twitter service provided by Twitter Inc. (1355 Market St., Suite 900, San Francisco, CA, 94103, USA). These plugins can be identified by terms such as "Twitter", "tweet" and/or Twitter logos. For more information, please read Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

PayPal

We use plugins from the online payment provider PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., R.C.S. Luxembourg B 118 349. For more information, please read the privacy policy at: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

LinkedIn

We use plugins from LinkedIn Corporation or LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company for EU users. For more information about data processing and your rights, please visit: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

5. Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

You have the following rights:

  • Right to access your personal data
  • Right to correct your personal data
  • Right to delete your personal data
  • Right to restrict processing
  • Right to withdraw consent
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to file a complaint with the Information Commissioner

6. Consent for Personal Data Processing

6.1 Consent During Registration

During the registration process on our websites, you provide consent allowing us to process all submitted data and purchase content information for the purpose of fulfilling your order. You provide this consent by checking the box "I have read and understood the Terms and Conditions, which I accept" and "I have read and understood the Privacy Policy and agree to the processing of my personal data for purchase execution".

6.2 Processing Required for Contractual Obligations

We process and store personal data of Individuals to fulfill obligations from contractual relationships concluded at the Individual's request, including the sale of products and services, particularly for the following purposes:

  • Individual identification
  • Contract preparation and conclusion
  • Contract modification
  • Delivery of goods and services
  • Billing and payment processing
  • Notification of changes to terms and conditions
  • Contract-based communications
  • Resolution of complaints or disputes

6.3 Processing Based on Legitimate Interests

Processing data based on legitimate interest means our interest in conducting our business efficiently and effectively, while providing Individuals with secure operations and use of our services and quality user experience when using our services (website visits, interaction with Verity, ordering, contract conclusion, etc.).

7. Data Protection

Verity implements extensive technical, organizational, and administrative measures to protect your data from potential risks such as unauthorized access, unauthorized verification, modification or distribution, as well as loss, deletion, or misuse of data.

8. Changes to Privacy Policy

Verity reserves the right to change the content of this privacy policy at any time. The amended privacy policy is valid from the moment of publication on the Website and governs the further processing of already collected personal data and the processing of personal data collected after the amended privacy policy takes effect.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests, please contact us at info@verity.si

©Verity (Last updated: 10.10.2020)