Welcome to our website.
We take the protection of personal data seriously. It is important to us that your personal data is safe. All personal data collected during your visit to our website are processed in accordance with Act No. 18/2018 Coll. of Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the “Personal Data Protection Act”) and GDPR. By voluntarily filling in your personal data, you hereby give us your consent to their processing in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act. You give us this consent until it is revoked, for a maximum of 90 years.
What data do we store?
During your visit to our site, we record which pages you visited our site from, how long you are on our site, which specific sub-sites you view, etc. This information is not considered personal and is not linked to your personal information. We also record your IP address assigned to you by your Internet provider, which we use for the purposes listed below.
You enter your personal data voluntarily in various forms on our website: registration forms, order forms, polls, comments. We most often store the following personal data: name, address, e-mail.
We take reasonable steps to retain information about you only for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was obtained or as required by contract or applicable law.
If you want to know which specific data we store about you, we will gladly provide it to you in writing upon request. If, despite our efforts to keep the data up-to-date, some records are incorrect, we will be happy to correct them.
What types of personal information do we process?
We process the following categories of personal data:
- contact information such as name, address, email address, telephone number,
- invoicing data, such as name, address, and in the case of a natural person – an entrepreneur, his business name, ID number, VAT number, and VAT number,
- IP address,
- payment information and payment history,
- photos and videos from our events,
- order information.
Your personal information that is provided to third parties is only used to provide you with the services mentioned above, to companies to verify your address, to distribution suppliers in connection with the delivery of your order. To the payment service provider for your payment. Please note that many of these receiving companies have a separate right or obligation to process your personal data.
Cookies
We use cookies to find out the preferences of website visitors and to be able to tailor our offer to a specific visitor based on this. Cookies can be used to determine whether you have ever visited our site from your computer.
Cookies are text files that your internet browser saves on your computer’s hard drive. If you do not wish to save cookies, you can deactivate them in your internet browser.
What do we use this information for?
The information we process may be used for any of the following activities:
- Personalization of the offer – your information helps us adapt our offer to your individual needs,
- Website improvement – we regularly improve our website based on the information and feedback you give us,
- Improving customer support – your information helps us respond effectively to your requests and needs,
- For transaction processing – your information, public or non-public, will never be sold, exchanged or transferred to third parties without your consent, with the exception of data necessary to process payment transactions, orders and delivery of goods,
- For processing the results of competitions, promotions, surveys, etc.
- To send emails – the email address you enter on our site may be used to send you information and updates regarding your order. Also for sending news, advice, tips and tricks, information about products and services, upcoming events, etc.
- For promotional, marketing and informational activities – at some of our trainings, seminars, trainings and other events, we make photographic documentation or video recordings. We use photos in promotional materials, especially on the web. The video recording serves the participants of the online course for viewing, for sales and marketing purposes, and for all other purposes approved by our clients in the relevant GTC.
- To increase website security – we use data about website users for the purpose of increasing the security of our websites and protecting the content placed on them, to ensure the auditability of records, and to achieve compliance with data protection requirements, including preventive measures.
- For all other purposes required by SR legal regulations.
If you want to unsubscribe from e-mails at any time, just click on the unsubscribe link that is placed in the e-mails, or write to us and we will unsubscribe you.
Where do we store your data?
The data we collect from you is stored within the European Union. Any such processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with applicable regulations.
Security and protection of personal data
Keeping your personal data safe is of utmost importance to us. We have implemented various security systems to protect data. As technology improves, we also improve these security systems. We have adopted and maintain all technical and organizational measures that prevent misuse, damage or destruction of your personal data.
Our employees and collaborators, who will process your personal data, are obliged to maintain confidentiality about personal data and security measures, as their disclosure would jeopardize the security of personal data. This confidentiality also lasts after the end of the contractual relationship with us.
Third Party Links
We sometimes link to third-party services and products on our site. The websites of these third parties have their own terms of personal data protection and are independent from ours. Therefore, we bear no legal responsibility for the content and activities of these third parties. Even so, it is our effort to maintain a high level of security. Therefore, if you have any suspicion of misconduct by these third parties, please contact us at the address below. We thank you.
We do not provide your data to third parties
We do not sell, trade or in any other way provide your personal data to third parties. Exceptions are verified and reliable partners who assist us in creating websites, collaborate on our projects and serve you. These partners are bound by confidentiality, have agreed to keep your data secure and treat it as confidential.
The transfer of your personal data to state organizations is only based on duly issued and valid legal decisions in accordance with the law of the Slovak Republic.
We may also share your information with companies that provide services for us or on our behalf, such as companies that help us with invoicing, fulfillment and shipping of orders, or send e-mails on our behalf. These entities are limited in their ability to use your information for purposes other than providing services for our company.
There may be times when we disclose your information to other parties when required by law or necessary to protect our services:
- to comply with the law or comply with legal obligations (such as a court order);
- to protect the rights, property or safety of Smart People, spol. s.r.o., business partners or customers.
Comments on our website
If you add comments on our website, by adding a comment you agree to the publication of all personal data entered in the form in the comment (name, nickname, gravatar, photo, and all data specified in the content of the comment). We never use this data for other purposes. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
References on our website
We publish your references on our website only on the basis of your express consent, which you indicate in the relevant form when obtaining a reference.
Access to your data
Your data is processed exclusively by the company manager and authorized persons who have been instructed how to handle personal data. We never provide, sell or exchange your data for marketing purposes to third parties. Data provided to third parties is only used to provide our services to you.
Under the laws of some jurisdictions, you may have the right to request details of the information we collect and to correct inaccuracies in such information. We may refuse to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require unreasonable technical effort, threaten the privacy of others, are extremely difficult to complete, or where access is not otherwise required by local law. If you want to request access to your information, please contact us at www.smartpeople.sk/kontakt.
Legal basis for processing personal data
The operator for the purposes of processing personal data is the company Smart People, spol. s r.o., Za hradbami 2277/34, 902 01 Pezinok, Slovak Republic, ID: 44 869 649, registered in the Commercial Register of the Municipal Court Bratislava III., section Sro, insert number 59502/B. The collection of personal data occurs or may occur on all websites of the operator.
The processing of your personal data in the case of online orders is necessary for the company to perform order management and delivery services for you. The legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract and the fulfillment of legal obligations arising from legal regulations.
The processing of your personal data in the case of direct marketing is based on your consent when you consent to direct marketing.
On the basis of legitimate interest, we assume that you are interested in our news for a period of 2 years from the last order, communication with our company or addition to the mailing list.
For each specific processing of personal data that we collect from you, we inform you whether the provision of personal data results from the law or is required to conclude a contract and whether it is mandatory to provide personal data, and about the possible consequences if you decide not to provide your data.
Your rights
Right of access
You can request information about how we process your personal data, including information about:
• Why we process your personal data,
• What categories of personal data do we process,
• With whom we share your personal data,
• How long do we keep your personal data or what are the criteria for determining this period,
• What rights do you have
• Where we obtain your personal data from (if we did not obtain it from you),
• If the processing includes automated decision-making (so-called profiling),
• If your personal data has been transferred to a country outside the EEA, how will we ensure the protection of your personal data.
All the above information is available in this document. You can also request a copy of the personal data we process about you. However, additional copies will be charged.
Right to rectification
It is important that we have correct information about you and we ask that you notify us if any of your personal information is incorrect, e.g. if you have changed your name or if you have moved.
Right to erasure
If we process your personal data in an unlawful manner, for example if we process your personal data for longer than necessary or without reason, you can ask us to delete this data.
Right to limitation
From the moment you have requested the correction of your personal data or if you have objected to the processing and until we are able to investigate the problem or confirm the accuracy of your personal data (or change it according to your instructions), you are entitled to limited processing. This means that we (with the exception of personal data retention) may only process your personal data in accordance with your consent if it is necessary in connection with legal claims, to protect someone else’s rights, or if there is a significant public interest in the processing. You can also request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if the processing is unlawful, but you do not want us to delete the personal data.
The right to object
If you believe that we do not have the right to process your personal data, you can object to our processing. In such cases, we can only continue processing if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms. However, we may always process your personal data if it is necessary to determine, exercise or defend legal claims.
Right to data transfer
You may request that your personal data, which you have provided to us for processing based on consent or to fulfill a contract, be provided to you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to request the transfer of this information to another data controller.
Right to object to direct marketing
You have the right to object to direct marketing.
Withdrawal of consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent and we will subsequently stop our processing activities based on this legal reason. We will also inform other parties to whom we may have provided your personal data about your request/s.
How can you exercise your rights?
We take data protection very seriously, which is why we have dedicated staff to answer your questions regarding personal data protection. You can contact him at info@smartpeople.sk.
The right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority:
If you believe that Smart People is processing your personal data incorrectly, you can contact us.
Opt-out option
We use your personal data to inform you about our projects, services and products, surveys. Your participation is of course voluntary. If you do not agree to receive this information, you can notify us at any time so that we can block your data.
You can also unsubscribe yourself from receiving e-mail messages at any time. Just click on the attached unsubscribe link in e-mails, or write back to us that you no longer wish to receive e-mails and we will unsubscribe you.
Social networks
Our services use social network plugins (“plugins”). If you use a service that contains plugins, information may be transferred directly from your device to the social network operator. We have no influence on the data collected by Plugins. If you are logged in to a social network, the use of our service may be linked to your social network account. If you interact with the modules, for example by clicking the “Like”, “Follow” or “Share” button or enter a comment, this information may automatically appear in your social network profile. Even if you are not logged into your social network account, the Plugins may transmit your IP address to the social network operator. Please consider this when using our services. If you are a member of one or more of the following social networks and do not want the Operator to connect data on the use of our services with your member data already stored with the Operator, please log out of the social network before using our services.
For more information, you can visit Facebook’s personal protection website at “https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/”.
For more information, you can visit Google’s privacy protection website at “https://policies.google.com/privacy”.
Changes in the terms of personal data protection
If we decide to change the privacy policy, we will post it on this page.
Contact us
If you have any questions or suggestions, write to us.
Smart People, spol. s r.o.
Heydukova 9
811 08 Bratislava
Slovak Republic, EU
Email: info@smartpeople.sk