Privacy policy

1. General Information

1. This Privacy Policy applies to the website operating at: https://akp.info.pl.
2. The website operator and the personal data controller is: Kujawsko-Pomorska Szkoła Wyższa w Bydgoszczy, ul. Toruńska 55-57, 85-023 Bydgoszcz, Poland, Tax Identification Number (NIP): 9671106463.
3. The operator’s contact email address is: internationaloffice@akp.bydgoszcz.pl.
4. The operator is the controller of your personal data with regard to the data provided voluntarily through the website.
5. The website uses personal data for the following purposes:
6. • Operating a comment system, if available on the website.
   • Conducting online chat conversations, if such functionality is available.
   • Handling enquiries submitted through contact forms.
   • Presenting the educational offer, services or information about the University.
7. The website obtains information about users and their behaviour in the following ways:
   1. Through data voluntarily entered into forms, which is then submitted to the operator’s systems.
   2. Through cookies stored on users’ end devices.

2. Selected Data Protection Measures Used by the Operator

1. Login areas and places where personal data is entered are protected at the transmission layer by an SSL certificate. This means that personal data and login details entered on the website are encrypted on the user’s device and can be read only on the target server.
2. The operator periodically changes administrative passwords.
3. An important element of data protection is the regular updating of all software used by the operator to process personal data, including regular updates of software components.
4. To protect data, the operator regularly creates backup copies.

3. Hosting

1. The website is hosted and technically maintained on the servers of the hosting provider: home.pl.
2. In order to ensure technical reliability, the hosting provider maintains server-level logs. These logs may include:
   • resources identified by URL, such as requested pages and files,
   • the time when the request was received,
   • the time when the response was sent,
   • the name of the client station, identified through the HTTP protocol,
   • information about errors that occurred during the processing of HTTP transactions,
   • the URL of the page previously visited by the user, known as the referrer, if the user accessed the website via a link,
   • information about the user’s browser,
   • information about the IP address,
   • diagnostic information related to the process of self-ordering services through website forms or registrars,
   • information related to email correspondence addressed to the operator and sent by the operator.

4. Your Rights and Additional Information on the Use of Data

1. In certain situations, the controller may have the right to transfer your personal data to other recipients if this is necessary to perform an agreement concluded with you or to fulfil obligations imposed on the controller. This may apply to the following categories of recipients:
   • the hosting provider, under a data processing agreement,
   • postal operators,
   • authorised employees and associates who use the data in order to fulfil the purpose of the website,
   • companies providing marketing services to the controller.
2. Your personal data will be processed by the controller no longer than necessary to perform the activities related to such data, as specified in separate legal provisions, for example accounting regulations. In relation to marketing data, the data will not be processed for longer than 3 years.
3. You have the right to request from the controller:
   • access to your personal data,
   • rectification of your personal data,
   • erasure of your personal data,
   • restriction of processing,
   • data portability.
4. You have the right to object to the processing referred to in section 3.3(c), where personal data is processed for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller, including profiling. However, the right to object may not be exercised where there are compelling legitimate grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, in particular for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
5. You have the right to lodge a complaint against the controller’s actions with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, Poland.
6. Providing personal data is voluntary, but it may be necessary in order to use certain website functionalities.
7. Automated decision-making, including profiling, may be carried out in relation to you for the purpose of providing services under an agreement and for the purpose of conducting direct marketing by the controller.
8. Personal data may be transferred to third countries within the meaning of personal data protection regulations. This means that data may be transferred outside the European Union.

5. Information Provided in Forms

1. The website collects information voluntarily provided by the user, including personal data, if such data is provided.
2. The website may record information about connection parameters, including the timestamp and IP address.
3. In certain cases, the website may record information that helps associate the data entered in a form with the email address of the user completing the form. In such a case, the user’s email address may appear within the URL of the page containing the form.
4. Data provided in a form is processed for the purpose resulting from the function of that specific form, for example to handle a service request, commercial enquiry, registration or another type of contact. In each case, the context and description of the form clearly indicate its purpose.

6. Administrator Logs

1. Information about user behaviour on the website may be logged. This data is used for website administration purposes.

7. Important Marketing Techniques

1. The operator uses statistical analysis of website traffic through Google Analytics, provided by Google Inc. based in the United States. The operator does not transfer personal data to the provider of this service, but only anonymised information. The service is based on the use of cookies stored on the user’s end device. In relation to information about user preferences collected by Google’s advertising network, the user may view and edit information resulting from cookies using the following tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ .

8. Information About Cookies

1. The website uses cookies.
2. Cookies are IT data, in particular text files, stored on the end device of the website user and intended for use with the website. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they originate from, the storage time on the end device and a unique number.
3. The entity placing cookies on the website user’s end device and accessing them is the website operator.
4. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
   1. maintaining the user’s session on the website after logging in, so that the user does not have to re-enter their login and password on each subpage;
   2. fulfilling the purposes described above in the section “Important Marketing Techniques”.
5. The website uses two main types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary files stored on the user’s end device until the user logs out, leaves the website or closes the web browser. Persistent cookies are stored on the user’s end device for the period specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the user.
6. Web browsing software usually allows cookies to be stored on the user’s end device by default. Website users may change their settings in this regard. The web browser allows cookies to be deleted. It is also possible to block cookies automatically. Detailed information on this subject is available in the help section or documentation of the web browser.
7. Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some functionalities available on the website.
8. Cookies placed on the website user’s end device may also be used by entities cooperating with the website operator, in particular: Google Inc. based in the United States, Facebook Inc. based in the United States and Twitter Inc. based in the United States.

9. Managing Cookies: How to Give and Withdraw Consent in Practice

1. If the user does not wish to receive cookies, they may change their browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies necessary for authentication, security and maintaining user preferences may make it difficult, and in extreme cases impossible, to use the website.
2. To manage cookie settings, select the web browser you use from the list below and follow the relevant instructions:
   • Edge
   • Internet Explorer
   • Chrome
   • Safari
   • Firefox
   • Opera

   Mobile devices:

   • Android
   • Safari for iOS
   • Windows Phone