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Privacy Policy

Policy on personal data processing

1. General Provisions

This personal data processing policy has been drawn up in accordance with the requirements of the “On Personal Data” (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Personal Data) and defines the order of processing of personal data and measures on providing security of personal data, taken by wiki.projecttopics.org (hereinafter – the Operator).
 
1.1 The Operator's main goal and condition of its activity is observance of human and citizen's rights and freedoms during processing of their personal data, including protection of rights to privacy, personal, and family secrets.
 
1.2 The present Operator's policy regarding the processing of personal data (hereinafter – the Policy) applies to all information that the Operator can obtain about the visitors of the website https://www.projecttopics.org
 

2. Basic concepts used in the Policy

2.1 Automated processing of personal data – processing of personal data through computer equipment.
 
2.2 Blocking of personal data means temporary termination of personal data processing (except when processing is necessary to clarify personal data).
 
2.3 Website means a set of graphic and informational materials, as well as computer programs and databases, ensuring their availability on the Internet at the network address https://www.projecttopics.org.
 
2.4 Information system of personal data is an aggregate of personal data contained in databases of personal data, and information technologies and technical means ensuring its processing.
 
2.5 Identification of personal data – actions, as a result of which it is impossible to determine, without using additional information, whether the personal data belongs to a particular User or another subject of personal data.
 
2.6 Processing of personal data – any action (operation) or set of actions (operations) performed with or without the use of automation means with personal data, including collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, modification), extraction, use, transfer (distribution, provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction of personal data.
 
2.7 Operator – a state body, municipal body, legal entity or individual, independently or jointly with other persons, arranging and (or) carrying out processing of personal data, as well as determining the purposes of personal data processing, composition of personal data to be processed, actions (operations) performed with personal data.
 
2.8 Personal data – any information relating directly or indirectly to a certain or defined User of the website, https://www.projecttopics.org.
 
2.9 Personal data, authorized by the subject of personal data for distribution, – personal data, access to which is provided by the subject of personal data by giving consent to the processing of personal data, authorized by the subject of personal data for distribution in the manner prescribed by the Law on Personal Data (hereinafter – personal data, authorized for distribution).
 
2.10. User – any visitor to the website, https://www.projecttopics.org.
 
2.11. Provision of personal data – actions aimed at disclosure of personal data to a certain person or a certain circle of persons.
 
2.12. Dissemination of personal data – any actions aimed at disclosure of personal data to an indefinite circle of people (transfer of personal data) or to familiarize the unlimited circle of people with personal data, including disclosure of personal data in media, placement in information and telecommunications networks or providing access to personal data in any other way.
 
2.13. Cross-border transfer of personal data means transfer of personal data to the territory of a foreign state to a foreign state authority, a foreign individual or a foreign legal entity.
 
2.14. Destruction of personal data – any actions, as a result of which personal data is destroyed irretrievably with the impossibility of further restoration of the content of personal data in the information system of personal data and (or) destruction of material media of personal data.
 

3. Basic rights and obligations of the Operator

3.1 The Operator has the right:
 
— Receive from the subject of personal data reliable information and documents containing personal data;
 
— If the subject of personal data withdraws consent to the processing of personal data, the operator is entitled to continue processing of personal data without the consent of the subject of personal data on the grounds specified in the Personal Data Law;
 
— Independently determine the composition and list of measures, necessary and sufficient to ensure fulfillment of obligations provided by the Personal Data Law and regulatory legal acts adopted in accordance with it, unless otherwise provided by the Personal Data Law or other federal laws.
 
3.2 The operator shall:
 
— Provide to the subject of personal data, at his/her request, information relating to the processing of his/her personal data;
 
— Organize the processing of personal data in the manner prescribed by applicable law;
 
— To respond to requests and inquiries of subjects of personal data and their legal representatives in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Personal Data;
 
— Notify the authorized body for protection of the rights of subjects of personal data, on request of such body, the necessary information within 30 days from the date of receipt of such request;
 
— Publish or otherwise ensure unrestricted access to this Policy on personal data processing;
 
— Take legal, organizational and technical measures to protect personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, provision, distribution of personal data, as well as other unlawful acts in relation to personal data;
 
— To stop the transfer (distribution, provision, access) of personal data, to stop processing and destroy personal data in the manner and cases provided by the Personal Data Law;
 
— Perform other duties provided by the Personal Data Law.
 

4. Main rights and obligations of the subjects of personal data 

4.1 Personal data subjects have the right to:
 
— To receive information relating to the processing of their personal data, except in cases provided for by federal laws. Information is provided to the subject of personal data by the operator in an accessible form, and it must not contain personal data relating to other subjects of personal data, except in cases where there are legitimate grounds for disclosure of such personal data. The list of information and the procedure for obtaining it is established by the Personal Data Law;
 
— Require the operator to clarify his personal data, block or destroy them if personal data is incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, illegally obtained or is not necessary for the stated purpose of processing, as well as to take statutory measures to protect their rights;
 
— To condition prior consent when processing personal data for promoting goods, works, and services on the market;
 
— To withdraw consent to the processing of personal data;
 
— To appeal to the authorized body for the protection of the rights of subjects of personal data or in court against unlawful actions or omissions of the Operator in the processing of his personal data;
 
— Exercise other rights provided by law.
 
4.2 Personal data subjects shall:
 
— Provide the Operator with reliable data about themselves;
 
— inform the Operator about the clarification (updating, changing) of their personal data.
 
4.3 Persons who provided the Operator with false information about themselves, or information about another subject of personal data without the consent of the latter, are liable in accordance with the law.
 

5. The operator may process the following personal data of the User 

5.1 Surname, first name, patronymic.
 
5.2 E-mail address.
 
5.3. telephone numbers.
 
5.4 The site also collects and processes impersonal data about visitors (including cookies) using Internet statistical services (Yandex Metric and Google Analytics and others).
 
5.5 The above-mentioned data hereinafter in the text of the Policy is combined with the general concept of Personal Data.
 
5.6 The Operator does not process special categories of personal data relating to race, ethnicity, political views, religious or philosophical beliefs, or intimate life.
 
5.7 Processing of personal data, allowed for dissemination, from among special categories of personal data, specified in Part 1 of Article 10 of the Personal Data Law, is allowed, if the prohibitions and conditions stipulated by Article 10.1 of the Personal Data Law are observed.
 
5.8 The User's consent to the processing of personal data that is permitted for dissemination shall be executed separately from other consents to the processing of their personal data. In this case, the conditions stipulated, in particular, by Article 10.1 of the Personal Data Law shall be observed. The requirements for the content of such consent shall be established by the authorized body for the protection of personal data subjects' rights.
 
5.8.1 The User's consent to the processing of personal data allowed for dissemination, the User provides to the Operator directly.
 
5.8.2 The Operator is obliged, within three working days of receiving the User's consent, to publish information about the processing conditions, prohibitions, and conditions on the processing of personal data permitted for distribution to an unlimited number of people.
 
5.8.3 Transfer (distribution, provision, access) of personal data, authorized by the subject of personal data for distribution, must be terminated at any time at the request of the subject of personal data. This requirement must include the last name, first name, patronymic (if any), contact information (telephone number, e-mail address or mailing address) of the subject of personal data, as well as a list of personal data whose processing is to be terminated. The personal data specified in this request may be processed only by the Operator to which it is sent.
 
5.8.4 Consent to the processing of personal data authorized for distribution shall cease to have effect from the moment the Operator receives the request, specified in paragraph 5.8.3 of this Policy in relation to the processing of personal data.

6. Principles of personal data processing

6.1 Processing of personal data shall be performed on a lawful and fair basis.
 
6.2 Processing of personal data is limited to achieving specific, predetermined and legitimate purposes. Processing of personal data that is incompatible with the purposes of personal data collection is not permitted.
 
6.3 Databases containing personal data that are processed for purposes incompatible with each other shall not be combined.
 
6.4 Only personal data that meets the purposes of processing shall be processed.
 
6.5 The content and scope of processed personal data shall comply with the stated processing purposes. Processed personal data shall not be excessive in relation to the stated processing purposes.
 
When processing personal data, the accuracy of personal data, its sufficiency, and, if necessary, relevance in relation to the purpose of personal data processing shall be ensured. The operator shall take necessary measures and ensure that they are taken to remove or clarify incomplete or inaccurate data.
 
6.7 Personal data shall be stored in a form that makes it possible to identify the subject of personal data, no longer than required by the purposes of personal data processing, unless the storage period of personal data is established by federal law, an agreement to which the subject of personal data is a party, a beneficiary, or a guarantor. Processed personal data shall be destroyed or depersonalized upon attainment of processing objectives or if it is no longer necessary to attain such objectives, unless otherwise provided for by federal law.
 

7. Purposes of personal data processing

7.1 The purpose of processing of personal data of the User:
 
— Informing the User by sending emails.
 
7.2 The Operator is also entitled to send the User notifications about new products and services, special offers and different events. The User can always refuse to receive information messages by sending an email to the Operator at suppoposty@myprojectialtopics.org.eu with the note “Refuse notifications about new products and services and special offers”.
 
7.3 The anonymized data of Users, collected thanks to Internet statistics services, serves for collecting information about Users' actions on the site, improving the quality of the site and its content.

8. Legal basis for processing of personal data

8.1 The legal basis for the processing of personal data by the Operator is:
 
— List the laws and regulations governing the relationships related to your activities, for example, if your activities are related to information technology, especially the creation of websites, you can specify the applicable U.S. laws such as the “Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CF AA)” of 1986, the “Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)” of 1998, and the “California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)” of 2018, among others.
 
— The statutory documents of the Operator;
 
— Contracts entered into between the operator and the subject of personal data;
 
— Federal laws and other laws and regulations in the field of personal data protection;
 
— Users' consent to the processing of their personal data, to the processing of personal data permitted for distribution.
 
8.2. The Operator processes the User's personal data only if the User fills in and sends them independently through the special forms located on the website https://www.projecttopics.org or sent to the Operator via e-mail. By filling out the relevant forms and sending his personal data to the Operator, the User expresses their consent to this Policy.
 
8.3. The Operator processes impersonal data about the User if it is allowed in the settings of the User's browser (cookie saving and using jаvascript technology are enabled).
 
8.4 The subject of personal data independently decides to provide his personal data and gives his consent freely, willingly and in his interest.
 

9. Terms of personal data processing

9.1 Processing of personal data is carried out with the consent of the subject of personal data to the processing of their personal data.
 
9.2 The processing of personal data is necessary to achieve the goals established by an international treaty or law, to perform the functions, powers, and duties assigned to the operator by law.
 
9.3 The processing of personal data is necessary for the administration of justice, the execution of a judicial act, an act of another body or official subject to execution in accordance with the legislation on enforcement proceedings.
 
9.4 Processing of personal data is necessary for execution of an agreement, a party to which or a beneficiary or guarantor under which the subject of personal data is a party, as well as for conclusion of an agreement on the initiative of the subject of personal data or an agreement, under which the subject of personal data will be a beneficiary or guarantor.
 
9.5 Processing of personal data is necessary to exercise the rights and legitimate interests of the operator or third parties or to achieve socially important goals, provided that this does not violate the rights and freedoms of the subject of personal data.
 
9.6 Personal data shall be processed to which the subject of personal data has access by the public or at the subject's request (hereinafter, “publicly available personal data”).
 
9.7 Processing of personal data subject to publication or mandatory disclosure in accordance with federal law.

10. Procedure for collecting, storing, transferring and other processing of personal data 

Security of personal data processed by the Operator is ensured by implementing legal, organizational and technical measures necessary to comply fully with the requirements of applicable laws in the field of personal data protection.
 
10.1. the Operator ensures the safety of personal data and takes all possible measures to exclude access to personal data by unauthorized people.
 
10.2 The personal data of the User will never, under no circumstances, be transferred to third parties, except in cases related to the implementation of the current legislation or if the subject of personal data has given consent to the Operator to transfer the data to a third party to fulfill obligations under a civil law contract.
 
10.3 In case of detection of inaccuracies in personal data, the User may update them on their own by sending a notice to the Operator's e-mail address suppoposty@myprojectialtopics.org.eu with the note “Updating of personal data”.
 
10.4 The term of processing of personal data is determined by achieving the purposes for which the personal data was collected, unless a different term is stipulated by the contract or by applicable law.
The user may withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time by sending a notice via email to the Operator's email address suppoposty@myprojectialtopics.org.eu, marked “Withdrawal of consent to the processing of personal data”.
 
10.5 All information that is collected by third-party services, including payment systems, means of communication and other service providers, is stored and processed by the specified people (Operators) in accordance with their User Agreement and Privacy Policy. The subject of personal data and the User is obliged to get acquainted with the specified documents on his/her own in time. The Operator shall not be liable for the actions of third parties, including the service providers mentioned in this clause.
 
10.6 The prohibitions established by the subject of personal data on the transfer (except for granting access), as well as on the processing or processing conditions (apart from access) of personal data permitted for distribution, do not apply in cases of processing personal data. in the state, public and other public interests determined by the legislation.
 
10.7 The Operator shall ensure the confidentiality of personal data when processing personal data.
 
10.8. the operator shall store personal data in a form that makes it possible to identify the subject of personal data for no longer than is required by the purposes of personal data processing, unless the period of storage of personal data is established by federal law, a contract to which the subject of personal data is a party, a beneficiary, or a guarantor under which the subject of personal data is a beneficiary.
 
10.9 A condition for termination of personal data processing may be achievement of personal data processing objectives, expiration of the personal data subject's consent or withdrawal of consent by the personal data subject, as well as detection of unlawful personal data processing.

11. List of actions performed by the Operator with the received personal data

11.1 The operator collects, records, systematizes, accumulates, stores, clarifies (updates, changes), extracts, uses, transfers (distribution, provision, access), depersonalizes, blocks, deletes and destroys personal data.
 
11.2 The operator carries out automated processing of personal data with or without the receipt and transmission of received information via information and telecommunications networks.
 
12. cross-border transfer of personal data
 
12.1 The operator is obliged to make sure that the foreign country, to the territory of which the transfer of personal data is supposed to be carried out, provides reliable protection of personal data subjects' rights before starting transborder transfer of personal data.
 
12.2 The transborder transfer of personal data to foreign countries, which do not meet the above requirements, may be carried out only if the personal data subject consents in writing to the transborder transfer of his/her personal data and the performance of the contract, to which the personal data subject is a party.
 

13. Confidentiality of personal data

The operator and other people who obtained access to personal data must not disclose to third parties and not disseminate personal data without the consent of the subject of personal data, unless otherwise provided by federal law.
 

14. Final provisions

14.1 The User may obtain any explanations on questions of interest regarding the processing of their personal data by contacting the Operator by e-mail at suppoposty@myprojectialtopics.org.eu.
 
14.2 This document will reflect any changes in the personal data processing policy of the Operator. The Policy is valid indefinitely until a new version replaces it.
 
14.3. The current version of the Policy is freely available on the Internet at https://www.projecttopics.org/privacy.html
If you need any clarification about the Privacy Policy, email us at suppoposty@myprojectialtopics.org.eu