The website www.pirinridge.com is owned and maintained by Pirin Ridge Ltd., having its business seat and registered address at 18A Angel Kanchev St., Sofia 1000 registered in the Commercial register of the Registry Agency under UIC 203438995. To the extent Pirin Ridge Ltd. may collect or process personal data through its website, Pirin Ridge Ltd. acts as the data controller for the processing of your personal data collected on the website.
In this Privacy Policy, references to “we”, “us” or “our” means Pirin Ridge Ltd. references to “you” and “your” are to users of our website.
We recognize the importance of protecting Your personal information and are committed to processing it responsibly and in compliance with applicable data protection laws in all countries in which we operate. Therefore we have created this Privacy Policy to inform you how we collect, use and otherwise handle information about you and any personal information you submit or make available to us, or that we collect from you, when you use our website and/or via email and/or via any events or social media sites like LinkedIn and Instagram..
When using the term “personal information” or “Personal Information” we refer to information relating to you, which can be used to personally identify you (either directly or indirectly), such as your name, e-mail address, company name, address, phone number, CVs, resumes and other information about yourself or your business. Personal Information can also include information about you that is available on the internet, such as from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google, or publicly available information that we acquire from service providers.
Information About Children
The website is not intended for or targeted at children under 16 years old, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect or maintain information about children under 16 years old. If you believe that we have collected information about a child under 16 years old, please contact us at contact@piringridge.com so that we may delete the information. In addition, we kindly ask any child under the age of 16 not to submit any personal information to us or use our wedsite.
Why And How We Collect And Use Your Personal Information
Types of personal information we collect
The types of information that we may collect from you, depending on how you use our Websites or contact us, include:
• your name;
• your family name;
• your email address;
• your phone number;
• your CV, motivation letter or additional supporting documentation (portfolio, projects description, related pictures, etc.). you elect to provide, where you apply for a role at our company on our weite or via email, events, social media sites or other sites;
• your photo if you elect to provide when you register for an Event;
• information about your age, gender, education, academic profile and occupation you elect to provide when you take part in our surveys
How do we collect information and how we use your Personal Information
Visitors to our Websites
When entering one of our website, we will collect information necessary for the operation of the website and for us to comply with security and legal requirements in relation to operating our website. We also collect information about your activities during your visit such as date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the websites visited just before our own, as well as your IP address and your browser so that we can better address your queries and to collect statistics to help us improve your browsing experience in the future.
Information from the “Contact Form” section of our website
We may collect your Personal Information, which you choose to provide when you fill in contact forms on our Websites, including your name and e-mail. We may use this Personal Information to respond to your queries, and/or provide the services and/or information that you have requested.
Information from requests via e-mail
When you contact us via e-mail in connection with a request such as request for information, to order a product or service, to provide you with support, to offer us a proposal or to participate in an event, we collect information necessary to respond to your request and to be able to contact you. For instance, we collect your name and contact information and details about your request. We may use this Personal Information to respond to your queries, and/or provide the services and/or information that you have requested.
Recruitment
In connection with a job application,inquiry, registration for and/or participation in a Тraining, whether advertised on our Websites or otherwise (on LinkedIn, Facebook page etc.), you may provide us with Personal Information about yourself, including your name, family name, e-mail, CV, motivation letter or additional supporting documentation (portfolio, projects description, related pictures, etc.) you elect to provide, where you apply for a role at our company on our website or via email, social media sites or other sites as well as any other information that you choose to provide to us when filling out a contact form on our Websites or when attending our events or by contacting us via e-mail or via any of the social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, LinkedIn or any other site. We may use this information throughout our departments in order to address your inquiry or consider you for employment purposes. All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of recruiting for the relevant currently vacant position that you have applied for and shall be kept for a period of no more than 6 months. If you have explicitly consented – your information will be also used for the purpose of recruiting of personnel for future vacant positions for a period of 2 years, which positions according to us are appropriate for you in view of your education, professional qualification and experience. If we enter into an employment relation with you, the submitted information will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal requirements. We may also use the information you provide during the recruitment process to fulfill other legal or regulatory requirements, if necessary. In addition you may elect for the purposes of the recruitment, to voluntarily provide in your CV Personal Information with a volume greater than the statutory minimum for the conclusion of an employment contract and in such case please be informed that the provision of data beyond than statutory minimum is not mandatory and that the non-provision of these data on your behalf has no negative impact on the selection process. Since you provide your Personal Information voluntarily on the grounds of a consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to: contact@pirinridge.com please see below in section YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT more information about your rights as a data subject). We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes or store any of your information outside of the European Economic Area. The information you provide will be held securely by us and/or our data processors whether the information is in electronic or physical format.
We may also obtain information about job applicants from other sources, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such as through your contact with us, including your interactions with us, or from third parties such as employment agencies and other websites on the Internet. For example, you may choose to provide us with access to certain personal data stored by third parties such as social media sites like LinkedIn. By authorizing us to have access to this information, you agree we may collect, store and use this information in accordance with this Policy.
Our Business Purposes
We may also use your Personal Information for our business purposes such as:
• record keeping, statistical analysis, internal reporting and research purposes;
• to ensure network and information security;
• to notify you about changes to our services;
• to investigate any complaint you make;
• to provide evidence in any dispute or anticipated dispute between you and us;
• to customise various aspects of our wesite to improve your experience;
• to host, maintain and otherwise support the operation of our website;
• for the detection and prevention of fraud and other criminal offences and for for risk management purposes;
• for business and disaster recovery (e.g. to create back-ups);
• for document retention/storage;
• for database management;
• to protect our rights, property, and/or safety, our personnel and others; and
• to ensure the quality of the services we provide to our users.
Use of third party services and Cookies
We collect the information relating to your use of our Websites through the use of various technologies.
When someone visits one of our website we use our own as well as third party services and technologies to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the Websites. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone.
Our website utilize a standard technology called ‘cookies’ and server logs to collect information about how our website is used and to remember your preferences. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the websites visited just before our own, as well as your IP address and browser.
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to our website or browse from one page to another.
If you choose not to provide Personal Information requested by us, we may not be able to provide you with the information and/or services you have requested or otherwise fulfil the purpose(s) for which we have asked for the Personal Information. Aside from this, your visit to our Websites will remain unaffected.
Retention Of Personal Information
It is our policy to retain your Personal Information for the length of time required for the specific purpose or purposes for which it was collected. However, we may be obliged to store some Personal Information for a longer time, taking into account factors including:
• legal obligation(s) under applicable law to retain data for a certain period of time;
• statute of limitations under applicable law(s);
• (potential) disputes and
• guidelines issued by relevant data protection authorities.
Whilst we continue to process your Personal Information, we will ensure that it is treated in accordance with this Data Policy. Otherwise, we securely erase your information once this is no longer needed.
Your Rights As A Data Subject
The following section explains your rights.
The right to be informed
You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your Personal Information and your rights. This is why we are providing you with the information in this Privacy Policy.
The right of access
You have the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information (if we are processing it), and other certain other information (similar to that provided in this Privacy Policy) about how it is used.
This is so you are aware and can check that we are using your information in accordance with data protection law.
We can refuse to provide information where to do so may reveal Personal Information about another person or would otherwise negatively impact another person’s rights.
The right to rectification
You can ask us to take reasonable measures to correct your Personal Information if it is inaccurate or incomplete. E.g. if we have the wrong name or address for you.
The right to erasure
This is also known as ‘the right to be forgotten’ and, in simple terms, enables you to request the deletion or removal of your Personal Information where there’s no compelling reason for us to keep using it or its use is unlawful. This is not a general right to erasure; there are exceptions, e.g. where have legal obligation to keep your Personal Informaton or we need to use your Personal Information in defence of a legal claim.
The right to restrict processing
You have rights to ‘block’ or suppress further use of your Personal Information when we are assessing a request for rectification or as an alternative to erasure. When processing is restricted, we can still store your Personal Information, but may not use it further. We keep lists of people who have asked for further use of their Personal Information to be ‘blocked’ to make sure the restriction is respected in future.
The right to data portability
You have rights to obtain and reuse certain Personal Information for your own purposes across different organisations.
The right to object
You have the right to object to certain types of processing, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time insofar as that processing takes place for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. We will be allowed to continue to process your Personal Information if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or we need this for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The right to complain to a data protection authority
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your Personal Information. Contact details for data protection authorities in the EEA, Switzerland and certain non-European countries (including the US and Canada) are available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.) Contact details of the Bulgarian data protection authority (CPDP) are available at https://www.cpdp.bg/en/index.php?p=pages&aid=6 and are as follows:
• for complaints in person – at the CPDP’s Registry at: 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592 (see the location of CPDP).
• for complaints by post to: 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, Commission for Personal Data Protection.
• for complaints by e-mail to the CPDP’s e-mail address (kzld@cpdp.bg). In this case, your complaint should be submitted in the form of a signed electronic document with an electronic signature (not scanned!).
• for complaints via the CPDP’s website – using the electronic form provided at https://www.cpdp.bg/en/index.php?p=pages&aid=6.
Confidentiality
We acknowledge that the information you provide may be confidential. We do not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make Personal Information commercially available to any third party, except that we may share information with our service providers for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and all applicable laws.
Privacy Policy Acceptance
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with any information and do not use the website. By using the website and voluntarily providing information to us, you consent to our collection and use of the Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Effect Of Privacy Policy And Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy does not form a contract between an individual and us. The Privacy Policy may also be subject to change from time to time. Whenever we change our Privacy Policy, we will publish the updated policy on our Websites. Please check this Privacy Policy regularly. Subject to applicable law, all changes will take effect as soon as we publish the new Privacy Policy, but where we have already collected information about you and/or where legally required to do so, we may take additional steps to inform you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy and may request that you agree to these changes. However, please be assured that if this Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
Contact Us
If you have a question about this Privacy Policy or our handling of your Personal Information, you can send an email at contact@pirinridge.com
If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint or believe our processing of your Personal Information does not comply with data protection law, you can make a complaint to the relevant EU data protection authority where you are located. The contact details for each EU data protection authority can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm Contact details of the Bulgarian data protection authority (CPDP) are available at https://www.cpdp.bg/en/index.php?p=pages&aid=6 and are as follows:
• for complaints in person – at the CPDP’s Registry at: 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592 (see the location of CPDP).
• for complaints by post to: 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, Commission for Personal Data Protection.
• for complaints by e-mail to the CPDP’s e-mail address (kzld@cpdp.bg). In this case, your complaint should be submitted in the form of a signed electronic document with an electronic signature (not scanned!).
• for complaints via the CPDP’s website – using the electronic form provided at https://www.cpdp.bg/en/index.php?p=pages&aid=6.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 25 February 2023.
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