These Cookie Usage Policies were last updated on July 26, 2023.
1. Introduction
Company Alanata a. s., Krasovského 14, 851 01 Bratislava 5, Company ID: 54 629 331 (hereinafter referred to as “Alanata” or “we”) is the operator of the website www.alanata.sk (hereinafter referred to as the “website”) which you are accessing. We use various cookies on the website to offer you, the website visitors, attractive content and to enable the full use of the website and its features. Cookies are also placed by third parties whose services we use. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a short, simple file that is sent along with the website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during your next visit.
Cookies are useful because they mainly serve to analyze website traffic and ensure a higher level of user comfort by, for example, allowing the website to remember you for your next visit. Temporary cookies (known as session cookies) are activated every time you visit the website and are automatically deleted when you stop browsing. Permanent cookies (known as long-term cookies) remain stored on the user’s computer or other end device even after browsing the website for the period defined in the cookies’ parameters or until they are deleted by the user.
3. Cookies
The law allows us to store cookies on your device if they are necessary for the operation of these websites (so-called technical/functional cookies), which we consider to be in our legitimate interest. For all other types of cookies, we require your consent. You can change or withdraw your consent for the processing of cookies in accordance with these cookie policies at any time on our website.
This website uses various categories of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. The following categories of cookies may be used on our website:
Necessary cookies (Essential cookies):
Necessary cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user settings are recognized. They also help create usable websites by enabling basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas of the website, etc., thus ensuring the usability of the site. Websites cannot function properly without these cookies. We may use these cookies without your consent.
Preference cookies:
Preference cookies allow the website to remember information that changes how the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region in which you are located. We ask for your consent to place preference cookies.
Statistical cookies:
Statistical cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, contributing to the optimization of website content. We ask for your consent to place statistical cookies.
Marketing cookies:
We use marketing cookies to create user profiles for sending advertising or to track users on this website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes. We ask for your consent to place marketing cookies.
Unclassified cookies:
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are still in the process of classifying together with the providers of individual cookies.
4. Consent
When you first visit our website, a pop-up window with information about cookies will appear. By clicking “ACCEPT,” you agree to the use of all cookies applied on the website. By clicking “REJECT,” you decline all cookies applied on the website except for functional cookies. If you wish to change the categories of cookies we use, click “VIEW PREFERENCES.” By clicking “SAVE PREFERENCES,” you consent to us using all the categories of cookies that you have selected in the pop-up window as described in the pop-up and these cookie policies. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
5. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies in your browser
Your internet browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) supports cookie management, so you can use it to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can delete individual cookies manually, block them, or completely disable their use within the settings of your browser. Another option is to change your browser settings to notify you whenever cookies are placed. You can find more information about these options in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that if you disable all cookies, our website may not function properly. In such a case, we cannot guarantee that all areas of our website will retain their intended function. If you delete cookies in your browser, they will be stored again after you give your consent upon your next visit to our website.
Instructions for blocking and deleting cookies from the most common browsers can be found at the following pages:
Internet Explorer: support.microsoft.com/sk-sk/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer
Safari: support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Opera: www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.com/sk/kb/odstranenie-cookies
Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=sk&hlrm=en
If you are using another browser, consult the Help function in your browser or contact the software manufacturer for instructions on blocking and deleting cookies.
6. What data we may evaluate about you
Information about your visit to our website (e.g., the date and time of the visit, the URL of the page viewed, the URL of the page that was viewed before the current page, the page generation time, etc.);
Information about the connection’s IP address, the browser you are using (e.g., browser version, browser plugins (PDF, JAVA, etc.), operating system version, device identifier, etc.);
Information about your activity on our website;
Location information: country, region, city, latitude, and longitude (geolocation);
Information about the device resolution;
Information about the main language of the browser used;
Information about the files clicked on and downloaded.
7. Automated decision-making and Profiling
If we have your consent to process your personal data for marketing activities and you do not object to automated decision-making or profiling based on your activities on our website, we may link your personal data with information about your activities on our website (e.g., when you provide your email address, etc.). The purpose of this linkage is to better understand your preferences and interests, allowing us to tailor our offerings more effectively for you.
You may object to such processing at any time or request an individual decision from us if such an automated decision affects your rights and freedoms.
8. Transfer to third countries
We generally limit any cross-border transfers of personal data to third countries outside the EU and/or EEA unless absolutely necessary.
However, we inform you that in the case of some third-party cookies, personal data may be transferred outside the EU or EEA. Therefore, in some countries, there is a risk that data may be accessed for security and monitoring reasons without you being informed of such processing or being able to exercise your legal rights to the same extent as in the EU and EEA. In most cases, cross-border transfers of personal data occur to the USA.
If there is no adequacy decision under Article 45 of the GDPR or no appropriate safeguards under Article 46 of the GDPR, including binding corporate rules, the transfer or set of transfers of personal data to a third country will only take place in accordance with the provisions of Article 49 of the GDPR. The applied third-party cookies are listed in the cookie banner pop-up window.
9. Your rights regarding personal data
a. Right to access personal data
You have the right to confirm whether we process personal data concerning you. If so, you have the right to obtain information about the processing of your personal data to the extent provided in Article 15 of the GDPR. You also have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data we process about you.
b. Right to rectification of personal data
If you find that we are processing incorrect or incomplete personal data about you, you have the right to have the data corrected or supplemented.
c. Right to withdraw consent
If you have given us consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw it without affecting the legality of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
d. Right to erasure of personal data
You have the right to request the deletion of personal data we process about you. However, this right is subject to individual assessment of your request and will not be applied if further processing of personal data is necessary for any of the reasons listed in Article 17 of the GDPR, particularly for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, legitimate interest of the controller, for public interest archiving purposes, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
e. Right to restrict the processing of personal data
You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data that we process, but only for the reasons specified in Article 18 of the GDPR. You can exercise this right especially if our organization no longer needs to process your personal data but the data is required by you to establish, exercise, or defend your legal claims.
f. Right to data portability
In cases where we process your personal data based on your consent or a contract, and this data is processed by automated means, you have the right to obtain the personal data concerning you, which you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Upon your request, we will transfer this data to another controller designated by you unless legal or other obstacles prevent such a transfer.
g. Right to object and automated individual decision-making
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data that we carry out based on legitimate interest or in connection with direct marketing activities, as well as to profiling for that purpose.
h. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You may submit a complaint or suggestion regarding the processing of personal data to the supervisory authority:
Slovak Data Protection Authority
Hraničná 12
820 07 Bratislava
Company ID: 36 064 220
Phone: +421 (2) 323 13 220
Website: www.dataprotection.gov.sk/uoo
10. Contact information
If you have any questions or comments regarding our cookie usage policies or find or believe that we are processing personal data in violation of your privacy or applicable laws, please contact us to request clarification or rectify the situation.
Contact us using the following details:
Alanata a. s.
Krasovského 14
851 01 Bratislava 5
Slovak Republic
Company ID: 54 629 331
Tel: +421 (2) 32 112 500
E-mail: info@alanata.sk
Data Protection Officer:
Contact: +421 (2) 32 112 503
E-mail: dpo@alanata.sk
Postal address: Alanata a. s., Krasovského 14, 851 01 Bratislava 5, Slovak Republic (label the envelope “For DPO”)
If you contact us through any of the above communication channels, we will use the information you provide (your email address, or your name, surname, and phone number) to answer your questions or fulfill your request, i.e., to exercise your rights. We will limit the processing of data for up to 5 years, if no longer necessary to respond to your inquiries or fulfill your request/rights, in case it is needed to prove, exercise, or defend related legal claims.
If we have reasonable doubt about your identity regarding the exercise of individual rights, we may request additional information to verify your identity.