Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy sets out the ways in which the personal data of Users (i.e. persons using the Shop website, including the Orderers defined below) using the shop website available at the electronic address www.swiatwesternu.pl, hereinafter referred to as the "Shop", will be protected.

If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, you will not be able to use the Shop website, including placing Orders.

The administrator of Users' personal data is ŚWIAT WESTERNU Paulina Pieczara, ul. Grunwaldzka 54B, 58-340 Głuszyca, NIP 8863017588, hereinafter referred to as "Seller".

Security and data protection

The Seller declares that it processes Users' personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter RODO). In particular, the Vendor - taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing of personal data and the risk of infringement of the rights or freedoms of natural persons of varying probability and seriousness of threat - shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that the processing is carried out in accordance with the RODO and to be able to demonstrate this.

Data collection

The Seller collects data on Users, in particular those placing Orders ("Orderer"). In order to set up an account in the Shop, the User should provide data necessary to use the Account service, i.e. first name, surname, e-mail address and set up a password to the account. The e-mail address provided by the User is at the same time a login to the Shop. In order to place an Order, the Orderer should provide data ensuring the possibility of its realisation and enabling contact with the Orderer, i.e. name and surname, electronic mail address, delivery address as well as telephone number.

Purpose of data collection

Your personal data is processed for:

1. to conclude and perform a contract for the provision of electronic services, in the event that the User makes use of such services,
2. the conclusion and performance of the sales contract, including for the purpose of dealing with any complaints,
3. in the event of a purchase of Goods, personal data is also collected in the accounting records and will thus be processed for the Seller's accounting purposes,
4. respond to an enquiry via the contact form,
5. In the event that the User expresses a wish to receive marketing content concerning the Seller, the User's personal data shall also be processed for the purpose of sending such content to the User,
6. processing of a notification concerning personal data.

The provision of personal data is voluntary, however, it is a condition for the conclusion of the contract for the provision of electronic services as well as the sales contract. The consequence of the User's failure to provide personal data for these purposes is the Seller's inability to provide services and to conclude and perform the sales contract.

With regard to the sending of marketing content at the User's request, the provision of personal data is voluntary, but failure to do so will result in the impossibility of sending this content.

Your personal data will not be used to make automated decisions, including profiling.

Legal grounds for processing personal data

The legal basis for the processing of Users' personal data is:

1. the necessity of their processing for the conclusion and performance of the contract for the provision of services by electronic means - in case the User uses such services,
2. the necessity of their processing for the conclusion and performance of the sales contract, including the handling of any complaints,
3. in the case of a purchase of Goods - necessary to fulfil the Seller's legal obligation to keep accounts. This obligation arises from generally applicable laws, in particular the Tax Ordinance Act of 29 August 1997, the Accounting Act of 29 September, 1994 and the Goods and Services Tax Act of 11 March 2004,
4. the necessity of the processing of the data for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Seller, consisting in the handling of correspondence and responding to enquiries,
5. in the case in which the User expresses a wish to receive marketing content concerning the Seller - the indispensability of data processing for the implementation of purposes resulting from the legitimate interests pursued by the Seller, i.e. for the implementation of marketing activities concerning the Seller,
6. fulfilment of the legal obligation to deal with a data protection notification.

Storage periods for personal data

1. Personal data processed for the purpose of concluding and performing the contract for the provision of services by electronic means shall be stored for the period of the User's use of these services in accordance with the Regulations. After the use of the services is discontinued, the User's personal data in the scope of: name, surname, e-mail address, will be stored until the expiry of the limitation periods for civil law claims.
2. Personal data processed for the purpose of concluding and performing a sales agreement, including for the purpose of dealing with possible complaints, as well as for the purpose of keeping the Seller's accounts - shall be stored until the expiry of periods resulting from relevant provisions of law, i.e. until the expiry of the statute of limitations for tax liabilities, which may, where applicable, be extended by the statute of limitations for civil law claims.
3. Personal data processed for the purpose of responding to an enquiry made via the contact form shall be stored for the period necessary to process the enquiry.
4. Personal data processed for the purpose of sending marketing content - as soon as we receive a request to stop sending marketing content, the data is stored only for the purpose of defending against possible claims related to this mailing for the period indicated by the legal provisions on limitation of claims.
5. Personal data processed for the purpose of dealing with a request for personal data - shall be retained until the expiry of the limitation period for claims concerning the exercise of the rights of persons exercised under data protection legislation.

User rights

The User has the right to decide to what extent his/her personal data will be used. In particular, the User may withdraw his or her consent to be sent marketing content concerning the Seller at any time. The withdrawal of this consent does not affect the lawfulness of the dispatch of this content, which was carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal. 

The user is further entitled to:

1. request access to your personal data, rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, as well as the right to data portability,
2. where the User's personal data is processed for the purpose of the Seller's legitimate interests (including where the User wishes to receive marketing content relating to the Seller), the right to object at any time to the processing of the User's personal data,
3. to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time if the processing of the User's personal data is based on such consent; the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of such consent before its withdrawal,
4. lodge a complaint with the President of the Office for the Protection of Personal Data, whose registered office is located in Warsaw at Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw.

Any changes or other requests regarding your personal data can be made by you by sending a request to the contact details indicated in the "Contact Us" section of this Privacy Policy.

Cookie mechanism

The Shop uses small files, known as cookies. These are stored by the server on the computer of the person visiting the Shop's pages. A cookie usually contains the name of the domain from which it originates, its "validity period" and an individual random number identifying the cookie.

The cookie mechanism is completely safe for computers; in particular, no viruses can enter Users' computers via this route. Nevertheless, the User may restrict or disable access of cookies to their computer. If this option is used, navigation on the Shop website will, in principle, be possible, but may result in a limited ability to use certain functions.

The Administrator may process the data contained in cookies when visitors use the Shop's website in order to:

1. identify you as logged in to the Store and inform you that you are logged in;
2. remembering the Goods added to the shopping basket for the purpose of placing an Order;
3. storing data from the forms you fill in to make an Order or log in to the Shop;
4. to adapt the content of the Shop's website to the individual preferences and real needs of the Customer (e.g. concerning colours and font size, page layout);
5. to keep anonymous statistics showing how the Shop website is used.

The available web browsers generally allow the storage of cookies on the User's terminal device by default.

The User may change their cookie settings at any time. These settings can be changed, in particular, in such a way as to block the automatic handling of "cookies" in the web browser settings or inform on their placement in the web site User's device each time. Detailed information on the possibility and methods of using cookies is available in the settings of your web browser. Failure to change the "cookies" settings means that they will be placed on the User's terminal equipment, and thus the Administrator will be able to store information in the User's terminal equipment and access this information.

IP address

The Seller reserves the right to collect IP addresses of visitors to the Shop website, which may be helpful in diagnosing technical problems with the server, creating statistical analysis (e.g. determining from which regions we record the most visits). In addition, they may be useful in administering and improving the Store.

Cookies of other entities

The Seller reserves the right to use the services of third parties to develop statistics on the use of the Store. We assure that in such a case, no data identifying Users will be transferred to such entities.

Third-party cookies may be used in advertisements posted on the Store's pages to enable analysis of the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

This Privacy Policy does not regulate the use of the cookie mechanism by third parties.

Access to third party data

Only authorized employees or subcontractors of the Vendor and entities providing services to the Vendor (i.e., accounting, IT and technical support services, as well as archiving and document destruction), who need to access the data to perform their duties, have direct access to the personal data collected by the Vendor.

Orderers' personal data can also be accessed by entities making delivery of the ordered Goods - to the extent necessary to perform this delivery, as well as entities with the help of which the Orderer makes payment for the Goods - to the extent that the Orderer provides them with this data.

Users' personal data may be made available to entities entitled to receive them under applicable law, in particular to the competent judicial authorities.

Exclusion of liability

This Privacy Policy does not cover any information regarding services or goods of entities other than the Seller, which are posted on the pages of the Store commercially, as a guest, on a reciprocal basis or not for commercial effect.

The Seller shall not be responsible for the actions or omissions of the Orderers, resulting in the Seller processing the personal data provided by them in the manner specified in this Privacy Policy.