Personal Data Protection Statement

The Scientific Educational Center Višnjan is committed to providing protection of customers' personal data by collecting only the necessary, basic information about customers/users that is essential for fulfilling our obligations. We inform customers about how the collected data is used, regularly give customers the option to choose the use of their data, including the decision to have their name removed from lists used for marketing campaigns. All user data is strictly protected and available only to employees who need the data to perform their job. All employees of the Scientific Educational Center Višnjan and business partners are responsible for adhering to the principles of privacy protection.

Who is responsible for processing your personal data?

Scientific Educational Center Višnjan Istarska 5, Višnjan, Croatia OIB: 77285513816 info@astro.hr +385 (0)52 449 212

A. Introduction

The privacy of visitors to our website is very important to us, and we are committed to preserving it. This policy explains what we do with your personal data.
Consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website permits us to use cookies every time you visit our website.

B. How we collect your personal data

The following types of personal data may be collected, stored, and used:

Information about your computer including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, and operating system.
Information about your visits to and use of this website including the referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths.
Data you enter when you register on our website.
Data you enter when you create a profile on our website.
Data you enter to subscribe to our emails and/or newsletters.
Data generated during the use of our website, including when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it.
Data relating to anything you purchase, services you use, or transactions you make through our website, which includes your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
Information you post on our website with the intention of publishing it on the internet.
Any other personal data you send to us.

C. Using your personal data

Personal data submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal data for the following:

Administering our website and business.
Personalizing our website for you.
Enabling your use of the services available on our website.
Sending you goods purchased through our website.
Providing services purchased through our website.
Sending statements, invoices, and payment reminders to you, and collecting payments from you.
Sending you non-marketing commercial communications.
Sending you email notifications you have specifically requested.
Sending you our email newsletter if you have signed up for it (you can unsubscribe at any time).
Sending you marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of carefully selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you.
Dealing with inquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website.
Keeping our website secure and preventing fraud.
Verifying compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.
Other uses.

We will not, without your explicit consent, provide your personal data to any third party for their or any other third party’s direct marketing.

D. Disclosing personal data

We may disclose your personal data to any of our employees, officers, insurers, or professional advisers as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

We may disclose your personal data:

to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal data to third parties.

E. International data transfers

Information that we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
Personal data that you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
You expressly agree to the transfers of personal data described in this section F.

F. Retaining personal data

This Section F sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal data.
Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
Without prejudice to Section F-2, we will usually delete personal data falling within the categories set out below at the date/time set out below:

a. type of personal data will be deleted after [time period].

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section F, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

a. to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

b. if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and

c. in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

G. Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal data.
We will store all the personal data you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
All electronic financial transactions entered into through our website will be protected by encryption technology.
You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).

H. Amendments

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you understand any changes to this policy. We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or through the private messaging system on our website.

I. Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal data we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to the following:

the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity.

We may withhold personal data that you request to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.

In practice, you will either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.

J. Third party websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

K. Updating information

Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.