Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy is a comprehensive document that provides information about how Skłodowscy LLC processes your personal data and the use of cookies on the website sklodowscy.eu. 

The Policy is designed to make it easy for you to understand how we handle your data, what data we collect, and the purpose behind it. In this document, you will find details about our identity, how to contact us for any concerns related to your personal data, as well as a clear explanation of your rights and how to exercise them.

1. Who are we? - Data Controller

2. Personal Data Protection Officer

3. Legal Basis

4. Definitions

5. What personal data do we collect and why?

6. Cookies Usage Policy

7. Information for users of Skłodowscy profiles, groups, and fan pages on social media

8. Who has access to your personal data?

9. What are your rights?

10. Contact

We, Skłodowscy Limited Liability Company, are the Data Controller responsible for the personal data collected through our website, www.sklodowscy.eu. Our registered headquarters are located at ul. Kościuszki 43, 05-270 Marki, and we are entered into the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for the capital city of Warsaw, XIV Economic Department of the National Court Register, under the registration numberKRS 0000264193, REGON: 140672685, NIP: 1251402446.

If you have any inquiries or concerns about your personal data, please feel free to contact us at the email address biuro@sklodowscy.pl.

Katarzyna Podgórska has been appointed as the Data Protection Officer by the Data Controller.

If you have any inquiries regarding the GDPR, please direct your correspondence to the following email address: rodo@sklodowscy.pl or send a letter to the Kancelaria Podatkowa Skłodowscy, ul. Kościuszki 43, 05-270 Marki, with the subject "DPO" (Data Protection Officer).

The Privacy Policy is required under the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, commonly known as GDPR. This regulation protects natural persons' data processing and free movement, repealing Directive 95/46/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L, 4 May 2016). Article 13 of GDPR obliges the Data Controller to provide you with the information in this policy.

Additionally, the Law of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000, with amendments) complements the legal framework.

Administrator - This entity manages your personal data, provides services to you through electronic means, and stores and accesses information about your devices.

Cookies - are computer data, specifically small text files, that are saved and stored on the devices you use to access our website.

Administrator's Cookies - These cookies are placed by the Administrator and are related to the provision of electronic services through the sklodowscy.eu website.

External Cookies - These cookies are placed by the Administrator's partners through the sklodowscy.eu website

Group Skłodowscy - The following companies are part of Group Skłodowscy:

Skłodowscy LLC with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000264193, NIP 1251402446),

Buchalter Skłodowscy general partnership with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000114186, NIP1250031829),

Skłodowscy BPV limited liability company with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000498220, NIP 1251624626),

BPV Polska limited liability company with its headquarters in Warsaw (KRS 0000580888, NIP 7010512900),

BPV WWL limited liability company with its headquarters in Wołomin (KRS0000582838, NIP1251636339),

BPV Polska LLC and limited partnership with its headquarters in Warsaw (KRS0000587355, NIP 7010522778),

Kancelaria Radcy Prawnego i Doradcy Podatkowego Justyna Kuś Dariusz Skłodowski Honestus Partnership Company (KRS 0000564921, NIP 1251633890),

Skłodowscy.pl limited liability company with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000441398, NIP ),

Honestus LLC with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000090771, NIP 1251619022),

Skłodowscy Wiedza i Finanse LLC with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000330011, NIP 1251531557),

BPV KH LLC with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000861560, NIP 1251710159),

BPV KRiR LLC with its headquarters in Marki (KRS 0000861579, NIP 1251710171).

Service - This refers to the website you are currently on, operating under the domain www.sklodowscy.eu

Device - This refers to an electronic device through which you access the website www.sklodowscy.eu

User - This includes you, the person using the website www.sklodowscy.eu

a) Newsletter 

On our website, you have the option to subscribe to the Newsletter. You can do this in the designated area on the website. To successfully subscribe to the newsletter, you need to provide your email address and click the 'SUBSCRIBE' button, indicating your consent to the processing of your personal data.

The purpose of processing the data is:

• Sending periodic newsletters;

 • Informing you about updates;

 • Informing you about Skłodowscy products;

 • Showing you our current activities;

 • Improving the quality of newsletter content and better selection of such content.

Basis for processing personal data:

The basis for processing your personal data is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller, as specified in Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Processing of your personal data occurs solely in connection with your expressed consent to receive the newsletter.

Retention period of personal data:

Your personal data, which you provided to receive the newsletter, will be stored until you express your objection or unsubscribe from the newsletter – the link to unsubscribe from the newsletter can be found in each message you receive.

 

b) Website Management and Security Assurance

Your personal data is also stored for the purpose of:

• Proper website management. This includes: IP address, session data, and browser information. These data are collected automatically. 

• Ensuring the security of the website and other users. The collected data include IP address, browser name, browser type, and operating system type. The data is collected automatically.

Basis for processing personal data:

The basis for processing your personal data is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller, as specified in Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The legitimate interest of the Data Controller is to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to ensure the security of the website and its users.

Retention period of personal data:

The above-mentioned personal data will be stored until they are no longer necessary to ensure the proper functioning and security of the website.

c) Fulfillment of legal obligations arising from the GDPR

Your personal data is also processed to fulfill the legal obligations arising from the GDPR concerning the exercise of your rights, and in connection with archiving your requests directed to me or informing you about privacy risks. This is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

For this purpose, your data in the form of your first name, last name, email address, type of request, data regarding the fulfillment of this request, description of the incident constituting a breach, determination of its impact on the rights and freedoms of the individual, and a description of the actions taken in this regard will be stored.

Basis for processing personal data:

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR.

Retention period of personal data:

In order to fulfill the legal obligations arising from the GDPR concerning the exercise of your rights, and in connection with archiving your requests directed to me or informing you about privacy risks, the data will be stored until the expiration of the limitation periods.

d) Functioning of the contact form

In order to respond to your inquiries sent through the contact form, we will process the data provided by you.

Basis for processing personal data:

The basis for processing your personal data is your given consent, as specified in Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

Processing of your personal data occurs solely in connection with your expressed consent, and the data will be processed until you withdraw your consent.

e) Sending marketing content, such as offers, advertisements, information about promotions, or organized events

On our website, you can also give consent for the processing of your data for broadly understood marketing purposes. By this, we mean the possibility of sending you information about our current offers, promotions, or organized events through various channels.

The purpose of processing data is:

• Informing you about news and current offers.

 • Informing you about products of Skłodowscy company.

 • Presenting personalized advertisements or offers.

 • Inviting you to organized events.

Basis for processing personal data:

The basis for processing your personal data is your consent, as specified in Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

Retention period of personal data:

Your personal data, which you provided to receive marketing content, will be stored until you express your objection or withdraw your consent.

f) Processing of job applicants' data

The protection of personal data of job applicants is of particular importance. To ensure lawful, fair, and transparent processing of your personal data, we have prepared the following information. It specifies how we handle your personal data and your rights during your participation in our recruitment processes.

 

We process personal data provided by you in your job application (e.g., in your CV, cover letter). Specifically, we may process the following information about you: first name, last name, date of birth, contact details (e.g., email, phone number, residential address), information regarding your education, professional qualifications, work experience, as well as your image (if you include your photo in application documents).

In the event of conducting competency tests and obtaining your consent to participate in such tests, we also process information regarding your knowledge, skills, and personality traits (e.g., information about your language skills or predispositions for a specific position).

We kindly ask you not to include sensitive data in your job application, such as information about your health status, disabilities, political views, religious beliefs, or any other data specified in Article 9 of the GDPR. If providing such data is necessary due to your specific situation, we will request your separate consent for processing such data.

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

a) Conducting recruitment for the position indicated in the job advertisement, for which you have submitted your application, including selecting candidates for entering into a civil law contract (if such a form of employment is specified in the job advertisement);

b) Conducting future recruitments for various positions, if you have given separate consent for this;

c) In the case of a positive recruitment outcome, for the purpose of preparing an employment contract or civil law contract (e.g., cooperation agreement), and providing you with necessary information regarding the commencement of work;

d) Pursuing or defending against claims related to the recruitment process

 

We process your personal data based on various legal grounds, depending on the purpose of their processing.

a) Your personal data specified in the Labor Code (Article 22(1)) or other legal provisions (such as your first name, last name, date of birth, contact information, education, professional experience) or data necessary for taking action before entering into an employment contract or civil law contract (e.g., your financial expectations, start date of work/service provision) are processed to fulfill our legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR) or due to their necessity to take action at your request before entering into an employment contract or civil law contract (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR), and providing them will be necessary to participate in the recruitment process

b) By providing your email address and phone number, you consent to us processing this data under our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). This processing allows us to conduct electronic recruitment and communicate efficiently with candidates. Please note that providing this data is necessary to participate in the recruitment process.

c) We process additional personal data (such as your image and interests) based on your consent. Providing this data is voluntary and does not affect your participation in the recruitment process (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR).

Based on the information provided in the job advertisement, you provide consent by including such personal data in your job application and submitting your recruitment application. You can also express such consent in another way specified by us for specific recruitment processes (e.g., by submitting a specific written statement or checking the designated checkbox).

d) We process your personal data for the purposes of future recruitments based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), which you express in a manner indicated by us for the specific recruitment process (e.g., by including the consent clause provided by us in your CV).

e) In the event of a successful recruitment outcome, we process your personal data to the extent necessary for the preparation of an employment contract or civil law contract (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR), as well as to provide you with necessary information before commencing work based on our legitimate interest. This interest involves providing you with information that will help both you and us to best prepare for your start of employment (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).

f) In the event of any potential disputes between you and Skłodowscy regarding the recruitment process, we process your personal data based on our legitimate interest, which involves pursuing claims or defending against claims brought against us before courts or government authorities (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).

 

How long do we process your personal data?

a) For Specific Position Application:

• We will process your personal data for the duration necessary to conduct the recruitment process and select a candidate.

• Subsequently, we will retain the data for approximately 6 months in case there is a need to repeat the recruitment process for any reason.

• If you consent to the processing of your personal data for future recruitments, we will retain it for 2 years from the submission of your application.

b) Successful Recruitment:

• If your recruitment is successful, we will process your personal data according to the principles and data retention periods applicable to employees.

• We will provide you with this information once you commence work.

c) In the event of any potential disputes between you and Skłodowscy company, we will process your personal data for the purpose of pursuing or defending against claims. This data will be retained for a period of 3 years from the conclusion of the recruitment process. In certain cases, if required by legal regulations, we may process your data for a longer duration. Additionally, should we find that your candidacy matches the profile sought by another entity within the Skłodowscy Group, we may transfer the data from your CV to that specific entity.

At Skłodowscy, we value your privacy, and we want to inform you about how we use cookies and other similar technologies (collectively referred to as "cookies").

We, as Skłodowscy LLC, are the data controller for the personal data collected through cookies.

The cookies used by the Administrator are safe for your device. They do not allow viruses, unwanted software, or malicious programs to infiltrate users' devices. These files help identify the software you use and customize the website settings individually for each user. Each cookie usually contains the domain name from which it originates, its storage duration on the device, and its assigned value.

The Administrator uses two types of cookies:

We use cookies that differ from each other in both their lifespan and the internet domain from which they originate.

Based on their lifespan, we divide cookies into:

Based on their lifespan, we divide cookies into:

1. Session cookies - deleted once you close your web browser.

2. Persistent cookies - deleted after a predetermined period, regardless of closing the web browser.

Based on the internet domain from which they originate, cookies are categorized as:

1. First-party cookies - set by the web servers of our services.

2. Third-party cookies (our partners) - set by the web servers of other websites, not owned by our services.

For what purposes do we use cookies, and is consent required?

1. Website Functioning [Necessary Cookies]

Always active

Consent is not required

These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and cannot be disabled. Your defined cookie settings are also stored within these cookies. Additionally, they help us prevent fraud and detect errors.

These cookies are always active and cannot be disabled.

What information do we collect about you?

With cookies, we may collect the following information about you:

Data regarding your device (including device ID, MAC address, IP address, operating system, device settings, particularly language settings, screen resolution, internet browser type), Data regarding your visits to our website (including visit time and duration, date, visited subpages on our services, search-related data). Cookies are stored for one year.

When you visit our website containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of the social media service providers (service providers). The content of the plugin is transmitted by the respective service provider directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, the service providers receive information that your browser has displayed our website, even if you do not have a profile with the service provider or are not currently logged in there. This information (along with your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to the server of the respective service provider (some servers are located in the USA) and stored there.

If you are logged in to any social media service, the service provider will directly associate your visit to our website with your social media profile.

If you use a specific plugin, such as clicking on the "Like" or "Share" button, the relevant information will be directly transmitted to the server of the respective service provider and stored there.

Furthermore, this information will be published on the respective social media service and visible to your contacts. The privacy policies of each service provider describe the purpose, scope, data collection, processing, and your rights concerning contact and privacy settings.

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/legal/FB_Work_Privacy,

Google – https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=pl,

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=PL&template=terms

To prevent social media services from directly associating the data collected during your visits to our website with your profile on that particular service, please ensure that you log out from that service before visiting our website.

Depending on which profiles you use, we may process the following information about you:

Facebook 

Service Provider - Facebook Ireland Limited (Facebook) 

Scope of Data: Your first name, last name, email address, profile picture (avatar), information about education and professional experience, location information, the content of correspondence you direct to us (e.g., through the Facebook Messenger application), comments, and other content you post on our Facebook profile.

Co-administration.

We may process statistical data about your activity on our profile. In this regard, there is co-administration of your data between Skłodowscy and Facebook for statistical purposes. The agreements defining the scope of co-administration, including the rules of responsibility for processing your personal data, can be found on the page: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum. According to these rules, Facebook takes primary responsibility for processing your data for statistical purposes and fulfills all relevant obligations specified in the GDPR regarding the processing of your personal data. For more information about how Facebook processes your data, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanati.

LinkedIn

Service Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (LinkedIn)

Scope of Data: Your first name, last name, email address, profile picture (avatar), information about education and professional experience, information about job seeking, comments, and other content you post on our LinkedIn profile.

For more information about the processing of your data by LinkedIn, please refer to the page: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

 https://policies.google.com/privacy

YouTube

Service Provider: Google Ireland Limited (YouTube)

Scope of Data: Your first name, last name, username, content of the posts and comments shared by you.

For more information about the processing of your data by YouTube, please refer to the page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We process your personal data on our profiles for the following purposes:

1. Ensuring the order and safety of participants in discussions on our profiles, which involves removing comments that violate the law, good manners, or the terms of service of the social media platform where we maintain our profile.

2. Engaging in correspondence with you related to the specific profile and any topics you approach us about.

3. Marketing and promoting our products and services.

4. Analyzing user activity on our profiles, including collecting data on the number of likes, comments, and shares on our profile or the content posted on it.

5. Conducting contests on our profiles.

We process your personal data on our profiles based on our legitimate interest, as described in Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest includes the following purposes:

1. Ensuring order and safety on our profiles by moderating posts and comments from users.

2. Building positive relationships with the users of our profiles, engaging in correspondence with them, and organizing contests.

3. Marketing our products and services.

4. Analyzing user activity on our profiles to better tailor the content to their needs.

In the case of contests, if you are the winner of a specific contest, we will also process your personal data to fulfill our tax obligations related to awarding the prize (Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR).

Depending on the purposes of processing your personal data on our profiles, we process them for the following periods to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and provide better services:

1. If you submit questions or complaints, we will process your data for the necessary period to provide a response and for evidentiary purposes, up to 3 years from the moment we reply to you.

2. For marketing our products and services, we will process your data until you object to its use for this purpose or until you stop following us, whichever comes first.

3. Regarding analyzing user activity, we will process your data until you object to its use for this purpose, and we confirm that your objection is justified, but no longer than the duration of your following.

4. To ensure order on our profiles, we will process your data until you object to its use for this purpose, and we confirm that your objection is justified, but no longer than the duration of your following.

5. For contests, we will process your data during the contest and for a maximum of 3 years after the contest ends, including for the purpose of pursuing or defending claims related to the contest.

If you win the contest, we will process your data for 5 years, starting from the end of the calendar year in which the tax payment deadline related to the prize award expires. This processing is in accordance with tax laws.

The recipients of your personal data may include:

1. Social media service providers on which we maintain our profiles (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Google).

2. Marketing service providers.

3. Service providers for handling correspondence with users.

4. Government authorities (e.g., police, prosecutor's office, President of the Personal Data Protection Office).

5. Your personal data may be transferred to third countries (outside the European Economic Area - EEA) because some of our suppliers have their headquarters outside the EEA. In relation to the transfer of your data outside the EEA, we have ensured that our suppliers provide guarantees of a high level of data protection.

Data provided to the Administrator by the User will be shared only with those entities with whom the Administrator has previously signed a data processing agreement, and the transfer of such data is necessary for external service provision to the Administrator, for example, in the scope of providing mailing platform, accounting, IT support, and IT system security.

Based on the legitimate interest of the Administrator, User data may be shared with entities within the Skłodowscy Group - only if we consider that another entity within the Group possesses qualifications, experience, or tools that better meet the needs expressed by the User.

You have the right to:

• Access your data and obtain copies of your data,

 • Rectify (correct) your data if it is inaccurate,

 • Erase your data - if you believe we have no right to process your data, you can request its deletion,

 • Restrict the processing of your data - you can request the restriction of processing your personal data to store agreed-upon actions if your data is inaccurate or its processing is unlawful,

 • Object to the processing - you can object to the processing of your data for marketing purposes if such processing is based on the legitimate interest of the Administrator, and in such case, we will cease such processing. You can also object to the processing of your data for other purposes, including profiling of your data, if the legal basis for processing is the legitimate interest of the Administrator. The objection should include justification for the objection by specifying the particular situation based on which you are objecting. The objection will not be considered if we demonstrate that the legitimate interest of the Administrator overrides your claim or that your data is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims against you.

• Right to Data Portability - This right applies to the data you have provided to us based on consent or contract, and that is processed in an automated manner. You can receive it in a structured format, such as XML, or we can directly transmit it to the designated data controller.

• You have the right to lodge a complaint if you believe that your data is being processed unlawfully. Complaints can be addressed to the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (ul. Stawki 2, Warsaw) or any other supervisory authority.

• If your data is processed based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time. Upon withdrawal, we will cease the processing of your data, unless there is another legal basis that allows us to continue. Please note that the withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing conducted before its withdrawal.

If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at the following email address: biuro@sklodowscy.pl.