Privacy Statement

DATA PROTECTION POLICY

  

The editors ensure the confidentiality and security of authors’ personal data. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the European Union) hereinafter GDPR and in connection with the Act of May 10, 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000), we inform you that:

  1. The Administrator of the personal data is Ignatianum University in Cracow at 26 Kopernika Street, 31-501 Krakow.
  2. Personal data is processed only for the purpose of the publishing process and dissemination of publications.
  3. The legal basis for processing personal data is Article 6(1)(a) and Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
  4. Providing personal data is:
  • voluntary for using the content of open access journals on the OJS platform of the journal;
  • necessary if you wish to participate in the electronic publishing process (submit texts for publication with the rights of authors, carry out work related to the functions of subject editor, section editor, technical editor, reviewer, and DTP specialist) and create an account with the rights of a reader in order to obtain information about newly published issues.
  1. Personal data of users on the rights of readers may be deleted by the Administrator at any time after the user’s request.
  2. Personal data shall be processed by authorized employees only for the purpose referred to in Section 2.
  3. Data are kept for the period necessary for the above purposes and required by law.
  4. Under the terms of the provisions of the GDPR, you have the right to access the content of your data, to rectify, erase, limit processing, as well as to transfer data – in cases provided by law, the right to object to data processing and the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection, if the processing of your personal data violates the provisions on personal data protection.

 

General information

  1. The operator of the Website is Ignatianum University Krakow.
  2. The service obtains information about users and their behavior in the following ways:
  • through information voluntarily entered in forms;
  • by storing cookies on end devices;
  • by collecting web server logs.

 

Information in the forms

  1. The service collects information that is voluntarily provided by the user.
  2. In addition, the service can save information about the connection parameters (time stamp, IP address).
  3. The data in the form are not shared with third parties other than with the consent of the user.
  4. The data provided in the form may be a collection of potential customers, registered by the service operator in the register kept by the General Inspector of Personal Data Protection.
  5. The data provided in the form is processed for the purpose resulting from the function of the specific form, such as service request process or sales contact.
  6. The data provided in the forms may be transferred to entities technically performing certain services; in particular, this applies to the transfer of information about the holder of the registered domain to entities that are operators of Internet domains (primarily the Scientific and Academic Computer Network NASK), payment services or other entities with which the service operator cooperates in this regard.

 

Information about cookies

  1. The website uses cookies.
  2. Cookies are IT data in particular text files, which are stored on the website user’s terminal equipment and are intended for use on the website. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, the time they are stored on the end device and a unique number.
  3. The operator of the website is the entity placing cookies on the website user’s terminal equipment and accessing them.
  4. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
  • creating statistics that help to understand how the website users use the websites, which allows improving their structure and content;
  • maintenance of the site user’s session (after logging in), thanks to which the user does not have to re-enter his/her login and password on each sub-page of the site;
  • determining the profile of the user in order to display customized materials in advertising networks, in particular Google networks.
  1. The site uses two main types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary files that are stored on the user’s end device until the user logs out, leaves the website or shuts down the software (web browser). Persistent cookies are stored on the user’s end device for the time specified in the parameters of the cookies or until they are deleted by the user.
  2. Web browsing software (web browser) usually allows the storage of cookies on the user’s terminal device by default. Users of the site can change their settings accordingly. The web browser makes it possible to delete cookies. It is also possible to automatically block cookies. The help or documentation of the Internet browser contains detailed information on this subject.
  3. Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some of the functionality available on the website.
  4. Cookies that are placed on the website user’s end device and may also be used by advertisers and partners cooperating with the website operator.
  5. We recommend reading the privacy policies of these companies to learn about the use of cookies used in statistics: Google Analytics Privacy Policy.
  6. Cookies may be used by advertising networks, in particular the Google network, to display ads tailored to the way the user uses the site. For this purpose, they may retain information about the user’s navigation path or how long the user stayed on a particular page.
  7. Regarding the information about user preferences collected by the Google advertising network, the user can view and edit the information resulting from cookies using the tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/.

 

Server logs

  1. Information about some user behavior is subject to logging in the servers. This data is used exclusively for the administration of the site and to ensure the most efficient operation of the hosting services.
  2. The resources that are viewed are identified by URLs. In addition, the following may be recorded:

- time of arrival of the request,

- time of sending the response,

- the name of the client’s station – identification made through the HTTP protocol,

- information about errors that occurred during HTTP transactions,

- URL address of the page previously visited by the user (referrer link) - in case the service was accessed through a link,

- information about the user’s browser,

- IP address information.

 

  1. The above data is not associated with specific browsers.

 

  1. The above data is used only for server administration purposes.

 

Data sharing

(1) The data shall be made available to external entities only within the limits of the law.

(2) Data enabling the identification of an individual shall be made available only with the consent of that person.

(3) The Administrator may have an obligation to provide information collected by the Website to authorized bodies on the basis of lawful requests in the scope resulting from the request.