Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 26.09.2024 (day/month/year).

The following Privacy Policy sets forth the rules for recording and accessing data on the Devices of Users using the Service for the purpose of providing electronic services by the Administrator, as well as the rules for collecting and processing personal data of Users that have been personally and voluntarily provided by them through the tools available on the Service.

§1 Definitions

• Service - the Internet service "GuitarGuide.eu" operating at https://guitarguide.eu.
• External Service - websites of partners, service providers or service recipients cooperating with the Administrator
• Administrator of the Service / Data - the Administrator of the Service and Data Administrator (hereinafter referred to as Administrator) is the natural person "Łukasz Wierzbicki" residing in Warsaw, providing services electronically through the Service
• User - a natural person for whom the Administrator provides services electronically through the Service.
• Device - an electronic device with software, through which the User accesses the Website
• Cookies - text data collected in the form of files placed on the User's Device.
• GDPR - 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)
• Personal data - means information about an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of the natural person
• Processing - means an operation or set of operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data in an automated or non-automated manner, such as collection, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adapting or modifying, retrieving, viewing, using, disclosing by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, matching or linking, restricting, erasing or destroying;
• Restriction of processing - means the marking of stored personal data for the purpose of limiting its future processing
• Profiling - means any form of automated processing of personal data that involves the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal factors of an individual, in particular to analyze or forecast aspects of that individual's performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movement
• Consent - consent of the data subject means a voluntary, specific, informed and unambiguous demonstration of will by which the data subject, in the form of a statement or explicit affirmative action, consents to the processing of personal data concerning him/her
• Personal data breach - means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, modification, unauthorized disclosure of or unauthorized access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
• Pseudonymization - means the processing of personal data in such a way that they can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is stored separately and is covered by technical and organizational measures that make it impossible to be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person
• Anonymization - Data anonymization is an irreversible process of data operations that destroys / overwrites "personal data" making it impossible to identify, or link, a particular record to a specific user or individual.

§2 Data Protection Officer

Pursuant to Article 37 of the GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer. For matters concerning data processing, including personal data, please contact the Administrator directly.

§3 Types of Cookies

• Internal cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by the Service's data communications system.
• External Cookies - files placed and read from the User's Device by the Service's ICT systems of external Services. Scripts of External Services that may place Cookies on User Devices have been knowingly placed on the Service through scripts and services made available and installed on the Service
• Session Cookies - files placed and read from the User Device by the Service during a single session of a given Device. When the session ends, the files are deleted from the User's Device.
• Persistent cookies - files placed and read from the User Device by the Website until they are manually deleted. The files are not deleted automatically after the end of the session of the Device unless the configuration of the User Device is set to delete cookies after the end of the session of the Device.

§4 Data storage security

• Mechanisms for storing and reading Cookies - The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies stored on the User Device and the Website are implemented through the built-in mechanisms of web browsers and do not allow other data to be retrieved from the User Device or data of other websites visited by the User, including personal data or confidential information. It is also virtually impossible to transfer viruses, Trojan horses and other worms to the User Device.
• Internal cookies - the cookies used by the Administrator are safe for the Users' Devices and do not contain scripts, content or information that may threaten the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.
• External cookies - the Administrator makes all possible efforts to verify and select service partners in the context of Users' security. The Administrator selects well-known, large partners with global public trust for cooperation. However, it does not have full control over the content of cookies from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of Cookie files, their content and their use in accordance with the license by the Scripts installed on the site, coming from external Services, as far as the law allows. The list of partners is provided later in the Privacy Policy.
• Cookie control
• The User may, at any time, independently change the settings regarding the storage, deletion and access to the data of stored cookies by each website.
• Information on how to disable cookies in the most popular computer browsers is available at: how to disable cookies or from one of the designated providers:
• Managing cookies in the Chrome browser
• Managing cookies in the Opera browser
• Managing cookies in the FireFox browser
• Managing cookies in the Edge browser
• Managing cookies in Safari browser
• Managing cookies in Internet Explorer 11 browser
• The User may at any time delete any cookies stored to date using the tools of the User's Device through which the User uses the Website's services.
• Threats on the side of the User - The Administrator uses all possible technical measures to ensure the security of the data placed in the Cookie files. However, it should be noted that ensuring the security of this data depends on both parties including the activities of the User. The Administrator is not responsible for the interception of this data, impersonation of the User's session or its deletion, as a result of the User's conscious or unconscious activity, viruses, Trojan horses and other spyware with which the User's Device may be or was infected. Users, in order to protect themselves from these threats, should follow the rules of Internet use.
• Storage of personal data - The Administrator ensures that it makes every effort to ensure that the processed personal data entered voluntarily by Users is secure, access to it is limited and carried out in accordance with its purpose and the purposes of processing. The Administrator also ensures that it makes every effort to secure the data it holds against loss, through the use of appropriate physical as well as organizational safeguards.

§5 Purposes for which cookies are used

• Improving and facilitating access to the Website
• Personalization of the Website for Users
• Ad serving services
• Affiliation services
• Keeping statistics (users, number of visits, types of devices, links, etc.).

§6 Goals of personal data processing

Data about Users collected anonymously and automatically is processed for one of the following purposes:

• Maintaining statistics
• Serving advertisements tailored to Users' preferences
• Servicing affiliate programs
• Ensuring the legitimate interest of the Administrator

§7 Cookies of External Services

The Administrator on the Website uses javascript and web components of partners that may place their own cookies on the User's Device. Remember that in your browser settings you can decide for yourself about the allowed cookies that can be used by particular websites. Below is a list of partners or their services implemented on the Website that may place cookies:

• Ad serving services and affiliate networks:
• Google Adsense
• Maintenance of statistics:
• Google Analytics Services provided by third parties are beyond the control of the Administrator. These entities may change their terms of service, privacy policies, purpose of data processing, and use of cookies at any time.

§8 Types of data collected

The Website collects data about Users. The data is collected automatically and anonymously. Anonymous data collected automatically:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Screen resolution
• Approximate location
• Sub-pages of the website that were opened
• Time spent on relevant sub-page of the website
• Type of operating system
• Address of the previous subpage
• Address of the referring page
• Browser language
• Internet connection speed
• Internet service provider Part of the data (without identifying information) may be stored in cookies. Part of the data (without identifying data) may be transferred to a statistical service provider.

§9 Access to personal data by third parties

As a rule, the only recipient of personal data provided by Users is the Administrator. Data collected as part of the services provided are not transferred or resold to third parties. Access to the data (most often on the basis of the Data Processing Entrustment Agreement) may have entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary to run the service, i.e.:

• Hosting companies, providing hosting or related services to the Administrator Entrustment of personal data processing - Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Servers services In order to run the service, the Administrator uses the services of an external provider of hosting, VPS or Dedicated Servers - ABCOM sp. z o.o. . All data collected and processed on the site are stored and processed in the infrastructure of the service provider located in Poland. There is a possibility of access to data as a result of maintenance work carried out by the service provider's staff. Access to such data is governed by an agreement between the Administrator and the Service Provider.

§10 Method of processing personal data

Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically:

• Anonymous data (without personal data) will be transferred outside the European Union.
• Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
• Anonymous data (without personal data) will not be resold to third parties.

§11 Legal grounds for processing personal data

The Service collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons 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)
• • Article 6(1)(a) the data subject has consented to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specified purposes
• • Article 6(1)(b)processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
• • Article 6(1)(f)-processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
• (PL) Ustawa z dnia 10 maja 2018 r. o ochronie danych osobowych (Dz.U. 2018 poz. 1000)
• (PL) Ustawa z dnia 16 lipca 2004 r. Prawo telekomunikacyjne (Dz.U. 2004 nr 171 poz. 1800)
• (PL) Ustawa z dnia 4 lutego 1994 r. o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych (Dz. U. 1994 Nr 24 poz. 83)

§12 Period of personal data processing

Anonymous data (without personal data) collected automatically: Anonymous statistical data, which do not constitute personal data, are stored by the Administrator for the purpose of keeping statistics of the website for an indefinite period of time.

§13 Users' rights related to personal data processing

The Service collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:

• Right of access to personal dataUsers have the right to obtain access to their personal data, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
• Right to rectification of personal dataUsers have the right to request the Administrator to promptly rectify their personal data that is inaccurate and/or to complete incomplete personal data, realized upon request submitted to the Administrator
• The right to delete data about

Users have the right to demand from the Administrator the immediate deletion of their personal data, executed upon request submitted to the Administrator. In the case of user accounts, deletion of data consists in anonymization of data that allows identification of the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the execution of a request for data deletion in order to protect the legitimate interest of the Administrator (e.g. when the User has committed a violation of the Rules and Regulations or the data was obtained as a result of conducted correspondence).In the case of the Newsletter service, the User has the possibility of deleting his/her personal data on his/her own using a link placed in each e-mail message sent.

• Right to limit processing of personal dataUsers have the right to limit processing of personal data in cases indicated in Article 18 of GDPR, among others, questioning the correctness of personal data, exercised at the request submitted to the Administrator.
• Right to data portabilityUsers have the right to obtain from the Administrator, personal data concerning the User in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, realized upon a request submitted to the Administrator
• Right to object to the processing of personal dataUsers have the right to object to the processing of their personal data in the cases specified in Article 21 of the GDPR, exercised upon request submitted to the Administrator
• Right to lodge a complaintUsers have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority dealing with personal data protection.

§14 Contacting the Administrator

The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways

• E-mail address - contact@guitarguide.eu

§15 Requirements of the Service

• Restricting the storage of and access to cookies on the User's Device may result in the malfunctioning of some features of the Website.
• The Administrator shall not be held liable for malfunctioning functions of the Website in case the User restricts in any way the ability to save and read Cookie files.

§16 External Links

The Service - articles, posts, entries or comments of Users may contain links to external sites with which the Owner of the Service does not cooperate. These links and the sites or files indicated under them may be dangerous to your Device or pose a threat to the security of your data. The Administrator is not responsible for the content outside the Service.

§17 Changes in Privacy Policy

• The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notifying Users with regard to the use and application of anonymized data or the use of cookies.
• The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time with regard to the processing of Personal Data, of which it will inform Users in the form of, a box on our website. Continued use of the services implies reading and acceptance of the introduced changes to the Privacy Policy.
• Introduced changes to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Service.
• Introduced changes become effective upon their publication.