1. General Information

This policy applies to the website operating at the URL: benchywire.com

The operator of the website and the Data Controller is: Benchy Sp. z o.o.

Contact email address of the operator: contact@benchywire.com

The Operator is the Controller of your personal data in relation to data provided voluntarily on the Website.

The Website uses personal data for the following purposes:

• Handling inquiries through forms
• Fulfillment of ordered services
• Presentation of offers or information

The Website performs the function of obtaining information about users and their behavior in the following ways:

• Through voluntarily entered data in forms, which are entered into the Operator's systems.
• By storing cookies (so-called "cookies") in end devices.

2. Selected Data Protection Methods Used by the Operator

• Login and personal data entry points are protected at the transmission layer (SSL certificate). This means that personal data and login credentials entered on the website are encrypted on the user's computer and can only be read on the target server.
• User passwords are stored in hashed form. The hash function works one-way - it is not possible to reverse its operation, which is currently the modern standard for storing user passwords.
• Two-factor authentication is used on the website, which provides an additional form of protection for logging into the Website.
• The Operator periodically changes its administrative passwords.
• To protect data, the Operator regularly performs security backups.
• An important element of data protection is regular updates of all software used by the Operator to process personal data, which in particular means regular updates of programming components.

3. Hosting

The Website is hosted (technically maintained) on the servers of the operator: mydevil.net

The hosting company maintains logs at the server level to ensure technical reliability. The following may be recorded:

• resources identified by URL (addresses of requested resources – pages, files),
• time of arrival of the request,
• time of sending the response,
• name of the client station – identification performed by the HTTP protocol,
• information about errors that occurred during HTTP transaction execution,
• URL of the page previously visited by the user (referrer link) – in case the transition to the Website occurred through a link,
• information about the user's browser,
• information about the IP address,
• diagnostic information related to the process of self-ordering services through recorders on the website,
• information related to handling emails sent to and from the Operator.

4. Your Rights and Additional Information on Data Use

In certain situations, the Controller has the right to transfer your personal data to other recipients if this is necessary to perform a contract concluded with you or to fulfill obligations incumbent on the Controller. This applies to the following groups of recipients:

• hosting company on the basis of data processing agreement
• postal operators
• authorized employees and associates who use the data to fulfill the purpose of the website's operation

Your personal data is processed by the Controller no longer than is necessary to perform the activities related to them as specified by separate regulations (e.g., on accounting). With regard to marketing data, the data will not be processed for longer than 3 years.

You have the right to request from the Controller:

• access to your personal data,
• rectification of your data,
• erasure of your data,
• restriction of processing,
• and data portability.

You have the right to object to the processing indicated in section 3.2 with regard to the processing of personal data for the purpose of pursuing legitimate interests of the Controller, including profiling, however, the right to object cannot be exercised in the case of important legally justified grounds for processing, overriding your interests, rights and freedoms, in particular the establishment, investigation or defense of claims.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, Poland.

Providing personal data is voluntary, but necessary to operate the Website.

You may be subject to activities involving automated decision-making, including profiling, in order to provide services under the concluded contract and for the purpose of conducting direct marketing by the Controller.

Personal data is not transferred from third countries within the meaning of data protection regulations. This means that we do not transfer it outside the European Union.

5. Information in Forms

• The Website collects information provided voluntarily by the user, including personal data, if provided.
• The Website may store information about connection parameters (time stamp, IP address).
• In some cases, the Website may store information facilitating the linking of data in the form with the email address of the user filling out the form. In such a case, the user's email address appears inside the URL of the page containing the form.
• Data provided in the form is processed for the purpose resulting from the function of the specific form, e.g., to process a service request or business contact, service registration, etc. Each time, the context and description of the form clearly inform what it is used for.

6. Administrator Logs

Information about user behavior on the website may be subject to logging. This data is used for the purpose of administering the website.

7. Important Marketing Techniques

• The Operator uses statistical analysis of traffic on the website through Google Analytics (Google Inc. based in the USA). The Operator does not transfer personal data to the operator of this service, only anonymized information. The service is based on the use of cookies in the user's end device. Regarding information about user preferences collected by the Google advertising network, the user can view and edit information resulting from cookies using the tool: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
• The Operator uses remarketing techniques that allow matching advertising messages to user behavior on the website, which may give the illusion that the user's personal data is being used to track them, but in practice no personal data is transferred from the Operator to advertising operators. The technological condition for such actions is enabled cookie support.
• The Operator uses the Facebook pixel. This technology causes Facebook (Facebook Inc. based in the USA) to know that a person registered on it is using the Website. It is based on data for which Facebook itself is the controller, the Operator does not transfer any additional personal data to Facebook. The service is based on the use of cookies in the user's end device.
• The Operator uses a solution that automates the operation of the Website in relation to users, e.g., which can send an email to the user after visiting a specific subpage, if they have consented to receiving commercial correspondence from the Operator.

8. Information About Cookies

The Website uses cookies.

Cookies are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored in the Website User's end device and are intended for using the Website's web pages. Cookies typically contain the name of the website they come from, their storage time on the end device, and a unique number.

The entity placing cookies on the Website User's end device and gaining access to them is the Website operator.

Cookies are used for the following purposes:

• maintaining the Website User's session (after logging in), so the user does not have to re-enter login and password on each subpage of the Website;
• achieving the purposes specified above in the "Important Marketing Techniques" section;

The Website uses two basic types of cookies: "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. "Session" cookies are temporary files that are stored in the User's end device until logging out, leaving the website, or turning off the software (web browser). "Persistent" cookies are stored in the User's end device for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the User.

Web browsing software (web browser) typically allows storing cookies in the User's end device by default. Website users can change settings in this regard. The web browser enables deleting cookies. It is also possible to automatically block cookies. Detailed information on this subject is contained in the help or documentation of the web browser.

Restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some functionalities available on the Website's web pages.

Cookies placed in the Website User's end device may also be used by entities cooperating with the Website operator, in particular this applies to companies: Google (Google Inc. based in the USA), Facebook (Facebook Inc. based in the USA), Twitter (Twitter Inc. based in the USA).

9. Managing Cookies – How to Grant and Withdraw Consent in Practice?

If a user does not want to receive cookies, they can change their browser settings. We note that disabling cookies necessary for authentication processes, security, and maintaining user preferences may hinder, and in extreme cases may prevent, the use of websites.

To manage cookie settings, select your web browser from the list below and follow the instructions:

• Edge
• Internet Explorer
• Chrome
• Safari
• Firefox
• Opera

Mobile devices:

• Android
• Safari (iOS)
• Windows Phone

10. Contact

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or how data is used, please contact: