Privacy Policy

Privacy policy

Our Website is run by The International Preschool of Cracow with its main office located at Rakowicka 65, 31-511 Kraków. The International Preschool of Cracow is the controller of the user’s personal data processed by this Website. Please read this Privacy Policy to understand how The International Preschool of Cracow may process your personal data submitted through our Website.

What personal data do we collect and for what purpose?

For all visitors to The International Preschool of Cracow’s Website, the controller has automatic access to public IP addresses from which they browse the Website’s content and to the data contained in logs (http queries). The collected data is used solely for the purpose of administering the Website and for statistical purposes. The basis for the processing of this data is the implementation of our legitimate interests in the form of administration and operation of the Website and the ability to carry out analyses and prepare statistics. Statistics do not contain any features that identify visitors to the Website.

The International Preschool of Cracow also processes your personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us by sending us an email, participating in a survey, or subscribing to our communications.

In these cases, The International Preschool of Cracow processes your personal data to handle inquiries sent to us or to carry out research in the legitimate interests of The International Preschool of Cracow.

The International Preschool of Cracow also processes your personal data if you complete an online application form. Your personal data is processed to evaluate the student’s admission to the school and make an offer of enrollment. In such cases, the basis for processing will be consent or the necessity to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, particularly when filing the application form.

If it is necessary to defend The International Preschool of Cracow against possible claims, all or some of the personal data mentioned may be further processed based on The International Preschool of Cracow’s legitimate interest, which is the controller’s defense against third-party claims but for no longer than the period of limitation of any claims.

CONSENT

Where the processing of personal data is based on consent, the School will seek consent from the appropriate person. In the case of personal information regarding students who have not attained 18 years of age, the School will seek the consent of the parent/legal guardian.

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Does The International Preschool of Cracow disclose personal data?

The International Preschool of Cracow may disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients:

- IT providers and entities operating our IT systems and providing us with IT tools, including hosting.
- Public authorities and institutions, national or foreign, judicial courts.
- If you submitted an online admission application, your personal data may be disclosed to server hosting suppliers and to those members of The International Preschool of Cracow staff and collaborators who need access to the personal data to examine the application.

How long do we store your data?

The data collected by us will be processed no longer than necessary to administer and operate the Website.

In the case of personal data collected via the contact form on the Website, this data will be processed for the time necessary to answer the inquiry/further inquiry.

If you submit an application form through the Website and if your application is accepted, The International Preschool of Cracow holds all your personal data for the period of enrollment and afterward for a standard period of 6 years.

For inquiries and declined applications, your personal data will be processed for the period of the application process and maximally for 2 years from the end of the calendar year when the application process was completed (for the purposes of defense against potential claims).

In the case of personal data collected via a subscription form, this data will be processed as long as you wish to receive the Newsletter.

Third country transfers

We do not transfer any personal information about you to third countries unless you submit an online form.

If you submit an online form, the School may transfer your personal data to IT providers, including educational applications, online tools, and server hosting suppliers.

Personal data is transferred outside the EU based on EU Model Clauses. In such cases, the School will do everything required to assure safe processing of data by entities in such countries, in accordance with the provisions of law. If you wish to receive a copy of the EU Model Clauses, please contact our Data Protection Officer at info@ipcracow.com.

How we safeguard minor’s privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information or any other identifying data from children under 18 (unless the law allows the processing of data from children over 16). Should we discover that we have collected personal information of a child younger than 18, we will either delete the personal information or obtain the consent of the child’s parent or legal guardian to process the child’s personal information.

COOKIES

The International Preschool of Cracow uses cookies to facilitate the use of the Website by visitors and to create anonymous statistics.

A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser that allows the Website to “remember” your preferences, such as calendar settings and site bookmarks, from visit to visit, or to maintain your “logged in” status when visiting protected areas. The usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our Website. Web browsers have settings allowing you to reject cookies, selectively accept cookies, or delete previously accepted cookies. Please be aware that rejecting or deleting cookies from our Website may make certain functions unavailable to you.

By clicking on the “Accept All” button that appears on the banner, you can activate all cookies and give your consent to The International Preschool of Cracow to collect and store your personal information.

LOG FILES

Like most standard website servers, we use website statistic packages such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to analyze trends in how our Website is accessed and utilized. Information monitored includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, geographic location of visitors (country, city), browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, time spent on pages, and keywords used to find our site via search engines. This information is anonymous and cannot be directly linked to individual users. We may use it to identify high-use or low-use areas of the Website, pinpoint problem areas of the Website, analyze broad demographic trends in our visitors, and make decisions about how to make it easier for people to find and navigate our Website.

Google Analytics

This Website uses Google Analytics to help understand how visitors engage with the Website. Your web browser automatically sends certain information to Google. This includes, for example, the web address of the page that you are visiting and your IP address. Google may also set cookies on your browser or read cookies that are already there. If you would like further information on how Google uses data when you use our website, you may visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

LINKS

This Website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Website.

SECURITY

This Website takes every precaution to protect our users’ personal information. Whenever users submit personal information (such as contact information) via online forms or registration, that information is encrypted via the highest level of SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) available. Servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.

Your rights

In accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, you have the right to request The International Preschool of Cracow to access your personal data, rectify it, delete or limit processing, as well as the right to object to the processing and the right of data portability.

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection.

To exercise any of your privacy rights or submit an inquiry or complaint, send us an email to info@ipcracow.com. We will respond at the earliest opportunity and within the time period specified by applicable privacy law and regulations.

contact information

The International Preschool of Cracow has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to oversee our data protection practices. For any comments, inquiries, or complaints, you can contact our DPO at info@ipcracow.com.

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