1. Data controller
The administrator of personal data processed on the gancarczyk.com website is Jacek Gancarczyk.
In matters concerning privacy and personal data, you can contact the administrator via the contact form.
2. What data do I process and for what purpose?
Depending on how you use the website, I may process:
Technical data – including IP address, date and time of connection, information about the browser, device, and pages visited. This data is used to ensure the proper operation of the website, ensure security, and diagnose problems.
Contact form data – name, email address, subject, and message content. I use it to manage correspondence and respond.
Data provided in comments – information entered when posting a comment, as well as technical data related to its addition. This data is used to publish and moderate comments and protect the website from abuse.
The basis for processing this data is my legitimate interest (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR), consisting in operating the website, communicating with users, and ensuring security. Where required by law, data is also processed to comply with legal obligations (Article 6, paragraph 1, letter c of the GDPR).
Providing data in the contact form is voluntary, but necessary to receive a response to the sent message.
3. Google Statistics and Tools
I use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to analyze website usage, including page visits and events, and to improve the site's content and performance. Analytical technologies that require consent are used only after obtaining consent.
I also use Google Search Console, which helps me monitor my website's visibility in Google search results, including impressions, clicks, and search queries. It's an administrative tool for analyzing my website's presence in the search engine.
4. Advertisements
The website displays advertisements powered by Google AdSense and Ad.plus.
The providers of these services and their advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to display ads, limit their frequency, and measure their effectiveness. Depending on your settings and consent, ads may be personalized or non-personalized.
Detailed information about the technologies used and advertising partners is available in the cookie settings panel.
5. Security and infrastructure
The website is hosted by OVH, a hosting infrastructure provider. I also use Cloudflare services, which support the security and protection of website traffic, including against unwanted traffic and attacks.
Therefore, infrastructure and security providers may process technical data, including IP address and connection information, to ensure the proper operation and security of the website.
6. External and affiliate links
Articles may contain links to external websites, including websites of partners offering reservations, tickets, insurance or other travel services.
Some links are affiliate links. This means that if you click through them and make a purchase or reservation, I may receive a commission. This does not incur any additional cost to you.
Once you have accessed an external website, its operator is solely responsible for processing user data in accordance with its privacy policy.
7. Cookies
The website uses cookies and similar technologies that may be used for the following purposes:
Necessary – ensuring the proper operation and security of the website.
Analytical – traffic measurement and analysis of website usage.
Advertising – displaying advertisements, measuring their effectiveness and, depending on settings, personalizing them.
Technologies not required for the basic operation of the website are activated after obtaining the required consent. Consent can be managed, including withdrawn, in the cookie settings panel available on the website.
You can also change cookie settings in your web browser. However, restricting some cookies may affect the functionality of some website features.
8. Data recipients and storage period
Data may be transferred to service providers necessary for the operation of the website, in particular hosting and infrastructure providers, security providers, analytical and advertising tools, as well as authorized public authorities, if required by law.
I store the data for the period necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected:
correspondence – for the time needed to process it and then, if necessary, until the expiry of the limitation period for any claims;
comments – for the period of their publication or until they are deleted, taking into account the need to defend against claims;
technical logs – for a period resulting from security needs and configuration of infrastructure services;
analytical and advertising data – in accordance with the service providers’ settings and consents granted.
Some service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area. In such cases, data transfers are made using mechanisms provided for in the GDPR, such as an adequacy decision or appropriate legal safeguards.
9. Your rights
In connection with the processing of personal data, you have the right to:
access to your data and obtain a copy thereof;
rectification, deletion or restriction of data processing;
object to processing based on legitimate interests;
data portability, in cases provided for in the GDPR;
withdraw consent at any time if processing is based on it.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office.
Advertising technology providers may use profiling to tailor advertisements in accordance with service settings and consents. The website administrator does not make decisions with legal or similarly significant consequences for users solely based on automated data processing.
10. Policy Changes
This policy may be updated in the event of changes in the operation of the website, the tools used, or legal regulations. The current version is published on this page.