Privacy policy

Our website and services on it are not intended for children under the age of 16. For children under age of 16, the consent of their parents or guardians.

In accordance with the applicable laws, we, as controller, guarantee you the following rights:

• • Right to revoke your given consent;
  • Right of information and access;
  • Right to rectification or/and erasure;
  • Right to restriction of the processing;
  • Right to data portability;
  • Right to object.

Online Applications

Business Incubator

When applying for our Business Incubator program, you need to submit a completed Business Incubator Application Form, in which you leave the following personal data:

• Name and surname;
• Email address;
• Phone number;
• CVs of the team members.

We receive above mentioned data directly from you. We need your data in order to consider your application and contact you about further steps in the selection process. The legal basis for the processing is your consent. We process and store your personal data up to 5 years.

Event organization

In our center you can organize various events (meetings, round tables, workshops, etc.) by filling out the Event Announcement Form. For this purpose, you provide us with the following information:

• Name and surname;
• Mailing Address;
• Email address;
• Phone number.

The data we receive from you is necessary in order to provide you with support during the organization of your event. Your consent is the legal basis for data processing. We store your personal data for up to 5 years.

You can contact us whenever you want, using any of the available methods (via email, phone number, mail). If so, we process your data that we obtained in this way (name and surname, telephone number, postal code, etc.). The legal basis for processing is your consent. The purpose of the processing is exclusively your request and your data will not be used for other purposes. We store your personal data up to 5 years.

When visiting our website, data is processed automatically and we received it from your browser. The following data is processed:

• your IP address;
• time and date of your visit;
• the browser you are using;
• the operating system you are using;
• last page visited.

The above data is stored on our servers. The processing of this data is necessary due to technical reasons, so that you can visit our website. For this purpose, your IP address must remain saved for the duration of the session. Also processing of this data contributes to the security of our information system. We do not analyze the data, especially not for marketing purposes. The legal basis for processing is your consent. We erase the data within 5 years.

We use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device whenever you visit our website. Thanks to cookies, the website can recognize your device. We use cookies to improve the content of the website and your experience during your visit.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Necessary cookies – We use these cookies to allow the functioning of the website and cannot be turned off. They are set by us and do not contain any personal data.
• Performance cookies – We use these cookies to provide statistical information about our website – they are used for performance measurement and improvement.
• Functional cookies – We use these cookies to improve the functionality of the website and enable personalization, which includes broadcasting videos, using social networks, etc.
• Advertising and marketing cookies – these cookies are set by the service providers which services we use and are employed to monitor behavior on our website, in order to improve the content and your experience.

You can change your browser settings and thus block cookies. If you block cookies, keep in mind that this may affect the availability of some functionalities on the website, which may affect your user experience. You find more detailed information on the website of your respective browser provider:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en&co

MozillaFirefox: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

InternetExplorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-mn/guide/safari/sfri11471/16.0/mac/11.0

The legal basis for using cookies is your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. You can do it by clicking button “Manage consent” in bottom right corner and then Reject all or by deleting cookies in your browser.

We are trying to improve functionalities and content on our website. In order to provide you with the best possible experience, we will need support offered by third parties, providers of various services. In some cases, service providers use cookies or process your data based on your consent. We receive your consent, which must be given freely, through the cookie banner. The legal basis for data processing is your consent.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Holding company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics allows us to receive information about the usage of our website, how often it is visited, which pages are visited, etc.

Google Analytics collects your IP address. Also, Google Analytics sets a cookie to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our website. The information that Google receives through cookies is transmitted to and stored on servers in the United States of America.

We use the information we receive through Google Analytics only for the purpose of improving the services and content on our website.

Google LLC is on the list of organizations that are certified within the EU – US Data Privacy Framework, which is considered the appropriate mechanism for transferring data from the European Union to the USA, therefore it is considered that Google LLC provides an adequate level of personal data protection.

More information about Google Maps can be found in the privacy policy at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

Facebook Pixel

When visiting our website, we have place a Facebook Pixel from Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (mother company: Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; “Facebook”) on your device.

The Facebook pixel is a piece of code on our website that can help us better understand the effectiveness of advertising. We will be able to see when your action after clicking on ad on Facebook and/or Instagram and coming to our website. The data collected remains completely anonymous to us and cannot be linked to any individual. However, Facebook will store and process the data. Data processing by Meta is conducted in accordance with its data usage policies.

Meta Platforms Inc. is on the list of organizations that are certified within the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is considered to be an adequate mechanism for transferring data from the European Union to the USA, and therefore is considered to provide an appropriate level of personal data protection.

For more information about Facebook’s data processing, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

WordPress Stats

For the purposes of optimizing our website, we use the WordPress Stats, from Automattic Inc. 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA, a plugin that enables statistical analysis of users when visiting our website. The plugin uses cookies to help analyze how users use the website.

Automattic Inc. is on the list of organizations that are certified within the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is considered to be an adequate mechanism for transferring data from the European Union to the USA, and therefore is considered to provide an appropriate level of personal data protection.

More information can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Gravatar

We use the Gravatar, service of Automattic Inc. located at 60 29th Street 343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Gravatar allows users to create a universal profile picture that is associated with their email address. When users create a Gravatar account and upload a profile picture, that picture is linked to their email address and will be automatically displayed when the account is created. The email address, in an encrypted form, is transmitted to Gravatar, only for the purpose of checking the profile.

Automattic Inc. is on the list of organizations that are certified within the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is considered to be an adequate mechanism for transferring data from the European Union to the USA, and therefore is considered to provide an appropriate level of personal data protection.

More information can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Google Maps

To help you find our IEC Tehnopolis, we use Google Maps – maps provided by Google Ireland Limited, based in Dublin, Ireland (parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). By installing this plugin, information is collected about the use of this website, including your IP address, which is sent to Google servers.

Google LLC is on the list of organizations that are certified within the EU – US Data Privacy Framework, which is considered to be an adequate mechanism for the transfer of data from the European Union to the USA, therefore it is considered that Google LLC provides an appropriate level of personal data protection.

More information about Google Maps can be found in the privacy policy at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

Google Fonts

We use the Google Fonts service to display fonts on our website. This service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). It is installed locally and is not connected to servers in the United States.

Google LLC is on the list of organizations that are certified within the EU – US Data Privacy Framework, which is considered to be an adequate mechanism for the transfer of data from the European Union to the USA, therefore it is considered that Google LLC provides an appropriate level of personal data protection.

More information about Google Fonts can be found in the privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

1. FACEBOOK

Our website offers an option to share our content on the social network Facebook, provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, located at 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (parent company: Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; “Facebook”).

For more information on data processing by Facebook, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.

2. LINKEDIN

We use services of LinkedIn, offered by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company headquartered at Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. This service involves sharing content from our website. If you are registered members of the LinkedIn platform, LinkedIn has the capability to link the usage of the aforementioned content and features to your profiles on the platform.

You can find LinkedIn’s privacy policy at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

3. X (Twitter)

Our website offers the possibility of publishing content on the X platform, better known as Twitter, with its registered office at One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. By publishing content on Twitter, your Twitter account is connected and your data is sent to Twitter.

For more information, please visit Twitter’s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.

On our website, there are links that lead to the websites of third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy protection of those websites. Please read carefully the privacy policies of the websites you visit.