Effective Date
April 14, 2025
Website: https://ladiesinhistory.com
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how your personal data is collected, used, and protected when you interact with the website ladiesinhistory.com. The website is operated by Przezwieki History, based in Warsaw, registered in Poland.
We are committed to respecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including:
– General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – for users in the European Economic Area (EEA),
– UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 – for users in the United Kingdom,
– California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – where applicable for U.S. users.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at contact@ladiesinhistory.com.
2. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for processing your personal data is:
Przezwieki History
Email: contact@ladiesinhistory.com
Website: https://ladiesinhistory.com
3. What Data We Collect
Depending on your interaction with our website, we may collect the following personal data:
– Your name and email address (when you contact us or subscribe to our newsletter),
– IP address and browser details,
– Information provided via forms or surveys,
– Information collected through cookies and tracking technologies,
– Social media usernames (if you interact with us via social media platforms),
– Any information you provide when entering contests or responding to our emails.
4. Purposes of Data Processing
We process your data for the following purposes:
– Responding to your inquiries or messages,
– Sending our newsletter (only with your explicit consent),
– Running contests or promotional campaigns,
– Managing our social media presence,
– Improving our website and user experience,
– Analysing traffic and performance (via analytics tools),
– Running targeted advertising and remarketing campaigns.
5. Legal Bases for Processing
We process your data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:
– Consent – when you voluntarily provide your data (e.g., newsletter sign-up),
– Contractual necessity – when responding to your requests or communication,
– Legitimate interest – such as improving our website or defending legal claims,
– Legal obligation – where required by applicable law.
6. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing
We use third-party services to support the functionality and analytics of our website. These partners may process your data on our behalf or independently. We ensure they meet adequate data protection standards, including those related to international data transfers.
Our key third-party service providers include:
– Google LLC (Google Analytics, Google Ads, YouTube) – analytics, ad delivery, video hosting,
– MailerLite Limited – email marketing and newsletter management,
– Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook, Instagram) – social media integration and advertising,
– Pinterest Europe Ltd. – content sharing, analytics, advertising, and remarketing.
– TikTok Technology Limited – ad delivery, embedded content, remarketing.
These partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect or receive information from our website and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to:
– Ensure proper functionality of the site,
– Analyse user traffic and behaviour (Google Analytics),
– Personalise content and ads,
– Deliver remarketing campaigns via Facebook, Google, or TikTok.
When you first visit our site, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to manage your preferences. You can also control cookies via your browser settings at any time.
For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
8. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, including:
– Until you unsubscribe from our mailing list (newsletter),
– For the duration required by applicable laws (e.g. tax, audit),
– For the time necessary to defend against potential legal claims.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights:
– Right to access your personal data,
– Right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete data,
– Right to request data deletion (right to be forgotten),
– Right to restrict or object to data processing,
– Right to data portability,
– Right to withdraw consent at any time (if processing is based on consent),
– Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (e.g., ICO in the UK, or UODO in Poland).
If you are a California resident, you may also have the right to:
– Request disclosure of categories and specific pieces of personal information collected,
– Request deletion of your personal information,
– Opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell data).
10. Security Measures
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure your personal data is secure, including:
– Using secure hosting and SSL encryption,
– Limiting access to personal data to authorised persons only,
– Regularly reviewing our data protection procedures.
11. Social Media
If you interact with us via social media platforms (such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok), the processing of your data is governed by the privacy policies of those platforms. We do not take responsibility for the way third-party platforms process your data.
12. Competitions and Campaigns
When we run giveaways, competitions, or promotional activities, we may collect and process personal data such as your name, email address, or social media handle. This information will be used exclusively to manage the campaign and will be deleted once the campaign concludes, unless you have opted into our newsletter.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be published on this page and marked with an updated effective date.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.
Contact
If you have any questions or would like to exercise your rights, please contact us at: contact@ladiesinhistory.com