We use cookies to improve the efficiency and offer the User increasingly improved functionalities of the Green Building Community website (hereinafter referred to as the Website) and more tailored content to the User. In order to ensure transparency of activities, this Cookies Policy is adopted, which specifies detailed rules for the use of cookies by the Website.

Data via cookies is collected by: WeNet Group S.A., address ul. Postępu 14 02-676 Warsaw, NIP number: 7010046065, REGON number: 140756502 and WeNet Sp. z o.o., address ul. Postępu 14, 02 – 676 Warsaw, NIP number: 5210125377, REGON number: 012110943. In the event that it is determined that the data contained in cookies are personal data of WeNet Group S.A. and WeNet Sp. z o.o. are considered Data Administrators, and the User has all the rights included in the Privacy Policy, which is part of the Regulations.

The User is any person whose data is related to, using our Internet Service and other related websites, communications and services (hereinafter referred to as the User).

I. COOKIE FILES

Cookies are code fragments that are text files that correspond to HTTP requests sent to our server. These files are saved by each browser from which the User visits our Service. Thanks to the information contained in cookies, we know how Users use our Service.

Cookies are used to ensure optimal service of the User’s visit to the Service and enable faster and easier access to information, as well as to offer the User increasingly improved functionalities of the Internet Service and content more tailored to the User.

Stored information or access to it does not cause configuration changes in the User’s device and the software installed on it.

Information contained in cookies is considered personal data only in connection with other personal data available about a given User. We use cookies to collect only anonymous data about the User, used for the convenience of using the portal and to minimize the nuisance of advertising.

II. TYPES AND PURPOSES OF USING COOKIES

We use cookies and other similar technologies to recognize the User during their visits to our Website, remember their preferences and display appropriate, tailored content. Thanks to cookies, the User’s interactions with us are faster and more effective. In addition, cookies allow us to present the User with content tailored to them, without the need to conduct surveys.

The Service uses two types of cookies:

  • Session cookies – these are temporary files that remain on the User’s device until they leave the Service or close the web browser. In such a case, the information saved in session cookies is automatically deleted.
  • Permanent cookies – these are files that remain on the User’s device for a period specified in the cookie file parameters or until they are manually deleted.

The Service also uses other available technologies that allow information to be saved in the browser in appropriate data stores (Session Storage, Local Storage), and are also placed in fragments of code of analytical tools provided by other suppliers, which enable cookies to be saved in the domains of these services.

The individual categories of cookies used on our Service are described below:

  • Technical cookies (essential) – are essential for the Service page to function properly. They relate to the functionality of our websites and allow us to improve the services we offer through our websites, for example by enabling the transfer of information between pages of our website to avoid having to re-enter information, or by recognizing the User’s preferences when returning to our Service page. We use them to:
    • ensure security
    • maintain the session when the User visits and logs into their customer account
    • ensure the appropriate display of the page – depending on the device the User is using,
    • adapt our services to the User’s choices
    • remember whether the User consents to the display of certain content.
  • Analytical cookies – allow us to recognize and count the number of Users visiting our Service, see how visitors navigate the Service when they use it, and record what content they view and are interested in. This helps us determine how often pages and advertisements are visited and to determine the most popular areas of our Service. This helps us improve the services we offer, ensuring that our Users find the information they are looking for. They are also necessary to settle accounts with our Trusted Partners, measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities without identifying personal data. We use them to:
    • analyze statistics on website traffic and check the source of traffic (directions of redirection),
    • detect various types of abuse, e.g. artificial Internet traffic (bots), ddos attacks
    • limit undesirable marketing activities
    • measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns conducted for the Service, e.g. in the Google advertising network, in partner programs, on external websites,
    • settlement with Trusted Partners for advertising services based on user activity, e.g. clicks.
  • Marketing cookies – used when the User agrees to this and only when the functionalities and forms of advertising used by our Service require it. We use them to:
  • display advertisements that are relevant and interesting to a specific user. They concern profiling advertisements displayed both on external websites and on our Service, according to user preferences in terms of choosing goods, based on data held by the Service, including user behavior on the Service.

When entering the Service, the User may not agree to the use of analytical and marketing cookies. In such a case, we will not be able to conduct detailed statistics and customize our advertisements based on the information collected on our Service. However, general advertisements will still be displayed both on the Service and on other websites.

To broadcast advertisements on the Internet, as well as in the scope of other tools, we use technologies provided by Google and FB, therefore, pay attention to whether you agree to the use of these tools, including profiling advertisements on the Internet and FB using technologies used by Google, which you can do here and by FB, which you can do here. More detailed information about the cookies we use, storage time and the current list of our Trusted Partners, whose services we use or whose technologies we place on our Service, can be found in the table below: Cookies Table

III. DISABLING COOKIE FILES

By default, web browsers allow cookies to be stored. If the User does not wish to receive cookies, they may change the settings of their browser on their computer or other device used to access our Service. Further use of our Service by the User without changing the settings means that the User agrees to receive technical cookies on our Service, which, as we have indicated, are necessary for us to properly operate the Service.

Most web browsers have a function that allows the User to view and delete cookies, including cookies on our Service. However, it should be emphasized that the inability to save or read cookies through the website of our Service may prevent the full and correct use of our Service.

If the User uses different devices to access and browse our Service (e.g. computer, smartphone, tablet), they should make sure that each browser on each device is adjusted to the preferences related to cookies.

The method of disabling cookies depends on the browser that the User uses. Below is an explanation of how the User can disable cookies in Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer.

Disabling cookies in Google Chrome

  • In the upper right corner of the Google Chrome address bar, select the three vertical dots
  • In the Privacy & Security section, click the Content button.
  • In the Cookies & Site Data section, you can change the following cookie settings:
  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies

More information about Google Chrome settings: https://support.google.com/chrome/#topic=7438008

Disabling cookies in Firefox

  • In the upper right corner of the Firefox window, click Open menu (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  • Then, from the Privacy & Security section, select the Cookies & Site Data tab.
  • Select the appropriate security level or configure your own by selecting which elements and scripts to block – cookies:
  • All from external sites
  • all

More information about Firefox settings: https://support.mozilla.org/pl/kb/W%C5%82%C4%85czanie%20i%20wy%C5%82%C4%85czanie%20obs%C5%82ugi%20ciasteczek

Disabling cookies in Safari

  • Select the Safari menu > Preferences, click Privacy, and then do any of the following:
  • Block all cookies
  • Prevent cross-site tracking

More information about Safari settings: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?viewlocale=pl_PL&locale=pl_PL

Disabling cookies in Opera

  • In the upper right corner of the Opera address bar, select the three lines horizontal
  • Click go to full browser settings
  • In the Privacy Security section, click the Cookies and other site data button.
  • You can change the following cookie settings:
  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies

More information about Opera browser settings: http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/pl/cookies.html

Disabling cookies in Edge

  • In the upper right corner of the Edge address bar, select the three horizontal dots
  • Click Settings
  • In the Cookies and site permissions section, click Manage and delete cookies and site data
  • You can change the following cookie settings:
  • Block
  • Block third-party cookies

More information about Edge browser settings: https://support.microsoft.com/pl-pl/microsoft-edge

You can also change cookie settings within the Green Building Community service using the cookie settings link.

IV. CONTACT INFORMATION

In case of any doubts related to the issues of this Cookie Policy or in order to obtain information regarding this Cookie Policy, the User may contact the Administrators, through the Data Protection Inspector, in the person of Wojciech Zaręba, available at the e-mail address [email protected] or by post to the address of the Administrators.