Bearstone Global sp. z o.o. / Privacy Policy

WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Bearstone Global sp. z o.o., Chałubińskiego 8,  00-613 Warszawa.

For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.

  • Country refers to Poland
  • Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
  • Website refers to Bearstone Global, accessible from https://www.bearstoneglobal.com/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

GDPR PRIVACY

Please be informed that Bearstone Global sp. z o.o. as the Data Controller is committed to protecting Your privacy and ensuring the security of personal data, which it processes.

This information sets out how personal data are collected and used in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016). In particular, it fulfils the obligation to provide a data processing notice under Article 14(5)(b) of the GDPR and national legislation.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance: of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You, a third party and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision or obtaining of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Data Controller

The controller of personal data, i.e., the entity which decides how personal data entrusted and processed in connection with its activities will be used, is the Company.

Processing of Publicly Available Data

In the course of its business activity and for the purpose of proper performance thereof, the Data Controller processes, among others, publicly available personal data, in particular data extracted from public registers. Such data shall be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes of performance of agreements concluded by the Data Controller.

Waiver of Certain Rights Concerning the Obligation to Provide a Data Processing Notice

Referring to the exceptions indicated in Article 14(5)(b) and (d) of the GDPR, We inform You that it may occur in Your case that We waive some of the rights with regard to the obligation to provide a data processing notice when We obtain personal data by means other than from the data subject.

This is the case if providing You with such information would be impossible or would require a disproportionate effort, or if complying with the obligation to provide a data processing notice would make it impossible or significantly more difficult to achieve the purpose for which We process Your personal data, or if it would involve a breach of professional secrecy binding for licensed detectives.

In Our activity, such cases will primarily, but not exclusively, involve the processing of data obtained in the course of provided detective services or from publicly available sources, where the fulfilment of the obligation to provide a data processing notice would negate the purpose of the processing of Your data, i.e., the purpose of Our clients commissioning Us with particular activities as part of Our activity, or would even violate the statutory obligation to maintain professional secrecy.

Cases in which there is an exemption from the information obligation may be frequent. Given the specific nature of Our business, in the course of executing agreements with Our clients, it often happens that data originating from detective services is combined with data from publicly available sources and reported to the client. As a rule, the data does not originate from the subject. In such a situation, fulfilment of the obligation to provide a data processing notice would defeat the purpose of the entire agreement, the legitimate interest of Our client and would violate the obligation of professional secrecy.

The impossibility to fulfil the obligation may also be related to the lack of sufficient data to fulfil the obligation to provide a data processing notice. In this case, the data minimisation principle of Article 5(1)(c) of the GDPR applies, as to comply with the information obligation, We would have to obtain more personal data than it is necessary for Us to fulfil the purposes for which We process the data, beyond the scope of Your data processed by Us.

We assure You, however, that We treat and analyse each case of exemption from the obligation to provide a data processing notice individually.

The Period in Which Your Data Are Processed

In the event that You are the subject of detective activities, or We process Your publicly available data as part of Our services, We will only process some of Your data for as long as We provide the service to the client associated with You. In each case this period should not exceed a few months. We will subsequently pass on Your data to the client and permanently delete it ourselves. If the client does not receive the data, We will archive the data in an encrypted form for a period of 5 years of the date of termination of the service.

If You are Our client or client’s representative, We will process Your data for the duration of the performance of the agreement on Your behalf or on behalf of the entity You represent and until expiry of the statute of limitations for mutual claims arising from the performance of the agreement.

If You are Our subcontractor, We will process Your data for the duration of the service provided to Us and until the expiry of the statute of limitations for mutual claims arising from the performance of the service. If You have given separate consent, We will include You in Our internal subcontractor database until You withdraw Your consent.

Categories of Personal Data Processed

In performance of Our business activity, We process the following (non-sensitive) categories of personal data depending on the case: first name, surname, age, domicile, registered address, PESEL, ID card/other document series and number (e.g. passport), tax identification number, date and place of birth, telephone number, profession, salary, marital status, nationality, education, e-mail address, internet identifiers, IP addresses, cookie identifiers – generated by devices, applications, tools and protocols, voice recording of a telephone conversation, vehicle licence plates, gender, information about being in a specific place, image (not as biometric data).

We only ever process data that are necessary in a specific case and never as ‘back-up’.

Information on Recipients of Personal Data

The recipients of the personal data collected by Us as part of the services We provide as part of Our business activities are Our customers who use the services.

Your Rights Under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, You can request Us for an access, update or delete of Your Personal Data This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
  • Request restriction of processing Your Personal Data. You have the right to request restriction of Your Personal Data processing if We process them too widely, without due justification.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
  • Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on Your consent as the legal basis for Our processing.

Transfer of Personal Data Outside the European Economic Area

Personal data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area, including within the group to which the Data Controller belongs, i.e. to Bearstone Global Ltd. with its registered seat in Great Britain.

The European Commission has confirmed that Great Britain provides an adequate level of protection for personal data in Decisions C (2021) 4800 final – under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and C (2021) 4801 final – under Directive (EU) 2016/680 of 28 June 2021, which allows for the free transfer of personal data to entities based in Great Britain.

Your personal data may also be transferred outside the EEA as part of the performance of contracts for Our customers outside the EEA – but always within the limits of and in compliance with the relevant data protection legislation, i.e. only if possible and in compliance with the relevant data processing rules.

Entrustment of Personal Data Processing

The Data Controller may entrust the processing of Your personal data to entities cooperating with the Controller on the basis of written agreements, in particular personal data processing entrustment agreements, in order to perform certain tasks and services for the Data Controller.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try Our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. Focoor more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

DETECTIVE PRIVACY LAW STATEMENT

Processing of personal data collected through activities defined as detective services per the Detective Services Act of 6 July 2001 is not subject to the provisions set forth by article 13 paragraphs 1 and 2 and article 15 paragraph 1 points (a), (c), and (g) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the European Union L 119/1).

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • by email: [email protected] or
  • via the correspondence address: Bearstone Global sp. z o.o., Chałubińskiego 8, 00-613 Warszawa.