PRIVACY POLICY
1. Introduction
In 2016, the European Union officially adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which harmonizes European legislation in this area. The regulation entered into force on May 25, 2018 and regulates the protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data and their free movement. The term “Personal Data” includes any information about a specific person or entity whose identity can be determined – name, contact details, biographical details.
This Privacy Policy describes how and why the Scientific Information Center (NIS) “Bulgarian Encyclopedia” at the BAS collects, uses, stores and discloses your personal data. It also explains your rights.
Please note that the Declaration applies only to the personal data that NC “Bulgarian Encyclopedia” processes. In some cases, our website links to other websites that we do not control. Therefore, when you follow external links, it is recommended that you read the privacy policies of the other websites to be aware of how they collect, process and use your information.
2. Collection of personal data
We may collect the following types of personal data:
- Technical data, including your computer’s IP address, its location, operating system, browser type and version (information you provide us indirectly);
- Visits and review of this and other websites and their duration – when, how often and under what circumstances you visit them, which pages you are most interested in, how you came to our website;
- Any personal data you enter while completing the inquiry contact form (information you provide to us directly).
3. Use of Personal Data
We may use your personal data to:
- We manage and customize our website according to your recommendations;
- We provide statistical information about our visitors to third parties (without them being able to identify you from it);
- Protect our website from fraud;
- Confirm your agreement to our terms related to the use of our website, including the display of content submitted through the contact form.
- Other purposes.
You can set settings to limit the use of your personal data on our website.
4. Storage of personal data
We will only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which we collect it – when we have a legitimate reason and do not prejudice your rights and interests. This depends on our legal obligations and the nature and type of information and the reason we collect it.
5. Disclosure of personal data
We may disclose your personal data when we are required to do so by law, in a lawsuit or proceeding, and to the extent we are required to do so to protect the Website from fraud. Except in this case, we will not provide your personal data to third parties.
6. Cookies
We collect and use your personal data on our website using cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored in the browser and sent back to the website that set it when the browser makes a request for something from that website. Other technologies also store data on your device that is sent back to the website or identifies your device on a future visit (for example, local storage and pixel tags). These are not cookies, but our Statement applies to all these technologies.
If you agree to the use of cookies on your first visit to our website, this means that you agree to them on each subsequent visit to our website. Cookies are stored for one year to facilitate the browsing of our website.
7. Your rights over your personal data
Except for personal data that we are required to keep by law, and to protect and manage our website, you could ask us to destroy your personal data. You also have the right to request that we send you a file with all the data we keep about you so that it remains under your control. You also have the right to change your personal data if it is inaccurate.
8. Updating the Privacy Policy
The privacy policy is subject to change and may be updated as necessary. It is recommended that you review it periodically to be aware of these changes.
