Privacy and Cookie Policy
ASB Group diligently and strictly complies with personal data protection laws. This Privacy Policy explains our approach to privacy, as well as the scope and purposes for which personal data are collected.
This Privacy Policy provides information on the processing of your personal data by the following ASB Group companies:
ASB Poland Sp. z o.o.
ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, Poland
KRS: 0000296560
REGON: 141240611
NIP: 5252414442
ASB Czech Republic, s.r.o.
V Celnici 1031/4, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
IČO: 27215849
ASB Slovakia, s.r.o.
Laurinská 18, 811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
IČO: 36 665 061
ASB Hungary Kft.
Maros utca 12, 1122 Budapest, Hungary
VAT No.: 26369420-2-43
ASB TAX Sp. z o.o.
ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, Poland
KRS: 0000423733
REGON: 146116241
NIP: 5252531001
ASB Fiscal Representation Sp. z o.o.
ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, Poland
KRS: 0000319538
REGON: 141643059
NIP: 5252442148
ASB Poland SC Sp. z o.o.
ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, Poland
KRS: 0000300061
REGON: 141256262
NIP: 5252415708
hereinafter jointly referred to as the “ASB Group Companies”, concerning the fact that you use the services available on the website asbgroup.eu, hereinafter the “Website”, and in connection with establishing or maintaining contact with the ASB Group Companies through other communication channels, including email, telephone calls or traditional postal correspondence.
Information on the terms and conditions of personal data processing is provided in Section I, “Terms of Personal Data Processing”.
The rules of collecting and using cookies and applying other similar measurement technologies used on the Website are described in Section II, “Cookie Policy”.
Please note that the Website may contain external links enabling users to directly access other websites, or cookies from other entities may additionally be placed on the user’s device while using the Website. For security reasons, we recommend users to review the relevant privacy and cookie policy, if available, or, if no such document is available, contact the administrator of the relevant website or service to obtain information in this respect, before using resources offered by other websites or services.
I. Terms of Personal Data Processing
Pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 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, on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, hereinafter the “GDPR” or the “General Data Protection Regulation”, we inform you that:
1. The joint controllers of your personal data are the ASB Group Companies, hereinafter the “Joint Controllers”.
2. In matters concerning the processing of personal data, you may contact us by email at: gdpr@asbgroup.eu.
3. Personal data will be processed for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:
Purpose of data processing: Receiving enquiries and responding to them through the contact form available on the Website or by email / phone.
Legal basis for data processing: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR: taking steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract. Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: legitimate interest consisting in enabling contact with the Controller and receiving enquiries concerning the services offered by the Controller.
Purpose of data processing: Conducting promotional and marketing activities, including through electronic communication tools, such as email. Certain forms of communication, such as sending newsletters, may require obtaining your additional consent under separate provisions of law.
Legal basis for data processing: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: legitimate interest consisting in promoting the Company online and acquiring new clients.
Purpose of data processing: Conducting analytics and statistical activities concerning users’ activity on the Website by means of cookies or other similar technologies. The installation of cookies for this purpose may require obtaining your additional consent under separate provisions of law.
Legal basis for data processing: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: legitimate interest consisting in conducting analytics and statistical activities relating to the Website in order to develop and improve services.
Purpose of data processing: Pursuing claims, taking actions in connection with debt collection processes, and defending against claims.
Legal basis for data processing: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: legitimate interest consisting in establishing and pursuing claims, taking debt collection actions, and defending against claims.
Purpose of data processing: Providing free informational materials and enabling registration for online events, including webinars.
Legal basis for data processing: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: legitimate interest consisting in the direct marketing of the Controller’s own services.
4. The recipients of personal data will include external entities processing data on behalf of the Controller under data processing agreements, such as hosting providers, IT service providers, marketing service providers and IT system providers, other entities authorised to receive data under applicable law, and ASB Group entities.
5. If you are a representative of our client, contractor or supplier, the Controller will process your contact details, such as your name, surname, email address, telephone number and business position, in connection with existing cooperation or for the purpose of establishing such cooperation. If we have not obtained these data directly from you, we have received them from our contractor or supplier that you represent.
6. The period for which personal data are processed by the Controller depends on the purpose for which the data are collected, in accordance with the following criteria:
a. personal data of persons using the contact form will be stored for the period of email correspondence or maintained contact, or until an objection is raised;
b. personal data of prospective contractors or clients will be stored for the period preceding the conclusion of a contract and, after that period, for the time during which applicable law requires the data to be retained;
c. personal data of contact persons and Website users will be stored until consent is withdrawn or an effective objection is raised, where personal data are processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
After the periods indicated above, personal data will be archived for the period during which applicable legal provisions require their retention or for the limitation period for any potential claims. After that they will be subsequently deleted.
7. In connection with the processing of personal data, you have the following rights:
– the right of access to your data, the right to rectification of data, the right to erasure of data, the right to restriction of processing, and the right to data portability;
– the right to object to the processing of your personal data, where such processing is based on the so-called legitimate interest, under the terms set out in the General Data Protection Regulation;
– the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, if you consider that the processing of personal data infringes the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation.
8. All the rights referred to above apply to the extent provided for in the General Data Protection Regulation. You may exercise these rights by sending a request to the following email address: gdpr@asbgroup.eu.
9. Providing personal data is mandatory where such an obligation results from applicable law. Providing data for the purpose of pursuing the other purposes described in point 3 is voluntary, but may be necessary for their performance, including responding to an enquiry or using the Website.
10. The Joint Controllers, by way of mutual arrangements, including in the form of a joint controllership agreement, determine in a transparent manner the scope of their respective responsibilities for complying with the obligations arising under the GDPR, in particular with regard to fulfilling information obligations towards data subjects and enabling them to exercise their rights.
II. Cookie Policy
1. When you visit the Website asbgroup.eu, hereinafter also referred to as the “Service”, we may collect information from you, such as cookie identifiers and information collected through cookies or other similar technologies.
2. Cookies are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the user’s terminal device and are intended for using the Website’s web pages. Cookies usually contain the name of the website from which they originate, the period for which they are stored on the terminal device, and a unique number.
3. Cookie identifiers, as well as information collected through cookies or other similar technologies, may in certain circumstances constitute personal data.
4. The entity placing cookies on the terminal device of the Website user and accessing them is the Website operator, i.e. ASB Group.
5. The Website operator informs users that restrictions on the use of cookies may affect certain functionalities available on the Service’s websites.
6. The Website operator reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy. Any changes will be published on the Service’s websites.
7. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
– enabling users to use the Website and ensuring the proper functioning of its features, strictly necessary cookies;
– compiling statistics that help us understand how Website users use its web pages, which enables us to improve their structure and content, analytics cookies;
– identifying potential security threats.
8. The Website uses two basic categories of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary files stored on the user’s terminal device until the user leaves the website or closes the software, i.e. the web browser. Persistent cookies are stored on the user’s terminal device for the period specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the user.
9. The Website uses the following types of cookies:
| Tracker name | Category | Expiry date | Description |
| _ga | Statistics | 729 days | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _gid | Marketing | 0 days | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _gat | Statistics | 0 days | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _gcl_au | Marketing | 89 days | Used to measure the efficiency of the website’s advertisement efforts, by collecting data on the conversion rate of the website’s ads across multiple websites. |
| _ga_# | Statistics | 729 days | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _clck | Statistics | 364 days | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. |
| _clsk | Statistics | 0 days | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| CookieConsent | Necessary | 372 days | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| csrftoken | Necessary | 363 days | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
| IDE | Marketing | 399 days | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| MUID | Marketing | 389 days | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. |
| MR | Marketing | 6 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| SRM_B | Marketing | 389 days | Tracks the user’s interaction with the website’s search-bar-function. This data can be used to present the user with relevant products or services. |
| SM | Marketing | -20702 | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads. |
| MUID | Marketing | 389 days | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. |
| MR | Marketing | 6 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| ANONCHK | Marketing | 0 days | Registers data on visitors from multiple visits and on multiple websites. This information is used to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites. |
| test_cookie | Necessary | 0 days | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| _gcl_ls | Marketing | persistent | Tracks the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website – This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. |
| rc::a | Necessary | persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| rc::c | Necessary | 0 days | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| _cltk | Statistics | 0 days | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| gaVisitorUuid | Statistics | 364 days | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Necessary | 179 days | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| grUuidHasBeenSet | Marketing | 0 days | Collects information on what products the visitor has viewed and the content of the shopping-cart. This is used to increase the website’s conversion rate through targeted advertisement and product promotions through emails. |
| gaUserPageSessionVisit | Statistics | 0 days | Stores data on the time spent on the website and its sub-pages, during the current session. |
| popup:d46f4e54-cf48-4758-9441-599d098bcbec:__sswv | Unclassified | persistent | |
| rc::b | Necessary | 0 days | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| rc::f | Necessary | persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| gr-popups-renderer#meta | Unclassified | persistent | |
| gr-popups-renderer#content | Unclassified | persistent | |
| gr-popups-renderer#translation | Unclassified | persistent | |
| gr-translations#translations | Unclassified | persistent | |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | Marketing | 0 days | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Marketing | -20671 | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| __Secure-YNID | Marketing | 179 days | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| YSC | Marketing | -20701 | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Marketing | 179 days | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Marketing | 179 days | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| __Secure-YEC | Marketing | -1000 | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-icons-last-purged | Marketing | persistent | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Marketing | persistent | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | Marketing | persistent | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore | Marketing | persistent | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Marketing | 0 days | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. |
| c.gif | Statistics | 0 days | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. |
10. When the user first enters the Website, a banner will be displayed informing the user about the use of cookies and enabling the user to manage them. The user may manage the cookies installed on their device, i.e. consent to all categories of cookies or only to certain categories. The user may also withdraw the consents granted at any time by clicking the “Decline” button. If the user accepts the installation of all categories of cookies, they should click the “Allow all” button. To manage cookie settings for a given category of cookies, the user should click the “Allow selection” button and move the relevant control on the cookie banner. The ability to manage cookies does not apply to strictly necessary cookies, which cannot be disabled or rejected.
11. By default, the web browser allows cookies to be stored on the user’s terminal device. These settings may be changed, in particular so as to block the automatic handling of cookies in the web browser settings or to notify the user each time cookies are placed on the Website user’s device. Detailed information about the possibility and methods of handling cookies is available in the web browser settings.
12. Analytics and marketing tools used by the Website.
Please note that third parties, including Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter “Facebook”, and Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter “Google”, may use cookies and similar technologies to collect or receive information from the Website and other places on the Internet and use that information to provide measurement services and targeted advertising. By managing cookie settings, you may decide whether you consent to the collection and use of information for targeted advertising.
Google Analytics
The Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics tool for website statistics and analytics that provides insight into Website traffic and is supplied by Google. We use this tool to compile statistics for the purpose of adapting the content of our websites to users’ preferences and continuously optimising them.
You may prevent cookies from being installed by selecting the appropriate settings in your web browser. You may also prevent Google from collecting data generated by cookies and relating to your use of the Website by installing a browser add-on that blocks the embedding of Google Analytics scripts, available here. More information about Google Analytics is available here.
Due to the use of Google Analytics, personal data obtained in connection with the use of the Website may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. In such a case, the transfer of personal data is carried out on the basis of standard contractual clauses concluded between the Controller and the tool provider. We encourage you to read the data processing agreement, including the standard contractual clauses forming part of it.
Information on how Google uses data collected when you use the websites and applications of its partners is available here.
Social media
The ASB Group Companies process the data of users visiting the companies’ profiles maintained on social media platforms, namely YouTube.com and LinkedIn.
The data are processed solely in connection with maintaining the profile, including the purpose of informing users about the activities undertaken by the companies, promoting their products, services and events, and contacting and interacting with users. The legal basis for processing is the Controller’s legitimate interest, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, consisting in marketing and ensuring interaction with users. In such a situation, the relevant joint controller of the data is:
– LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. The rules for data processing are available at: LinkedIn Privacy Policy
– Google Ireland Limited. The rules for data processing are available at: Google Privacy Policy
The Controller processes only such personal data as have been marked by the user as publicly available. The processing of other personal data is carried out by the YouTube or LinkedIn social media platform and on the terms set out on its own rules and policies.