Cookies policy

Effective as of 2024-01-01

The purpose of this Policy is to provide information about the cookies we use, the role they play in providing our services, and the choices you have in managing your cookie settings.

The owner of the Site and the Administrator of the personal data provided during the use of koda-advisory.pl is Koda Advisory Sp. z o.o., based in Warsaw (03-291), 124/94 Św. Wincentego Street, KRS: 0000995600, REGON: 523324516, NIP: 5242952126, e-mail: rodo@koda-advisory.pl.

The rules for processing personal data are made available in the Privacy Policy, available at: https://koda-advisory.pl/privacy-policy/.

The site uses cookies to provide services and features tailored to the preferences and needs of site users, in particular, cookies allow the site to recognize the user’s device and appropriately display the website, tailored to their individual needs.

2. Relevant definitions

Cookies – small files that are downloaded and stored on the User’s computer or other device, associated with information about the use of the Site.

User – a person who voluntarily uses the services and content available on the Website, i.e. browses the pages of the Website, registers, subscribes to the free newsletter or contacts the owner through the contact form.

Service – the service available at koda-advisory.pl, through which the User can browse the content of the site, blog posts, sign up for the newsletter or contact the Personal Data Administrator.

Personal data – any information that without excessive time and cost can lead to the identification of an individual, including his/her identification, address and contact information.

3. Purposes of cookies

Cookies may be temporary, i.e. they are deleted when the browser is closed, or permanent.

Permanent cookies are also stored after you have finished using the Website’s pages, and are used to store information such as your password or login, which makes it faster and easier to use the pages, and allows you to remember the settings you have chosen.

The Website uses cookies for the following purposes:

a/ adapting the content of the Website’s pages to the individual preferences of the User and optimizing the use of the websites (customized display – functional cookies),

b/ making analyses and statistics, which will provide information on how a User of the Website uses the pages, which will make it possible to improve their structure and content,

c/ marketing and/or remarketing, including targeting dedicated content, in particular to Users who have visited the Website or the Administrator’s Fanpage on Facebook and/or Instagram.

4. Tools related to the collection or sharing of cookies

In order to analyze traffic on the Website, the source of traffic, as well as to optimize marketing activities, the Website has installed:

Google Analytics, a tool provided by Google LLC. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, which allows to analyze User traffic on the Website and its sub-sites (country/city, number of visits, pages viewed, time of visit, etc.). The main cookie used by Google Analytics, “_ga”, allows the service to distinguish between individual Users and lasts for 2 years. Each “_ga” cookie is unique to a specific service, so it cannot be used to track a user or browser on other, unrelated sites.

The privacy settings of Google services can be changed by the User, more information at: https://policies.google.com/privacy In order to permanently block cookies collected by Google Analytics, the User can use the browser add-on developed and provided by Google LLC at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Facebook Pixel – a tool provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park,California/Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly: Facebook Inc.), which enables the measurement, optimization and creation of customized audiences, allows the collection of information about the User’s use of the Site and targeting of dedicated content to the User on the Facebook social network. In order to control the privacy settings of this social network, the User may change his/her preferences and settings at any time. For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/.

The Facebook pixel allows the creation of custom audiences and/or similar audiences to individuals who have already interacted with the Service or the Data Controller’s materials made available on Facebook and/or Instagram social networks operated by the Data Controller, with the retention of data provided by the Facebook pixel in particular being respectively:

a/ website (Service) – maximum 180 days from interaction with the website

b/ Facebook fanpage – a maximum of 365 days from interaction with the account,

c/ video shared on the Administrator’s Facebook fanpage – maximum 365 days from interaction with the material,

d/ events organized or co-organized by the Administrator on the Facebook fanpage – maximum 365 days from interaction with the material.

Facebook Messenger – a tool provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park,California/Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly: Facebook Inc.) that allows the User to contact the owner of the Service via Messenger on the Facebook/Instagram social network. The use of Facebook chat on the Site is voluntary. The User may chat as a guest or log in to his/her account on this service. For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/.

Facebook/Instagram Plugin/Widget – a tool that allows the User to go directly to the Data Controller’s Fanpage, hosted on the Facebook/Instagram social networking site, hosted on the portal provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park,California/Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly: Facebook Inc.). Once on the Facebook/Instagram social network, Users are additionally subject to the privacy policies described therein, in particular at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/.

YouTube Plugin/Widget – allows the User to go to the YouTube channel – maintained by the Data Controller on this website. A tool provided by Google LLC. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, whose Users are additionally subject to the privacy policies described on this site, in particular at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

The processing of data contained in cookies by providers whose headquarters and/or servers are located in a third country, i.e. within the United States of America (USA), will involve the transfer of data contained in cookies outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The transfer of the data contained in the cookies, in particular the user’s IP address, takes place on the basis of the European Commission’s decision of July 10, 2023 stating an adequate level of protection of personal data provided by the so-called “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” with respect to providers listed by the US Department of Commerce, such as: Google LLC. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, California, USA

5. Accept or change cookies settings

Upon accessing the Website, the user may accept the use of cookies for the above purposes, reject them, or consent only to selected cookies.

The User may also delete and/or disable cookies at any time in the web browser he/she uses when browsing the Website.

Deleting or disabling cookies may cause difficulties or limited functionality in some parts of the Service (applies to functional cookies). This is because some cookies may be necessary for the proper operation of the Service’s pages and the display of content on a particular type of device.

In order to manage cookies, the User may also use the functions available in the browser he or she is currently using. Instructions for managing cookies are available on the websites of web browser providers, in particular:

Google Chrome – instruction

Microsoft Edge – instruction

Mozilla Firefox – instruction

Apple Safari – instruction

6. Final provisions

In the event of a change to the current Cookie Policy, in particular in a situation where this is required by the technical solutions used or by changes in the law regarding Users’ privacy, appropriate modifications to the above provision will be made, which will be effective 14 days after their publication on the Website.