Last updated: 25.06.2026
This is an English translation provided for convenience. The Polish version is the legally binding one; in the event of any discrepancy, the Polish text prevails.
§ 1. General provisions
1. The controller of personal data collected through the firmabezszefa.pl website (for the purposes of contact, sending the report from the study and invitations to Q&A sessions) is Grzegorz Klimarczyk, contact: grzegorz@klimarczyk.pl (hereinafter: the "Website Owner").
2. Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. is a partner of the project and may support promotional or technical activities related to the website. If a user uses a separate sign-up form for Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. marketing communications, Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. will be the controller of the data in that respect, in accordance with the information provided with the sign-up form.
3. The website makes it possible to take part in an anonymous academic study conducted as part of doctoral research at Poznan University of Technology. The GDPR information clause relating to that study (with Poznan University of Technology as the controller of the research data) is provided directly in the survey form. This Policy relates to data processed by the Website Owner through the website, in particular the email address provided voluntarily in order to receive the report and the invitation to the Q&A session, data provided in correspondence, and technical data related to the use of the website.
4. The controller takes particular care to protect the interests of the data subjects.
§ 2. The academic study
1. The website may provide access to the questionnaire of an academic study conducted at Poznan University of Technology.
2. The academic study is a separate process from the other functions of the website, such as contact, signing up for the report from the study, the invitation to the Q&A session, cookies, analytics or any marketing communications.
3. Information about the rules for taking part in the study and the processing of personal data in connection with the study is provided directly with the research questionnaire.
4. This Privacy Policy does not replace the information provided to study participants with the research questionnaire.
§ 3. The report from the study and the Q&A session
1. After completing their participation in the study, a user may voluntarily provide an email address in order to receive the report with the results of the study and an invitation to the online Q&A session.
2. The email address is provided in a separate step and is not linked with the answers given in the research questionnaire.
3. Providing an email address in order to receive the report from the study or an invitation to the Q&A session does not constitute sign-up to a newsletter or to Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. marketing communications.
4. Consent to the processing of the email address for that purpose may be withdrawn at any time.
§ 4. Open Nexus promotional activities
1. Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. may support the project as a promotional partner, in particular through communication, organisational or promotional activities carried out in its own channels.
2. The promotional activities of Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. are separate from participation in the academic study and from providing an email address in order to receive the report from the study or an invitation to the Q&A session.
3. If the website makes it possible to sign up for a newsletter or other Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. marketing communications, such sign-up will require a separate action by the user.
4. In such a case, the controller of personal data processed for the purpose of operating the newsletter or marketing communications will be Open Nexus Sp. z o.o., in accordance with the information provided with the sign-up form.
§ 5. Anonymity of the research survey
1. In accordance with the information provided with the questionnaire, the study is anonymous, and the answers given in the survey are not linked with the email address provided in order to receive the report or an invitation to the Q&A session.
2. The website's Privacy Policy relates only to data processed through the website by the Website Owner, in particular the email address provided in order to receive the report and the invitation to the Q&A session. Information about the processing of data as part of the study is provided with the research questionnaire.
§ 6. Purposes and legal bases for processing data
1. Personal data (the email address and the content of correspondence) may be processed for the following purposes:
- a) Sending the report from the study and the invitation to the Q&A session - on the basis of freely given consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
- b) Contact - in order to respond to messages sent by email (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR - the legitimate interest of the controller).
- c) Marketing, in the case of separate sign-up to a newsletter or other marketing communications, on the basis of the data subject's consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
- d) Analytics - in order to keep visit statistics and analyse traffic on the website using Google Analytics, on the basis of consent given via the cookie banner (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Article 399 of the Polish Electronic Communications Law).
§ 7. Recipients of the data
1. Recipients of personal data may be entities that support the Website Owner in maintaining and operating the website, the forms, email communications, analytics and the technical security of the website.
2. Data may be transferred in particular to the following categories of recipients:
- a) Google Cloud Platform via Operator Chmury Krajowej sp. z o.o. - the website's hosting provider; the servers are located in the European Union.
- b) OVH sp. z o.o. - the DNS service provider.
- c) Tally BV - provider of the Tally.so tool used to operate online forms, including the form that allows an email address to be provided in order to receive the report from the study and an invitation to the Q&A session.
- d) Google Ireland Limited - in connection with the use of analytics tools, in particular Google Analytics, where that tool is active on the website and the user has consented to analytics cookies.
- e) Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. - to the extent that it supports the Website Owner in the technical, organisational or promotional upkeep of the project.
3. If the website makes it possible to sign up for a newsletter or other Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. marketing communications, the data provided for that purpose will be processed by Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. as a separate controller, in accordance with the information provided with the sign-up form.
4. To operate the newsletter or marketing communications, Open Nexus Sp. z o.o. may use providers of marketing tools and mailing systems, in particular MailerLite Limited.
5. In connection with the use of the website, technical data may also be processed, such as the IP address, browser identifier, device data, user agent, the date and time of an event, information about activity on the website, and data stored in cookies or similar technologies. This data may be processed in order to ensure the correct operation of the website and its technical security and, once consent has been given, to carry out visit analytics.
§ 8. Transfers of data outside the European Economic Area (EEA)
1. As a rule, data processed in connection with the use of the website is processed within the European Economic Area. Where tools are used whose providers may process data outside the EEA, the transfer takes place using the mechanisms provided for in the GDPR, in particular a European Commission adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses.
§ 9. Data retention period
1. An email address provided in order to receive the report or an invitation to the Q&A session will be stored until that purpose has been fulfilled or consent has been withdrawn earlier, and for no longer than 12 months from the end of the study.
2. The end of the study means the publication of the results of the study in an academic periodical or in the doctoral dissertation, that is, their public release.
3. After that period the email address will be deleted, unless the data subject has given separate consent to receive a newsletter or other marketing communications.
4. Email correspondence - for the time needed to handle the matter and any establishment or pursuit of claims.
5. Data collected by Google Analytics - for the period set in the tool's configuration (14 months by default).
§ 10. User rights
1. The data subject has the right to request access to their personal data, its rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, the right to data portability, and the right to object to the processing of the data, in the cases set out in the GDPR.
2. Where data is processed on the basis of consent, the data subject has the right to withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it was withdrawn.
3. The above rights relate to personal data processed by the Website Owner in connection with the use of the website, contact, the provision of an email address in order to receive the report from the study or an invitation to the Q&A session, and the use of cookies and analytics tools.
4. Participation in the academic study is voluntary. A participant may withdraw from the study up until their answers in the questionnaire are submitted. Once the answers have been submitted it will not be possible to withdraw or delete them at the request of a specific person, because the answers are collected anonymously and are not linked with data that would identify the participant.
5. An email address provided in order to receive the report from the study or an invitation to the Q&A session is collected in a separate step and is not linked with the answers given in the research questionnaire. Consent to the processing of the email address for that purpose may be withdrawn at any time.
6. As regards participation in the academic study and the answers given in the questionnaire, the information provided directly with the research questionnaire applies.
7. The data subject also has the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office.
§ 11. Voluntary provision of data and no profiling
1. Providing personal data is voluntary.
2. Not providing an email address in order to receive the report from the study or an invitation to the Q&A session means only that the report or the invitation to that session cannot be sent.
3. Providing an email address in order to receive the report from the study or an invitation to the Q&A session is not a condition of taking part in the academic study.
4. The email address is collected in a separate step and is not linked with the answers given in the research questionnaire.
5. Personal data is not used for automated decision-making, including profiling.
§ 12. Cookies
1. The website uses cookies that are necessary for the service to work correctly. These cookies are used automatically and do not require the user's consent, because they are necessary to provide the basic functions of the website.
2. The website may also use analytics cookies, in particular those related to Google Analytics provided by Google Ireland Limited. These files are used to analyse traffic on the website and how the service is used.
3. Analytics cookies are switched off by default and are installed only after the user has given consent via the cookie banner. Consent is voluntary, and withholding it does not limit the ability to use the website.
4. The user may withdraw consent to analytics cookies at any time, using the cookie banner or the cookie settings available on the website. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of actions taken before it was withdrawn.
5. Regardless of the settings available on the website, the user may also manage cookies from within their web browser settings.
§ 13. Changes to the Privacy Policy
1. The Website Owner may update this Privacy Policy, in particular where the scope of the website's functionality, the tools used, the way data is processed or the applicable law changes.
2. The version of the Privacy Policy published on the website, with the date indicated at the beginning of the document, applies.