Introduction

These Privacy Policy principles explain what personal data is collected when you use our website located at https://www.creado.sk (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), how such personal data is used, shared, or otherwise processed.
“GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/679 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.
“Processing” in relation to personal data includes collecting, storing, and providing it to other parties.
If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices, you can find information on how to contact us in the “Contact” section below.

Categories of Personal Data We Collect

We collect data that you provide to us voluntarily (for example, when you enter your name, email). We also collect data automatically (for example, your IP address), and for such collection we use third-party service providers.

Data we collect automatically:
We collect data from your device. Such data may include: language settings, IP address, time zone, device type and model, device settings, operating system and its version, internet service provider, mobile operator, hardware ID.

Cookies:
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies. A session cookie expires once you close your browser and is used to facilitate navigation of our services. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. We also use tracking pixels that set cookies to help deliver online advertising. Cookies are mainly used to automatically recognize you during your next visit to our Website. As a result, information you previously entered into certain fields on the Website may automatically appear the next time you use our services. Cookie data is stored on your device, usually only for a limited period of time.

If you visit our login page, we will set temporary cookies to determine if your browser accepts cookies. These cookies contain no personal data and are discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies are valid for two days, and display preference cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
When you log out of your account, the login cookies are removed.
When you edit or publish an article, additional cookies will be stored in your browser. These cookies contain no personal data and only indicate the ID of the article you edited. These cookies expire after 1 day.

Purposes for Which We Process Your Personal Data

This includes enabling the seamless use of the Services and preventing or resolving errors or technical issues of the Services.

Provision of our Services:
We use related hosting, marketing, and backend services to store personal data and to enable the operation and distribution of our Services:

Google Analytics is a free tool provided by Google that offers detailed statistics about your website traffic. It helps you understand how people use your website, how they arrive there, which pages are most popular, and much more. With Google Analytics, you can track various metrics such as the number of visits, average time spent on a page, bounce rate, conversions, and traffic sources. This information helps you better understand your users and improve your website’s performance. More information is available at https://support.google.com/analytics/.

WordPress is a platform for creating websites and blogs. It is open-source software, which means it is available free of charge. It is used for various types of websites, from personal blogs to corporate sites and online stores. It is highly flexible, with a wide range of plugins and themes that allow you to customize your site to suit your needs and preferences. More information is available at https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/.

Communication with you:
We may communicate with you, for example, via emails. These may include campaigns and motivational messages encouraging you to read further, or other information about our Services. If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving emails, you should click the unsubscribe link in the footer of our emails.

Research and analysis of your use of the Services:
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics program from Google, to analyze how visitors use our Services and to measure the effectiveness of certain advertisements. In order to provide us with analytical data, Google Analytics stores cookies on your device. Through Google Analytics we obtain primarily aggregated information about the data you enter into our Services and about user interactions within the Services. Google allows you to influence the collection and processing of information generated by Google, primarily by installing the browser add-on available here.

Sending marketing communications:
We process your personal data for the purposes of our marketing campaigns. We may add your email address to our marketing list. As a result, you may receive information about our products, such as special offers. If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions in the footer of such emails.

Customization of our advertisements:
We and our partners, including Google, use your personal data to customize ads and, where applicable, display them at relevant times.

How to opt out of or influence personalized advertising
Browsers: It is possible that your browser will not accept cookies at all if you change your browser’s cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “settings” menu of your browser. The following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser:

If you would like to learn more about how to manage ad preferences across different devices, please see the information available here.

In addition, you can obtain useful information and opt out of certain interest-based advertising by visiting the following resources:

Google allows its users to opt out of personalized advertising by Google and prevent the use of their data in Google Analytics.

Who We Share Your Personal Data With

We share information with third parties that help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support, and market our Services. Certain sets of personal data may be shared specifically for the purposes outlined in the section “Purposes for Which We Process Your Personal Data” of this Privacy Policy. The types of third parties with whom we share information include in particular:

Service providers:
We disclose personal data to third parties that we engage to provide services or perform business functions on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. We share your personal data with the following types of service providers:

Platform provider (WordPress)
Data analytics providers (Google GA4)
Marketing partners (Google)

Law Enforcement and Other Public Authorities:
We may use and disclose personal data for the purpose of enforcing our Terms of Service, protecting our rights, privacy, safety, or property and/or those of our affiliates, you, or others, and for responding to requests from courts, law enforcement authorities, regulatory bodies, and other public and governmental authorities, or in other cases required by law.

Third Parties in the Context of a Merger or Acquisition:
As our business develops, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer information is typically one of the business assets transferred in such transactions. We may also share this information with any affiliated entity (e.g., parent or subsidiary company) and may transfer it as part of a corporate transaction, such as a sale of our business, divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.

Retention of Personal Data

We will retain your personal data only for as long as your account remains active, or for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which we processed it, including meeting any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
When determining the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider several factors, including the type of personal data we process, the potential risk of harm from any unauthorized disclosure, the reasons why we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve the intended purpose by other means without processing your data.
If we no longer need to process your personal data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, we will delete your personal data from our systems.
Where permitted, we will also delete your personal data upon your request, as explained below in the section “Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data.”

Transfers of Your Personal Data to Other Countries

Where permitted by the laws of your country, by using the Website you consent to the transfer of information we process about you, including personal data, to other countries where we, members of our group of companies (including affiliates and related entities), or our service providers are located.

When we transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or other regions with comprehensive data protection laws, we ensure that such transfers are carried out in compliance with applicable laws. Where relevant, our transfers outside the EEA are based on Standard Contractual Clauses approved for use by the European Union.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

In general, in certain regions such as the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom, and Canada, you have specific rights in relation to the personal data we process about you, including the right to:
• Erasure/Deletion of your personal data (the right to erasure, “the right to be forgotten”);
• Receive the personal data you have provided in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transfer that personal data to another data controller (the right to data portability);
• Access the personal data we hold about you and information about how such personal data is processed (the right of access);
• Object to the processing of your personal data where such processing is based on our legitimate interests or on public interest (the right to object);
• Restrict the processing of your personal data in certain cases (the right to restriction of processing); and
• Withdraw your consent at any time where our processing is based on your consent (the right to withdraw consent).

For users who register on our Website (if any), we also store the personal data they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except for changing their username). Website administrators may also view and edit that information.
You can exercise your right of access and deletion by contacting us at support@creado.sk, in order to exercise the above rights in accordance with applicable legal requirements and limitations. If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Please note that if you have not created an account with us, we may not have sufficient information to identify you, and therefore may not be able to respond to your request. In addition, in some cases, we may require you to provide additional information for reasonable verification of your identity or your authority to make a request.

Please be aware that certain requests to delete personal data may require the deletion of your user account, as providing user accounts is inherently linked to the processing of certain personal data (e.g., your email address).

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Links to Third-Party Websites

If you click on a link to a third-party website, you will be directed to websites that we do not control. These Privacy Policy principles do not apply to the privacy practices of such websites. We strongly encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies of any other websites you visit. We are not responsible for the practices of such third parties.

Contact

You may contact us at any time to obtain details regarding this Privacy Policy and its previous versions. If you have any questions regarding your account or your personal data, please contact us at support@creado.sk.

Last Updated: February 8, 2025