02.01.2024

This Privacy Policy regarding the processing and protection of users’ personal data (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) has been adopted and is valid at ALVALINE Sp. z o. o. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “we”).

The administrator of personal data is ALVALINE Sp. z o. o. z, registration number 5273052056, address: l. ZŁOTA, no. 75A, lok. WARSAW, code 00-819; tel. +48789802664, e-mail: info@alvaline.pl.

The collection, use and storage of personal data that you provide to us when using our websites and mobile applications (“Sites”) from any device and when communicating with us in any form and in accordance with this Policy and by the Regulation of the European Parliament and 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, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, and by the provisions of the Act of 10 May 20218 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1000).

By using our Sites and providing us with your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with this Policy.

1. Key definitions

“Personal data” – information about an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject).

“Personal data processing” – operations or a set of operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data in an automated or non-automated manner, such as collecting, recording, organizing, structuring, storing, adapting or modifying, downloading, viewing, using, disclosing by sending, distributing or otherwise making available, aligning or combining, restricting, deleting or destroying.

2. Data we collect

We process:

• personal data provided to us when filling out information fields on our websites, including when filling out the contact form, subscribing to our newsletter, registering for events (webinars, conferences);
• personal data provided when purchasing services offered by the Company, as well as for the purpose of concluding a contract;
• personal data that are necessary for the proper and safe provision of cosmetology services, namely information about health, diseases, pregnancy, allergies and other information that an appropriate specialist asks for in a specific situation in order to perform a cosmetology treatment or procedure;
• technical data that is automatically transmitted by the device through which you access our Sites, including device specifications, IP address;
• information stored in cookies. Depending on the browser and device used, different sets of cookies are used, including strictly necessary, performance, functional and analytical cookies;
• personal data that we collect via video surveillance during a visit to our beauty service center.

3. Purposes of personal data processing

We process personal data only for the purposes for which they were provided, including:

• providing you with information about the Company, our services and events and sending you our news. E-mails are only sent with the user’s voluntary consent. Together with e-mails with information materials, you will always receive a link from us with the option to unsubscribe from receiving messages. If you select this option, your email address will be removed from our database and no further information will be sent;
• communicating with you when you contact us;
• providing services to you in accordance with our services agreement,
• website analytics;
• conducting our marketing activities towards the user in connection with ongoing and future contracts;
• contacting the user for purposes related to permitted marketing activities, in particular and with the user’s consent, by e-mail. For example, in order to answer a question asked in the contact form, sending an email in the form of a newsletter informing about current events in the Company, promotions and news. 

For example, in order to answer a question asked in the contact form, sending an email in the form of a newsletter informing about current events in the Company, promotions and news.

We monitor both for your personal safety and the safety of our employees, customers and property. Monitoring is carried out in public places in accordance with strict security and privacy rules, using the latest technology and equipment. Areas covered by monitoring are marked with appropriate information signs.

The user will be informed separately about the conditions for processing personal data for purposes about which the user has not been informed in this Policy.

We do not make any decisions that create legal effects for you or otherwise affect your rights and legitimate interests based solely on automated processing of personal data.

4. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

We process personal data if one of the following conditions is met:

• the user has consented to the processing of his or her personal data;
• the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance or conclusion of a contract;
• the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill legal obligations imposed on us by regulations (e.g. to provide information to the head of the tax office);
• the processing of personal data is necessary to secure our legitimate interests (e.g. we carry out monitoring to ensure the security of our property, we can also apply to court for debt collection, etc.);
• data processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the user or another natural person.

5. General principles of personal data processing

The company ensures the processing of personal data in accordance with the following principles:

• limiting the purpose of data processing – personal data is processed only for the purpose of processing and using data specified in this document or for the purposes of activities to which the data subject has consented;
• data quality and proportionality – personal data are processed as correctly as possible and updated when necessary. Personal data is current, relevant and collected in quantities no larger than necessary, taking into account the purpose of processing;
• transparency – the purposes of data processing should be clear to the data subject;
• security – when processing data, we use technical and organizational security measures appropriate to the risk, e.g. measures to prevent accidental or unlawful destruction of data, changes, unauthorized disclosure or access;
• minimization – personal data is regularly reviewed to remove data that is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of processing.

6. Security of personal data

To ensure the security of personal data during their processing, we take necessary and sufficient legal, organizational and technical measures to protect personal data against unlawful or accidental access, destruction, alteration, blocking, copying, sharing, dissemination, as well as against other unlawful activities related to personal data.

7. Confidentiality/transfer of personal data

Information about the user’s personal data will not be included in publicly available sources and will not be disclosed to third parties, unless the Company obtains the user’s express consent or this information is required by applicable law. If necessary, your personal data may be disclosed to public authorities and law enforcement agencies in order to protect our legitimate interests.

In order to fulfill our obligations towards you, we may also transfer your personal data to our cooperating partners: data processors that carry out the necessary data processing on our behalf, e.g. IT infrastructure maintenance specialists, marketing agencies, leasing companies, courier companies, etc. Companies these, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of Polish law and our cooperation agreement, are obliged to protect the user’s personal data and process them only for the purposes specified by us.

We do not transfer user data to third countries or international organizations.

8. Rights of the data subject

The User has the right to view, rectify, update, object or otherwise modify or delete the information provided to the Company. For this purpose, the user may contact us by sending a message with the subject “Question regarding personal data” or “Withdrawal of consent to the processing of personal data” (in the event of withdrawal of consent to the processing of personal data) to the e-mail address info@alvaline.pl .

If you request the deletion of your information, we will delete your personal data immediately because respecting your rights is our priority. Unfortunately, we will not be able to delete your personal data if we are required to retain it by law.

9. Storage period

All personal data collected from you will be stored for as long as you use our services or, if your personal data is processed on the basis of your consent, until you withdraw this consent. Longer retention periods for personal data are permitted in order to comply with legal requirements regarding minimum retention periods for documents or information or to protect our legitimate interests. (including, in particular, for the purposes of accounting or legal proceedings).

Once the purpose for processing your personal data has been achieved, we will securely delete your personal data or make it inaccessible (by archiving) or unidentifiable so that it can no longer be associated with you.

10. Cookies

We use cookies. More information on cookie policy and technical issues can be found in the relevant section.

11. Change of privacy policy

The policy is subject to change without prior notice. The modified version of the Policy published on the Website replaces all previous versions of the Policy. Any changes do not affect the Company’s general policy regarding compliance with the rights of the personal data subject.