BlackSeaChain 2022 Privacy Policy

Introduction

Quanterall Ltd is the main organiser of the BlackSeaChain Conference and as such, Quanterall and its affiliated companies (herein together referred to as BlackSeaChain) respect and realise the importance of protecting your privacy, and BlackSeaChain is committed to protecting your privacy rights to the fullest possible extent.

The Privacy Policy is for information purposes and serves satisfaction of information obligations imposed on the data controller under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) i.e. Regulation (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, the repealing Directive 95/46/EC. Please be aware that some personal data processing operations and activities will be performed outside the EU/EEA.

Every user of www.blackseachain.com declares and confirms that he/she has reached the age of 18, that he/she is legally capable in accordance with the applicable legislation and has the right to conclude valid legal transactions, to be a holder of rights, and to assume an obligation in his own name or to be a legal representative or authorized person of a company he represents.

By reading and accepting this BlackSeaChain Privacy Policy you understand and give your consent to be bound by it or by registering or submitting an electronic contact form, you declare that you agree and accept this privacy policy. If you do not wish to be bound by our privacy policy you could stop using www.blackseachain.com and/or terminate your contact request form in www.blackseachain.com.

Personal Data Administrator

Information under Art. 13, § 1, letter "a" for the controller of your personal data is: "Quanterall" Ltd., registered in the Commercial register and register of NPLE led by the Registry Agency at the Ministry of Justice with UIC 103810804

Address for contact and contact with the administrator:

  • Varna, 106 Vladislav Varentchik Blvd., ent. A, fl. 5, ap. 12
  • representing the company - Anton Andonov
  • contact phone: +359 88 7307616
  • e-mail: andonov@quaterall.com

Data Protection Officer

Contact details of the Data Protection Officer - info@blackseachain.com

Safety of Your Personal Information

We may have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or another direct contact from you, the information we receive from your use of our website (www.blackseachain.com), and information we have obtained about you from publicly available sources for our marketing and recruitment activities, contract obligations and aims related to the mentioned above purposes This may include your name, phone number, email address, type of inquiry, website, company, job title, data on our communications with you, other general analytic data and other additional information you provide to us. We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us as well as to let you know about other products and services that we offer, and products and services that our partners offer. This may take the form of emails, phone calls, remarketing and ad campaigns, newsletters, or any other form of marketing in the future.

BlackSeaChain collects this information in order to support your participation in the activities you select.

Your personal information may be added to our CRM system or other internal databases.

If a marketing email is sent to you, it includes information on how to opt out of receiving such email notifications in the future.

    BlackSeaChain also uses information that you provide for the following purposes:

  • To communicate with you
  • To improve user experience
  • To improve our site
  • To improve customer service
  • To administer the contractual relationship, if it is necessary

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information and data stored on our website. Personal data that we process for any purpose(s) will not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose(s), including compliance with legal requirements. If you revoke your consent, we may retain certain personal information for the period required by the applicable legislation to resolve disputes and/or enforce our rights and agreements.

We may share your information with the following recipients: our affiliated companies, professional advisers, third-party providers, partners, contractors, and employees for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or notified to you. In addition, we may share your information with competent law enforcement bodies, regulatory, government agencies, courts, or other third parties where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another person.

In most cases, BlackSeaChain is processing your personal data in order to establish the relevant contractual relationship between the data subject and BlackSeaChain.

Newsletter

BlackSeaChain provides the Newsletter subscription service for the users who give their voluntary consent to this by means of the Website functionalities.

In order to activate the Newsletter subscription service, the user needs to provide ONLY their email address and activate the service through a link included in the email sent to the user to the stated address. The user may at any time terminate the agreement for the provision of the Newsletter service with immediate effect by deactivating the subscription.

Contact Form

Through the website, BlackSeaChain provides a contact form service consisting of providing the User with free contact with BlackSeaChain in order to obtain information about:

  • vacant positions at the company,
  • scope of services provided by the company and detailed information about the business activities
  • option of booking a (video) conference call with our experts.

For this purpose, the User should follow the instructions indicated on the Website and provide: Name, email, and company name.

Children's Privacy

BlackSeaChain services, and products are not provided for use by children and we do not collect sensitive personal data. We do not knowingly collect or solicit any personal information from children under the age of 13 - 16 (depending on the EU member state country). If BlackSeaChain finds out that a child's personal data is provided to us, we'll delete it from our databases. If you are a parent or guardian of a child and believe that we have collected such personal data, please contact us as indicated in the “Contact Information” section below and we'll delete it as soon as possible.

Information Tracking

This website may automatically collect information about you in several ways, which includes tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings, most-recently visited URL, operating system, date and time, your preferences and choices, and saved options subject to your browser settings. This website uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with its server and to administer the website.

Third-Party Links

Our website contains links to third-party websites. BlackSeaChain shall not be held responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third-party websites. We recommend that you review privacy statements and the terms and conditions of such websites.

Cookie Policy

To facilitate the use of the platform, as well as to improve the functionality and www.blackseachain.com uses so-called Cookies. Detailed information about cookies can be obtained by clicking here.

Your Privacy Rights

Your principal privacy rights include the right to be informed about the collection and use of personal data, right to access your personal data, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restrict processing, right to object to processing, right to data portability, right to complain to a supervisory authority and right to withdraw consent.

You may request details on your personal data collection, use, and processing under EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or relevant legislation related to data protection.

Your requests will be performed as soon as possible within a month.

The user, subject to personal data processing, may request from BlackSeaChain that personal data stored about him be deleted - "The right to be forgotten". BlackSeaChain notifies the data subject that his/her personal data have been deleted or refuses to delete/remove them in cases where there is a valid reason for BlackSeaChain to continue processing or storing the personal data.

The user has the right to withdraw the consent given for the collection, processing, storage, and/or transfer of the personal data of the subject. Upon receipt of a notification and/or request of the user to withdraw the given consent, BlackSeaChain takes immediate action to stop processing and/or delete personal data provided by the user for the purposes for which they were originally provided to BlackSeaChain by the respective user. BlackSeaChain may continue to process and store relevant personal data if there is a legal requirement and/or other valid reason, which is disclosed to the person concerned.

The exercise of these privacy rights is free, and the User should send a written request to the personal data protection officer of BlackSeaChain, which contains the exact data subject to processing, as well as which of your rights you wish to exercise.

If at any point you believe the information we process on you is incorrect or incomplete you can submit a request to see this information and even have it corrected, ported to you, or deleted by contacting us at info@blackseachain.com.

At any time, you may withdraw your consent or object to data processing by contacting us at info@blackseachain.com. In case you withdraw your consent, it will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

If you wish to raise a complaint about how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us at info@blackseachain.com. The information we use for purposes explained in this BlackSeaChain Privacy Policy will be kept with us until you notify us that you no longer wish to have your information stored.

By submitting an electronic form, you declare that you agree to be the addressee of electronic statements within the meaning of Art. 5 of the Electronic Document and Electronic Certification Services Act.

Violation of Rights

Any user subject to personal data processing, whenever he believes that his rights in relation to the protection of personal data are violated, could file a complaint to the competent supervisory authority of the Republic of Bulgaria - the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP). Contact details of the CPDP:

  • Sofia 1592, Blvd. "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov ”№2,
  • e-mail: kzld@cpdp.bg
  • website: www.cpdp.bg

Please note that according to the General Data Protection Regulation you can lodge your complaint to the competent supervisory authority located in the country where you reside, where you work (your workplace is located), and in a country where you believe that BlackSeaChain has infringed your rights to protect your personal data.

Contact Information Violation Of Rights

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@blackseachain.com.

  • Quanterall Ltd is registered under the laws of Bulgaria and our main office is at
  • 15 Ruse Street,
  • 9000 VARNA

Version

The current policy for privacy and use of www.blackseachain.com and protection of personal data was adopted on 01/04/2022.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy by publishing a new version on this website from time to time at our sole discretion. Any changes we make to this Privacy Policy will be posted on the website so that you are always aware of what information we gather, how we might use that information, and under which circumstances we may disclose it.

The date of the last modification of this Privacy Policy is stated at the beginning of this document.