Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Notice

What is this Notice About?

Finance Partner iscommitted to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to its website and the security of the personal data that visitors provide us online.

This Privacy Notice does not apply to personal data received by us in other ways such as in person or on paper.

Who is the Data Controller?

This website is owned and maintained by Finance Partner EOOD, Bulgaria, Sofia, Business Park Sofia, build. 14, fl. 3 hereinafter referred as “Finance Partner”. The company is established under the Laws of Bulgaria, with its principal place of business in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is registered in the commercial register of Bulgaria under UIC 131305677.

The person responsible for data processing on this website is:

Finance Partner EOOD
Business Park Sofia, build. 14, fl. 3
1766 Sofia, Bulgaria

E-mail: [email protected]
www.financepartner.org

In this Privacy Policy, references to “we”, “our”, “us” relate to Finance Partner EOOD and references to “you” and “your” relate to the visitors of the website.

Respecting Your Privacy

Finance Partner EOOD is committed to respect the privacy and protect the personal data of everyone visiting our website www.financepartner.com, so we would like to let you know about the type of data that we collect from visitors to our site and how we use and protect this information. We comply with the EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Bulgarian data protection law.

Scope and Coverage of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to Finance Partner EOOD. Some privacy statements of related companies’ websites may differ from this one and/or contain additional information as required by local law. This Privacy Policy sets the standards for how we collect, process, store, share and protect your personal information when you visit and/or use our web site.

When we make any significant updates to this Privacy Notice, which we may do from time to time at our discretion, we will post a notice in a prominent place on our website for a period of 30 days to make you aware of the changes. For ease of reference, we will also indicate when the most recent version of this Privacy Notice took effect. By using this website, you agree that the law of Bulgaria, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, will govern all matters between you and Finance Partner with respect to your use of this website.

Personal Data

“Personal data” or “Personal information” in the context of this policy is information related to the visitors of the website, which can be used directly or indirectly them, e.g. name, email address, phone number, company name, role etc.

If you decide to provide us with personal data about yourself while using our website, you consent to the collection, processing, use and transfer of that information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and subject to GDPR and other applicable laws.

Children Personal Data

We do not knowingly or intentionally collect, process and maintain personal information about children and persons under 18 years old. We kindly request any visitors under the age of 18 not to submit any personal information to our website without preliminary parental consent.

Collection and Processing of Personal Data

In principle, we collect and use personal data of our visitors only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services.

Server log files

When you access our website, the web server automatically collects and stores information to its log files. This is technical information that your web browser automatically transmits. It includes:

Browser type and version
Operating system used
IP address
Date and time of access request
Referrer URL from which the request was initiated

This data is primarily used to ensure secure and error-free presentation of the website. The data can also be used for analysis and optimization of the web server operation. This is legitimate interest of Finance Partner and the data processing is based on (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit f GDPR).

How Can You Change or Remove Your Information?

We want to be sure that the contact details and other personal information you provide us with are as up to date as possible, and we hope you will help us in that effort. You may review, correct and update the personal data submitted to us, and you may withdraw your consent to our future use of your personal data at any time (allowing 7 business days for processing of your request). If you wish to review or revise the information you submitted to us, you may do so at any time by sending an email to [email protected].

If you subscribe to any of our newsletters, bulletins or other online services and wish to remove your contact details from one or more subscriber lists or delete your personal information from our database, you can do so by sending an email to [email protected]. Please help us by being as specific as possible about the types of communications, publications or other information that you no longer wish to receive. If you choose to unsubscribe, we will retain sufficient information in our files to ensure that we are able to honor your request in accordance with your instructions.

As noted above, it may take up to 7 business days from the date of receipt for us to process any change, unsubscribe or delete requests. It is possible that you will receive another email communication during the change period.

Contact form

You may use contact forms on our website to submit enquiries about our services or other information. We will collect and process the details from the enquiries form together with the contact details you provided there (Name, Email, Telephone, Company, Position), in order to properly respond to your request and handle further follow-up questions. We do not transfer this data to any parties without your prior consent. You may also consent to receive information about our products and services in future.

The processing of the data provided in your enquiry is based on your exclusive consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time by sending email to [email protected] .

Cookie Notice

this Cookie Notice supplements our Website Privacy Notice.

1. Cookies – What Are They and How Do We Use Them?

We use cookies to collect information about the use of our website in order to make it function effectively and also to improve our website visitors’ experience when they browse our website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is sent to your browser and stored on the hard drive of your computer (or Internet enabled device) when you visit a website. Session cookies are temporary cookie files that are erased from your device when you close your browser. Persistent cookies are cookie files that stay in one of your browser’s subfolders after you close your browser.

2. Types of cookies

1) Strictly Necessary Cookies – Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information;

2) Performance & Analytics Cookies – these cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance;

3) Functional Cookies – these cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly;

4) Targeting Cookies – these cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Upon your first visit to our website and thereafter you can manage your cookie preference to accept only certain cookies through the Cookie Manager on the down left side of your screen. By default, only the necessary cookies are enabled, without which the website cannot operate properly.

The legal basis for usage of cookies is consent (Art. 6 Para 1 a GDPR for EEA and Art. 49 Para 1 a GDPR for third countries). You can manage your consent through accepting or declining cookies within the Cookie Manager.

Retention of Personal Data

We only store your data for the length of time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected (e.g. completing an enquiry about our product/service). In some cases, we may be obliged to retain your personal data for longer time:

legal obligations under applicable law to retain data for certain period of time
statute of limitations under applicable laws

You as a data subject can exercise your right for erasure at any time by sending email to finance.partner.com

Transfer of Personal Data

Your data is primarily processed within EU/EEA and may be transferred to organizations in countries outside EEA only after ensuring that there is adequacy decision of European Commission (Art. 45 Para1 GDPR). During such transfer, we will take all necessary steps to ensure that your personal data is treated securely in accordance with this Privacy Policy and adequate level of protection is applied to it. In exceptional cases your personal data may be transferred based on your explicit consent after informing you of the possible risks of such transfer (Art. 49 Para. 1 lit a GDPR).

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This cookie generates information about your usage of our website (e.g. time and date of visit, page views, time spend on certain page, referral link, etc.). This information is transmitted and stored on the Google servers. Google uses this information on our behalf to create reports about our website activity and usage by visitors. The data from this cookie is not combined with the personal data of any visitor. Additionally, we use the setting “annonymizeIP” for Google Analytics on our website, which anonymizes the IP address of the visitor. You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by this cookie by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Additionally, every modern browser has functionalities to see what cookies you have stored, delete them and block certain sites from storing cookies on your computer. You can prevent the storage of cookies by configuring your web browser accordingly. These settings are generally in the “Security and Privacy” sections of the browser settings.

Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

Facebook

We use the “Facebook Pixel” and “Customer Audience” services delivered by Facebook Inc (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, if you are based in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”)) on our website. This allows user behavior to be tracked after they have been redirected to our website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This enables us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads and our marketing campaigns. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us, i.e. we do not see your personal data. However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook. Facebook may link this information to your Facebook account and also use it for its own promotional purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s Data Usage Policy. If you do not want Facebook to be able to link your visit to our web pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Facebook’s Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

LinkedIn

This website uses the Insight tag from LinkedIn. This service is provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

We use the LinkedIn Insight tag to obtain information about visitors to our website. This enables LinkedIn to collect statistical, pseudonymous information about your visit and use of our website and to provide us with anonymous reports for us on our advertising activities and their effectiveness. For example, the LinkedIn Insight Tag enables us to evaluate campaigns and collect anonymous information about our web visitor target audience that found us through our LinkedIn campaigns. In addition, this information is used to provide you with offers and recommendations that are specific to your interests and relevant after you have informed yourself about certain services, information and offers on the website.

LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal information for promotional purposes in the account settings. To prevent LinkedIn from linking information collected on our site to your LinkedIn account, you must log out of your LinkedIn account before you visit our site.

You can object to LinkedIn’s analysis of user behavior and targeted advertising at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out .

LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Usage of Social Media Buttons

Our website may have integrated social media buttons, through which you can visit and follow our profile in the respective social media. These buttons are configured in such a way, that they remain inactive until the visitor clicks them. In this regard, no personal data is being processed before the explicit action (click) over these buttons from the visitor.

The usage of social media buttons on our site is completely under your discretion. If you use them, personal data may be processed by these third-party social media platforms. After you click such a button the processing of personal data happens outside the control of Finance Partner and under the control of the respective social media platform. We do not process or store any data related to this activity.

Since the usage of social media buttons are only active after your explicit click on them, we expect you to consent to the processing by that third party. We advise you to read the privacy policies of these third parties to get more information on how they collect, store and process your personal data.

Facebook

There are integrated “Follow-us” buttons for the Facebook social network on our website, with data controller: Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. The buttons can be recognized by the Facebook logo. These buttons are links to the Finance Partner profile in the social network, and after clicking any of them, you will get to the Facebook page of Finance Partner. There you can follow Finance Partner on this social network.

The Facebook “Follow-us” buttons are configured in such a way, that there is no data transmission until the button is pressed. Even if you are logged to the Facebook social network at the same time of your visit to our website, no data will be transmitted to Facebook. However, if you press the button on the Finance Partner website and you are logged on or then login, Facebook can recognize from which website page this button is pressed. In this way, Facebook can collect and save further data if necessary and relate it to your Facebook profile. We would like to point out, that we have no knowledge of what this data is and how exactly it is used by Facebook.

For further information on data usage by Facebook, please refer to their privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

LinkedIn

There are integrated “Follow-us” buttons for the LinkedIn social network on our website, with data controller: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. The buttons can be recognized by the LinkedIn logo. These buttons are links to the Finance Partner profile in the social network, and after clicking any of them, you will get to the LinkedIn page of Finance Partner. There you can follow Finance Partner on this social network.

The LinkedIn “Foll`ow-us” buttons are configured in such a way, that there is no data transmission until the button is pressed. Even if you are logged to the LinkedIn social network at the same time of your visit to our website, no data will be transmitted to LinkedIn. However, if you press the button on the Finance Partner website and you are logged on or then login, LinkedIn can recognize from which Finance Partner website page this button is pressed. In this way, LinkedIn can collect and save further data if necessary and relate it to your LinkedIn profile. We would like to point out, that we have no knowledge of what this data is and how exactly it is used by LinkedIn.

For further information on data usage by LinkedIn, please refer to their privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Integrated Tools

Google Maps

This site uses the map service of Google Maps via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website more functional and user friendly, enabling our website visitors to easily find the locations of our offices and get in live contact with us, in regard to their enquires and questions.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transfer. To enable Google Maps on our website, you need to provide us with your consent for the above described transfer. The legal basis for it is (Art. 49 Para 1 a).

For more information on how user data is dealt with, refer to Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under GDPR you have certain rights in relation to your personal data. These rights include:

Access – You can ask us whether we process your personal data, and if so, to provide you more information on that.
Rectification – You can at any time request that we correct your personal data in case of inaccuracy.
Erasure – You can request from us to delete all your personal information that we process. We will do so without undue delay, unless there is some legal obligation to the company that requires your data to be kept.
Restriction of processing – You can request that we temporary restrict processing of your personal data if you contest the accuracy of your personal data, prefer to restrict processing rather than erasing personal data, or you need that we keep your data for you to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.
Data portability – You can request that we transmit your personal data (in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format) to another controller. This right applies only when processing is based on consent or on a contract or is carried out by automated means.
Right to object – You can object to our use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes including profiling.
Automated individual decision-making – You can object to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which affects you
Right to withdraw consent – You can, at any time withdraw the consent you have previously provided to us. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on that consent before its withdraw.
Right to lodge a complaint – If you are not satisfied with the result from exercising your rights, you can lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority: CPDP – Bulgaria

Information Security

Finance Partner has implemented generally accepted organizational and technical measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, alternation, misuse, destruction. Only authorized persons who have been properly trained and made aware of Finance Partner privacy standards and obligations are provided access to personal data. Despite the best effort we make, security cannot be guaranteed against all threats. We have implemented Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate to ensure encryption of the information transmitted between your browser and our web server.

Links to External Sites

Finance Partner website may contain hypertext links to other external sites. The links have been carefully checked before being published on our website. When you use those links, you leave our website and we are unable to control how your data is processed by the owners of these external websites. We do not make any commitment in respect to any other website that you may access via our website and we cannot be held liable under any circumstances for the contents of such sites, their operation privacy practices or processing of data.

Acceptance of this Privacy Policy

By using this website, you agree with the terms set in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not provide us any information nor use the website.

Data Privacy Contact

Please address all enquiries related to data privacy to: [email protected].

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will regularly review this Privacy Policy and update it when needed. All updates will be published to this web site. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy on regular basis when you visit this website.