Privacy Policy

Last updated: 18 September 2026

This Privacy Policy sets out the rules for storing and accessing data on Users' Devices when they use the Website for the purpose of the Administrator providing services by electronic means, as well as the rules for collecting and processing Users' personal data provided by them personally and voluntarily through the tools available on the Website.

This Privacy Policy forms an integral part of the Website's Terms of Service, which set out the rules, rights and obligations of Users using the Website.

§1 Definitions

  • Website — the website "deston.co" operating at https://deston.co/
  • External website — websites of partners, service providers or service recipients cooperating with the Administrator
  • Website / Data Administrator — the company "DIV SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ", address Bolechowice 36A, 26-052, Poland, VAT ID (NIP): 9592047602, company register no. (KRS): 0000932547
  • User — a natural person for whom the Administrator provides services by electronic means through the Website.
  • Device — an electronic device together with its software, through which the User accesses the Website
  • Cookies — text data collected in the form of files placed on the User's Device
  • GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (General Data Protection Regulation)
  • Personal data — means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person
  • Processing — means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
  • Restriction of processing — means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future
  • Profiling — means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements
  • Consent — consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her
  • Personal data breach — means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed
  • Pseudonymisation — means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person
  • Anonymisation — data anonymisation is an irreversible process of operations on data which destroys / overwrites "personal data", making it impossible to identify a given record or to link it to a specific user or natural person.

§2 Data Protection Officer

Pursuant to Art. 37 GDPR, the Administrator has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

In matters concerning data processing, please contact the Administrator directly.

§3 Types of Cookies

  • First-party cookies — files placed on and read from the User's Device by the Website's IT system
  • Third-party cookies — files placed on and read from the User's Device by the IT systems of external websites
  • Session cookies — files placed and read during a single session of a given Device
  • Persistent cookies — files placed and read until they are manually deleted

§4 Security of data storage

  • Cookie storage and reading mechanisms — The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies saved on the User's Device and the Website are implemented through the built-in mechanisms of web browsers and do not allow other data to be retrieved from the User's Device, nor data from other websites the User has visited, including personal data or confidential information. Transferring viruses, trojans and other worms to the User's Device is likewise practically impossible.

  • First-party cookies — the Cookies used by the Administrator are safe for Users' Devices and do not contain scripts, content or information that could endanger the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.

  • Third-party cookies — the Administrator takes every possible step to verify and select the Website's partners with User safety in mind. The Administrator works with well-known, large partners enjoying global public trust. However, the Administrator does not have full control over the content of Cookies originating from external partners. To the extent permitted by law, the Administrator is not liable for the security of Cookies, their content or their licence-compliant use by Scripts installed on the Website that originate from external websites. A list of partners is provided later in this Privacy Policy.

  • Controlling cookies

  • Risks on the User's side — The Administrator applies every possible technical measure to ensure the security of data placed in Cookies. It should be noted, however, that securing this data depends on both parties, including on the User's own conduct. The Administrator accepts no responsibility for the interception of this data, impersonation of the User's session or its deletion as a result of the User's deliberate or inadvertent actions, or of viruses, trojans and other spyware with which the User's Device is or has been infected.

  • Storage of personal data — The Administrator declares that it makes every effort to ensure that the personal data voluntarily entered by Users are secure, that access to them is restricted and carried out in accordance with their purpose and the purposes of processing. The Administrator also declares that it makes every effort to protect the data it holds against loss, by applying appropriate physical and organisational safeguards.

  • Storage of passwords — The Administrator declares that passwords are stored in encrypted form, using the latest standards and guidelines in this area. Decryption of the account access passwords provided on the Website is practically impossible.

§5 Purposes for which cookies are used

  • Improving and facilitating access to the Website
  • Personalising the Website for Users
  • Enabling login to the Website
  • Marketing and remarketing on external services
  • Ad serving services
  • Affiliate services
  • Keeping statistics (users, number of visits, etc.)
  • Serving multimedia services
  • Providing social media services

§6 Purposes of personal data processing

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users are processed for one of the following purposes:

  • Registration services and maintenance of the User's account on the Website
  • Newsletter services (including sending advertising content with consent)
  • Commenting on / liking posts without the need to register
  • Sharing information about content on social networks
  • Communication between the Administrator and Users
  • Pursuing the Administrator's legitimate interest

Data about Users collected anonymously and automatically are processed for one of the following purposes:

  • Keeping statistics
  • Remarketing
  • Serving advertisements tailored to Users' preferences
  • Operating affiliate programmes
  • Pursuing the Administrator's legitimate interest

§7 Third-party cookies

On the Website, the Administrator uses JavaScript scripts and web components of partners who may place their own cookies on the User's Device. Please remember that in your browser settings you can decide for yourself which cookies may be used by individual websites. Below is a list of partners, or their services implemented on the Website, that may place cookies:

Services provided by third parties are beyond the Administrator's control. These entities may change their terms of service, privacy policies, purposes of data processing and the way they use cookies at any time.

§8 Types of data collected

The Website collects data about Users. Some data are collected automatically and anonymously, and some are personal data provided voluntarily by Users when signing up for the individual services offered by the Website.

Anonymous data collected automatically:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Screen resolution
  • Approximate location
  • Website subpages opened
  • Time spent on a given subpage of the Website
  • Operating system type
  • Address of the previous subpage
  • Referring page address
  • Browser language
  • Internet connection speed
  • Internet service provider

Data collected during registration:

  • First name / surname / nickname
  • Login
  • E-mail address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when subscribing to the Newsletter:

  • First name / surname / nickname
  • E-mail address
  • Gender
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Data collected when adding a comment:

  • First name and surname / nickname
  • E-mail address
  • Website address
  • IP address (collected automatically)

Some data (excluding identifying data) may be stored in cookies. Some data (excluding identifying data) may be transferred to the provider of statistics services.

§9 Access to personal data by third parties

As a rule, the sole recipient of the personal data provided by Users is the Administrator. Data collected as part of the services provided are not transferred or resold to third parties.

Access to the data (most often on the basis of a data processing agreement) may be held by entities responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and services necessary to run the Website, i.e.:

  • Hosting companies providing hosting or related services to the Administrator
  • Companies through which the Newsletter service is provided
  • Service and IT support companies performing maintenance or responsible for maintaining the IT infrastructure
  • Companies intermediating in online payments for goods or services offered on the Website (in the case of purchase transactions on the Website)

§10 How personal data are processed

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users:

  • Personal data will not be transferred outside the European Union, unless they have been published as a result of the User's own individual action.
  • Personal data will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
  • Personal data will not be resold to third parties.

Anonymous data (excluding personal data) collected automatically:

  • Anonymous data (excluding personal data) will not be transferred outside the European Union.
  • Anonymous data (excluding personal data) will not be used for automated decision-making (profiling).
  • Anonymous data (excluding personal data) will not be resold to third parties.

§11 Legal bases for processing personal data

The Website collects and processes Users' data on the basis of:

  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (General Data Protection Regulation)
    • Art. 6(1)(a)
      the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes
    • Art. 6(1)(b)
      processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
    • Art. 6(1)(f)
      processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
  • The Polish Act of 10 May 2018 on the Protection of Personal Data (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1000)
  • The Polish Act of 16 July 2004 — Telecommunications Law (Journal of Laws 2004, No. 171, item 1800)
  • The Polish Act of 4 February 1994 on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws 1994, No. 24, item 83)

§12 Retention period for personal data

Personal data voluntarily provided by Users:

As a rule, the personal data indicated are stored only for the period during which the Administrator provides the Service on the Website. They are deleted or anonymised within 30 days of the end of service provision (e.g. deletion of a registered user account, unsubscribing from the Newsletter list, etc.).

An exception is a situation requiring the protection of the Administrator's legitimate interests in further processing of that data. In such a case, the Administrator will store the data indicated from the moment the User requests its deletion, for no longer than 3 years, in the event of a breach or suspected breach of the Website's terms of service by the User.

Anonymous data (excluding personal data) collected automatically:

Anonymous statistical data that do not constitute personal data are stored by the Administrator for the purpose of keeping Website statistics for an indefinite period.

§13 Users' rights relating to the processing of personal data

  • Right of access to personal data
    Users have the right to obtain access to their personal data, exercised upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

  • Right to rectification of personal data
    Users have the right to request that the Administrator rectify without undue delay personal data that are inaccurate, and/or complete incomplete personal data, exercised upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

  • Right to erasure of personal data
    Users have the right to request that the Administrator erase personal data without undue delay, exercised upon a request submitted to the Administrator. In the case of user accounts, erasure consists in anonymising the data that make it possible to identify the User. The Administrator reserves the right to withhold the execution of an erasure request in order to protect the Administrator's legitimate interest (e.g. where the User has breached the Terms of Service, or where the data were obtained in the course of correspondence).
    In the case of the Newsletter service, the User may delete their personal data themselves using the link included in every e-mail sent.

  • Right to restriction of processing of personal data
    Users have the right to restrict the processing of personal data in the cases set out in Art. 18 GDPR, including contesting the accuracy of the personal data, exercised upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

  • Right to data portability
    Users have the right to receive from the Administrator the personal data concerning the User in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, exercised upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

  • Right to object to the processing of personal data
    Users have the right to object to the processing of their personal data in the cases set out in Art. 21 GDPR, exercised upon a request submitted to the Administrator.

  • Right to lodge a complaint
    Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for the protection of personal data.

§14 Contacting the Administrator

The Administrator can be contacted in one of the following ways:

§15 Website requirements

  • Restricting the saving of and access to Cookies on the User's Device may cause some functions of the Website to work incorrectly.
  • The Administrator accepts no responsibility for incorrectly functioning Website features where the User restricts in any way the ability to save and read Cookies.

§16 External links

The Website — in articles, posts, entries or Users' comments — may contain links to external sites with which the Website Owner does not cooperate. These links, and the pages or files they point to, may be dangerous for your Device or pose a threat to the security of your data. The Administrator accepts no responsibility for content located outside the Website.

§17 Changes to the Privacy Policy

  • The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy freely, without having to inform Users, as regards the use of anonymous data or the use of Cookies.
  • The Administrator reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy freely as regards the processing of Personal Data, of which it will inform Users holding user accounts or subscribed to the newsletter service by e-mail within 7 days of the change. Continued use of the services constitutes acknowledgement and acceptance of the changes made to the Privacy Policy. Should the User not agree with the changes made, they are obliged to delete their account on the Website or unsubscribe from the Newsletter service.
  • Changes made to the Privacy Policy will be published on this subpage of the Website.
  • Changes made take effect upon their publication.
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