Privacy and cookies policy

PRIVACY AND COOKIES POLICY
ON THE BNP PARIBAS BANK POLSKA S.A. WEBSITE

Administration of personal data

Personal data provided by users of the BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. Website, hereinafter referred to as the "Website", via electronic forms, is stored by BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Kasprzaka 2 (hereinafter "the Bank") in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the law, in particular, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals 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) (Official Journal of the European Union L 136 of 31.5.2005). EU L 119 of 04.05.2016).

The Bank only collects the data of Website users, which will be used to provide the service selected by the Website users, to respond to requests addressed to the Bank, for marketing purposes related to advertising of bank products and services, to provide information on the Bank's offer and for archiving and statistical purposes. The data provided by users of the Website while filling in the on-line form are protected by SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

Disclosure of personal data

The personal data of the Website users collected by the Bank may be transferred only to entities authorized by law and entities for the benefit of which the Website user has given their consent to process their personal data.

The collected personal data will not be disclosed to any other persons or entities unless it is required by law or an appropriate agreement is concluded to ensure the protection of rights and privacy.

Cookies - what are they?

Those are small text files originating from a website and stored by the website user's web browser. Cookies are divided into session cookies - remembered until the browser is closed - and persistent cookies, which are stored by the browser for longer.

Merely sending a cookie to the browser may not infringe the user's privacy in any way. The information contained in a cookie may only be used by the website from which it was sent. Disabling cookies in the browser you are using may cause difficulties or failure of some website functions. .

Using cookie technology, we only collect anonymous statistical data about users in order to improve the user experience and minimize the nuisance of advertisements. We do not collect any data identifying users as persons or customers of BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A..

The website uses Google Analytis, i.e. a a web analysis service provided by Google.Inc ("Google") that generates statistics about visits to a website. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Any information about the use of the website by its visitors (including the viewer's IP address), generated by a cookie, is transmitted to Google and stored on US servers. Google uses this information to evaluate the use of the website by its visitors, compile reports on website traffic for website operators, and render further services related to website and Internet use Google may also transfer the above information to third parties where required by law or where such third parties process information on behalf of Google. Google will not correlate an IP address of a user with any other data stored by Google. A user may decline cookies by modifying the browser settings, but doing so may affect the ability to access all the website features. By using the website, a user hereby consents to having his/her data processed by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.

Third-party providers including Google may display advertisements commissioned by BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. on websites that provide their advertising space. These providers, including Google, may use cookies to display advertisements based on the user's previous visits to www.bnpparibas.pl and related websites. The user can opt out of the use of Google cookies and disable them on the Google page Otwiera się w nowym oknie..

 

Below we describe in detail the purposes for which cookies are collected on the website, as well as the types of cookies and their purpose.

1. The Cookies on the website are used for:

• Optimizing the use of the Bank's websites by users and adapting the content of websites to their preferences. These files, in particular, allow to recognize the device of the Website User and properly display the website, tailored to the individual needs of the User;
• Creating statistics that help to understand how Website Users use websites, which allows for improving the structure and content of these pages;
• Recognizing the source from which the User came to the Bank's website.

2. The website may contain links to other websites which have their own privacy policies. We recommend that you familiarise yourself with any such policies, as the Bank does not accept any responsibility for the privacy practices of these sites.

3. The following types of cookies are used on the website:

• session cookies - those are temporary files, stored on the User's end device until logging out, leaving the website, or switching off the software (web browser);
• persistent cookies - cookies that are stored on the User's end device for the time specified in the parameters of cookies or until they are deleted by the User.
• third party cookies - those are files from, for example, advertising servers, company servers, and service providers cooperating with the owner of a given website. Such cookies allow for tailoring advertising - which can make the use of websites free of charge - to the preferences and habits of their users. They also make it possible to assess the effectiveness of advertising activities (e.g. by counting how many people clicked on a given advertisement and went to the advertiser's website).
• tracking cookies - these cookies store information necessary to determine the source of internet traffic and link to user behaviour on the website.

Data is collected anonymously. The information collected in these cookies is used to test the effectiveness of internet traffic sources as part of the Bank's on-line campaigns and marketing activities.

• analytical - these cookies are installed by various analytical systems that study statistical and quantitative phenomena on the Bank's websites related to the flow and behaviour of users. The data contained in them is collected and processed anonymously and is used by analytical systems to optimize the Bank's websites. The duration of these cookies is set for a session or for another period.

4. Cookies on the Website generally do not collect personal data.

 

The collection of cookies on the user's computer can be disabled or limited by selecting the appropriate settings in individual browsers.