Privacy Policy

1/ GENERAL TERMS

The Binary Confidence s.r.o is committed to protecting your personal information when you, as a natural person (‘individual’), uses our online services. We want our services to be safe and enjoyable environments for our audience. This Privacy and Data Protection Policy relates to our use of personal information we collect from you via the following services on our webpages:

  1. Job application form
  2. Subscribe to articles/newsletter
  3. Contact Sales
  4. Contact Us form
  5. Incident Response query

2/ WHO WE ARE?

Binary Confidence s.r.o as a data controller (“We”) is a fast-growing managed security services provider founded by professionals with government and private sector experience in combating security breaches, cyber fraud and cybercrime. The core of the business is to provide our clients with 24/7 remote IT security monitoring, defence and security incident handling. Our address is: Spitalska 53, 81101 Bratislava, ICO 47754346 and you can contact us by phoning +421 2321 99980 or by sending us an email to info@binconf.com.

3/ HOW WILL WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

The only information we collect as a data controller is your personal data to the extent necessary for the aforementioned purposes, unless you have explicitly provided us with additional personal data (for example, in a message you sent to us). Personal data is stored and processed only for the period necessary in relation to the purpose of processing. We use MailChimp as a processor for managing newsletters sent via email.

Mailchimp may process your email outside of EU but Mailchimp Incorporates the EU’s Standard Contractual Clauses in Data Processing Addendum contract which forms part of Standard Terms of Use and applies to customer data protected by EU laws. Otherwise your data are processed solely within EU.

We do not use your personal information for any automated decision-making nor profiling.

Your email address and personal details will not be shared for any marketing purposes with any other company.

We as a data controller process personal information on our websites for the purposes:

1/ Job Application Form

If there is an advertised job vacancy within any of our teams and you express interest in it, we will request your first and last name, email address, educational background, experience, and résumé in order to assess, based on your job application, whether you are a suitable candidate for an interview. The processing of such data is necessary for entering into a contract with you as an individual or for taking certain steps prior to entering into a contract based on the interest you have expressed. Your personal data will be retained as long as the advertised position remains open. If we do not select you as a suitable candidate for the given position but wish to retain your résumé for a longer period, we will ask for your consent to keep your résumé for one year. We would also seek your consent to retain your résumé if there were no advertised job openings, but you would like to provide us with your personal data in case we might need someone like you in the future.

If we were to enter into a contract with you, we may request additional personal data which is necessary for the conclusion of the contract without which we would not be able to conclude the contractual relationship.

2/ Subscribe to Articles/Newsletter

You provide your email address for the purpose of receiving useful articles (newsletter) that may relate to our services, information and cybersecurity, or the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We collect your email address to send you useful articles (newsletter) via email. We process your email address if we have received it based on the consent you provided on our website. No other personal data is required, and we will not request any additional personal data from you. We keep your personal data confidential in our systems for the duration of the consent we have obtained.

You can unsubscribe from receiving useful articles (newsletter) at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any of the emails you have received from us, or by contacting us via phone at +421 2321 9980 or by sending an email to info@binconf.com.

If you call us or email us please state that you are withdrawing your consent for receiving useful articles or newsletters from us. We will send you consent reminder every 24 months for confirming your ongoing interest in our service, if you withdraw your consent or don’t respond to our consent reminder we will stop processing your personal information, stop sending you useful articles and delete your personal information from our system.

3/ Contact Sales form

If you express your interest for a specific service that we provide, and register your personal information through our ‘contact sales’ form, the processing of your name, email and phone number will be based on the necessity for a contract with you as an individual or to take a specific steps before entering into a contract with you based on your expressed interest. We would keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil your request or questions.

If we were to enter into a contract with you, we may request additional personal data which is necessary for the conclusion of the contract without which we would not be able to conclude the contractual relationship.

4/ Contact Us form

If we receive your request for information or your message that you intentionally wrote to us on our webpage together with providing your email address, we have legitimate interest to process your email address in order to respond back to you with additional or required / requested information. We need your email address in order to be able to respond back to you. To be able to follow up on potential additional questions or conversation with you, we will keep your message and its content and your email address on our systems for period of 2 months after last conversation date with you. We may process additional personal information only if they are included in your message that you wrote to us manifestly and intentionally subject to the retention period outlined in previous sentence. You have the right to ask for your personal information to be deleted earlier by phoning us +421 2321 99980 or by sending us an email to info@binconf.com.

5/ Incident Response query

If you experience breach, an incident or a cyber attack and you would request our help or consultation by getting in touch with us by calling us or sending us an email, we will process your personal information (usually your name, email and phone number) based on our legitimate interest in order to respond back to you and provide information or help that is required. We would keep your name and contact details (usually phone number or email so we can get back to you with necessary information) for as long as it is necessary to fulfil your request and additional questions you may have.

4/ WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

If you want to exercise your rights, please do not hesitate to contact us by email on info@binconf.com or by phone on +421 2321 9980 or by sending us letter on our address Spitalska 53, 81101 Bratislava. Exercising your rights is free of charge and we will fulfil your requests within 1 month. If we cannot fulfil your rights, because of our legitimate or legal grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms or to protect rights and freedoms of data subject(s) or if the processing is carried out in reason of important public interest, we will also contact you back within 1 month with this information and explanation of our compelling legitimate grounds.

Right to withdraw your consent – if processing of personal data concerning you are based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by phoning us +421 2321 99980 or by sending us an email to info@binconf.com or by clicking on opt out link in each Newsletter email or by sending us letter on our address Spitalska 53, 81101 Bratislava.

Right of access – you have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not your personal data are being processed by our company and also additional information for the processing such as categories of personal data processed; recipients of personal data; existence of automated decision making and your rights as a data subject.

Right to rectification – if personal data concerning you are inaccurate or incomplete you have the right to rectify your personal data and we will correct your personal data immediately.

Right to erasure – we will erase your personal data if they are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which we have collected and processed them. You have the right to have your personal data erased if you withdraw your consent, if personal data have been unlawfully processed or if you object to processing of personal that is based on our legitimate interests. We have the right not to erase your personal data if our legal grounds or legitimate grounds for processing override your rights.

Right to restrict processing – you have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data if processing is unlawful; if personal data are no longer needed for the purpose of processing but they are needed for exercising or defending legal claims; for the time allowing us to rectify and correct your personal data; or if you object to processing for the time we verify and defend our legitimate or legal grounds for processing your personal data.

Right to data portability – you have the right to receive personal data concerning you in structured, commonly used and machine-readable format from us if the processing is based on your consent or if the processing is based on a contract between you and us and the processing is done by automated means.

Right to object – you have the right to object to processing your personal data if the processing is based on our legitimate grounds or carried out in reason of public interest. If your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes and you object to processing we shall no longer process your personal data for such purposes.

Right not to be subject to automated decision-making – you can exercise your right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which could have legal or similarly significant effects on you. Such processing of your personal data does not occur on our part.

Right to lodge a complaint – if you are unhappy with how we process your information or unhappy with exercising your rights in regards to data protection you have the right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority at https://dataprotection.gov.sk.

5/ DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION IS OUR MAIN GOAL

We consider all your personal data to be strictly confidential, and maintaining its privacy and confidentiality is our top priority. In accordance with data protection conditions, we always respect the privacy of individuals. All personal data that is processed, stored, or transmitted concerning data subjects must be adequately protected from unauthorized access, transfer, alteration, or deletion. These privacy and data protection conditions apply to the storage and processing of personal data both manually and electronically.

The scope of this policy is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of personal data as well as to comply with all law requirements in regards to data protection and data privacy and requirements of General Data Protection Policy Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016.

Your Personal Information is handled in a manner consistent with privacy by default and design principles and respects the rights of the data subjects at all times. We process personal information transparently and fairly, we collect personal information only for specified, explicit and legitimate purpose, we collect only minimum personal information relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purpose, we keep personal information accurate and up to date, we keep personal information in form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which the personal data are processed and we process personal information in a manner that ensures appropriate level of security especially against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage.

6/ USE OF WEB COOKIES

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies that are necessary for the operation of the website, for analytical purposes, and for content customization. Cookies can be divided into first-party cookies and third-party cookies.

First-party cookies
Our website uses first-party cookies to facilitate browsing and ensure the functionality of the site. These cookies do not contain any personal data that could be used to identify you.

Third-party cookies
We also use third-party cookies on our website, such as Google Tag Manager (GTM), Google Analytics, and other services that help us to:

  • Improve analytics and understand how visitors use our website.
  • Improve marketing campaigns and customize ads based on your interests.

These cookies may collect anonymous data or identify your device to improve user experience or customize ads. These third parties handle such data in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Cookie settings and consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will offer you the option to customize your cookie preferences via a banner. You can choose which types of cookies you want to allow or completely block. You can change your settings at any time using the [Cookies] option at the bottom of the page.

Necessary cookies: These cookies are essential for the basic functioning of the website and are always enabled. They are stored in your browser regardless of your consent, as they are required to ensure the security and functionality of the site.

Analytical and marketing cookies: These cookies help us improve our website and marketing campaigns. The activation of these cookies is optional and requires your consent.