PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
If you’ve found your way here, it’s a reliable sign that you value your privacy. We completely understand that, which is why we’ve prepared this document outlining the rules for processing personal data and using cookies in connection with the use of the website www.mielewczyk.pl.
A formal note to begin with – the website is administered by Mielewczyk Sp. z o.o., based at ul. Podgórna 3, 83-332 Dzierżążno. If you have any concerns regarding our privacy policy, you can contact us at any time by sending an email to
Summary – Key Information
We respect your privacy, and we also respect your time. That’s why we’ve prepared a brief overview of the most important privacy-related principles:
- We entrust the processing of personal data only to trusted and verified entities that provide data processing services.
- We use Google Analytics tools that collect information about your visits to our website, such as the pages you viewed, time spent on the site, and navigation between subpages. To this end, we use Google LLC cookies related to the Google Analytics service. We collect demographic data and information about interests within Google Analytics. You can decide whether to consent to this data collection through cookie settings.
- We use our own cookies to ensure the website functions properly, particularly for user account management and the ordering process.
If you’d like more details, please see the full policy below.
Personal Data
The controller of your personal data within the meaning of personal data protection regulations is Mielewczyk Sp. z o.o., based at ul. Podgórna 3, 83-332 Dzierżążno.
The purposes, legal bases, and data processing periods are specified separately for each processing purpose (see below for detailed descriptions).
Your Rights (under GDPR):
You may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access your personal data,
- Right to rectify your personal data,
- Right to delete your personal data,
- Right to restrict the processing of your personal data,
- Right to object to data processing,
- Right to data portability,
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority,
- Right to withdraw consent, if you’ve previously given it.
The detailed rules for exercising these rights are set out in Articles 16–21 of the GDPR. Please refer to these regulations for more information. We want to highlight that these rights are not absolute and may not apply in all cases of data processing. We’ve made an effort to indicate which rights apply in each specific data processing operation.
However, one right is always guaranteed: if you believe we’ve violated data protection regulations in processing your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (President of the Personal Data Protection Office).
You can always contact us to request information about what data we hold about you and for what purposes we process it. Just send a message to
Security
We ensure the confidentiality of all personal data you provide. We use appropriate security measures and personal data protection procedures as required by law. Data is collected with due care and protected against unauthorized access.
Email Contact
If you contact us by email or through a contact form, you naturally provide your email address and possibly other personal data. This data is provided voluntarily but is necessary to establish contact.
Your data is processed for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). After communication ends, processing is based on our legitimate interest in archiving correspondence (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Messages may be archived, and we cannot guarantee when they’ll be deleted. You have the right to request access to correspondence history and request its deletion unless we have overriding reasons to retain it (e.g., for legal protection).
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Like nearly all websites, our website uses cookies.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone) that can be read by our system (first-party cookies) or third-party systems.
Some cookies are deleted after you end your browser session (session cookies), while others remain on your device to recognize your browser during future visits (persistent cookies).
Cookie Consent When you first visit the website, you will see a message about cookie usage. Our site allows you to manage cookies directly. You can also change cookie settings in your browser or delete cookies entirely. Each browser handles cookie settings differently, which you can find in your browser’s help menu.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use our site and others that rely on them.
First-Party Cookies We use first-party cookies to ensure our site functions properly – especially for order processing and user login.
Third-Party Cookies
Our site uses features provided by third parties, which involves using third-party cookies. These are described below.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This tool helps us generate statistics and analyze them to optimize the website, based on our legitimate interest.
Google Analytics automatically collects data about your website usage. This data is usually sent to Google servers in the USA and stored there.
However, because we have enabled IP anonymization, your IP address is shortened before being transmitted. Only in rare cases is the full IP address sent and then shortened in the USA. This anonymized IP is not linked to other Google data.
Google LLC is part of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program, which ensures compliance with European data protection requirements. Under the EU–U.S. agreement, the European Commission recognizes certified companies as providing adequate data protection.
You can prevent Google from collecting and processing cookie-based data about your website use by installing the following browser plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We also collect demographic and interest data through Google Analytics. You can manage whether such data is collected through our website’s cookie settings.
For more details on how Google Analytics processes data, visit: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
Social Plugins
When viewing our website, your browser may establish a direct connection to the servers of social media providers. These plugins transmit data (including your IP address) to the provider’s servers, some of which are located in the USA. This can occur even if you are not logged into the service or do not have an account with the provider.
Server Logs
Using our website involves sending requests to the server hosting the site. These requests are recorded in server logs, which include your IP address, timestamp, browser information, and operating system.
These logs are stored on the server but are not associated with specific users and are not used to identify you. They are used only for technical administration and are not shared with unauthorized parties.