Privacy and Cookies Policy

Last updated: 22.03.2022

Referred documents:
1 text.com Privacy and Cookies Policy (present Policy):
https://1text.com/privacy-policy
1text.com User Agreement (the Agreement):
https://1text.com/user-agreement

Our company MACHINE PLACE s.r.o. (Company, We, Us) respects and values your (User, You) privacy and does all possible to ensure the safety of Your Personal Data (as defined below).
In this 1text.com Privacy and Cookies Policy (Policy) We provide information on the extent of the Personal Data collected, explain to You the reasons for its collection and way We use it, as well as identify third parties with whom Your data is shared.
This Policy also defines what are the cookies, how the Company may use such cookies files, and what options do You have for configuring the use of these files obtained as part of interaction with the online interfaces used and managed by the Company on the Website (as defined below).
This Policy forms part of the 1text.com User Agreement (Agreement) that can be accessed via the link provided above.
We encourage You to review this Policy carefully and to periodically refer to it so that You understand it and any subsequent changes made to it.
Where You do not agree to any terms and conditions of this Policy, You need to immediately cease using the Website.

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

In case any of the words used in the text of this document starts from the capital letter it shall be understood and interpreted in the way foreseen by the present section.
“Company” means MACHINE PLACE s.r.o., registration number 07285639, addressed at Na Folimance 2155/15, Vinohrady (Praha 2), 120 00 Praha.
“Website” means a set of information, web forms, software and intellectual property objects (including computer programs, databases, Website Content and Services) accessed from the User's devices via special software for viewing web pages (browser) under the domain (or (sub)domain, if the domain name has a corresponding attribute) name: 1text.com (equal to http(s)://1text.com, with/without the "www" abbreviation), the exclusive rights and/or the right to use which belong to the Company. Also, the website is at http(s):/text.ru if payment for services (replenishment of user’s balance) at http(s):/text.ru is made using cryptocurrency.
“You” or “User” means an individual, who has no statutory restrictions for acceptance of this Agreement, acting on his/her own behalf and in his/her interests, or in the interests of third parties (and the person guarantees that he/she has appropriate authorization), who has used the Website, any functions and/or features of the Website. Those Users who have not reached the age of majority in their country of residence shall provide additional documents from their legal representatives expressing their consent to enter into this Agreement and execute transactions. In the absence of such consent (including in the absence of any legislative regulation of such legal relationships) the User may not accept this Agreement and, as a consequence, may not use the Website.
“Account” means an aggregate of User data stored by the Company, which is unique for each User who has completed the Registration, and which is necessary to identify the User and provide access to the Personal Profile and other functions of the Website by reproducing the relevant part of the Website's interface, created as a result of the User completing the Registration procedure.
“Registration Data” means the following Personal Data of the User provided by him/her to the Company during registration on the Website, the accuracy of which he/she guarantees:
Email address (mandatory).
“Personal Data Processing” or “Processing” means a wide range of operations performed on Personal Data, including by manual or automated means the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction of Personal Data.
In case this document uses any terms that have not been defined above or under the remaining part of the document, such terms need to be understood in the way they are interpreted in the Agreement, applicable laws, and regulations and only as a last resort according to common practice.

1. Acceptance of the Policy

You agree to the Policy provisions regulating the Processing of the Personal Data by placing ☑ next to the box “I have read and accept the terms of the Privacy and Cookies Policy” during Account registration on the Website. Company may also request such consent during Your first visit to the Website.
In case You at any point do not agree with any provision of this Policy, You shall immediately leave the Website and cease using the Website.

2. What Personal Data Do We Collect?

To enable Your access to the Website, We will ask You to provide Us with some important information about Yourself. During Your use of the Website, We may collect the following types of Personal Data:

№	Type	Personal Data
1.	Communication Data	- Your email address; - Other contact details that You use to contact Us.
2.	Registration Data	- Your email address.
3.	Automatically Collected Data	Technical information: - The internet protocol (IP) address; - Browser type and version; - Time zone setting; - Browser plug-in types and versions; - Operating system and platform. Usage Data: - Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from the Website (including date and time); - Products User viewed or searched for; - Page response times; - Download errors; - Time of visits to certain pages; - Click-stream data; - Methods used to browse away from the page; - other data collected via cookies and similar technologies.
4.	Verification Data	The data You provide to Us at Our request based on requests that can be made to Us by third parties (including regulatory authorities), and requests initiated by Us to verify compliance with the Agreement and statutory regulations, including the following data: - Your passport number; - any other information necessary to comply with legal obligations, applicable laws and regulations.

We will only use Your Personal Data for the purposes for which We collected it, unless We reasonably consider that We need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose, or we are obliged to process Your data by applicable laws or court/enforceable orders. Where we need to use Your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify You and We will explain the legal basis which allows Us to do so.

Please note, upon receiving Your consent, We may provide You with information related to the Website.

3. What is the purpose of Collecting Personal Data?

We collect the aforementioned Personal Data for the following purposes:

№	Type	Purpose
1.	Communication Data	To provide You with relevant feedback; To contact You for administrative reasons.
2.	Registration Data	- To provide access to the Website; - To ensure network and information security; - To provide User support.
3.	Automatically Collected Data	- To ensure network and information security; - To ensure normal functioning of the Website; - To enhance Your Website experience; - To indicate the errors and weak points of the Website and develop it; - For other purposes set out in the Policy.
4.	Verification Data	- to ensure the safety of Users, Our safety and the safety of third parties.

Please note, upon receiving Your consent, We may provide You with information related to the Website.

4. How Do We Collect Your Personal Data?

We may collect Personal Data from Users in a variety of following ways:

№	Personal Data	Collection Way
1.	Communication Data	We get access to such Personal Data when You reach Us for any questions before Your Account registration to get customer service or for any other purposes (e.g., by email).
2.	Registration Data	You provide Us with this Personal Data, when You fill in and submit relevant application forms and complete the required steps to register an Account on the Website.
3.	Automatically Collected Data	When You interact with the Website, We may collect this Personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies.
4.	Verification Data	We receive such Personal Data directly from You, as well as obtain it from other sources based on the Personal Data we have.

5. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data?

We will keep Your Personal Data for no longer than it is necessary for that purpose or its collection.
Generally, We will retain and delete Your Personal Data as follows:

№	Personal Data	Retention Period
1.	Communication Data	We keep it until the moment We provided You with feedback.
2.	Registration Data	We keep it strictly throughout the life of Your Account and delete it once the Website executes the request to delete Your Account. Where required by applicable law, Personal Data may be retained after the Account is closed within the period prescribed by such laws.
3.	Automatically Collected Data	We keep it strictly throughout the life of Your Account and delete it once the Website executes the request to delete Your Account. Where required by applicable law, Personal Data may be retained after the Account is closed within the period prescribed by such laws.
4.	Verification Data	We keep it strictly throughout the life of Your Account and delete it once the Website executes the request to close Your Account, however, in any case, not less than it is necessary to achieve the processing objectives. Where required by applicable law, Personal Data may be retained after the Account is closed within the period prescribed by such laws.

Please note, that We can keep Your Personal Data for a longer period where it is required by the relevant laws and regulations. Company retains some of the Personal Data after the closure of Your Account in order to deter fraud, by ensuring that persons who try to commit fraud will not be able to avoid detection simply by deleting their account and opening a new account, and to comply with Our legal obligations.

6. What is the Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data?

The processing of Personal Data is performed in accordance with privacy rights and regulations following the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Agreement and Our local regulations.
Where regulations of the country of Your locations provide for stricter Personal Data standards, the processing of Your Personal Data will be effectuated in accordance with these standards.
Generally, the legal grounds for the Personal Data Processing could be listed as follows:
Your Consent. Insofar as You have granted Us consent to the processing of Personal Data for specific purposes, the lawfulness of such processing is based on Your consent. Giving Us Your consent to the processing of Your Personal Data is voluntary. Any consent granted may be revoked at any time. Please be advised that the revocation shall only have effect for the future. Any processing that was carried out prior to the revocation shall not be affected thereby.
Agreement Performance. It means processing Your data where it is necessary for the performance of an agreement to which You are a party or to take steps at Your request before concluding an agreement. This includes the Agreement.
Our Legitimate Interest. It means Our interest to conduct and manage Our business affairs appropriately and responsibly, to protect the reputation of Our business, and to provide You with the best possible Services and secure experience.
Legal Compliance. We process Your Personal Data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation.

7. Do We Transfer or Share Your Personal Data To (With) Others?

We sometimes need to share Personal Data We process with third parties. Please find below the list of the limited third parties with whom We may share Your Personal Data:

1. Business partners, suppliers, and sub-contractors are involved in order to provide You access to the Website.

We require all affiliated entities to respect the security of Your Personal Data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow them to use Your Personal Data for their own purposes and only permit them to process Your Personal Data for specified purposes and in accordance with Our documented instructions.

2. Courts and(or) government authorities and(or) law enforcement officials in cases where it is required by the laws and regulations.

We will only use and share Your Personal Data where it is necessary for Us to lawfully carry out Our business activities.

3. Analytics and search engine providers that assist the Company in the improvement and optimization of the Website.

We can guarantee You, that We will not sell, exchange, or share with any third parties Your Personal Data without Your express consent.

4. Other Users (IP Address).

If You access the Website under the Providing Proxy mode (as it is specified in the Agreement), You grant Us the right to use the IP address of your Internet-connected device to provide to other Users who access the Website under the Receiving Proxy mode. We ensure that the IP address will be shared with other Users in isolation from Your other personal information, and only upon request.

8. Do We Transfer Your Personal Data Overseas?

In order to facilitate Our global operations, Our Company may use the services of overseas data processing service providers, unless Your jurisdiction laws and regulations limit such data transfer.
We hereby warrant You that We will only transfer Your Personal Data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for Personal data by the European Commission. We will make all possible efforts to ensure protection of Your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy wherever Your Personal Data is processed and will take appropriate contractual or other steps to protect the relevant Personal Data in accordance with applicable laws.
Where such service providers are not established in a country ensuring an adequate level of protection within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, such as the United States, the transfers will be covered by the standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission or by another appropriate safeguard mechanism such as the Privacy Shield Framework.
Where You access the Website under the Providing Proxy mode, Your IP address may be transferred to other Users, including those who may be located abroad. Therefore, accessing the Website under the Providing Proxy mode, You consent to such a transfer.

8. How We Secure Your Personal Data?

We have implemented several technical, organizational, and administrative measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy of Your Personal Data and to protect Your Personal Data from loss, theft, unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or destruction which are generally accepted by the industry to protect the Personal Data in its possession.
These measures include but are not limited to the implementation of current security technologies: Secure Sockets Layered (SSL) technology to ensure that Your Personal Data is fully encrypted and sent across the Internet securely, secure coding principles, and regular penetration testing.
We also use encryption (HTTPS/TLS) to protect data transmitted to and from the Website. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a protocol that provides privacy and data integrity between two communicating applications. It's the most widely deployed security protocol used today and is used for Web browsers and other applications that require data to be securely exchanged over a network, such as file transfers, VPN connections, instant messaging, and voice over IP.
Only authorized Company personnel have access to the Personal Data, and these personnel are required to treat the Personal Data as confidential. The security measures in place will, from time to time, be reviewed in line with legal and technical developments.
If You become aware of any potential data breach or security vulnerability, You are requested to contact Us immediately. We will use all measures to investigate the incident, including preventive measures, as required.

10. Your Rights

Your principal rights as the Personal Data subject include the following:
1. Right to access Personal Data. You may request Us to provide You a copy of Your Personal Data that we have access to. We will provide You with such information within a reasonable period and may require You to compensate for the expenses associated with gathering the information.
2. Right to Personal Data rectification. You may request Us to rectify or update any of Your Personal Data. You can do this with the use of relevant Website functionality or by contacting Us directly. The Company reserves the right to reject personal assistance where rectification of Personal Data is available through the Website functionality.
3. Right to Personal Data deletion. You may request Us to erase Your Personal Data, subject to applicable law. Please note, that in some cases the Website will automatically delete Your Personal Data when You delete Your Account. However, if You delete Your Account, We will not use Your Personal Data for any further purposes, nor share it with third parties, except as required by the law. Please note, that we may not always be able to comply with Your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to You, if applicable, at the time of Your request.
4. Right to withdraw consent. To the extent the processing of Your Personal Data is based only on Your consent, You may withdraw Your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing which was carried out before the withdrawal. Please note, any processing activities that are not based on Your consent will remain unaffected.
5. Right to restrict processing. In some jurisdictions, applicable law may give You the right to restrict or object to Us processing or transferring Your Personal Data under certain circumstances. We may continue to process Your Personal Data if it is necessary for the defense of legal claims, or for any other exceptions permitted by applicable law.
Kindly note that none of the rights is absolute, meaning that they must generally be weighed against Our own legal obligations and legitimate interests. If a decision is taken to override Your request, You will be informed of this by Us along with the reasons for Our decision.
To exercise such rights, You may contact Us at: [email protected], or [email protected].

11. COOKIES

a. What are the ‘cookies’?

The cookie is a small text file that can be stored on your device when You visit websites. Certain information is saved in this text file, such as the choice of website language. When You visit the website again, this cookie is sent to the website. This way, the website recognizes your browser and may, for example, save your language preferences.
Cookies usually have an “expiration date” which indicates for how long they are kept on your device. For example, some cookies are automatically deleted when You close your browser (so-called session cookies) while others stay on your device for a longer time, sometimes until You delete them manually - we call them permanent cookies.

b. Why do We use ‘cookies’?

We use three types of cookies:
1) cookies that ensure specific functions of the Website work properly;
2) cookies that are used for analytical purposes;
3) cookies that are used for communication and marketing reasons.
Essential cookies: necessary for the normal functioning of the Website. The Company may use essential cookies to authenticate Users, prevent fraudulent use of the Services, or provide certain features of the Website.
Analytics and performance cookies: We may use cookies to recognize repeated User visits, the type of content viewed, the time when each page and section of the Website was opened, and the functions used. All Personal Data that may be contained in cookies are processed based on Your consent and in accordance with the Policy.
Besides, we receive certain information during sessions performed via Your browser to access the Website or on its behalf on other websites. Collection of such information allows us to get a better insight into Our visitors and Users that use the Website or interact with Us, define the resource they have been taken from and to know in which way they use the Website. We use this information for analytical purposes, as well as to enhance the quality and demand of Our Website by visitors and Users.
Such information includes:
- technical information, including Internet protocol address (IP address) used by Your computer or device to get access to the Internet, your account data, browser type and its version, time zone settings, types of connected modules and their versions, operating system platform;
- information on Your visit or that You opened an email, including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the history of linking to or from our Website or site exits (including the date and time of visit);
- parts of the Website You have viewed or searched for; - page response time, download failures, length of visits to certain pages, page experience information (such as scrolling, clicks or rollover), as well as the way of exiting the Website page.

c. How to find out what cookies were placed on my device and how to delete them?

If You want to know what cookies are installed on Your device or want to delete them, You can use your browser settings.
Please note that if You delete cookies or refuse to use them, You may lose access to some of the Website's features: You will not be able to log in to your account, save settings, and some pages will not display correctly.
You can prevent Your browser from accepting certain cookies, have the browser require Your consent before a new cookie is placed in Your browser, or block cookies altogether by selecting the appropriate settings on Your browser privacy preferences menu. To avoid receiving cookies on the browser of Your mobile device, You will need to refer to its user manual. For information on how to opt-out of cookies set by our suppliers, please visit the applicable links listed below.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
The links below will help You find the settings for some common browsers:
- Manage cookie settings in Chrome and Chrome Android and Chrome iOS;
- Manage cookie settings in Safari and Safari iOS;
- Manage cookie settings in Microsoft Edge;
- Manage cookie settings in Mozilla Firefox;
- Manage cookie settings in Microsoft Internet Explorer;
- Manage cookie settings in Opera.
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.

12. Links to Other Websites/Platforms

The Website may contain links to external websites/platforms maintained by third parties, whose Personal Data and privacy practices are different from Ours.
The Company is not responsible or liable for the Personal Data or privacy practices employed by such third parties. We strongly recommend You read the privacy statements of all third-party websites before using such websites or submitting any Personal Data or any other information on or through such websites.

13. Change of Ownership

You hereby acknowledge and agree that in the event of a change of ownership or control of all or a part of the Company, including without limitation through acquisition, merger, or sale, the Company can transfer all or part of the Personal Data to the successor to the Company.

14. Policy Amendment

This Policy may be revised, updated and(or) amended at any time without prior notice at the Company's discretion. If such amendments are made, the date when this Policy was updated will be displayed on the first page of the Policy.
You undertake at Your own risk to keep yourself updated with the Policy amendments. We strongly recommend You do the following: (i) memorize/make a note of the date of last update provided in the document (e.g., to save its copy) upon the initial registration of Account and any time upon amendment of the Policy, (ii) visit on a regular basis the relevant page of the Website and study the entire Policy in case of change in the update date.
By using the Website after the Policy has been amended, You automatically confirm Your consent to the amended Policy. If You do not agree with any amendment of this Policy, You shall immediately cease all use of the Website.

Contact Us

If anything is left unclear in the text of this Policy, we will be glad to clarify its provisions.
You can also use the contact details provided in this section for any reason foreseen by the present Policy.
For questions related to this Policy, please contact Us via email [email protected], or [email protected].