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Thank you for visiting our website. We, the Veselin Marinov Foundation (“the Foundation”, “VMF”, “we”, “our” or “us”), take to heart your privacy. We continue and strengthen our commitment to provide adequate protection of any personal information you give us. The present updated version of our Privacy Policy is intended to comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), effective from 25.05.2018, and the Personal Data Protection Act of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The Website uses cookies under the terms and conditions described below in the Cookies Policy.
The Veselin Marinov Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in the Republic of Bulgaria, under number 206261977.
Our contact details for the purposes of this Policy are as follows: dataprotection@vmarinov.org.
We reserve the right to amend and update this Policy from time to time. In such cases, the current version will always be available on our Website and, when necessary, you will be notified about this in due form (e.g. by email). The date of the last update will be indicated at the top of the Privacy Policy.
Please note that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information you provide us when using our Website. These terms do not apply to information you have provided on pages maintained by other organizations.
When you visit the Website there are circumstances in which you may be required to provide us with some of your personal data. This is applicable in the following cases:
When you make a donation;
When you asked for a document certifying your donation to the tax authorities;
When applying for funding in order to be able to process your inquiry, to contact you, including to send you our set of application documents in case your inquiry is approved;
When you subscribe to receive our e-newsletter in order to be able to send it to you until you unsubscribe;
When you participate in a survey, study, discussion panel for the purposes of their conduct and results analysis;
When you register for and participate in our programs, activities, initiatives and events for the purpose of conducting them;
When you have requested to receive information or assistance by filling in our contact form to send you a personalized reply;
When you reply to VMF’s questions in the process of processing your application for funding, for the purposes of its overall assessment, possible approval and allocation of the funds;
When you participate in communities, virtual chat rooms, and use other interactive services in order to administer our programs and projects and the concomitant activities;
In connection with the verification of the information you provide to verify your identity and prevent violation of the Terms and Conditions of use;
In the course of our communication regarding projects, initiatives, events and other activities published on the Website;
When making comments or giving us additional information in a section of the Website that allows it;
In relation to any section of the Website where you deliberately and voluntarily provide personal information and data.
When using your profile in online platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., we may process the personal data, which you have made visible on your profile.
We process your personal information and data for the following purposes:
We store your data only for the term necessary for the specific purpose for which data are collected, or for the periods prescribed by applicable laws. In case your application for funding is approved, your personal data will be retained for a period of time according to the Foundation’s internal policies regarding the conclusion, implementation and reporting of a grant/micro-grant agreement. For more information about the retention terms of your personal data you may contact us at any time at the above contact details.
If you consider that your personal data processing is in violation of the legal requirements, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Please, note that your right of access to data may be restricted in whole or in part, considering your fundamental rights and legitimate interests, in the cases provided by law. The Foundation may refuse to respond to your request to exercise your rights when it is unfounded, as well as when this is necessary for reasons of important public interest or to protect the rights and freedoms of other individuals. In any case, you will be promptly and duly informed of the decision and the reasons for it regarding any request to exercise your rights.
In order to exercise your rights, you may submit a request to the above listed email address.
If you would like to receive additional information or have any questions about the way we use your personal information, you can use our contact details listed above.
Our Website uses the following types of cookies:
Essential cookies are necessary for the Website to work and enable you to move around it and to use its services and features such as navigating between pages and accessing protected parts of the Website. This Website cannot perform properly and smoothly for you without these necessary cookies, which are automatically activated (i.e. before you select “I agree” button).
Functional cookies let you optimize Website operation by giving you access to specific functions. Functional cookies collect information about your choices and preferences such as your language preferences, and more. By refusing these cookies, you may not be able to access the full information on the Website.
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