Last updated: 11 November 2026
Controller
The controller of personal data processed in connection with this website is Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej (Society of Ecological Chemistry and Engineering), Opole, Poland. You can contact us at maria.waclawek@o2.pl or through the details on the Contact page.
What data we process and why
- Visiting the website. The server automatically records technical data (IP address, date and time of the request, browser and operating system, pages visited). We use it to run the website, keep it secure and fix problems (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Our hosting provider processes these logs on our behalf.
- Security. The website is protected by a firewall (Wordfence) and Jetpack security features, which process IP addresses to detect and block attacks (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Statistics and image delivery. We use Jetpack (Automattic Inc.) to collect aggregated visitor statistics and to deliver images through its content delivery network; for this purpose your IP address and browser data are transmitted to Automattic (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- E-mail contact. If you write to us – for example to submit a manuscript, order printed journals or books, or ask a question – we process your name, e-mail address and the content of your message to handle your request (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR).
- Manuscript submission. Manuscripts for ECE S are submitted through the Editorial System (editorialsystem.com), which is run by a separate provider under its own privacy policy.
Cookies
The website uses cookies that are needed for it to work, for example to remember your language and your cookie choices. You can manage your consent in the cookie banner. Details are in our Cookie Policy.
Embedded content and external links
Some pages contain videos embedded from YouTube (Google). When you play them, YouTube may set cookies and process your data under Google’s privacy policy. Links to other websites – for example the publisher’s journal pages, Google Drive documents or ecopole-conference.com – lead to services with their own privacy policies.
Recipients and transfers outside the EEA
Data may be processed by our service providers (web hosting, Automattic/Jetpack, Wordfence, Google/YouTube). Some of them are based in the United States; such transfers rely on the safeguards required by the GDPR, for example the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.
How long we keep data
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above: technical logs for the limited period needed for security, and correspondence for as long as needed to deal with the matter and to meet legal obligations.
Your rights
You have the right to access your data and to have it rectified or erased, to restrict its processing, to data portability, and to object to processing based on legitimate interest. To exercise these rights, write to maria.waclawek@o2.pl. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warszawa, Poland).
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