Privacy Policy

Table of contents

Who we are

“Prof. Teodora Bakardjieva – Technology Expert” (this “Website”), accessible from https://bakardjieva.com, is delivered and operated by Teodora Bakardjieva (referred as “we”, “us” or “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of all personal information obtained from you during any visits to this website. By using our website, you indicate that you read and you agree with our privacy policy below.

Information we collect and how we use it

This Website may collect and process personal and non personal data that you provide to us. Personal data as defined by GDPR means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This Website may collect and process personal and non personal data through:

Contact

Each time you contact us we collect questions, queries or feedback you leave, including your name, email address, phone number, or other info you may provide in your message box. We use these details to respond to the feedback/query you send us.

Website analytics

To improve your experience on our site, we may use ‘cookies’. Cookies are an industry standard and most major web sites use them. A cookie is a small text file that our site may place on your computer as a tool to remember your preferences. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google.

For website analytics, we collect:

  • The pages you visited, when (date and time) you visited them and how long you visited them for
  • The website address from which you accessed this site
  • The website address from which you exited this site
  • Queries via the site’s search engine
  • Internet browser and devices used
  • Information on how you use the site, through cookies.

Our Google Analytics data retention is set for 14 months.

We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track or plant cookies when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Log files

This Website follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the Website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, this Website uses ‘cookies’. We use cookies from Cloudflare and Google. The information from these cookies is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party links on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. We are not responsible for the content of any linked website and cannot take responsibility for the consequences of your using the information or services on linked websites. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

This Website uses interfaces with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others. If you choose to “like” or “share” information from this website through these services, you should review the privacy policy of that service.

We embed external content from third-party websites such as YouTube. This content is not published on this Website. It is delivered using devices and services provided by such third party sites that can be inserted into our site. We are not responsible for this content.

Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with and forced by the law.

Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for (re)marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Breach notifications

We use SSL encryption in the transmission of your personal information between your system and ours. However, no system can be completely secure. No method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the Personal Information we have collected from you.

If our Website experiences a data breach we will immediately communicate this to those users affected by the breach. A notification will be sent within 72 hours to all affected users.

Your rights

Right to information

This right provides the data subject with the ability to ask a company for information about what personal data is being processed and the rationale for such processing.

Right to access

This right provides the data subject with the ability to get access to his or her personal data that is being processed.

Right to rectification

This right provides the data subject with the ability to ask for modifications to his or her personal data in case the data subject believes that this personal data is not up to date or accurate.

This right provides the data subject with the ability to withdraw a previously given consent for processing of their personal data for a purpose.

Right to object

This right provides the data subject with the ability to object to the processing of their personal data.

Right to object to automated processing

This right provides the data subject with the ability to object to a decision based on automated processing.

Right to be forgotten

Also known as right to erasure, this right provides the data subject with the ability to ask for the deletion of their data.

Right for data portability

This right provides the data subject with the ability to ask for transfer of his or her personal data. As part of such request, the data subject may ask for his or her personal data to be provided back (to him or her) or transferred to another controller.

How can you exercise your rights?

Contact us with your GDPR request.
In most circumstances, we will provide subjects with a copy of the information they request free of charge. However, we are permitted to charge a “reasonable fee” when a request is manifestly unfounded, excessive or repetitive.

The fee must be based on the administrative cost of providing the information.

An alternative solution for excessive, unfounded or repetitive requests is to refuse to comply. In such case we will explain to the individual why we’re refusing to comply, and let them know of their right to appeal to the organisation’s supervisory authority.

Privacy policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of this Website.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on this Website, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that this Website has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third party privacy policies

This Website’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

California online privacy protection act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. See more here.

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously.
  • Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
  • You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page. You can change your personal information by emailing us.

COPPA (Children online privacy protection act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Changes to this privacy policy

Future changes to this Website’s Privacy Policy will be published on this page and, where appropriate, sent to you by email notification. Please check back frequently to read any updates or changes to this Privacy Policy.