This page informs you of “Geofacts” policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data provided by users through the use of our website (www.geofacts.ee), as well as the use of information provided to “Geofacts” through mail, social media platforms, telephone, online/offline events, and other ways.
“Geofacts” defends the principles of lawfulness, confidentiality, and transparency. Therefore, below, we provide you with all the information related to processing personal data that we may collect from visitors to our website and/or users of our services.
Who collects your information
E-mail: [email protected]
When do we collect your personal data?
Through visiting our website: Geofacts.ee uses Google Analytics to see how people come to our website and to see which articles are most popular. You can read the Google Analytics privacy policy here.
Through e-mails or contact forms: You can contact us by sending us an email to [email protected], or by using our contact forms, including the “Submit a fact to check” service available on geofacts.ee. In these cases, information such as your email address, name, and, in some cases, telephone number will be collected.
Through our Facebook page: When you interact with content posted by pages owned by “Geofacts” on Facebook, for example, by commenting or reacting to it. You may also interact with us through direct messages on Facebook.
Through applying for jobs/internships: If you apply for potential employment at “Geofacts”, recruitment data, including interview notes of non-selected applicants, will be held for one year after the closing of the position recruitment process. In case you want us to destroy that information earlier, you can communicate that request by contacting us. As for selected applicants, employee data is held for the duration of employment.
For what purpose do we process your personal data?
If you contact us vie email or other communication channels, we will use your data to respond to you in accordance with your own interests. For example, if a user decides to send us a claim to check through the “Submit a fact to check” feature, we will use the users email address to respond.
If you interact with our Facebook page by commenting, reacting or in other forms, we will use publicly available data to measure and analyse user interactions to determine which posts do well in terms of shares and engagement. You can find Facebook’s privacy policy here.
If you apply for a job/internship, we will use your data to assess your application.
What is the legitimacy for the processing of your personal data?
Your data is processed if you express your desire to receive our articles and other information materials, therefore, the processing of your data is legitimate to the extent that it is based on the consent you give us by interacting with our website and Facebook page or contacting us directly.
How long will we keep your personal data?
“Geofacts” will process your personal data for as long as we require it to serve the aforementioned purposes for which it has been collected, and after that, we delete it. The period of how long “Geofacts” retains data is determined by the purpose of the data collected and the fulfilment of said purpose, the reasons why the data is collected, and storage periods required according to contractual and regulatory requirements.
What are your rights when you provide us with personal data?
If we process your data, you should know that your rights are:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you without undue delay.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information (with the exception of cases when they must continue to be processed for a legitimate reason or the execution or defence of legal claims).
- Your right to object processing – You have the right to object to the automated processing of your personal information, for example, when it is used for profiling purposes.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organization, or to you whenever technically possible
At “Geofacts”, we process data based on your consent. Please be informed that you can withdraw it at any time. To exercise your rights, send us an email at [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the exercise of your rights, you can file a complaint with the competent data protection authority.
Modifications
At “Geofacts”, we will only use your personal data as established in this privacy policy, which is in force at the time we collect your information. In the event that we make a modification to the processing of your data, you will be informed in a timely manner.
