Privacy Policy

These privacy policies (“policies”) explain how MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o., Setaliste 150. brigade 10, Zagreb, OIB: 09122628912 (hereinafter: “Merit Media INT”) collects, uses and manages your personal data located on website and which are Merit Media INT accessible by using the website https://transformers-magazine.com/

MERIT MEDIA INT is dedicated to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read this policy carefully to understand why and how we collect your personal information and how it will be used. With regard to the personal data we collect, MERIT MEDIA INT is the “controller”, that is, the one who determines the needs for which and the means by which personal data is processed.

MERIT MEDIA INT as a service provider of the website https://transformers-magazine.com/ is committed to protecting privacy and personal data.

If you would like to contact us regarding these policies or regarding your personal information, please use the following contact information:

MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o.

Setaliste 150. brigade 10

10000 Zagreb, Croatia

OIB:09122628912

The data protection officer can be reached at: info@merit-media.com

Purposes of the processing of personal data

MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. conducts every business transaction (including without limitation, operations, negotiations, and marketing) with integrity and complies with the relevant laws and regulations of each country in which MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. operates or is looking to operate.

All MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. personnel are expected to conduct MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. business legally and ethically and with respect to maintaining privacy in communication.

Your personal data is processed because of the legal requirements, or processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract or for the purposes of our legitimate interests, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data.

If personal data cannot be processed based on aforementioned legal basis, we will request your consent. If processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. You can notify us about the withdrawal of the consent at any given time via e-mail address:  info@merit-media.com or via address MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o., Setaliste 150. brigade, 10 000 Zagreb. Such withdrawal will not have an effect on the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Your personal data is processed only when it is necessary to fulfil rights and obligations that will arise from business relations, for marketing purposes or for improving our businesses and your user experience.

Personal data is mostly collected directly from you when you fill out a specific form or through the publicly available information.

Personal data categories

MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. collects personal data for the unique identification of users, project analysis and implementation, marketing and other types of technical support.

When a user engages in specific activities on the https://transformers-magazine.com website MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. may ask the user to provide certain additional personal information. In that case, prior to providing additional personal information, the user is required to review this Privacy Policy and agree to their use with respect to additional information.

On the web site https://transformers-magazine.com, MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. collects personal information of the respondents such as name, age, gender, email address, zip code, city, country, job function, main industry sector category, IP address and language.

When entering into business relations, we need information about appointed contact person for communication with MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. especially name, surname and e-mail address. We collect personal data that you provide by filling out online forms (name and contact).

Furthermore, MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. is collecting and processing Personal Data:

• From its EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS for purpose of execution of the employment contracts signed with Employees and Consultancy Agreements signed with Contractors related to the personnel, administrative, payroll, or other employment / contracting business purposes. MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. is collecting and processing some or all of the following data from Employee and Contractors: Employee’s or Contractor’s first name, surname and previous surname (if applicable); gender; fathers’ first name; citizenship; nationality, permanent address; temporary address (current residence, if applicable); date and place of birth; personal ID number; unique citizen number; ID card / passport number and issued by whom (what official authority), photograph, academic and professional qualification; social security number; health insurance number, professional experience; list of previous employers; duration of the previous employments and type of work; bank account details; child’s (children’s) name(s), birth date(s) of child (children) date(s) of birth; educational training.
• From VENDORS, SPONSORS AND CLIENTS, for purpose of execution of the services specified in the signed Service Contract/Service Agreement, MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. is collecting and processing some or all of the following data from their Employees, Contractors or Collaborators: name; job title; employer; address, VAT number; ID card/passport details; photograph; professional email address; professional telephone number (including mobile telephone number); personal email address; personal telephone number (including mobile telephone number); data related to transactions including transactions’ purposes; academic and professional qualifications; tax ID; government identification number; bank account details; educational training; images and sounds;
• From JOB CANDIDATES, for the purpose of employment, the information MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. is collecting and processing may include: any application materials such as candidate’s Curriculum Vitae, application letter and information that candidates submit voluntarily by themselves and that are collected about the candidate during the application process, results of testing (if applicable) and any related correspondence.
• From NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS we collect data such as first name, last name, e-mail, IP address, all for the purpose of sending information about our new offers, services and other news to our clients and associates.
• When organizing CONFERENCES, we collect and process data, for the purpose of organizing the conference, such as: name, surname, country, company name, company address, job function, main industry sector category, email – we share the collected data with the sponsors of the conference

Basis for the processing

MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. as a Controller can process personal data only and to the extent of the following basis for the processing: the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data, processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take step at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject, processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person, processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller, processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

Your rights

You have the following rights:

If you wish to find out more or to use one of the aforementioned rights, feel free to contact MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o.  at e-mail address:  info@merit-media.com or at  the address: MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o., Setaliste 150. brigade, 10 000 Zagreb.

If you think that your rights have been violated you have the right to file a complaint with Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency, Selska cesta 136, 10000, Zagreb.

Storing of personal data

Your personal data that is collected will be stored in a safe environment. Your personal data is protected from any unauthorized access, disclosure, use, alteration or destruction by any organisation or individual.

Information collected for aforementioned purposes will be stored only as long as it is necessary for that purposes. Your personal data will not be kept in a form that enables your identification longer than MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. reasonably considers it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which they have been collected and processed. MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. will store certain personal data for a period of time that is laid down by law or regulation binding MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. to store data.

If you have given us your consent, your personal data will be processed until consent is withdrawn. If you file a grounded objection against the processing of personal data based on legal interest your personal data will not be processed in the future.

Personal data can be processed until the end of a court, administrative or extrajudicial proceeding, including the period for submitting legal remedies. MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o.. shall keep certain personal data for a period of time that is laid down by law or regulation binding the controller to store data.

Recipients of personal data

With aforementioned, your personal data can be given to our trustworthy partners who maintain our IT system or provide services in the name of MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. Example wise, for marketing, finance, advertising, payment processing, delivery and other services. During the organization of the conference, we share the collected data with the sponsors of the conference. Aforementioned service providers are obligated, according to relevant contracts, to use the entrusted data only in accordance with our regulations and exclusively for strictly declared purposes. They are also obligated to adequately protect your data and to keep your data a professional secret.

Transfer of personal data

MERIT MEDIA INT, as the controller of personal data, may transfer personal data outside the EU if it is necessary for the execution of the contract between MERIT MEDIA INT and the processor and/or another controller or to fulfill legal obligations. In the latter case, MERIT MEDIA INT transmits personal data only to countries that provide an adequate level of protection, through model contracts containing binding provisions or through binding corporate rules; or in accordance with an approved certification mechanism and/or privacy protection framework when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States.

In some cases, our partners who provide services on behalf of or for MERIT MEDIA INT may process your data outside the European Union. However, the contracts we conclude with such entities oblige them to handle your data with special security measures in accordance with the regulations in force in the member states of the European Union. In the case of data transfer to the USA, we will ask for your permission in view of the consequences of the case Schrems II and the invalidation of the Privacy Shield.

The controller has conducted a TIA (Transfer Impact Assessment) for the transfer of data to the USA.

The data transfer in this case is based on the exceptions from Article 49 of the General Data Protection Regulation as a valid secondary temporary solution.

Cookies

In order to maintain our website and to ensure its functionalities are on the expected level, MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. uses technology known as “cookies”. Cookies are small files that are sent to your computer and can later be accessed. They can be temporary or permanent. Thanks to cookies, you can search our web sites without difficulties and access information that are relevant for you.

You can find more information about cookies in our Cookie Policy.

Other websites

https://transformers-magazine.com website can contain links to and from third party websites. This Policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. receives personal data through its social media interactions on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Messages or posts received on these social media platforms are viewed by the MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o. but the personal data contained in the messages/posts is not logged or stored other than on the relevant social medial platform, and no further processing of such personal data is carried out by the MERIT MEDIA INT d.o.o..

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Entry into force and changes to the Privacy Policy

We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review, and we will place any updates on this web page.

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