The controller of your personal data is Paweł Sieniarski running business activities under the business name “Paweł Sieniarski” (GitConnector) with registered office in Jelenia Góra, Poland, at ul. Elewów 14A/6, 58-506 Jelenia Góra, Tax Id. No. (NIP) 8961526196, Industry Id. No. (REGON): 364852280 (hereinafter the “Controller” or “GitConnector”).
You can contact the Controller as follows:
by post, at the address: ul. Elewów 14A/6, 58-506 Jelenia Góra,
by e-mail: [email protected].
In order to comply with obligations resulting from personal data protection regulations, especially Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the European Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter the “GDPR”), the Controller hereby provides you with all relevant information related to the scope and legal basis for the processing of your personal data, as well as with the Controller’s contact details, so as to help you understand how your data will be processed and assure you that your data will be protected with all appropriate and effective measures.
This Privacy and Cookies Policy (hereinafter the “Policy”) is addressed to users of cloud applications provided by the Controller (hereinafter the “Apps”) and individuals contacting the Controller in any form, in particular by e-mail. The Apps are made available through the Atlassian Marketplace platform which is provided by Atlassian Pty Ltd, ABN 53 102 443 916 (hereinafter “Atlassian”). Therefore, the Controller might also receive additional data about the users of the Apps directly from Atlassian, such as a user’s data of a Jira instance, licence data and transaction data. In addition, the Apps use various technologies and services (e.g. hosting) provided by external entities which might collect data about the Apps’ users.
Below you can find detailed information on how the Controller processes your data. You are requested to carefully read this Policy. In case of any questions or doubts, you can contact the Controller using the contact details given above.
Purposes and legal basis for processing of your personal data
The Controller collects and processes your personal data when:
you provide it directly, in particular when:
you contact the Controller by e-mail or chat;
you send to the Controller a request for support;
you use the Controller's Apps.
In consequence, the Controller receives data that you either provide to the Controller or which are necessary to contact the Controller, in particular your e-mail address.
Further, the Controller can obtain your data collected automatically in connection with your use of the Apps. The information collected automatically might include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies. The Apps use various IT solutions and tools that can collect data, including the ones collecting data for analytical purposes, to monitor the Apps or to facilitate contact with the Controller;
third parties provide it:
the Controller can have access to certain information from a third-party service provider or authentication service if you log into our Apps through such service or otherwise provide us with access to information from such service. Any access by the Controller to such information from a third-party service or authentication service will be compliant with authorisation procedures as set forth by such services. By authorising the Controller to connect to a third-party service, you authorise the Controller to access and store any information provided to the Controller by the third-party service and to use and share such information in accordance with this Policy. You should check your privacy settings on these third-party services and, if necessary, change the information sent to the Controller through such services.
Below you can find links to the privacy policies of third-party service providers or authentication service providers:
https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies
https://about.gitlab.com/privacy
https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Third parties may provide the Controller with the following data:
licence data (e.g. country, contact person, e-mail address, address, licence number and type, licence expiration date),
transaction data (e.g. name, purchase date, purchase amount, phone number),
account data (e.g. logins, e-mail address, locations, company name, gender, profile pictures).
Your personal data will be processed for the following purposes and based on the following legal grounds (for European Economic Area users):
when processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, which includes providing the Apps and support services to you under Terms and Conditions, sending you e-mails relating to any planned changes to the Apps, recent modifications and new features of the Apps (Article 6.1(b) of the GDPR);
when processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller (Article 6.1(f) of the GDPR), which includes:
analyses and statistics that will allow the Controller to better adjust content and services provided to the users’ needs and expectations;
replying to your messages sent to the Controller by e-mail, chat or the Jira Service Desk;
monitoring the Apps;
taking any necessary steps associated with any potential claims against the Controller.
GitConnector processes your data only for the purposes for which they have been collected and which are indicated herein.
Voluntary provision of personal data
While providing your personal data is voluntary, failure to provide the data may prevent the Controller from rendering services electronically (the Apps) or answering your inquiries.
If you decide to use the Apps or contact the Controller, you confirm that you have read, and agreed to comply with, this Policy. If you do not agree to the above, you should not use the Controller’s Apps or provide the Controller with your personal data.
Recipients of your personal data
Your personal data might be transferred in connection with the use of IT solutions and tools embedded in the Apps or used by the Apps, in particular:
business analytics tools (tracking user interactions with the Apps),
the Apps’ monitoring tools (fault tracking to help monitor and quickly recover the Apps after failure),
communication tools (e.g. interaction with live chat platforms),
mailing tools (sending e-mails relating to planned changes to the Apps, recent modifications and new features of the Apps).
The Controller’s Apps use hosting services provided by DigitalOcean. The Controller makes data backup copies which are stored in Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centres.
GitConnector may transfer your data to public authorities, upon their request and in compliance with generally applicable laws.
Any data shall be transferred for the sole purpose of the proper performance of services and only to the extent prescribed by contracts concluded with the abovementioned entities.
Transferring data outside the European Economic Area (for European Economic Area users)
The tools (indicated in Section III above) used by the Controller might transfer data to third countries. Any data transfers outside the EEA are based on standard contractual clauses concluded by the Controller with these entities.
In particular, the Controller uses:
DigitalOcean (hosting and databases) – which transfers your personal data outside the European Economic Area (the EEA), as its data centres are located in NY/San Francisco, USA. Any such data transfers outside the EEA are based on the standard contractual clauses;
AWS (backups and static assets; it can also be used to provide hosting and database services) – which transfers your personal data outside the EEA, as its data centres are located in Ohio, USA. Any such data transfers outside the EEA are based on the standard contractual clauses.
Period for which your personal data will be stored
Your personal data will be stored only for as long as is strictly necessary. Your personal data shall be stored:
for the term of a licence for the Apps. Your personal information required for licensing and billing is collected and processed by Atlassian, and governed by the Atlassian Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The Controller has access to the abovementioned information provided by Atlassian to apps providers on the terms set out therein;
if the Controller contacts you in response to your e-mail inquiry – for the time necessary to verify your request/inquiry or to verify that services are being provided correctly;
for the term of a contract and, following its termination, for a period of five years, in accordance with applicable regulations, in particular in conformity with regulations pertaining to the term of storage of accounting documents;
when processing is based on the Controller’s legitimate interest – for as long as the Controller’s interest exists or until you object. In any case, personal data will be stored until any potential claims under applicable laws become time-barred.
Your rights related to processing of personal data (for European Economic Area users)
Pursuant to the GDPR, you have the following rights related to the processing of your personal data:
the right to withdraw consent (Article 7(3) of the GDPR) – if the data processing is based on your consent;
the right to access your personal data (Article 15 of the GDPR);
the right to request the rectification of your personal data (Article 16 of the GDPR);
the right to request the erasure of your personal data (Article 17 of the GDPR);
the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data (Article 18 of the GDPR);
the right to data portability, i.e. the right to receive your personal data which you have provided to the Controller, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format; you may transmit the data to another data controller or request that the Controller transmits your data to another controller; however, the Controller will only do so if such transmission is technically feasible (Article 20 of the GDPR);
the right to object to the processing of your data on the basis of the Controller’s legitimate interest which is not overriding your interest or your rights and freedoms, and the right to object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes (Article 21 of the GDPR).
To exercise the abovementioned rights, you can contact the Controller by e-mail at the e-mail address: [email protected], or by post, at the address: ul. Elewów 14A/6, 58-506 Jelenia Góra.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority dealing with the protection of personal data, i.e., in most cases, with the President of the Polish Personal Data Protection Office (Article 77 of the GDPR).
Cookies
Cookies are small files that store certain information about your device, e.g. a computer or smartphone. The Controller does not directly collect any cookies; nonetheless, you should be advised that the Atlassian Connect framework and JIRA might use cookies e.g. for authentication and authorisation. The Controller has access to AP.cookie (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/jsapi/cookie/), which allows the Controller to indirectly handle some cookies or LocalStorage items in your JIRA subdomain.
How can you disable cookies?
You can individually customise cookies settings on your device, by changing your browser settings. However, in doing so you need to remember that many cookies are crucial for the proper operation of the Apps and content displayed in them; therefore, blocking any cookies can disrupt or prevent the use of the Apps.
Policy changes
In order to ensure that the information provided herein complies with any current legal requirements, this Policy may be amended from time to time. This also applies to the cases when data protection information must be adjusted due to any new or changed Apps and functionalities offered by the Apps. This Policy will be amended by placing its new wording on the Controller’s website at the address: https://gitconnector.com/privacy. Any such amendments will come into force automatically upon your next use of the Apps.
Last updated December 29, 2023