Privacy and data protection

Our obligations

State Archives in Pazin (hereinafter: Archives) attaches great importance to your privacy. The archives have fully implemented the regulation General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the law of the European Union. Please read this privacy policy to find out how we collect, process and store the information you have provided to us using the website and contact form. We collect various types of information, including information that identifies you as an individual (personal information). A more detailed explanation is provided below.

 

What kind of information do we collect?

When you use our website, we may collect information that you have chosen to share with us. For example, in contact form, you have shared information with us. We may also collect information related to your access device and the IP address through which you accessed the website. For more information on this section, please see the section "Cookies and other tracking technologies" below. When using the above forms, we collect data directly from you, such as your name, surname and e-mail address for the purpose of providing you with the requested service.

 

How do we use information?

When you share your information with us, we may use the information obtained to respond to your inquiry in a timely manner, e.g. with certain services or contact forms. We also use data when administering and improving websites, and when analyzing websites for the purpose of monitoring marketing, i.e. the popularity of certain parts of websites. When you use our services, we may use your information:

• In order to establish the required communication for the purpose of your requested query for a specific service. For example, when you send an inquiry through the contact form, the Archive collects the personal data obtained for the continuation of communication for the purpose of cooperation.
• To contact you and respond to your enrollment in the contact form.
• When a user visits our website and clicks on a particular page, anonymous information is collected about visits to certain subpages of our website (Google Analytics tools).

 

Cooperation with a third party

We do not rent or sell your personal information to a third party. We do not share any personal data of our users with any third party. Our employees do not have the right to use the personal data collected for the purpose of user cooperation and the Archive. Although it is unlikely, in case we receive a court order from the competent legislative authority, the Archives will be obliged to provide them with the requested information. The archives shall take precautionary measures to ensure that the determining authorities making the request actually have legitimate reasons for the information requested.

 

Security and privacy

The archive keeps personal data from unauthorized disposal and access. The archive uses organizational, technical and physical security measures to protect the personal data collected.

 

Cookies and other tracking technologies

The information from these cookies helps us understand how our users use the website, with the purpose of improving the quality of content to users and the browsing experience. Optional cookies include cookies Google Analytics (whose cookies track visits and analyze the performance of websites, which are available to the Archive as statistical data, without personal data of individual users) and social media cookies (e.g. Facebook) that allow the user to share certain content through their own social media account.
When you first access the website, a banner will appear that warns of the existence of cookies and asks for your consent to their acceptance.
By continuing to browse the website, you agree to the use of cookies.
The user of the website can always independently regulate (restrict or disable) the receipt of cookies through the settings of the Internet browser. Please note that disabling cookies may affect functionality and your interaction with the website, and we exclude any liability for any loss of functionality and/or quality of the content of the website in all cases of choosing to regulate the reception of cookies by the user.

Further information on how to configure your browser settings for cookies can be found at the following links:

• here on private browsing mode and cookie settings in Firefox-u
• here on the anonymous mode and settings of cookies in your browser Google Chrome
• here on how “InPrivate” works and cookie settings in your browser Internet Explorer
• here on “Private navigation” and cookie settings in your browser Safari

By using this website, users will be deemed to be familiar with and comply with the terms of use at all times, including the provisions on the processing and protection of personal data and the possibilities related to cookies.

 

What are my options?

You may choose not to share the requested information with us. Please note that certain information is needed in order to be able to get feedback about the requested services as well as the response to your entry through the contact form.