PRIVACY POLICY
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Personal Data Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the Policy) shall apply to all information RSUTS Publisher – structural unit of Russian State University of Tourism and Service (hereinafter referred to as RSUTS Publisher, Editors) and/or its affiliated persons can receive about the User during his use of any website, service or products of RSUTS (hereinafter referred to as the Resources), including, but not limited, https://spst-journal.org/, as during performance by RSUTS Publisher of any agreements and contracts with the User of Resources and services of RSUTS Publisher. RSUTS Publisher and its affiliated persons pay a special attention to the protection of the personal data confidentiality belonging to the Users of the Editorship Resources, thus the Policy specifies: what User Data is processed during the use of the Editorship Resources (content and volume); the purpose of the User Data processing during the use of the Editorship Resources (aim of processing); how the User Data is processed during the use of the Editorship Resources (ways, procedure and terms of processing). Use of any Editor’s Resources means an entire agreement of the User with the terms of processing of his personal data specified in this Policy. In case the User does not agree with this Policy, he shall restrain from using the Resources. When processing the Users personal data RSUTS Publisher shall comply with Federal Law of the Russian Federation On Data Protection.
1. What User Data is processed and for what purpose
1.1. Personal data means any information related to a physical person.
1.2. Personal Data of the User subject to processing in accordance with this Policy, includes the following data:
1.2.1. Data the User submits about himself during registration (signing up, including receiving the access to the Resources through profile of other Internet-services) or during the Use of RSUTS Publisher, RSUTS (for example, full name age, email etc.).
1.2.2. Data, which is automatically transferred to the Resources of RSUTS Publisher during their use through the software installed on the User's device, including the IP-address, cookies data, information on the User's browser (or other program used for the access to the Resources), technical characteristics of the equipment and software used by the User, data, and time of the access to the Resources, addresses of the requested pages and other similar information.
1.2.3. Other information about the User, which is subject to processing under the terms of use for certain Resources of RSUTS Publisher.
1.2.4. RSUTS Publisher does not verify on purpose all personal data submitted by the User. By using the Resources of RSUTS Publisher and registering on the respective website, the User shall guarantee reliability and completeness of the submitted information.
1.3. Personal information of the User of RSUTS Publisher Resources shall be processed for:
1.3.1. User Identification within the Resources, agreements, and contracts with RSUTS Publisher, RSUST requiring it;
1.3.2. Provision of the User of the personalized resources, services and performance of the agreements and contracts with the User;
1.3.3. Communication with the User including sending notifications, requests and information related to the use of the Resources, performance of agreements and contracts, as well as processing of requests and applications from the User;
1.3.4. Improvement of the Resources quality and their functionality and development of new services;
1.3.5. Targeting of the promotional materials;
1.3.6. Performance of statistical and other research based on the de-identified data.
2. Ways, procedure and terms of User Data processing and transfer
2.1. RSUTS Publisher collects only the data, which the User submits on his own during registration with the Resources of RSUTS Publisher or during their use through profile of other Internet-services, as well as the User Data, which is automatically transferred to the Resources of RSUTS Publisher during their use (cookies and other specified in Section 6 of the Policy).
2.2. RSUTS Publisher stores the User's personal data in accordance with the internal rules.
2.3. The personal data of the User are kept confidential except for the cases when the User submits a certain part of the personal data for public access of an unlimited circle of persons, performed upon his voluntary consent using certain Resources of RSUTS Publisher or their additional functionality.
2.4. The personal data of the User shall be transferred to the third parties in the following cases:
2.4.1. The User agreed to such actions;
2.4.2. The transfer is required for the User to use a certain the Resource of RSUTS Publisher (its certain functions) or to perform a certain agreement or contract with the User;
2.4.3. When the User uses the services of the persons or partners affiliated with RSUTS Publisher that are technologically related with the Resources of RSUTS Publisher or being their part, the personal information of the User can be transferred to such persons for processing under the terms and for the purposes specified in the User Agreement of the respective services.
2.4.4. The transfer is stipulated by Russian or other applicable legislation;
2.4.5. De-identified personal data of the User collected for statistical and other research/measurements can be transferred to a third party to perform research, works or services upon the instruction of RSUTS Publisher;
2.4.6. RSUTS Publisher provides the access to the personal data of the User only to those employees, affiliated persons, and partners (contractors, agents) of the company who need this information to provide the Resources of RRSUTS Publisher to the User.
3. Storage, change and removal of the User Data
3.1. The User can at any time completely or partially change the submitted personal data through the function of profile editing in the personal area at the Resources of RSUTS Publisher or through notifying RSUTS Publisher about it using any available means.
3.2. The User can at any time delete the personal data he submitted during the registration with the Resources of RSUTS Publisher by deleting the profile. However, it may entail an impossibility to use some Resources of RSUTS Publisher or partner services related to them.
3.3. The personal data of the User is stored during the entire time of profile use or Resources of RSUTS Publisher not requiring registration, as well as during validity of the agreements and contracts with the User. The time of profile termination at the Resources of RSUTS Publisher shall be the time of profile deletion by the User.
4. Cookies, counters, and social networks
4.1. When providing the Resources of RSUTS Publisher to the User, cookies can be used, they are used to automatically collect information about the use of the Resources. Their use is governed by Use of Cookies Policy. Data collected through the cookies is used to provide the User with the personalized Resources, to improve them, target the advertising, as well as for statistical and research purposes.
4.2. The use of some Resources of RSUTS Publisher can be possible only provided that the User agrees to accept and receive the cookies. If the User rejects to accept/receive the cookies through changing the browser settings, the access to the functionality or Resources of RSUTS Publisher requiring the use of cookies, can be limited.
4.3. Counters located on the Resources of RSUTS Publisher can be used for analysis of the User's cookies for collection and processing of the statistical information about the use of the Resources, as well as for ensuring their operability in general or their certain functions in particular. Technical parameters of the counters shall be specified by RSUTS Publisher and can be changed without a prior notification of the User.
4.4. Within the Resources of RSUTS Publisher there are or can appear in the future such elements of the social networks as Like button and such widgets as Share button or interactive mini programs. Such Elements can register the IP-address of the User, information about the use of the Resources of RSUTS Publisher by the User, as well as save the cookies for a correct functioning of such elements and widgets. Interaction of the User with them shall be guided by the confidentiality policy of the companies, organizations, establishments providing them.
5. User Data Protection Measures
RSUTS Publisher shall take all necessary and sufficient organizational and technical measures for protection of the User's personal data and confidential information from illegal or accidental access, erasure, change, blocking, copying, distribution, as well as other wrong acts with it by third persons.
6. Policy Amendment, applicable legislation
6.1. RSUTS Publisher, RSUTS shall be entitled to introduce amendments to this Policy. The latest version of the Policy shall come into effect from the time of its publication, if otherwise is not stipulated by the latest version of the Policy. The applicable version is permanently available on the page at address https://www.spst-journal.org/privacy_poicy and effective as of the moment of its publication on the website.
6.2. This Policy and the relations it regulates, shall be governed by the law of the Russian Federation.
Additional informational resources
1. User Agreement regulating the procedure of using this website (In Russ.).
2. Federal Law of the Russian Federation On Personal Data (In Russ.).
3. Official website of Russian State University of Tourism and Service.