Thank you for visiting Xpatloop.com and for viewing the privacy statement page of this 'website'.
By visiting this website / subscribing to our newsletter, you are accepting the policies described in this notice.
Your privacy is important to us - we also hereby refer you to the important liability policy and copyright policy pages.
We take our responsibility regarding personal information seriously, and will always protect your personal data in accordance with this privacy policy.
To reflect changes in data protection regulations we have extended this privacy policy, and below this introduction you can find all the related details.
A key point to highlight is that the publisher of XpatLoop.com does not track your online browsing behaviour to identify you personally when you visit this website. With regards to XpatLoop's newsletter, we only have names and emails in our mailing list in order to arrange a personalised newsletter service, and we do not share any user's personal details with any advertisers, sponsors, or marketing clients of any type.
We have put in place physical, electronic, and other procedures to safeguard and help prevent any unauthorized access, to constantly maintain data security, and correctly use all information related to XpatLoop.com in accordance with this privacy statement.
While we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot guarantee with 100% certainty that personally identifiable information we receive and store will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this privacy notice.
We are 100% committed to protecting your personal information and to being transparent about the information we collect and what we do with it.
Website
Basically our portal website shares what we believe is informative / helpful / inspiring content of legitimate interest to the international community in Hungary.
We respect what website visitors (and newsletter subscribers) do with such information is their private business.
Our services are used by local citizens too, especially those who have a connection to the expat community, and also by people around the world interested in English language information related to expat life Hungary.
The publisher of XpatLoop.com does not make any attempt to find out the identities of anyone visiting this website.
Next to content on XpatLoop.com there is often the opportunity for readers to click icons related to ‘How does this content make you feel?’. Data generated from this function is simply used to understand how popular certain content is with website visitors, and to help us highlight popular content - we do not personally identify who likes or dislikes any specific content.
There are features on this website offering visitors an opportunity to contribute content, for example ‘Share Your Story’ and ‘Suggest An Event’. By using such functions a user may provide personal data related to the story they share, and the event they suggest, etc, in order to facilitate this function. Such personal data may be published along with the content provided by the user to identify the source of the content - unless a user specifically requests such personal data is not published with the content provided - hereby we refer you to our liability policy. All such user contributed content will remain online for future reference, unless a user requests it to be removed.
As the above examples show, we will always make it clear when we collect personal information via this website, and will explain what we do with it, e.g. if in future XpatLoop.com uses Cookies.
At the moment when someone visits this website our advertising partners may use third party services to collect standard internet log information regarding website visitors, e.g. to measure the number of times a banner or advert is viewed. This information is processed in a way which does not identify anyone.
An example of a third party service occasionally used by our advertisers is DoubleClick by Google, which transmits data to the DoubleClick server with each impression, or other activity like clicks.
Each of these data transfers triggers a cookie request to the visitors’ browser, and if the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick uses a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject.
The purpose of the cookie is the optimization and display of advertising. The cookie is used, inter alia, to display and place user-relevant advertising as well as to create or improve reports on advertising campaigns. A cookie from DoubleClick does not contain any personal data.
Worth noting is that any visitor of XpatLoop.com can prevent the setting of cookies by DoubleClick (or any other third party) through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used. Such an adjustment to the web browser used can permanently deny the setting of cookies, and would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the visitor. In addition, cookies already in use by say Google may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.
Newsletter
Our newsletter provides news and information relevant to members of the expat community, which as you know is a great big group of folks from a wide range of international backgrounds.
Newsletter content includes news headlines with links to the full story on our website, event information and invitations, hand-selected offers from partners such as discounts, and features about new movies playing in Budapest.
For around 18 years by now we’ve been freely sharing information with our readers, and each time we publish a newsletter electronically we aim to provide a quality selection of content in keeping with the diverse nature of the international community.
We always aim to provide ‘something for everyone’, content of legitimate interest to people who may find information of relevance to them on XpatLoop.com
It’s worth noting that we do not discriminate in any way, believing all members of the expat community, and also local citizens who interact with expats, have an equal right to read the content featured in our newsletter, and on XpatLoop.com if they so wish.
Anyone receiving our newsletter emails can unsubscribe at any time, without explanation, if they so wish. The procedure to do so is simple, just contact us by email with unsubscribe as the title. In such cases we will arrange the prompt removal of the related name and email details from our mailing list and delete them from our database.
We would also like to highlight that if by any chance you receive our email newsletter in error, we apologise for any inconvenience and take this opportunity to state that if you do not wish to receive expat community news and events information via our newsletter for any reason you can unsubscribe without explanation via the unsubscribe button in the newsletter, or by emailing us via the contact details below.
For added security these days when anyone subscribes for our newsletter we send an email to the email address registered in the subscription process, requesting confirmation of subscription to our newsletter - this is known as a double opt-in procedure and is in accordance with current best practice.
To deliver our electronic newsletter we use a third party provider called Elasticemail - for information about Elasticemail’s privacy policy see here: https://elasticemail.com/resources/usage-policies/privacy-policy/
Email
We monitor emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses and malicious software. You can contact us by clicking here / via info(at)xpatloop(dot)com
Jobs
Unsolicited job applications and CV’s sent to us by email will not be read, they are in fact deleted.
We will advertise all job vacancies and only read related applications and CV’s - once the date of that recruitment period ends all related CV’s are deleted.
If you have any queries about this you can contact us by clicking here / via email: info(at)xpatloop(dot)com
Social media, videos and links
We have links on our website to our place on popular social media sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. In case you use our links to those sites please refer to the privacy policy of the ones you use.
Sometimes we embed YouTube video’s within content on XpatLoop.com in order to allow readers to easily see film footage related to that content, if they wish. For information about YouTube’s privacy policy please refer to that well known website.
We link to a variety of websites, for example news partners, always in the belief they conform to all the necessary regulations regarding privacy, however you are advised to refer to the privacy policy of each site you visit. In case it comes to our attention that any site we link to do not comply with such regulations we will proceed to remove all related links.
Reviewing your information
Applicable privacy laws may give you the right to review the personal information we keep about you - depending on the jurisdiction, this may be called right of access, right of portability or variations of those terms. You can request a copy of your personal information by putting in such a request by via info(at)Xpatloop(dot)com or via the contact details below.
Updating your information
Please contact us via info(at)Xpatloop(dot)com or via the details below in case you change company and would like to update your email address in our database, for example, or if you believe that the information we hold about you is out of date or inaccurate in any way, or that we are no longer entitled to use it, and you want to request its rectification, deletion or object to its processing in any way.
Legal details
Data Controller: Attraktiv Marketing Hungary Kft. Registration number: 01/09/683709 email: info(at)xpatloop(dot)com, represented by: Stephen Linfitt.
Our principal place of business is in Budapest, Hungary.
Any use of cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Website or by the Data Controller of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the data subject, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document. Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Data subjects are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Website.
Legal basis of processing
The Data Controller may process Personal Data relating to natural persons if one of the following applies:
- the data subject has given their consent for one or more specific purposes (e.g. newsletters, events, photographs, content).
- provision of data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the data subject and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject to;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Data Controller;
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processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Data Controller or by a third party.
Purposes of data processing
The Data concerning the Data subject is collected to allow the Data Controller to provide its Website services, as well as for any of the following purposes: analytics, contacting the data subject, handling payments, sending newsletters, arranging adverts and branding, organising events, displaying content from external platforms, data subject database management, social features, location-based interactions, registration and authentication.
Data processors, place of processing
The data is processed at the Data Controller’s operating offices and in the location of the following assigned GDPR compliant data processors in Hungary providing support to Data Controller’s activities:
Website and newsletter development and maintenance: Moon 42 Kft. Seat address: 1138 Budapest, Révész utca 27.
Server platform provider: Szerverpark.eu / RendszerNET Kft. Seat address: 7030 Paks Vadász utca 39.
Invoicing, payments, consulting, GDPR administration: Colling Accounting & Consulting Kft. Seat address: 1134 Budapest, DC Office Building, Váci út 49.
Legal services regarding GDPR: Gobert Tax & Legal: 1053 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos utca 14-16., 1/2.
Data retention time
Personal Data collected based on consent shall be retained until consent is withdrawn or the purpose collected for is fulfilled.
For purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Data Controller and the Data subject shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Data Controller’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfil such purposes. Data subjects may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Data Controller within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Data Controller.
The Data Controller may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the Data subject has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Data Controller may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires or consent is withdrawn, Personal Data shall be deleted.
The rights of Data subjects
Data subjects may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Data Controller. In particular, Data subjects have the right to do the following:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Data subjects have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Data subjects have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
- Access their Data. Data subjects have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Data Controller, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Data subjects have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Data subjects have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Data Controller will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Data subjects have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Data Controller.
- Data Portability. Data subjects have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the Data subject's consent, on a contract which the Data subject is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
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Lodge a complaint. Data subjects have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority and court.
Details about the right to object to data processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Data Controller, or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Data Controller, Data subjects may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Any requests to exercise Data subject rights can be directed to our assigned data protection officer (DPO) at: Colling Accounting & Consulting Kft. 1134 Budapest, DC Office Building, Váci út 49; Mária Pánti via email panti.maria(at)colling(dot)hu or directly to Data Controller via info(at)xpatloop(dot)com These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Data Controller as early as possible and always within one month.
The data subject is also entitled to lodge a complaint at the national data protection authority (Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság; 1530 Budapest, Pf. 5; tel.: +36-1-391-1400; e-mail: ugyfelszolgalat(at)naih.hu) or to file a claim at the competent court of law.
How to contact us
To contact us via email please do so by clicking here and via info(at)xpatloop(dot)com
- please always remember to change (at) to the @ symbol and (dot) to a full stop symbol.
You can also contact us using the postal service via:
FAO: Mária Pánti
Data Protection Officer for
Publisher of XpatLoop.com
Attraktiv Marketing Hungary Kft.
c/o Colling Accounting & Consulting Kft.
1134 Budapest, DC Office Building, Váci út 49.
Changes to this privacy notice
This privacy statement was updated on 30 May 2018. We keep our privacy notice under review and so it may change without prior notice to ensure we stay up to date with necessary regulations and provide our services.