Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Poland 24 Business collects and uses personal information when you visit business.poland-24.com or contact us.

This policy applies only to Poland 24 Business. Other websites, including websites linked from our articles, may have their own privacy policies.

1. Who is responsible for your information?

Poland 24 Business is an independent English-language publication operated from the United Kingdom.

For data-protection purposes, Poland 24 Business is responsible for the personal information described in this policy.

Privacy enquiries and data-protection requests can be sent to:

Email: info@poland-24.com
Subject line: Privacy request

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer because we are not legally required to have one.

2. Information we collect

Information you provide

We may receive personal information when you:

• email us;
• request a correction;
• make an editorial, advertising or partnership enquiry;
• subscribe to an email service offered through the website; or
• otherwise communicate with us.

This information may include your name, email address, organisation, the contents of your message and any information you choose to provide.

Please do not send sensitive documents—such as passports, identity documents, payment-card information, medical information or national identification numbers—to our general editorial email address.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, our hosting and security systems may automatically process limited technical information, including:

• your IP address;
• browser and device type;
• operating system;
• pages requested;
• date and time of access;
• referring website; and
• information connected with security errors or suspected misuse.

This information is used to deliver the website, maintain security, diagnose technical problems and prevent abuse.

Editorial information

Our articles may contain information about individuals acting in public, professional or business capacities.

This information may come from publicly available sources, official publications, public records, company announcements, press releases, interviews and reputable news sources. We use it for journalistic and editorial purposes.

3. How and why we use personal information

We may use personal information to:

• operate, maintain and secure the website;
• respond to correspondence and enquiries;
• consider correction requests and editorial feedback;
• manage advertising or partnership enquiries;
• send an email publication where a reader has requested it;
• understand website performance where analytics consent has been given;
• establish, exercise or defend legal claims; and
• comply with legal obligations.

Our lawful bases may include:

• legitimate interests, including publishing and improving the website, responding to correspondence, maintaining security and preventing misuse;
• consent, where you choose to receive marketing emails or accept non-essential analytics cookies;
• contract or steps requested before entering a contract, where you contact us about a commercial arrangement; and
• legal obligation, where information must be retained or disclosed by law.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

4. Email subscriptions

If an email subscription service is available and you choose to subscribe, we will use the information you provide to send the requested emails.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each email or by contacting us.

After you unsubscribe, limited information may be retained on a suppression list. This ensures that we do not accidentally add you to the mailing list again.

5. Cookies and analytics

The website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Essential cookies

Essential cookies may be used for:

• website security;
• network and traffic management;
• remembering privacy choices; and
• essential WordPress functionality.

These cookies are necessary for the website to operate and do not require consent.

Optional cookies

Optional cookies may be used for audience measurement, analytics, embedded media or advertising only where those functions are active.

Where consent is legally required, optional cookies will not be activated until you have accepted them through the website’s cookie controls.

You may reject optional cookies or change your choices through the cookie settings displayed on the website. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser, although some website functions may then work differently.

6. Embedded content and external links

Articles may link to or contain content provided by external websites, such as video platforms, social networks, public authorities or companies.

External services may collect information when their content is activated. Where required, optional embedded content will be blocked until you consent to it.

We do not control the privacy practices of external websites. You should read their privacy information before providing them with personal data.

7. Who may receive your information?

Personal information may be processed by organisations that help us operate the publication, including:

• website-hosting and infrastructure providers;
• website security, backup and technical-support providers;
• email and communications providers;
• email-distribution providers, where a subscription service is offered;
• analytics providers, where analytics are enabled with the required consent;
• professional advisers, such as accountants or legal advisers; and
• public authorities, regulators, courts or law-enforcement bodies where disclosure is legally required.

These providers receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services.

We do not sell personal information or provide reader email lists to data brokers.

8. International transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure that an appropriate legal safeguard applies. This may include an adequacy decision, approved contractual protections or another transfer mechanism recognised under applicable data-protection law.

9. How long we retain information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Generally:

• routine correspondence is retained for up to 24 months after the last relevant communication;
• commercial and contractual records may be retained for up to six years where required for legal, accounting or dispute-resolution purposes;
• subscription information is retained until you unsubscribe;
• suppression-list information may be retained to honour an unsubscribe request;
• security and server logs are retained according to the hosting and security provider’s operational cycle, unless they are needed for an investigation;
• cookie-consent records are retained for as long as necessary to demonstrate and respect your choices; and
• published editorial material may be retained as part of the publication’s archive.

Backup copies are deleted or overwritten according to the relevant backup cycle.

10. Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• request access to your personal information;
• ask us to correct inaccurate information;
• request deletion of your information;
• ask us to restrict particular processing;
• object to processing based on legitimate interests;
• receive certain information in a portable format; and
• withdraw consent.

These rights are not absolute. In particular, some rights may be limited where information is processed for journalistic purposes, where publication is in the public interest or where information must be retained to comply with the law.

To make a request, email info@poland-24.com with the subject Privacy request. We may ask for information necessary to confirm your identity.

You may also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office:

Information Commissioner’s Office

If EU data-protection law applies to the processing of your information, you may also have the right to contact the supervisory authority in the country where you live or work.

11. Automated decisions

We do not use personal information collected through this website to make decisions about individuals solely through automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

12. Children

Poland 24 Business is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

13. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. These include encrypted website connections, restricted administrative access, hosting security and backups.

No internet service or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid sending confidential or sensitive documents to the general editorial inbox.

14. Corrections and editorial content

Requests concerning factual accuracy in a published article should be sent to info@poland-24.com with the subject Correction.

A request involving personal information will be considered in accordance with applicable data-protection law, freedom of expression and the public interest in maintaining an accurate editorial archive.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, suppliers or legal obligations change.

The date at the top of the page will be updated when material changes are made. Where appropriate, we may also provide an additional notice on the website.

16. Contact

For privacy questions or requests:

Email: info@poland-24.com
Subject line: Privacy request

Poland 24 Business