Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how GVGI z.s., registered at Vinohradská 2396/184, 130 00 Prague, Czech Republic, ID No.: 08322902, registered in the Register of Associations maintained by the Municipal Court in Prague, file number L 72257, since 30 July 2019 ("we", "us", "our"), processes your personal data when you use our website abilitymeter.com (“Website”).

Territorial Scope

This privacy policy does not apply to users located in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. If you are accessing this website from any of these countries, please discontinue use immediately.

1. What Data We Collect

We collect various types of data to provide and improve our services:

• Identification data: e-mail address, username, password.
• Contact data: e-mail, phone number (if provided).
• Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers, screen resolution, date and time of access, and referring URL. From your IP address, we may derive geolocation data such as your country, city, and timezone.
• Usage and Interaction data: Information about how you use our Website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, session duration, scroll depth (how far you scroll down a page), and details about your clicks (such as which buttons or links you click and their text content). We also collect performance metrics (Core Web Vitals).
• Form data: Information you voluntarily provide via forms, including any submitted data, form interaction events (like starting to fill out a form), and captcha attempts.

2. Purposes and Legal Bases

• Contractual necessity: Providing and operating the Website and its functionalities.
• Legitimate interests: Improving the Website, security, fraud prevention, and performing analytics to understand user behavior.
• Legal obligation: Compliance with applicable laws.
• Consent: For using non-essential cookies (Analytics and Marketing) and for sending direct marketing communications.

You may withdraw your consent at any time.

3. Retention Period

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes above or as required by law. For marketing purposes, data are kept for a maximum of 5 years or until consent is withdrawn.

4. Recipients and Data Transfers

We may share your data with:

• Our processors (hosting, analytics, technical support, email providers), always under strict confidentiality and data processing agreements.
• Legal and regulatory authorities if required by law.
• In the event of a business transfer or merger.

We may transfer data outside the EU/EEA (e.g., to the USA) if our partners are based there, always using approved safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses).

5. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data.
• Rectify incorrect or outdated data.
• Erase your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Restrict or object to processing.
• Data portability (obtain and transfer your data).
• Withdraw consent at any time (for consent-based processing).
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in the Czech Republic, this is the ÚOOÚ).

To exercise your rights, please contact us via email at legal@gvghs.com or use our Contact Us page.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (like `localStorage`) to operate and analyze our Website. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device. You can manage your preferences at any time.

Our technologies fall into these categories:

• Necessary: Required for basic website functionality, like security and network management. These cannot be disabled.
• Analytics: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This includes tracking page views, clicks, and scroll depth. These are only used with your consent.
• Marketing: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These are only used with your consent.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time via the cookie settings banner or a link in the footer of our website.

7. Children’s Privacy

The Website is not intended for persons under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

8. Data Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.

9. Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be published on our Website.

10. Contact

For any requests or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our data controller at legal@gvghs.com or use our Contact Us page. We respond within 30 days.