This Cookie Notice explains how information regarding users visiting the website www.wastelessdhs.pl (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) is collected, used, and shared.
“Cookies” means the cookie files referred to in points 2 and 3 below.
“We” / “Us” / “Our” means Veolia Energia Warszawa S.A. and, as the case may be, the company referred to in point 1 acting as a publisher of content on the websites (“Publisher“).
“Third Party” means anyone who is not a user, nor any of the Veolia Group companies, nor the Publisher.
“User” means visitors or users of the website.
“GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
This Cookie Notice may be updated at any time in the event of changes to applicable legal regulations.
Our Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy“) is available here and provides detailed information on the following:
- What data is processed by Veolia Energia Warszawa S.A. and for what purpose,
- Data security and transfers outside the European Union,
- Your rights under the GDPR and how to exercise them.
- Who We Are and How We Manage Our Website
We administer the Website through a service provider:
dede.agency
ul. Szafranowa 15/1
62-064 Poznań – Plewiska
The types of cookies we use and their purposes are detailed below.
- What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on the User’s computer, tablet, or mobile phone when visiting a website. Cookies mean that the website will remember the User and how they used it upon their return visit.
- What Cookies Do We Use?
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies – Always Active
Strictly necessary cookies serve solely to enable or facilitate access to the website. They are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions made by the User which amount to a request for services, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. The User can set their browser to block or alert them about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as a result. These cookies do not require the User’s prior consent as they do not store any personally identifiable information.
3.2 Analytics Cookies – Always DISABLED Until Consent Is Given
These cookies enable:
- Measuring website performance / visit statistics,
- Detecting browsing issues,
- Organizing website content,
- Understanding how the visited website is used (sections and content visited, navigation path).
Furthermore, these cookies also make it possible to determine which information on the site may be of greatest interest to the User, in order to tailor the website to the User and improve the relevance of communications that may be sent to the User.
Data generated by such cookies includes:
- The number of User visits to the website;
- The User’s IP address to determine the city from which the connection originates.
3.3 Functional Cookies – Always DISABLED Until Consent Is Given
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices made by the User, thereby providing enhanced functionality and personalization, such as preferred language or font size selection.
- List of Cookies
The list of cookies used by us is available below:
| Cookie Category | Cookie Name | Domain | Purpose | Duration | Legal Basis |
| Necessary | cookiesjsr | www.wastelessdhs.pl | When you visit this website for the first time, you are asked for consent to use several services (including third-party services, if any) that require storing data in your browser (cookies, local storage). Your decisions regarding each service (allow, deny) are stored in this cookie and are reused upon every visit to this page. | 6 months | Legitimate interest |
| Necessary | SSESS<ID> | www.wastelessdhs.pl | If you are logged into this website, this session cookie is necessary to identify your browser and maintain connection to your user account on the website’s server. | 1 month | Legitimate interest |
| Analytics (currently we do not use this category) | _ | _ | _ | _ | Consent |
| Functional (currently we do not use this category) | _ | _ | _ | _ | Consent |
- What Is the Maximum Duration of Cookies?
5.1 Cookie Retention Periods
Cookies may be stored for a maximum period of 13 months from the date the User consents to them. Storage periods for each cookie type are detailed above.
5.2 Retention Periods for Information Collected via Cookies
Upon expiry of a cookie, the data collected through it will be deleted or anonymized, depending on the nature of the cookie.
Information collected via cookies is stored by the Publisher for a maximum period of 25 months.
- How Can You Control and Delete Cookies?
6.1 Cookie Consent Management Tool
Necessary cookies cannot be deleted or disabled, as the technical functionality of our website depends on them. The cookie consent management tool we use will also not allow blocking cookies on third-party websites linked to from our website, as we have no technical means to control those websites.
With the exception of the above “Necessary cookies”, which cannot be deactivated, the storage of all other types of cookies requires the User’s prior consent.
The cookie consent management tool allows the User to customize their cookie preferences individually. It records cookie preferences in real-time and will prompt Users for consent every 6 months to ensure Users stay up to date with updates to cookie and privacy policies. Using the cookie consent management tool, the User can decide whether they want audience measurement cookies, statistical cookies, or third-party social media sharing cookies to be saved on their terminal device while browsing our website. They may also delete or block cookies.
Upon the User’s first visit to the website, a banner with information about cookies is displayed. The User can then accept/activate or decline/disable the saving of cookies via the information banner by checking/unchecking the relevant boxes. Except for the box concerning necessary cookies, all other boxes are unchecked by default. Any deactivation (unchecking a box) constitutes a refusal to store the respective cookies.
By continuing to browse the website or clicking on any of its elements, the User consents to the saving of cookies in accordance with default settings.
If the User consents to cookies being saved on their terminal device, cookies integrated with the pages and content viewed will be temporarily stored in a dedicated location on their device. They can only be read by the sender.
Refusal to allow the storage of non-necessary cookies will not result in restricted access to the website.
The User’s choices (consent or refusal) regarding cookies remain valid for a period of 6 months. After this period, during the next visit to the website, the User will need to make their choice again.
At any time, the User can withdraw consent or change cookie choices by clicking on the “Manage cookies” link, available on all pages of the website.
6.2 In the Browser
To disable cookies via your browser, follow the instructions usually located in the “Help”, “Tools”, or “Edit” menu of your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or an entire category of cookies does not delete them from the User’s browser. Below are instructions on how to manage cookies in the most popular browsers:
Safari:
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac
Microsoft:
Google Chrome:
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=pl&answer=95647
Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/pl/kb/blokowanie-ciasteczek
Please note:
The User’s decision to accept or reject cookies is itself based on one or more cookies. Deleting cookies associated with the website will erase the selection made by the User and visible to Veolia Energia Warszawa S.A., requiring the choice to be made again upon the next visit to one of our websites. This will also be necessary when using different browsers or devices, such as a tablet or smartphone.
7. How Can You Obtain Additional Information or Exercise Your Rights?
7.1 By Contacting Veolia:
Regarding cookies stored by our websites, Veolia Energia Warszawa encourages users to contact: komunikacja.pl.vwaw@veolia.com
To exercise your rights regarding the data we collect, please contact the DPO (Data Protection Officer) at: inspektor.pl.vpol@veolia.com
