Published: August 13, 2020

Skynia Magazine recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of your personal information, and we have prepared this Privacy Policy to provide you with important information about our privacy practices. This Privacy Policy applies when you use a website, or other online service (social media platform, email newsletters) (collectively, the “Services”) that links or refers to it.


1. Types of information we process and where it comes from

We may collect personal information about our users in various ways. For example, we may collect information that you provide to us and information that we collect through your use of the Services.

Information You Provide to Us. When you subscribe or otherwise interact with the Services, you are invited to provide personal information to the Services. For example:

• Сontact information such as your name, e-mail address, alternative contacts;
• Additional information as language and liturgical calendar you use.

Automatically Collected Information. In addition to the information you provide to us directly, we may collect information about your use of the Services or your device. As discussed further below, we and our service providers (which are third-party companies that work on our behalf), may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies, to assist in collecting this information.

For example, we may collect:

• Device information — such as your hardware model, IP address, other unique device identifiers, operating system version, browser type and settings, such as language and available font settings, and settings of the device you use to access the Services.
• Usage information — such as information about the Services you use, the time and duration of your use of the Services and other information about your interaction with content offered through a Service, and any information stored using cookies, mobile ad identifiers, and similar technologies that we have set on your device.

2. Use of your information

To Provide and Manage the Services You Request. This includes, for example, processing your subscription, sending you email newsletters, or enabling you to participate in the features provided by the Services.

To Contact You. We may periodically contact you with offers and information about the Services and our affiliates, including in connection with your accounts, online surveys, new features that you are entitled to access, and other important information. You may opt out of receiving commercial email messages from us by following the instructions contained in those email messages.


3. Sharing of Information

The following provides information about entities with which we may share information.

Third Parties that Provide Content, Advertising, or Functionality. When you use our Services, third parties may collect or receive certain information about you and/or your use of the Services (e.g., hashed data, click stream information, browser type, time and date, information about your interactions with advertisements and other content), including through the use of cookies, beacons, and similar technologies, in order to provide content, advertising, or functionality or to measure and analyze ad performance, on our Services or other websites or platforms. This information may be combined with information collected across different websites, online services, and other linked or associated devices. These third parties may use your information to improve their own services and consistent with their own privacy policies.


4. How to Access or Update Your Information & Other Privacy Choices Available To You

Manage Your Subscription. You may access or modify your Skynia’s subscription by sending a request to our email address skinia.ua@gmail.com. If you no longer want to be included into our newsletter, please unsubscribe from it or contact us to update or delete your data.

Email Promotions. You may opt out of receiving commercial email messages from us by following the instructions contained in those email messages.

Other Choices. The local laws where you live (e.g., laws of the E.U. and California) may permit you to make certain requests.


5. How long do we keep your data for?

In general, we keep your personal information for as long as we need it for the purpose for which it was collected.


6. How We Use Cookies, Web Beacons, and Similar Technologies and How To Disable These Technologies

We, our service providers, and third parties that provide content, advertising, or functionality or measure and analyze performance on our Services, may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to facilitate administration and navigation on the Site, to better understand and improve our Services, to determine and/or improve the advertising shown to you here or elsewhere, and to provide you with a customized online experience.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies. We and our third-party partners may use various technologies to automatically collect and store certain device and usage information (as discussed above) when you interact with Service and this may include using cookies and similar tracking technologies. For example, when you receive and engage with our newsletter, web beacons track certain behavior such as whether the email was delivered and opened and whether links within the email were clicked. Both web beacons and SDKs allow our third parties to collect information such as your IP address, browser, email client type, and other similar data as further described above. This information is used to measure the performance of our newsletter, and to provide analytics information and enhance the effectiveness of our Service, and for the other purposes described above.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically but can be configured not to do so or to notify the user when a cookie is being sent. If you wish to disable cookies, refer to your browser help menu to learn how to disable cookies. If you disable browser cookies or flash cookies, it may interfere with the proper functioning of the Services.


7. California Privacy Rights

CCPA Rights. California residents can make certain requests about their personal information under the CCPA. Specifically, if you are a California resident, you may request that we:

• provide you with information about: the categories of personal information we collect, disclose, or sell about you; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information. Such information is also set forth in this Privacy Policy.
• provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you;
• delete certain information we have about you; and/or
• provide you with information about the financial incentives that we offer to you if any.

Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we may retain certain information for legal compliance and to secure our Services. We may need certain information in order to provide the Services to you; if you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to use the Services.

The CCPA further provides you with the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising your rights under the CCPA.

If you would like information regarding your rights under applicable law or would like to exercise any of them, please email us at skinia.ua@gmail.com. To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity and requests before granting such requests, including by verifying your account information, residency, or the email address you provide.

Shine the Light Disclosure. California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.


8. Information for Certain Users Outside the United States

International Transfers. The Services are headquartered in Ukraine. Please be aware that the information you provide to us or that we obtain as a result of your use of the Services may be collected in your country and subsequently transferred to Ukraine or to another country in accordance with applicable law. By using the Services, you consent to the collection, international transfer, storage, and processing of your information.

Users in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

If you are a user in the EEA or Switzerland, the following information applies with respect to personal data collected through your use of our Services. Under applicable law, Skynia Magazine is considered the “data controller” of the personal information we handle under this Policy. In other words, Skynia Magazine is responsible for deciding how to collect, use, and disclose this information, subject to applicable law. Our contact information appears at the end of this Policy.

Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing. We process personal data consistent with our disclosures in this Privacy Policy. We process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform our agreement to provide Services to you; and (3) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing the Services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms related to data privacy.

Transfers. Personal data we collect may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, Ukraine or any other country in which we or our affiliates or processors maintain facilities. We will ensure that transfers of personal data to a third country or an international organization are subject to appropriate safeguards.

Individual Rights. If you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, you have certain rights under Chapter 3 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. To make a request or otherwise exercise your rights under Chapter 3, you can contact us at skinia.ua@gmail.com. In order to respond to your request, we will need to verify your identity and residency and may require you to provide us with supporting information.


9. What are your rights under EU General Data Protection Law?

The law gives you certain rights in respect of the information that we hold about you. Below is a short overview of those rights.

If you wish to exercise your rights, you can write to us by email skinia.ua@gmail.com

• Your right to withdraw your consent. If we are processing your personal data on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
• Your right to access the information we hold about you. With some exceptions designed to protect the rights of others, you have the right to a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, as well as information about what we do with it, who we share it with and how long we will hold it for. We may make a reasonable charge for additional copies of that data beyond the first copy, based on our administrative costs.
• Your right to have inaccurate information about you rectified. You have the right to have the information we hold about you corrected if it is factually inaccurate.
• Your right to object to what we do with your data, and to have restrictions placed upon it. Where we process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you have the right to object to that processing and to have restrictions placed upon it while we consider your objection.
• Your right to have your information erased in some circumstances. You have the right to require us to delete the information that we hold about you if it is no longer necessary for the purpose we collected it for, and there is no other legal basis on which we must, or are allowed to, retain it.
• Your right to stop receiving direct marketing from us. You have the right to require us to stop sending you direct marketing material (for example, promotional emails). It can sometimes take a few days to action these requests.

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting changes here, or by other appropriate means. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will become effective when the updated policy is posted on the Services. Your use of the Services or your provision of personal information to use the Services following such changes indicates your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.


11. Contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or if you wish to exercise your rights you can contact us email at skinia.ua@gmail.com. Alternatively, you can write to the Skynia Magazine, p/b 6347, Lviv 79059, Ukraine.