Privacy Policy

Welcome to the website of the Grigor Dimitrov Foundation

Personal data (PD) is any information relating to a natural person who is identified or can be identified directly or indirectly by one or more specific characteristics. The protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their PD is a fundamental right guaranteed by law. This right is not absolute.

The Grigor Dimitrov Foundation (“GDF,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is responsible for the confidentiality of the information and PD provided to us or acquired by us. We do our best to ensure their adequate protection in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in force since May 25, 2018. The processing of PD does not lead to discrimination on any grounds.

The Privacy Policy (PP) is an integral part of the General Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website. It may be periodically changed and updated, and the current version will always be available on our Website, with the date of the last update indicated at the beginning of the PP. The Website uses cookies in accordance with the Cookie Policy described below.

We are

The Grigor Dimitrov Foundation is a Bulgarian non-governmental organization. The foundation’s EIK (Unique Identification Code) is 206137495, its headquarters are located in Sofia, Sofia Municipality, Sofia Province, and its management address is 36B Atanas Dukov Street. Its founder and Chairman of the Board is Grigor Dimitrov, and the director of the foundation is Maria Dimitrova.

Contact with the GDF is generally made via email at: office@grigordimitrovfoundation.org

Our Privacy Policy explains the following

The PP explains a number of issues, including what personal information and data we collect through our Website and the purposes for which we process it, as well as to whom we provide it. The practices described in this PP apply only to information you provide to us through the use of our Website. When you use www. grigordimitrovfoundation.org (“Website”), whether you are just visiting to learn about our activities, applying for financial support, writing us an email, nominating a child, or sending us a message by filling out a contact form, you are sharing information that may contain PD. Consent for the processing of PD of minors is given on their behalf by a parent or guardian, and for minors – by the person with the consent of a parent or guardian.

The information we collect about you

Information you provide to us When you apply for financial support, send us an email, nominate a child, send us a message by filling out a contact form or form, when you follow up with us during the review of your applications, as well as during the implementation and reporting of our financial support to you. The information may include identification data, contact details (email and phone number), financial information, and other data that may be required for the subsequent processing of your data in connection with a financial support agreement.

Information we receive about you Our website collects information that your browser sends to us when you visit us (“system data”). System data may include: your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, device type, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

We use Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), which collects and processes information about your actual location and other technical information about your visit to our Website. For this purpose, we use the cookies described below in this Policy (“Cookie Policy”). For more information, please see Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

We use Facebook Pixel, a tool operated by Facebook Inc., for the purpose of analyzing, optimizing, and economically exploiting the Website. With the help of Facebook Pixel, Facebook is able to identify visitors to our website as a target group for displaying advertisements on Facebook and other platforms owned by the company (Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.). However, this collected data is anonymous to us and we are not provided with any information about the identity of users. Facebook stores and processes it so that it can be linked to the relevant user profile. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s Privacy Policy, where you can find more information about how Facebook Pixel works.

When we collect information about you

When you simply visit our Website, you do not need to disclose any personal information. However, there are a number of circumstances in which you will need to provide us with PD:

When you fill out a funding application—so that we can review it and follow up with you;
When we approve a funding application and proceed to conclude a contract;
When we draw up scholarship contracts;
When you fill out the contact form so that we can publish news;
When you have requested information or assistance by email or by filling out a contact form, so that we can send you a personalized response;
When you fill out the contact form;
When you make a donation;
When you want us to issue a donation certificate;
When you participate in a survey, questionnaire, research, or discussion panel for the purposes of conducting them and analyzing the results;
When you register and participate in our programs, activities, initiatives, and events for the purposes of conducting them;
When you participate in communities, closed groups, and virtual chat rooms, as well as other interactive services, in order to administer our programs and projects and related activities;
In connection with verifying the information you have submitted to verify your identity and prevent abuse and violations of the Website’s terms of use;
In the course of our communication about projects, initiatives, events, and other activities announced on the Website;
When you make comments or provide us with additional information in a section of the Website that allows this.

As well as others, in connection with each section of the Website where you knowingly and voluntarily provide personal information and data.

When you use your profile on social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others to use the Website, we have the right to process your PD that you have made available on your profile.

What we use it for:

To respond to your inquiries;
To process your applications/requests;
To process the forms you have filled out (for requests, nominations, news), as well as further processing of data for the purposes of concluding, executing, and reporting on contracts;
To send information about various features of our Website or news about FGD;
To personalize our communication with you;
To register for an event or participate in a program;
To optimize or improve our initiatives and activities;
For the purposes of research and development of our business;
For editorial purposes in preparing publications related to the activities of the FGD;
For the purposes of detecting, investigating, and preventing actions that may violate our policies or be illegal;
For developing new programs.

On what basis do we process your personal data

Contractual and pre-contractual obligation – to take steps at your request prior to entering into a financing agreement, as well as to conclude and perform such an agreement;
Legal obligation – to comply with the obligations imposed on us by law, e.g. for financial and accounting purposes;
Your consent – we automatically receive your consent for processing and public disclosure when you voluntarily send us information about your children’s participation and achievements;
Legitimate interest – for the purposes of our legitimate interests as a funding organization providing grant aid, supporting and assisting various programs and initiatives in the Republic of Bulgaria, which is guided by certain principles and values. Our activities are subject to internal and external audits. We need certain information and personal data in order to prevent possible misuse of the funds granted. In order to remain true to our overall mission and the strategies that support it, we need to evaluate and possibly promote the results of each project.

Retention period for your information

We retain PD for the period necessary to fulfill the specific purpose for which it is processed or as required by law.

Who we share your PD with

FGD is committed to applying the highest standards of ethical and legal practices in all its activities, including with regard to the protection of the PD of all users of the Website. Except as provided below, we do not transfer or disclose, nor do we allow anyone outside FGD and its authorized persons to access or use your personal information. We may share your data with: (1) our partners and service providers for the purposes of performing a contract, including with a view to improving and optimising our Website; (2) FGD’s partners in joint initiatives, co-organisers of events and other activities; (3) persons specified in a normative act. These categories of recipients are legally or contractually obliged to maintain the confidentiality and security of all your personal information and data. They are not entitled to use, disclose or alter this information in any way, except for the purposes of performing the services assigned to them by us. We reserve the right to disclose your personal data and information to the competent authorities in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law.

The FSD may transfer data to its partners, counterparties, and service providers based in the EU and outside the EU with whom the FSD has contractual relationships. FGD will ensure that PD is adequately protected by imposing contractual obligations on the receiving party to ensure that it maintains the same high level of data privacy and protection as FGD.

In the absence of appropriate safeguards, data transfers may be carried out due to the need to perform pre-contractual measures taken at your request for the purpose of executing a contract between you and the FGD, as well as for the purpose of concluding or performing a contract between the FGD and another natural or legal person concluded in your interest. In some cases, the transfer may be necessary for important reasons of public interest.

Your rights

Right of access and right to rectification You have the right to obtain information about what PD related to you is processed by FGD, what the source of the data is, for what purposes it has been used, and to which third parties it has been disclosed. You also have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete PD at any time. If the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of its repetitive character, FGD may refuse to act on the request.

Right to erasure of data (right to be forgotten) You may request that your personal data (PD) be erased in specific circumstances: (1) the PD is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, (2) the consent on which the processing of PD is based has been withdrawn and there is no other legal basis for continuing the processing, (3) the processing is unlawful, or (4) the PD must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation applicable to the FGD. This right is not absolute, and we may not comply with your request to the extent that the processing is necessary for other purposes, including where the processing of your data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation applicable to FGD, for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, etc.

You can contact us at the email address above to receive additional information about the deletion of your personal data.

Right to object You have the right to object to the processing of your PD for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, for the purposes of the legitimate interests of FGD, including profiling on those grounds. However, even if you object to certain processing, we may continue to process it if we are permitted or required to do so, for example, to comply with legal requirements or contractual obligations we have to you.

Right to restrict processing You may request that the processing of PD be restricted if (1) you believe that your personal data is inaccurate, so that we can verify its accuracy, or (2) you believe that the processing is unlawful, but you do not want the data to be deleted, or (3) you have objected to the processing of the data for the purposes of our legitimate interests, or (4) you believe that we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Right to withdraw consent If you have given your consent to the processing of your PD for specific purposes at any time, you can always withdraw this consent for future processing. Please note that withdrawing consent for a specific purpose does not affect the lawfulness of processing your PD on another valid legal basis, nor does it affect the lawfulness of processing based on the consent given before it was withdrawn.

Right to data portability In certain cases, you have the right to receive your PD that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you may also request that we transfer this data directly to another controller, where technically feasible. This right does not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Right to lodge a complaint If you believe that the processing of your PD is unlawful, you may lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. We advise you to address your claims to the FGD first in order to obtain a faster and more effective resolution of the issue.

If you wish to exercise your rights or contact us for further information you can send us a request to the email address above.

COOKIE POLICY

In order to provide an optimal user experience during your visit to our Website, FGD uses cookies (including in connection with the services provided by Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel, as described above) to obtain certain user information about how and when certain sections of our Website are viewed, as well as how many people have visited them. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit our Website and allow your actions and preferences to be remembered for a certain period of time, so that you do not have to enter them each time you visit our Website or move from one page to another.

Our Website uses the following types of cookies:
Strictly necessary – these enable our Website to function by supporting basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the Website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they are activated automatically (i.e., before you click the “I understand” button).
Functional cookies enable the Website to remember information that changes the way it behaves or looks, such as your language preferences, etc. By refusing these cookies, you may not have access to the full information on the Website.
Marketing cookies – these are used to track visitors between separate sites, with the aim of displaying advertisements that are relevant and attractive to the individual user, making them more valuable to publishers and third-party advertisers.
Third-party cookies: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Storify, and others may place cookies for sharing content on social networks or for compiling access statistics. The presence, number, and status of cookies may depend on how you use the respective platforms before or during your visit to the Website. For more information, please refer to the respective website’s policy on social media cookies.

By clicking on the “I understand” button in the cookie banner or by continuing to use our website without changing your browser settings, you agree to the use of cookies. You accept the use of all cookies, including, but not limited to, for the purposes of Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel, as described above.

You can at any time set your browser to refuse, remove, or block cookies that are stored on your computer or to show you when a cookie is generated, without affecting the use of most of the Website’s features. For more information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.