PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY


This document regulates the Privacy and cookie policy of the website BananaCV.com available at www.bananacv.com, hereinafter referred to as the „Service”.

The Service is managed by Jungle Company 9213556084 registered in HM Revenue & Customs, 8 Royal Parade, W5 1ET, London hereinafter referred to as: the Service Provider. You may contact the Service Provider by electronic mail: hello@bananacv.com



I. Introduction

In the section describing the privacy policy we inform about the terms and conditions of collecting, processing, using and protecting the personal data of Users of the Service within the meaning of the Terms of the Service BananaCV.com, available at the website www.bananacv.com.

Personal data shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Identifiable person is a person whose identity can be, directly or indirectly, determined, in particular by referring to his or her identification number or one or few specific factors determining his or her characteristics. Information shall not be considered as information on the basis of which identity of a person can be determined, if it would require excessive costs, time or actions.

In this document we also specify the technologies we use to process data. They include: browser cache operation, geolocation, pixel tags, etc.

To the extent of the cookie policy, we inform about the terms and conditions for storage of information or obtaining access to information already stored in the telecommunications terminal equipment of end users. End user shall mean a natural person or entity that uses a publicly available telecommunications service or requests to provide such service in order to satisfy his or her own needs.


II. Declaration

We aim to pursue the superior objective, which is respect for the privacy of Users, with the observance of due diligence. In order to achieve it, we implement the standards and principles provided for in the general binding laws, in particular:






  • the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/679 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), OJ EU L 119 of 04.05.2016 as amended).

In particular, we make every endeavour to ensure that User personal data are:






  • processed in accordance with law,
  • collected for the legitimate purposes specified in this document,
  • not subject to further processing for purposes other than those specified above,
  • substantively correct and adequate to the purposes for which they are processed,
  • properly protected against unauthorised access, destruction, disclosure and illegal use,
  • stored in such a form that makes it possible to identify the data subjects, for a period not longer than it is necessary to achieve the purpose of processing.

Data processed by the Service Provider in the Service are stored on safe and professional servers, under the agreements concluded by the Service Provider. The said agreements provide for proper level of data security.


III. Controller of personal data

The controller of personal data processed within the Service activity is the Service Provider, i.e. Jungle Company.



IV. Basis for the processing of personal data

In the first place, we may process the personal data of Users that use the services offered by the Service, if this is:






  • necessary for establishing, designing contents, modifying or terminating the legal relationship between the User and the Service Provider, to the extent of such data as: - (for instance) User’s last name and first names, - personal identification number or – when this number hasn’t been assigned – number of passport, identity card or other document confirming the identity, - permanent residence address, - correspondence address, if different than the permanent address, - data used for verification of an electronic signature, - electronic addresses,
  • realised in order to effect agreements or other legal activity with the User, if it is necessary due to nature of the service provided or way of its billing,
  • justified by the purpose of describing the way of using the services provided by electronic means by the User through the website at URL address: https://www.bananacv.com, to the extent of traffic data, i.e. data containing: denotations identifying the User assigned on the basis of the data referred to in the first point - denotations identifying the telecommunication network terminal or ICT system, which have been used by the User, - information about commencement, termination and a range of every usage of the service provided by electronic means; - information about using of the service provided by electronic means by the User.


We shall not process the afore-specified personal data after the User terminates his or her use of the service provided by the Service Provider, including by electronic means, however we reserve a possibility of further use of the data from among those specified above, which are:






  • necessary for billing the service or proceeding with claims for payments due to using of the service,
  • necessary for the purposes of marketing, market research and research on behaviour and preferences of the User with the results to be used for the needs of improving quality of services provided by the Service Provider, upon the User’s consent,
  • necessary for investigation into circumstances of illicit usage of the service,
  • admitted for processing by relevant acts or an agreement.


In the second place, we may process personal data, if it is necessary for the performance of an agreement to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to conclusion of an agreement.

Notwithstanding the above, we may also process personal data, if it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate aims pursued by us or by data recipients, and the processing doesn’t infringe the rights and freedoms of the data subject. Legitimate aim shall mean in particular direct marketing of our products or services, as well as pursuing claims arising from our business activity.

In other cases, we request you to give your consent for the processing of your personal data voluntarily. You may give the consent in particular by ticking the checkbox next to the statement on giving your consent to the processing of personal data.


V. Personal data filing systems, their scopes and purposes of processing

We process the personal data of Users in systematised filing systems, which we define through the purpose of their processing. We process the said data within the scope necessary for achievement of the established objective. The list below comprises filing systems, scopes and purposes of data processing.


Personal data filing system for persons who set up an account in the Service

Purpose of processing:






  • concluding and implementing an agreement for running an Account and providing access to the services of the creator of CVs and cover letters, handling complaints

Scope:






  • IP address,
  • first and last name
  • current country
  • email
  • residential address (street, building/apartment number, postal code, Province/state, city)
  • date of birth
  • phone number
  • profession
  • history of education
  • history of professional experience


Personal data filing system for persons who have placed an order for a paid service as part of the premium package

Purpose of processing:






  • concluding and implementing an agreement for providing a paid service as part of the premium package, including accounting of the agreement, pursuing claims and handling complaints.

Scope:






  • IP address,
  • first and last name
  • current country
  • email
  • residential address (street, building/apartment number, postal code, Province/state, city)
  • date of birth
  • phone number
  • profession
  • history of education
  • history of professional experience


Personal data filing system for persons who cooperate with the Service as part of the affiliate program

Purpose of processing:






  • concluding and implementing an affiliate agreement, including accounting of the agreement, pursuing claims and handling complaints.

Scope:






  • IP address,
  • first and last name
  • current country
  • email
  • residential address (street, building/apartment number, postal code, Province/state, city)
  • date of birth
  • phone number
  • profession
  • history of education
  • history of professional experience


Personal data filing system for persons who have signed up for newsletter

Purpose of processing:






  • Enabling us to use the website functionalities within the scope of information.

Scope:






  • IP address,
  • first and last name
  • current country
  • email
  • residential address (street, building/apartment number, postal code, Province/state, city)
  • date of birth
  • phone number
  • profession
  • history of education
  • history of professional experience


VI. Outsourcing and transfer of personal data

We may outsource other entities (processors) to process the personal data of Users. Processors may be such entities as e.g. hosting providers, entities providing accounting or legal services, payment operators or other entities with which we cooperate to duly provide our services. The processing of personal data may be outsourced only on the basis of a written data processor agreement. Current list of entities we outsource to process data (processors) is constantly available to all Users. In order to be granted access to it, just send as such request. You may do it e.g. by sending an email message to the address: hello@bananacv.com.

We shall not transfer any personal data outside the European Economic Area.

We shall not make the collected data available to any third parties, except for situations, where it is required under the general binding law, i.e. on the basis of a request from an authority or court that is authorised to make such request.


VII. User rights

In connection with the processing of personal data, Users shall have the following rights related to it:






  • the right of access to the content of their data,
  • the right to correct their data,
  • the right to request to have their personal data completed, updated and rectified, temporarily or permanently suspended or erased, if they are incomplete, out-of-date, untrue or have been collected in violation of the law or are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected,
  • the right to withdraw at any time the consent to the processing of personal data for marketing purposes,
  • to lodge a complaint to the supervisory body in relation to violation of the laws applying to the processing of personal data.

We may provide functionalities of the system which make the exercise of the said rights possible.


VIII. Server logs

They are internal logs of events of the Service server that automatically store the page requests sent when Users are using the website maintained at the address bananacv.com. System logs contain the page request sent by the Customer, IP address, browser type, browser language, date and time of the request and at least one cookie file, which may unambiguously identify the User’s browser.

We use the data gathered in the system logs for an indefinite period of time, only for the purpose of administration of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com. They are not provided to any third party, except for the circumstances described in this document.

As the website maintained at the address bananacv.com. is used by Users, we may automatically collect and store in the server logs the technical details concerning the way of using the services, the requests sent by the User in connection with the use of services by electronic means, IP address and technical data on operation of the website in connection with the activities performed by the User. They are, in particular, information on commencement, termination and each use of the service provided by electronic means. We may also collect information to store it locally on the User’s equipment, using the browser cache mechanism.

IX. Cache memory

When providing services for the benefit of Users, we may automatically use the cache memory of the browser, an application or equipment of the User. This use consists in storing data in the browser cache installed in the User’s equipment. Local cache makes it possible to store the intersession data i.e. data between consecutive sessions of the User. The purpose of using the cache memory is to speed up use of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com through elimination of a situation, in which the same data would be repeatedly downloaded, thus burdening the User’s Internet connection.


X. Geolocation

We, or the third parties through the cookies they control, may use the functionality of geolocation, which consists in collecting and processing information about the User’s location. For this purpose, we may process such data as: IP number, data from GPS sensor, data from Wi-Fi point or from mobile network base stations.


XI. Pixel tag

We, or the third parties through the cookies they control, may use the functionality of pixel tags. They are elements published in digital content which make it possible to register information e.g. on the User’s activity on the website.


XII. Cookies - introduction

We provide services to Users with the use of professional technologies for collection and storage of information, such as cookies. Cookies are widely used, tiny files containing a sequence of digits, which are sent and stored on the terminal equipment (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone) used by the User while visiting the Service. The said information is sent to the browser being used, which browser then sends it back when the website is viewed again. Cookies contain information necessary for proper use of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com. They usually contain name of the website from which they origin, time for which they’ve been stored on the terminal equipment and a unique number. Access to data from cookies may be also granted to external entities.


XIII. Basis for the processing of cookies

We request the Users that use the services provided by electronic means through the website maintained at the address bananacv.com to give their voluntary consent to the processing of cookies through storage of information or granting access to information already stored on their telecommunications terminal equipment.

The consent to the processing of cookies shall be given, in particular, by using the button with the statement on giving the consent to the processing of cookies or by confirming the fact of reading the terms and conditions thereof. The consent may be withdrawn at any time, free of charge, as described in the section relating to cookie management


XIV. What cookies do we use?

We may classify cookies according to three methods of division.

In terms of the purposes for which cookies are used, we may distinguish three categories:






  • strictly necessary cookies – they are files which facilitate proper operation of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com and the functionalities that the User wants to use, e.g. authentication cookies. If they are not stored on the User’s equipment, it is impossible to use the website maintained at the address bananacv.com,
  • functional cookies – they are files which enable the website to remember the settings chosen by User and to tailor them to his or her needs and preferences, e.g. as regards the chosen language, font size, appearance of an internet site. They let the Service Provider improve the website functionalities and performance. If they are not stored on the User’s equipment, use of some functionalities of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com may be limited;
  • business cookies - this category comprises e.g. marketing cookies. They make it possible to tailor the advertisements displayed on the website maintained at the address bananacv.com or outside it to the User’s preferences. If they are not stored on the User’s equipment, use of some functionalities of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com may be limited.


In terms of their validity period, we distinguish two categories of cookies:






  • session cookies - existing by the end of a given session of the User,
  • persistent cookies - existing after the User’s session comes to an end.


In terms of differentiation of the entity that controls cookies, we select:






  • cookies of the Service Provider,
  • third party cookies.


XV. Cookies of the Service Provider

Cookies of the Service Provider make it possible to recognise the User’s equipment and display the website of the Service tailored to the User’s individual expectations, which is why using its functionalities becomes easier and nicer. When such cookies are stored on the User’s equipment, it is possible e.g. to remember login data, maintain the session after logging in, remember the selected products or services, or tailor to the User’s preferences, such as e.g. Content arrangement, language or its colour.


XVI. Third party cookies

The Service may use cookies used by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, the United States, as part of the following services:






  • Google Adwords - they make it possible to run advertising campaigns implemented with the use of Google Adwords service, and to evaluate the quality of such campaigns,
  • Google Analytics – they make it possible to evaluate the quality of advertising campaigns implemented with the use of Google Adwords service, as well as to research the behaviour and traffic of Users and to make traffic statistics,
  • Google Maps – they make it possible to store information about the User enabling him or her to use functionalities of the maps available as part of the service Google Maps. Google Inc. may track the User’s location,
  • YouTube – they make it possible to store information about the User enabling him or her to use functionalities of the service YouTube. Google Inc. may track what films the User has displayed.

The Service may use cookies used by Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, the United States. These cookies may be used to link the User accounts: in an external social media service Facebook with the Account, if the Service provides such functionality. These cookies may also be used to process in the service Facebook the User’s activities performed with the use of the buttons “Share” or “Like”. Processing of the said activities may be public.

Use of third party cookies is contingent on the privacy and cookie policy applicable by such parties. We encourage you to get familiar with the personal data processing principles and the privacy protection policies of the entities that most often and in the broadest scope process our data:







XVII. Management of cookies and other information

The browser settings usually by default allow cookies and other information to be placed on the terminal equipment. If the User doesn’t agree to have such cookies stored, it is necessary to adjust settings of the web browser adequately. It is possible to disable such cookies for all connections from a given browser or for a specific website; they may also be erased. The way of cookie management depends of the software used. Currently applicable cookie management principles can be found in settings of the web browser being used.

To manage cookie settings, select from the list below your web browser/system and proceed as instructed:






To the extent of information on User preferences gathered by Google advertising network, the User may view and edit the information contained in cookies using the tool Google Ads Preferences.

Information on cookie management on a mobile phone can be found in the User’s Manual of a given phone.

The consent to the processing of cookies is voluntary. Nevertheless, you should bear in mind that limitations in use of cookies may make it difficult or impossible to use some functionalities of the website maintained at the address bananacv.com


XVIII. Links to other websites or software

The Service may contain links to other websites or software. We shall not be liable for the principles relating to the observance of the cookie policy and cookie processing policy applicable on such external website. We recommend you should get familiar with the privacy and cookie policies of these websites or software after accessing to or before installing thereof.


XIX. Changes in the privacy and cookie policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy and cookie policy. In this case we shall post its updated version in this location.


XX. Contact and requests

We continually make every endeavour to ensure that the personal data of Users and cookies are processed with the observance of the highest standards. Therefore, we have implemented an immediate response system in case of situations, where these standards are at risk. If you identify any such risk or infringement, please contact us forthwith using the following data:


e-mail: hello@bananacv.com

We will be happy to read any feedback. Hence, if you have any questions, requests or doubts in relation to the processing of personal data or cookies, do not hesitate to contact us.