Website Visitor Privacy and Cookie Policy
This Website visitor privacy and cookie policy (hereinafter referred to as the Policy) is designed to inform you about how we process your personal data to ensure proper public limited company “KN Energies” (hereinafter referred to as the KN) website functionality, administration of the content and adopting website to your needs. This Policy is based on 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), hereinafter referred to as GDPR), the Republic of Lithuania Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data, other legal acts of the European Union and the Republic of Lithuania.
Purpose: Website improvement and administration
Purpose: Ensuring cyber security and security of confidential information
Analytical – these cookies allow us to record your visit to the website. They are used to ensure the information displayed is relevant to the interests of you, while also making it clear to the employees managing the website content which content is relevant and in demand. These cookies are activated only when the visitor's consent is obtained. In this case, the following Google Analytics analytical cookies are used:
KN can transfer the visitor's data to the authorized institutions and other entities provided for in the Law on Cyber Security of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on the Protection of Objects Important for Ensuring National Security of the Republic of Lithuania and the Law on Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Lithuania and other entities that have the right to receive data in accordance with the legislation in force in the Republic of Lithuania.
These accounts are currently used on behalf of KN:
The storage of the Visitor's personal data for a longer period than specified in this Policy may be carried out only when:
Upon receipt of such a request or instruction, we will provide a response within 30 (thirty) calendar days and will perform or refuse to perform the actions specified in the request. Data are provided free of charge once a calendar year.
Depending on the complexity and number of requests, we shall be entitled to extend the one-month period by a further two months, informing the applicant before the end of the first month and stating the reasons for such extension.
If the request is made by electronic means, the response shall also be provided to the data subject by electronic means, unless this is not possible (e.g. due to the extremely large amount of information) or if the data subject requests a response by other means.
We may refuse the data subject's request and in this case will provide a reasoned response in writing, explaining the circumstances specified in the legislation.
We shall process personal data in a manner that ensures adequate security of personal data through appropriate technical or organisational measures, including protection against loss, unauthorized use, and alteration.
Public limited company KN Energies (KN), legal entity code 110648893, e-mail address [email protected], telephone No. +370 46 391 772, fax +370 46 311 399, address – Burių st. 19, LT-92276 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
If you have any questions or problems with recommendations or requests related to ensuring the protection of personal data in the KN, you can contact the appointed Data Protection Officer by e-mail [email protected], phone +370 616 02000 or sending a letter by post to UAB “Juridicon”, Totorių g. 5-7, 01121 Vilnius.
The Policy was last revised on May 16th, 2023
1. Purpose, legal basis and categories of data processing
The following data shall be processed in the context of the maintenance of KN website, cyber security, or efforts to facilitate the browsing and use of the website by you and the adaptation of operations as required. Website visitor personal data gathered by cookies:Purpose: Website improvement and administration
| DATA CATEGORIES | |||
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| Demographics | IP address, region from which you are browsing. | ||
| Statistics | The address of the opened KN website, the most frequently read information on the website, the type and version of the browser and device, the type and version of the operating system, the language settings, webpage that was visited before visiting the website, the time spent browsing the pages, the login time, and other statistical data. | ||
| LEGAL BASIS FOR DATA PROCESSING | |||
| Consent GDPR article 6(1)(a) | With the help of analytical cookies, personal data is collected after receiving the consent of the person. Website visitors can express their consent to the use of analytical cookies on the website by an active action. The visitor can withdraw the consent (permission) given to us to use analytical cookies at any time. You can do this by changing your browser settings so that it does not accept cookies. How to do this depends on the operating system and web browser used by the visitor. Detailed information about cookies, their use, opt-out options can be found at http://AllAboutCookies.org or http://google.com/privacy_ads.html. |
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| ADDITIONAL DATA PROCESSOR USED | |||
| Company providing website maintenance | To ensure the smooth and uninterrupted operation of the KN website and the relevance of the published content. | ||
| Google Ireland Limited | The website analytics service Google Analytics is used to collect analytical information about the website's activities. Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Dublin. |
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| BI The Core Centre of State Telecommunications | To ensure the smooth and uninterrupted operation of the KN website securing it from cyber-attacks. Pilies str. 23/15, LT-01123 Vilnius, Tel. No. 8 5 239 1727, e-mail: [email protected] |
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| DATA CATEGORIES | |
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| General information | IP address |
| LEGAL BASIS FOR DATA PROCESSING | |
| Legal obligation GDPR article 6(1)(c) |
Ensure compliance of KN with the Cyber Security Law of the Republic of Lithuania and the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Protection of Important Objects for National Security and related by-laws. |
| ADDITIONAL DATA PROCESSOR USED | |
| BI The Core Centre of State Telecommunications |
Ensure smooth and uninterrupted KN internet site performance. Pilies str. 23/15, LT-01123 Vilnius, Tel. No. 8 5 239 1727, e-mail: [email protected] |
2. Sources of personal data
Personal data about you is collected directly – when you visits the website www.kn.lt and (or) consent is given for statistical cookies usage. Statistics are collected using the Google Analytics tool.3. Use of Cookies
Strictly Necessary – these cookies are necessary for the functions of the website. Without these cookies, the website would not run smoothly, these cookies are activated the moment you visit the website.| Strictly Necessary cookies | |||
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| Name | Cookie provider | Purpose | Period of validity |
| PHPSESSID | kn.lt | To support the Visitor’s session. | Throughout a browsing session |
| Cloudflare security cookies (cf_clearance, cf_chl_rc_ni and cf_chl_2) | “Cloudflare” | To ensure cyber security and the safety of confidential information, to protect against malicious attacks. | 1 year (cf_clearance) 1 hour (cf_chl_rc_ni and cf_chl_2) |
| Analytical cookies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Cookie provider | Purpose | Period of validity |
| _ga | google-analytics.com |
Logs a unique ID that is used to generate statistics on how a Visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gat | google-analytics.com | Used to excel the query rate. | 1 minute |
| _gid | google-analytics.com |
Logs a unique ID that is used to generate statistics on how a Visitor uses the website. | 24 hours |
4. Disclosure of data to the third parties
We may transfer your data to third parties who provide services related to the creation, development, administration of the website and helps to ensure the smooth and uninterrupted operation of the website by protecting it from cyber attacks (e.g. BI The Core Centre of State Telecommunications). in accordance with the instructions of internal KN policies. In such cases, only as much data as is necessary to fulfil the specific KN instruction or to provide specific services shall be provided. KN has written agreements with all service providers under which they can process Visitors' personal data only in accordance with the KN instructions, although they are unable to use the data for other purposes without the consent of KN.KN can transfer the visitor's data to the authorized institutions and other entities provided for in the Law on Cyber Security of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on the Protection of Objects Important for Ensuring National Security of the Republic of Lithuania and the Law on Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Lithuania and other entities that have the right to receive data in accordance with the legislation in force in the Republic of Lithuania.
5. Transfer of data outside the European Union
We process your data within the European Union, except in cases where the Google Analytics tool is used and the owner of this tool, US company Google Inc., processes such data in accordance with its Terms of Service or according to privacy policies on US, EU or Asian servers which can be found at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245. In such a case, Google Inc. is committed to taking appropriate measures to comply with the requirements of the EU Privacy Standards as set forth in the Google Analytics Additional Terms of Service. Standard contractual clauses are the part of agreement between Google Inc. and Google Analytics tool user.6. Data processing on social networks
All personal data which is accessed through the company's social network accounts (including messages, use of the "Like" and "Follow" fields in the social network account, etc.), managed by the respective social network service provider. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of social networking service providers.These accounts are currently used on behalf of KN:
- LinkedIn, the privacy policy is available at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy,
- YouTube, the privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en#application.
7. Data retention period
Data process for usage behaviour analysis are stored for a maximum of 24 months on Google Analytics services. Other cookies retention period is less and according to your connected session, could be no longer than 2 years if you will not perform any cookie deletion procedures on your browser. More to read in Use of Cookies section.The storage of the Visitor's personal data for a longer period than specified in this Policy may be carried out only when:
- there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an illegal activity is under investigation,
- Visitor data is necessary for the proper resolution of a dispute or complaint,
- on other grounds provided for in the legislation.
8. Data subject’s rights
You have the right to:- Know (be informed) about the processing of your personal data; (we exercise this right by providing you with this privacy policy).
- Familiarize yourself with your personal data processed by KN.
- to request the correction of your personal data when they are inaccurate and/or incomplete.
- demand the deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten"), if this can be justified by one of the reasons provided for in Article 17(1) of the GDPR;
- to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted when one of the cases provided for in Article 18(1) of the GDPR applies .
- to request access to your personal data processed automatically by us in a structured, commonly used and computer-readable format (right to data portability).
- disagree with the processing of your personal data.
9. Processing of data subject’s requests
Any request or instruction relating to the processing of data must be made in writing to KN in one of the following ways:- by submitting such a request or instruction to KN directly at Burių st. 19, LT-93239 Klaipėda,
- by sending an electronically signed request or instruction to the e-mail address [email protected].
Upon receipt of such a request or instruction, we will provide a response within 30 (thirty) calendar days and will perform or refuse to perform the actions specified in the request. Data are provided free of charge once a calendar year.
Depending on the complexity and number of requests, we shall be entitled to extend the one-month period by a further two months, informing the applicant before the end of the first month and stating the reasons for such extension.
If the request is made by electronic means, the response shall also be provided to the data subject by electronic means, unless this is not possible (e.g. due to the extremely large amount of information) or if the data subject requests a response by other means.
We may refuse the data subject's request and in this case will provide a reasoned response in writing, explaining the circumstances specified in the legislation.
10. Contact for more information
If you gave more questions regarding your data processing or this Policy, or if you want to make a request as data subject you can contact:- Public limited company „KN Energies“ by adress Burių str. 19, Klaipėda, by phone +370 46 391 772, or by email [email protected]
- if you want to apply for the exercise of your rights as a data subject - Burių str. 19, LT-92276 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
We shall process personal data in a manner that ensures adequate security of personal data through appropriate technical or organisational measures, including protection against loss, unauthorized use, and alteration.
11. Data controller
Data controller details and contacts:Public limited company KN Energies (KN), legal entity code 110648893, e-mail address [email protected], telephone No. +370 46 391 772, fax +370 46 311 399, address – Burių st. 19, LT-92276 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
12. Data protection officer
The Data Controller (KN) has appointed a Data Protection Officer to help ensure compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, to be involved in all matters relating to the protection of personal data, to monitor compliance with the Regulation and to provide advice on personal data protection.If you have any questions or problems with recommendations or requests related to ensuring the protection of personal data in the KN, you can contact the appointed Data Protection Officer by e-mail [email protected], phone +370 616 02000 or sending a letter by post to UAB “Juridicon”, Totorių g. 5-7, 01121 Vilnius.
13. Automated decision-making and profiling
KN does not make automated decisions or perform profiling in relation to you.14. Policy Changes
This Policy is reviewed and updated at least once a year. All changes to the Policy will be posted on the website. After making significant changes, we will notify you separately on the Website or by other means of communication, such as e-mail.The Policy was last revised on May 16th, 2023