Buzzoola Privacy Policy
This English text is an informational translation of the Russian-language version of the Policy. In the event of any discrepancy or conflict between the two language versions, the Russian version shall prevail. See Section 17 (Supplemental notice for Users outside the Russian Federation) for further qualifications applicable to the English-language version of this Policy.
This document governs the activities of all divisions and officers of the Company that carry out the processing of Personal Data.
| Term | Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Data | PD | Any information relating, directly or indirectly, to a determined or determinable natural person (Personal Data subject). |
| Personal Data authorised by the Personal Data subject for dissemination | Personal Data to which access by an unlimited number of persons has been granted by the Personal Data subject through consent to the processing of Personal Data authorized for dissemination in accordance with Federal Law No. 152-FZ of 27 July 2006 "On Personal Data". | |
| Biometric Personal Data | Biometric PD | Information characterizing the physiological and biological features of a person, on the basis of which their identity can be established, and which are used by the operator for the purpose of establishing the identity of the Personal Data subject. |
| Special categories of Personal Data | Information concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, state of health or intimate life. | |
| BIT LLC | Operator, Company | Buzzoola Internet Technologies, Limited liability company, TIN 7706749080, address: 109028, Moscow, Maliy Ivanovskiy per., 6, bld. 2, floor 2, office 3. |
| Law No. 152-FZ | Federal Law No. 152-FZ of 27 July 2006 "On Personal Data", as currently in force. | |
| Personal Data Operator | PD Operator | A state authority, municipal authority, legal entity or natural person that, independently or jointly with others, organizes and (or) carries out the processing of Personal Data, as well as determines the purposes of processing, the composition of the Personal Data to be processed, and the actions (operations) performed with Personal Data. |
| Processing of Personal Data | Any action (operation) or set of actions (operations) performed with the use of automation means or without such means with Personal Data, including collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), retrieval, use, transfer (dissemination, provision, granting of access), de-identification, blocking, deletion and destruction of Personal Data. | |
| Dissemination of Personal Data | Actions aimed at disclosure of Personal Data to an indeterminate range of persons. | |
| Provision of Personal Data | Actions aimed at disclosure of Personal Data to a specific person or a specific range of persons. | |
| Blocking of Personal Data | Temporary suspension of the processing of Personal Data (save where processing is necessary to clarify the Personal Data). | |
| Destruction of Personal Data | Actions because of which it becomes impossible to restore the content of Personal Data in the Personal Data Information System, and (or) because of which the material carriers of Personal Data are destroyed. | |
| De-identification of Personal Data | Actions because of which it becomes impossible, without the use of additional information, to determine the attribution of Personal Data to a specific Personal Data subject. | |
| Personal Data Information System | PDIS | The aggregate of Personal Data contained in databases and the information technologies and technical means that ensure their processing. |
| Cross-border transfer of Personal Data | Transfer of Personal Data to the territory of a foreign state to an authority of a foreign state, to a foreign natural person or to a foreign legal entity. |
This Policy has been developed in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 152-FZ, as well as other subordinate regulatory legal acts in the field of Personal Data. The Policy establishes the procedure and conditions for the processing and protection of Personal Data at the Company and the rights of Personal Data subjects; it also determines, for each purpose of Personal Data processing, the categories and list of the Personal Data processed, the categories of subjects whose Personal Data are processed, the methods and periods of processing and storage of Personal Data, and the procedure for the destruction of Personal Data upon achievement of the purposes of processing or upon the occurrence of other lawful grounds.
For the purposes of implementing the provisions of the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of Personal Data, Annex 1 to this Policy sets out, for each purpose of Personal Data processing, the categories and list of the Personal Data processed, the categories of subjects whose Personal Data are processed, and the methods of Personal Data processing.
The periods for the processing and storage of Personal Data, as well as the procedure for the destruction of Personal Data upon achievement of the purposes of their processing or upon the occurrence of other lawful grounds, for each purpose specified in Annex 1 to this Policy, shall be determined in the manner provided for in Sections 11 and 12 of this Policy.
Automated processing of Personal Data shall be carried out in the PDIS of the Company in strict compliance with this Policy.
Automated processing of Personal Data is performed by means of computing equipment, whether installed locally or interconnected in a PDIS.
Access to the PDIS shall be granted to authorized employees solely for the performance of their functions and duties.
Under automated processing, Personal Data is contained on machine-readable carriers of Personal Data. Their recording is performed using computing equipment (copying of Personal Data to any removable or non-removable machine-readable carrier, entering of Personal Data into a database, and so forth).
Where non-automated processing of Personal Data involves the use of standard document forms, the character of the information in which contemplates or permits the inclusion of Personal Data (hereinafter — the "Standard Form"), the Company ensures compliance with the following conditions:
The processing of Personal Data by other persons may be carried out on the basis of a relevant agreement with the Company, which shall contain instructions to process Personal Data, with the consent of the Personal Data subject, unless otherwise provided by Law No. 152-FZ. The instruction shall define the list of Personal Data, the list of actions (operations) with Personal Data to be performed by the person carrying out the processing, and the purposes of processing; shall establish the duty of such person to observe the confidentiality of Personal Data, the requirements set out in part 5 of Article 18 and Article 18.1 of Law No. 152-FZ, the duty upon request of the Operator, during the term of the instruction and including before commencement of the processing of Personal Data, to provide documents and other information confirming the adoption of measures and compliance, for the purposes of performing the Operator’s instruction, with the requirements, and the duty to ensure the security of Personal Data in the course of their processing; and shall set out the requirements for the protection of the Personal Data being processed in accordance with Article 19 of Law No. 152-FZ, including the requirement to notify the Operator of the events provided for in part 3.1 of Article 21 of Law No. 152-FZ.
The Company shall be entitled to carry out the cross-border transfer of Personal Data in compliance with the requirements of Article 12 of Law No. 152-FZ. Prior to the commencement of the cross-border transfer, the Company shall submit to the authorized body for the protection of the rights of Personal Data subjects (Roskomnadzor) a separate notification of its intention to carry out the cross-border transfer of Personal Data, and shall commence such transfer not earlier than the periods and conditions established by Article 12 of Law No. 152-FZ, having regard to any decision of the authorized body prohibiting or restricting the transfer (if any). Prior to effecting the transfer, the Company shall obtain from the authorities of the foreign state, the foreign natural persons or the foreign legal entities to whom Personal Data are being transferred the information provided for in part 5 of Article 12 of Law No. 152-FZ.
For the purposes of information support, publicly available sources of data may be created within the Company (including specialized directories, telephone books, address books and the like), containing Personal Data, to which access may be granted to an unlimited number of persons with the written consent of the Personal Data subject. Information concerning a Personal Data subject may at any time be removed by the Company from publicly available sources of Personal Data at the request of the Personal Data subject, or by decision of a court or other authorized state bodies.
In accordance with the requirements of Article 10.1 of Law No. 152-FZ, the Company processes Personal Data authorized by the Personal Data subject for dissemination only where the appropriate consent is present.
Consent to the processing of Personal Data authorized by the Personal Data subject for dissemination shall be executed separately from other consents of the Personal Data subject to the processing of their Personal Data, and the form and content of such consent shall comply with the requirements established by the authorized body for the protection of the rights of Personal Data subjects.
The silence or inaction of the Personal Data subject may under no circumstances be deemed to constitute consent to the processing of Personal Data authorized by the Personal Data subject for dissemination.
In its consent to the processing of Personal Data authorized for dissemination, the Personal Data subject shall be entitled to impose prohibitions upon the transfer (other than the granting of access) of such Personal Data by the operator to an unlimited number of persons, and to impose prohibitions upon or conditions for the processing (other than the granting of access) of such Personal Data by an unlimited number of persons.
The Company shall ensure the publication of information concerning the conditions of processing and the existence of prohibitions and conditions on the processing, by an unlimited number of persons, of Personal Data authorized by the Personal Data subject for dissemination.
The Company undertakes to cease the transfer (dissemination, provision, granting of access) of Personal Data authorized by the Personal Data subject for dissemination upon receipt of the corresponding request from the Personal Data subject. Such request shall include the surname, first name, patronymic (if any), and contact information (telephone number, e-mail address or postal address) of the Personal Data subject, together with the list of the Personal Data whose processing is to be terminated.
In order to exercise the right to obtain information concerning the processing of their Personal Data, the Personal Data subject, or their representative, shall address a written application to the Company using the details set out in Section 15 of this Policy; such application shall contain:
Within the framework of the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of Personal Data, the Company undertakes to provide the Personal Data subject, upon request, with the following information:
The periods of processing (storage) of Personal Data shall be determined in accordance with the term of the agreement with the Personal Data subject; the period specified in the relevant consent of the Personal Data subject; the Order of the Federal Archival Agency No. 236 of 20 December 2019 "On Approval of the List of Standard Managerial Archival Documents Generated in the Course of the Activity of State Bodies, Local Self-Government Bodies and Organizations, with an Indication of Their Storage Periods"; the limitation periods; and other periods established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and the regulatory documents of the Company.
The Company is required to destroy Personal Data or to ensure their destruction (where the Personal Data are processed by another person acting on the Company’s instructions):
Where destruction of Personal Data is not possible within the said period, the Company shall block such Personal Data or ensure their blocking (where the Personal Data are processed by another person acting on the Company’s instructions), and shall ensure destruction of the Personal Data within a period not exceeding six (6) months, unless another period is established by federal laws.
Personal Data subjects whose Personal Data are processed by the Company may obtain clarifications on matters relating to the processing of their Personal Data, and may exercise their rights and lawful interests, by sending an appropriate written request to the postal address: 109028, Moscow, Maliy Ivanovskiy per., 6, bld. 2, floor 2, office 3 or in electronic form to the e-mail address: compliance@buzzoola.com.
The Appendixes are set out in separate files and constitute an integral part of this Policy.
Annex 1. List of purposes of Personal Data processing, the corresponding categories of Personal Data, categories of Personal Data subjects, and methods of Personal Data processing.
The list of Personal Data set out in this Annex has been compiled in accordance with the requirements of Law No. 152-FZ for the purposes of providing information on the Personal Data whose processing is permitted for the purposes of Personal Data processing specified in this Annex.
The list contains macro-purposes. The specific list of Personal Data applicable to a specific purpose shall be determined by the corresponding agreement, consent to the processing of Personal Data, and the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, taking into account the specific features of the process and/or product, service or solution of the Company.
The periods for the processing and storage of Personal Data, as well as the procedure for the destruction of Personal Data upon achievement of the purposes of their processing or upon the occurrence of other lawful grounds, for each purpose specified in this Annex, shall be determined in the manner provided for the Policy.
| Purposes of Personal Data processing | Categories and list of Personal Data | Categories of Personal Data subjects | Methods of Personal Data processing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Implementation of employment relations, considering related requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; year of birth, month of birth, date of birth, place of birth; marital status; sex; e-mail address; residential address; registered address; telephone number; SNILS (insurance individual personal account number); TIN (taxpayer identification number); citizenship; particulars of the identity document; particulars of the identity document for use outside the Russian Federation; current (settlement) account number; personal account number; position held; information on employment history (including length of service and current employment data with the name of the employing organization and its settlement account); telephone numbers (home, office, mobile, internal); family composition; information on education, professional development and academic degree; insurance length of service; personnel (employee) number; information on wages, income and deductions from wages; information on vacation leave; information on business trips; number of the military registration specialty; information on hiring, dismissal and transfers; structural subdivision; particulars of the driving license for persons liable for military service; military identification card number; military rank; photographic image; video image; signature. Special categories of Personal Data information on the state of health (including information contained in medical reports); category of fitness for military service by state of health; information contained in sick leave certificates; disability group; data of the medical report with the results of the medical examination.Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; year of birth, month of birth, date of birth, place of birth; marital status; social status; income; sex; e-mail address; residential address; registered address; telephone number; particulars contained in the birth certificate; current (settlement) account number; personal account number; degree of kinship; telephone (home, office, mobile); particulars of the birth certificate, marriage certificate and death certificate; certificate of school attendance; certificate of attendance at a pre-school institution; certificate of attendance at a higher educational institution; guardianship certificate. Special categories of Personal Data information on the state of health (including information contained in medical reports). |
Employees Relatives of employees |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), retrieval, use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Review of candidates for vacant positions, including background checks on employment candidates and formation of the talent (personnel) reserve | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; year of birth, month of birth, date of birth, place of birth; sex; e-mail address; residential address; registered address; citizenship; particulars of the identity document; particulars of the identity document for use outside the Russian Federation; information on employment history; information on education; information on changes of surname, first name or patronymic (previous surname/first name/patronymic, year and reason for the change); contact telephone numbers; particulars of the work permit, patent, residence permit or temporary residence permit (for foreign nationals only); relation to state (municipal, military) service; personal photograph (including in digital format); information on the possibility or impossibility of working under specific working conditions (in the cases provided for by legislation); information on founding membership in organizations; information on participation in affiliated entities; information on academic degree; information on proficiency in foreign languages; state awards and other awards and marks of distinction. |
Job applicants |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Conduct of professional professional retraining, certification and other forms of training aimed at the development of personnel | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; date and place of birth; sex; particulars of the identity document; particulars of the identity document for use outside the Russian Federation; information on the position held; information on profession; information on place of work; information on work experience; information on length of service; registered address; residential address; information on education, including information on specialized knowledge or training; information on professional retraining and professional development; information on academic degree; information on achievements; training results (test results, documents confirming completion of training, results of training evaluated under personal-effectiveness assessment systems, including key performance indicators); photographic image; video image; personnel (employee) number; subscriber number; e-mail address. |
Employees |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Ensuring the security of operations, including the organization of on-site and access control regimes | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; date and place of birth; citizenship; sex; particulars of the identity document; particulars of the work permit, patent, residence permit or temporary residence permit; information on the position held; information on profession; information on place of work; date and time of visit; photographic image; video image; personnel (employee) number; subscriber number; e-mail address. |
Employees visitors to the premises, including representatives of counterparties |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Preparation, conclusion and performance of agreements, as well as compliance with the related requirements provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; date and place of birth; sex; citizenship; registered address; residential address; TIN (taxpayer identification number); SNILS (insurance individual personal account number); particulars of the identity document; particulars of the work permit, patent, residence permit or temporary residence permit; information on income and expenses; information on outstanding obligations (including credit obligations); information on the bank card number and bank account; information on the position held; information on profession; information on place of work; information on length of service; information on the product, service or solution; information on participation (membership) in the management bodies of other legal entities; information on education; biographical data; personal account number; photographic image; handwritten signature; e-mail address; subscriber number. |
Employees representatives of counterparties |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Information-technology support of operations (including information security and monitoring) | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; information on the position held; information on place of work; login; personnel (employee) number; subscriber number; e-mail address; technical information; other Personal Data contained in information systems which may be processed within the framework of information-technology support of the operations of the MTS Group of Companies. |
Employees employees of organizations forming part of the MTS Group of Companies |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Participation in court proceedings | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; year of birth, month of birth, date of birth, place of birth; residential address; particulars of the identity document; registered address; residential address; personal account number; information on the balance of the personal account; information on expenses; information on obligations not performed under agreements; information on the bank card number and bank account; TIN (taxpayer identification number); information on the product, service or solution provided; information on the position held; information on profession; information on place of work; information contained in the message of the Personal Data subject and its attachments; e-mail address; subscriber number; other information contained in the materials of pre-trial and judicial work. |
Employees former (dismissed) employees representatives of counterparties; users of products, services and solutions; legal representatives |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Conduct of advertising and marketing activities. Provision of products, services and solutions, and their support | Other categories of Personal Data surname, first name, patronymic; year of birth, month of birth, date of birth, place of birth; e-mail address; registered address; telephone number; SNILS (insurance individual personal account number); TIN (taxpayer identification number); particulars of the identity document; actual (physical) address; employment activity; user identifier; telephone number (hashed); age; sex; date of birth; identifier of the equipment and modules installed in it; IP address; MAC address; information on the equipment / device (type of equipment, information on the binding of the equipment to the software, technical configuration of the device, information on the operating system, device memory volume and free space, information on the device’s battery performance); information on the location (country, city) of the user’s device; information on the software (version, identifier, usage parameters, statistics of software-feature use, date and time of the last update, errors in the operation of the software/components); cookie files; data on the inbound/outbound connection speed; logs; information on the user’s requests to the technical support service; information on the user’s actions on resources (websites, web applications, mobile applications); information on linked accounts; information on the user’s interests and preferences identified on the basis of data obtained in the course of using services/products/solutions; scoring score (the result of mathematical calculations used to assess the propensities, interests and capabilities of the Personal Data subject); information on agreements concluded with the user; information on income; information on wages (if any); information on financial (credit) obligations; information on accrued and paid payments; information on debts; information on bank cards; information on transactions; information on the blocking of access to services/products/solutions. |
Users of products, services and solutions; representatives of counterparties; legal representatives |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), retrieval, use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
| Conduct of analytical, statistical and other research, including by means of the use of large volumes of structured and unstructured data | surname, first name, patronymic; date and place of birth (including age); sex; citizenship; registered address; residential address; address of service provision (address of installation of the terminal equipment); particulars of the identity document (including a copy of the identity document); particulars of the identity document for use outside the Russian Federation (including copies of the identity document for use outside the Russian Federation); particulars of the work permit, patent, residence permit or temporary residence permit (including copies of the work permit, patent, residence permit or temporary residence permit); personal account number; information on the service provided (including information on the agreement and information contained in other documents generated during the period of service provision); financial information on the Personal Data subject (including information on income, information on expenses, information on financial (credit) obligations, information on the bank card number and bank account); subscriber number; e-mail address; photographic image; avatar; unique pseudonym (nickname); preferred form of address; unique identifier (ID); technical information (identifier of the Personal Data subject, identifier of the equipment and modules installed in it, IP address, MAC address, information on the equipment / device (type of equipment, information on the binding of the equipment to the software, technical configuration of the device, information on the operating system, device memory volume and free space, information on the device’s battery performance, information on the location (country, city) of the Personal Data subject’s device)); information on the software (version, identifier, usage parameters, statistics of feature use, date and time of the last update, cookie files, data on inbound/outbound connection speed, information on errors arising in the operation of the software/software components in which the error occurred, logs, information on the Personal Data subject’s requests to the technical support service, user profile (identifier of the Personal Data subject, information on the actions of the Personal Data subject on resources (websites, web applications, mobile applications) and related information (behavioral model), information on linked accounts (accounts having a permanent connection with the Personal Data subject), information on the interests and preferences of the Personal Data subject identified on the basis of data obtained during the use by the Personal Data subject of services/products/solutions, scoring score (the result of mathematical calculations used to assess the propensities, interests and capabilities of the Personal Data subject), information on agreements concluded with the Personal Data subject, financial information on the Personal Data subject (including information on the income and expenses of the Personal Data subject, information on financial (credit) obligations, information on accrued and paid payments, information on debts, information on bank cards, information on transactions), information on the blocking of access to services/products/solutions, information on the average volume of consumption of services/solutions, information on the addresses of Internet pages requested by the Personal Data subject (including the time of access to the requested Internet pages), information on marital and social status. |
Employees users of terminal equipment; representatives of counterparties; legal representatives; users of products, services and solutions. |
Mixed method with the use of automation means and/or without the use of such means List of actions (operations): collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, alteration), retrieval, use, transfer (provision, granting of access), blocking, deletion, destruction |
This Policy is originally issued in Russian. The English text is provided for the convenience of Users and is informational in nature. In the event of any inconsistency, ambiguity or conflict between the Russian and the English versions, the Russian version shall prevail and shall be exclusively relied upon for the construction and interpretation of this Policy.
The processing of Personal Data by the Company is governed by the legislation of the Russian Federation, particularly Law No. 152-FZ. This Policy does not constitute, and shall not be construed as, a representation of compliance by the Company with the data-protection laws of any jurisdiction other than the Russian Federation.