Privacy Policy

“About Sofia” was launched in 2024 as a free source of information for prospective drivers. This is the main purpose of the site. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data you provide to us. In this regard, we would like to share with you the principles that form our policy.

The site collects certain information. This document (“Privacy Policy”) describes our policies and procedures governing the collection and processing of that information that identifies an individual user and can be used to contact him (“Personal Data”, “Personal Information”).

This policy is only valid in relation to the Service we provide – free access to online information.

Collection of personal information
We collect personal information to respond to your requests, which may include: one-on-one consultation, participation in training, registration for our email newsletter and others related to the purposes of the site.

We collect the following personal information from Users using the Service:

Directly through the Website: name and email if you wish to provide them, signing up for an online newsletter or filling out a contact form.
Through Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel and HotJar – data on traffic and User behavior.
We may also request additional information, but only with your express permission or in the event that this information is necessary for the performance of the service you have requested. You are the sole owner of your personal information .

By using our Service, you consent to your personal data being collected and processed by us, thereby guaranteeing its accuracy and reliability. You also declare that you have been informed about the type of personal data we collect and process, the purposes for which it will be used, and your right to access, correct or delete the collected personal data.

Use of your personal data
We use your personal data to provide you with access to the Website, to send you our regular newsletter and to offer you additional services and events, to provide you with a comprehensive service and to provide you with the service you expect.

You have the right:

To receive a file containing all your personal data that we hold.
Opt out of your personal data being used by us.
To request correction of your personal data.
To exercise your rights described above, you can contact us at hi@about-sofia.com.

We may use your information to create aggregate statistics that are anonymous and to perform statistical analysis based on them.

Storage of data by third parties
We use third-party services to keep the Website online, improve the performance of the Website and better manage the Service provided. It is possible that any of these services store data on a server located outside the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.

ZETTAHOST.bg
The website, including all data collected through it, is located (hosted) on a ZETTAHOST.bg server. Here you can see complete information about the company and its privacy policy.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect statistical information about the Users of the Website, such as the website from which you come to our Website, the country you are located in, your language, online behavior, the browser you use, the network, etc. This information does not include personal data and you cannot be identified through it. We collect said data to analyze what type of Users use the Website and how they use it, which helps us customize the Service.

You can opt out of the use of your data by Google Analytics using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js). If you wish to opt out, please download and install the plug-in for your web browser.

By agreeing to use the Service, You expressly consent to our use of Google Analytics on the Website, including Display Advertising, and declare that You have been given the opportunity to opt-out of Google Analytics.

Here you can see complete information about the company and its privacy policy.

Facebook Pixel
We use the Facebook Pixel to collect statistical information about visits to the site, which we need to improve the implementation of the mission of the foundation by providing online services and information at the appropriate time to people who are interested in them.

Here you can see complete information about the company and its privacy policy.

Social media sharing services
We provide buttons to easily share our posts on popular social networks. These buttons are necessary so that we can provide an opportunity to share the materials we publish. They may collect statistical information about Website Users, such as the website from which you come to our Website, the country you are in, your language, online behavior, the browser you use, the network, etc. This information does not include personal data and you cannot be identified through it.

Use of cookies and other tracking technologies
We use “cookies” to collect certain information from all Users, including unregistered visitors to the site who do not use the services provided by us. Cookies are a series of data that our system sends to your computer and subsequently uses to identify your computer when you return to the Website.

Cookies provide information about the use of the Service and user data that we may use to personalize your user experience and track user traffic patterns. For example, when you return to the Website, cookies identify you and prompt the Website to fill in your username (without the password) to facilitate access to your profile. Cookies also allow us to remember your previous activities and offer you similar services and events. We also use information collected through cookies to develop statistical analyzes of the use of the Service, such as the time Users spend on the Website and the pages they visit most often. These aggregate statistics do not include personal information.

A cookie is a small file consisting of letters and numbers that a web server sends to a web browser, allowing the server to collect feedback from the browser. You can choose to delete our or third-party cookies through the options of each browser. Thanks to the versatility of cookies and the fact that most of the most visited and largest sites use cookies, the latter are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user access to the most encountered and used sites, including Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others. More information can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/cookies.html .

Google
About Sofia reserves the right to allow Google to display advertisements or collect information about the site by saving cookie information from your browser. More information about how we can use Google to collect and use information from the site can be found at http://www.google.bg/privacypolicy.html .

Google, as a third party provider, uses cookies to display advertisements on our site. You can refuse the use of this cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy page. For more information, visit https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=100557 .

Protection of personal data
We ensure the security of the data you send us with industry-standard physical, electronic and managerial procedures. Where appropriate, we use SSL encryption to improve the security of sensitive data transmission. Internally, data is stored on controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed at certain locations where we are located, in strict compliance with applicable privacy and data protection legislation.

Provision of personal data to third parties
We are NOT and WILL NOT disclose your personal data to third parties.

Exceptions are made in cases where disclosure is required by law due to significant public interest or for the establishment, exercise or protection of legal rights, e.g. when certain information is provided to lawyers, collection agencies, customs or other government authorities, or to law enforcement agencies to address potential violations, other breaches of contract or illegal conduct. We may also disclose information as required by law or as otherwise required by law, or to prevent possible harm to persons or property.

Links to third party websites
The Service, as well as third-party materials posted on the Website, contain links to, and may allow you to visit, other websites (“Third-Party Websites”). If you choose to visit any of these third-party pages by “clicking on” a link or navigating to a third-party page, you will be redirected to that third-party page. The fact that we provide a link to a web page through the Service or offer you the opportunity to interact with or provide personal information to a third party is not a warranty, permission or representation of our affiliation with such third party and should not be considered as agreement with their privacy and information security policies and practices.

Access and correction of personal data
You can access, correct, amend or delete parts of your personal data by submitting a request to hi@about-sofia.com.

We will retain your data for as long as necessary to provide our services or for as long as we are required to do so by law. Your data will then be deleted.

Amendment of this privacy policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended unilaterally by the Site, of which we will notify all Users of the Service in an appropriate manner .

You agree that any addition and amendment to this Policy will be effective against you upon notification by us and unless you state within 7 days that you reject it.

If you do not agree with the changes, you can stop using the Service.

You agree that all notices on the Site regarding the amendment of this Policy will be sent to your e-mail address used to register for the Service or by posting in an appropriate place on the Website.

Date of entry into force: 01.01.2020.
Date of update: 01.01.2020.