PRIVACY POLICY
General Information
These privacy rules (hereinafter - PR) establish the conditions for processing personal data when using the website https://avaka.lt/ (hereinafter - Website).
By using the Website or submitting your personal data in the Website's self-service section, you, as a Website user, agree to the PR provisions and confirm that you have read and understood all the conditions provided in the PR.
When processing your personal data, we responsibly comply with the 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), the Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data of the Republic of Lithuania and other directly applicable legal acts regulating the protection of personal data, as well as the instructions of competent authorities.
Who is your data controller?
The personal data controller for those who use the Website is the Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA, legal entity code 301555698, registered office address J. Basanavičiaus g. 24, Vilnius.
Why and what personal data do we collect and how long do we store your data?
| Why do we collect your personal data? | What personal data do we collect? | What legal basis allows us to collect information about you? | How long will we store your personal data? |
|---|---|---|---|
| For newsletter subscription purposes. | Email address. | Your consent, expressed by providing your email address in the newsletter subscription section. | [...] years from the date of receiving your consent |
| For communication purposes. | Name, email address, message content. | Your consent, expressed by providing your name and email address and writing us a message in the Website section "Have questions? Contact us!" | [...] years from the date of receiving your consent. |
| For registration purposes. | Name, surname, email address, phone number. | Your consent, expressed by providing your name, surname, email address and phone number in the Website registration form "Become a member". | [...] years from the date of receiving your consent. |
What principles do we follow when processing your personal data?
We process your personal data in accordance with these principles:
- personal data is processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner (principle of lawfulness, fairness and transparency);
- personal data is collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes (purpose limitation principle);
- personal data is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed (data minimization principle);
- personal data is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date (accuracy principle);
- personal data is kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed (storage limitation principle);
- personal data is processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures (integrity and confidentiality principle).
Can I withdraw my consent?
In cases where your personal data is processed based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. To withdraw your consent, please contact us by email at info@avaka.lt.
How will we protect your data?
We pay great attention to data security, therefore we responsibly implement organizational and technical data security measures that help protect personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration, disclosure, as well as from any other unlawful processing.
Who has access to your data?
Your personal data may be accessible only to a limited circle of Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA employees, service providers and IT entities that provide services to the association, and only to the extent necessary to implement proper processing of your personal data.
What rights are guaranteed to you?
We guarantee the implementation of these rights and the provision of any related information upon your request or inquiry:
- to know (be informed) about the processing of your personal data;
- to access your personal data and how it is processed;
- to request rectification, destruction of your personal data or restriction, except storage, of processing of your personal data;
- to object to the processing of your personal data;
- to request erasure of your personal data ("right to be forgotten");
- to request the portability of your personal data, i.e., to allow you to access your personal data in a format where personal data will be provided to you in a commonly used and machine-readable format;
- right to lodge a complaint with the State Data Protection Inspectorate of the Republic of Lithuania at L. Sapiegos g. 17, Vilnius, email: ada@ada.lt.
Where to contact?
For any request regarding the processing of your data or related questions, please write to us at info@avaka.lt.
COOKIE POLICY
Like other websites, we use cookies to provide the best possible experience when using our Website.
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. Cookies are widely used to make websites work or work more efficiently, and to provide information to website owners. The cookies used on our Website can be grouped into these types:
- Essential cookies (mandatory) are strictly necessary for the Website to perform basic functions. These cookies allow you to navigate the website and use desired features, for example, providing access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, we would not be able to provide services that allow this website to function;
- Statistics and analytical cookies (optional) - they allow us to evaluate and analyze how customers use the website so we can improve its performance and user experience.
How to manage and delete cookies
When you use a browser to access our content, you can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is sent. Each browser is different, so if you don't know how to change cookie settings, check its help menu. Your device's operating system may have additional cookie controls. If you don't want information to be collected through cookies, use the simple procedure available in most browsers that allows you to opt out of using cookies. To learn more about how to manage cookies, visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
However, remember that some services may be designed to work only with cookies, and if you disable them, you will no longer be able to use them or certain parts of them.
Below is a list of essential cookies (mandatory) used on the Website:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| rc::a | Cookie used to identify robots to protect the Website from malicious spam attacks. | Persistent | |
| rc::c | Cookie used to identify bots and protect the website from malicious spam attacks. | Session | |
| cookie-consent | Cookiebot | Cookie stores the current domain user's cookie consent state. | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | x | Cookie used to identify user session by assigning a unique user ID. | 2 hours |
Below is a list of statistics and analytical cookies (optional) used on the Website:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga_* | Cookie used to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | |
| _ga | Cookie used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and monitor website usage to prepare website analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY CONFIRMATION AND AMENDMENTS
This Privacy and Cookie Policy is reviewed at least once every two years. Any changes to this Privacy and Cookie Policy will be published on the Website.
Privacy and Cookie Policy prepared in 2025.