Under Article 6 of the GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:
5.1 Performance of a Contract (Article 6(1)(b))
The processing of your Account data, transaction data, and delivery data is necessary to perform the Sales Contract we have entered into with you. Without processing this data, we would be unable to create your Account, process your Order, arrange delivery, handle returns and warranty claims, or provide after-sales support. If you decline to provide this data, we may be unable to complete your purchase.
5.2 Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6(1)(c))
We are required by applicable Polish and EU law to retain certain personal data to fulfil statutory obligations. These include: retaining invoices and financial records for a period of five (5) years as required under the Polish Accounting Act (Ustawa o rachunkowości) and tax regulations; retaining records of consumer complaints and warranty claims for the duration of statutory limitation periods; and compliance with anti-money laundering, customs, and tax reporting obligations where applicable.
5.3 Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f))
We process certain data on the basis of our legitimate interests where those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include: detecting, preventing, and investigating fraud, unauthorised access, and other illegal activities; improving the functionality, security, and performance of the Platform; conducting internal analytics and business reporting to understand how Users interact with the Platform and how we can improve our services; communicating with existing customers about changes to our services, Products, or policies; and defending legal claims and protecting our rights and property.
Before relying on legitimate interests as a legal basis, we conduct a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) for each processing activity that relies on Article 6(1)(f). LIAs are completed prior to the commencement of any such processing and are maintained as formal documented records within our compliance documentation folder, subject to version control. We conduct LIAs in respect of the following processing activities: fraud prevention and security monitoring; platform analytics and performance measurement; internal business reporting; communications with existing customers regarding related products or services; and the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
Each LIA sets out the nature of our legitimate interest, an assessment of the necessity and proportionality of the processing, and a balancing test weighing our interests against your rights, interests, and freedoms. Responsibility for completing, reviewing, and approving LIAs rests with the Data Protection Officer or a designated compliance officer.
LIAs are reviewed annually and whenever a processing activity materially changes in scope, purpose, or risk profile. A summary of any LIA is available to you upon written request submitted to compliance@exactsolution.com Full LIA records are retained and made available to supervisory authorities upon request.
You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests at any time, as described in Section 10.
5.4 Consent (Article 6(1)(a))
Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing, such as for the sending of direct marketing emails, the use of non-essential cookies, or participation in voluntary surveys, we will always request your consent explicitly and separately from other terms. Your consent is freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal. Withdrawal of consent does not affect our ability to process your data on other legal bases.
5.4.1 How We Collect and Record Consent
Consent is collected through separate, unchecked checkboxes presented at the point of registration and at any subsequent point where a new processing purpose arises. Each checkbox corresponds to a distinct processing purpose (for example, marketing emails, analytics cookies, and survey participation are each presented as a separate consent option) so that you may consent to some purposes without being required to consent to others.
Acceptance of our Terms of Service is not conditional upon granting consent to any optional processing activity. Consent checkboxes are never pre-ticked, bundled with contractual terms, or presented in a manner that makes refusal difficult.
A timestamped record of each consent event is stored securely within our consent management system. That record captures the date, time, consent version, specific purpose consented to, and the mechanism by which consent was given. These records are retained for the duration of your relationship with us and for a period of three years thereafter, and are available to our Data Protection Officer for audit and compliance purposes.
5.5 Vital Interests and Public Tasks
In rare circumstances, we may be required to process personal data to protect the vital interests of a data subject (Article 6(1)(d)) or to perform a task carried out in the public interest (Article 6(1)(e)). We will inform you of such processing by email to the address associated with your Account, or by a prominent notice on the Platform, as soon as we are legally permitted to do so. Where we are not permitted to inform you at the time of processing (e.g., due to a legal obligation of confidentiality), we will notify you at the earliest opportunity thereafter.