Privacy Statement

Here is the English translation of the provided **Personal Data Processing Policy**:

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**Personal Data Processing Policy**

**1. General Provisions**

This personal data processing policy is drawn up in accordance with the requirements of Federal Law No. 152-FZ of July 27, 2006 "On Personal Data" (hereinafter — the Law on Personal Data) and determines the procedure for processing personal data and measures to ensure the security of personal data undertaken by FGBI "IGCE" (hereinafter — the Operator).

1.1. The Operator’s most important goal and condition for carrying out its activities is to respect the rights and freedoms of individuals when processing their personal data, including the protection of the rights to privacy, personal, and family secrets.

1.2. This Operator’s Policy regarding the processing of personal data (hereinafter — the Policy) applies to all information that the Operator may obtain about visitors to the website `http://envmonitoring.ru`.

**2. Basic Concepts Used in the Policy**

2.1. **Automated processing of personal data** — processing of personal data using computer technology.
2.2. **Blocking of personal data** — temporary suspension of personal data processing (except when processing is necessary to clarify personal data).
2.3. **Website** — a collection of graphic and informational materials, as well as computer programs and databases, ensuring their availability on the internet at the network address `http://fa-climatology.ru/`.
2.4. **Personal data information system** — a set of personal data contained in databases and information technologies and technical means ensuring their processing.
2.5. **Depersonalization of personal data** — actions as a result of which it is impossible to determine, without additional information, whether personal data belongs to a specific User or other personal data subject.
2.6. **Processing of personal data** — any action (operation) or set of actions (operations) performed with or without the use of automation means with personal data, including collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, changing), extraction, use, transfer (distribution, provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction of personal data.
2.7. **Operator** — a state body, municipal body, legal entity or individual, independently or jointly with other persons organizing and/or carrying out the processing of personal data, as well as determining the purposes of processing personal data, the composition of personal data to be processed, and actions (operations) performed with personal data.
2.8. **Personal data** — any information relating directly or indirectly to a specific or identifiable User of the website `http://envmonitoring.ru`.
2.9. **Personal data authorized for distribution by the personal data subject** — personal data to which an unlimited circle of persons has been granted access by the personal data subject by giving consent to the processing of personal data authorized for distribution in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Law on Personal Data (hereinafter — personal data authorized for distribution).
2.10. **User** — any visitor to the website `http://envmonitoring.ru`.
2.11. **Provision of personal data** — actions aimed at disclosing personal data to a specific person or a specific circle of persons.
2.12. **Distribution of personal data** — any actions aimed at disclosing personal data to an indefinite circle of persons (transfer of personal data) or familiarizing an indefinite circle of persons with personal data, including making personal data public in the mass media, placing them in information and telecommunication networks, or providing access to personal data in any other way.
2.13. **Cross-border transfer of personal data** — transfer of personal data to the territory of a foreign state to a foreign state authority, a foreign individual, or a foreign legal entity.
2.14. **Destruction of personal data** — any actions as a result of which personal data are irrevocably destroyed with the impossibility of further restoring the content of personal data in the personal data information system and/or the material carriers of personal data are destroyed.

**3. Basic Rights and Obligations of the Operator**

3.1. The Operator has the right to:
— Receive accurate information and/or documents containing personal data from the personal data subject;
— In the event of withdrawal of consent to the processing of personal data by the personal data subject, as well as submission of a request to stop processing personal data, the Operator has the right to continue processing personal data without the consent of the personal data subject if there are grounds specified in the Law on Personal Data;
— Independently determine the composition and list of measures necessary and sufficient to ensure compliance with the obligations provided for by the Law on Personal Data and regulatory legal acts adopted in accordance with it, unless otherwise provided by the Law on Personal Data or other federal laws.

3.2. The Operator is obliged to:
— Provide the personal data subject, upon their request, with information regarding the processing of their personal data;
— Organize the processing of personal data in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation of the Russian Federation;
— Respond to requests and inquiries from personal data subjects and their legal representatives in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Personal Data;
— Notify the authorized body for the protection of the rights of personal data subjects, at the request of this body, of the necessary information within 10 days from the date of receipt of such request;
— Publish or otherwise provide unrestricted access to this Policy regarding the processing of personal data;
— Take legal, organizational, and technical measures to protect personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, alteration, blocking, copying, provision, distribution of personal data, as well as from other unlawful actions regarding personal data;
— Stop transferring (distributing, providing, accessing) personal data, stop processing, and destroy personal data in the manner and cases provided for by the Law on Personal Data;
— Perform other duties provided for by the Law on Personal Data.

**4. Basic Rights and Obligations of Personal Data Subjects**

4.1. Personal data subjects have the right to:
— Receive information regarding the processing of their personal data, except in cases provided for by federal laws. The information is provided to the personal data subject by the Operator in an accessible form and must not contain personal data relating to other personal data subjects, unless there are legal grounds for disclosing such personal data. The list of information and the procedure for obtaining it are established by the Law on Personal Data;
— Demand that the operator clarify their personal data, block or destroy them if the personal data is incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, illegally obtained, or not necessary for the stated purpose of processing, as well as take legal measures to protect their rights;
— Impose a condition of prior consent when processing personal data for the purpose of marketing goods, works, and services;
— Withdraw consent to the processing of personal data, as well as submit a request to stop processing personal data;
— Appeal in court or to the authorized body for the protection of the rights of personal data subjects against unlawful actions or inaction of the Operator when processing their personal data;
— Exercise other rights provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

4.2. Personal data subjects are obliged to:
— Provide the Operator with accurate data about themselves;
— Inform the Operator of the clarification (updating, changing) of their personal data.

4.3. Persons who provide the Operator with inaccurate information about themselves or information about another personal data subject without the latter’s consent are liable in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

**5. Principles of Personal Data Processing**

5.1. Processing of personal data is carried out on a lawful and fair basis.
5.2. Processing of personal data is limited to the achievement of specific, predetermined, and legitimate purposes. Processing of personal data incompatible with the purposes of collecting personal data is not allowed.
5.3. Combining databases containing personal data, the processing of which is carried out for purposes incompatible with each other, is not allowed.
5.4. Only personal data that meets the purposes of their processing is subject to processing.
5.5. The content and volume of processed personal data correspond to the stated purposes of processing. Redundancy of processed personal data in relation to the stated purposes of their processing is not allowed.
5.6. When processing personal data, the accuracy of personal data, their sufficiency, and, where necessary, relevance in relation to the purposes of processing personal data are ensured. The Operator takes necessary measures and/or ensures their adoption to delete or clarify incomplete or inaccurate data.
5.7. Storage of personal data is carried out in a form that allows identifying the personal data subject, no longer than required by the purposes of processing personal data, unless the storage period for personal data is established by federal law or a contract to which the personal data subject is a party, beneficiary, or guarantor. Processed personal data is destroyed or depersonalized upon achievement of processing purposes or in the event of a loss of necessity to achieve these purposes, unless otherwise provided for by federal law.

**6. Purposes of Personal Data Processing**

| Purpose of processing | Ensuring the functionality and security of the website/application |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Personal data** | IP addresses, date/time, URL, headers and technical identifiers, cookie/SDK, device data, error and access logs |
| **Legal grounds** | Legitimate interest of the operator (ensuring operability and security); 149-FZ; local regulatory acts; consent (for cookies/analytics if necessary) |
| **Types of processing** | Collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, changing), extraction, use, transfer (provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction |

| Purpose of processing | Conducting statistical accounting |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Personal data** | Depersonalized and aggregated data; if necessary — minimally necessary personal data followed by depersonalization |
| **Legal grounds** | 282-FZ; depersonalization |
| **Types of processing** | Collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, changing), extraction, use, transfer (provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction |

| Purpose of processing | Informing the User by sending emails |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Personal data** | Last name, first name, patronymic; Email address; Phone numbers; Year, month, date, and place of birth |
| **Legal grounds** | Statutory (incorporation) documents of the Operator |
| **Types of processing** | Collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, destruction and depersonalization of personal data; Sending informational letters to the email address |

**7. Conditions for Processing Personal Data**

7.1. Processing of personal data is carried out with the consent of the personal data subject to the processing of their personal data.
7.2. Processing of personal data is necessary to achieve the goals provided for by an international treaty of the Russian Federation or law, to perform the functions, powers, and duties assigned to the operator by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
7.3. Processing of personal data is necessary for the administration of justice, execution of a judicial act, an act of another body or official subject to execution in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on enforcement proceedings.
7.4. Processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the personal data subject is a party, beneficiary, or guarantor, as well as for concluding a contract on the initiative of the personal data subject or a contract under which the personal data subject will be a beneficiary or guarantor.
7.5. Processing of personal data is necessary to exercise the rights and legitimate interests of the operator or third parties or to achieve socially significant goals, provided that the rights and freedoms of the personal data subject are not violated.
7.6. Processing of personal data is carried out to which an unlimited circle of persons has been granted access by the personal data subject or at their request (hereinafter — publicly available personal data).
7.7. Processing of personal data subject to publication or mandatory disclosure in accordance with federal law is carried out.

**8. Procedure for Collection, Storage, Transfer, and Other Types of Processing of Personal Data**

The security of personal data processed by the Operator is ensured by implementing legal, organizational, and technical measures necessary to fully comply with the requirements of current legislation in the field of personal data protection.

8.1. The Operator ensures the safety of personal data and takes all possible measures to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing personal data.
8.2. The User's personal data will never, under any circumstances, be transferred to third parties, except in cases related to the implementation of current legislation or if the personal data subject has given consent to the Operator to transfer data to a third party to fulfill obligations under a civil law contract.
8.3. If inaccuracies in personal data are identified, the User can update them independently by sending a notification to the Operator’s email address at `fgbuigce@igce.ru` marked "Updating personal data".
8.4. The period for processing personal data is determined by achieving the purposes for which the personal data was collected, unless a different period is provided for by contract or current legislation. The User may withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time by sending a notification to the Operator via email at `fgbuigce@igce.ru` marked "Withdrawal of consent to personal data processing".
8.5. All information collected by third-party services, including payment systems, communication means, and other service providers, is stored and processed by these persons (Operators) in accordance with their User Agreement and Privacy Policy. The personal data subject should familiarize themselves with these documents. The Operator is not responsible for the actions of third parties, including the service providers specified in this clause.
8.6. Prohibitions on transfer (except providing access), as well as on processing or conditions for processing (except obtaining access) of personal data authorized for distribution, established by the personal data subject, do not apply in cases of processing personal data for state, public, and other public interests determined by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
8.7. When processing personal data, the Operator ensures the confidentiality of personal data.
8.8. The Operator stores personal data in a form that allows identifying the personal data subject, no longer than required by the purposes of processing personal data, unless the storage period for personal data is established by federal law or a contract to which the personal data subject is a party, beneficiary, or guarantor.
8.9. The condition for terminating the processing of personal data may be the achievement of the purposes of processing personal data, the expiration of the consent of the personal data subject, withdrawal of consent by the personal data subject or a request to stop processing personal data, as well as the detection of unlawful processing of personal data.

**9. List of Actions Performed by the Operator with Obtained Personal Data**

9.1. The Operator collects, records, systematizes, accumulates, stores, clarifies (updates, changes), extracts, uses, transfers (distributes, provides, accesses), depersonalizes, blocks, deletes, and destroys personal data.
9.2. The Operator carries out automated processing of personal data with or without receiving and/or transmitting the received information via information and telecommunication networks.

**10. Cross-border Transfer of Personal Data**

10.1. Before starting cross-border transfer of personal data, the Operator is obliged to notify the authorized body for the protection of the rights of personal data subjects of its intention to carry out cross-border transfer of personal data (such notification is sent separately from the notification of the intention to process personal data).
10.2. Before submitting the aforementioned notification, the Operator is obliged to obtain relevant information from the authorities of the foreign state, foreign individuals, and foreign legal entities to whom the cross-border transfer of personal data is planned.

**11. Confidentiality of Personal Data**

The Operator and other persons who gain access to personal data are obliged not to disclose personal data to third parties or distribute personal data without the consent of the personal data subject, unless otherwise provided for by federal law.

**12. Final Provisions**

12.1. The User may obtain any clarification on issues of interest regarding the processing of their personal data by contacting the Operator via email at `fgbuigce@igce.ru`.
12.2. Any changes to the Operator's personal data processing policy will be reflected in this document. The Policy is valid indefinitely until replaced by a new version.
12.3. The current version of the Policy is freely available on the Internet at: `http://www.envmonitoring.ru/index.php/emme/about/privacy`