Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

“WeldFlux” (“we”, “us”, “our company”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality of your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal data in accordance with:

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
• The Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act
• Other applicable Bulgarian and European legislation

2. Data controller

• Name: WeldFlux – website operator
• Address: 56 Tsar Simeon I St., Burgas, Bulgaria
• Email: info@weldflux.com
• Phone: +359 896 13 80 30

3. What personal data we collect

3.1. Data you provide:

• Name and contact information: name, email address, phone number
• Messages: information you provide through the contact form

3.2. Automatically collected data:

• Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system
• Usage data: pages you visit, time of visit (in server logs)

3.3. Recipients of the data. We do not sell or rent your personal data. We share it only with the following categories of recipients, acting as data processors on our behalf under a contract:

• Hosting provider: for storing and maintaining the website (servers in the EU)
• Email (SMTP) service provider: for processing and delivering contact-form messages
• State authorities: only where required by law

4. Purposes of processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Responding to your enquiries and communicating with you
• Providing our services and performing contracts
• Improving the functionality and usability of our website
• Complying with legal obligations
• Protecting our legitimate interests

5. Legal basis for processing

We process your personal data on the basis of:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) – where you have given explicit consent
• Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) – for fulfilling contractual obligations
• Legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) – for compliance with legal requirements
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – for protecting our legitimate interests

We do not carry out automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.

6. Retention period

We keep your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected:

• Contact data: up to 3 years after the last contact, unless longer retention is required by law
• Contract data: for the duration of the contract plus 5 years under the Bulgarian Accountancy Act
• Technical data (server logs): up to 1 year

7. Your rights

In accordance with the GDPR and Bulgarian law, you have the following rights:

• Right of access – to receive information about the personal data processed about you
• Right to rectification – to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure – to request deletion of your personal data
• Right to restriction – to request restriction of processing
• Right to portability – to receive your data in a structured format
• Right to object – to object to the processing of your data
• Right to withdraw – to withdraw your consent at any time
• Right to complain – to lodge a complaint with the Bulgarian Data Protection Commission (CPDP)

To exercise your rights, please contact us at: info@weldflux.com

Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP): 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, Bulgaria, tel.: +359 2 915 35 18, email: kzld@cpdp.bg, website: www.cpdp.bg

8. Security and data location

We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against:

• Unauthorised access
• Loss or destruction
• Unlawful processing

Your personal data is stored and processed within the European Union / European Economic Area (EU/EEA). We do not transfer data to third countries outside the EU/EEA.

9. Cookies

Our website uses only strictly necessary (essential) cookies and local storage, which do not require consent. We do not use analytics, marketing or advertising cookies, and we do not track your behaviour on the internet.

The only record we keep locally in your browser is the note that you have seen the cookie notice – so we don't show it on every visit. It contains no personal data and is not shared with anyone.

You can delete local data at any time through your browser settings. This will not limit the website's functionality, except that the cookie notice will appear again.

10. Changes to this policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy. Any change will be published on this page with an updated date. We recommend reviewing this policy regularly.

11. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your rights, please contact us:

• Email: info@weldflux.com
• Phone: +359 896 13 80 30
• Address: 56 Tsar Simeon I St., Burgas, Bulgaria