Privacy policy of the news agency “VRK News”
Policy on the processing of personal data.
This personal data processing policy has been drawn up in accordance with the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 23 July 1999 No. 451-I “On the Mass Media” (hereinafter the “Mass Media Law”) and the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Personal Data and Their Protection” of 21 May 2013 No. 94-V, and determines the procedure for processing personal data and the measures to ensure the security of personal data.
The administration of the VRK News website respects the rights of visitors to the website (hereinafter “the site”).
We unreservedly recognise the importance of the confidentiality of the personal information of visitors to our site. This page contains information about what information we receive and collect when you use the site. We hope this information will help you to make informed decisions about the personal information you provide to us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to the site and to the information collected by this site and through it. It does not apply to any other sites and is not applicable to the websites and web applications of third parties from which links to the site may be made.
Collection of information
When you visit the site, we determine the domain name of your provider and your country, and the selected moves from one page to another (so-called “clickstream activity”).
The information we receive on the site may be used to make it easier for you to use the site, including but not limited to:
- organising the site in the way most convenient for users
- giving you the opportunity to subscribe to a mailing list on special offers and topics, if you wish to receive such notifications
The site does not collect any personal information other than what the user provides in comments or when logging in to the site through social network sites for the purpose of leaving comments. The concept of “personal information” includes information that identifies you as a particular person, for example your name or email address. While the content of the site can be viewed without going through registration, you also do not need to register to use some features, for example to leave your comment on an article.
The site uses “cookies” technology to produce statistical reports. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent by a website that your computer's browser stores on your computer's hard drive. “Cookies” contain information that may be necessary for the site — to save your viewing preferences and to collect statistical information about the site, that is, which pages you visited, what was downloaded, the domain name of the internet provider and the visitor's country, and the addresses of third-party websites from which you came to the site and onward. However, all this information is in no way connected with you as a person. “Cookies” do not record your email address or any personal details about you.
In addition, we use standard web server logs to count the number of visitors and assess the technical capabilities of our site. We use this information to determine how many people visit the site and to organise the pages in the way most convenient for users, to ensure that the site is compatible with the browsers in use, and to make the content of our pages as useful as possible for our visitors.
To view material without “cookies”, you can configure your browser so that it does not accept “cookies” or notifies you when they are sent.
Sharing of information
The site administration does not under any circumstances sell or hand over your personal information to any third parties. We also do not disclose the personal information you have provided except in cases provided for by the legislation of Kazakhstan.
Disclaimer
The transfer of personal information when visiting third-party sites, including the sites of partner companies, even if the website contains a link to such a site or the site has links to these websites, does not fall under this document. The site administration is not responsible for the actions of other websites. The process of collecting and transferring personal information when visiting these sites is governed by a document called “Protection of personal information” or similar, located on those companies' sites.
