Terms of Use
This site is owned and operated by the Bulgarian Economic Chamber (“Bulgarian Economic Chamber”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
Your use of this website is strictly in accordance with these terms and conditions of use. They should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, which you can see by clicking on the tabs above. You agree that we may collect, store and use information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy and acknowledge and agree to be legally bound by its terms.
Contact Details
Registered office address and address of operations: 132 Georgi Rakovski Street, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Email address for any queries: [email protected]
Intellectual Property Ownership Rights
All rights, including copyright, logos and trademarks, in this website are owned by the Bulgarian Economic Chamber. Any use of this website or its contents, including copying or storing it or them in whole or part, other than for your own personal, non-commercial use is prohibited without the Bulgarian Economic Chamber’s permission. You may not modify or distribute anything on this website for any purpose.
Electronic Communication
Any messages that you send to the Bulgarian Economic Chamber by email or via the contact form on the website may not be secure. They may be intercepted, modified and misused by a third party. The Bulgarian Economic Chamber strongly recommends that you do not send any confidential information by email. If you choose to send any messages to the Bulgarian Economic Chamber via email, you accept the above risk and the Bulgarian Economic Chamber accepts no liability for any consequences resulting from that risk.
Content Accuracy Disclaimer
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber has taken every effort to ensure that the content of this website is as accurate as possible. As far as applicable law permits, the Bulgarian Economic Chamber disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in the website or any downloadable materials. The Bulgarian Economic Chamber shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of any of the information contained in any parts of or any materials on this website.
External Website Links
This website may contain links to other websites which you may want to visit. The Bulgarian Economic Chamber does not vet these websites and does not have any control over their contents and security protection measures. The Bulgarian Economic Chamber accepts no liability for consequences arising from the use of these websites.
Liability Exclusions
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber accepts no liability for any losses or damages, whether direct, indirect or consequential, that you may suffer as a result of your use of this website, including lost profits (even if the Bulgarian Economic Chamber is notified of such likelihood) arising in any way from, including but not limited to:
- the information provided on or via this website;
- the interception, modification or misuse of information transmitted to the Bulgarian Economic Chamber or transmitted to you;
- the misuse of this website in any way;
- any defects, viruses and any other malfunctions caused to any equipment and other software in connection with access or use of this website;
- the functioning or non-availability of this website;
- the loss of data, or;
- claims of third parties in connection with the use of this website.
Any disclaimers and exclusions of liability in these terms and conditions shall not apply to any damages arising from death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the Bulgarian Economic Chamber or any of its employees or agents or fraud. These disclaimers and exclusions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable law as set in these terms and conditions. If any provisions of these disclaimers and exclusions shall be found unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Damage to your Computer
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber has taken every effort to ensure that this website is free from viruses or defects. However, we cannot guarantee that your use of this website or any websites accessible through it will not cause damage to your computer. It is your responsibility to ensure that the right equipment is used to access the website. The Bulgarian Economic Chamber accepts no liability to any person for any loss or damage which may arise to computer equipment as a result of using this website.
Suspension and Termination
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber will determine, at its sole discretion, whether there has been a breach of these Terms and Conditions through your use of our site. Should a breach of these Terms and Conditions occur, the Bulgarian Economic Chamber may take such action as deemed appropriate, including but not limited to:
- Warning issued to you;
- Temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site;
- Disclosure of relevant information to law enforcement authorities as deemed necessary.
- Legal action against you for all costs incurred on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach;
- Further legal action against you;
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber excludes liability for actions brought against it in response to breaches of these Terms and Conditions. The responses described in these Terms and Conditions are not limited, and the Bulgarian Economic Chamber may take any other action it reasonably deems appropriate.
Legal Notices
There may be legal notices on other areas of this website which relate to your use of this website, all of which will, together with these terms and conditions govern your use of this website.
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber reserves the right to alter these terms and conditions from time to time. You should read them as often as possible to learn of any changes made as you are legally bound by them.
Applicable Law
This website and its terms and conditions of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. All disputes arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions of use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
Last updated: May 2018
Privacy Policy
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber (“Bulgarian Economic Chamber”, “we”, “us” or “our”), is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how the information we collect about you is used, your rights and how you can contact us if you prefer to limit the use of that information in any way, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Should you wish to contact us regarding our website or this policy, please send an email to [email protected]
Your use of this website is strictly in accordance with the Bulgarian Economic Chamber’s Terms of Use which you can find by clicking on the tab above. They should be read before the rest of the website is visited.
What information is collected and how it is used
The only part of the website which collects personal information is our contact form found in the Contact Us section. When you provide us with your details we need to know your name, telephone number and email address. We gather this information to allow us to process your request. It is then used by us to process your request and to communicate with you in relation to it.
This information is stored securely and will not be used by us for marketing purposes nor will it be transferred to a third party without your prior approval. The information is stored on a secure cloud server and secure local computers. It is stored only for the period necessary to fulfil your query, after which it is deleted. We will always aim to act in accordance with current legislation, including GDPR and internet best practices.
We may also use information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring our website usage so we can improve our website and user experience. This information will not be used to identify any individual. Our website uses cookies which are also regarded as personal data. You can see our cookie policy (see tab at the top) for more information about what cookies are used.
Your consent and rights
By submitting your information to the Bulgarian Economic Chamber, you give us consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy and for the purpose described in this policy. You can withdraw your consent and ask us to delete your data at all times. You can also request us to provide you with a record of your data which we store. Should you require this, please contact us by email to [email protected]
In the unlikely event of a data breach which affects your personal data, we will contact you by email or telephone using the information you provided.
We periodically update our Privacy Policy and other policies. By returning to this page you can read our latest version. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any changes we have made.
If you send a request to us, which requires your information to be sent to countries outside the European Economic Area, the information you provide may need to be transferred to such countries which do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as we set out in this policy. In such cases, we will contact you, using the details you have provided, to request your consent.
Sensitive personal data
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber does not collect sensitive personal data, such as religion, sexual orientation, political opinions or other. Please note that, should you provide us with unsolicited sensitive personal data you consent to our using that data as described above.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Third party websites
Please note that this Privacy Policy is only limited to and valid for this website. Any external third-party websites linked to this website may or may not have their own privacy policies and it is your duty to check them. The Bulgarian Economic Chamber accepts no liability for consequences arising from third-party websites.
Changing your personal details
If any of the information that you have provided to us changes, such as your name, email address, contact number or other, or if you wish to cancel your request, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected]
Last updated: May 2018
Cookies Policy
The Bulgarian Economic Chamber (“Bulgarian Economic Chamber”, “we”, “us” or “our”), uses cookies on this website. By using this website, you consent to the use of cookies. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy which also appear on our website. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you provide consent. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.
Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies of different types:
- Essential cookies – These are critical cookies necessary for the website to run. Typically used to authenticate you and other users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts
- Analytical/performance cookies – These allow the website to recognise and count the number of visitors and to analyse how visitors navigate the website. This helps to improve the website experience, for example, by ensuring that the content, which is visited most often, is easily visible and accessible.
- Functionality cookies – These are used to recognise you when you return to the website. This enables personalisation of the content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your location and language selection).
- Targeting cookies – These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. This information can be used to make the website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to what you are interested in. This information may also be shared with third parties for this purpose.
How the Bulgarian Economic Chamber uses cookies
When you use and access our website, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.
We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of our website, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising.
We use both session and persistent cookies on our website and we use different types of cookies to run the website
Third-party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, various third parties (like web traffic analysis providers or advertising companies) may also use cookies over which we have no control. They are likely to be targeting or analytical/performance cookies.
What are your choices regarding cookies?
You can allow cookies and enjoy our website. Alternatively, if you prefer, you can block cookies through your browser settings where you can control whether to block some or all cookies. Please click on the below links to see how to manage settings depending on your browser. Please note that if you set your browser to block all cookies, this will block the essential cookies as well and you may not be able to access parts or all of our website.
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS version
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the internet, you can visit these two useful sources of information:
All About Cookies
Microsoft Cookies Guide
If you have any questions please also feel free to email [email protected]
Last updated: May 2018