Personal data processing policy

Operator and contact

The personal data operator is Andrey Eduardovich Bernev, an individual residing in Georgia. This policy covers the main website, publications.bernev.com and courses.bernev.com.

For personal data questions, contact Email.

What data is used for

Visitors can read materials and use search, archives and reference calculations. The website has no application forms, document-upload facility or payment acceptance. Enquiries and documents provided voluntarily are sent through separately chosen external communication channels.

Names, contact details and the contents of an enquiry are used to respond and discuss further work. Data needed for a separately agreed contract is used to prepare and perform that contract. Legal services and training are paid services provided under a separate contract, with payment taking place outside the website.

The purpose and basis for processing depend on the particular situation. They may include responding to an enquiry initiated by the person, preparing and performing a contract, or meeting applicable obligations. Where separate consent is required for a particular processing activity, visiting or continuing to use the website or sending a message does not by itself replace that consent.

Browser data and settings

The website may store the analytics choice and font-size preference in the browser and may temporarily store country or scenario selections and reading, search or filter state. The main website, publication subdomain and training subdomain each remember the analytics choice separately.

Settings in localStorage remain until they are changed or the site's stored data are cleared; sessionStorage is tied to the tab session. These functional settings do not by themselves constitute permission for optional analytics. More information is available on the cookies and browser storage page.

Optional analytics

BERNEV uses Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to analyze website traffic and improve the website. Microsoft Clarity provides click and scroll heatmaps and recordings of visitor interactions with web pages. Strict text masking is enabled in Clarity's settings, including masking of text entered into input fields. Utility pages are excluded from analysis, and advertising purposes are disabled. Previously granted consent for Google Analytics remains valid but does not cover Clarity. Activating Clarity requires renewed, explicit consent to analytics using both services. Declining consent disables both services without restricting access to website content. Visitors can reopen their analytics consent settings and change their choice at any time. More information about Microsoft Clarity: https://clarity.microsoft.com/terms.

Optional analytics runs after the visitor gives explicit permission. It can be refused, and the choice can later be changed in “Analytics settings”. The website uses its own analytics tools and Google Analytics.

Analytics may include page-view and contact-click events, referral or campaign source, page information, and session and analytics identifiers. Such identifiers may link multiple events to the same session or browser.

When permission is withdrawn, further optional analytics stops and known own-analytics keys in the browser are cleared. This does not automatically delete data previously transmitted to the server or Google. Questions about previously transmitted data can be sent to Email. Technical data needed to deliver a web page, including the IP address, may be processed by the infrastructure used to provide the site.

External services

The website includes external links to Telegram, WhatsApp, YouTube and email. For Yandex Messenger and imo, contact cards show a phone number; Zoom is arranged separately through the contact section. When an external service is used, data may be processed under that service's own rules and technical arrangements.

Some video-cover images are loaded from i.ytimg.com. Loading such an image sends a request to an external service and may transmit technical data independently of the optional analytics choice. Refusing analytics does not automatically block every browser request to a third-party resource.

Retention periods

The policy sets maximum retention periods: enquiries that do not lead to work starting — up to 3 years; contract materials — the contract term plus 5 years; technical logs — up to 12 months; analytics data — up to 24 months. These limits apply subject to any other lawful retention requirements relevant to the particular data.

Once the processing purpose has been achieved or the applicable period has ended, data must be deleted or otherwise handled as required by applicable rules unless there is a separate lawful basis for further retention. Deletion by the operator does not by itself delete copies held by external recipients; processing of those copies depends on the applicable basis and the rules of the relevant service.

Your rights

You can write to Email to request information about your personal data, ask for correction, request that processing stop or that data be deleted where applicable grounds exist, or withdraw consent previously given.

For an initial request, it is sufficient to state the subject of the request and provide enough information to locate the relevant correspondence or data; a passport or a complete case file is not required at that stage. Withdrawal of consent does not end processing or retention where another applicable basis remains.

If a person believes that their rights have been violated in connection with personal data processing, they may complain to a competent authority or court under the procedure applicable to the particular situation.

Data safeguards

The operator must apply appropriate legal, organisational and technical measures to protect personal data and restrict access to it, taking account of the nature of the data, the purposes of processing and the relevant risks. Such measures cannot guarantee absolute security.

If work requires documents containing sensitive information or information unnecessary for an initial enquiry, the transfer channel and the necessary scope of the documents are agreed separately.