In the process of ensuring the highest quality of services, we manage your data with utmost care and comply with the highest standards set by European regulations and Slovenian legislation. This policy explains how we collect, use and store your personal data.

Article 1

The controller of personal data is DRUŠTVO ZA OŽIVLJANJE ZGODBE 2 KOLUTA, Tugomerjeva ulica 8, 1000 Ljubljana (hereinafter: the Association). In the process of our cooperation, you entrust us with data, part of which is categorized as personal data and which we handle with special care. Part of the data is created automatically when you are using our website.

The bases for the processing of your personal data can be classified into the following groups:

– processing which you voluntarily consent to by signing up for the Animateka Newsletter as part of our cooperation;
– data processing based on your visit to our website;
– data processing based on the submission of your film to the Animateka international festival;
– data processing based on the registration form for the AnimatekaPRO event.

Processing of personal data related to registering for the Animateka Newsletter

The e-mail address you provide when registering for the Animateka Newsletter is sent to the Association. Based on your consent given when registering for the Animateka Newsletter, the Association will keep you informed about its events, cooperation opportunities or press releases. For this purpose, we collect and process the following personal data: e-mail address. As the controller of personal data, the Association respects your privacy and undertakes to carefully protect your e-mail address and not to pass it on to a third party without your consent or to use it for purposes other than those for which the personal data was provided. The Association processes personal data in accordance with the requirements of applicable European and national legislation on personal data protection.

Processing of personal data of website visitors

Personal data of visitors to the Animateka website are processed during their visit and used for advanced online advertising and web analytics. Whenever possible, we use anonymized data for this purpose. You can avoid the processing of personal data by using appropriate cookies and plug-ins settings when visiting the website or applying appropriate settings for the use of cookies in the web browser you are using.

Processing of personal data when registering your film for the Animateka International Festival

For this purpose, we collect and process the following personal data of the applicant: name and surname, e-mail address, country, city and telephone number. As the controller of personal data, the Association respects your privacy and undertakes to carefully protect your personal data and not to pass it on to a third party without your consent or to use it for purposes other than those for which the personal data was provided. The Association processes personal data in accordance with the requirements of applicable European and national legislation on personal data protection.

Processing of personal data when registering for the AnimatekaPRO event

For this purpose, we collect and process the following personal data of the applicant: name and surname, e-mail address, country, city and telephone number. As the controller of personal data, the Association respects your privacy and undertakes to carefully protect your personal data and not to pass it on to a third party without your consent or to use it for purposes other than those for which the personal data was provided. The Association processes personal data in accordance with the requirements of applicable European and national legislation on personal data protection.

Article 2

The data retention period is determined by the individual data category. We keep the data for the maximum period of time necessary to achieve the purpose for which the data has been collected or further processed, or until the expiry of the period for the fulfilment of obligations or the legally prescribed retention period.

We use the Mailchimp online platform to store e-mail addresses collected through registration for the Animateka Newsletter. In its General Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, the Mailchimp online platform ensures compliance with the rules set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and confirms that it has obtained the certificate of conformity with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework.

We use our own online platform to store your data collected upon registering for the Animateka International Festival and / or AnimatekaPRO. We ensure the security of your data with the most advanced technical services and protocols. All the collected data is kept in Slovenia.

At the end of the retention period, your data will be deleted, destroyed, blocked or anonymized, unless otherwise provided by law for each type of data.

Article 3

Individuals may request the Association to enable them access to personal data, correction, deletion or restriction of the processing of your personal data. You have the right to object to the processing and transferability of your personal data. You can exercise this right with a written request, which you send to the address of the Association or via e-mail to the address website@animateka.si. We will decide on your request within one month of receiving it. In case of complexity and a large number of requests, the deadline may be extended by a maximum of two additional months, of which you will be notified.

Article 4

Upon subscribing to the Animateka Newsletter, we enable you to have control over the processing of your data: in each message sent to you, we provide you with access to the record of your data, which you can supplement or change. It is important for successful cooperation that your data is accurate, therefore, we recommend that you inform us about any changes or change them in the application by yourself.

Upon registering for the Animateka international festival and / or AnimatekaPRO, you have the right to request a copy of the information we keep about you. If you want a copy of some or all of your personal information, please send a written request to the address of the Association or by e-mail to website@animateka.si. Providing information may take several days.

We want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may request that we correct or remove the information you believe is inaccurate.

You have the right to request that we stop processing your personal data;
You have the right to request that we no longer send you messages from the Association;
You have the right to correct any personal information we hold that is incorrect;
You have the right to request that we delete your personal information;
You have the right to request that we restrict data processing activities.

Article 5

On the Animateka.si website, we use cookie technology with the help of which we improve the user experience, collect information on the use of the website and increase the user-friendliness of the website. With the given content we want to explain as clearly as possible what these cookies are and what their purpose is – for the cookies that are used on http://www.animateka.si

What are web cookies

A cookie is a simple text file that a website automatically assigns or sends to a browser (if the website uses cookies). When a user visits the website again with the same browser, the data stored in the cookie is forwarded by the browser to the website, which recognizes the user’s previous activities. Web cookies cannot contain viruses, Trojan horses or other malicious code.

Types of cookies

Permanent cookies

They remain saved even when the user closes the browser and ends the session. Websites can use them to store registration information, language selection, or for traffic analysis. These cookies can be stored for days, months or years.

Temporary cookies

They remain stored until the user closes or ends the session. Websites use them for saving temporary information. This information can be shopping cart products, greater security in online banking, or information about visiting a website.

www.animateka.si makes use of the following cookies:

The PHPSESSID cookie, which is essential for the operation of the website and allows the storing of sessions between individual requests.

Google Analytics cookies (_utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz) are intended for metering and analysing website traffic.

Management of cookies

Most web browsers allow you to set your cookies. You can reject or accept cookies with a feature built into web browsers. If you decline cookies, you may continue to use our website, but certain subpages will not work.

If you wish to reject cookies used by the website, you can do so by changing your browser settings or by applying the rejection described below. Prior to your rejection, we would like to inform you that some of the functionalities of this website may not work in accordance with their purpose.

Due to differences between browsers, we recommend this link for managing or deleting browser-level cookies www.aboutcookies.org, which describes step-by-step the procedure for managing or deleting cookies in most browsers.

To delete Google Analytics cookies from this website, you can do so by clicking on:

“I do not consent to the use of cookies.”

If you wish to reactivate the usage of Google Analytics cookies on this website, you can do so by clicking on

“I agree to the use of cookies.”

Article 6

Anything not regulated by the provisions of this policy is subject to applicable law.

We reserve the right to change the policy. We will inform you about any changes by posting them on the official website http://www.animateka.si/, or in another appropriate manner. Any change will be published thirty (30) days before entering into force.

The data protection policy is valid and applicable from 25 May 2018.