Privacy Policy

This website has resisted many malicious interactions partly due to the way metadata is used in the categorization of suspicious activities.

GDPR Compliance

Mitsov.EU (this entire website) and its subdomains operate in accordance with the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) with particular reference to Recital 18 and Article 2(2)(c), insofar as they pertain to the processing of personal data by natural persons in the course of purely personal or household activities. Prior to the integration of the GDPR it operated in compliance with the Bulgarian Law for Protection of Personal Data (am. and suppl., SG. Issue 15, February, 2013), referring to its Art. 1(9). To the extend GDPR is applicable to me as a controller or processor providing the means for processing your personal data, this policy covers the corresponding prerequisites for your consent (within the meaning of Art. 4(11) of the GDPR).

Disclaimer. Noncommercial Data Processing

I hereby disclaim any commercial gain from the processing of your personal data, as described in this policy.

Withdrawing your consent without detriment

Feel free to remove the cookies in your web browser whenever you see fit! You can also revoke or withdraw your consent by sending a request via the Administrative Contact Form. If you want your data to be properly identified and removed from my servers, please mention the following details about it:

After that you may continue using this website rightfully only if you accept the Terms of Use, agree with this policy and give your consent to personal data processing again.

Requesting a copy of your data

You can always request a copy of your personal data via the Administrative Contact Form. If you prefer your copy to be obtained more selectively, please mention the following details about it:

Control Your Personal Data

Be advised to control your browsing equipment as you see fit! Unless more genuine personal data is explicitly requested (i.e. for mailing, authentication or other personalized communication), you are allowed to use this website in compliance with the Terms of Use and with your most private applicable setup.

Means and Types of Data

The website may use cookies, server-side database, behavior analytics (including artificial intelligence) and other technical means to collect and process the following information about you:

• your access credentials, if provided;
• the chronology of your visits to the website;
• the pages you visited and your activities on the website;
• HTTP referrer and other request metadata;
• connection details and performance data;
• your IP address, and related descriptive information;
• your browser’s user agent string;
• features and add-ons of your browser;
• your name, email address and other personal data provided through the Administrative Contact Form;
• secondary statistical and analytical data based on the above.

All first-party cookies on Mitsov.EU are secure. The most critical ones are also limited to this website. If you find these means and types of data non-compliant with the applicable law or otherwise unacceptable, please use the Administrative Contact Form to inform me.

Children’s Privacy

I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from minors. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided me with personal data, please use the Administrative Contact Form to inform me.

Collection Purpose

Your data may be used to:

• help identify your device;
• perform access control
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• personalize our services;
• provide a safer experience;
• comply with the data retention and privacy policies of our service providers;
• handle your emails initiated through my Administrative Contact Form;
• prevent, detect and counteract то illegal or unwanted activity.

Disclaimer. No warranty for Data Quality

I do not claim that all collected data is authentic, accurate, current, complete or useful for the above purpose. I assume no responsibility for identifying you or your browsing equipment accurately. I assume no responsibility for the quality of any data provided by you or by third parties.

Data Retention

This website collects and stores data on servers located in Bulgaria. The retention of personal data is also in compliance with the applicable local law. This retention may be discontinued on my discretion and without notification.

Your Consent in Compliance With The GDPR

You may agree or have agreed with this Privacy Policy and with data collection on my behalf (on and off Mitsov.EU), by accepting the Terms of Use. Your agreement and your valid consent (within the meaning of Art. 4.11 of the GDPR) are prerequisites for acquiring your right to use this website.

Invalid Agreements

Minors and incapacitated people are not allowed to give legally binding consent to the processing of personal data on Mitsov.EU. Their attempts to accept the Terms of Use are also invalid for the purpose of acquiring the right to use this website.

Third-Party Instructions and Providers

Mitsov.EU may use various third-party plugins, add-ons, snippets and other software, collectively named Instructions. These Instructions implement the privacy policies of their respective authors, providers and organizational units, collectively named Providers. By integrating these Instructions into this site I also adhere to the corresponding policies of their Providers. The pronouns “we”, “us” and “our” (on this page) include these Providers. This relates to your privacy as follows:

Wordfence Security by Wordfence

Cookie “wfwaf-authcookie-(hash)“

What it does: According to the Provider this cookie is used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current user before WordPress has been loaded.
Who gets this cookie: This is only set for users that are able to log into WordPress.
How this cookie helps: This cookie allows the Wordfence firewall to detect logged in users and allow them increased access. It also allows Wordfence to detect non-logged in users and restrict their access to secure areas. The cookie also lets the firewall know what level of access a visitor has to help the firewall make smart decisions about who to allow and who to block.

Cookie “wf_loginalerted_(hash)“

What it does: According to the Provider this cookie is used to notify the Wordfence admin when an administrator logs in from a new device or location.
Who gets this cookie: This is only set for administrators.
How this cookie helps: This cookie helps the site owner know whether there has been an admin login from a new device or location.

Cookie “wfCBLBypass“

What it does: Wordfence offers a feature for a site visitor to bypass country blocking by accessing a hidden URL. According to the Provider this cookie helps track who should be allowed to bypass country blocking.
Who gets this cookie: When a hidden URL defined by the site admin is visited, this cookie is set to verify the user can access the site from a country restricted through country blocking. This will be set for anyone who knows the URL that allows bypass of standard country blocking. This cookie is not set for anyone who does not know the hidden URL to bypass country blocking.
How this cookie helps: This cookie gives the site owner a way to allow certain users from blocked countries, even though their country has been blocked.

Cookie “wfls-remembered-(hash)“

What it does: For users who use 2FA when logging in, this cookie allows them to log in with the same browser without requiring 2FA each time, for up to 30 days.
Who gets this cookie: This cookie is only set for users who enable the “Remember for 30 days” checkbox while logging in. This option is also only available if the admin has enabled “Allow remembering device for 30 days”.
How this cookie helps: This is a convenience feature. It allows users to log in without the extra step of 2FA after having successfully logged in from the same browser with 2FA.

Super Socializer plugin by Team Heateor

Social Login

My website may save the cookie heateorSsBrowserMsg in your browser to track which visitors have seen the popup notification and which haven’t. According to the Provider this cookie isn’t related to your personal data or your IP address. For all account providers (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn) the registered email address may be requested and saved locally. This helps in my attempts to link together multiple single sign-on accounts of the same author on my platform.

Facebook Comments – optional.

I may collect your public profile data only from your consent that you grant before initiating Social Login, from the social network used to login at my website. This data may include your first name, last name, email address, link to your social media profile, unique identifier, link to social profile avatar. This data bay be used to create your user profile at my website.

Disqus Comments

I may use Disqus Comments widget at my website for you to be able to comment at my posts using Disqus commenting system. Disqus may collect information about you when you register for and use the Service. According to the Provider such information may include “Personally Identifiable Information” which means information that identifies you as an individual. Such information may include (but is not limited to) your name, email address, telephone number, username or account ID, and “Non-Personally Identifiable Information” which means information that does not identify you as an individual. Also according to the Provider Non-Personally Identifiable Information may include (but is also not limited to) information about your browser, your IP address, device ID, what pages you visit on their Partner Sites, which website you came from, what advertisements you clicked on, whether on their Partner Websites, the Service or other third party websites, and other information about your online activity that does not identify you as an individual, in accordance with their data privacy policy.

Facebook Comments Moderation – optional.

I may also collect the data related to the Facebook comment you post, only with your consent that you grant before posting Facebook comments at my website for moderation. According to the Provider this data includes your Facebook account name, unique Facebook account identifier, unique identifier associated to the posted Facebook comment, unique open graph object identifier of the webpage at which you posted the comment, unique identifier associated to the parent comment if you reply to an existing comment. This data is used to show recent Facebook Comments made all over my website. You can also revoke this consent at any time by unchecking the opt-in displayed above comment box.

Facebook Comments Notifier – optional.

I may send the Facebook comment you post, to page/post author and/or website administrator via automated email, only from your consent that you grant before posting Facebook comment at my website. This data includes just your comment itself. You can revoke this consent at any time by unchecking the opt-in displayed above comment box.

Social Analytics for Sharing

I may use Google Analytics to track social shares made at my website. According to the Provider Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs (which include device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account), in accordance with their data privacy policy.

Facebook Like, Facebook Recommend, Facebook Share official buttons

I may embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” under my posts. According to the Provider this widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including associating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” my publication), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy.

Twitter Tweet official button

I may use a Twitter Tweet widget at my website. As a result, my website may make requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet my posts using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy. In addition, by using your Twitter account in integration with this website, you are required to give your consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies and to the collection and use of data about users’ browsing activities on this website (including for interest-based advertising and personalization) – all complementing Twitter’s Rules and Policies.

Linkedin Share official button

I may use a Linkedin Share widget at my website to allow you to share my posts on Linkedin. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy.

Other Privacy Determinants

There are essential privacy determinants that other websites may skip in order to look more attractive while making fortunes out of your personal data. Many details (e.g.) are technically referred to as “Non-Personally Identifiable Information” by our respected third-party Providers. When combined with simple system profiling, such details may hint the specific security vulnerabilities of your browser, operating system, device and intranet setup. Given a limited set of identities such information may also help identifying you.

The following external checks could bring more insight on the details exposed through your browser on your own behalf. This is for your information only. I assume no responsibility for your results, for the exact means used to obtain them or for any other related consequence.
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