"Please read the General Terms and Conditions for using simulator.bg carefully.

In the context of these General Terms and Conditions, we will use several concepts with the following meanings:

• "guest" - any individual who uses the services of the simulator.bg website.

• "user" - any individual who has registered on the simulator.bg website and uses its full functionality.

• "service(s)" on the website include: access to the informational resources/data of the website; participation on the website through commenting, liking, sharing, reporting irregularities/signaling/sending news/from time to time, organizing certain contests/polls, and other forms.

• "partner" is any individual/organization/institution, etc., with which simulator.bg has established contractual relationships and interacts in some form. As a result of these partnership relationships, simulator.bg has the opportunity to provide additional information about its partners to the guests and users of the website.

• "advertiser" - contractual relationships with companies and organizations through which simulator.bg commits to providing its guests and users with direct access or information about the respective advertiser for a certain agreed-upon period.

• "malicious attacks by third parties" - actions or inactions of third parties that are contrary to the rules and ethics of the Internet. On simulator.bg, there may be links to external websites. Here, we would like to inform you that we are not responsible for external websites. We are solely responsible for the content we publish on our website, while responsibility for external websites and services belongs entirely to their owners or operators."

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At simulator.bg, there may be advertising information or information about our partners. We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy and content of advertising information because it is published in the form provided by the advertiser.

The information on this website is of a general nature, and while we strive for accuracy and verification of services, please be aware that your actions resulting from the information received from our website are entirely your choice, and you are responsible for them. We aim to provide you with services related to culture, art, education, fashion, as well as interesting resources for personal motivation and aesthetic development.

We reserve the right to make changes to our general terms and to limit the liability established above, as well as changes to the format and content of the website, with timely notification to you.

By entering simulator.bg, you accept the current general terms and conditions, as well as the limitation of liability, so we advise you to regularly review our terms of use.

Subject of the General Terms These General Terms and Conditions are a type of contract between the guests, users of the simulator.bg website, and simulator.bg, through which guests and users are granted the right to use the website's services for personal and non-commercial purposes, subject to the conditions below. These General Terms and Conditions have binding effect only in the relations between the guests and users of the website's services and simulator.bg.

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The simulator.bg website is accessible through its unified address (URL) using a specific protocol and contains files, text, sound, images, videos, graphics, and more.

By accessing the simulator.bg website, guests and users agree to be bound by these General Terms and all subsequent changes to them, obliging themselves to abide by them.

If there is a reason for which you do not agree with these terms, please refrain from using the simulator.bg website.

By using simulator.bg, guests and users have access to information published on the website in one form or another and can participate through comments, submissions, and more.

The type and specifics of the possibilities for using simulator.bg may be changed at the discretion of the website administrators.

Terms of Use of the Website The website and its services may be used, as well as its services, solely for personal/non-commercial purposes by all guests and users, while adhering to the General Terms.

All intellectual property rights over the resources and materials with informational content published on the website are protected by the current Copyright and Related Rights Act. Unauthorized use by guests and users constitutes a violation of the law and may be subject to criminal liability in accordance with Bulgarian legislation.

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All users have the right to submit informational materials and signals, which, upon approval by a moderator/administrator, will be published on the website, with the user agreeing to the General Terms. At simulator.bg, you - our guests, have the right to express opinions in the form of comments. However, your comments should be temperate and should not undermine the authority of any person/institution or organization, even if they are critical, they must be within the bounds of good manners. Comments can be posted only after registering on the website. This registration requires the creation of a username, email, and password. The storage and processing of this data will be carried out in accordance with our personal data policy, which you can review here. After registration on the website, you will have broader access to the site's functions.

simulator.bg includes materials with text, images, other visuals, videos, and recordings that are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. All these copyright or other intellectual property rights belong to simulator.bg or are used with the owner's permission for the website's purposes.

If you, our guests, send us information and we decide to publish it in the form you have provided, the responsibility for its accuracy lies entirely with the user who sent it to us. By publishing information, the author agrees that it will be available on the simulator.bg website for an indefinite period. The author cannot make claims against comments posted by guests on the website.

The use of this tool and services is entirely voluntary, but in the case of unethical comments, simulator.bg reserves the right to moderate the comment content.

We reserve the right at any time to change the format and content of the website, and at our discretion, we can add and/or remove services and/or materials.

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Additionally, we reserve the right to change the parameters and characteristics of the website, as well as the terms and possibilities for its use.

Rights and Obligations of the Parties The simulator.bg team commits to guarantee the integrity of information containing personal data provided by our users through cookies and similar technologies. Only in cases when information is requested by government authorities or authorized individuals, empowered by law to require and collect information containing personal data, and in compliance with the regulatory procedure, we may assist and explicitly inform you of such action.

We have our data processing policy, which you can review in detail here.

We use cookies to optimize our website, but their use is carried out only with your consent. Please familiarize yourself with our cookie policy here.

By accepting these General Terms, guests and users agree to the processing of cookies and other technologies for the purposes of direct marketing through non-targeted banner advertising.

Sending information via email to the email address provided by our user for changes to the General Terms or the Privacy Policy is not considered direct marketing.

simulator.bg reserves the right to organize games, contests, and events with or without various prizes provided by us, our partners, our advertisers, or third parties. Specific conditions are announced for certain contests/games/events, which are considered an integral part of the General Terms of simulator.bg and may be subject to changes.

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From simulator.bg, we strive to present you only current, accurate, true, and verified information. In order to provide you with objective information, especially in a conflicting situation, we are obliged to seek at least two expert opinions. All information on the website is provided in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria, with no guarantee by simulator.bg of its integrity and protection from malicious third-party attacks.

We do not bear responsibility for subjective perceptions and interpretations of the information and resources provided by us on the website.

We do not assume responsibility for information contained on websites to which we have references.

We have the right to claim compensation for damages, expenses, and claims from third parties resulting from a violation of these General Terms or unauthorized use of the website's services.

We reserve the right to make judgments about providing user data, to remove or restrict user actions that we deem unacceptable, and in cases where there are reasonable suspicions of a breach of the General Terms.

We reserve the right to discontinue the provision of some free services or make paid services free, but this will be done through notices published on the website, as well as by sending emails to registered users.

Final Provisions We reserve the right to make changes to these General Terms at any time, and we will always inform you about it.

For all matters not regulated by these General Terms, the current legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria applies.

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These terms were confirmed by the simulator.bg team on 01.11.2023

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GDPR

The website simulator.bg places exceptionally high importance on protecting the personal data of our users. Our main goal and activity are aligned with the requirements of the new Regulation (EU) 2016/679 regarding the protection of natural persons concerning the processing of personal data (GDPR), in effect from May 25, 2018. We fully adhere to GDPR to protect your personal data, as part of the personal information that identifies you as a user, and to maintain high standards and secure technologies related to the way we collect, store, and use your personal data.

You can familiarize yourself with the Regulation here Here, you can carefully review our privacy and personal data protection policy. If you have a reason not to accept our policy regarding the protection of your personal data, our advice is to refrain from using simulator.bg. If you continue to use our site, it means that you agree to and accept our policy on the collection and use of your personal data.

What constitutes personal data? According to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, personal data is any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person. This personal data may include a name, email, physical address, IP address, education, health information, and more.

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Categories of personal data processed by simulator.bg According to the Regulation, we collect, store, and process the following personal data provided by you – first and last name, username, and email address, company name, organization, contact information – email and phone; your access passwords to our website; IP addresses and "cookies," for which you can find more information in our Cookie Policy. Like most websites, we collect data in log files – information containing your IP, the browser you use (such as Mozilla, IE, Chrome, and others), the operating system (Linux, Windows, iOS), when you visited our website, and the pages visited. We reserve the right to use users' IP addresses to disclose their identity when necessary in compliance with the law. Our policy regarding your personal data is entirely transparent because we provide clear information about the collection of personal data by us, specify the purposes and processing of your personal data, and have well-defined rules for retaining and deleting personal data. For your peace of mind regarding your personal data, we offer you the opportunity to give suitable consent for data processing, use appropriate protection for their storage. If we detect violations, we inform the authorities, keeping records with detailed data processing. We kindly ask our readers not to provide data about third parties in violation of their data protection rules because we do not have access to these individuals and do not have practical means to control whether the data provided for them is processed with their consent in compliance with legal requirements. If you still provide this type of data, you are responsible for providing it and are obliged to inform them about the processing we carry out.

How do we obtain your personal data? We at simulator.bg obtain your data when:

• You create your account, which provides you with more opportunities

• You visit our website

• When you contact us about matters related to managing your profile.

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Through cookies or third-party cookies, we collect information about your activities and choices you've made when visiting our website. Why do we collect your personal data? The collection and processing of your personal data by simulator.bg are associated with various purposes, including providing and administering our services in compliance with our general rules, identifying users who have created user profiles to access more content and features on our site; as well as serving and responding to your inquiries received directly from us or to our email address, verification by sending an email to ensure the security of your data access and your profile when changing your password. In connection with the performance of our legal obligations, simulator.bg processes data for invoicing, financial and accounting processing of the provided service, and for tax and insurance control by the relevant competent authorities (this most often applies to advertisers or partners who have chosen to cooperate with us). From simulator.bg, we collect and process information for tracking the execution of each service, for easier communication, and for analyzing statistical data obtained after anonymizing your data. We also collect and process personal data for analyzing user searches and behaviors; for sending advertising and/or informational messages. simulator.bg collects and processes personal data for internal use only to meet your needs, as our users, choose to provide them consciously and voluntarily for the purpose of satisfying your needs. In these cases, we comply with the basic principles of personal data processing, lawfully, fairly, and transparently collecting and storing data, minimizing data. When our users provide their personal data voluntarily, we store them only for the time required to respond to their inquiries and needs. After the need for data storage has ceased, they are destroyed. In the case of processing data for children, this will be done under special conditions, as well as for data related to ethnic, political, and religious beliefs: Article 8 Conditions applicable to child's consent in relation to information society services: 1. When Article 6(1)(a) applies in connection with the direct offer of information society services to children, the processing of children's data is lawful if the child is at least 16 years old. If the child is under 16 years old, such processing is lawful only if such consent is given or permitted by the holder of parental responsibility for the child. See: Legal basis for collecting and processing personal data The team at simulator.bg collects and processes your personal data based on the provision, execution, and administration of the services you have chosen, in accordance with our general rules. We process your personal data based on your consent, which is voluntary and can be withdrawn in full or in part at any time.

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We process your personal data based on compliance with our legal obligations. The legal grounds for collecting and processing your data by simulator.bg are provided in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, specifically:

1. Processing is lawful only if at least one of the following conditions applies: a) The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes; b) Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for taking pre-contractual steps at the data subject's request; c) Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject; d) Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person; e) Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; f) Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require protection of personal data, in particular when the data subject is a child.

Letter (f) of the first subparagraph does not apply to processing carried out by public authorities in the performance of their tasks. See: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679&from=EN

simulator.bg makes an effort not to provide the received data to third parties, except in cases where you have explicitly given your consent. In these cases, responsibility for your data lies with those third parties, and you should carefully review their terms and conditions.

Data Retention and Deletion Period Data is retained for the necessary period to achieve the purposes for which we process it, taking into account the quantity, nature, and sensitivity of the collected data, as well as whether these purposes can be achieved by other means. We also consider the timeframes required to meet our legal obligations when determining the data retention period. Personal data you provide to us when registering on simulator.bg is stored and processed for the duration of your registration, until you request the deactivation of your profile and for a period of one year after deactivation of your registration.

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When your personal data is contained in accounting documents in electronic or paper form that may be required for tax control purposes, the retention period for this data is 10 years. Your personal data is processed for analytical purposes during your registration and is stored for a period of 12 months after the deletion of your user profile. If you have provided consent for the use of personal data for marketing purposes, we store and process them until you withdraw your consent.

Your personal data will be stored for as long as you have an active profile and continue to access our favorite and other informational content.

Services provided by simulator.bg may contain links to websites that are managed or owned by other entities different from us. We, simulator.bg, are not responsible for the processing of personal data carried out by such websites. Therefore, we always advise you to review their data protection policies.

Security Measures for Your Personal Data We have implemented a wide range of technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of your personal data, in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR. Considering the state of the art, the costs of implementation, the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing, as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the controller and the processor apply appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including inter alia:

a) Pseudonymization and encryption of personal data; b) The ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of processing systems and services; c) The ability to restore the availability and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident; d) A process for regularly testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing.

Your feedback is of great importance to us. Therefore, if you notice any breaches or suspicious activities during the use of our website, please alert us immediately.

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Your rights are as follows:

1. Right of access – at any time, you have the right to request information about how we handle your personal data.

2. Right to rectification – at any time, you can correct your personal data if they are incorrect or need to be supplemented or changed.

3. Right to erasure – you can request the deletion of all your personal data, except when processing is necessary for one of the following purposes: exercising the right to freedom of expression and the right to information; for compliance with a legal obligation that requires data processing under EU law or the law of the Member State; for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, if it is likely that the right to erasure would seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of such processing; or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

4. Right to restriction – you can restrict the processing of your personal data when: the processing of data is unlawful, but you do not want your personal data to be deleted, and you require restriction of their use. When we process your personal data on the basis of your consent or under a contract, you have the right to obtain a copy of your data, which includes only the personal data you have provided to us.

Exercising Your Rights The simulator.bg team takes data protection seriously and provides you with the opportunity to contact us if needed via email at team@simulator.bg. We reserve the right to respond to your request within 15 days of receiving it, but we have the right to extend the period in connection with the complexity and the number of requests. The regulation for GDPR in Bulgaria is carried out by the "Commission for Personal Data Protection."

Withdrawal of Consent At any time, you have the right to withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal data by writing to the email address provided above. Regarding this document, as well as in accordance with our "Cookies Policy," each one of you has the right not to provide us with any personal data. If you have subscribed to receive notifications from our site, you can unsubscribe at any time, and we will ensure that your data is deleted, and you will stop receiving notifications from us. You will be informed that you will no longer receive information from us. If you wish to resubscribe to our newsletter, you can do so.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy The simulator.bg team reserves the right to update, change, and amend its privacy policy at any time, as it sees fit or when the legislation or circumstances require it. You will be informed in a timely manner and have the right to agree or disagree with the new policy. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, you must first read and agree to the terms of use and the data protection policy we implement on the site and give your consent to receive promotional information and information materials related to the site.