Last Updated: 7th February 2025

Welcome to Kateryna Biloruska Foundation Limited (“Foundation,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) Website. These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website: https:// https://biloruska.foundation/ (“our Website”) and any services provided therein, including donations. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to comply with these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use our Website.

1. Areas of Activity

We are a charitable foundation established in 2023 in Cyprus to promote health and well-being of people through education and the participation of the community in sport and fight against exclusion and poverty in the societies where the Company operates and/ or chooses. Our purposes are non-profit, charitable, social and humanitarian.

2. Use of the Website

2.1. The Website is provided for informational purposes and to facilitate donations to support our mission.

2.2. You agree not to use the Website for any unlawful, fraudulent, or unauthorized purposes.

2.3. We reserve the right to modify or discontinue any part of the Website without notice.

3. Donations

3.1. By clicking the “Donate” button, you agree to the rules of the Public Offer regarding the provision of charitable donations. You may access the Public Offer here.

3.2. It is specified that all donations made to the Foundation are voluntary and non-refundable, except as required by law.

3.3. By making a charitable donation through our Website, you transfer the money to the Foundation’s ownership free of charge and irrevocably as a voluntary charitable donation to support the Foundation’s activities, and the Foundation accepts such charitable donation and undertakes to use it to conduct its own charitable activities in accordance with the Foundation’s constituent documents and the laws of the Republic of Cyprus.

3.4. The Foundation does not conduct targeted fundraising. The funds raised by the Foundation will be used to implement charitable projects of the Foundation. Reports on the use of collected charitable donations are published on the Website.

3.5. We accept donations through various payment methods, including credit/debit cards, PayPal, bank transfers, and other payment gateways. Please be advised that payments made through our Website are supported by payment service providers beyond our control, namely by …….. Clicking on the payment link, you agree to comply with the Terms of Use, Privacy Policies, and other policies of such providers. In no case shall the Foundation be responsible for payment data processed by such providers. All funds collected by our partners are transferred to the Foundation’s current account in accordance with the concluded contracts.

3.6. Recurring donations will be processed according to the schedule you select. You may cancel recurring donations at any time by contacting us (as indicated in the “Contact Us” section below).

3.7. We will issue receipts for donations where applicable. However, donors should consult their tax advisor regarding the deductibility of their contributions.

4. Privacy Policy

4.1. Your privacy and personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy available at ………., which explains what personal information we collect from you, how and why we collect, store, use and share such information, your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a query or complaint about the use of your personal information.

4.2. By making a donation, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal information as outlined in our Privacy Policy.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1. The intellectual property rights in our Website and in any text, images, video, design, graphics, information, interfaces, logos, trademarks, tradenames, audio or other multimedia content, software or other information or material submitted to or accessible from our Website (“Content”) are owned by us and our licensors.

5.2. We and our licensors reserve all our intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, all copyright, trademarks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind) whether registered or unregistered anywhere in the world. This means, for example, that we remain owners of them and are free to use them as we see fit.

5.3. Nothing in these Terms grants you any legal rights in our Website or the Content other than as necessary for you to access it and as stipulated below. You agree not to adjust, try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on our Website or the Content (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular, in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within our Website or the Content.

5.4. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or exploit any Content without prior written permission from us. Also, you must not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, modify, create derivative works, or otherwise use the Content for commercial or illegal purposes without our prior written permission. You hereby agree not to change or remove any ownership notices from the materials downloaded or printed from the Website.

5.5. Provided that you comply with these Terms, the Foundation hereby grants you permission to:

(i) use our Website from your personal devices under the Terms provided for in the Terms; and

(ii) access and view any Content posted on or through the Website solely for personal, non-commercial use.

We hereby bring to your attention that we will protect its intellectual property rights through all available legal remedies, including criminal prosecution for serious offenses.

6. Third-Party Links

6.1. Our Website may contain hyperlinks or references to third party advertising and websites other than our Website for additional resources or payment processing. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third party advertising or websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third-party advertising or website does not mean that we endorse that third party’s website, products or services. Your use of a third-party website may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third-party website and is at your own risk.

7. Limitation of Liability

7.1. The Foundation is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Website or your donations.

7.2. While we take reasonable steps to secure transactions, we do not guarantee that the Website will be free from errors, viruses, or other security threats.

7.3. Although our Website uses encryption protection software in areas where online payment details are accepted, the security of information and payments transmitted over the Internet cannot be guaranteed.

7.4 We are not liable to you for any loss or damage that was not foreseeable, any loss or damage not caused by our breach or negligence, or any business loss or damage.

7.5 We try to make sure that our Website is accurate, up-to-date and free from bugs, but we cannot promise that it will be. Furthermore, we cannot promise that our Website will be fit or suitable for any purpose. Any reliance that you may place on the information on our Website is at your own risk.

7.6. Any Content is provided for your general information purposes only and to inform you about us and our news, features, services and other websites that may be of interest, but has not been tailored to your specific requirements or circumstances. It does not constitute technical, financial or legal advice or any other type of advice and should not be relied on for any purposes. You should always use your own independent judgment when using our Website and its Content.

7.7. While we try to make sure that our Website is available for your use, we do not promise that our Website will be available at all times or that your use of the Website will be uninterrupted.

8. Indemnification

8.1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Foundation, our partners, employees, contractors and volunteers in case of any claims, liability, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting costs, in any way related to or arising from: (i) your violation of any of the provisions of these Terms, (ii) your use / improper use of the Website, Content, features available on the Website, or (iii) your violation of laws or third party rights.

8.2. You also agree to indemnify the Foundation for any losses and costs incurred by it (including fees or expenses for lawyers, accountants, professional consultants and other experts) in connection with the defense or settlement of disputes arising from your use of our Website for any illegal or prohibited purposes.

8.3. We hereby reserve the right to choose the legal defense methods we deem to be appropriate, including cases in which you release us from liability. Therefore, you agree to cooperate with us in implementing our strategy to protect your rights.

9. Force Majeure Circumstances

We are not responsible to you for any violation of these Terms, loss or damage that you may incur as a result of any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to strikes, war, lockouts or other industrial disputes, system failure or network access, flood, fire, explosion or accident.

10. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

10.1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus.

10.2. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be resolved through negotiation. If a resolution is not reached, disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Cyprus.

11. Changes to Terms & Conditions

11.1. No changes to these Terms are valid or have any effect unless agreed by us in writing or made in accordance with this clause 11.

11.2. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to verify such variations.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about these Terms, or if you would like the Terms in another format (for example audio, large print, braille) please contact us at:

KATERYNA BILORUSKA FOUNDATION LIMITED

32, Spyrou Kyprianou, VASHIOTIS JOHN MARIE, 4043 Limassol, Cyprus

PRIVACY POLICY

Policy version: as updated on 7th February 2025.

This Privacy Policy applies to the website: https:// https://biloruska.foundation/ (our website).

Our website is provided by us. We are the controller of personal data obtained via our website, meaning we are the organisation legally responsible for deciding how and for what purposes it is used.

We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how and why we collect, store, use and share any information relating to you (your personal data) in connection with your use of our website. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or a relevant regulator in the event you have a complaint.

We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (EU GDPR) in relation to the activities we are undertaking in the European Economic Area (EEA).

This version of our privacy policy is primarily written for adults, including parents and guardians of child users. This website is not intended to be used by children under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 14 without parental consent. If we become aware that a child under the age of 14 has provided us with personal information, we will delete the information from our records.

This privacy policy is divided into the following sections:

• What this policy applies to
• Personal data we collect about you
• How your personal data is collected
• How and why we use your personal data
• Marketing
• Who we share your personal data with
• How long your personal data will be kept
• Transferring your personal data out of the EEA
• Cookies
• Your rights
• Keeping your personal data secure
• How to complain
• How to contact us
• Changes to this privacy policy

What this policy applies to

This privacy policy relates to your use of our website only.

Throughout our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to. Those third-party websites may also gather information about you in accordance with their own separate privacy policies. For privacy information relating to those third-party websites, please consult their privacy policies as appropriate.

Personal data we collect about you

The personal data we collect about you depends on the particular activities carried out through our website.

You must provide some or all of the above personal data when proceeding with a donation to us or when sending a request of collaboration for example, unless we tell you that you have a choice. 

Sometimes you can choose if you want to give us your personal data and let us use it. Where that is the case, we will tell you and give you the choice before you give the personal data to us. We will also tell you whether declining to share that personal data will have any effect on the use of our website.

We collect and use this personal data for the purposes described in the section ‘How and why we use your personal data’ below.

How your personal data is collected

We collect personal data from you: 

• directly, when you enter or send us information, such as when you contact us (including via email), send us feedback, make a donation, request collaboration etc. and 
• indirectly, such as your browsing activity while on our website; we will usually collect information indirectly using the technologies explained in the section on ‘Cookies’ below.

How and why we use your personal data

Under Article 6 of the EU GDPR, your personal data will be processed only if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies:

• consent for processing personal data has been given,
• for the performance of an obligation with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a memorandum of cooperation,
• to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations,
• processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of an individual or legal person,
• processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us,
• interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child,

• for our legitimate interests or those of a third party.

A legitimate interest is when we have a reason to use your personal data in the course of our activities, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests. We will carry out an assessment when relying on legitimate interests, to balance our interests against your own. You can obtain details of this assessment by contacting us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).

The table below explains what we use your personal data for and why.

How and why we use your personal data—sharing

See ‘Who we share your personal data with’ for further information on the steps we will take to protect your personal data where we need to share it with others.

Marketing

How We Use Your Personal Data for Marketing

We may use your personal data to send you marketing communications about our activities and other related updates. This may include emails, SMS messages, telephone, post. We will only use your personal data for marketing purposes if we have a valid legal basis, such as:

• Your Consent: When required by law, we will obtain your explicit consent before sending you marketing messages. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Legitimate Interests: If you are an existing collaborator or donor, we may send you marketing communications based on our legitimate interests in promoting our activities, provided that your rights and freedoms do not override these interests. You can opt out at any time.

Your Marketing Preferences

You can control your marketing preferences in the following ways:

• Opting Out of Emails: You can unsubscribe from our marketing emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email you receive from us.
• Opting Out of SMS Messages: If you receive SMS marketing messages, you can stop receiving them by following the opt-out instructions included in the message.
• Managing Preferences: You can update your communication preferences by contacting us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).or through your account settings.

Your Right to Object to Marketing (Article 21 of EU GDPR)

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. If you object, we will stop processing your personal data for marketing purposes immediately.

Third-Party Marketing

We will not share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes unless we have obtained your explicit consent.

We will always treat your personal data with the utmost respect and never sell OR share it with other organizations for marketing purposes.

For more information on your right to object at any time to your personal data being used for marketing purposes, see ‘Your rights’ below.

Who we share your personal data with

We routinely share personal data with:

• third parties we use to help in the implementation or performance of our activities
• other third parties we use to help us run the foundation, e.g. website hosts and website analytics providers
• ……

We only allow those organizations to handle your personal data if we are satisfied, they take appropriate measures to protect your personal data. 

We or the third parties mentioned above occasionally also share personal data with:

• our external auditors, e.g. in relation to the audit of our accounts, in which case the recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations
• our and their professional advisors (such as lawyers and other advisors), in which case the recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations
• law enforcement agencies, courts, tribunals and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
• other parties that have or may acquire control of the foundation (and our or their professional advisers) in connection with a significant transaction, usually, information will be anonymized but this may not always be possible. The recipient of any of your personal data will be bound by confidentiality obligations.

Who we share your personal data with—further information

If you would like more information about who we share our data with and why, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).

How long your personal data will be kept

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including to comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

• Marketing Data: If you have given consent for marketing communications, we will retain your data until you withdraw your consent or opt out. If we rely on legitimate interests for marketing, we will retain your data as long as you remain an active customer or show interest in our activities, but no longer than 2 years from your last interaction with us.
• Data received on the basis of collaboration or based on our memorandum of cooperation: If your data is collected as part of a collaboration of memorandum of cooperation, we will retain it for the duration of such cooperation and for a period of 6 years after its termination, in line with legal and accounting requirements.
• Legal and Compliance Purposes: In some cases, we may be required to retain data longer if necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

Once the retention period expires, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal data unless we are required to keep it for a longer period by law.

For more details on how we handle data retention, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).

Transferring your personal data out of the EEA

Countries outside the EEA have differing data protection laws, some of which may provide lower levels of protection of privacy.

It is sometimes necessary for us to transfer your personal data to countries outside EEA. In those cases, we will comply with applicable EEA laws designed to ensure the privacy of your personal data.

We may transfer your personal data to:

• our collaborators located outside the EEA, and 
• ………

Under data protection laws, we can only transfer your personal data to a country outside the EEA where:

• the European Commission has decided that the particular country ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data (known as an ‘adequacy decision’) further to Article 45 of the EU GDPR. A list of countries the European Commission has currently made adequacy decisions in relation to is available here.
• there are appropriate safeguards in place, together with enforceable rights and effective legal remedies for you, or
• a specific exception applies under relevant data protection law

Where we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we do so on the basis of an adequacy decision or (where this is not available) on the basis of legally-approved standard data protection clauses issued further to Article 46(2) of the EU GDPR. In the event we cannot or choose not to continue to rely on either of those mechanisms at any time we will not transfer your personal data outside the EEA unless we can do so on the basis of an alternative mechanism or exception provided by applicable data protection law and reflected in an update to this policy.

Any changes to the destinations to which we send personal data or in the transfer mechanisms we rely on to transfer personal data internationally will be notified to you in accordance with the section on ‘Changes to this privacy policy’ below.

Transferring your personal data out of the EEA—further information

If you would like further information about data transferred outside the EEA, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. The cookies help us recognize you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

We use different types of cookies for various purposes:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionalities such as security, page navigation, and access to secure areas. These cookies cannot be disabled.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies help enhance website functionality and personalization, such as remembering your language preferences.
• Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze how visitors use our website (e.g., which pages are visited most often) to improve website performance. We use tools like Google Analytics and data is processed in an anonymized way where possible.
• Marketing and Advertising Cookies: These cookies track browsing behavior across websites to deliver personalized advertisements. They may be set by third-party advertisers and require your consent.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Upon your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner requesting your consent for non-essential cookies. You can:

• Accept all cookies.
• Customize your preferences.
• Reject non-essential cookies.

You can change your cookie settings or withdraw consent at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer or adjusting your browser settings.

For more details on how we use cookies and how you can control them, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).

Your rights

You generally have the following rights, which you can usually exercise free of charge:

For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they do and do not apply, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below). 

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, call or write to us—see below: ‘How to contact us’. When contacting us please:

• provide enough information to identify yourself (eg your full name or matter reference) and any additional identity information we may reasonably request from you, and
• let us know which right(s) you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates

Keeping your personal data secure

We have appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed unlawfully. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine need to access it. We continually test our systems and we follow top industry standards for information security.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

How to complain

Please contact us if you have any queries or concerns about our use of your personal data (see below ‘How to contact us’). We hope we will be able to resolve any issues you may have.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with:

• our lead supervisory authority in the EEA, which is the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus, Address: 15, Kypranoros Street, 1061 Nicosia, P.O. Box: 23378, 1682 Nicosia, Phone: +357 22 818 456, Fax: +357 22 304 565, Email: [email protected], Website: http://www.dataprotection.gov.cy/, and
• a relevant data protection supervisory authority in the EEA state of your habitual residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of data protection laws in the EEA

For a list of EEA data protection supervisory authorities and their contact details see here.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may change this privacy policy from time to time—when we make significant changes, we will take steps to inform you, for example via including a prominent link to a description of those changes on our website for a reasonable period or by other means, such as email.

How to contact us

You may contact us if you have any enquiries or feedback on our personal data protection policies and procedures, or if you wish to make any request, or complaint via:

• Email: ………
• Phone Number: …………
• Address: 32, Spyrou Kyprianou, VASHIOTIS JOHN MARIE, 4043 Limassol, Cyprus

Do you need extra help?

If you would like this policy in another format (for example audio, large print, braille) please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ above).