Owner and Data Controller

Islands Of Sicily - - () Italia - P.IVA:

Owner contact email: info@islandsofsicily.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data, various types of Data, About Me, geographic position, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, VAT Number, company name, address, fax number, country, state, province, email address, ZIP/Postal code, city, Tax ID and website.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

• Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
• provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
• processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
• Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Access to third-party accounts, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Data transfer outside the EU, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Backup saving and management, Analytics, Registration and authentication, Interaction with live chat platforms, Location-based interactions, Handling payments, Displaying content from external platforms, SPAM protection, Tag Management, Contacting the User, Platform services and hosting, Managing contacts and sending messages, User database management, Infrastructure monitoring and Heat mapping and session recording.

Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.

Facebook permissions asked by this Website

This Website may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it. This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.

The permissions asked are the following:

Basic information

By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the User has made more of their Data public, more information will be available.

Access private data

Access the User's and friends' private data.

Current City

Provides access to the User's current location.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• Access to third-party accounts

  This type of service allows this Website to access Data from your account on a third-party service and perform actions with it.
  These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.

  Facebook account access (this Website)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Permissions asked: Access private data and Current City.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Stripe account access (Stripe Inc)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on Stripe, provided by Stripe, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  Display Advertising extension for Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

  Google Analytics on this Website might use Google's Interest-based advertising, 3rd-party audience data and information from the DoubleClick Cookie to extend analytics with demographics, interests and ads interaction data.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  User ID extension for Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

  Google Analytics on this Website makes use of a feature called User ID. This setup allows for a more accurate tracking of Users by associating that User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. It is set up in a way that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify an individual or permanently identify a particular device.
  The User ID extension might make it possible to connect Data from Google Analytics with other Data about the User collected by this Website.
  The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on, but not from tracking performed independently by the Owner. Contact the Owner via the email address provided in this privacy policy to object to the aforementioned tracking as well.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Facebook Analytics for Apps (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Analytics for Apps is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google AdWords conversion tracking (Google Inc.)

  Google AdWords conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. that connects data from the Google AdWords advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Wordpress Stats (Automattic Inc.)

  Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Backup saving and management

  This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of this Website on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to this Website.

  Backup on Google Drive (Google Inc.)

  Google Drive is a service to save and manage backups provided by Google Inc.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Backup on Dropbox (Dropbox, Inc.)

  Dropbox is a service to save and manage backups provided by Dropbox Inc.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Contacting the User

  Contact form (this Website)

  By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

  Personal Data collected: address, city, company name, country, date of birth, email address, fax number, first name, gender, last name, phone number, province, state, Tax ID, various types of Data, VAT Number and ZIP/Postal code.

  Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)

  By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.

  Personal Data collected: address, city, company name, Cookies, country, date of birth, email address, first name, gender, last name, phone number, province, state, Usage Data, website and ZIP/Postal code.

• Data transfer outside the EU

  The Owner is allowed to transfer Personal Data collected within the EU to third countries (i.e. any country not part of the EU) only pursuant to a specific legal basis. Any such Data transfer is based on one of the legal bases described below.
  Users can inquire with the Owner to learn which legal basis applies to which specific service.

  Other legal basis for Data transfer abroad (this Website)

  If no other legal basis applies, Personal Data shall be transferred from the EU to third countries only if at least one of the following conditions is met:

  • the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between the User and the Owner or of pre-contractual measures taken at the User’s request;
  • the transfer is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract concluded in the interest of the User between the Owner and another natural or legal person;
  • the transfer is necessary for important reasons of public interest;
  • the transfer is necessary for establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • the transfer is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of other persons, where the data subject is physically or legally incapable of giving consent. In such cases, the Owner shall inform the User about the legal bases the transfer is based on via this Website.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

  Data transfer from the EU and/or Switzerland to the U.S based on Privacy Shield (this Website)

  If this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU or Switzerland to the US is carried out according to the EU - U.S. and Swiss - U.S. Privacy Shield.
  In particular, Personal Data is transferred to services that self-certify under the Privacy Shield framework and therefore guarantee an adequate level of protection of such transferred Data. All services are listed within the relevant section of this document and those that adhere to Privacy Shield can be singled out by checking their privacy policy and possibly also by specifically checking for Privacy Shield adherence in the official Privacy Shield List. Privacy Shield also specifically guarantees rights to Users which can be found in its most current form on the website run by the US Department of Commerce.
  Personal Data may be transferred from within the EU or Switzerland to the U.S. to services that are not, or not anymore, part of Privacy Shield, only based on other valid legal grounds. Users can ask the Owner to learn about such legal grounds.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

  Data transfer to countries that guarantee European standards (this Website)

  If this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries is carried out according to an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
  The European Commission adopts adequacy decisions for specific countries whenever it considers that country to possess and provide Personal Data protection standards comparable to those set forth by EU data protection legislation. Users can find an updated list of all adequacy decisions issued on the European Commission's website.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

  Data transfer abroad based on consent (this Website)

  If this is the legal basis, Personal Data of Users shall be transferred from the EU to third countries only if the User has explicitly consented to such transfer, after having been informed of the possible risks due to the absence of an adequacy decision and appropriate safeguards.
  In such cases, the Owner shall inform Users appropriately and collect their explicit consent via this Website.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

  Data transfer abroad based on standard contractual clauses (this Website)

  If this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries is carried out by the Owner according to “standard contractual clauses” provided by the European Commission.
  This means that Data recipients have committed to process Personal Data in compliance with the data protection standards set forth by EU data protection legislation. For further information, Users are requested to contact the Owner through the contact details provided in the present document.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Google Fonts (Google Inc.)

  Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Maps widget (Google Inc.)

  Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Handling payments

  Payment processing services enable this Website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Website shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
  Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

  Gestpay Banca Sella (Banca Sella S.p.A.)

  Gestpay is a payment service provided by Banca Sella S.p.A.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.

  MyBank UniCredit (UniCredit S.p.A)

  MyBank is a payment service provided by UniCredit S.p.A.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.

  PayPal (PayPal Inc.)

  PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Stripe (Stripe Inc)

  Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Heat mapping and session recording

  Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of a page where Users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
  Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.

  Smartlook (Smartsupp.com, s.r.o.)

  Smartlook is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Smartsupp.com, s.r.o.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Czech Republic – Privacy Policy.

• Hosting and backend infrastructure

  This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

  ArubaCloud (Aruba S.p.A.)

  ArubaCloud is a hosting service provided by Aruba S.p.A.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.

• Infrastructure monitoring

  This type of service allows this Website to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
  Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Website.

  Uptime Robot (Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti.)

  Uptime Robot is a monitoring service provided by Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Turkey – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
  The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  AddThis (Addthis Inc.)

  AddThis is a service provided by Clearspring Technologies Inc., which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Website.
  Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  ShareThis (Sharethis Inc.)

  ShareThis is a service provided by ShareThis Inc., which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Website.
  Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with live chat platforms

  This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of this Website, for contacting and being contacted by this Website support service.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

  Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Facebook, Inc.)

  The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Facebook Messenger live chat platform provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: About Me, Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Tawk.to Widget (tawk.to ltd.)

  The Tawk.to Widget is a service for interacting with the Tawk.to live chat platform provided by tawk.to ltd.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.

• Location-based interactions

  Non-continuous geolocation (this Website)

  This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
  Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.
  The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.

  Personal Data collected: geographic position.

• Managing contacts and sending messages

  This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
  These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

  SendinBlue Email (SendinBlue SAS)

  SendinBlue is an email address management and message sending service provided by SendinBlue SAS.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies, email address and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy.

  Skebby (Skebby - Mobile Solution S.r.l.)

  Skebby is a phone numbers management and communication service provided by Skebby - Mobile Solution S.r.l.

  Personal Data collected: phone number.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.

• Platform services and hosting

  These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

  PrestaShop (PrestaShop S.A.)

  PrestaShop is a platform provided by PrestaShop S.A. that allows the Owner to build, run and host an e-commerce website.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
  Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Website will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.

  Facebook Authentication (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Log In with PayPal (PayPal Inc.)

  Log In with PayPal is a registration and authentication service provided by PayPal Inc. and is connected to the PayPal network.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

  Stripe OAuth (Stripe Inc)

  Stripe OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Stripe, Inc. and is connected to the Stripe network.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Remarketing and behavioral targeting

  This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
  This activity is performed by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies, information that is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
  In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  AdWords Remarketing (Google Inc.)

  AdWords Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Adwords advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Remarketing through Google Analytics for Display Advertising (Google Inc.)

  Google Analytics for Display Advertising is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google Inc. that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Adwords advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and email address.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• SPAM protection

  This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

  Google reCAPTCHA (Google Inc.)

  Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Inc.
  The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Tag Management

  This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion.
  This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

  Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

  Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• User database management

  This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Website, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Website.
  Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Website.

  SendinBlue Marketing Automation (SendinBlue SAS)

  SendinBlue is a User database management service provided by SendinBlue SAS.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies, email address and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy.

Further information about Personal Data

• Analysis and predictions based on the User’s Data (“profiling”)

  The Owner may use the Personal and Usage Data collected through this Website to create or update User profiles. This type of Data processing allows the Owner to evaluate User choices, preferences and behaviour for the purposes outlined in the respective section of this document.
  User profiles can also be created through the use of automated tools like algorithms, which can also be provided by third parties. To find out more, about the profiling activities performed, Users can check the relevant sections of this document.
  The User always has a right to object to this kind of profiling activity. To find out more about the User's rights and how to exercise them, the User is invited to consult the section of this document outlining the rights of the User.

• Personal Data collected through sources other than the User

  The Owner of this Website may have legitimately collected Personal Data relating to Users without their knowledge by reusing or sourcing them from third parties on the grounds mentioned in the section specifying the legal basis of processing.
  Where the Owner has collected Personal Data in such a manner, Users may find specific information regarding the source within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

• Push notifications

  This Website may send push notifications to the User.

• Automated decision-making

  Automated decision-making means that a decision which is likely to have legal effects or similarly significant effects on the User, is taken solely by technological means, without any human intervention. This Website may use the User's Personal Data to make decisions entirely or partially based on automated processes according to the purposes outlined in this document. This Website adopts automated decision-making processes as far as necessary to enter into or perform a contract between User and Owner, or on the basis of the User’s explicit consent, where such consent is required by the law.
  Automated decisions are made by technological means – mostly based on algorithms subject to predefined criteria – which may also be provided by third parties.
  The rationale behind the automated decision making is:

  • to enable or otherwise improve the decision-making process;
  • to grant Users fair and unbiased treatment based on consistent and uniform criteria;
  • to reduce the potential harm derived from human error, personal bias and the like which may potentially lead to discrimination or imbalance in the treatment of individuals etc.;
  • to reduce the risk of User's failure to meet their obligation under a contract. To find out more about the purposes, the third-party services, if any, and any specific rationale for automated decisions used within this Website, Users can check the relevant sections in this document.

  Consequences of automated decision-making processes for Users and rights of Users subjected to it

  As a consequence, Users subject to such processing, are entitled to exercise specific rights aimed at preventing or otherwise limiting the potential effects of the automated decisions taken.
  In particular, Users have the right to:

  • obtain an explanation about any decision taken as a result of automated decision-making and express their point of view regarding this decision;
  • challenge a decision by asking the Owner to reconsider it or take a new decision on a different basis;
  • request and obtain from the Owner human intervention on such processing. To learn more about the User’s rights and the means to exercise them, the User is invited to consult the section of this document relating to the rights of the User.

The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

Cookie Policy

This Website uses Cookies. To learn more and for a detailed cookie notice, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

This Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.