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Privacy policy

This application (hereinafter “Application”) collects certain Personal Data.
Such Personal Data is collected for the purposes and is processed in the manner set out below.

Owner of the data treatment

Alessandro Fiori

Strada Madonna 30

10040 Druento (TO)

for information: [email protected]

Data types collected

Personal Data collected by this Application, either independently or through third parties, includes Personal Data: Cookies, Usage Data, First Name, Last Name, Username, Email and City.

Other Personal Data collected may be indicated in other sections of this privacy policy or by means of information texts displayed at the same time the Data is collected.
Personal Data may be entered voluntarily by the User, or collected automatically during the use of this Application.
The possible use of Cookies – or other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of the third party services used by this Application, unless otherwise specified, is aimed at identifying the User and recording the relevant preferences for purposes strictly related to the provision of the service requested by the User.
Failure by the User to provide certain Personal Data may prevent this Application from providing its services.

The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties published or shared through this Application and guarantees that he or she has the right to communicate or disseminate it, releasing the Owner from any responsibility towards third parties.

Methods and place of treatment of the collected data

Treatment modalities

The Data Controller processes Personal Data of Users and Interested Parties by adopting appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction of Personal Data. The processing is carried out by means of computerized tools with organizational methods strictly related to the purposes indicated below.
In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, external parties (such as third party technical service providers, postal couriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) may have access to the Data. The updated list of subjects may always be requested from the Data Controller.

Place

The Data are processed at the headquarters of the Data Controller and in any other place where the parties involved in the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Owner.

The User’s Personal Data may be transferred to a country other than that in which the User is located. For further information on the location of the processing, the User may refer to the section on details of the processing of Personal Data.

The User has the right to obtain information about the legal basis for the transfer of Data outside the European Union or to an international organization under public international law or formed by two or more countries, such as the UN, as well as about the security measures taken by the Data Controller to protect the Data.

If one of the transfers described above takes place, the User may refer to the respective sections of this document or request information from the Data Controller by contacting him/her at the details given at the beginning.

Times

The Data are processed and stored for the time required for the purposes for which they were collected.

Therefore:

  • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the execution of a contract between the Owner and the User will be retained until the execution of such contract is completed.
  • The Personal Data collected for purposes related to the legitimate interest of the Owner will be retained until such interest is satisfied. The User may obtain further information about the legitimate interest pursued by the Owner in the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

When the processing is based on the User’s consent, the Data Controller may retain the Personal Data for a longer period of time until such consent is revoked. Furthermore, the Data Controller may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period in compliance with a legal obligation or by order of an authority.

At the end of the retention period Personal Data will be deleted. Therefore, at the end of this period the right of access, deletion, rectification and the right to portability of the Data may no longer be exercised.

Purposes of Data Processing

User Data is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Commercial Affiliation, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Traffic optimization and distribution, Advertising, Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting, Content Commentary, Interaction with social networks and external platforms, Statistics, Registration and authentication, Management of RSS feeds, Contacting the User and Managing addresses and sending email messages.

The types of Personal Data used for each purpose are indicated in the specific sections of this document.

Details on the processing of Personal Data and services provided by third parties

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

Business Affiliation

These services allow this Application to display advertisements of products or services offered by third parties. The ads can be displayed either in the form of advertising links or in the form of banners in various graphic forms.
Clicks on the icon or banner published on this Application are tracked by the third party services listed below and are shared with this Application.
To know what data is collected please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)

Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliate service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

Personal Data Collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy

Content comment

The comment services allow Users to make their own comments regarding the content of this Application and make them public.
Users, depending on the settings decided by the Owner, can also leave the comment anonymously. In case the Personal Data released by the User includes the email, this could be used to send notifications of comments regarding the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their comments.
If a comment service provided by a third party is installed, it is possible that, even if Users do not use the comment service, it may collect traffic data relating to the pages where the comment service is installed.

Disqus (Disqus)

Disqus is a content commentary service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.

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

Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt out

Interaction with external social networks and platforms

These services allow interactions with social networks, or other external platforms, directly from the Application pages. The interactions and information acquired by this Application are in any case subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.

If a social network interaction service is installed, it is possible that, even if Users do not use the service, it may collect traffic data related to the pages where it is installed.

Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter)

The Tweet button and social widgets of Twitter are services of interaction with the social network Twitter, provided by Twitter Inc.

Personal data collected: Cookies and browsing and usage data.

Place of Treatment: USA – Privacy Policy

Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook)

The “Like” button and Facebook social widgets are social network interaction services provided by Facebook Inc.

Personal data collected: Cookies and browsing and usage data.

Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy

Google+ button +1 and social widgets (Google)

The +1 button and Google+ social widgets are Google+ social network interaction services provided by Google Inc.

Personal data collected: Cookies and browsing and usage data.

Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy

Advertising

These services allow the User’s Data to be used for commercial communication purposes in various forms of advertising, such as banners, also in relation to the User’s interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data is used for this purpose. Data and conditions of use are set out below.
Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify the User or use behavioral retargeting, i.e. display advertisements tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, which are also detected outside of this Application. For more information about this, we suggest you check the privacy policies of the respective services.

Google AdSense (Google)

Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” cookie, which tracks the use of this Application and the User’s behavior in relation to advertisements, products and services offered.
The User can decide at any time not to use the Doubleclick cookie by deactivating it: google.com/settings/ads .

Personal Data Collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

Registration and authentication

By registration or authentication the User allows the Application to identify him/her and give him/her access to dedicated services.
Depending on the following, registration and authentication services may be provided by third parties.
If this occurs, this Application may access some Data stored by the third party service used for registration or identification.

Direct Registration (This Application)

The User registers by filling in the registration form and directly providing this Application with his/her Personal Data.

Personal Data collected: City, Last Name, Email, First Name and Username.

Statistics

The services contained in this section allow the Data Controller to monitor and analyze traffic data and serve to keep track of the User’s behaviour.

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the Personal Data collected for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of this Application, compiling reports and sharing it with other services developed by Google.
Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize ads in its advertising network.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

Monitoring Facebook Ads conversions (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Ads conversion monitoring is a statistics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that links data from the Facebook ad network with the actions performed within this Application.

Personal Data Collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy .

Remarketing e behavioral targeting

These services allow this Application and its partners to communicate, optimize and serve advertisements based on the User’s past use of this Application.
This activity is performed through the tracking of Usage Data and the use of Cookies, information that is transferred to the partners to which the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity is linked.

DoubleClick for Publishers Audience Extension (Google Inc.)

Doubleclick for Publishers Audience Extension is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Google Inc. that tracks the viewers of this Application and allows selected advertising partners to show them personalized ads on the web.

Personal Data Collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

Remarketing with Google Analytics for display advertising (Google)

Google Analytics for display advertising is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Google Inc. that links 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: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

AdWords Remarketing (Google Inc.)

AdWords Remarketing is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Google Inc. that links the activity of this Application with the Adwords advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

Cookie Policy

This site uses cookies, including those of third parties, to improve the browsing experience, to allow surfers to take advantage of any online services and to monitor navigation on the site.

Cookies are small text files that are automatically placed on the browser’s PC. They contain basic information on Internet browsing and are recognized by the browser each time the user visits the site.

How to disable Cookies

It is possible to disable cookies directly from the browser used, by accessing the settings (preferences or options): this choice may limit some browsing features of the site.

Cookies Management

The cookies used on this site may fall into the categories described below.

  • Activities strictly necessary for the operation
    These cookies are technical in nature and allow the site to function properly. For example, they keep the user logged in while browsing and prevent the site from requiring the user to log in several times to access subsequent pages.
  • Saving preferences
    These cookies allow you to remember your selected preferences while browsing, for example, they allow you to set the language.
  • Statistical and audience measurement activities (e.g. Google Analytics)
    These cookies help us to understand, through data collected anonymously and aggregated, how users interact with websites by providing information about the sections visited, the time spent on the site, any malfunctions. This helps to improve the performance of the websites.
  • Social media cookies (eg: Facebook)
    These third party cookies are used to integrate certain popular social media features and provide them within the site. In particular, they allow registration and authentication on the site via facebook and google connect, sharing and commenting on pages of the site on social media, enable “like” on Facebook and “+1″ on G+.

User Rights

Users may exercise certain rights with reference to the Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, the User has the right to:

  • revoke consent at any time. The User may revoke the consent to the processing of his/her Personal Data previously expressed.
  • oppose the processing of your Data. The User may object to the processing of his/her Data when this is done on a legal basis other than consent. Further details on the right to object are indicated in the section below.
  • access your Data. The User has the right to obtain information on the Data processed by the Data Controller, on certain aspects of the processing and to receive a copy of the Data processed.
  • check and ask for rectification. The User may verify the correctness of his/her Data and request that it be updated or corrected.
  • obtain the limitation of treatment. When certain conditions are met, the User may request the limitation of the processing of his/her Data. In this case, the Data Controller will not process the Data for any other purpose than their storage.
  • obtain the deletion or removal of your Personal Data. When certain conditions are met, the User may request the deletion of his/her Personal Data by the Data Controller.
  • receive your Data or have it transferred to another data controller. The User has the right to receive his or her Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, where technically feasible, to have it transferred without hindrance to another data controller. This provision is applicable when the Data are processed by automated tools and the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract to which the User is a party or on contractual measures connected to it.
  • propose a complaint. The User may lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority or take legal action.

Details of the right of opposition

When Personal Data are processed in the public interest, in the exercise of public powers vested in the Owner or to pursue a legitimate interest of the Owner, Users have the right to object to the processing for reasons related to their particular situation.

Users are reminded that, should their Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they may object to the processing without giving any reasons. To find out if the Data Controller processes data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the respective sections of this document.

How to exercise the rights

To exercise the User’s rights, Users may address a request to the contact details of the Owner indicated in this document. Requests are deposited free of charge and processed by the Owner as soon as possible, in any case within one month.

More information about the treatment

Defense in court

The User’s Personal Data may be used to defend the Owner in court or in the preparatory stages for its possible establishment, from abuse in the use of the same or related services by the User.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to disclose the Data at the request of public authorities.

Specific information

Upon your request, in addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide you with additional and contextual information regarding specific services, or the collection and processing of Personal Data.

System log and maintenance

For operational and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services used by it may collect System Logs, i.e. files that record interactions and may also contain Personal Data, such as the User IP address.

Information not contained in this policy

Further information in relation to the processing of Personal Data may be requested at any time from the Data Controller using the contact information.

Exercise of rights by Users

The subjects to whom the Personal Data refer have the right at any time to obtain confirmation of the existence or non-existence of the same from the Data Controller, to know its content and origin, to verify its accuracy or request its integration, cancellation, updating, rectification, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of Personal Data processed in violation of the law, and to oppose in any case, for legitimate reasons, their treatment. Requests should be addressed to the Data Controller.

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To know if any third party services used support them, please consult their privacy policy.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by advertising it to Users on this page. Therefore, please consult this page often, taking as reference the date of last modification indicated at the bottom. In case of non-acceptance of the changes made to this privacy policy, the User is required to stop using this Application and may request the Data Controller to remove his/her Personal Data. Unless otherwise specified, the previous privacy policy will continue to apply to Personal Data collected until that time.

About this privacy policy

The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Personal data is any information relating to a natural person, identified or identifiable, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.

Usage Data

This is the information collected automatically by this Application (or by third party applications that this Application uses), including: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by the User connecting with this Application, the addresses in URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response from the server (successful, error, etc.. ) the country of origin, the characteristics of the browser and operating system used by the visitor, the various temporal connotations of the visit (e.g. the time spent on each page) and details of the itinerary followed within the Application, with particular reference to the sequence of pages consulted, the parameters relating to the operating system and the User’s computer environment.

User

The individual using this Application must coincide with or be authorized by the Interested Party and whose Personal Data is being processed.

Interested

The natural or legal person to whom the Personal Data refer.

Data Processor (or Manager)

The natural person, juridical person, the public administration and any other body, association or body appointed by the Owner to the processing of Personal Data, according to the provisions of this privacy policy.

Owner of the Treatment (or Owner)

The physical person, legal entity, public administration and any other body, association or organization which is responsible, even together with another owner, for decisions regarding the purposes, methods of processing of personal data and the tools used, including the security profile, in relation to the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the owner of this Application.

This Application

The hardware or software tool through which Users’ Personal Data is collected.

Cookie

Small portion of data stored inside the User’s device.

Legal references

Notice to European Users: this Privacy Policy is drawn up in compliance with the obligations set out in EU Regulation 2016/679 GDPR “General Data Protection Regulation” regarding Cookies.

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to this Application.