Privacy & Cookie Policy (English)

This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Data Controller

Luca Vitiello

Owner’s email address: luca.vitiello@virgilio.it

Types of Data collected

Among the Personal Data collected by this Website, independently or through third parties, there are: Cookies and Usage Data. Complete details on each type of data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or through specific information texts displayed before the data is collected. Personal Data may be freely provided by the User or, in the case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application. Unless otherwise specified, all Data requested by this Application are mandatory. If the User refuses to communicate them, it may be impossible for this Application to provide the Service. In cases where this Application indicates some Data as optional, Users are free to refrain from communicating such Data, without this having any consequence on the availability of the Service or on its operation. Users who have doubts about which Data are mandatory are encouraged to contact the Owner. Any use of Cookies – or other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application, unless otherwise specified, has the purpose of providing the Service requested by the User, in addition to further purposes described in this document and in the Cookie Policy, if available. The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this Application and guarantees that he has the right to communicate or disseminate them, freeing the Owner from any liability towards third parties.

Method and place of processing of the collected Data

Methods of treatment

The Data Controller adopts the appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction of Personal Data. The processing is carried out using IT and/or telematic tools, with organizational methods and with logic strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, other subjects involved in the organization of this Application (administrative, commercial, marketing, legal, system administrators) or external subjects (such as third party technical service providers, postal couriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) also appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Data Controller. The updated list of Managers can always be requested from the Data Controller.

Legal basis of the treatment

The Data Controller processes Personal Data relating to the User in the event that one of the following conditions exists:

  • the User has given consent for one or more specific purposes; Note: in some jurisdictions, the Data Controller may be authorized to process Personal Data without the User’s consent or another of the legal bases specified below, as long as the User does not object (“opt-out”) to such treatment. However, this is not applicable if the processing of Personal Data is governed by European legislation on the protection of Personal Data;
  • the processing is necessary for the execution of a contract with the User and/or for the execution of pre-contractual measures;
  • the processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject;
  • the treatment is necessary for the execution of a task of public interest or for the exercise of public powers with which the Data Controller is invested;
  • the processing is necessary for the pursuit of the legitimate interest of the Data Controller or of third parties.

However, it is always possible to ask the Data Controller to clarify the concrete legal basis of each treatment and in particular to specify whether the treatment is based on the law, provided for by a contract or necessary to conclude a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Data Controller’s operating offices and in any other place where the parties involved in the processing are located. For more information, contact the Owner. The User’s Personal Data may be transferred to a country other than the one in which the User is located. To obtain further information on the place of processing, the User can refer to the section relating to the details on the processing of Personal Data. The User has the right to obtain information regarding the legal basis for the transfer of Data outside the European Union or to an international organization governed by public international law or constituted by two or more countries, such as for example the UN, as well as regarding the security measures adopted by the Data Controller to protect the Data. If one of the transfers described above takes place, the User can refer to the respective sections of this document or request information from the Data Controller by contacting him at the details indicated at the beginning.

Storage period

The Data are processed and stored for the time required by 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 this contract is completed.
  • Personal Data collected for purposes attributable to the legitimate interest of the Data Controller will be retained until such interest is satisfied. The User can obtain further information regarding the legitimate interest pursued by the Data Controller in the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Data Controller.

When the treatment is based on the User’s consent, the Owner can keep the Personal Data for longer until said consent is revoked. Furthermore, the Data Controller may be obliged to keep 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, the Personal Data will be deleted. Therefore, upon expiry of this term, the right of access, cancellation, rectification and the right to data portability can no longer be exercised.

Purpose of the processing of the collected data

The User’s Data is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Content commenting, Statistics, Advertising, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Payment management and Displaying content from external platforms . To obtain further detailed information on the purposes of the processing and on the Personal Data concretely relevant for each purpose, the User can refer to the relevant sections of this document.
 
Commercial affiliation

This type of service allows this Website to display advertisements for products or services offered by third parties. The ads can be displayed both in the form of advertising links and in the form of banners in various graphic forms.

Clicks on the icon or banner published on this Website are tracked by the third-party services listed below and are shared with this Website. To find out which data is collected, please refer to the privacy policies of each service.

Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program (Booking.com B.V.)

Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program is a commercial affiliation service provided by Booking.com B.V. company part of the Priceline.com group.

Personal Data processed: Usage data; Tracking Tool.

Place of processing: Netherlands – Privacy Policy.

Details on the processing of Personal Data

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

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the personal data collected for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of this site, compiling reports and sharing them with other services developed by Google. Google may use personal data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its advertising network. On this site, Google Analytics does not collect demographic data of any kind and IP anonymization is present.

At the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=it the browser add-on for deactivating Google Analytics is also made available by Google.

Personal data collected: cookies and usage data.

Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

Content commenting

The comment services allow Users to formulate and make public their comments regarding the content of this Site. Users, depending on the settings decided by the Owner, can also leave comments anonymously. If there is an email among the personal data released by the User, this could be used to send notifications of comments regarding the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their comments. In the event that a comment service provided by third parties is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the comment service, the same collects traffic data relating to the pages in which the comment service is installed .

– Comment system managed directly (This site)

Personal data collected: Email, name.

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) can be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Interaction with social networks and external platforms

This type of service allows you to interact with social networks, or with other external platforms, directly from the pages of this Application. The interactions and information acquired by this Application are in any case subject to the User’s privacy settings relating to each social network. In the event that an interaction service with social networks is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the service, the same collects traffic data relating to the pages in which it is installed.

LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

The LinkedIn button and social widgets are interaction services with the LinkedIn social network, provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: USA – 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: USA – Privacy Policy.

Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)

The Tweet button and Twitter social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network, provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.

Pin it button and Pinterest social widgets (Pinterest)

The “Pin it” button and Pinterest social widgets are services for interacting with the Pinterest platform, provided by Pinterest Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.

Advertising

This type of service allows 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 indicated below may use Cookies to identify the User or use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying personalized advertisements based on the User’s interests and behaviour, also detected outside this Application. For more information on this, we suggest you check the privacy policies of the respective services.

Google AdSense (Google Inc.)

Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Application and User 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/onweb/optout.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
The services contained in this section allow the Data Controller to monitor and analyze traffic data and are used to keep track of User behaviour.

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analytics 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 them with other services developed by Google. Google may use the Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Viewing content from external platforms

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and to interact with them. If a service of this type is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the service, it may collect traffic data relating to the pages in which it is installed.

YouTube Video Widgets (Google Inc.)

YouTube is a video content viewing service managed by Google Inc. that allows this Application to integrate such content within its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.

User rights

Users can exercise certain rights with reference to the Data processed by the Owner. In particular, the User has the right to:

  • withdraw consent at any time. The User can revoke the previously expressed consent to the processing of his Personal Data.
  • oppose the processing of their Data. The User can object to the processing of their Data when it occurs on a legal basis other than consent. Further details on the right to object are set out in the section below.
  • access their 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 can verify the correctness of his Data and request its updating or correction.
  • obtain the limitation of the treatment. When certain conditions are met, the User can request the limitation of the processing of their Data. In this case, the Data Controller will not process the Data for any other purpose than their conservation.
  • obtain the cancellation or removal of their Personal Data. When certain conditions are met, the User can request the cancellation of their Data by the Owner.
  • receive their data or have them transferred to another holder. The User has the right to receive their Data in a structured format, commonly used and readable by an automatic device and, where technically feasible, to obtain its transfer without obstacles to another holder. This provision is applicable when the Data are processed with automated tools and the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract of which the User is a party or on contractual measures connected to it.
  • propose a complaint. The User can lodge a complaint with the competent personal data protection supervisory authority or take legal action.

Details on the right to object

When Personal Data is processed in the public interest, in the exercise of public powers vested in the Data Controller or to pursue a legitimate interest of the Data Controller, Users have the right to object to the processing for reasons connected with their particular situation. Users are reminded that, should their Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they may object to the processing without providing any reason. To find out if the Data Controller processes data for direct marketing purposes, Users can refer to the respective sections of this document.

How to exercise your rights

To exercise the User’s rights, Users can direct a request to the contact details of the Owner indicated in this document. Requests are filed free of charge and processed by the Data Controller as soon as possible, in any case within a month.

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