Data Controller
Raffaele Pisana – Modica, Ragusa, Italia.
Owner's email address: rpm1it@gmail.com
For any clarification, information, exercise of the rights listed in this statement, contact the owner at the following email: rpm1it@gmail.com
Definitions and legal references
Personal data (about Dati)
Personal data is any information that, directly or indirectly, also in connection with any other information, including a personal identification number, makes a natural person identified or identifiable.
Usage Data
This is information collected automatically through this Website (also from third-party applications integrated into this Website), among which: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by the User who connects to this Website, addresses in URI notation (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method used in forwarding the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numeric code indicating the status of the response from the server (successful, mistake, ecc.) the country of origin, the characteristics of the browser and operating system used by the visitor, the various temporal connotations of the visit (for example the time spent on each page) and the details of the itinerary followed within the Application, with particular reference to the sequence of pages consulted, to the parameters relating to the operating system and the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the interested party.
Interested
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refer.
Responsible for the treatment (o Responsible)
The natural person, legal, the public administration and any other entity that processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller, as set out in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, the public authority, the service or other body which, individually or together with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and the tools adopted, including the security measures relating to the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the owner of this website.
This Website (or this Application)
The hardware or software tool through which the Personal Data of Users are collected and processed.
Service
The Service provided by this Website as defined in the relative terms (if present) on this site/application.
European Union (the EU)
Unless otherwise specified, any reference to the European Union contained in this document is understood to be extended to all current member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Small portion of data stored within the User's device.
Legal references
This privacy statement has been prepared on the basis of multiple legislative systems, including the articles. 13 e 14 of the Regulation (UE) 2016/679.
Unless otherwise specified, this privacy statement concerns only this Website.
Types of Data collected
Among the Personal Data collected by this Website, independently or through third parties, There are: Cookie, Usage data, Name, last name, email, username and website.
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 can be freely provided by the User or, in the case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless otherwise stated, all Data requested by this Website are mandatory. If the User refuses to communicate them, it may be impossible for this Website to provide the Service.
In cases where this Website 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 Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website, unless otherwise specified, has the purpose of providing the Service requested by the User, in addition to the additional purposes described in this document and in the Cookie Policy, are available.
The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this Website and guarantees to have 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 access, the disclosure, unauthorized modification or destruction of Personal Data.
The treatment 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 owner, in some cases, other subjects involved in the organization of this Website may have access to the Data (administrative staff, commercial, marketing, legal, system administrators) or external subjects (as third party technical service providers, postal couriers, hosting provider, IT companies, communication agencies) also named, if necessary, Responsible for the treatment by the owner. 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; Use: 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, until the User objects (“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 vested in the Data Controller;
- 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, required 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 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 Data Controller may 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, at the 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 Data is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Statistica, Contact the user, Content commenting, Viewing content from external platforms, Interaction with social networks and external platforms, SPAM protection, Management of databases of Users and Interaction with live chat 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.
Details on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Content commenting
The comment services allow Users to formulate and publish their own comments regarding the content of this Website.
Users, depending on the settings decided by the Owner, they can also leave the comment anonymously. If the email is 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 Users do not use the comment service, the same collects traffic data relating to the pages in which the comment service is installed.
Directly managed comment system (This Website)
This Website has its own content commenting system.
Personal Data collected: last name, email, Name, website and username.
Contact the user
Contact form (This Website)
The user, by filling in the contact form with your data, I consent to their use to respond to requests for information, of estimate, or of any other nature indicated by the header of the form.
Personal Data collected: last name, email and name.
Interaction with live chat platforms
This type of service allows you to interact with live chat platforms, managed by third parties, directly from the pages of this Website. This allows the User to contact the support service of this Website or for this Website to contact the User while he is browsing its pages.
In case an interaction service with live chat platforms is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the service, the same collects Usage Data relating to the pages in which it is installed. Furthermore, live chat conversations may be recorded.
Interaction with social networks and external platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks, or with other external platforms, directly from the pages of this Website.
The interactions and information acquired from this Website 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.
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook "Like" button and social widgets are interaction services with the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of treatment: USA – Privacy Policy.
Linkedin button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)
The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network, provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of treatment: 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 treatment: USA – Privacy Policy.
SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, in order to filter it from parts of traffic, messages and content recognized as SPAM.
Akismet (Automattic Inc.)
Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of treatment: USA – Privacy Policy.
Statistica
The services contained in this section allow the Data Controller to monitor and analyze traffic data and are used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses Personal Data, collected anonymously on this site, for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of this Website, compile reports and share them with other services developed by Google.
Google may use the Personal Data, collected anonymously on this site, to contextualize and personalize the ads of your advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of treatment: 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 website and to interact with them.
In case you have such a service 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.
Google Fonts (Google Inc.)
Google Fonts is a font style visualization service managed by Google Inc. which allows this Website to integrate such contents within its pages.
Personal Data collected: Usage data and various types of data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of treatment: USA – Privacy Policy.
Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)
Gravatar is an image viewing service operated by Automattic Inc. which allows this Website to integrate such contents within its pages.
Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment systems, the commenter's email address (or parts of it) may be sent to Gravatar, even if you are not subscribed to this service.
Personal Data collected: Usage data and emails.
Place of treatment: USA – Privacy Policy.
Widget Video YouTube (Google Inc.)
YouTube is a video content viewing service managed by Google Inc. which allows this Website to integrate such contents within its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of treatment: United States - Privacy Policy.
Newsletter
The site includes a bi-monthly newsletter dedicated to all readers who spontaneously want to receive exclusive editorial content via email.
For the delivery and management of the Newsletter, the service offered by MailChimp is used (The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means St., Suite 404 – 30318 – Atlanta, Georgia) and the data collected is stored on the secure servers of the delivery service.
In accordance with MailChimp's privacy policy, the data will never be used directly by MailChimp or sold by it to third parties. MailChimp uses suitably authorized operators to maintain the service and in the exercise of this function they may have access to your data.
Are worth, in any case, the guarantees provided by the MailChimp 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.
- object to the processing of your data. The User can object to the processing of his Data when it takes place on a legal basis other than consent. Further details on the right to object are set out in the section below.
- access your data. The User has the right to obtain information on the Data processed by the Owner, 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 his 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 his Data by the Owner.
- receive their data or have them transferred to another owner. The User has the right to receive their Data in a structured format, in common use and readable by automatic device e, where technically feasible, to obtain the unhindered transfer to another owner. This provision is applicable when the Data is 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.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise your rights, Users can direct a request to the contact details of the Data Controller 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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Defense in court
The User's Personal Data may be used by the Owner in court or in the preparatory stages for its eventual establishment for the defense against abuse in the use of this Website or related Services by the User.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be obliged to disclose the Data by order of the public authorities.
Specific information
At the request of the User, in addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information regarding specific Services, o the collection and processing of Personal Data.
System and maintenance logs
For needs related to operation and maintenance, this website and any third party services used by it may collect system logs, i.e. files that record interactions and which 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 details.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by informing Users on this page. Therefore, please consult this page regularly, taking as reference the date of the last modification indicated at the bottom. In case of non-acceptance of the changes made to this privacy policy, the User is required to cease using this Website and may request the Data Controller to remove his Personal Data. Unless otherwise specified, the previous privacy policy will continue to apply to the Personal Data collected up to that moment.
Last edit: 08 March 2023.