Privacy and Cookie policy
LEGAL REFERENCES
Directive 2002/58/EC – concerning the “processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector”.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data, as well as on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR).
DATA CONTROLLER
Following consultation of this website, data relating to identified or identifiable persons may be processed.
The Data Controller, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), is Attorney Federico Galgano, with office at Via Castiglione 156/3, 40100 Bologna (BO), Italy.
PLACE OF DATA PROCESSING AND RETENTION PERIOD
Data processing related to the web services of this site takes place at the premises of the designated service provider appointed as Data Processor and is handled only by personnel expressly authorized by it, or by third-party maintenance providers duly appointed pursuant to Article 28 GDPR.
The data collected will be retained—according to each type of data processed—only for the time strictly necessary to fulfill the purposes specified in the relevant privacy notices available on the website pages.
TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED
Browsing Data
The IT systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire, during their normal operation, certain personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified individuals, but by its nature could allow users to be identified through processing and association with data held by third parties. This category includes: IP addresses or domain names of users’ computers, URI addresses of requested resources, Time of the request, Method used to submit the request to the server, Size of the file obtained, Numerical status codes of the server response, Other parameters relating to the user’s operating system and IT environment. These data are processed only to obtain anonymous statistical information on website use and to ensure correct functioning, and are deleted immediately after processing. They may be used to determine liability in case of cybercrimes; otherwise, they are not retained for more than seven days.
Data Voluntarily Provided by the User
The optional, explicit, and voluntary sending of personal data via forms on this website results in the acquisition of the data necessary to provide the requested service. Specific summary notices will be displayed on pages dedicated to particular services.
PURPOSES OF PROCESSING AND LEGAL BASIS
OPTIONAL PROVISION OF DATA
Apart from browsing data, users are free to provide personal data. Failure to provide it may result in the inability to obtain the requested service.
METHODS OF PROCESSING
Personal data are processed using automated tools where necessary. Specific security measures are implemented to prevent loss, unlawful use, or unauthorized access. The Data Controller has adopted all minimum legal security measures and additional standards to ensure confidentiality, availability, and integrity.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This website may contain links to other websites. The Data Controller has no control over their content and assumes no responsibility for materials published or damages resulting from their use. Linking does not imply endorsement of those websites or their services.
DATA SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
Data may be shared with companies involved in service operation, such as IT system management.
Personal data provided for sending informational material are used exclusively for that purpose and shared with third parties only when necessary (e.g. shipping providers). Outside these cases, personal data will not be disclosed unless: required by contract or law, or explicit consent has been given.
Data may also be disclosed:
with explicit consent
when necessary to provide a requested service
to comply with judicial or public authority requests. No data from the web service are publicly
disclosed.
TRANSFER OF DATA OUTSIDE THE EU
Personal data collected through the website will not be transferred outside the EU/EEA.
If such transfer becomes necessary, it will comply with Articles 44 and following of the GDPR.
DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
Applicable data protection legislation expressly grants certain rights to individuals to whom personal data relate (the “data subjects”). In particular, pursuant to Articles 15 et seq. of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”), each data subject has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning them are being processed and, where that is the case, access to such data.
Data subjects are also entitled to obtain information regarding the origin of the data, the purposes and methods of processing, and the logic applied in the event of processing carried out by electronic means. Furthermore, they have the right to request the rectification, updating, or completion of inaccurate or incomplete data, as well as the erasure of personal data where such processing is carried out in breach of the law or where one of the grounds set out in Article 17 of the GDPR applies.
RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT
Data subjects who consider that the processing of their personal data carried out through this website infringes the provisions of the GDPR have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent Supervisory Authority or to seek judicial remedy in accordance with Articles 77 and 79 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Data Controller periodically reviews its privacy and security policies and may update them, where necessary, to reflect changes in applicable legislation, organizational requirements, or technological developments. Any amendments to this Privacy Policy will be published on this page of the website.
ENQUIRIES, COMPLAINTS, SUGGESTIONS AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS
Any data subject wishing to obtain further information, submit suggestions, or lodge complaints or objections concerning this Privacy Policy or the manner in which personal data are processed, as well as to exercise the rights granted under applicable data protection legislation, may contact the Data Controller at:
Avv. Federico Galgano Via Castiglione 156/3 40100 Bologna (BO), Italy Email: info@galgano.com
SOCIAL MEDIA
This website may include links to social media platforms. Such content is embedded using code provided by third parties and may involve the installation of cookies. These third parties may collect and process certain information for the purpose of delivering personalized advertising.
Users are encouraged to consult the privacy policies of the respective social media platforms, which may be subject to periodic updates, in order to understand how their personal data are processed through the use of such cookies. Data collected through these mechanisms are anonymized insofar as technically feasible.
COOKIE POLICY
Cookies are small text files containing a limited amount of information that are exchanged between a website and a user’s device (typically the browser). Cookies are primarily used to ensure the proper functioning of websites, improve their operational efficiency, and provide information to the website owner.
Cookies may be classified as follows:
Session cookies: temporarily stored on the user’s device and deleted upon closing the browser. Their use is strictly limited to the transmission of session identifiers (random numbers generated by the server) necessary to enable secure and efficient browsing of the website.
Persistent cookies: stored on the user’s device for a predetermined period and not deleted when the browser is closed. These cookies allow the website to remember user preferences and collect information regarding browsing behavior (such as visited pages and frequency of visits), with the aim of improving the user experience.
Cookies may also be categorized as: First-party cookies, set directly by the website operator; Third-party cookies, set by entities other than the website operator.
This website uses cookies in order to: personalize content; provide social media functionalities; analyse website traffic.
Information relating to the use of the website may be shared with partners providing web analytics, advertising, and social media services. Such partners may combine this information with other data previously provided by the user or collected through the use of their services.
Cookies strictly necessary for the functioning of the website may be stored on the user’s device without prior consent. For all other types of cookies, the user’s consent is required. Certain cookies are set by third-party services featured on the website.
Users may, at any time, modify or withdraw their consent by using the appropriate control available in the lower-left corner of the website.
COOKIE IN USE