Website Information Notice

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING INFORMATION NOTICE

Vapsint Srl (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) provides this information notice pursuant to and for the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the “GDPR”), on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data, in order to familiarise you with the processing purposes and methods of any personal data you may communicate while browsing this website (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”).

It should be noted that this information notice refers exclusively to the Site and not to any third-party websites that the User may access via links on the Site.

CATEGORIES OF DATA PROCESSED

Navigation data

The IT systems and software procedures used to operate this Site acquire certain personal data during normal operation; the transmission of these data is implicit in the use of Internet communications protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified data subjects; however, due to the nature of the same, said information may allow users to be identified as a result of processing and association with data held by third parties. This category includes, for example, the IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by the users to connect to the website, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in reply, the numerical code indicating the status of the reply given by the server (done, error, etc.) and other parameters concerning the user’s operating system and computer environment. This type of data is used with the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information concerning use of the Site and to check that the Site operates correctly. The data is deleted immediately after processing. The Site – and any third-party services used – may collect system logs for operation and maintenance purposes, that is, files that record interactions and that may also contain Personal Data, such as, the user’s IP address.

Data provided voluntarily by the User

The address and any other personal data included in any e-mails explicitly and voluntarily sent to any of the addresses indicated on the Site as well as on any forms in the “contacts” section of the Site will subsequently be acquired. Acquisition of the sender’s address is necessary to respond to requests. Where necessary, specific summary information notices are reported or displayed on the Site’s web pages drawn up for particular on-demand services and submitted, where required, to data subjects to obtain their consent.

Cookies

In accordance with Provision no. 229 dated 8 May 2014 of the Personal Data Protection Supervisory Authority on “Identification of simplified procedures for information notices and acquisition of consent to the use of cookies”, the Company wishes to inform users about the use of browsing cookies on this Site. It should be noted that this information notice refers exclusively to the Site and not to any third-party websites that the User may access via links on the Site.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file that is sent to the browser in use and saved on your device when you visit a website such as www.vapsint.com. Cookies enable the Site to operate efficiently and improve its performance. They provide information to the Site owner for statistical or advertising purposes, mainly to personalise your browsing experience by remembering your preferences. The Site uses different types of first-party cookies (set up and managed by us) and third-party cookies (set up and managed by third parties based on their privacy policy and not under our control). An explanatory table is provided below.

 

TYPES OF COOKIES FUNCTION
technical cookies (session or navigation cookies) This type of cookie guarantees normal browsing and use of the website and is therefore directed at making browsing functional and at optimising the same within the Site.
functional cookies These cookies are strictly necessary to provide the services explicitly requested by the user.
first-party analytics cookies These cookies are created and used exclusively by us to collect information in an aggregate and anonymous form on the number of users and on how users visit the Site.
third-party analytics cookies (Google Analytics) We have adopted appropriate tools to ensure that processing with these cookies is carried out merely for statistical purposes.

 

Enabling and disabling cookies in your Internet browser.

Most Internet browsers are configured so that users can accept, manage and potentially disable cookies by adjusting the browser settings. In any event, we would like to remind you that disabling navigation or functional cookies may prevent the Site from operating in a satisfactory manner and/or may limit the services we offer.

The paths to be used to manage cookies in the following browsers are listed below:

Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies

Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19255

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/a nswer/95647?hl=it-IT&hlrm=fr&hlrm=en

PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING, NATURE OF DATA PROVISION AND CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSAL

The Company will process your data to facilitate browsing and to provide any services you may have requested by means of the forms specifically available on the Site. With the exception of what has been specified in relation to browsing data and technical cookies, you are free to choose whether to provide your personal data for the purposes set out in the information notices in the sections of the Site set up for requesting specific services; however, failure to provide such data may render obtaining the service requested impossible.

PERIOD OF RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Any personal data collected through use of the Site are processed strictly for the period of time required to fulfil the purposes for which the data were collected and, upon fulfilling said purposes, are retained for the period of time established by current legislation.

Please refer to the information notices drawn up for specific services for further information.

SCOPE OF DATA COMMUNICATION AND RECIPIENT CATEGORIES

Any personal data collected and processed may be provided exclusively for the purposes specified above to internal employees authorised to process personal data on account of their work responsibilities, as well as to external third parties to whom the data must be provided. Said recipients, if they process data on behalf of the Company, will be designated as data processors by means of a specific contract or other legal document.

Please refer to the information notices drawn up for specific services for further information.

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO A THIRD COUNTRY AND/OR AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

This Site may share some of the data collected with services located outside of the European Union, such as those provided by Google, Facebook and Microsoft (LinkedIn) via social media plugins and the Google Analytics service. The above companies guarantee their adhesion to the Privacy Shield.

RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS

You are entitled (see articles 15 – 22 of the GDPR) to ask our Company for access to your personal data and rectification of any inaccurate data, as well as for the erasure or restriction of processing of any personal data provided if the necessary conditions are met. You are also entitled to data portability of the data provided by you if said data is processed using automated means based on consent or a contract. You also have the right to withdraw your consent provided for the processing purposes requiring the same, without prejudice to the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. You are further entitled to lodge a complaint with the competent personal data protection supervisory authority.

Please refer to the information notices drawn up for specific services for further information.

DATA CONTROLLER

The Data Controller of your personal data is Vapsint Srl, which can be contacted at accounting@vapsint.com

Last update: June 2018.

This information notice may be subject to changes. We therefore advise you to check this web page regularly and to take into account the most up-to-date version of the information notice contained herein.