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Privacy Policy

This Website collects certain Personal Data of its Users.

Data Controller

ApogeeLAB
Email address of the Owner: info@apogeelab.it


Personal data collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Content commentary

Directly managed commentary system

Personal Data: email; name

Contact the User

Contact form

Personal Data: email; name

Contact by phone or instant messenger (this Website)

Personal Data: name; telephone number. In addition, live chat conversations may be recorded.

Hosting ed infrastruttura backend

Aruba S.p.A.

Personal Data: Data communicated during the use of the service

Interaction with social networks and external platforms

Like button and social widgets from Facebook, Tweet button and social widgets from Twitter, Linkedin button and social widgets from Linkedin

Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

SPAM protection

Akismet

Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

Statistics

WordPress Stat

Dati Personali: Cookie; Dati di utilizzo

Data transfer outside the EU

Other legal basis for the transfer of Data to third countries, Transfer of Data from the EU and/or Switzerland to the United States on the basis of the Privacy Shield, Transfer of Data to countries that guarantee European standards, Transfer to third countries based on consent and Transfer to third countries based on standard contractual clauses

Personal Data: various types of Data

Viewing content from external platforms

Gravatar

Personal Data: Usage data; email

Google Fonts

Personal Data: Usage data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

Font Awesome

Personal Data: Usage Data

More information about Personal Data

Online sale of goods and services

The Personal Data collected are used for the provision of services to the User or for the sale of products, including payment and possible delivery. The Personal Data collected to finalize the payment can be those related to the credit card, the current account used for the transfer or other payment instruments provided. The Payment Information collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.o.


Privacy Policy (extended version)


Types of Data Collected

Among the Personal Data collected by this Website, either independently or through third parties, are: name; email; Cookies; Usage Data; various types of Data; Data communicated during the use of the service.

Full details on each type of data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by means of specific information texts displayed before the data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User or, in the case of Usage Data, automatically collected during the use of this Website.
Unless otherwise specified, all Data required by this Web Site is mandatory. If you refuse to provide it, it may be impossible for this Web Site to provide the Service. In cases where this Web Site indicates certain Data as optional, Users are free to refrain from communicating such Data, without affecting the availability of the Service or its operation.
Users who have any doubts about which Data is 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, is intended to provide the Service requested by the User, in addition to the 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 Website and guarantees that he or she has the right to communicate or disseminate them, releasing the Owner from any responsibility towards third parties.

Methods and place of processing of the Data collected

Treatment modalities

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

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Legal basis for the treatment

The Owner processes Personal Data relating to the User if one of the following conditions is met:

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, until the User objects (“opt-out”) to such processing. However, this does not apply 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 the execution of pre-contractual measures;
the processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject;
processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or for the exercise of public authority vested in the Data Controller;
processing is necessary for the pursuit of the legitimate interest of the Controller or of third parties.

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

Location

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 Data Controller.
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 constituted 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.

The User may check whether one of the transfers described above takes place by examining the section of this document relating to the details of the processing of Personal Data or request information from the Data Controller by contacting him/her at the details given at the beginning.

Conservation 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 Data Controller and the User will be retained until the execution of such contract is completed.
Personal Data collected for purposes related to the legitimate interest of the Data Controller 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 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: Contact the User, Statistics, Content Commentary, Viewing Content from External Platforms, Transfer of Data outside the EU, Tag Management, Hosting and Backend Infrastructure, SPAM Protection, Traffic Optimization and Distribution and Interaction with Social Networks and 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 may 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 commentary

Comment services allow Users to make their own comments regarding the content of this Website and make them public.
Depending on the settings decided by the Owner, Users may also leave comments 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 third parties 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.

Directly Managed Comment System (this Website)

This Website has its own content commentary system.

Personal data collected: email; name.

Contact the User

Contact Form (this Website)

The User, by filling in the contact form with his/her Data, consents to their use to respond to requests for information, quotes, or any other nature indicated in the header of the form.

Personal data collected: email; name.

Contact by phone or instant messenger (this Website)

Users who have provided their phone number may be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Website, as well as to fulfill support requests.

This type of service allows you to interact with live chat platforms, operated by third parties, directly from the pages of this Web Site. This allows the User to contact the support service of this Web Site or this Web Site to contact you while you are browsing its pages.
If a service for interaction with live chat platforms is installed, it is possible that, even if Users do not use the service, it may collect Usage Data relating to the pages where it is installed. In addition, live chat conversations may be recorded.
Personal Data collected: name; phone number.

Hosting and backend infrastructure

This type of service is intended to host Data and files that enable this Web Site to function, enable its distribution and provide a ready-to-use infrastructure to provide specific features of this Web Site.

Some of the services listed below, if any, may operate on geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where Personal Data is stored.

Aruba S.p.A.

aruba is a hosting service that provides the infrastructure that hosts this website.
Aruba collects the personal data of its users only when they voluntarily provide it, and keeps it for the period of time necessary to fulfill the purposes described in the privacy policy.

Personal Data collected: Data communicated during the use of the service.

Place of processing: Italy Privacy.

Interaction with social networks and external platforms

This type of service allows interactions with social networks, or 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.
This type of service may however collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out of the respective services to ensure that the data processed on this Website is not reconnected to the User’s profile.

Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

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

Personal Data Collected: Personal Data, Usage Data.

Place of processing: Ireland. – Privacy Policy.

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

Twitter’s Tweet button and social widgets are social networking services provided by Twitter, Inc.

Personal Data Collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Processing location: Ireland and the United States Privacy Policy. Twitter, Inc. complies with the principles set out in the Privacy Shield between the EU and the USA, and between Switzerland and the USA.

LinkedIn Corporation (LinkedIn Corporation) social button and widgets

The LinkedIn button and social widgets are LinkedIn social network interaction services provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

Personal Data Collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States- Privacy Policy. Subject adhering to the Privacy Shield.

Facebook Pages

Facebook Appendix for Insight and Facebook Page Administrators.

“The administrators of the Pages do not have access to personal data processed during the events, but only to the Insights of the aggregated Page. Events used to create Page Insights do not store IP addresses, cookie IDs or other identifiers associated with people or their devices, except for a Facebook user ID for people who logged into Facebook.
The events recorded by Facebook for the creation of Page Insights are exclusively defined by Facebook and cannot be configured, modified or otherwise influenced by Page administrators”.
“Facebook Ireland shall decide in its sole discretion how to comply with the obligations set out in this Appendix for Page Insights. The administrator of the Page acknowledges and agrees that only Facebook Ireland has the power to make and implement decisions regarding the processing of Insights Data”.

Link all’Appendice per Insights della Pagina, in vigore dal 28/11/2019.
Normative relative a Pagine, gruppi ed eventi.

SPAM protection

This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Personal Data of Users, 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 Processing: United States

Privacy Policy.

Statistics

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

WordPress Stat (Automattic Inc.)

WordPress Stats is a statistics service provided by Automattic Inc.

Personal Data Collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States Privacy Policy.

Data transfer outside the EU

The Owner may transfer Personal Data collected within the EU to third countries (i.e. all non-EU countries) only in accordance with a specific legal basis. Therefore, such transfers of Data are carried out in accordance with one of the legal bases described below.
The User may request information from the Data Controller regarding the legal basis applicable in practice to each individual service.

Other legal basis for the transfer of Data to third countries (this Website)

When no other legal basis is applicable, Personal Data may be transferred from the EU to third countries only under one of the following conditions:

the transfer is necessary to perform a contract concluded between the User and the Data Controller or pre-contractual measures taken at the User’s request;
the transfer is necessary to conclude or execute a contract concluded in the User’s interest by the Data Controller and another natural or legal person;
the transfer is necessary for reasons of public interest; ( – the transfer is necessary to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim;
the transfer is necessary to protect the vital interests of the Data Subject or other persons, when the Data Subject is physically or legally incapable of expressing consent.
In such cases, the Owner will inform the User of the legal basis applicable to the transfer in practice through this Website.

Personal Data collected: various types of Dat

Transfer of Data from the EU and/or Switzerland to the United States based on the Privacy Shield (this Website)

Where this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU or Switzerland to the USA takes place on the basis of the EU – USA or Switzerland – USA Privacy Shield Agreement.
In particular, Personal Data is transferred to entities that have self-certified under the Privacy Shield and therefore ensure an adequate level of protection of the transferred Data. The services concerned by the transfer of Data are listed in the respective sections of this document. Among them, those who adhere to the Privacy Shield can be identified by consulting the relevant privacy policy or checking the status of their registration in the official list of the Privacy Shield.
Users’ rights under the Privacy Shield are described in an updated form on the U.S. Department of Commerce website.(( Transfer of Personal Data from the EU or Switzerland to the U.S. to persons who are not (no longer) members of the Privacy Shield is only admissible under another valid legal basis. Users may request information from the Data Controller regarding such legal basis.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

Transfer of Data to countries that guarantee European standards (this Website)

When this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries takes place on the basis of an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission. The European Commission adopts adequacy decisions with regard to individual third countries which it considers to ensure a level of protection of Personal Data comparable to that provided by European legislation on the protection of Personal Data. You may view the updated list of adequacy decisions on the European Commission’s website.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

Transfer to third countries based on consent (this Website)

Where this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries only takes place when the User has expressly consented to such transfer after having been informed about the risks due to the absence of an adequacy decision and about the appropriate safeguards adopted.
In such cases, the Owner informs the Users and collects their consent through this Website.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

Transfer to third countries on the basis of standard contractual clauses (this Website)

When this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries takes place on the basis of standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission.
In such cases the recipients of the Data have agreed to process the Personal Data in accordance with the levels of protection provided by law. Users may request further information by contacting the Data Controller at the contact details indicated in this document.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data.

Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)

Gravatar is an image viewing service operated by Automattic Inc. that allows this Web Site to integrate such content into its pages.
Please note that if Gravatar images are used for commentary systems, your email address (or parts thereof) may be sent to Gravatar, even if you are not subscribed to this service.

Personal data collected: Usage data; email.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Fonts is a character style display service operated by Google Ireland Limited that allows this website to integrate such content within its pages.

Personal Data Collected: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of Processing: IrelandPrivacy Policy. Subject adhering to the Privacy Shield.

Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )

Font Awesome is a font style display service operated by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this Web Site to integrate such content within its pages.

Personal Data Collected: Usage Data.

Place of Processing: United StatesPrivacy Policy.

More information about Personal Data

Online sale of goods and services

The Personal Data collected are used for the provision of services to the User or for the sale of products, including payment and possible delivery. The Personal Data collected to finalize the payment can be those related to the credit card, the current account used for the transfer or other payment instruments provided. The Payment Data collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.

  • User RightsUsers may exercise certain rights with reference to the Data processed by the Data Controller.
    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 Personal Data when it 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.
    Verify and request correction. The User may verify the correctness of his/her Data and request that it be updated or corrected.
    Obtain the limitation of the 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 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 readable format and, where technically feasible, to obtain its transfer without hindrance to another data controller. This provision is applicable when the Data are processed by automated means 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.
    Complain. 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 Data Controller or to pursue a legitimate interest of the Data Controller, 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 whether the Data Controller processes data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the respective sections of this document.

How to exercise your 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.

Cookie Policy

This Website makes use of Cookie. To find out more and to view the detailed information, you may consult the Cookie Policy

More information about the treatment

Defence in court

The User’s Personal Data may be used by the Owner in court or in the preparatory stages for its possible establishment for the defence 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 public authorities.

Specific information

Upon your request, in addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website 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 needs, this Website 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 details.

Response to “Do Not Track” requests

This Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To find out whether any third party services you use 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 informing Users on this page and, if possible, on this Website and, if technically and legally feasible, by sending a notification to Users through one of the contact details in the Data Controller’s possession. Therefore, please consult this page regularly, referring to the date of last modification indicated at the bottom.
If the changes involve treatments whose legal basis is the consent, the Owner will again collect the User’s consent, if necessary.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Personal data is any information which, directly or indirectly, even in connection with any other information, including a personal identification number, makes a natural person identified or identifiable.

Usage Data

This is information automatically collected through this Web Site (including from third party applications integrated into this Web Site), including: IP addresses or domain names of computers used by the User connecting to this Web Site, addresses in URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation, the time of the request, the method used to forward 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 Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Interested Party.

Interested Party

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Manager)

The natural person, legal entity, public administration and any other body that processes personal data on behalf of the Owner, as set out in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, service or other body which, individually or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data and the instruments 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 Users’ Personal Data is collected and processed.

Service

The Service provided by this Website as defined in the relevant terms (if any) on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this document to the European Union shall be deemed to extend to all current member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

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


Legal references

This privacy policy is drawn up on the basis of multiple legal systems, including Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Unless otherwise specified, this Privacy Policy applies exclusively to this Website.

Last modified: 10 April 2020