Privacy Policy

This page describes the management methods of the website www.steps4eu.com in reference to the processing of personal data of users who consult it and of those who interact with the web services accessible electronically from the address www.steps4eu.com, corresponding to the home page of the official website of the STEPS4EU project.

This information is provided only for the site www.steps4eu.com and not for other websites that may be consulted by the user via links.

The information is also inspired by Recommendation no. 2/2001 that the European authorities for the protection of personal data, gathered in the Group established by art. 29 of directive no. 95/46/CE, adopted on 17 May 2001 to identify some minimum requirements for the collection of personal data online, and, in particular, the methods, times and nature of the information that data controllers must provide to users when they connect to web pages, regardless of the purposes of the connection.

Following consultation of this site, data relating to identified or identifiable persons may be processed.

DEFINITIONS

In order to facilitate the understanding of this Policy, the following definitions are provided (art. 4 EU Regulation):

– “processing”: any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;

– “personal data”: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Data Subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

– “data controller”: the natural or legal person, public authority, service or other body which, individually or together with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

DATA CONTROLLER

[OWNER NAME]

PLACE OF TREATMENT

The processing operations connected to the web services of this site and to the email service take place at the aforementioned headquarters of the data controller.

PURPOSE

Any personal data provided by the user are used for purposes related to the execution of the service or performance requested.

No data is communicated or disclosed to third parties, except in cases provided for by law or if necessary to perform the services requested with prior authorization from the interested party.

DATA PROCESSING METHODS AND DATA STORAGE PERIOD

Personal data are processed with proprietary IT tools (management and office automation software) installed on PCs inside the aforementioned processing locations, or on paper forms, for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected.

SECURITY MEASURES

Specific security measures are observed to prevent data loss, illicit or incorrect use and unauthorised access:

  • We monitor site access by administrator users, to check for possible password theft.
  • We block IP addresses that make too many incorrect login attempts.
  • We use the https protocol to encrypt the transmitted data.
  • We use antivirus and antimalware software on the PCs used to process data.

LIST OF TREATMENTS PROVIDED FOR BY THIS WEBSITE

PROCESSING: “DATA PROVIDED BY THE USER VIA EMAIL”
The optional, explicit and voluntary sending of personal data – also via electronic mail – to the addresses indicated on this site entails the subsequent and necessary acquisition of the sender’s address – as well as any other data included in the message – in order to respond to requests.

PROCESSING: “DATA PROVIDED BY THE USER THROUGH WEB FORMS”
The user is free to provide the personal data requested in the forms and failure to provide them may make it impossible to obtain what is requested.

The data present in the forms of this site are stored in the database of the website and made available for consultation in the administration area of ​​the website to the personnel in charge of processing for the time necessary to carry out the requested service.

This data includes donations to the site made voluntarily by users.

Donation data remains stored in the site database and is removed after 2 months.

TREATMENT: “WEBSITE STATISTICS”
We store some significant data of user visits in the database of the site www.steps4eu.com, but without using cookies or third-party applications. This information could be associated with user details such as:

  • IP address
  • source domain
  • navigation browser
  • date and time
  • web page visited
  • Device type (PC or smartphone)

However, they are analyzed in an aggregate manner, together with information from other users, so as not to identify one specific user from another.

This statistical information is stored in the website database and automatically deleted after 2 months.

TREATMENT: “USE OF COOKIES”
The website www.steps4eu.com uses technical cookies for:

  • Remember your browsing preferences
  • Use of the reserved area

These cookies do not collect any data that can be traced back to the interested party, but only encrypted strings used as keys to access the site.

The website www.steps4eu.com also uses third-party analytical cookies. For more information, please read our Cookie Policy.

RIGHTS OF INTERESTED PARTIES

The interested party may assert the rights set forth in articles 15-21 of the EU Regulation, namely: the right to access data, to rectify and to erase (“right to be forgotten”) the same, the right to limit their processing, the right to portability, the right to object to processing.

Requests must be sent by email to info@steps4eu.com.

CLAIM GUARANTEES PRIVACY

The interested party has the possibility to lodge a complaint with the Privacy Authority, which can be contacted on the website www.garanteprivacy.it

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