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info@villaspeciale.it
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Privacy Policy and Cookies
Legal basis of processing
This website processes data primarily on the ground of user consent. Consent is given via the banner at the bottom of the page, and subsequently by using or consulting the site. By using or consulting the site, visitors and users approve the present privacy policy and consent to the treatment of their personal data in the way and for the purposes hereby described, including the possible disclosure to third parties, when this is necessary for the provision of a service. Further consent concerning the specific purpose of the service is collected via the communication or service request forms. The provision of data and therefore the consent to the collection and processing of data is optional, since the user may deny consent, and may revoke consent already provided at any time (via the banner at the bottom of the page, the browser settings for cookies, or the Contact Us link). However, denying consent may result in the impossibility of providing certain services and the navigation on the website would be compromised.

Purpose of treatment:
The treatment of data collected by the site, in addition to the purposes related, instrumental and necessary to the provision of the service, is aimed at the following purposes:
– Statistics (analysis)
Collection of data and information, exclusively in an aggregate and anonymous form, is made in order to verify the correct functioning of the site. No information is related to the physical person-user of the site, and does not allow in any way their identification. Consent is not required.
– Security
Collecting data and information in order to protect the security of the site (spam filters, firewalls, virus detection) and of the Users and to prevent or detect fraud or abuse to the detriment of the website. The data is recorded automatically and may possibly also include personal data (IP address) that could be used, in accordance with the laws in force on the matter, to block attempts to damage the site itself or to cause damage to other users, or in any case harmful or criminal activities. This data is never used to identify or profile the User and is deleted periodically. Consent is not required.
– Ancillary activities
Disclosing data to third parties who perform functions necessary or instrumental to the operation of the service (e.g. comment box), and to enable third parties to perform technical, logistical and other activities on our behalf. Suppliers only have access to personal data that is necessary to perform their tasks, and agree not to use the data for any other purpose, and are required to process personal data in accordance with applicable regulations.

Information collected:
This site collects user data in two ways-

– Automated data collection.
The following information may be collected during the Users’ navigation and is stored in the log files of the site’s server (hosting):
– internet protocol (IP) address;
– browser type;
– parameters of the device used to connect to the site;
– name of the internet service provider (ISP);
– date and time of the visit;
– the visitor’s source (referral) and exit web pages;
– potentially the number of clicks.

This data is used for statistical and analytical purposes, in aggregate form only. The IP address is used solely for security purposes and is not cross-referenced with any other data.
– Data provided voluntarily.
This website may collect other data such as personal details or email address, in case of voluntary use of services by users, such as comment services, communication (contact forms, comment box); such data will be used exclusively for the provision of the services requested.

Place of processing:
The data collected by the website are processed at the headquarters of the Data Controller, and at the datacenter of the web Hosting (Aruba S.p.A. – Via San Clemente, 53 – 24036 Ponte San Pietro (BG)), which is responsible for the treatment of data on behalf of the Data Controller, and is located in the European Economic Area and acts in accordance with European standards.


Period of Data Retention:
The data collected by the website in its functioning is kept for the time strictly necessary to carry out the specified activities. On expiry, the data will be deleted or anonymised, unless there is no other purpose for retaining the data.
Data (IP address) used for site security purposes (blocking attempts to damage the site) is stored for 7 days.

Transfer of Collected Data to Third Parties:
The data collected by the site are generally not provided to third parties, except in specific cases: in case of legitimate request by the judicial authorities and only in other cases provided for by law; if it is necessary for the provision of a specific service requested by the User; for carrying out security checks or for optimising the site.
This site may share some of the data collected with services located outside the European Union. In particular with Google, Facebook and Microsoft (LinkedIn) via social plug-ins and the Google Analytics service and CRM and management services such as HUBSPOT or MAILCHIMP. The transfer is authorised on the basis of specific decisions of the European Union and the Data Protection Authority, in particular Decision 1250/2016 (Privacy Shield), so no further consent is required. The above-mentioned companies guarantee their adherence to the Privacy Shield.
Cookies:
This website makes use of cookies, i.e. simple text files that are recorded on the user’s terminal to allow it to store information on the preferences of visitors; they are used to verify the proper functioning of the site and to improve its functionality by customising the content of the pages according to the type of browser used, or to simplify navigation by automating procedures (e.g. login, site language), and finally to analyse the use of the site by visitors.
The site makes use of the following categories of cookies:
– Technical cookies, used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of an electronic communication, to ensure the correct display of the site and navigation. In addition, they make it possible to distinguish between the different users connected in order to provide a service requested of the right user (Login), and for site security reasons. Some of these cookies are deleted when the browser is closed (session cookies), others have a longer lifetime (such as the cookie needed to store the user’s consent to the use of cookies, which lasts 1 year). No consent is required for these cookies;
– Analysis cookies, used directly by the site operator to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site. They are assimilated to technical cookies if the service is anonymised.
– Profiling and marketing cookies, used exclusively by third parties other than the owner of this site to collect information on users’ browsing behaviour, interests and consumption habits, also in order to provide personalised advertising.

By clicking OK on the banner on the first access to the site or by navigating the site, the visitor expressly consents to the use of cookies and similar technologies, and in particular to the recording of these cookies on his terminal equipment for the purposes indicated above.

Disabling Cookies:
The user may refuse the use of cookies and may revoke a consent already given at any time. As cookies are linked to the browser used, they CAN BE DEACTIVATED DIRECTLY FROM THE BROWSER, thus refusing/revoking consent to the use of cookies, or via the banner at the bottom of the page.

DISABLEMENT OF COOKIES MAY PREVENT THE CORRECT USE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE SITE, in particular, services provided by third parties may not be accessible, and therefore may not be viewable:
– videos from YouTube or other video-sharing services;
– social network buttons;
– Google maps.

Instructions for disabling cookies can be found on the following web pages:
Mozilla Firefox – Microsoft Internet Explorer – Microsoft Edge – Google Chrome – Opera – Apple Safari

Third-party cookies:
This website also acts as an intermediary for third-party cookies (such as social network buttons), which are used in order to provide additional services and features to visitors and to simplify the use of the site itself, or to provide personalised advertising. This website has no control over their cookies which are entirely managed by third parties and has no access to the information collected through these cookies. Information on the use of these cookies and their purposes, as well as on how to disable them, is provided directly by the third parties on the pages indicated below.
It should be noted that user tracking does not generally involve user identification, unless the User has already subscribed to the service and is also already logged in, in which case it is understood that the User has already given his/her consent directly to the third party at the time of subscribing to the relevant service (e.g. Facebook).
This website uses cookies from the following third parties.
– Google Inc.
For information on the use of the data and its processing by Google, we recommend that you read Google’s privacy policy and Google’s data usage policy when using partner sites or apps.
– Google Analytics: used to analyse how users use the site, to compile reports on site activity and user behaviour, to see how often users visit the site, how the site is tracked and which pages are visited most frequently. The information is combined with information collected from other sites in order to create a comparative picture of the use of the site in relation to other sites in the same category.
Data collected: browser identification, date and time of interaction with the site, page of origin, IP address.
Place of data processing: European Union when anonymisation of the service is active.
The data collected do not allow personal identification of users, and are not cross-referenced with other information relating to the same person. They are processed in aggregate form and anonymised (truncated to the last octet). Google Inc. is prohibited from cross-referencing this data with data from other services on the basis of a separate agreement.
Further information on Google Analytics cookies can be found on the page Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.
The user can selectively disable (opt out) the collection of data by Google Analytics by installing the appropriate component provided by Google on his browser (opt out).

Social Network Plugins:
This site also incorporates plugins and/or buttons in order to allow easy sharing of content on your favourite social networks. When you visit a page on our website that contains a plugin, your browser connects directly to the servers of the social network from which the plugin is loaded, which server can track your visit and associate it with your social network account, particularly if you are logged in at the time of your visit or if you have recently browsed one of the websites containing social plugins. If you do not want the social network to record data relating to your visit to our website, you must log out of your social network account and delete the cookies that the social network has installed in your browser.
The collection and use of information by these third parties is governed by their own privacy policies, which you should refer to.
– Facebook (link to cookie policy)
– Twitter (link to cookie policy)
– LinkedIn (link to cookie Policy)
– Google+ (link to cookie Policy).

Security measures:
We process visitor/user data lawfully and fairly, taking appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification or destruction of data. We are committed to protecting the security of your personal data during transmission, using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information in transit. The processing is carried out using computer and/or telematic instruments, with organisational methods and logics strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, categories of people in charge of the site’s organisation or external subjects (such as third party technical service providers, hosting providers) may have access to the data.


User Rights:
According to European Regulation 679/2016 (GDPR) and Article 7 of Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003, the User may, in the manner and within the limits provided for by current legislation, exercise the following rights:
– oppose in whole or in part, for legitimate reasons, the processing of personal data concerning him/her for the purpose of sending advertising or direct sales material or for carrying out market research or commercial communication;
– request confirmation of the existence of personal data concerning him/her (right of access);
– to know its origin
– receive intelligible communication of such data
– obtain information on the logic, methods and purposes of the processing;
– request the updating, rectification, integration, cancellation, transformation into anonymous form, blocking of data processed in violation of the law, including those no longer necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected;
– in cases of processing based on consent, to receive, at the sole cost of any support, your data provided to the data controller, in a structured and machine-readable form and in a format commonly used by an electronic device;
– the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (Garante Privacy – link to page);
– as well as, more generally, to exercise all the rights that are recognised by the applicable provisions of law.
Requests should be addressed to the Data Controller.

Subjects of the treatment:
The data controller in accordance with the laws in force is Raffaello Speciale, who can be contacted via the contact section or by e-mail at info@villaspeciale.it.
The datacenter of the web Hosting (Aruba S.p.A. – Via San Clemente, 53 – 24036 Ponte San Pietro (BG) is responsible for the processing, processing the data on behalf of the owner. Aruba S.p.A. is located in the European Economic Area and acts in accordance with European regulations (privacy policy of VHosting).
Google is appointed as controller, processing data on behalf of the owner (Google Analytics).


Further information:


Messages and Chat
The Contact Us service and Chat are respectively intended for immediate communication between users of the www.villaspeciale.it website who interact with customer service to request information;
We may check the content of messages (email and chat) in order to moderate them and improve communication with users.
The use of the Contact Us and Chat service implies the possibility that the identity of the user and its contents may be disclosed to the operator during the activity sessions.
This privacy policy is updated as of April 19, 2020.