Privacy & Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 15-May-2024

PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
INFORMATION ON DATA PROCESSING

This Privacy Policy defines what data is collected and how it is used, disclosed, transferred, and/or stored by the company.

This information is provided pursuant to Articles 13-14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – hereinafter, GDPR – to those who interact with web services accessible electronically from the address: www.sinterloy.it

This policy is subject to updates that will be published promptly on the website.

DATA CONTROLLER

The Data Controller of the data collected by this site is SINTERLOY S.r.l. with headquarters at Via Bairo, 6 Castellamonte (TO) Italy VAT No. 03788670010 email: info@sinterloy.it

METHOD OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

The Personal Data provided or acquired will be processed in accordance with the principles of fairness, lawfulness, transparency, and confidentiality as per the applicable regulations.

The Data Controller processes the Users’ Personal Data by adopting appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of the Personal Data.

Processing is carried out using computer and/or telematic tools, with organizational methods and logic strictly related to the indicated purposes. Among the Personal Data collected by this website, either independently or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data, Email, and Name. Additional Personal Data collected may be indicated in other sections of this Privacy Policy or by informational texts displayed at the time of Data collection. Personal Data may be voluntarily provided by the User, or collected automatically during the use of this website.

1. DATA COMMUNICATION AND DISCLOSURE

In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, data may be accessible to:

a) categories of appointees involved in the organization of the website (administrative, commercial, marketing, legal, system administrators);
b) external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) appointed also as Data Processors by the Data Controller pursuant to Article 28 GDPR. The updated list of Processors, if appointed, can always be requested from the Data Controller;
c) public or private entities that can access the data in compliance with legal obligations;
d) entities that perform ancillary and instrumental tasks to the activity of the Data Controller;
e) external parties such as partners in the organization of initiatives and events promoted and/or sponsored by the Data Controller to whom the communication of data is necessary for organizational reasons;
f) with the consent of the data subject, the entities indicated in point 5) letter g) of this Privacy Policy.

2. DATA VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED BY THE USER

The voluntary, explicit, and optional sending of emails, including through the Contact Form or through the addresses indicated on this website, entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s address, necessary to respond to requests, as well as any other Personal Data included in the email. User consent to the provision of Data is necessary to be included in the Data Controller’s databases and for the establishment and proper conduct of what is offered by the same to its Users, as well as to third parties for the fulfillment of the individual activity requested. Failure to provide it prevents, therefore, the registration of the Data Controller’s databases, the completion of any contracts, as well as their execution and any other activity. Therefore, the User’s failure to provide some Personal Data may prevent this website from providing its services. The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties published or shared through this website and guarantees to have the right to communicate or disclose them, freeing the Data Controller from any responsibility towards third parties.

3. LOCATION OF PROCESSING

Data is processed at the operational headquarters of the Data Controller. For further information, you can contact the Data Controller.

4. PROCESSING TIMES

As expressly provided for by Article 5, paragraph 1, letter e) of the GDPR, Data is kept for the time necessary for the processing in relation to the service requested by the User, or required by the purposes described in this document.

In particular:

– 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 that contract is completed;
– Data collected for purposes attributable to the legitimate interest of the Data Controller will be retained until such interest is satisfied. The User can obtain further information regarding the legitimate interest pursued by the Data Controller in the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the same;
– Data collected based on the User’s consent may be retained until such consent is revoked;
– Data collected for fiscal/administrative obligations will be retained for the time necessary to fulfill the aforementioned purposes and as provided by law, and in any case for a period not exceeding that dictated by civil law regulations;
– Data may be retained by the Data Controller for a longer period in compliance with legal obligations or by order of an authority;

The User can always request the interruption of Processing or the deletion of Data not connected to the execution of the contract.

At the end of the retention period, Personal Data will be deleted. Therefore, upon the expiration of this term, the right to access, delete, rectify, and the right to data portability cannot be exercised.

5. PURPOSES OF THE DATA COLLECTED

The User’s data is collected to allow the website to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Contacting the User, Managing addresses and sending email messages, Interaction with external platforms, and Statistics. In particular:

a) to fulfill any type of obligation contemplated and provided for by current laws, regulations, and related commercial uses, in particular, in tax/fiscal matters;
b) to follow up on specific requests addressed to the Data Controller by the User through the Website and its communication tools (Contact Form, request information forms, and similar);
c) for informational communications relating to the Data Controller’s services, following the request for information via email messages or the completion of the Contact Form and other communication tools;
d) for other ancillary or related purposes to those indicated above and in any case falling within the activities of the website;
e) for sending information and promotional and commercial offers;
f) for profiling activities for marketing purposes;
g) for the transfer of Data to companies and/or third parties with whom the Data Controller collaborates or has entered into agreements, who may use the Data of the Data Subject for sending communications and/or informational material related to events organized by them or services provided by them;

The types of Personal Data used for each purpose are indicated in the specific sections of this document.

For the purposes referred to in point a), the processing is necessary for the execution of a contract to which the data subject is a party, for the execution of pre-contractual measures, or to fulfill a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject.

For the purposes referred to in points b), c), d), the processing is optional, however, the failure to provide one or more data will result in the impossibility of responding to your request for information and to use the services offered by the Data Controller.

For the purposes referred to in points e), f), g), the processing is based on the freely expressed consent of the data subject.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON PROCESSING

LEGAL DEFENSE

The User’s Personal Data may be used for the defense by the Data Controller in court or in the stages leading to its possible establishment, from abuses in the use of the same or related services by the User. The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal the Data upon request of public authorities.

NATURE OF THE DATA PROCESSED AND CONSEQUENCES OF A POSSIBLE REFUSAL

The provision of data related to navigation by Users, for the purposes mentioned above, depends on the degree of privacy that the User has enabled or disabled through their browser. In some cases, disabling it could affect the navigation on this website. For certain forms on this website, the provision of navigation data and/or the use of technical cookies is mandatory for the proper functioning of the site itself. The provision of some personal data is, in any case, necessary for the structure of the website and its procedures. In particular, for example:

• for sending messages through the Contact Form, the minimum data required are always mandatory;

Otherwise, the procedure cannot be completed.

The possible request for other optional data will be preceded by an appropriate approval check. The provision of all other Data is optional, according to the type of information that the User wants to provide to the website.

EXERCISING THE RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

The data subject has the right to exercise the rights provided for in Articles 7, 15-22 of Regulation (EU) 679/2016.

In particular, they have the right to revoke their consent at any time and, upon simple request to the Data Controller, may request access to Personal Data, receive the Personal Data provided to the Data Controller, and where possible transmit them to another Data Controller without impediments (so-called portability), obtain the updating, restriction of processing, rectification of Data, and the deletion of those processed in violation of current legislation. They have the right, for legitimate reasons, to oppose the Processing of Personal Data concerning them and to the Processing for the purpose of sending advertising material, direct sales, and for carrying out market research. They also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Privacy Authority as the supervisory authority on Personal Data protection. The data subject can exercise their rights by contacting the Data Controller by email at: info@sinterloy.it

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. Therefore, please consult this page often, taking as reference the date of last modification indicated at the bottom. In case of non-acceptance of the changes made to this Privacy Policy, the User is required to cease using this website and can request the Data Controller to remove their Personal Data. Unless otherwise specified, the previous Privacy Policy will continue to apply to Personal Data collected up to that time.

The Data Controller is responsible for this Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide a better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Manage cookie preferences

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the Paramètres des cookies button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away. In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Microsoft Edge: Delete cookies in Microsoft Edge – Microsoft Support

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.