Information on the processing of personal data of users who consult the website https://algherovacationrentals.com/ Following the entry into force of the European Regulation 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, concerning the “Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data” (known as “GDPR” or “General Data Protection Regulation” or “Regulation”), we have updated and integrated the information notices to be provided to our readers. Below is the information regarding the processing of personal data of readers who connect to the website owned by Gianfranco Marcianò, with registered office at Via XX Settembre 104 – 07041 – Alghero (SS), (“Publisher”), at the address https://algherovacationrentals.com/ (the “Site”), in order to describe how the personal information of those who consult it is managed, as well as to inform about the purposes and methods of processing their personal data by the Publisher. The processing of readers’ data will take place in compliance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency, as well as for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and in a manner consistent with such purposes.
Personal data will be processed in such a way as to be “adequate,” “relevant,” and “limited” to what is necessary for achieving the purpose for which it was collected, as well as “accurate,” and, if necessary, “updated” and “stored” in a form that allows the identification of the person concerned only for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose of the processing, while guaranteeing its integrity and confidentiality, in compliance with the legislation protecting personal data as set forth by EU Regulation 2016/679 and the Personal Data Protection Code. This information notice applies only to our Site and not to other websites that may be consulted by the user through specific links. Minors (persons under 18 years of age) are not authorized to use our services and must refrain from submitting personal data. Users are required to carefully read this notice before submitting any type of personal information and/or completing any electronic form on the Site.
TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED
Browsing data
The computer systems and software procedures used to operate this Site acquire, during their normal operation, some data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This category of data includes IP addresses, domain names of the computers used by users connecting to the Site, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, the time of the request to the server, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numeric code indicating the status of the server response (successful, error, etc.), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and computer environment. These are pieces of information not collected to be associated with identified individuals (however, by their very nature, they could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified) and may be used by the Publisher for the purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information on the use of the Site and to check its proper functioning. The data may also be used to determine liability in the event of cybercrimes against the Site and may be provided to the Judicial Authority, should it make an explicit request.
Cookies
Cookies are text files that the Site sends to the user’s browser. The browser stores the information and transmits it back to the Site’s server when the browser accesses the Site again. This Site may use various types of cookies: Essential technical cookies. These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Site. They allow page navigation, content sharing, saving your login credentials to make access to the Site faster, and maintaining your preferences and credentials during browsing. Without these cookies, we could not provide the services users access the Site for. This category includes essential cookies for the functioning of the Site or the product, such as technical cookies for access to the Site or for communication between the parties and the services that compose it. Essential technical cookies for statistics and performance analysis. These cookies allow us to know how visitors use the Site so that we can evaluate and improve its functioning and prioritize content production that better meets our users’ information needs. For example, they allow us to know which pages are most and least visited. They take into account, among other things, the number of visitors, the average time spent on the Site, and how visitors arrive there. This way, we can know what works well and what needs improvement, ensuring that pages load quickly and display correctly.
All information collected by these cookies is anonymous and not linked to the user’s personal data. To perform these functions, we use third-party services that anonymize the data, making it untraceable to individual users. Where non-fully-anonymized services are present, you will find them listed among the third-party cookies for which you can deny consent, ensuring your privacy. This category includes properly anonymized analytical cookies. Cookies for user profiling aimed at advertising targeting, and for providing external functionalities integrated into the site. These cookies make it possible to offer advertisements relevant to the user and their interests. They are also used to limit the number of times the same ad is viewed and to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are placed by the Publisher through technical platforms that are partners of our advertising network and contribute to our investment in websites, allowing us to properly fund the maintenance of services and their technological development. They may also be used to display relevant ads to the user on other visited websites. These cookies are integrated into the pages and products by the Publisher, who, in compliance with current regulations, offers in this Policy the tools for selective opposition to their use. Functional and third-party profiling cookies. This category includes cookies issued by the Publisher’s known partners as well as cookies issued by third parties not directly controlled or controllable by the Publisher. Cookies from our partners allow the offering of advanced functionalities, as well as more information and personalized features. This includes the ability to share content through social networks, access video streaming services, and networks hosting our content. If you have an account or use the services of such entities on other websites, they may know that you have visited our Site. The use of data collected by these external operators through cookies is subject to their respective privacy policies and, therefore, such cookies are identified by the names of their respective entities listed in the cookie management tool available in the appropriate section of this Policy.
Among these are cookies set by major social networks that allow you to share articles from our sites and publicly express appreciation for our work. Cookies not originating from the Publisher’s partners are cookies transmitted without the Publisher’s control, by third parties that may intercept the user during browsing, even outside the Site.
These cookies, typically profiling cookies, are not directly controllable by the Publisher, who cannot therefore guarantee how third-party owners use the collected information. Opposition to the use of such cookies is therefore delegated to external tools or your direct action on your browser’s preferences.
1.1. Personal data voluntarily provided by users
The optional, explicit, and voluntary sending of emails to the addresses indicated on this Site entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s email address and any other personal data included in the electronic communication, necessary to respond to requests. Specific information notices, even in short form, will progressively be provided or displayed on the site pages prepared for particular on-demand services.
PURPOSES AND LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING
The processing of personal data will take place for purposes related to the execution, management, proper functioning, and administration of the Site, as well as for statistical analysis and for responding to any requests made. In particular, the processing of personal data may be carried out to: allow navigation of the Site; statistically analyze visits to the Site in aggregate form; marketing purposes (e.g., sending advertising material and commercial communication); newsletter subscription; access to accounts on third-party services; remarketing and behavioral targeting; payment management; heat mapping; user contact; registration and authentication; content commenting; providing the services requested by the user during Site browsing, including collection, storage, and processing of data for the establishment and subsequent operational and technical management; advertising; statistics; interaction with social networks and external platforms; social functionalities; interaction with live chat platforms; address management and email messaging; infrastructure monitoring; displaying content from external platforms; interaction with support and feedback platforms; and fulfilling obligations established by laws, regulations, EU legislation, or rules, codes, or procedures set forth by Authorities, Supervisory Bodies, and other competent Institutions.
METHODS OF PROCESSING
Data processing will take place using manual, computerized, or telematic tools, mainly through the use of automated tools suitable for ensuring security and confidentiality, and will be carried out by personnel duly instructed to comply with applicable regulations. Data will be processed for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. Data will be stored for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or subsequently processed. Specific security measures are observed to prevent data loss, unlawful or incorrect use, and unauthorized access. Under no circumstances will data be processed through automated decision-making processes or profiling processes.
Some third parties referred to in paragraph 5 may be based in countries outside the European Union that nevertheless offer an adequate level of data protection, as established by specific decisions of the European Commission. The transfer of your personal data to third parties residing or located in non-EU countries that do not ensure adequate levels of protection will only be carried out with your consent or after the conclusion between the Publisher and such entities of specific agreements containing safeguard clauses and appropriate guarantees for the protection of your personal data, also approved by the European Commission, or where the transfer is necessary for the conclusion and execution of a contract between you and the Controller or for the management of your requests.
MANDATORY OR OPTIONAL NATURE OF PROVIDING DATA
Apart from what is specified for browsing data, users are free to provide personal data to participate in contests and for information requests sent via email.
DATA DISCLOSURE AND DISSEMINATION
For the pursuit of the purposes indicated and within the limits strictly necessary, data may be brought to the attention of employees or collaborators of the Publisher authorized to manage the Site, in accordance with and within the limits of their duties and assignments. These individuals are formally authorized by the Publisher to process data exclusively for the purposes indicated in this notice and in compliance with GDPR provisions. Furthermore, categories of third parties that perform activities connected and instrumental to the activities carried out by the Publisher may become aware of the data, and to whom the Publisher may entrust – after appointing them as “data processors” – the performance of such activities, within the limits strictly necessary and in compliance with the indicated purposes. These categories include, by way of example only, providers of IT and logistics services functional to Site operations, outsourcing or cloud computing service providers, professionals and consultants, companies in charge of sending promotional emails on behalf of the Publisher, and entities providing user assistance. Users have the right to obtain a list of any data processors appointed by the Publisher by making a request to the Publisher in the manner indicated in paragraph 8 below. Your data may also be transmitted to law enforcement and judicial and administrative authorities, in accordance with the law, for the investigation and prosecution of crimes, the prevention and safeguarding from threats to public security, as well as to allow the Publisher to exercise or protect its own or third-party rights before the competent authorities, and for other reasons related to the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
EXTERNAL PLATFORMS
The Site allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms. Interactions and information acquired by the Site are, in any case, subject to the user’s privacy settings for each social network. In cases where an interaction service with social networks is installed, it is possible that, even if users do not use the service, it collects traffic data relating to the pages where it is installed.
DATA CONTROLLER
The data controller is Gianfranco Marcianò, with registered office at Via XX Settembre 104 – 07041 – Alghero (SS), [email protected].
DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
You are hereby informed that you have the right to exercise the following rights regarding the personal data covered by this policy, as provided for and guaranteed by the Regulation: Right of access and rectification (Articles 15 and 16 of the Regulation): you have the right to access your personal data and to request that it be corrected, modified, or supplemented. If you wish, we will provide you with a copy of your data held by us. Right to data erasure (Art. 17 of the Regulation): in the cases provided by current legislation, you can request the deletion of your personal data. Once your request—submitted from the email address provided—has been received and verified, we will cease processing and delete your personal data, if deemed legitimate. Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 of the Regulation): you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data in the event of unlawful processing or if the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject. Right to data portability (Art. 20 of the Regulation): you have the right to request from the Data Controller your personal data in order to transfer it to another Controller, in the cases provided by the cited article. Right to object (Art. 21 of the Regulation): you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest, explaining the reasons justifying your request; before accepting it, the reasons for your request will be evaluated. To exercise your rights, requests must be sent via PEC email to [email protected] or by registered mail with return receipt addressed to Gianfranco Marcianò, Via XX Settembre 104 – 07041 – Alghero. In case of no or partial response, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority by following the procedure indicated on the website: www.garanteprivacy.it.