PRIVACY POLICY, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This page provides all the information regarding the management of sensitive data and all the details on the terms and conditions of the website V-MES (www.v-mes.it).
Contents of This Page:
- Privacy Policy
- Methods and Purposes of Data Processing
- Details on Personal Data Processing
- How to Disable Cookies
- Additional Information on Data Processing
- Terms and Conditions of Service Use
- Data Controller
PRIVACY POLICY
V-MES (www.v-mes.it) is a website hosted on Aruba, and the privacy of its users is fundamental for the author. Therefore, it is important to minimize third-party services on the site that can access users’ personal data.
Personal data collected automatically from the site or voluntarily entered by users are processed for the purposes and in the manner described on this page. The responsibility for the correct use of personal data shared by users within the site lies with Gennaro Vinetto, whose contact information is provided at the end of the Privacy Policy.
Personal data can be freely provided by the user or, in the case of usage data, automatically collected during the use and reading of this site. If some data are marked as “optional,” users are free to abstain from communicating such data without any consequences on the availability of the service. Users who have doubts about which data are mandatory can contact the author.
V-MES is a completely free site, and there are no sections restricted to visitors or paid sections. Therefore, payment authorizations or sensitive data are never requested outside the comments section and newsletter subscription. In case of doubts or suspicious actions, contact the author immediately and report the problem. It is reminded that the only mandatory data that can be requested within the site are the name and email address; the surname is optional.
The user assumes responsibility for the personal data of third parties published or shared through this site and guarantees to have the right to communicate or disseminate them, freeing the author from any responsibility towards third parties.
METHODS AND PURPOSES OF DATA PROCESSING
Methods of Processing
The author processes the users’ personal data by adopting appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of such data.
The processing is carried out using IT tools and with organizational methods strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the author, in some cases, external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, hosting providers, etc.) may have access to the data. The updated list of responsible parties can always be requested from the Data Controller.
Duration
Data are processed for the time necessary to perform the service requested by the user or according to the purposes described below. The user can always request the interruption of processing or the deletion of data and can act personally or by requesting the author’s action.
Purposes of Data Processing
The user’s data are collected to allow the author to provide their services and for the following purposes: statistics, contact management and sending newsletters, contacting the user, and interacting with data collection platforms and other third parties. The types of personal data used for each purpose are indicated in the specific sections of this page. Below are detailed information on data collection.
DETAILS ON PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING
Statistics
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the personal data collected to track and examine the use of this blog, compile reports, and share them with other services developed by Google.
Google may use personal data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its advertising network.
Personal data collected: cookies, IP address, geographical location, language, visit duration, age range, gender, browser used, and traffic mode on the site (usage data).
Place of processing: USA – For more information on Google Analytics’ privacy policy, visit their website.
Why it is used on V-MES: Google Analytics service is used to monitor the site’s performance and the type of audience interested in the content.
Interaction and Viewing of Social Content
Within the site, you can find links that refer to social channels and buttons that allow the sharing of published content. These can potentially place cookies on the user’s device when clicked.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the user has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about the user, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor the user’s interaction with that embedded content, including tracking the user’s interaction with the embedded content if they have an account and are logged in to that website.
Linked social channels are: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn.
Personal data collected: cookies and usage data.
Place of processing: USA – For more information on the privacy policy of various social networks, visit the corresponding sites and their privacy sections.
Why they are used on V-MES: to allow users to interact with the blog and the author through social channels, to enable the user to follow the blog in the preferred way and to easily share the desired content.
HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES
It is possible to disable cookies directly from your browser. For more detailed information regarding cookie disabling options, here is a list of links for configuring various browsers. If the browser used by the user does not appear in the list, please contact the author.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DATA PROCESSING
Defense in Court
The user’s personal data may be used by the author in court or in the stages leading to its possible establishment for the defense against abuses in the use of this site or related services by the user.
The user declares to be aware that the author may be required to reveal the data upon request of public authorities.
Specific Information
At the user’s request, in addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this site could provide the user with additional and contextual information regarding specific services or the collection and processing of personal data.
System Logs and Maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this site 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’s IP address.
Information Not Contained in This Policy
More information regarding the processing of personal data can be requested at any time from the author using the contact information.
Exercise of User Rights
The subjects to whom the personal data refer have the right at any time to obtain confirmation of the existence or otherwise of the same from the author, to know their content and origin, to verify their accuracy or request their integration, cancellation, updating, rectification, transformation into anonymous form, or blocking of personal data processed in violation of the law, as well as to oppose in any case, for legitimate reasons, their processing. Requests should be addressed directly to the author. To know whether the third-party services used support them, the user is invited to consult their respective privacy policies.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
The author, as the Data Controller, reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to users on this page. It is therefore recommended to consult this page often, taking as reference the date of the 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 blog and can request the author to remove their personal data. Unless otherwise specified, the previous privacy policy will continue to apply to personal data collected until then.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE USE
Public Domain Images
Within the site, you can find images not taken by the author. In this case, the photos are taken from websites such as Pixabay.com, Pexels.com, Freepik.com, which distribute images for free under the CC0 Creative Commons license and free for commercial use.
DATA CONTROLLER
Gennaro Vinetto
Contact: gennaro@v-mes.it
The information contained on this site, although provided in good faith and deemed accurate, may contain inaccuracies, not be up to date, or be affected by typographical errors. For any reports, questions, or requests, write to gennaro@v-mes.it.
Last edited: 29 giugno 2024
