Privacy Policy and Cookies
INFORMATION NOTICE FOR THE USERS OF THE SITE WWW.SI.TIMACAGRO.COM
Please read carefully this information (hereinafter, “Privacy Policy”), that is intended to be addressed to the users of the website www.si.timacagro.com (hereinafter, the “Site”), prepared pursuant to article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation no. 2016/679 (hereinafter, also “GDPR”), in which we specify all the details relating to the processing of your data and their use.
WHO PROCESSES YOUR DATA?
Data Controller
TA Italia S.p.A, with registered offices in Milan (MI), Via Visconti di Modrone n. 18, 20122, responding to the following e-mail address: privacy@taitalia.it (hereinafter also, “TIMAC AGRO Italia” or the “Data Controller”).
Subjects to whom data can be communicated
Your data may be shared with:
1. persons authorised by the Data Controller to process personal data, who have committed themselves to confidentiality or have an adequate legal obligation of confidentiality;
2. persons delegated and/or appointed by the Data Controller to carry out activities strictly related to the pursuit of the purposes indicated below (including technical maintenance interventions on the systems), appropriately appointed as Data Processors;
3. persons, companies or professional firms that provide assistance and advice to the Data Controller, appropriately appointed as Data Processors;
4. subjects, entities or authorities to whom the communication of your personal data is mandatory by virtue of legal provisions or orders from the competent authorities;
5. other companies of the Group.
Your data shall not be transferred outside the European Economic Area.
What types of data do we collect?
Data submitted voluntarily by users
The Site offers users the possibility of voluntarily providing personal information such as, for example, Name, Surname, City, email address and telephone number, through access to the reserved area, subscription to the newsletter and filling out of the contact form.
Third party data
If you decide to provide us with data from third parties, please make sure that these subjects have been previously and adequately informed about the methods and purposes of processing indicated herein. In this event, you acquire the role of independent Data Controller and take on all the relevant legal obligations and responsibilities.
Data of minors under the age of 16
In this regard, we remind you that if you are under 16 years of age, you cannot provide us with any personal data. Further, we assume no responsibility for any false statements provided by you. Should we notice the existence of untruthful declarations, we will proceed with the immediate cancellation of any personal data acquired.
Navigation data
We collect the following data through the services you use:
technical data: IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilised by users to connect to the website, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, time of the request, method used to submit the request to the server, size of the file obtained in response, the digital code indicating the server response status (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters pertaining to the user’s operating system and IT environment. This data is used exclusively for statistical purposes (and is, therefore, anonymous) and to check that the site is functioning correctly, and is deleted immediately after processing. The data could be used to ascertain responsibility in the case of hypothetical crimes against the site. Except for this possibility, the data concerning web contacts is not stored for more than seven days.
Cookies: Definitions, characteristics, and application of the legislation
Cookies are small text files that the websites visited by the user send and record on his/her personal computer or any other device, including mobile phone, to then be re-transmitted to the same websites at the next visit. Thanks to cookies, a website “remembers” the user’s actions and preferences (such as login data, chosen language, font size, other display settings, etc.) so that these do not have to be re-indicated when the user revisits the website or browses from one page to another. Cookies are used for computer authentication, session monitoring and the storing of information about users who log on to a website; they may also contain a unique identification code to enable them to track user navigation within the website, for statistical purposes or advertising. When browsing a website, users may also receive, on their computer or mobile device, cookies from websites or web servers other than the one they are visiting (so-called “third-party” cookies). Some operations could not be performed without the use of cookies, which in some cases are therefore technically necessary for the functioning of the website.
There are several types of cookies, classed according to their characteristics and functions, and these may remain on your computer or mobile device for different time periods: so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when you close your browser; and so-called persistent cookies, which remain on the user’s computer/device for a set time.
According to the legislation in force in Italy, the user’s express consent is not always required for the use of cookies. In particular, “technical cookies”, namely those used for the sole purpose of transmitting a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user, do not require such consent. In other words, technical cookies are those which are essential for the operation of the website or necessary for the performing of activities requested by the user.
Among the technical cookies, which do not require express consent for their use, the Italian Data Protection Authority (see Measure “Identification of simplified methods for the information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies” of 8 May 2014 and subsequent clarifications, hereinafter only ” Measure”) are included:
• “Cookie analytics”, used directly by the site operator to collect information, in aggregated form, on the number of users and how they visit the site itself,
• “browsing” or session cookies (used to authenticate the user),
• “functionality cookies”, which allow users to browse the website based on the selected criteria (e.g. language, products selected for purchase), in order to improve the service provided to them.
• “profiling cookies”, which, on the other hand, are used to create user profiles and to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by users when browsing the website, and which require the user’s prior consent.
Types of cookies used by the Site
The Site uses the following cookies that may be deselected – the exception being third-party cookies, for which you will have to refer directly to their relative methods of selection and deselection, as indicated by links:
• Technical cookies for navigation or session and strictly necessary for the operation of the Site or to allow you to enjoy the content and services requested.
• Functionality cookies, used, for instance, to activate specific features of the Site and a number of selected criteria (for example, language) in order to improve the service provided.
• Technical-analytics cookies, which allow you to understand how the Site is used by users. With these cookies, no information is collected about the identity of the user, nor any personal data. Such information is processed in an aggregate and anonymous manner.
ATTENTION: by disabling technical and/or functional cookies, the Website may be unavailable, or certain services or functions of the Website may be unavailable or may not work properly, and the user may be forced to change or manually enter certain information or preferences every time they visit the Website.
• Third-party cookies, which are cookies from sites or web servers other than that of the Controller, used for the aforementioned third parties’ own purposes. It should be noted that these third parties are typically autonomous Data Controllers of the data collected through the cookies they serve; therefore, they must refer to their own personal data processing policies, information and consent forms (selection and de-selection of the respective cookies), as specified in the General Measure “Identification of simplified methods for the information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies” – 8 May 2014.
Social Plugins
Many social networks have developed “social plug-in modules”, which website operators can integrate into their websites. This allows users of social networks to share content they like with their “friends” (and propose other related features such as the publication of comments). Our website may contain one or more of these social plug-in modules, which store and access cookies on the user’s computer, allowing social networks to identify their members when they interact with them. Note that these social plug-in modules can also be used by social networks to provide services that go beyond what is strictly necessary, for example behavioural advertising. Users should explicitly request such services. You can check cookie settings on your social media platform.
Cookie settings
You can block or delete (in whole or in part) technical and functional cookies through the specific functions of your browser. However, we hereby inform you that not authorizing technical cookies could make it impossible to use the Site, view its contents or take advantage of the related services. By disabling functional cookies, certain services or functions of the Website may be unavailable or may not work properly, and the user may be forced to change or manually enter certain information or preferences every time they visit the Website.
The choices made in reference to the Site cookies will in turn be recorded in a specific cookie. Such a cookie could, however, in some circumstances, not function properly: in such cases, we recommend you delete unwanted cookies and also inhibit their use through your browser’s functionality.
Your preferences regarding cookies will be reset if you use different devices or browsers to access the Site.
How to view and edit cookies through the Browser
You can authorise, block or delete (in whole or in part) technical and functional cookies through the specific functions of your browser. For more information about how to set cookie preferences on your web browser, see the relevant instructions:
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Chrome
• Safari
For what purposes are we processing your data?
The personal data that you provide through the Site will be processed for the pursuit of the following purposes:
a) to respond to the requests made by you through the “Contact Us” section regarding recruitment for the establishment of an employment or collaboration relationship with the Data Controller (for more details, see the information dedicated to the Candidates), in order to be contacted by the area agronomist, in order to receive technical, commercial, or marketing information and in order to receive information relating to company export;
b) to allow registration in the Reserved Area;
c) to transmit promotional communications: in accordance with the provisions of the Guarantor Authority for the protection of personal data, “Guidelines on promotional and anti-spam activities – 4 July 2013 [2542348]”, if you decide to give your consent to receive information relating to promotional activities, including market research, of the Data Controller, we hereby inform you that such activities may be carried out, as required by current regulations, by means of paper mail, telephone contacts via operator (“traditional methods”), e-mail, the sending of SMS messages, push notifications and use of social networks (“automated methods”);
d) to send you commercial communications by e-mail regarding products and services similar to those purchased by you, unless you expressly refuse to receive such communications, which you may express at the time of purchase or on subsequent occasions (so called “soft spam”);
e) to ensure compliance with legal obligations, regulations and community standards;
f) to ascertain, exercise or defend a right in court or whenever the judicial authorities exercise their judicial functions.
With reference to the purposes referred to in letters a) and b), the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is represented by article 6, paragraph 1, letter b) of the GDPR, “execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures”; this activity does not require your consent.
With reference to the purpose referred to in letter c), the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the provision of your consent pursuant to article 6, paragraph 1, letter a) of the GDPR. Without such consent, you will be able to use the other services requested, but the Data Controller will not be able to send you promotional communications. In any case, we remind you that you can revoke your consent at any time in the manner indicated in paragraph 5 of this Privacy Policy.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in letter d), the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the legitimate interest referred to in article 6 paragraph 1 letter f) GDPR, which does not require your consent. You can object to the processing of your personal data for this purpose by using the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each of the communications sent by email.
With reference to the purpose referred to in letter e), the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject, pursuant to article 6, paragraph 1, letter c) of the GDPR.
With reference to the purpose referred to in letter f), the processing is based on a legitimate interest of the Data Controller pursuant to article 6, paragraph 1, letter f) of the GDPR.
Providing your personal data is optional, but any absence of such would make it impossible for the Controller to pursue the above-mentioned purposes.
FOR HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?
The storage of personal data will take place in paper and/or electronic form and for the time strictly necessary for the pursuit of the purpose referred to in point 3.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in point 3.a, we hereby inform you that the data sent through the “Contact Us” form will be stored for a period not exceeding 3 years.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in point 3.b, we hereby inform you that your data will be deleted following a failure to access the Reserved Area for a period of 24 months.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in point 3.c, your data will be kept until the moment of your possible withdrawal of consent.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in point 3.d, we hereby inform you that your data will be stored until you object to its processing.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in point 3.e, we hereby inform you that your data will be processed for the period strictly necessary to allow the Data Controller to ascertain, exercise or defend a right in court or whenever the courts exercise their judicial functions.
With reference to the processing carried out for the purposes referred to in point 3.f, we hereby inform you that your data will be processed for the period strictly necessary to allow the Data Controller to fulfil the legal obligations to which it is subject.
We remind you that, in order to comply with the anti-terrorism requirements introduced by article 24 of Law 167/2017, which transposed EU Directive 2017/541, we will retain data relating to electronic traffic, excluding the contents of communications, for a period not exceeding 72 months from the date of communication.
The foregoing is without prejudice to the possibility of the Data Controller keeping your personal data for the period of time provided for and allowed by Italian law to protect his/her interests (article 2947 (1)(3) of the Italian Civil Code).
How to exercise your rights
Withdrawal of Consent and opposition to soft spam
To revoke the consent given for direct marketing purposes, you can contact the Data Controller by writing to privacy@taitalia.it.
To oppose the activities of soft spam, simply press the “Unsubscribe” button at the bottom of each communication.
Exercising your rights
Consistent with the provisions of the GDPR, you also have the right to ask the Data Controller, at any time, for access to your personal data, the rectification or cancellation of the same or to object to their processing. The law also allows you to exercise the right to request a limitation of processing in the cases provided for by article 18 of the GDPR, as well as to obtain, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, the data concerning you, in the cases provided for by article 20 of the GDPR.
Requests can be addressed to the e-mail address privacy@taitalia.it.
Finally, we remind you that you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data), pursuant to article 77 of the GDPR, if you believe that the processing of your personal data is contrary to the legislation in force.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF YOUR DATA?
Your personal data are processed by the subjects referred to in point 1, in accordance with the provisions of current legislation. In particular, to ensure the security of your data, taking into account the state of the art and the costs of implementation, as well as the nature, object, context and purposes of the processing and the risks of varying probability and seriousness for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we have adopted appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
This Privacy Policy was published in September 2018 and may undergo changes over time, related, in addition, to the possible entry into force of new sector regulations, the updating or provision of new services or to technological innovations. In this case, the Data Controller will notify you, giving you evidence of these updates.