The company Metatron S.p.A. with registered office at Via Angelelli, 61 - 40013 Castel Maggiore (BO) (hereinafter, "Company", "we" and "our"), as the data controller, undertakes to protect the user's privacy. This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") applies only to the website www.metatron.it (hereinafter referred to as the "Site").
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before using the Site.

The Site
The main purpose of the Site is to present the services and products of the Company and provide users with detailed information.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use and share the personal data we obtain as a result of use of the Site by users.
Since the Company reserves the right to add or remove functions from the Site at any time and tochange the services and/or products offered, the Privacy Policy can be updated at any time by the Company with communication to users and visitors of the Site regarding any changes made. Since the Site could allow access to websites owned and operated by the Company or by third parties, we specify that this Privacy Policy does not apply to such websites and that, in particular, the Company is not responsible for the protection of personal data by these third parties.

Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this site collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; first name; last name; phone number; address; country; email address; ZIP/Postal code; city.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this site.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this site is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this site to provide its services. In cases where this site specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Company.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this site or by the owners of third-party services used by this site serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this site and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Company.

 

Mode and place of processing the Data
 

Methods of processing
The Company takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Company, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Company.
The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Company at any time.
 

Legal basis of processing
The Company may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
● Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Company may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
● provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
● processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject;
● processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company;
● processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company or by a third party.
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
 

Place
The Data is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Company to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Company using the information provided in the contact section.

 

Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
● Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Company and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
● Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Company’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Company within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Company.
The Company may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Company may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

 

The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Company to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Contacting the User and Displaying content from external platforms. 
Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.

 

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

 

Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Company to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this site, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

Google Analytics with anonymized IP
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this site is accessed from (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this site, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

 

Contacting the User

Contact form (this site)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this site to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

Personal Data collected: address; city; country; email address; first name; last name; phone number; ZIP/Postal code.

 

Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this site and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

 

Google Maps widget (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows this site to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

 

Google Fonts
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this site is accessed from that allows this site to incorporate
content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

 

YouTube video widget
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this site is accessed from that allows this site to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

 

SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this site, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

Google reCAPTCHA
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this site is accessed from.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

 

The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Company.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
● Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
● Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
● Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Company, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
● Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
● Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Company will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
● Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Company.
● Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-
contractual obligations thereof.

● Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

 

Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Company or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection. 
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Company is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Company through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Company as early as possible and always within one month.

 

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Company in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this site or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Company may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this site may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this site and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this site (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Company at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

 

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
This site does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

 

Changes to this privacy policy
The Company reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this site and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Company. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Company shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

 

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this site (or third-party services employed in this site), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this site, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of
origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the site) and the details about the path followed within the site with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User
The individual using this site who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Company)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this site. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Company of this site.

This site
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service
The service provided by this site as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/site.

European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookies
Small sets of data stored in the User's device.

 

Legal information
This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
This privacy policy relates solely to this site, if not stated otherwise within this document.