PRIVACY POLICY

This page will describe management of our web site as regards processing the personal data of users that visit us. This information is provided – also in pursuance of Section 13 of Regulation 679/2016 – to any entity having to do with the web-based services that are made available by Editoriale Lotus srl - Via Santa Marta 19/a, 20123 Milano via electronic networks as from the following address:
http://www.editorialelotus.it/web/index.php
which corresponds to the home page of our official web site.

The information provided only applies to our web site and does not concern any web sites that may be visited by an user via external links.

THE DATA CONTROLLER

Visiting this site may result into the processing of data concerning identified or identifiable persons.
The data controller is: Editoriale Lotus srl - Via Santa Marta 19/a, 20123 Milano.

PLACE WHERE DATA IS PROCESSED

The processing operations related to the web-based services that are made available via this website are carried out at the aforementioned office of the Data Controller exclusively by technical staff in charge of said processing, or else by persons tasked with such maintenance activities as may be necessary from time to time.

No data resulting from web-based services is either communicated or disseminated.

Any personal data that is provided by users requesting to be sent information, newsletters, answers to questions, etc. is only used to provide the service and/or discharge the tasks requested and is disclosed to third parties only if this is necessary for the said purposes.

TYPE OF DATA PROCESSED, PROCESSING METHODS, PURPOSE OF THE TREATMENT TO WHICH PERSONAL DATA ARE INTENDED

Data of users interested in the Newsletter service
The Data Controller collects data of Users interested in the Newsletter service. More details are shown on the page
http://www.editorialelotus.it/web/contact.php


Data of users interested in subscribing to the magazine
The Data Controller collects data of Users interested in interested in subscribing to the magazine. More details are shown on the page
http://www.editorialelotus.it/web/subscribe.php

Navigation Data
The information systems and software procedures relied upon to operate this web site acquire personal data as part of their standard functioning; the transmission of such data is an inherent feature of Internet communication protocols.
Such information is not collected in order to relate it to identified data subjects, however it might allow user identification per se after being processed and matched with data held by third parties.
This data category includes IP addresses and/or the domain names of the computers used by any user connecting with this web site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, the time of such requests, the method used for submitting a given request to the server, returned file size, a numerical code relating to server response status (successfully performed, error, etc.), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and computer environment.
These data are only used to extract anonymous statistical information on website use as well as to check its functioning; they are erased immediately after being processed. The data might be used to establish liability in case computer crimes are committed against the website; except for this circumstance, any data on web contacts is currently retained for no longer than seven days.

Data Provided Voluntarily by Users
Sending e-mail messages to the addresses mentioned on this website, which is done on the basis of a freely chosen, explicit, and voluntary option, entails acquisition of the sender’s address, which is necessary in order to reply to any request, as well as of such additional personal data as is contained in the message(s).
Specific summary information notices will be shown and/or displayed on the pages that are used for providing services on demand.

Cookies
No personal data concerning users is acquired by the website in this regard. No cookies are used to transmit personal information, nor are so-called persistent cookies or user tracking systems implemented.
Use of the so-called session cookies – which are not stored permanently on the user’s computer and disappear upon closing the browser – is exclusively limited to the transmission of session ID’s – consisting of server-generated casual numbers – as necessary to allow secure, effective navigation.
The so-called session cookies used by this website make it unnecessary to implement other computer techniques that are potentially detrimental to the confidentiality of user navigation, whilst they do not allow acquiring the user’s personal identification data.

LEGAL BASIS OF TREATMENT

The processing of the collected data is carried out on the basis of a free and explicit conferment of the interested party or the "consent" of the users where necessary. Concerning the use of technical cookies, consent is expressed through the continuation of navigation through access to another area of the site or selection of an element of the same (for example, an image or a link) thus leading to the performance consent to the use of cookies. In any case, the user has the possibility to modify his choices at any time by changing the settings of his browser.

OPTIONAL DATA PROVISION

Subject to the specifications made with regard to navigation data, users are free to provide the personal data either to be entered in the application forms submitted to the Office or referred to in contacting the Office to request delivery of information materials and other communications.
Failure to provide such data may entail the failure to be provided with the items requested.

PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS

Personal data is processed with automated means for no longer than is necessary to achieve the purposes for which it has been collected.
Specific security measures are implemented to prevent the data from being lost, used unlawfully and/or inappropriately, and accessed without authorisation.

POSSIBLE ADDRESSEES OR EVENTUAL CATEGORIES OF ADDRESS OF PERSONAL DATA

This website does not communicate or disclose personal data of users navigating on its website.
If the this website should provide features for sharing content through social networks. In the event that the user should use these features, the relevant manager may collect information such as the IP address used or the pages visited or store cookies. The collection and use of this information is governed by the privacy policies of companies that provide these features. For more information on the processing of data made by these companies, you can refer to the relative links.

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES

The data collected through this site are not transferred to third countries outside the EU, but processed at the headquarters of the Data Controller for the purposes set out above.

PERIOD OF CONSERVATION OF PERSONAL DATA

Navigation Data
The navigation data (eg IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by users connecting to the site, the addresses in the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) notation of the requested resources, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server (good order, error, etc.) and other parameters related to the operating system and the user's computer environment) are used for the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information on the use of the site and to check its correct functioning and are deleted immediately after processing.

Data provided voluntarily by the user
The optional, explicit and voluntary sending of data of the Interested parties in the scope of the purposes described above and through the e-mail / form addresses indicated on this site entails the subsequent acquisition of data necessary to respond to the requests of the writers. Specific summary information will be progressively reported or displayed on the pages of the site prepared for particular services on request.
Cookies
The use of c.d. session cookies (which are not stored permanently on the user's computer and disappear when the browser is closed) is strictly limited to the transmission of session identifiers (consisting of random numbers generated by the server) necessary to allow safe browsing and efficient site. I c.d. session cookies used on this site avoid the use of other technologies that could compromise the privacy of users' browsing and do not allow the acquisition of personal identification data.

DATA SUBJECTS’ RIGHTS

The interested parties to whom the personal data refer have the right at any time to obtain confirmation of the existence or otherwise of the same data and to know its content and origin, verify its accuracy or request its integration or updating or correction and the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority.

They may also request cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed in violation of the law, as well as to oppose in any case, for legitimate reasons, to their processing.

For the exercise of the rights the interested party can write:

- mail to Editoriale Lotus srl - Via Santa Marta 19/a, 20123 Milano
- http://www.editorialelotus.it/web/contact.php